- 9 PIECES STERLING GORHAM, WALLACE, ALVIN,
9 PIECES STERLING GORHAM, WALLACE, ALVIN, WEBSTER9 pieces American sterling silver. 7 dishes, including Webster, R. Wallace & Sons, Alvin / Gorham, Gorham; a Towle porringer and a Lunt porringer. Some with openwork decoration, Largest Gorham bowl 7 1/4"-diameter. 3 dishes with monograms, 1 inscribed Morristown Field Club Ladies Singles June 1910. 990 grams total. Wallace dish dents along sides.
Provenance: From the Estate of Angela Gross Folk.
- 3 PIECES COMMEMORATIVE STERLING3 pieces
3 PIECES COMMEMORATIVE STERLING3 pieces American sterling silver. Peter Guille Ltd. porringer, Indoor Polo Association Intercollegiate Championship, Yale, 1942, 1 3/4"H x 4"-diameter; Simons Brothers for John Frick loving cup / trophy, Morristown Field Club Championship Ladies Singles, with enamel plaque, 7"H; Kerr for Hart Degen & Co. loving cup / trophy, 1909, 7"H. 722 grams total including enamel. Porringer dented throughout, Simons trophy dented at base, Kerr trophy heavily tarnished.
Provenance: From the Estate of Angela Gross Folk.
- EARLY RELIGIOUS TEXTSEarly religious
EARLY RELIGIOUS TEXTSEarly religious texts including The way of the Church in New England by J. Cotton, together with A Method For Prayer by Matthew Henry Morristown New Jersey, and Mr. Cooper's Sermon Quebec.
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- IMPORTANT AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE CHERRY
IMPORTANT AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE CHERRY DESK AND BOOKCASE...Connecticut, 18th century, upper case with boldly formed scroll pediment with carved rosettes and applied carving on the tympanum, arched and paneled doors opening to a finely fitted interior with two scalloped and shell carved doors opening to shell carved interior drawers over two candle slides; the lower case with finely fitted desk interior set with five shell carved drawers, on original tall bracket feet, 96 x 41-1/2 x 20 in.; accompanied by copies of the 1934 catalog American Furniture: Property of Hyman Kaufman, Boston, Mass.
Provenance: Collection of Hyman Kaufman; sold American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, April 12, 13, and 14, 1934, Lot 327; Private Collection; Mrs. Frank Bien, Morristown, New Jersey, 1954 (illustrated in Antiques Magazine, November 1954); David Stockwell (Illustrated in Antiques Magazine, April 1956); Collection of Mrs. J. Austin Du Pont, Delaware; John Du Pont, Delaware; Purchased at the Winter Antiques Show, New York, 2002, purchased from Anthony Werneke Antiques at the Winter Antiques Show, New York, 2002, for $140,000; former collection Laurence and Helen Alspaugh, Greensboro, North Carolina
Condition:
good condition overall, original feet with minor repairs (one replaced block, one block missing, repair to one rear bracket), brasses replaced, lower case sides with repaired shrinkage cracks, some cracks and distress to back boards (with later black spray), original finials, one minor repair at cornice molding, one interior drawer fitted with later lock, other typical minor surface flaws and repairs
- NINE AMERICAN VIEW MAUCHLINE WARE SOUVENIR
NINE AMERICAN VIEW MAUCHLINE WARE SOUVENIR ITEMSNine American view Mauchline Ware souvenir items, 19th c., to include Old Orchard Beach, Maine; Absecon Lighthouse, Atlantic City; Washington's Headquarters, Morristown N.J.; Haine's Falls, Catskill Mountains; two Bunker Hill Monument; Lake Mohonk Mountain House; Maplewood Hotel Bethlehem N.H.; and, The Auditorium Ocean Grove; small shelf - 6 3/4" h. Provenance: Estate of Edwin C. Bramble.
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Condition:
Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs.
- JEAN JANSEM (FRENCH, 1920-2013). "Chaise
JEAN JANSEM (FRENCH, 1920-2013). "Chaise Et Grenades". Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Name and title plaque affixed to frame. Findlay Galleries, Chicago label verso. From a Morristown, NJ estate. Dimensions: 36" h x 26" w. Condition: Good.
- JEAN JANSEM (FRENCH, 1920-2013). "Studio
JEAN JANSEM (FRENCH, 1920-2013). "Studio de Danse". Oil on linen. Signed lower left. Titled and dated 1986 on verso stretcher in pencil. Gallery stamps verso stretcher: Galerie Rienzo, NY & Atelier Des Arts, France. From a Morristown, NJ collection. Dimensions: 14.75" h x 18" w. Condition: Good.
- JEAN JANSEM (FRENCH, 1920-2013). Mother
JEAN JANSEM (FRENCH, 1920-2013). Mother and Children. Large oil on canvas. Signed and dated 58 lower left. From a Morristown, NJ collection. Dimensions: 57.5" h x 35" w. Condition: Good. Frame is slightly skewed.
- ARTHUR BURDETT FROST (1851-1928)Winter
ARTHUR BURDETT FROST (1851-1928)Winter Golf - Play the Like in Four!, c. 1899
signed "A.B. Frost" lower right
gouache, 17 1/2 by 25 1/2 in.
This important self portrait of the artist golfing and his two sons as caddies appeared as a full-page spread in "Harper's Weekly" in 1899, between articles on hunting big and small game in the American West, competitive trap shooting, and brook trout fishing.
In the same year as this painting, Frost published a portfolio of images with Harper's titled "Sports and Games in the Open." Henry M. Reed writes, "To anyone who thinks of Frost solely as an artist of men with guns and dogs, this portfolio dispels that notion. All are outdoor images, but the portfolio mixes hunting scenes with numerous examples of fishing pictures, bicycling scenes, a few genre pictures, and illustrations of one of Frost's favorite pastimes--the game of golf."
Located just a couple of miles from the Frost family home in Convent Station, "Moneysunk," the Morris County Golf Club in Morristown, New Jersey, has a number of Frost's original golf paintings. Frost was a member of the club, which opened in 1894, and the artist posted a course-record scorecard in 1903. Interestingly, Morris County Golf Club was founded and operated by women, who made up the thirty-two regular members.
The title of this work includes the phrase "play the like," which originated from an early method of scoring match play. To "play the like" is to come even in strokes with an opponent.
Provenance: Private Collection, New York, acquired from Ernest Hickok, c. 1980
Literature: "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XLIII, No. 2208, April 15, 1899, p. 371, illustrated.
Gary Schwartz, "The Art of Golf, 1754-1940: Timeless, Enchanting Illustrations, and Narrative of Golf's Formative Years," 1990, p. 42, illustrated.
Peter Dobereiner, "The Glorious World of Golf," New York, 1973, p. 16, illustrated.
Henry M. Reed, "The A.B. Frost Book," Charleston, SC, 1993, p. 106.
"New Morris County Golf Score," New York Times, June 28, 1903.
- RHETT W. STURMAN (B. 1946)Looking to
RHETT W. STURMAN (B. 1946)Looking to Mt. Mansfield, 1988
signed and dated "Rhett Sturman May 9, 1988" lower left
oil on board, 9 1/2 by 16 in.
"View looking west across Stage Coach Road to Mt. Mansfield, Vt. south of Morristown" on label on back
Provenance: The Estate of Ann Dickinson Dale
- Daisy Makeig-Jones for Wedgwood. Fairyland
Daisy Makeig-Jones for Wedgwood. Fairyland Lustre Geisha bowl, pattern Z4968E. c. 1925, glazed and gilt porcelain. 3¼ h × 6½ w × 6½ d in. estimate: $2,500–3,500. Bowl features Geisha pattern to exterior and Running Figures pattern to interior. Gilt stamped manufacturer's mark to underside ‘Wedgwood Made in England’. Glazed pattern number to underside ‘Z4966 E’. Provenance: Antiquarium, Morristown | Private Collection, New York
- LOT 184: ANDERSONVILLE PRISON CIVIL
LOT 184: ANDERSONVILLE PRISON CIVIL WAR CARVING AND SOL...Civil War Andersonville prison items including a carved treenware miniature basket with incised floral and geometric decoration (3 1/2" H), a 1/6 plate tintype of a Union soldier holding a revolver, and a 1/6 plate cased ambrotype of a young man in formal attire. These images have the written and oral history of being brothers, John and William Fryar of Washington Co., TN, 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry Company H. Provenance: Fryar family of Washington, Co., TN. Note - Privates John Fryar (b. 1841-1863? ) and William H. Fryar (b. 1839-1864?) of the 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry Company H were captured at the Battle of Rogersville on November 6, 1863. On November 6th, Colonel Garrard of the 7th Ohio Calvary was in charge of the company when it was attacked and routed on the road outside Rogersville. Garrand then called upon Major Carpenter of the 2nd Tennessee, to hold the position. Colonel Garrand was unsuccessful rallying his men and consequently fled to Morristown, leaving Major Carpenter and his regiment without support. The Tennessee regiment was surrounded and captured by forces under Colonel H. L. Giltner, 4th Kentucky Cavalry, CSA. Both Fryar brothers were eventually sent to the Confederate prison camp at Andersonville, GA and records indicate both died in captivity. This treenware basket was passed down through the family and is believed to have been carved by either John or William Fryar.
Condition:
General surface wear and scratching. Split to one side due to age. Ambrotype missing cover to case, wear to left side of face of soldier, tintype unframed with wear and abrasions.