Good Seven-Piece Antebellum Silverplate Coffee and Tea Service, 1857-1862, by Rogers, Smith & Co., and Rogers Brothers Mfg. Co., Hartford, Connecticut, including two coffeepots, h. 13", a teapot, h. 12", a hot water urn, h. 18-1/2", a cream jug, h. 9-1/2", a sugar bowl, h. 8-1/2", and a waste bowl, h. 5-1/2", each with an ovoid body decorated with broad guilloche banding centering on an acanthus-framed cartouche, with arched acanthus-scroll handle(s) and domed foot, decorated with annulated banding at the foot, neck and rim, the domed lid with acanthus toupie finial, monogrammed, on the cartouche, "SCH", conjoined.
Plated silver Victorian pickle jar, clear paneled pattern insert, frame by Rogers, Smith, & Co, New Haven, CT, 10 1/2" tall Estimate $100-200
16 vols. Evans' American Bibliography: Evans, Charles. American Bibliography. New York & Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1941-1967. 14 vols. 8vo, (vols. 1-12) & 4to (vols. 13 & 14), orig. orange cloth. * Bristol, Roger P. Supplement to Charles Evans' American Bibliography. Charlottesville: Univ. Press of Virginia, (1970-1971). 1st ed. 2 vols. 4to, orig. red cloth. Includes The Index to The Supplement. All internally clean, minor scattered shelf wear.
Five pieces Aesthetic silverplate, engraved decoration; Wilcox tea set, Rogers Smith goblet, spoon holder. Tallest 12 1/2"H. Good condition.
Silver-plated six-piece tea service: pear forms with scroll and Art Nouveau figural decoration, horned putti finials, two coffeepots, 12-1/2 in. and 11-1/2 in., matching teapot, covered sugar, creamer, waste, marks for Rogers, Smith & Co., no monogram. Replated, repairs, losses to finials, small dents, light scratches.
Silver-plated covered soup tureen, oval body with floral decoration, deer finial, handles and leg terminals, hoof feet, marks for Rogers Smith & Co. (New Haven, Connecticut), no monogram, 10-1/2 x 14 x 9 in. Feet pushed in, repairs, replated. Villa Del Leone Collection, Palm Springs, California.
W.A. Rogers (American, 1854-1931) Two original caricatures: "Mother's vision of WWI soldier's ghost", approx. 16" x 13-3/8" and overall framed 24-1/8" x 21-2/8". Second is "McAdoo tries to lasso Democratic Donkey being befuddled by Al Smith", approx. 16" x 13-3/8" and overall framed approx. 23-5/8" x 20-3/4". Both are india ink on paper, signed in the lower left corner; double matted under glass and framed.
VICTORIAN BRIDE'S BOWL. Blue satin glass and diamond quilted bride's bowl with ruffled rim and enameled bird and floral decoration. 3 3/4'' h. In a silver plated frame by Rogers Smith & Co. 7'' h. No enamel losses so signs of chips or cracks. Base with scuff marks and scratches from stand. Some gilt loss. Base is tarnished. 7'' across.
OHIO WESTERN RESERVE SAMPLER. Huron (now Erie County) ca. 1829 silk on linen. Twelve-year-old Amanda Rogers filled the linen ground with elaborate alphabets her family record and a moral verse. The exquisitely stitched two-story Federal brick house is situated in a fenced garden. The adjacent river is spanned by a bridge and sports a small sailboat. In a frame. 18 1/2''h. 20''w. According to extensive family research Amanda Rogers was the youngest child of Thomas Rogers (1778-1818) and Hanna McCowen (d.1819). Originally from Massachusetts the family lived in New York before locating a few miles south of Sandusky City in 1812 or 1816. After the death of their parents the five siblings were taken in by separate families one-year-old Amanda going with her oldest sister Emerancy or ''Nancy'' who was about fourteen at the time. Nancy married George Santus and it appears that Amanda lived with them when she executed this sampler. The 1826 birth date of couple's daughter Martha is recorded but not her death 1 1/2 years later. Amanda married George W. Smith (b.1819) in 1841: the 1850 census for Portland Erie County lists George's occupation as that of sheriff and records five children in the household. A few areas of minor toning and scattered small spots. Light ink(?) lines between fenced garden and bridge may indicate the maker modified the design as she was working on the sampler. The birth dates of three of the siblings appear to have been removed. Inscriptions ''Amanda Rogers Aged 12 Years/ George Santus Born In Sep. 9 1799 / Emerancy Santus Born In Mar. 20. 18[0]5 / Martha Santus Born In Jan.2 1826 / Elena Rogers Bo...../ Alonzo Rogers Born In...../ Ansel Rogers Born In.....'' There are also pairs of intials ''MF'' ''SF'' ''STF'' and the name ''B. Samson''.
Group of 6 Silver Plate Trays L to R: Rogers Smith & Co. Meridian CT Dia. 13'' Max. W 17''; Unknown Dia. 15''; EGW & S footed tray mono. Dia. 12 1/2''; MB Co. mono. Dia. 11''. Simpson H? Miller & Co. mono. Dia. 11''; Unknown Mono Dia. 11''.Provenance: Property from The Strong sold to benefit the museum's collections fund.E
An American Aesthetic Silverplate Tripartite Dressing Mirror Roger Smith & Co. Meriden CT patent no. 182633 26 Sept. 1876; allover floral chasing with applied daisy corners two folding mirror plates easel back height 20 3/8 in. width 17 7/8 in.
Attributed to Marshall Joseph Smith Jr. (American/New Orleans 1854-1923) "Manchac Cabin" oil on canvas unsigned "W.E. Seebold" canvas stamp en verso 12 in. x 20 in. in a period frame. Provenance: Private estate collection Birmingham Alabama. Descended in the family of William Henry Buck and his wife Marie Fortin Buck to their daughter Wilhemina Buck. Note: Of Louisiana's 19th c. landscape painters the undoubted trinity is Richard Clague Jr. and his two most talented students William H. Buck and Marshall J. Smith Jr. The fact that the work offered here was discovered in the Buck family collection points to the intimacy of the 19th c. landscape painting world in New Orleans much of which centered around William Seebold's gallery on Canal Street and his Garden District mansion. A strikingly similar signed Smith work dated 1874 can be found in the Roger Ogden Collection of Southern Art. Richard Clague Jr. had died the year before in 1873 and Smith's father bought for his son the master's sketchbooks which would provide the basis for many of Smith's works painted between 1873 and 1876. In these books were various drawings of cabins at Manchac which is located across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans. As evident in the work offered here Smith's recognizable crisp style has a more luminous and brighter palette than that of Clague. Smith was never prolific as an artist and although he lived until 1923 his output was limited. When he moved to Covington in 1906 his productivity declined further although he did continue to design floats and tableaux for the Krewe of Proteus of which he was a founding member.
THIRTY-SEVEN PIECES OF AMERICAN FLATWARE including six Rogers & Hamilton ''Majestic'' plated forks circa 1893 five R.H. Wallace ''Astoria'' plated forks Pat. 1898 circa 1885 six Rogers & Hamilton knives four Rogers & Hamilton knives and four more knives by the same maker twelve Frank Smith for J.E. Caldwell Bead & Shell teaspoons (31) -- approx. 5.8 troy oz. weighable
Victorian Silverplate Sardine Box figural finial footed by Rogers Smith & Company 4'' x 5''.
[DICTIONARIES] Early Dictionaries and Biographies Lot of 4. Brookes R. The General Gazetteer; or Compendious Geographical Dictionary. Montrose: D. Buchanan 1801. 8vo leather 8 folding maps pp not numbered. Front board detached small piece of leather missing. Rear board mostly detached small piece of leather missing here also. Corners worn. [Shoemaker Abraham] Smith and Forman's New-York and New-Jersey Almanac for the Year of our Lord 1809. New York: Smith & Forman 1808. 12mo not bound 34pp. [EAP 2nd series 16208] Shaw-Shoemaker calls for 36pp seems to be missing last leaf. Moderate toning and wear. Voltaire M. de. The Philosophical Dictionary. London: Wynne and Scholey 1802. 12mo leather 373pp. Front board nearly detached text block tight and rear board holding. Rogers T.J. comp. A New American Biographical Dictionary; or Remembrancer of the Departed Heroes Sages and Statesmen of America. 12mo leather 352pp.
Archive of Documents Associated with the Sturges Family Including John R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA The lot contains a variety of items including over 100 receipts and other ephemera an early indenture and the will of John R. Sturges. Among the receipts are several for supplies for the Confederacy as well as other sales of local products. The earliest item is an indenture for land dated 26 Jan. 1838 purchased by Nathaniel Sturges from Thomas Owen. Nathaniel Sturges Sr. was the brother of Samuel Sturges the father of William and John Sturges. The senior Nathaniel came to the Waynesboro area about the same time as his brother although the exact date is unclear. However he died in 1826 but his son Nathaniel Jr. was born about 1816. Records list him as a merchant possibly with his cousin William who was a witness to this indenture. Unfortunately Nathaniel died of pneumonia on 25 Dec. 1841. Mourning Ribbon 2.5 x 8.5 in. In Memory of Alexander H. Stephens Governor of Georgia Citizen Augusta GA. with albumen image of Stephens affixed to circle in center of ribbon. Alexander Stephens was Vice President of the Confederate States of America 1861 ??" 1865 and Governor of Georgia 1882-1883. He also represented Georgia??Ts 8th district before (1843-1859) and after (1873-1882) the war. Receipt 7 x 9.75 in. for $50 to be paid to Daniel Carter To Services as nurse and for burial of three Small Pox Cases Waynesboro July 15th 1866. The court was ordered to pay the above account to W. U. Sturges who is authorized to act for it (William Urquhart Sturges). Services rendered 15 July 1866; statement dated 31 Aug. 1866. Receipt from The Ladies??T Southern Aid Association printed on back of a cdv (2.5 x 4 in.) of Jefferson Davis for $1 to aid the Davis family. This part of Georgia was still agriculturally productive and Waynesboro is just a few miles from Savannah the most important port in Georgia even though the port town fell early in the war and Federal troops occupied Fort Pulaski. Apparently a large quantity of goods was still sold to the Confederate Army in spite of the presence of Union troops nearby as receipts in the Sturges documents indicate. One receipt is from Thos. A. Rogers Agent Quarter Master at Waynesboro GA for 29 lbs bacon and a bushel of corn for Lieut. V. Fulcher Burke Co. 9 May 1865. And a second receipt from Rogers for 450 pounds of bacon tax in kind signed as Q.M. Agent May 1864. Receipt 2.75 x 6.75 in. $1000.00 due W U Sturgis in Conf. money Oct. 21 1864 ??" Nathl. Scales(?). 5 x 8 in. Received Burk County Ga of R J Morrison (2) Two Beeves on foot Estimated to weigh five 500 pounds net for the use of the Confederate Government [sic] for which I have given certificate of Indebtedness for impressments Commishener. Price the same having bin delivered under paragraph IV of General Orders No. 26 from A. & I Generals office ??" This delivery entitles said Morrison to a credit of 25+ per cent on above amount provided his exemption has bin applied for. April 1st 1864 Ged. Alexander Com. Agt. Receipt from Thos. Pierce to W. Sturgis Esq. Waynesboro 2 Sept 1864 for 471 bushels of corn. I owe you a balance of 9 ?? bushels which I will ship any day I can get the sacks. Please send me a receipt for the 470 lbs of Bacon. The lot contains more than 100 receipts and notes. One group contains 20 pre-war and war date receipts plus 16 loan receipts. There are also 30 post-war receipts many addressed to William Sturges as Clerk of the Superior Court of Burke County. In addition there are 6 promissory notes dated 1859 to 1862 and 16 tax receipts from the same period plus one each from 1876 and 1881. Two of the receipts in this group are from Wm. Holmes. This was a period when the Sturges family was building. John was home from college and starting his career. Another group of nearly 3 dozen receipts cover everything from shipping agricultural products primarily corn and cotton to the purchase of household goods such as hairbrushes and Venetian blinds. There is certainly more information to be gleaned from these tidbits by the historians of the war. One item also included in this group of receipts is from prospective builder E.C. Conner (?) dated 13 Feb. 1879: If you let me build that house I can save you at least five hundred less than the bids you git??|. There are also the odd recipes stuck in the papers ??" one for white wash one for pickling beef pork etc. Also included are a couple of receipts for labor at least one of which is for a Cold. Man. Both date during the war 1862 and 1863. It was common to rent out slaves for large projects even before the war but as the conflict progressed it became more and more difficult to feed and clothe them so any cash they could generate went to help in their support. And for the hiree it was certainly less expensive to rent the slaves than to buy them. One somewhat curious group is 8 receipts and 3 letters from the Cotton States Life Ins. Co. for a policy on William Sturges. They date from 1877 to 1882 and the signer is difficult to read but appears to be ?Wimberly.? By 1880 and presumably earlier the elder Sturges was institutionalized so this may be a legal representative. Another group of receipts gives a view other aspects of the community. There are three receipts for annual payments from the estate of Miles Roberts for the support of two minor children ??" 1861 1863 1864. It is not clear why William Sturges is administering the account other than possibly as an employee of the courts. Another note is a request for a pair of shoes for ?William ? although it is not clear whether this is one of the minor children or possibly another dependent of the court. 10 pp approx. 5.5 x 7.5 in. Letter from William R. Holmes to ?Cousin John? ??" (Is this John Sturges??) Castleville Camp Georgia 18 January 1862. Holmes tells John that they are planning to form a regiment from Burke County (and surrounding counties if necessary) when their current terms expire. He notes that he has been asked to be Colonel of the new regiment but would rather not be in charge of all of those men. He would however accept a Lieutenant Colonelcy and suggests Cousin John might make a good Colonel of the unit or Capt. Musgrave if John does not want it. He has the entire group mapped out ??" Herman Perry for adjutant etc. And he notes: Camp fellowship develops what men are as we know our family friends failings so we learn the faults of those we associate with in Camp. We have some noble fellows in our company unfortunately we have lost one noble fellow..[illeg.] Holmes as so many others during the war has his complaints about superior officers. He has a particular problem with Colonel Paul Jones Semmes. He notes that at one point he resigned his commission: The cause of it was Semmes not giving me permission to leave camp when I was sick as I desire to go to a house 1-1/2 miles from camp that I might take mercury which I needed since confined to my tent for three weeks & am just now able to do duty; We do not intend to enlist again before we return home as we are not willing to put ourselves in the power of the Infernal Tyrant that governs the Army of the Potomac. You can??Tt form any idea how very badly we have been treated & what we have had to go through. Col Semmes backed by Johnston & Smith is as damned a tyrant as ever lived. The Old Hell Cat & myself are at sword??Ts point now. I told him at Fairfax C.H. what I thought of his conduct & since then he & I just speak. I expect him to court martial me as I left without & against his orders Camp & went to Warrenton to get some cloths [sic] as I was naked & was determined not to die a natural death from disease but chose rather to be shot so let the old Cuss rip now he has a chance at me. Capt. William R. Holmes enlisted in Co. D 2nd Regt. GA Vol. Infy (Burke Sharpshooters). He was promoted to Lt. Col. 28 Apr. 1862. He was killed at Sharpsburg MD on 17 Sept. 1862 while trying to hold a bridge over the Antietam River against far superior numbers of Union troops while waiting for the main body of Confederate forces to reach it. There is a small group of receipts in this collection from John R. Sturges. There are two promissory notes two receipts for materials one from 1861 for laths presumably associated with the building of his house. A receipt for Jany. 1 1862 is interesting being the account of Col. John R. Sturges for Jan. to April 1861 from R.E.J. Thompson Dealer in Pure Drugs Medicines Oils Brushes Chemicals Perfumery Fancy and Toilet Articles &c. &c. in Waynesboro. The account is for 4 bottles of brandy matches and candles. And certainly the brandy was medicinal??| But John purchased nothing after April ??" the war was on. Three other receipts are interesting even though that they are after John??Ts death. Two are for Frank Barton and the third for Henry Moore. One of the Barton receipts notes that it is to money put in his hands for safe keeping while in Camp during the year 1862. And while the receipt for Henry Moore does not specify that this is the case it is implied that it might be something along these lines. The officers of these units often held pay for the enlisted men if asked to do so. One of the most significant items in the group is the will of John R. Sturges. It was made out in Virginia 17 June 1862. It is actually a fairly simple instrument but has some telling conditions. I John R. Sturges a citizen of the County of Burke State of Georgia now in the service of the Confederate States of America make this my last will and testament??|. I direct that my Executor sell at private or public sale ??| that tract of land lying in Burke county State of Georgia adjoining lands of John R. Whitehead John Scott Mrs. Martha Boyd and others being the tract on which John Owen late of said County of Burke lived and which was bought by me at his administrators sale in the fall of 1858 or 1859. If the proceeds of such sale exceed the principal and interest of the consideration money I paid for the said tract of land??| I direct one half of such excess to be paid to Mrs. Catharine M. Owen of Burke County aforesaid in pursuance of a promise I made to her shortly after the death of her husband John B. Owen that she should share the next profits of the sale of the land. All my property real or personal except the one half of the excess before mentioned I give and bequeath to my beloved brother William U. Sturges of the same County of Burke to have and hold forever. If my niece Mrs. Abby S. Jones wife of Henry H. Jones of Liberty County State of Georgia should wish to have any of my personal effects as a keepsake my Executor will permit her to have whatever she may select??|. Two weeks later he was dead. The question certainly comes up ??" why did he wait a year or more before making a will? Why now? The ?Burke boys? signed up in 1861. Much of the paper associated with the will relate to legal considerations in getting the will recognized in Georgia. But the concern for the Owen family is clear as is his recognition of the widow as deserving of a share in the profits from the land she was working. (Although it raises the obvious question ??" was he merely in favor of women??Ts rights or did he have other designs on this young widow? John Sturges never married.) Overall a varied group of items relating to the period just before the Civil War to the period after. One encounters the same individuals in these receipts and letters ??" the interwoven lives of those in a small close-knit community. Condition: Variable as expected particularly the little receipts and notes.
A Good Rogers Smith Figural Salt StationFinely molded to depict four seated ladies resting on four Chipendale feet with upright pillars and shell form finials; the whole housing four turquoise color pressed glass salts 11''H x 8.25''W circa late 19th - early 20th century; condition very good the glass possible replacements.Property of a Harbor Springs Lady.
(18) Pcs sterling silver & glass, c/o (2) cut glass shakers with sterling tops, (5) Amston sterling rimmed coasters, (4) Crown sterling rimmed coasters, (2) FB Rogers sterling rimmed coasters, (2) Amston sterling rimmed coasters, (4) GH French miniature shakers, (4) sterling silver nut dishes, (2) etched glass vases with silver plate frames, Rogers Smith chick & egg box
Silver plate decanter set by Rogers Smith & Col, New Haven, CT; together with two Bohemia glass decanters.
17"h x 9"w x 5"d
Condition: Chips to stopper, tarnished.
A Victorian Silver-Plate and Enameled Glass Epergne
Rogers, Smith and Co., Meriden, CT, Late 19th Century
Height 13 1/2 x width 16 x depth 10 inches.
Property from the Collection of Ron Winter, Merwins Antiques, Birmingham, Michigan
4 FRAMED REWARD OF MERIT CALLIGRAPHIESca. late 19th-early 20th century; all ink on paper calligraphy drawings with bird motifs: largest bird and pennant design by S.R. Smith for Geo. Potts, framed in a grain painted frame, 16 1/4"x 14 1/2", Condition: unknown if artist is possibly Samuel Rogers Smith, fonder of Messiah College in 1909; bird and feather design for/by Mae Howard with scrolled paper design in gold leaf molded frame, 10 1/2"x 8 1/2", Condition: some minor creasing; unnamed bird and scrolling feather design in gold leaf mold enhanced edge, 7 1/4"x 6 1/2", Condition: very good; smallest card size bird on branch with pennant for/by Ella F. Romaino in small molded gold leaf frame, 5 1/4"x 4", Condition; minor soiling spots
135PCS ASSEMBLED AMERICAN SILVER "OLIVE" FLATWARE Extensive 135 piece American sterling silver, coin, and plated assembled partial mainly ?Olive? pattern or similar pattern flatware service, various makers and retailers, mid to late 19th century comprising, Jones, Shreve, & Co. (Boston, MA, 1855-1860) five sterling silver forks (7.5"), seven coin silver forks (6.875") and one coin silver pastry fork (5.75"), Whiting Manufacturing Co. (North Attleboro, MA, 1866-1924) retailed by Zade & Co. (Mobile, AL 1886-1916) four sterling silver forks (7") and four tablespoons (8.25"), Smith & Chamberlin (Salem, MA, 1845-1867) four coin silver forks (7.25"), Newell Harding & Co. (Boston, MA, 1826-1851) five coin silver forks (7.25") and one spoon (6"), J.S. Thompkins (Mangor, ME, mid-19th century) three coin silver forks (7"), Ebed Whiton (Boston, MA, act. c. 1826-1870) or Elijah Whiton (Groton, MA, act.1820-1840) one likely William Gale & Son (New York, NY 1862-1866), one coin silver fork (7"), coin silver fork (7.5"), J.E. Caldwell & Co. (Philadelphia, PA, 1848-1992) one coin silver fork (7.25"), T.S. Baldwin retailer (Painesville, OH, 19th century), one coin silver pastry fork (6"), D.S. Stevens (American, c. 1859) four silver plate tablespoons (8.5"), American Sterling Co. (Naubuc, CT, 1871-1880) one silverplate spoon (7.25"), Newell Matson maker and retailer (New York, NY, Milwauke, WI and Chicago, IL, second half 19th century) five coin silver spoons (6"), Wilson Grew retailer (Cincinatti, OH, 19th century) four coin silver spoons (6.125"), James Eammons Spear (Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC, 1817-1871) one coin silver spoon (6"), Jones, Ball, & Poor (Boston, MA, 1846-1853) eleven coin silver spoons (6") and twelve coin silver knives (8"), Albert Coles & Co. maker and retailer (New York, NY, 1835-1877) eleven sterling silver or coin hollow handled knives (8.125"), Ball, Tompkins, and Black (New York, NY, 1839-1851) one sterling silver or coin hollow handled knife (7.75"), Wood & Hughes (New York, NY 1845-1850) eight coin silver knives (7.75") and one coin silver pie server, Farrington & Hunnewell (Boston, MA, 1835-1885) one coin silver pastry for (5.625"), one coin silver knife (7.5"), one coin silver shell serving spoon (8.75"), one sauce ladle (7.5"), one cream ladle (6.5"), and one mustard ladle/spoon with gold wash bowl (5.5"), Lincoln & Foss (Boston, MA, 1848-1957) one sterling silver shell cream ladle (6.25"), Farr & Thompson (Philadelphia, PA, mid-19th century) one coin silver shell punch ladle (13"), Canfield Brothers & Co. retailer (Baltimore, MD, act. 1850-1881) one coin silver soup ladle (9"), Ralph Strickland (Albany, NY, 1857-1880) one silver plate mustard ladle (5"), Amos Sanborn (Lowell, MA, 1848-1866) one coin silver sugar shell spoon (6.25"), William B. Durgin (Concord, NH, 1883-1905) one coin silver serving/tablespoon (9"), Jones, Ball, & Co. (Boston, MA, 1853-1857) two coin silver master salt spoons (4"), Rogers, Smith & Co. (Hartford, CT 1857-1904) one silver plate master salt spoon (3.625"), Bigelow Brothers & Kennard (Boston, MA, 1845-1863) one coin silver fish slice (11.25"), one coin silver master salt shovel (3.75"), and one coin silver master salt shell spoon (4"), Samuel T. Crosby retailer (Boston, MA, act. 1846-1876) one coin silver crumber (11.75") and one coin silver pie server (9.25"), Pear & Bacall (Boston, MA, 1848-1876) one coin silver cracker shell serving spoon (9"), Jones, Ball & Co. (Boston, MA, 1853-1855) one coin silver cold meat fork (8.5"), Palmer & Bachelder/Bachelders (Boston, MA, 1846-1888) one coin silver master butter knife (7.5"), A.F. Burbank & Co. retailer (Boston 1853-1867 and Worcester 1867-1880, MA) one coin silver master butter knife (7.5"), stamped "Coin" two coin silver butter knives (6.75"), stamped "Pure Coin" one coin silver pie server (9.25"), Rogers & Brothers (Waterbury, MA, 1858-1898) one silver plate nut pick (5"), unmarked six silver plate cut picks in case (5"), one silver plate serving/tablespoon (8"), one coin silver butter knife (6.75"), one silver plate butter knife (6.875"), and one silver plate pierced sugar sifter spoon (6"), various maker?s and finesse marks, together with a Wallace Silversmith (Wallingford, CT, 1879) dark mahogany four drawer standing flatware chest in the Queen Anne taste (h. 35.25", w. 17", d. 13.5".Total approx weight excluding hollow handled and plated items: sterling 21.86 ozt; coin 120.95 ozt.
SIR DAVID YOUNG CAMERON R.A. (BRITISH 1865-1945)
D. Y. CAMERON'S ETCHINGS With an Introductory Essay by Frank Rinder. Edinburgh: Otto Schulze and Company, 1908. First edition, deluxe issue, one of 150 copies printed on Japanese vellum and signed by the artist, 4to, original vellum, tipped-in plate (a few loose), bookplate (Frank Gordon Brown);Idem. Etchings of D. Y. Cameron [same work as the preceding, with variant title]. Edinburgh: Otto Schulze and Company, 1908. First edition, trade issue, 4to, original quarter vellum, etched bookplate of James Robertson Cameron tipped in;Idem. The Etchings of D. Y. Cameron by Arthur M. Hind. London: Halton and Truscott Smith, Ltd., 1924. 4to, original black pictorial cloth gilt;and 13 others, including: Book of Common Prayer, c.1930, with repoussé silver panel after Holman Hunt's Jesus Light of the World mounted to front cover; Katharine Cameron, The Flowers I Love, undated, original boards with Art Nouveau design gilt to front cover, tipped-in colour plates; Oscar Wilde, A House of Pomegranates, with Sixteen Illustrations by Jessie M. King, 1915; Harry Clarke, Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe, undated, original cloth, colour plates; Clough Williams-Ellis and John Summerson, Architecture Here and Now, 1934, original cloth, dust jacket; Joseph Nicolson, The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, 1777, volume 1 only, with Aubrey Beardsley-designed bookplate of one, Mr Pollitt; Maxfield Parrish, The Arabian Nights, New York, 1921, original black cloth, plates; idem, The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame, 1899, original cloth; idem, Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame, c.1900, original cloth; J. C. Rogers, Modern English Furniture, c.1910, original cloth, photographic plates; and 3 similar works; the lot sold as seen, not subject to return(16)Provenance: Dominic Winter Book Auctions, Swindon, 17th May 1996, lot 341.
A ROGERS SMITH & CO SILVER-PLATED MIRRORA Rogers Smith & Co silver-plated mirror, Circa 1861-1898 Marked: Rogers Smith & Co / Meridenci / Quadrupple / 9936 The frame stamped with a repeating circle and star motif, each side held up by faun caryatid columns, surronding a beveled mirror 22.75" H x 18.25" W x 0.875" D Provenance: Maria Domont Collection, West Hollywood, CA Dimensions: 22.75" H x 18.25" W x 0.875" D Provenance: Maria Domont Collection, West Hollywood, CA
(5) Pcs silver plate, c/o Rogers Bros Ancestral vase with 1926 trophy engraving (12" h), SS Orontes commemorative trowel, pair of miniature filigree vases (4" h), Rogers Smith & Co oversized chalice (5-1/8" dia x 5-1/8" h)
Lot of silver plate, including R&W Wilson oval tray (12" x 8-1/2"), Homan Mfg Co relish dish (12" x 5-3/8"), Homan Mfg Co hinged lid dresser box (4-7/8" dia x 2-1/8" h), (2) bottle stands, (3) coasters, pair of Homan Silver Plate Co candlesticks (9-1/2" h), (3) IHS communion plates (5-1/2" dia), W Wilson miniature sugar bowl (2" h), (6) Gorham shakers, (2) flasks, Rogers Smith & Co mug
TWENTY-FIVE AMERICAN COIN SILVER TEASPOONSTWENTY-FIVE AMERICAN COIN SILVER TEASPOONS, 19th century, makers/retailers: Harbottle & Smith; H.I. Sawyer / B.F. Coe, New York; H. McKee; Baldwin; Hotchkiss & Schreuder, New York, active 1850-1871; N Matson & Co.; Church & Rogers; J. H. Hollister; Hayes & Adriance, New York, c. 1816-1826; Swift & Truman; and others. Total weight 407.3 grams.
Ten George III thread pattern silver teaspoons, George Smith & William Fearn, 1791 (5) and 1793 (5) bearing crest of Coxwell-Rogers, approximately 168g,
American Silver Plated Butler's Serving Tray, Rogers, Smith & Co., c.1870 length 33.5 in — 85 cm
Seven American Silver Articles
Mid/Late 19th Century
comprising a Bailey & Co. repousse coin silver cup, a Whiting sterling silver child's mug, an unmarked coin silver goblet, a pair of coin silver salts marked J.L.W., possibly for John Westervelt, with an unmarked but nearly matching cordial, and a Rogers, Smith and Co. silverplate commemorative goblet.
18 ozt 19 dwt gross
Height of largest 7 1/4 inches.
The silverplate goblet includes an engraving reading Western / Female Seminary / Presented by the class of / 1873. Otherwise known as the Western College for Women, this institution was founded in Oxford, Ohio in 1853 and later absorbed into Miami University.
1877 SILVER PRESENTATION PITCHER13-1/4" high silver plated by Rogers Smith & Co. Engraved presentation script on front. Wear, as shown. shipping info This item can be shipped in-house.
ASSORTED MEDAL & SILVER LOT (12) Piece Lot, incl: Gent's 10K yellow gold class ring by Robbins, with blue stone, heavily worn surface, size 9; (2) Victorian coin silver folding pocket knives, one by Albert Coles (NY, 1835-75) with floral decorated surface engraved Laura, 3 1/8" long, and one with engine turned surface by Tift & Whiting (N. Attleboro, MA, 1840-53) engraved "M. T. Dyer", 3 1/4" long; Sterling lorgnette, floral engraved surface with script monogram, 5 1/8" long; Silver-plate paperweight depicting General Grant on horseback by Rogers, Smith & Co., New Haven, 4" high; Silver-plate paperweight depicting a fox by Wilcox Silver Plate Co., #2203, 1 1/2" high; Bronze medallion form paperweight commemorating the 100th anniversary of Canal National Bank, Portland, ME in 1926, 3" diam.; Cased bronze medallion presented to Herman Susskrant on his 25th anniversary with The Home Insurance Co., New York in 1923, leather case: 3 1/4" x 3 1/4"; Brass handle lorgnette, 5" long; 1934 school loyalty medal with ribbon presented to Richard N. Dyer in Balfour box, 2 3/4" long; Richard N. Dyer (ensign) military dog tag from 11/42 on chain; and Russian gold tone metal star pin with hammer & sickle, 1 1/4" x 1 1/4".
HALF HULL SHIP MODEL Vintage Model of the Sloop "Flyaway", built by Smith V. Rogers, Bayport, NY, ca 1890, seven plank construction, mounted on a molded edge walnut backboard, with plaque, 8" x 43 1/2". Repaired backboard breaks.
AMERICAN SILVER-PLATED SOUP TUREEN WITH TRAYAmerican SIlver-plated Soup Tureen with Tray, Rogers Smith and Co., New Haven, Connecticut Dimensions: Tureen: 13 1/4 x 16 x 10 1/4 in. (33.7 x 40.6 x 26 cm.), Tray: 12 x 20 1/2 in. (30.5 x 52.1 cm.) Condition:
DEBORAH LUSTER (AMERICAN/LOUISIANA, B. 1951)Deborah Luster (American/Louisiana, b. 1951) , "62 - East Carroll Parish Prison Farm, Transylvania, LA, Kenny Smith, Sentence 18 Months, DOC #111222, DOB 7-20-59", silver gelatin print on aluminum, typed label with artist, title and edition number "2/25" on backing paper, 5 in. x 4 in., framed . Provenance: Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA; Collection of Noted Preservationist and Aesthete Dorian M. Bennett, New Orleans.
JENNIFER SMITH ROGERS (AMERICAN/SOUTH CAROLINA)Jennifer Smith Rogers (American/South Carolina, b. 1973), "St. Michael's Glory", 2007, oil on linen, signed lower left, signed, titled, dated and inscribed en verso, 34 in. x 24 in., framed.
ROGERS SMITH & CO. BEAUX ARTS STYLE SILVERPLATE WATER TIPPLER WITH A DERBY MUG, H OF CRADLE: 17 1/4 IN. (43.82 CM.)Rogers Smith & Co. Beaux Arts Style Silverplate Water Tippler with a Derby Mug,, Dimensions: H of cradle: 17 1/4 in. (43.82 cm.)
TWO AMERICAN SILVER-PLATED ICE WATER PITCHERSone marked for Pairpoint Manufacturing, with matching drip cup; the other marked for Wilcox Silverplate Co; "Quadruple Plated", with an associated cup marked for Roger Smith and Co.; each on stand; Provenance: The E.T. and Wife Collection, Long Beach, California; each pitcher 19 1/2 inches high overall Condition:
JENNIFER SMITH ROGERS (AMERICAN, 1973-) JUNIPER BAY OIL ON LINEN: 11 X 14 IN.JENNIFER SMITH ROGERS, (AMERICAN, 1973-) JUNIPER BAY, Oil on linen: 11 x 14 in. Framed; lower right signed: J. Smith Rogers; verso inscribed Provenance: Estate of Janis Jones
GROUP OF AMERICAN SILVER TABLE ITEMSGROUP OF AMERICAN SILVER TABLE ITEMS, including a Fisher silver Chippendale style creamer and sugar with shell over paw feet, a Lunt weighted short tazza with gadrooned border, dia: 6 in.; a Rogers weighted silver bud vase, h: 7 in.; a Fisher silver tall tazza with reticulated band to rim, h: 5.5 in.; an International silver 'Prelude' small bud vase, h: 6.75 in.; a Crown silver low footed bowl with flaring rim, dia: 5.5 in.; a Gorham silver tastevin with pierced handle; S. Kirk & Son silver monogrammed porringer with pierced handle; a Frank Smith silver undertray with scroll and gadrooned borders and reticulated S motifs in a row, w: 5.75 in.; and a small cement filled Art Nouveau bud vase marked Sterling, h: 5 in., 16.19 ozt (11)
16 PIECES OF GORHAM SILVER 'FAIRFAX' (1910) FLATWARE AND OTHER AMERICAN SILVER FLATWARE16 PIECES OF GORHAM SILVER 'FAIRFAX' (1910) FLATWARE AND OTHER AMERICAN SILVER FLATWARE, the 'Fairfax' flatware including 6 salad forks, 6 luncheon knives (steel blades), 3 teaspoons, a child's fork and a luncheon fork; 7 Lunt 'Carillon' (1957) butter spreaders with steel blades, 10 luncheon knives (steel blades) and a steel bladed fish knife; 6 silver souvenir spoons and a wartime metal spoon from Kansas, 3 Reed & Barton silver 'Grande Renaissance' (1957) forks: 2 fish and 1 dinner fork, Gorham silver 'Buttercup" (1898) flatware: including 4 luncheon forks, 3 salad forks and 2 teaspoons; a Towle silver 'Mary Chilton' (1912) berry/ casserole spoon, Frank W. Smith silver 'Countess" (1928) sauce ladle; Gorham silver 'Strasbourg' sugar shell spoon; a Whiting silver 'Louis XV' (1891) individual pie fork; Rogers silver 'Moonbeam' luncheon fork; Heirloom silver lemon fork; ONG silver butter spreader with pointed terminal; Towle silver 'Old Newbury/ Newbury' (1900) jelly slice and a Wolfenden silver master salt spoon (63)
(96) MILITARY AND POLITICAL CIVIL WAR ERA CDV'S, PLUS (28) UNRELATED GEM TINTYPES The CDVs' backmarks, when present, are generally for E. Anthony, yet sometimes they credit Brady's Portrait Gallery. Many of the mounts are unmarked, yet have penciled identification of the subject. These have been verified whenever possible.
The collection is as follows:
(10) Politicians: George Washington (2), Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln and His Cabinet, Stephen A. Douglas, Hamilton Fish, James A. Garfield as a Union general, Rhode Island Governor Willian Sprague in uniform.
One (1) Brady marked CDV of New York's martyred Col. Elmer Ellsworth.
(51) Identified Union Generals as follows: Anderson, Auger, Banks, Buell, Buford, Casey, Corcoran, Couch, Curtis (Samuel), Doubleday, Dwight, Foster, French, Gilmore (inscribed), Grierson, Halleck, Heintzelman, Hooker, Hunter, Kearney, Kelly, Lander, Lyon, McDowell, McClellan, Meade, Mitchell, Morell, Newton, Palmer, Pleasanton, Pope, Reno, Rosecrans, Schenck, Segwick, Sheridan, Sherman (Thomas), Sherman (William T.), Sigel, Slocum, Smith (William), Stahl, Stevenson (Thomas), Stone, Stoneman, Sykes, Thomas (Lorenzo), Tyler, Warren, Weber, Wool.
(7) Naval Portraits: Admiral David Farragut (2); Commodores Boggs, Davis, Foote, Rogers, Stringham,
(6) Lithographed Union Commanders: Col. Baker, Benjamin Butler, Admiral Dupont, General Franklin, Col. W. R. Lee, General McCall.
(5) Confederates: Jefferson Davis; Robert E, Lee (3); General John Hunt Morgan.
(18) mostly military CDVs, some sitters named.
Plus, a specialized collection gem tintypes showing unknown civilian sitters, late 1860s - 1870s, all ages and both genders, the portraits housed in an embossed leather album. There is some duplication of images.
FRANK SMITH STERLING SILVER FIVE-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE GARDENER, MASSACHUSETTS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY APPROX. 36.6 TROY OZ. WEIGHABLE.FRANK SMITH STERLING SILVER FIVE-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE, Gardener, Massachusetts, Early 20th Century, Together with an F.B. Rogers Silver Co. circular silver plated tray, diameter 14.25". Tea and coffee service retailed by Foster & Co. Consists of a coffeepot, a hot water jug, a teapot, a creamer and an open sugar bowl. Lobed bodies with beaded rims. Monogrammed. Coffeepot and hot water jug heights 6.5". Dimensions: Approx. 36.6 troy oz. weighable.
(VIEW) CONNECTICUT: 146 POSTCARDS EARLY TO MID-20TH CENTURY(VIEW) CONNECTICUT: 146 POSTCARDS, Early to Mid-20th Century, Includes: '07 "View From Farm Hill", '19 Brooklawn Country Club, Hotel Roger Smith, '07 Dayton Island, "New Campus" (Yale), '06 The Old Charter Oak, Meriden park scene, Stratford Hotel interior, Lake Quassapaug and more.
(4) AMERICAN STERLING SILVER TABLE ITEMS, 9.93OZT(lot of 4) American sterling silver table items, including: (2) child's cups, (one) International silver, approx 2.25"h, (one) Rogers, Lunt & Bowlen, approx 1.5"h, both monogrammed EED; (1) Frank W. Smith shell-form dish, approx 6"l, 5 3/8"w; (1) Watson Company "Exemplar" footed dish, lobed bowl, rising on short legs, ending in stylized feet, approx 1.75"h, 5.75"l, 4.5"w; 9.93ozt total **Provenance: The estate of Mr. Wesley and Mrs. Suzanne LaFever, Beverly Hills, California**
1976 TOPPS UNCUT SHEET WALTER PAYTON RC FOOTBALLA full, 132-card uncut sheet of Topps 1976 football cards, including -- almost dead center -- Walter Payton's rookie card. Sheet also includes Roger Staubach, Too Tall Jones, Steve Spurrier, Bubba Smith, Jim Plunkett, Mean Joe Greene, and, well, 125 more. Not glued or taped down, but framed loose. Frame measures 45-1/2" x 31". Very fine -- see images. No apparent issues at all. shipping info This item will need to be shipped by a packing company of your choice. We maintain a list of reliable shippers, or you may choose your own.
VICTORIAN SILVER FIGURAL CIGAR HUMIDORCirca 1865 humidor by Rogers Smith, silverplated, with four hinged doors. Center of top has what appears to be a candlestick holder, but could have held a glass or metal insert for ash. Cherubs holding up the center have been resoldered at the ankles. Very good condition otherwise. Measures about 11-1/2" x 8-1/4" and about 9-1/2" high. shipping info This item will need to be shipped by a packing company of your choice. We maintain a list of reliable shippers, or you may choose your own.
[A PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION, EDINBURGH] COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS
ON JAPANESE, KOREAN, AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART ??????????????????????Including:Brown, Roxanna M. The Ceramics of South-East Asia: their dating and identification. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977.Chewon, Kim and Gompertz, G. St. G. M. (Eds.) The Ceramic Art of Korea. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1961.Classical Style in Japanese Arts. 1978.Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Korean and Chinese Ceramics. Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museums, 1975.Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The Lost Century: Japanese Arita Porcelain 1720 - 1820 in Britain: Selective Catalogue. Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum, 1998.Fontein, Jan, Soekmono, R., and Suleiman, Satyawati. Ancient Indonesian Art of the Central and Eastern Javanese Periods. New York: Asia Society Inc., 1974.Frasche, Dean F. Southeast Asian Ceramics: Ninth Through Seventeenth Centuries. New York: Asia Society Inc., 1977.Goepper, Roger and Whitfield, Roderick. Treasures from Korea. London: British Museum Publications Ltd., 1984.Gompertz, G. St. G. M. Korean Celadon and Other Wares of the Koryo Period. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1963.Gompertz, G. St. G. M. Korean Pottery & Porcelain of the Yi Period. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1968.Götz, Alexander. The Ancient Art of South East Asia. London: Shirley Day Ltd., 1992.Hayashi, Ryoichi. The Silk Road and the Shoso-in. New York: John Weatherhill Inc., 1975.Heineken, Kiyoko and Heineken, Ty. Tansu: Traditional Japanese Cabinetry. New York: John Weatherhill Inc., 1984.McKillop, Beth. Korean Art and Design. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1992.Shoten, Kadokawa (Ed.). A Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Oriental Arts: Korea. New York: Crown Publishers, 1969.Smith, Lawrence and Harris, Victor. Japanese decorative arts from the 17th to the 19th centuries. London: British Museum Publications Ltd., 1982.Stevenson, John, Guy, John, and Cort, Louise Allison. Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition. Chicago: Art Media Resources with Avery Press, 1997.Swann, Peter. Art of China, Korea and Japan. London: Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1963.Treasures of the Shosoin. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun Publishing Company, 1965.Watson, William, Beasley, William Gerand, and Bito, Masahide. The Great Japan Exhibition. Art of the Edo Period 1600-1868. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1981.Weeder, Erica H. (Ed.). The Rise of a Great Tradition: Japanese Archaeological Ceramics from the Jomon Through Heian Periods, 10,500 B.C.-A.D. 1185. New York: Japan Society, 1990.Yi Silla, Koryo. The Art of the Korean Potter. New York: The Asia Society, 1968.(22)Provenance: Private Scottish collection, EdinburghNote: Please note this lot will be offered with no reserve. ???????
SILVER PLATE NUT BOWL WITH SQUIRRELAmerican, early 20th century, oval bowl with branch, leaf, and squirrel decoration, marks for Rogers Smith & Co., 10-1/2 x 14 x 7-1/2 in.
Note: Wilhelmine Kirby Waller was the granddaughter of Thomas Ellis Kirby, founding partner of the American Art Association, which became the first major auction house in the United States, selling over 60 million dollars worth of art during its existence from 1883-1924. Gustavus Kirby, Wilhelmine's father, was an important member of the American Olympic Committee and was involved in the AAA business with his father. Wilhelmine, a noted equestrienne, focused her pursuits on horse breeding at the successful Tanrackin Farm in Bedford, New York. She was on several Presidential Commissions focusing on conservation and the environment, as well as serving as the President of the Garden Club of America. These objects offered here were passed down through the family and Wilhelmine to the current consignor.
Provenance: Wilhelmine Kirby Waller, Bedford, New York; by descent
Condition:
several dents, repairs on base to twig decoration, interior blister possibly from repairs, base, interior scratches and dents, and probably replated
TWO VICTORIAN SILVER PLATED TEA SETS, TO INCLUDE SEVEN ...Two Victorian Silver Plated Tea Sets, to include seven piece Rogers Smith New Haven, along with a three piece 19th century set.
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