- Attributed to Francis Hayman, R.A. (English,
Attributed to Francis Hayman, R.A. (English, 1708-1776)
Dr. Messenger Monsey, 1750
oil on canvas
30 1/2 x 25 inches.
Property from the Collection of the University Club of Milwaukee
- Attributed to Gilbert Charles Stuart
Attributed to Gilbert Charles Stuart (American, 1755-1828)
Allen Crocker
oil on board
29 1/4 x 24 3/4 inches.
Property from the Collection of the University Club of Milwaukee
- Manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (German,
Manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (German, 1646-1723)
Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
oil on canvas
30 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches.
Property from the Collection of the University Club of Milwaukee
- A Renaissance Style Carved Oak Cabinet
A Renaissance Style Carved Oak Cabinet
Early 20th Century
Height 69 1/4 x width 38 1/4 x depth 19 3/8 inches.
Property from the Collection of Tessa and Denton Marks, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- MOE-BRIDGES BOUDOIR LAMP WITH REVERSE
MOE-BRIDGES BOUDOIR LAMP WITH REVERSE PAINTED GLASS SHADE 14" overall with 7 ½" x 4 ¾" shade Of baluster form patinated and silvered metal one-light base, blue-amber glass shade reverse painted with Japonesque floral motif of blossoming Sakura. Marked 'MOE-BRIDGES MILWAUKEE' to the base underside.
- Alexander Calder. Rare Sillons noirs
Alexander Calder. Rare Sillons noirs sur rouge tapestry. c. 1970, hand-woven wool. 88½ w × 64¾ l in. result: $47,880. estimate: $30,000–50,000. Woven signature to lower right ‘Calder PF’. Upholstery manufacturer's label to reverse ‘PF Tapisserie d'Aubusson d'après le carton de Calder Sillons noirs sur rouge N. 32’. Woven edition number to reverse '3/6'. This work is number 3 from the edition of 6. Provenance: Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Wisconsin | Wright, Important 20th Century Design, 21 May 2006, Lot 197
- ASSORTMENT OF HAND TOOLS Including a
ASSORTMENT OF HAND TOOLS Including a Porter Cable plate joiner; rafter nailer; portable power planer; Milwaukee router; Cut off-wheel; laser mark laser level; bucket of pipe wrenches and other tools.
- Cased American Engineer's Transit, David
Cased American Engineer's Transit, David White Company, Milwaukee, mid 20th century serial no. 32622, in fitted oak case instrument 10 x 13 in — 25.4 x 33 cm; case 11.5 x 13.75 x 7 in — 29.2 x 34.9 x 17.8 cm
- BREWERIANA SIX-PIECE TO INCLUDE PIELS
BREWERIANA SIX-PIECE TO INCLUDE PIELS PLASTICadvertising calendar 1969, 17’ high by 5 1/2" wide. A round old Milwaukee Beer hanging sign 13 1/2" diameter, frame is rusted. A Knickerbocker advertising clock 15" by 15", currently in working condition, but not guaranteed. Bush illuminated advertising sign 10 1/2" high by 26" wide 5" deep, not working. A Miller High Life illuminated advertising sign 5 1/2" high, 15" wide and 4" deep, not working. A Miller High Life advertising clock 25" high by 11 1/2" wide and 4 1/4" deep. Lights up but clock is not working.
- ROBERT WARD VAN BOSKERCK (AMERICAN,
ROBERT WARD VAN BOSKERCK (AMERICAN, 1855-1932) "LILLY POND" Oil on canvas. Signed 'K.W. van Boskereck' (lower left).
Catalogue Note: Robert Ward van Boskerck was born in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1855. As a young artist he studied under Robert Sevain Gifford and Alexander Wyant in New York. His works are usually landscapes and are always strongly executed. He was a highly skilled and powerful painter.
Artist Memberships:
Associate, National Academy of Design, 1897
National Academy of Design, 1907
Society of American Artists, 1887
Artist has Exhibited:
Brooklyn Art Association, 1879-85, 1892
National Academy of Design, 1880-1900
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Annual, 1880, 1900
Boston Art Club, 1881-85
Art Institute of Chicago, 1888-91, 1912-13
American Watercolor Society, 1898
Carnegie Institute, 1898
Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901
St. Louis Exposition, 1904 (medal)
Corcoran Gallery, annuals/biennials, 1907-08, 1930
Society of Independent Artists, 1919
Artist Collections:
Union League
Lotos Club, NYC
Fencers Club, NYC
Layton Art Gallery, Milwaukee
Hamilton Club, Brooklyn Mappin Art Gallery, England
- FOUR GLANDER ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKS COPPER
FOUR GLANDER ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKS COPPER CANDELABRAFour Glander Ornamental Iron Works copper candelabra, Mid-20th century; Milwaukee, Wisconsin Each stamped: G [within a circle and under a hand] / Hand Wrought Each two-light hammered copper candelabrum with crimped bobèche, 4 pieces Dimensions: Each: 5.5" H x 7.75" W x 4" D Provenance: The Estate of Dr. Amy Conger
- IMPORTANT RAWLE FAMILY PAIR OF PHILADELPHIA
IMPORTANT RAWLE FAMILY PAIR OF PHILADELPHIA QUEEN ANNE ...1740-1760, each with scrolled and shell carved crest over a figured splat with scrolled volutes and spurred base, shell carved legs with trifid feet, red leather upholstered compass seats, seat rail interiors and matching original slip seats marked "III" and "XI", 42-1/2 x 20 x 17 in.
Provenance: The Rawle Family of Pennsylvania, possible line of descent: Francis Rawle (1729-1761), Philadelphia; William Rawle (1759-1836), Philadelphia, son; Francis William Rawle (1795-1881), Philadelphia and Fairfield, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, son; James Rawle (1842-1912), "Castlefinn," near Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, son; thence by descent in the family; Christie's, New York, Property from a Pennsylvania Collection, January 19, 2018, lot 156, sold for $137,500; Important Private Virginia Estate
Note: According to the Christie's lot essay (January 19, 2018, lot 156), the chairs offered here relate closely to "the practices of the 'Wistar armchair' shop as defined and discussed by Alan Miller. These include compass seats with applied rims and trifid feet with raised central and side panels, with the graining on the splat and its more complex shaping illustrating developments of the shop in the 1740s and 1750s (Alan Miller, "Flux in Design and Method in Early Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia Furniture," American Furniture 2014 , Luke Beckerdite, ed. (Milwaukee, 2014), pp. 60-64). Other chairs possibly from the same original set include a chair marked V (Sotheby's, New York, 26 September 2008, lot 62) and, with variant knee returns, a chair marked II at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. no. 25.115.14).
The chairs were acquired from a Rawle-family descendant whose line included Francis Rawle (1729-1761), a possible first owner for the set represented by the pair in the present lot. He was the son of William Rawle (d. 1741), a lawyer and original member of the Library Company. Francis married Rebecca Warner in 1756, an event that may have occasioned the commission of this set of chairs. This pair of chairs were likely inherited by his son, William Rawle (1759-1836) , a prominent lawyer who was appointed United State Attorney for Pennsylvania by President George Washington. The chairs continued to descend to his son Francis William Rawle (1795-1881) and Francis' son, James Rawle (1842-1912), President of J.G. Brill Co., at the time, the largest manufacturers of street cars (Frank Marshall Eastman, Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania: A History, 1623-1923 , vol. 4, pp. 56-58; see also Lita H. Solis-Cohen, "Living with antiques: Castlefinn Farm, the Pennsylvania home of Mrs. James Rawle II," The Magazine Antiques (March 1971), pp. 386-390)."
(see https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6125008)
Condition:
both in a fine state of overall preservation, one chair with patch repair to volute of splat, later nails and pinning at shoe, proper left side with repair to stile at leg joint, other leg with some infill, seat rail with metal L brackets added, minor repairs along front of seat rail, one front leg with minor thin cracks; other chair with patch repair at lip of shoe, small area of loss on proper right seat rail lip, minor repairs to seat rail, front legs with 1/4 inch pad applied; both with scattered imperfections and other general wear from age and use
Per Christie's condition report: old dark patina, slightly waxed but good color. Patch approximately 3 1/2 inches long to proper right volute of splat on one chair (chair marked III). Shrinkage crack through shell knee carving of proper right front leg. Shoe appears to be secured with very tiny pins. Metal brackets to underside of back rail. The other (chair marked XI) with small patch repair to bottom right corner of front of shoe. Face patch to proper left rear leg at juncture with stile. Underside of front legs each with 1/4 inch high pads. Please note that if pads are removed foot height would be approximately the same as foot height of the other chair.