RORSTRAND SWEEDEN PAT SUR PAT VASE.RORSTRAND SWEEDEN PAT SUR PAT VASE. Large size porcelain vase with celadon green ground and decoration of storks and flowers. Signed at bottom, Rorstrand with three crown mark and artist’s initials KL (possibly Karl Larsen). 21.5”H x 7” dia..
WEEDEN ELECTRIC STEAM ENGINE TOY.WeedenWEEDEN ELECTRIC STEAM ENGINE TOY.Weeden Electric Steam Engine Toy. 7"h. Condition: : Fair, missing parts, including cord.
WEEDEN VERTICAL STEAM ENGINE TOY.WeedenWEEDEN VERTICAL STEAM ENGINE TOY.Weeden Vertical Steam Engine Toy. Nickeled tin and cast iron. 11-3/4"h. Condition: : Fair to good with wear and missing parts.
WEEDEN NO. 49 STEAM ENGINE.Weeden No.WEEDEN NO. 49 STEAM ENGINE.Weeden No. 49 Steam Engine. 11-1/2'h. Condition: : Fair to good with wear and missing parts.
MARIA HOWARD WEEDEN, WATERCOLOR SEASCAPEMariaMARIA HOWARD WEEDEN, WATERCOLOR SEASCAPEMaria Howard Weeden (Huntsville, Alabama, 1847-1905), watercolor on card seascape of waves crashing against a rock, with gulls flying overhead and shoreline and sailboats in the distance. Signed lower left "Howard Weeden". Card: 8-1/4" x 10-7/8". Matted: 11" x 14", narrow giltwood frame: 11-3/4" x 15". Biography (courtesy the Encyclopedia of Alabama): Maria Howard Weeden was educated at the Huntsville Female Seminary and by well known Huntsville portrait painter William Frye. She gained international recognition for her portraits of formerly enslaved freedpeople; she also published four books of poetry with accompanying illustrations. Her preferred medium of painting was watercolor. A combination of her extreme nearsightedness and using brushes of only three hairs for painting allowed her to capture delicate details. Weeden's friend Elizabeth Price, who owned a music studio in Nashville, displayed and sold her paintings there. The home Weeden shared with her family is now a historic house in Huntsville, Alabama. Provenance: a Nashville, Tennessee collection.
Condition:
Mat is glued to the card; area of loss to corner of mat (not affecting card), light overall toning. 1/16" spot of foxing to upper right corner in sky area.
MARIA HOWARD WEEDEN, WATERCOLOR LANDSCAPEMariaMARIA HOWARD WEEDEN, WATERCOLOR LANDSCAPEMaria Howard Weeden (Huntsville, Alabama, 1847-1905), watercolor on card landscape depicting a curving road with sheep walking or reclining along its side, with two figures and hills in the background. Signed lower left "Howard Weeden". Card: 8-1/4" x 10-7/8". Matted: 11" x 14", Narrow giltwood frame: 11-3/4" x 15". Biography (courtesy the Encyclopedia of Alabama): Maria Howard Weeden was educated at the Huntsville Female Seminary and by well known Huntsville portrait painter William Frye. She gained international recognition for her portraits of formerly enslaved freedpeople; she also published four books of poetry with accompanying illustrations. Her preferred medium of painting was watercolor. A combination of her extreme nearsightedness and using brushes of only three hairs for painting allowed her to capture delicate details. Weeden's friend Elizabeth Price, who owned a music studio in Nashville, displayed and sold her paintings there. The home Weeden shared with her family is now a historic house in Huntsville, Alabama. Provenance: a Nashville, Tennessee collection.
Condition:
Mat is glued to the card; 2 small (1/2" or less) areas of shallow, partial loss to card margin on back, each within 1/2" of edge; area of loss to mat, light overall toning.
2 EDISON LIGHT BULB LAMPS, MINER LAMP,2 EDISON LIGHT BULB LAMPS, MINER LAMP, WEEDEN TOY STEAM...1st and 2nd items: Two 1929 Approximate Replica of Thomas Alva Edison's First Incandescent Lamps. Model made for the fiftieth anniversary of the electric light in 1929. Turned wood base, gold paper labels, bakelite contacts, paraffin sealed copper wire underneath. 7 1/4" H. 3rd item: Cabrian Miner's Safety Lamp no 04263, brass and copper, wall mount (mounted to wooden block). 9 1/2" H (not including top hook). 4th item: Miniature Painted Steam Engine Toy mounted atop a white metal base, marked Weeden,10" H, base 9 1/2" W x 7" D. 5th item: Franke & Heidecke Braunschweig Rolleicord camera in original leather case, 5 1/2" x 3" x 3". 6th item: Ansco Agfa mahogany and brass folding camera, 7" x 5 1/2". Provenance: estate of James R. (and Mary B.) Packard, Huntsville, Alabama. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
1st and 2nd items: wear to labels. 3rd item: light wear and oxidation. 4th item: Corrosion to knob on one end, functionality not checked or guaranteed. 5th & 6th items: Ansco Agfa camera has several scratches to finish and may be missing some parts. Functionality not tested or guaranteed on either camera.
MARIA HOWARD WEEDEN 1904 BOOK OLD VOICESHardboundMARIA HOWARD WEEDEN 1904 BOOK OLD VOICESHardbound first edition. Maria Howard Weeden (American, 1846-1905), "Old Voices," New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904. With decorations by Cora Parker. Maria Howard Weeden was an artist and poet based in Huntsville, Alabama. After the Civil War, she did portraits of African American freed men and women. She published four poetry books from 1898-1904 illustrated with her own art.
Condition:
In very good intact complete condition. Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Please note that the lack of a condition statement does not imply perfect condition. Email condition@revereauctions.com with any condition questions.
MARIA HOWARD WEEDEN(American/Alabama,MARIA HOWARD WEEDEN(American/Alabama, 1847-1905)
Freed Woman, signed lower left Howard Weeden, watercolor on paper, 11 x 9 in.; modern wood frame, 13-3/4 x 12-1/4 in.
Provenance: Private Collection
Condition:
paper somewhat toned, light foxing; frame with light wear
DIMINUTIVE STEAM ENGINE BY JENSEN MANUFACTURINGDIMINUTIVE STEAM ENGINE BY JENSEN MANUFACTURING CO Weeden Manufacturing (American, 1884-1952). Model steam engine, marked. Approx. w. 7.5"
SELECTION OF SEVEN ASSORTED MAINLY SOUTHERNSELECTION OF SEVEN ASSORTED MAINLY SOUTHERN BOOKS Selection of seven assorted books including American Southern, comprising: Thomas Nelson Page, "Two Little Confederates", Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1902, with inscription to Robert Winship Woodruff from Eva Hurt, 1902; Howard Weeden, "Songs Of The Old South", Doubleday, Page & Company, 1900, with ink gift inscriptions 1900 and 1928; Joel Chandler Harris, "Uncle Remus", D. Appleton and Company, 1903, with ink signature of Robert Winship Woodruff; edited by Mary Day Lanier, "The Poems Of Sidney Lanier", Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1910, Nash Buckingham, "De Shootinest Gent'Man", The Derrydale Press, New York, 1934, number 910 of 950 copies; Walter Lippmann, "A Preface To Morals", The McMillan Company, New York, 1929, ink Hodgson family gift inscription, 1929; and Rudyard Kipling, "Mine Own People", W.B. Conkey Company, 1891, ink signature and inscription by Robert Winship Woodruff, age 16. Approx. 9.5" x 6.25" ("De Shootinest Gent'Man").
VINTAGE WEEDEN STEAM ENGINE Circa 1930s,VINTAGE WEEDEN STEAM ENGINE Circa 1930s, all metal construction, sheet brass boiler; includes burner.