Important Estate Auction

Seven pieces of c1900 Japanese Nagoya eggshell china with hand painted Geisha decoration, including five matching 8 5/8" plates and two 5" saucers.

A collection of twelve pieces of Japanese Nagoya eggshell china with hand painted Geisha decoration, including a 7"w footed nut bowl with five matching 3"w individual nut bowls, three 3"w butterpats, a 6" oval tray, a 6" b&b plate, and a 4 1/2"w sauce boat.

A 10 1/4"h Fitz & Floyd vase decorated in Italian faience style with large clusters of heavily modeled fruit, matches items #438 and #440.

A Fitz & Floyd large pedestal centerpiece, 12 1/2"w x 5"h, decorated in Italian faience style with clusters of brightly colored fruit at handles. Minor losses to gilt trim, matches items #439 and #440 below.

Five pieces of Fitz & Floyd china decorated with brightly colored fruit and matching items #438 and #439 above. Includes an 8 1/2" plate, 4 1/2" salt & pepper set, 4 1/4" creamer and sugar w/ slotted lid and ladle.

A 1930's American Art Deco 6 1/4" black amethyst vase with horizontal silver deposit striping.

A studio art glass hand blown bowl of ovoid freeform shape in deep, smoky green glass with multi-colored spattered trailings. Marked "EA 89" above an unpolished pontil, 4 3/4"h x 9 1/4"w.

A hand blown Murano art glass bowl, 7"w x 2 3/4"h, of pale pink color with slightly darker overshot sandy exterior.

A 1950's Murano free form hand blown bowl decorated with blue spattered inclusions cased in crystal, 8 3/4"w x 3 3/4"h.

A 1950's Murano Glass "Splash" bowl by Fratelli Toso, of opaline glass cased in clear crystal with green somerso spiraling and aventurine spattering, 11 3/4"w x 2 3/4"h.

A 1950's Murano oblong bowl of white lattimo glass cased in citrine, with patchlike copper aventurine inclusions. Likely Toso, 11" x 5 1/2" x 2 1/4"h.

A 1950's Murano shell form bowl of white lattimo glass cased in crystal, with starlike aventurine inclusions surrounding bullicante controlled bubbles swirling in a spiral pattern. Likely Seguso, 7"w x 4"h.

A 1950s Murano art glass ovoid geode bowl, 7" x 5 1/2" x 2 3/4"h, with internal somerso layers of butterscotch and alabastro cased in clear.

A set of 25 engraved crystal stems in a Swedish-style laurel pattern favored by American elegant glass companies in the 1950s-60s, comprised of seven 5 3/4"h footed tumblers, two 4 3/8" sherbets, eight 4 1/2" wines, two 6" iced teas, and six 6" waters. Nicks to three waters and two wines.

An impressive 11"h x 18"w Chinese cloisonn

A stunning matched pair of 29"h Chinese cloisonn

A Chinese bronze cloisonn

Russian Folk Art Sleigh, hand carved and hand painted with wrought iron straps, 32"w x 18 1/4" x 11 1/2"d

An impressive 26"h bronze Art Nouveau statue of a woman bearing a torch and flowers, no artist's or foundry mark visible.

An ornate 15"h Empire Style bronze urn decorated with classical mythological figures.

An elegant gilt brass 18" pendant light fixture with four engraved glass "starburst" panels. Original mounts intact, ready to wire.

Two Mexican sterling silver cuff bracelets with "twisted rope" bands, one capped with domed brass ends, the other with a brass onyx. 101.5 grams total.

A collection of six Mexican sterling silver bangle bracelets, two hinged with engraving, two narrow with rope pattern, one with repousse animal motifs, the last with seometric design. 119.7 grams total.

A collection of eight Mexican sterling silver cuff bracelets, a pair with rope twist bands, one 1 1/4" w with cut-out animals, one 3/4" wide with inset round amethyst, one 3/4" wide with gold rope edge marked "Laton", one with 2 1/2" wide with attached bow, one 5/8" wide with silver basketweave overlay marked "FA5", the last 1/2" wide of three heavy interwoven strands. 189.6 grams total.

A genuine amber strand necklace with 55 18mm beads and one 17mm cap bead, 38" circumference.

A matched pair of Tuscany style Italian porcelain table lamps, hand painted with crackle glaze, on a gilt base with modeled lions' heads and paw feet. Both 31"h to top of harp.

Large Gold Classical Beveled Glass Over Mantel or Pier Mirror, third quarter 19th Century, aesthetic movement style giltwood. This item is from another Memphis Estate. W. 61", h. 8'5"

A hand wrought, gilded brass Mission style hanging light fixture, 14 1/2"h x 20"square, with a hand painted Italian openwork faience shade.

A large hand hewn bowl with one handle missing, 4"h x 21"w (excluding handle).

A modern Flemish wool wall tapestry in rich colors, 44"w x 33"h, illustrating a hunting scene of "Hawking with Emperor Maximilian." Attached horizontal sleeve on reverse for easy hanging.

A marked "D. Canale & Co.", "Memphis, Tenn.", 11 1/8"h Old Dominick bourbon bottle, sun-turned amethyst.

A 10 1/2"h art pottery redware jug with rutile drip glaze, made by Rossa Studio in Tipperary, Ireland.

A McDonald's Flintstones "Rocky Road" coffee mug, together with a pair of cast resin/chalk magnolia blossom bookends, each 5 1/4"w x 6"h, supporting five great books: Vols. I & II of Symonds, "The Life of Michelangelo Buonarrotti", Scribner's, 1925, extensively illustrated; Vol. I, Sir Walter Scott, "Waverly Novels", Collier; Parrot, "Shakespeare, Twenty-Three Plays and the Sonnets", Scribner's, 1953; and Harrison, "Shakespeare, The Complete Works", Harcourt, Brace, 1952.

A box of 100+ assorted antiques marbles.

A 9 1/2"h Mettlach style German stoneware 1/2 liter stein with pewter lid, impressed "424 Germany".

A 2 1/2"w bronze 1959 State of Hawaii commemorative desk medal, together with a humorous 5 3/8"h monkeypod wood Hawaiian ukulele player by Frank Schirman.

Two leather jewelry boxes, 10" x 7" x 2"h and 8" x 4" x 2"h, the smaller marked "Hickok."

A collection of five India decorative items: A 4" x 6" x 2 1/2"h carved wooden box with brass inlay, a 1 1/4"h x 2 1/2" hexagonal gold-leafed laquerware box with bird & floral decoration, a 3" x 2" oval bone snuff box with brass inlay, a gilded 3" brass decorative ball on wooden stand, and an old cast brass figure of a bodhitsattva on a wooden stand.

A collection of six religious items: An Italian Florentine 2 1/4" square x 1 3/4"h gold-leafed hinged box with Madonna lid, a c1900 Florentine 6" square gold-leafed and hand painted frame with a Madonna chromolithograph, a Florentine double frame containing a print of St. Francis and his "Simple Prayer" (9 1/2"w x 6 1/2"h opened), a Florentine Madonna tryptich frame (6"w x 5 1/2"h opened), a 5 1/2"h damaged bisque figure of a Madonna, and a 9 1/4"h brass Crucifixion Cross.

A large 15"h x 16"w Enesco terra cotta hand painted turkey.

A studio pottery stoneware covered casserole with a finely modeled dolphin handle, 8"h x 10"w, decorated with raised sgraffito scrolling against blue, lavender and amber glazes. The casserole has a small flake to the tip of one tail fin, and a larger chip to the dorsal fin -- the piece cleanly broken and taped to interior of bowl. Mark unclear, possibly "don c 2000."

A carved and hand painted folk art shore bird, 12 1/4"h on a 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" base, signed "NM 1984", together with a 7"h gold & turquoise figure of a pelican, a 5 1/2"h Chinese carved horn bird, and an 11 1/2"h handcrafted church birdhouse.

A 1920s matching thirty-five piece set of Elegant Glass floral engraved stems in topaz yellow with optic bowls, comprised of 12 waters, 11 sherbet/champagnes, and 12 wines. Rim chips to four stems.

A set of three Erickson Pairpoint hand blown comports of pale amber crystal with clear controlled bubble-ball stems, each 5"w x 4 1/4"h.

A Mavaleix & Granger Limoges 12"w handled bowl, heavily gilded with hand painted romantic scenes, signed Rozier. Losses to old ivory background paint.

A 1920's Japan divided candy dish in Imari colors on three winged phoenix feet, 8 1/4"w x 5 1/2"h.

A hand painted Bavarian 11 7/8" charger by Heinrich & Co., engraved and elaborately gilded in matte & gloss 22k by Stouffer Studio, a competitor to Pickard. Small flake to underside rim.

A Verlys Art Glass camellia bowl with needle etch signature, made at the Newark, Ohio, branch of the Holophane Company of Verlys, France. Art Deco "Waterlily" pattern, 13 3/4"w x 2 3/8"h, several nicks to rim.