The Potomack Company Auction
February 2
PREVIEW: JANUARY 21 – FEBRUARY 1
1120 N. Fairfax Street
Old Town Alexandria, VA
THE ROBERTA L. TANKEL EUROPEAN PORCELAIN COLLECTION
PRIVATE FRENCH FURNITURE COLLECTION FROM A CHATEAU IN FRANCE &
“MY COUNTRY ’TIS OF THEE, SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY”
IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTIONS IN OUR NATION’S CAPITAL

Rare Caspar Buberl (1834-1899) Union General Relief for the Pension Building, Washington D.C. Now the National Building Museum. Cast in terracotta from 1887 mold commissioned by the architect, Quartermaster General Montgomery Meigs (1816-1892), Prov: By descent, Sion Hill Estate
Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830-1902) Sunset Study, signed Oil on canvas: 7 x 9 in.
President Thomas Jefferson, ALS, Delaware, Dated July 23, 1801. “It is disheartening to see on the approaching crisis of election, a division of that description of republicans which has certainly no strength to spare. But, my dear friend, if we do not learn to sacrifice small differences of opinion, we can never act together.”
James Edward Buttersworth (British, 1817-1894) Schooner Off Coastline with Lighthouse, signed Oil on board: 10 x 8 in.
Boston Chippendale Carved Mahogany Bonnet-Top Chest on Chest, ca. 1770, Inscribed “S.F. Smith, Newton Centre, Mass” Probably owned by Samuel Francis Smith Author of “My Country ’Tis of Thee”
Anne Congdon (American, 1873-1958) Harbour Scene New England, 1931, signed Oil on board: 7 x 9 1/2 in.
Pair of Meissen Potpourri Urns with Leopard Head Covers
Spode Five-Piece Floral Decorated Cobalt Ground Garniture, circa 1817 Pair of Meissen Figural Groups of the Four Seasons
Pair of Charles X Gilt Paris Porcelain Lion Form Potpourri on Tole Bases, circa 1825
Paul Sormani Louis XVI Style Ormolu & Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Table, Late 19th Century
François Linke Louis XVI Style Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Regulator Clock, circa 1900
Louis XIV Style Ormolu-Mounted Ebony Cabinet, signed and dated henry Dasson 1877 after a model by André-Charles Boulle
François Linke Pair of Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Commodes, mounted by Leon Messanger, circa 1900 Provenance: Château de Malesherbes
John Mix Stanley (American, 1814-1872) Com. John Rodgers (1812-1882), signed Oil on canvas: 28 x 24 in.
George III Inlaid Mahogany Chest on Chest
Futility by Morgan Robertson, Rare First Edition, 1898, Fictional account of The Titan, which sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. Printed 14 years before the sinking of The Titanic, the uncanny similarities include carrying an insufficient number of lifeboats, hitting an iceberg during the night in April, and sinking in the North Atlantic
George III Chinese Chippendale Style Mahogany Fret-Carved Tea Table
Eugene Verboeckhoven (Belgian, 1799-1881) Pastorale, 1861, signed Oil on panel: 27 1/2 x 34 in.
Sir David Wilkie (British, 1785-1841) Study for Blind Man’s Buff, signed Pen and brown ink: 3 1/4 x 4 in.
After Jean-Martial Fredou (French, 1710-1795) Portrait of Charles X of France Oil on canvas: 30 1/4 x 24 in.
George Dunlop Leslie (British, 1835-1921) Ready to Go Boating Oil on canvas: 16 x 20 in.
Rory Mcewan (Scottish, 1932-1982) James Wild, Sir Joseph Paxton & Adonis Tulips, signed Watercolor and graphite on vellum: 15 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.
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