Ahlers & Ogletree – The Estate Of Gregory Crawford Estates Auction
September 12th & 13th at 10am ET
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1788 Ellsworth Industrial Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30318

ATLANTA, GA. — Nearly 400 lots from the Atlanta estate of Gregory Crawford — including decorative and fine arts, Nineteenth Century furniture, silver pieces and Chinese export items — will cross the block on Thursday, September 12, by Ahlers & Ogletree, online and live in the Atlanta gallery, starting at 10 am Eastern.

Highlights from the collection include a pair of Alexander Pope Jr game bird trophies, Chinese bronze gilt Guanyin figures, a Nineteenth Century continental shell veneer vitrine cabinet, a pair of European inspired bronze crane garden sculptures and a Nineteenth Century japonese champleve and onyx centerpiece.

With an estimate of $5/10,000, the pair of game bird trophies by Alexander Pope Jr (American, 1849-1924) could easily end up being the top lot of the auction. The untitled quail and woodcock game trophies are fashioned from carved and polychrome painted wood, one signed to the plaque and one unsigned. The unsigned plaque is 16 inches tall by 10¾ inches wide.

The late Nineteenth Century japonese gilt bronze, champleve and onyx centerpiece was created in the manner of the French metalworker and manufacturer Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892). The apparently unmarked centerpiece, 16¾ inches tall, boasts naturalistic branch-form handles, enamel flower heads and crane plaques, and an oval body, rising on scrolled feet with grotesque masks ($4/6,000).

The large pair of Chinese gilt bronze Guanyin figures seated on a recumbent elephant and guardian lion, apparently unmarked, carries an estimate of $5/7,000. The figures are raised up on a rectangular plinth with a border of lotus petals. The figure on a guardian lion stands 25¼ inches tall.

The Nineteenth Century continental parcel ebonized and shell veneer vitrine cabinet has a shaped cornice, glazed door and sides, a single glass shelf and an antiqued silver leaf floral urn back panel, all rising on square tapering legs with an “X” stretcher. It is 69 inches tall by 38 inches wide ($3/6,000).

The large pair of bronze standing crane garden figures are possibly European and date to the late Twentieth or early Twenty-First Century. The apparently unmarked cranes are depicted with their heads up. The taller of the two measures an impressive 53½ inches tall by 10½ inches wide ($1,5/3,000).

A Nineteenth or Twentieth Century bronze figure on a conforming marble base after the Danish artist Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), titled “Hebe,” apparently unmarked, is expected to change hands for $4/6,000. The figure stands 52 inches in height by 13 inches wide, while the base is 7½ inches tall.

A pair of Twenty-First Century club chairs with a matching ottoman by Whitemore-Sherrill (American, founded 1945), model 238-01, each chair having black leather upholstery with nailhead trim, an attached back cushion and a loose seat cushion, rising on front turned legs with casters, should bring $3/4,000.

An early Eighteenth Century (with later elements) William and Mary brass bound japanned chinoiserie decorated black lacquered cabinet with two doors having an interior fitted with 10 drawers, on a later rectangular stand having a shaped apron and raised on barley twist legs, should garner $2/4,000.

A pair of unmarked French Twentieth Century Louis XV-style gilt bronze mounted marble-top commodes with chinoiserie motif over black leather, 33½ inches tall by 34 inches wide, should hit $1,2/2,400.

A Seventeenth/Eighteenth Century Indo-Portuguese rosewood, shell veneer and bone tabletop cabinet with a fall front, eight drawers and one concealed drawer, 10½ inches tall by 14¼ inches wide, should bring $2/4,000.

A late Nineteenth or early Twentieth Century full-size Portuguese walnut bed in the baroque taste, having a Fortuny tester, barley twist posts, an arched pierced headboard and footboard with turned pendants, and rising on oversized bun feet, 94 inches tall by 63½ inches wide, carries an estimate of $2/4,000.

A set of 10 antique English Chippendale-style mahogany dining chairs, two having arms and each with a leather saddle seat and nailhead trim, apparently unmarked, is expected to sell for $1,5/3,000.

A Nineteenth Century British Regency shell veneered tea caddy having a downspout lid with silver mounts, a rectangular form, double compartments and rising on brass ball feet, has an estimate of $1,5/3,000.

A pair of Chinese export porcelain nodding head lady candle holders, the mirror image standing figures depicted in ochre and cobalt-colored robes with gilt accents, holding vases and raised on square foliate decorated plinths, apparently unmarked, each lady 12 inches tall, is expected to achieve $1,5/3,000.

A pair of Nineteenth Century Chinese export Rose Mandarin porcelain vases with applied ringed Buddhist Guardian lion head handles, enamel decorations with birds, moths, flowers, Bogu (precious objects) and reserves with court figures, on wooden bases, 14¾ inches tall, should hit $1,5/3,000.

Previews are Monday, September 9, from 10 am to 5 pm; Tuesday, September 10, from 10 am to 4 pm (with extended evening hours from 5 to 8 pm); and Wednesday, September 11, from 10 am to 5 pm, in Ahlers & Ogletree’s gallery at 1788 Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard NW. For information, 404-869-2478 or www.aandoauctions.com.

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