Schwenke Auctioneers Annual Fall Fine Estates Auction
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 • 10AM
Over 800 Lots
Sunday, September 24th 10am – 5pm
Monday, September 25th 10am – 5pm
Tuesday, September 26th 10am – 5 pm
Wednesday, September 27th 9am to sale time
Inspection Dates
CK Davis Collection
FROM LEFT:
American Chippendale Phoenix Mirror, Philadelphia Chippendale Mahogany Side Chair, New England Block Front Mahogany Tea Caddy, Pair E. Coker George III Cast Sterling Candlesticks, New England Maple Oval Tea Table, Important Staffordshire Historical Tureen, Tole Tray Depicting Death General Wolfe
Americana & Folk Art
FROM LEFT:
George Winter, Framed Portrait Two Children, Small Regency Giltwood Convex Mirror, Pair Folk Art Portraits, Attr. Ammi Phillips
English & Continental
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Pair French Empire Style Bronze 6-Light Candelabra, After Raphael Madonna Della Sedia OC, Henry Elliot, Brass Dial London Tall Clock, French Aubusson Hanging Tapestry
Jewelry & Silver
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT:
Sterling Five Piece Tea & Coffee Service, 18K Gold Ring, Frank M. Whiting Sterling Silver Tazza, Acme Sterling Silver Footed Low Bowl, Regency Gothic Sterling Four Piece Tea Set
Specialty Item
1925 Rolls Royce Phantom I Open Touring Car Schwenke
A U C T I O N E E R S
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Fine Art
FROM LEFT:
Arnold Hoffmann Brooklyn Bridge OC, Portrait of Tabby, David Maas, OC Ruffed Grouse, R. Nickerson, Nautical Scene OC, American School Interior of P J Clarkes Restaurant, C.W. Knapp, Pennsylvania River Landscape
Asian Decorative Arts
FROM LEFT:
Chinese Cloisonne Footed Censer, Pair Chinese Blue Glazed Tea Jars, Large Chinese Carved Giltwood Panel
Contemporary Arts
FROM LEFT:
D. Hayes, Polychrome Sculpture Maquette 1997, J. Von Wicht, Framed Abstract WC, French Tennis Poster
Oriental Rugs
FROM LEFT:
Caucasian Kazak Rug,
Persian Serapi Rug
Join us at our gallery for our “Expert Eye” Decorative Arts Forum Wednesday, September 20th at 6PM, as Speaker
Brock Jobe, Professor Emeritus Winterthur Museum, discusses recollections of C.K. Davis and his relationship with Henry Francis du Pont, founder and benefactor of Winterthur Museum. Mr. Jobe will also review Mr. Davis’ personal collection notes, archives and memorabilia. C.K. Davis
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 • 10AM
710 MAIN STREET SOUTH, WOODBURY, CT 06798
Attributed to William L. Turner, (Kentucky, 19th century). Fine half-length portraits of Mrs. Elizabeth Huddleston and Mr. & Mrs. “Napper” Tandy of Mason County, identified in a letter that originally accompanied the portraits mentioning family residences in Mason County, Kentucky and Virginia, The attribution to William L. Turner is based on signed portraits painted in Elizabethtown Kentucky in 1824. Each 30″ high, 24″ wide. Provenance: Private New England Collection; Joan R. Brownstein American Folk Paintings.
G. Lega (Italian, 19th century) painting after Rafaello Sanzio (Italian, 1483-1520), “Madonna Della Sedia” in an elaborate Renaissance Revival giltwood frame, profusely carved with shells, masks and foliage. Signed and dated on the stretcher “G. Lega 1868 Firenze” Paper labels verso for gilder Luigi Ceccheretti, Florence and “Rev. W. E. Hagg, Jr. on loan to St. Mary’s rectory”. 59″ high, 49″ wide. Provenance: Property of a New Canaan CT Collector.
David Hayes (American,1931-2013), Polychrome Sculpture Maquette 1997, a steel sculpture, untitled, welded, enameled, signed and dated “D. Hayes 1997”. 17 1/2″ high, 16″ wide.
G. Lega (Italian, 19th century) painting after Rafaello Sanzio (Italian, 1483-1520), “Madonna Della Sedia” in an elaborate Renaissance Revival giltwood frame, profusely carved with shells, masks and foliage. Signed and dated on the stretcher “G. Lega 1868 Firenze” Paper labels verso for gilder Luigi Ceccheretti, Florence and “Rev. W. E. Hagg, Jr. on loan to St. Mary’s rectory”. 59″ high, 49″ wide. Provenance: Property of a New Canaan CT Collector.
Estates of David Niven &
CK Davis, Patron of Israel Sack, Inc
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