sword with a German steel blade and etched scrolling foliate decorations, images of a naval engagement, a dolphin, and other maritime motifs, obverse, inscribed "U.S.N.", with the standing profile of a Naval Officer above "Tiffany/& Co./N.Y." within a masked riband, reverse. Navy Rear Admiral Cadwalader Ringgold (1802-1867), 5 items total.
Naval Presentation Sword, Belt, and Commendations, presented to U.S. Ĭivil War Tiffany Naval Presentation Sword, Rear Admiral Cadwalader Ringgold, Belt and CommendationsĬivil War Era Tiffany & Co. The interior enamel decoration with some minor wear and losses. PROVENANCE: The Estate of David Caldwell, Nashville, Tennessee.ĬONDITION: Overall good condition with no cracks, chips or hairlines. The interior with painted enameled fish and foliate decoration. Large Famille Verte porcelain fish bowl, the exterior with molded and painted enameled vignettes depicting landscape scenes with calligraphy inscriptions and red seals on a foliate ground. Ĭhinese Famille Verte Porcelain Fish Bowl PROVENANCE: Private Nashville, Tennessee estate.ĬONDITION: Surface oxidation commensurate with age and old break to pipe. It has been in the same family since being acquired directly from Nancy Russell in 1929. One California Art Bronze cast is in a private collection, and another was sold at Sotheby's on October 31, 1975." The sculpture being sold in this auction is believed to be the California Art Bronze casting in the private collection referred to in Stewart's book (page 203). That would leave only six casts to be assigned to both Roman Bronze Works and California Art Bronze Foundry currently, at least three Roman Bronze Works casts and two bearing the mark of the California Art Bronze Foundry are known… Besides an example in the Amon Carter Museum Collection, Roman Bronze Works Casts are in the collection of the Gilcrease Museum and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. If this is accurate, it seems probable that Zoppo cast as many as twelve copies in 1916, per the original agreement. Stewart writes, "in his 1949 inventory of the Russell Bronzes, Homer Britzman maintained that a total of eighteen casts had been made of the subject. In 1929, Russell's widow Nancy acquired the model for this work from Roman Bronze Works and had the California Art Bronze company produce an unknown number of casts.
Zoppo foundry, and a few were made the same year Russell died, in 1926, by Roman Bronze Works. Russell, Sculptor," by Rick Stewart, about a dozen lifetime castings of "Smoking with the Spirit of the Buffalo" (modeled in 1914) were produced by the B. Mounted on a later graduated oval wooden base. Signature "CM Russell" with a copyright symbol, skull mark, and California Art Bronze Foundry mark to base. Bronze sculpture depicting a Native American Medicine Man seated on a naturalistic ground, smoking a long pipe with the skull of a buffalo. Russell Bronze, Spirit of the Buffalo, 1929, CA Art Bronze FoundryĬharles Marion Russell (American, 1864-1926), "Smoking with the Spirit," California Art Bronze Foundry, circa 1929. Robert and Diana Marsh, Lawrenceville, GA.ĪLL SOLD PRICES INCLUDE THE BUYER’S PREMIUM.Ĭ.M. Person, Holly Springs, MS and the collection of Dr. Perkins, Nashville, TN the estate of Carolyn Mulder, Knoxville, TN the estate of David B.
This auction featured Fine Art, Silver, Jewelry, Southern Furniture and Decorative Arts, Historical Items, Mid-Century Modern Design, and Asian antiques from Southern estates and collections including a Tennessee Institution the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation the estate of Donley and Eunice Hill, Andersonville, TN the estate of Patricia Kiegel of Nashville, TN the Guardsmark/Barbara and Ira Lipman Collection, Memphis, TN the estate of Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, KY the estate of Carl Klein of Brentwood, TN the estate of Edie Bass, Nashville, TN the estate of James W. Fall 2021 Auction took place Saturday, October 23 from 9am–3pm (Eastern) in Knoxville, TN with in-person, online, phone, and absentee bidding. Thank you for making our Fall 2021 Auction a success with almost 95% of lots sold! The overall hammer price exceeded our high estimate by more than 33% with the top lot being a Large Chinese Lacquer Table.