American School, circa 1900

Naval Engagement

Oil-on Canvas

Painting: 28.5" x 36"
Frame: 32.5" x 40.5"

Cornelius (“Corny”) Wagner (German, 1870-1956)

Steam and Sail in London Harbor

Oil on canvas, signed and dated '96 lower right.

Provenance: Henry W. Phipps, Westbury, NY -- by direct family descent. The family house, finished in 1906 is now a public museum known as Old Westbury Gardens, on Long Island.

Painting: 20” x 30”
Frame: 25” x 34”

Cornelius Wagner was a German landscape and marine painter born in Dresden, who studied at the ...

Peter Bela Mayer (Hungarian-American 1887-1992)

Vermont Country Living

Oil on canvasboard, signed lower right

Painting Size: 20” x 24”
Frame Size: 27 1/2 ” x 31 1/2”

A landscape painter and textile designer, Mayer was born in Hungary and immigrated to the United States where he studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City with C.Y Turner, I. Olinsky and E. Ward (1908-15). He moved to Long Island after his schooling , visiti...

Richard Redgrave (British, 1804-1888)

Resting Deer in a Forest Landscape

Oil on canvas

Provenance: Thomas McLean Gallery, London (retaining the original label on the back).

Painting: 20.75" x 36"
Frame: 30" x 45"

Redgrave was a genre and landscape painter. For a time he worked with his father who was an engraver before entering the Royal Academy in 1825. He began by painting historical genre in 18th century costume but in the 1840s he was among the fir...

35" wide, 35 1/4" high, and 17 1/2" deep. Having laminated marble top.

Original early 20th Century cast iron andirons in the form of sitting cats with green glass eyes that glow when the fire light is behind them. Several American foundries cast andirons of this type. Some have foundry marks that can be identified. These have marks that we have seen before but that we have not yet identified. 16 3/4" H X 15 1/2" D. X 7 1/4" W. They are in excellent condition and were apparently little used. We have a set of Cat Form fire tools that can be purchased separately to co...

Atelier of Antoine Louis Barye (French,1796-1875)

Biche Couchée (Recumbent Doe)

Bronze mounted on a marble base

Signed "Barye" and stamped: "France" (after 1890)

Bronze 6" x 2.25" (not including the base)

Barye began at an early age as an engraver of military equipment, later learning how to mold reliefs from his master Biennais. He turned to sculpture in 1817 an worked in the studios of Bosio and Gros and was influenced by the paintings of Géricault. Barye s...

Manuel Robbe (French, 1872-1936)

Nocturne (ou Le Flirt)
[Merrill Chase, no. 63]*

Aquatint with etching in colors, circa 1906, on wove paper, signed in pencil in the image lower left. From the edition of about 100, with minor staining in the margins, not examined out of the frame.

Image Size: 13.5" x 17.5"
Frame Size: 24" x 27.5"

Robbe was a painter of genre scenes, a watercolorist, p...

An unusual pair of solid, cast brass dolphin form andirons, topped with galleons, with a pleasant patina , early 20th Century, 13-1/2" H. X 8-1/2" W. X 15" D. We have not seen this particular design before. We accept time payments and quantity discounts, ** WE GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF OUR MERCHANDISE AS REPRESENTED. MEMBERS OF: THE ANTIQUES COUNCIL. 207BX62

Alfred Wordsworth Thompson (American 1840-1896)

Lake Scene in Western Maryland

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right and dated “1861”

Painting Size: 8 ½”” x 16”
Frame Size: 12.5” x 20”

Thompson was a landscape, historical and portrait painter, born in Baltimore where he studied law with his father. In 1859 Thompson decided to become and artist and opened a studio in Baltimore. During the first year of the Civil War (1860) he worked as a combat artis...

An Anglo-Indian Teak Campaign Chest with reeded decoration on the drawer fronts, it is solid Teak throughout including Teak backboards and Teak drawer bottoms, backs and sides, and with original brass binding, flush brass drawer pulls, nicely shaped brass keyhole escutcheons and with original iron drawer locks, and with sturdy original solid brass casters, this is a true classic. In two halves, consisting of two full width drawers each and with correct replaced brass lift handles, the bottom ha...

Camphorwood China Trade trunk, mid 19th century, still fragrant, large size, brass bound with original solid brass lift handles, brass lock, brass plague for a name or monogram and brass hinges; in excellent original condition overall with a minor split on rear panel and a small loss on bottom edge of lid (shown in photos). 18-1/4" H. X 40-3/4" L. X 20-3/4" W. We accept time payments and quantity discounts, ** WE GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF OUR MERCHANDISE AS REPRESENTED. MEMBERS OF: THE ...

British School, Circa 1870

Lady in Renaissance Dress

Oil on Panel, retaining exhibition label on reverse

Painting Size: 12.5" x 9.5"
Frame Size: 18.5" x 15.5"

This portrait is very much in the Pre-Raphaelite manner and shows the influence of such artists as Burne-Jones and Rossetti; the young woman having a somewhat mournful visage, strong chin and Roman nose, her red hair drawn back in a chignon and garlanded with pearls while she is garbed in a Renaissan...

Louis Warren Pulsifer (American, 1869-1905)

Ravello (Italy)

Watercolor on paper, signed, located and dated "1901"

Sight size: 21" x 14"
Frame Size: 28" x 21"

Louis Warren Pulsifer was born in Newtonville, MA, Dec 2, 1869, the son of Royal MacIntosh and Clara Stacy (Keys) Pulsifer. He graduated from Harvard in 1890 and he went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and took the course in architecture. Just before his graduation in ...

Oval Gold Leaf Frame, circa 1860 with all original gold leaf showing attractive minimal wear consistent with its age, perfect for a small mirror or portrait, 13-1/2" X 16-1/2"overall size, frame depth 1-3/8", frame thickness 1-5/8". We accept time payments and quantity discounts, ** WE GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF OUR MERCHANDISE AS REPRESENTED. MEMBERS OF: THE ANTIQUES COUNCIL ** BX26

A rare pair of cast iron andirons in the form of jumping Bass with glass eyes, from the Lodge foundry, American, early 20th Century, lively and fun, perfect for a seaside cottage or lakeside cabin. One eye has a slight but stable crack, it appears they have never been used. 12" H. X 8" W. X 15"L. We accept time payments and quantity discounts, ** WE GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF OUR MERCHANDISE AS REPRESENTED. MEMBERS OF: THE ANTIQUES COUNCIL ** 144BX62

Original rosewood carvings and nice serpentine seat frame. 21" x 17" x 18" high

Thomas Austen Brown (Scottish, 1857-1924)

Tenting the Seedlings

Watercolor on Paper, signed lower right

Sight Size: 9.5" x 13.5"
Frame Size: 13.25" x 17.25"

The son of a drawing master, Brown studied at the Royal Scottish Academy Schools before moving to London in 1890. He was a landscape and domestic genre scene painter. Brown was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1889 and was a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours from...