Discovery featuring Wedgwood, 20th Century Design & Asian Art | Skinner Auction 2492

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728. Six Pieces of Asian Furniture, Chinese mother-of-pearl inlaid and paint decorated black lacquer low table, a red-painted carved wood altar table, Asian export square carved hardwood low table a side table, a carved hardwood low cabinet, and a Asian red-painted carved wood stand with figural base. $400-600

729. Art Deco Inlaid Burl Veneer Five-Drawer Chest, ht. 39, wd. 15 in. $75-85

730. French Empire-style Brass-mounted Marble-top Mahogany Stand and a Louis XVI Style Gold-painted Carved Wood Side Chair with Caned Seat. $125-175

731. Twenty-four Pieces of Assorted Pewter Hollowware, including seven measures, an inkwell, two plates, a teapot, three porringers, two bowls, a pair of footed salts, two cordials, three cups/beakers, and a salt. $200-300

732. Twenty-two Assorted Decorative Textile and Linen Items, including five Persian embroidered pillows, machine-made paisley, brocade table covers, etc. $300-450

733. Lot of Assorted Decorative and Collectible Articles, including a vintage Japanese ceramic teapot, Grimwades Byzanta Ware box, a Staffordshire saucer, an Adams Provincetown souvenir plate, and a Japanese marquetry wooden souvenir box, two sterling silver knob-handled walking sticks, five assorted tobacco pipes and holders, a glass tobacco jar, figural dogs pipe rest, cold painted metal figural inkwell, a pair of cast iron sailing ship bookends, and seven assorted small books. $300-425

734. Edwardian Mahogany Bagatelle Board. $100-200

735. European Rosewood, Oak, and Carved Beechwood Two-Door Kas, two short drawers at base, the interior with two shelves, overall ht. 74 3/4, wd. 70 1/4, dp. 25 1/2 in. $200-300

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736. Jacobean-style Caned Carved Oak Tabouret and a Parcel-gilt Carved Mahogany Side Table. $75-125

744. Pair of Louis XVI Style Painted Carved Wood Stands, ht. 42 1/2, top dia. 15 1/2 in. $100-150

737. Jacobean-style Circular Oak Coffee Table, ht. 18, dia. 42 in. $50-75

745. Thirteen Assorted 19th and 20th Century Books, Hiawatha, Longfellow, Barse & Hopkins; an early 20th century photo album with images of Japan; Friendship, M.T. Cicero and R.W. Emerson, G.P. Putnam’s Sons; Kipling’s Works, 1909, Edinburgh Society; Essays, R.W. Emerson, Peter Pauper Press; Zig-Zag Journeys in Europe, Hezekiah Butterworth, 1880, Estes and Lauriat; Die Kunst Des 20. Jahrunderts, Carl Einstein, 1931; Works of Virgil, Alex Hogg, London; The Original Watercolor Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America, 1966, American Heritage Publishing Co., vol. I and II; Our Deportment, 1882, W.C. King & Co., Springfield, Massachusetts; Terry’s Japanese Empire, 1914; Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White, 1873, Harper and Bros. $200-300

738. Twenty-five Assorted Decorative and Collectible Articles, including mother-ofpearl clad box with two scent bottles, magnifier, and a pair of opera glasses, a Peking glass snuff bottle, a pair of rhinestone buckles, nine small and miniature Asian carved ivory figures, a hand fan, a Peking enamel snuff bottle, and a set of eight hand-painted porcelain drawer pulls. $200-300 739. American School, 20th Century Landscape with Figure by a Path. Signed or inscribed “...Short” l.r., titled or inscribed “Mexican Majesty” on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in., unframed. $200-300 740. Michael Skop (American, b. 1932) Portrait of Ivan Mestrovic, 1954. Unsigned, identified in an inscription on the reverse. Graphite and pastel on paper, sight size 17 x 11 in., framed. Condition: Not examined out of frame. N.B. Two books on the life of Ivan Mestrovic, each signed and dedicated from Olga Mestrovic (the artist’s wife) to Professor Elmo Giordanetti, accompany the lot. $200-300 741. Nine Assorted Metal Lighting and Decorative Items, a pierced tin lantern, a painted metal and amber glass lantern, a large patinated iron key, and a pair of wrought iron scrollwork candle wall sconces, three sets of Japanese decorated metal hanging bells, and a Japanese wrought iron lantern. $175-325

742. Federal-style Mahogany Two-Drawer Stand. $300-500

743. Continental Painted Gesso and Carved Wood Floor Torchiere, ht. 59 3/4 in. $400-600

746. Afghan Rug, Central Asia, 20th century, 5 ft. 9 in. x 4 ft. 3 in. $150-200

747. Anatolian Kelim Carpet, 19th/20th century, 16 ft. 6 in. x 12 ft. $300-500

748. Large Group of Mostly Blue and White English Transferware, including a small Spode Copeland dish and a number of John Alcock Cobridge “Priory” pieces, including small bowls, dishes, cups, and large serving platters, (cracks, chips, breaks, repairs). $200-250

749. Kathryn Nason (American, 1892-1976) Lot of Five Unframed Landscape and Still Life Views, four unsigned, the still life signed l.r., three oil on canvas and two oil on Masonite, image sizes to 30 x 25 in. $250-350

750. Small Group of Asian Decorative Articles, a framed silk embroidery of dragons and four boxed round mother-of-pearl-inlaid lacquer plaques of cranes and flowers, dia. 8 1/2 in., along with three stands. $100-150


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