1472 John Bull Blinking-eye Clock, Connecticut, c. 1865, cast iron statue of John Bull marked under base “T. Kennedy, Patent Applied for 1856,” and painted red coat, green vest, and black pants, 3-in. printed paper roman numeral dial, thirty-hour time-only movement with mechanical connection to provide the up and down automaton motion to the eyes with the escapement action, ht. 17 1/2 in. $500-700 1473 Samuel Clemens’s Is He Living Or Is He Dead, 1984, published by Colin Press, with six original color etchings by Abigail Rorer. $20-30 1474 Three Middle Eastern Decorative Metal Items, a Levantine silver on copper dish, incised with entwined flowers and bands of geometric patterns around a central stylized floral pattern radiating from the center, incised with a mark within a diamond on base, dia. 8 7/8; and two hammered brass vessels, a small bowl with a rounded base and steeply rising sides narrowing to a short straight mouth rim, the sides decorated with camels, lions, and antelopes in relief; and a small handled ewer with a slightly rounded base and conical form, with a straight neck and rolled rim, the sides decorated with Arabic script in relief, ht. to 3 1/4 in. $50-100 1475 Agnes Millen Richmond (American, 1870-1964) Woman in Blue with Glasses. Unsigned, signature stamp on the reverse u.c. Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in., unframed. Condition: Minor surface grime. $100-200
1476 Stephen Read (American, 20th/21st Century) Nude Torso. Monogram signature in the marble. Black and gray marble, 20 x 13 x 16 in., with black base measuring 54 x 17 3/4 in. Condition: One point damaged. $100-200 1477 Jun Dobashi (Japanese, 1910-1978) Untitled Abstraction, 1956. Signed, dated, and inscribed “Jun. Dobashi/56 a Paris” l.r. Mixed media on paper, sight size 16 1/5 x 14 5/8 in., framed. Condition: Not examined out of frame. $100-150 1478 Two Arts and Crafts Child’s Willow Chairs, probably eastern Pennsylvania or Indiana, both with paint decoration, normal wear, (one with splits and break to willow on one rocker side), ht. 25, 25 1/4 in. $100-150 1479 Galle Cameo Glass Hydrangea Vase, the baluster body with acid-etched green and purple flowers, marked “Galle,” (imperfections), ht. 11 3/4 in. $500-750 1480 Carl Harold Nordstrom (American, 1876-1965) Two Floral Watercolors. Unsigned, identified on labels affixed to the backings. Watercolor and pencil on paper, sight sizes to 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 in., framed. Condition: Not examined out of frames. $100-200 1481 Two Art Glass Swan Sculptures Retailed by Carole Stupell, Italy, 20th century, the stylized swans with cobalt blue glass suspended in a clear matrix from the body into the neck, incised “Carole Stupell,” ht. 11 3/4, wd. 4 1/4 in. Note: Carole Stupell Ltd. is a longestablished retailer specializing in high quality tableware. $100-150
1482 Holmgaard Colorless Glass Decanter and a Set of Six Cordials, Denmark, 20th century, the bottle-form decanter with a pierced stopper and six cordials with conical, trappedbubble stems, ht. 15 in. $100-200 1483 Twenty-one Pieces of Mostly Venetian Glass, 20th century, four vases: three with alternating blue stripes and one with pink twists and latticework; a pink covered bowl and perfume with gold flecks and figural knops, two slippers with alternating bands, three dolphins, two pipes, a colorless bowl and underplate with ruffled rim and threading, a pitcher with thumbprint motif, a blue epergne with ruffled rim, a lobed hanging shade, a pitcher with opaque stripes, and a compote with scalloped rim, ht. to 5 1/2 in. $400-600 1484 Ten Cobalt Glass Items, 19th and 20th century, six bowls: four finger bowls, three with etched grapevine pattern, one with white swirled, and one plain; a ribbed trumpet-form vase with scalloped rim, a foliate-etched biscuit jar with silver-plated mount, a lobed pitcher, and a pitcher with applied colorless handle and rough pontil, signed illegibly on base “B/S 84 Sp...,” ht. to 16 3/4 in. $100-200
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1471 Studio Vase and a Glazed Earthenware Martaban Jar, Japan, 20th century, the bulbous shape decorated with a bronze metallic glaze over straw, (restoration), ht. to 12 3/4, dia. to 10 in. $100-200
1485 Wirework Poodle Letter Holder. $100-150 1486 Ten Art Glass Items, 20th century, a large paperweight with loping bands of green, a pair of amethyst shell-form footed bowls, an amethyst finger bowl with ruffled rim, three bud vases, a cased opaque purple baluster-form vase, a colorless and white cornucopia with scalloped rim and twisted handle, and a mottled blue cylindrical vase, ht. to 17, wd. to 16 3/4 in. $200-300 1487 Twenty-seven Modern Ceramic Covered Boxes, including a Limoges oyster-form, a miniature Limoges decanter set with six decanters, two Limoges with fish, one with a seal, two with a boat, and two with swans, ht. to 4 in. $300-500
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