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Lot# 3150

Nine Masons Ironstone Table Articles including Dragon Bowl and Eight Fan Plates

Dresden, Germany.
Circa 1950.
Three children playing,on a low-mounded shaped oval base. The figures include a young girl on stilts, a boy behind her, helping her, and a boy in front of her, leaning on a column section, about to pull up her petticoat. All the children in 18th century dress. A bust left in the white, but on faux marbre painted plinth base. i
Underglaze blue crossed swords, script g and 35 incised to underside.
11 H. x 7 W. x 5 D.
Provenance: Property from the Estate of Arthur Thomson, San Francisco, CA. Butterfield Butterfield, May 23 1989, lot 5221.
The busto is attached to the base with a bolt with felt washer. Chips and losses to tree in background.

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Nine Masons Ironstone Table Articles including Dragon Bowl and Eight Fan Plates

Lot# 3150

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Lot# 3150

Nine Masons Ironstone Table Articles including Dragon Bowl and Eight Fan Plates

Dresden, Germany.
Circa 1950.
Three children playing,on a low-mounded shaped oval base. The figures include a young girl on stilts, a boy behind her, helping her, and a boy in front of her, leaning on a column section, about to pull up her petticoat. All the children in 18th century dress. A bust left in the white, but on faux marbre painted plinth base. i
Underglaze blue crossed swords, script g and 35 incised to underside.
11 H. x 7 W. x 5 D.
Provenance: Property from the Estate of Arthur Thomson, San Francisco, CA. Butterfield Butterfield, May 23 1989, lot 5221.
The busto is attached to the base with a bolt with felt washer. Chips and losses to tree in background.

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Nine Masons Ironstone Table Articles including Dragon Bowl and Eight Fan Plates

Lot# 3150

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Lot# 3150

Nine Masons Ironstone Table Articles including Dragon Bowl and Eight Fan Plates

Dresden, Germany.
Circa 1950.
Three children playing,on a low-mounded shaped oval base. The figures include a young girl on stilts, a boy behind her, helping her, and a boy in front of her, leaning on a column section, about to pull up her petticoat. All the children in 18th century dress. A bust left in the white, but on faux marbre painted plinth base. i
Underglaze blue crossed swords, script g and 35 incised to underside.
11 H. x 7 W. x 5 D.
Provenance: Property from the Estate of Arthur Thomson, San Francisco, CA. Butterfield Butterfield, May 23 1989, lot 5221.
The busto is attached to the base with a bolt with felt washer. Chips and losses to tree in background.

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Nine Masons Ironstone Table Articles including Dragon Bowl and Eight Fan Plates

Lot# 3150

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Lot# 3150

Nine Masons Ironstone Table Articles including Dragon Bowl and Eight Fan Plates

Dresden, Germany.
Circa 1950.
Three children playing,on a low-mounded shaped oval base. The figures include a young girl on stilts, a boy behind her, helping her, and a boy in front of her, leaning on a column section, about to pull up her petticoat. All the children in 18th century dress. A bust left in the white, but on faux marbre painted plinth base. i
Underglaze blue crossed swords, script g and 35 incised to underside.
11 H. x 7 W. x 5 D.
Provenance: Property from the Estate of Arthur Thomson, San Francisco, CA. Butterfield Butterfield, May 23 1989, lot 5221.
The busto is attached to the base with a bolt with felt washer. Chips and losses to tree in background.

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Nine Masons Ironstone Table Articles including Dragon Bowl and Eight Fan Plates

Lot# 3150

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Lot# 3150

Nine Masons Ironstone Table Articles including Dragon Bowl and Eight Fan Plates

Dresden, Germany.
Circa 1950.
Three children playing,on a low-mounded shaped oval base. The figures include a young girl on stilts, a boy behind her, helping her, and a boy in front of her, leaning on a column section, about to pull up her petticoat. All the children in 18th century dress. A bust left in the white, but on faux marbre painted plinth base. i
Underglaze blue crossed swords, script g and 35 incised to underside.
11 H. x 7 W. x 5 D.
Provenance: Property from the Estate of Arthur Thomson, San Francisco, CA. Butterfield Butterfield, May 23 1989, lot 5221.
The busto is attached to the base with a bolt with felt washer. Chips and losses to tree in background.

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Nine Masons Ironstone Table Articles including Dragon Bowl and Eight Fan Plates

Lot# 3150

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Lot# 3150

Nine Masons Ironstone Table Articles including Dragon Bowl and Eight Fan Plates

Dresden, Germany.
Circa 1950.
Three children playing,on a low-mounded shaped oval base. The figures include a young girl on stilts, a boy behind her, helping her, and a boy in front of her, leaning on a column section, about to pull up her petticoat. All the children in 18th century dress. A bust left in the white, but on faux marbre painted plinth base. i
Underglaze blue crossed swords, script g and 35 incised to underside.
11 H. x 7 W. x 5 D.
Provenance: Property from the Estate of Arthur Thomson, San Francisco, CA. Butterfield Butterfield, May 23 1989, lot 5221.
The busto is attached to the base with a bolt with felt washer. Chips and losses to tree in background.

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Nine Masons Ironstone Table Articles including Dragon Bowl and Eight Fan Plates

Lot# 3150

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Lot# 3001

French School pair of portrait miniatures

(Late 18th century)
Portrait of a gentleman and Portrait of a lady
painted portrait miniature encased in metal,
both measure overall: 3.25 x 2.375 inches,
both are signed illegibly lower right.
Notes: Unable to removed from the case due to the construction.

Estimate: $700 - $900

French School pair of portrait miniatures

Lot# 3001

Estimate: $700 - $900

Lot# 3003

Adrien Emmanuel Marie Desserts pour les enfants oil on canvas

(French, 1848-1891)
Desserts pour les enfants
oil on canvas,
37 x 46 inches overall with frame: 40 x 49 inches
signed faintly lower left
Provenance: Purchased in 1895, Paris, France, by F.W. Cushing of Chicago IL, who owned the Hotel Moraine-on-the-Lake, which opened in Highland Park in 1900 to serve vacationing Chicagoans, many from the citys exclusive Gold Coast. Cushing was also famous for being much more than just a hotel proprietor. When Cushing was only fourteen he got his first job as a telegraph operator in a trading post extension of the Hudson Bay Company on the upper Ontario River in Canada, and he followed the electrical business in different capacities for several years. His first of many sea journeys was in 1881. At that time, Professor Elisha Gray, an inventor, employed him to demonstrate his harmonic telegraph system at the first Worlds Electric Exposition in Paris. He was presented to the Prince of Wales (King Edward) and demonstrated the harmonic telegraph to him. In 1883, while working with the Postal Telegraph Company, he directed the testing of a new telegraph wire from New York to Chicago. Although clarity was lacking, Cushing and his associates connected telephone transmitters to the wire and discovered that they could talk to each other. This was apparently the first time speech had been transmitted across such a distance. Cushing held several different positions in Chicago, such as superintendent and general manager of the Conduit Company, and manager of the Arc Light and Power Company. He introduced electricity into Highland Park. Also in 1883, Cushing married Cassie M. Scott, the daughter of the lumber king, Thomas B. Scott, from Merrill, Wisconsin. This painting was likely hung in the Hotel Moraine-on-the-Lake for many years by familial descent to current owner, Bay Area, CA.

Estimate: $5000 - $7000

Adrien Emmanuel Marie Desserts pour les enfants oil on canvas

Lot# 3003

Estimate: $5000 - $7000

Lot# 3005

Very Large Painting on Canvas, Countess of Carlisle Doughter, Signed Mrs. Mary Beale

(British, 16321697)
The Countess of Carlisle Daughter To Edward Lord Howard of Escrick,
oil on canvas,
canvas: 50 x 40 inches, overall (with frame): 60 x 50 inches
titled and signed lower left,
Provenance: From the Estate of Arthur Thomson, San Francisco, CA.

Estimate: $6000 - $8000

Very Large Painting on Canvas, Countess of Carlisle Doughter, Signed Mrs. Mary Beale

Lot# 3005

Estimate: $6000 - $8000

Lot# 3007

After Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun Self Portrait 1789 oil on board

(French 1755-1842)
Self Portrait, 1789
oil on board (late 19th century copy),
8.25 x 6.25 inches overall with frame: 10.25 x 8.375 inches,
annotated verso: Mme Le Brun by herself copied by Raffaello Lorcchieri in the Gothic Gallery for Mrs. E. P. Laoridis, August 1877
Property from the Estate of Arthur Thomson, San Francisco, CA.
Notes: The transcription of the annotation verso was done to best of the our ability and is what we can read it as.

Estimate: $400 - $600

After Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun Self Portrait 1789 oil on board

Lot# 3007

Estimate: $400 - $600

Lot# 3008

Framed Painting on Canvas, Womans Portrait, Signed and Dated Eduardo Tojetti

(Italian / American 1851-1930)
Portrait of a Woman 1899,
oil on canvas,
22 x 18 inches overall with frame: 36.25 x 31.75 inches,
signed and dated left edge center: Eduardo Tojetti (18)99.

Estimate: $500 - $700

Framed Painting on Canvas, Womans Portrait, Signed and Dated Eduardo Tojetti

Lot# 3008

Estimate: $500 - $700

Lot# 3010

German School Portrait of Joachim von Brawe oil on canvas

(c. 19th century)
Portrait of Joachim Von Brawe 1694
oil on canvas,
31.5 x 25.25 inches overall with frame: 39 x 32.375 inches,
unsigned annotated in German verso.

Estimate: $500 - $700

German School Portrait of Joachim von Brawe oil on canvas

Lot# 3010

Estimate: $500 - $700

Lot# 3011

John Emms The Lame Pet oil on canvas

(English 1843-1912)
The Lame Pet,
oil on canvas,
12.25 x 9.5 inches overall with frame: 19.75 x 16.5 inches,
signed lower right: J. Emms artist plaque at the base of the frame with title.
Maxwell Galleries San Francisco, CA label verso upper left corner.
Property from the Estate of Arthur Thomson, San Francisco, CA.

Estimate: $800 - $1200

John Emms The Lame Pet oil on canvas

Lot# 3011

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Lot# 3012

Peter Woltze Tivoli, Rome watercolor

(German 1860-1925)
Tivoli, Roma
watercolor,
sight: 19.5 x 13.25 inches overall with frame: 28.5 x 23.75 inches,
signed and titled lower right: Peter Woltze Tivoli, Roma.
Property from the Estate of Arthur Thomson, San Francisco, CA.

Estimate: $600 - $800

Peter Woltze Tivoli, Rome watercolor

Lot# 3012

Estimate: $600 - $800

Lot# 3013

Manner of Rembrandt Christ Miracle oil on masonite

(Dutch 1606-1669)
Christ Miracle
oil on masonite,
18.125 x 12.25 inches overall with frame: 23.25 x 17.625 inches,
unsigned.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Manner of Rembrandt Christ Miracle oil on masonite

Lot# 3013

Estimate: $400 - $600

Lot# 3016

Continental School Boy Riding a Goat oil on canvas

(19th century)
Boy riding a Goat
oil on canvas in a Richard Tobey frame,
23 x 14 inches overall with frame: 28.5 x 19.25 inches,
unsigned, frame is stamped Richard Tobey Los Angeles recto at the bottom.

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Continental School Boy Riding a Goat oil on canvas

Lot# 3016

Estimate: $800 - $1200

Lot# 3018

Louis Auguste Mathieu Legrand, Le Parisien, 1895, Original Drawing,

(French, 18631951),
Le Parisien, 1895,
charcoal and gouache drawing on paper, signed lower right,
drawing: 24.25 x 18.75 inches, framed: 34.75 x 29.5 inches

Estimate: $2000 - $4000

Louis Auguste Mathieu Legrand, Le Parisien, 1895, Original Drawing,

Lot# 3018

Estimate: $2000 - $4000

Lot# 3019

Continental School Madonna and Sleeping Child oil on canvas

(19th Century)
Madonna and Sleeping Christ
Oil on canvas
47 x 47 x 3 1/2 inches
Condition: In overall good condition. There is a crease spanning the entire length of the canvas at the top approximately 2 inches from the top. There is 2 inches of exposed canvas at the very top. Craqulure throughout the piece, the canvas has been relined. Surface soiling throughout, would benefit from a cleaning. Frame is in overall good condition, with visible evidence of repair throughout. Was not examined under the blacklight.

Estimate: $2500 - $3500

Continental School Madonna and Sleeping Child oil on canvas

Lot# 3019

Estimate: $2500 - $3500

Lot# 3021

Dutch School Floral Still Life oil on canvas laid on panel

(19th century)
Floral Still Life
oil on canvas laid on panel,
39 x 31 inches overall with frame: 42.25 x 34.25 inches,
illegibly signed upper right corner
Property from the Estate of Arthur Thomson, San Francisco, CA.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Dutch School Floral Still Life oil on canvas laid on panel

Lot# 3021

Estimate: $400 - $600

Lot# 3022

Robert John Hammond Birch Trees oil on canvas

(British fl. 1882-1910)
Birch Trees
oil on canvas
54 x 36 inches overall with frame: 60.5 x 42 inches,
signed and dated lower right: RJ Hammond 1884.

Estimate: $500 - $700

Robert John Hammond Birch Trees oil on canvas

Lot# 3022

Estimate: $500 - $700

Lot# 3023

English School Sunset Landscape oil on paperboard

(Late 19th / Early 20th century)
Sunset
oil on paperboard,
10.25 x 14.25 inches overall with frame: 12.5 x 16.25 inches,
illegibly signed lower left: O. Manton

Estimate: $500 - $700

English School Sunset Landscape oil on paperboard

Lot# 3023

Estimate: $500 - $700

Lot# 3025

Jan Evert Morel the Younger 2 Landscape oil on panel

(Dutch 1835-1905)
Bloemen (Flowers), Near Haarlem, in Holland, Amsterdam and Figures in Snow, possibly titled Sneeuw (Snow) Near Haarlem, in Holland, Amsterdam,
pair of oils on panel
each panel: 8.5 x 6.25 inches each overall with frame: 14 x 12 inches
each signed lower right and lower left, each with partial labels with titles with the artist signature affixed verso
Property from the Estate of Arthur Thomson, San Francisco, CA.

Estimate: $600 - $800

Jan Evert Morel the Younger 2 Landscape oil on panel

Lot# 3025

Estimate: $600 - $800

Lot# 3026

Johann Wilhelm Jankowsky Lakeside Village oil on canvas

(Czech 1825-1870)
Lakeside Village
oil on canvas,
29 x 39.75 inches overall with frame: 40 x 51 inches,
signed lower right: Jankowsky.
Property from the Estate of Arthur Thomson, San Francisco, CA.

Estimate: $1200 - $1800

Johann Wilhelm Jankowsky Lakeside Village oil on canvas

Lot# 3026

Estimate: $1200 - $1800

Lot# 3027

German School Mountain River oil on canvas

(19th century)
Mountain River,
oil on canvas with carved ornate 19th century frame,
40 x 29.5 inches overall with frame: 53.25 x 43.75 inches,
signed lower right: H. Wildau.

Estimate: $1500 - $2500

German School Mountain River oil on canvas

Lot# 3027

Estimate: $1500 - $2500

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