IMPORTANT ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT ESTATE AUCTION

I WILL BE ASSITING GEORGE ELLIS WITH THIS AUCTION

SATURDAY MARCH 17th 2012

DON'T MISS THIS GREAT AUCTION!!!

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Ellis Auction Company has been commissioned to auction an extensive and exquisite collection of Arts and Crafts Movement inspired objects acquired over a number of years. This collection is comprised of pottery, glass, furniture and other exquisite objects including such names as: George Ohr, Tiffany, Rookwood, Kopperkraft, Dedham, Lalique, Roycroft, S.E.G.(Saturday Evening Girls), Dirk van Erp, Wedgwood, Waterford, Heinz Art, Vernon Owens, and several pieces of Stickley furniture and accessories. Details will be coming soon for this superb estate auction.  Name is being withheld per family's request. Estate will be moved to auction location due to restrictions at present location. Please note that the auction will be starting at 02:00 PM on Saturday 03/17/12 with a preview on Friday 03/16/12 from 03:00 PM to 07:00 PM and Saturday 03/17/12 from 11:00 AM to 02:00PM. Please be sure to review the terms and conditions of this sale listed at bottom of page. 

Partial Listing:

Pottery & Porcelain: 

1.  Dedham 9” pottery bowl with decoration
2.  Dedham 12” pottery bowl(small edge chip)
3.  Dedham pottery dinner plate (edge chip)
4.  Dedham pottery casserole lid(7+1/2" with interior edge chip)
5.  Rookwood Pitcher signed Harriet Wilcox 7 ½"
6.  Two 4 ½” Marblehead vases
7.  Dedham pottery 7+1/2" plate 
8.  Saturday Evening Girls Pottery (S.E.G.P.) cup and saucer
9.  Saturday Evening Girls Pottery (S.E.G.P.) pottery bowl with rabbit decoration
10. Saturday Evening Girls Pottery (S.E.G.P.) 10” blue pottery vase
11. Rookwood tile with green parrot motif (#2043/5+3/4" x 5+3/4")
12. Rookwood Raven ashtray (#1139)
13. Newcombe Pottery Bowl with damage
14. Two small pieces of art pottery, "Feelies" by Rose Cabot
15. Rookwood vase 9 ½” signed
16. Rookwood 9” vase (#2996)
17. Saturday Evening Girls Pottery (S.E.G.P.) 11” bowl dark blue
18. Pair of Saturday Evening Girls Pottery(S.E.G.P.) cake plates(7+1/2" over fired glaze)
19. Wedgwood Blue & White biscuit holder with lid
20. Wedgwood Green & White ladies pin holder
21. Art pottery vase turned by artisan from Greensboro, NC(Bonnie Hitchcock)
22. New Van Briggle mauve vase with female art nouveau motif
23. Very large Spongeware bowl
24. Unusual art pottery bird sculpture(Kay Cooper)
25. Art pottery piece from Greensboro, NC
26. Important and RARE George Ohr pottery vase from Biloxi, Mississippi (mottled green over brown/professional restoration to rim)
27. Seagrove art pottery vase signed Nichols(11+1/2")
28. S.M.P. pottery vase from Gatlinburg, TN
29. Large Chinese blue Jugtown vase signed Vernon Owens
30. Decorative Grueby tile 3” x 3”
31. Decorative new Fulper crab tile 7 ½” x 7 ½”
32. 1999 Roycroft/ Terracroft decorative tile 6” x 6”
33. New Ephraim decorative tile 4" x 8"
34. Rookwood bookend with peacock theme(repair to top corner)
35. Roycroft Renaissance Dragonfly Vase 13”
36. Four decorative Motawi Michigan art tiles 4” x 8”
37. Mission style framed unsigned Grueby tile(Seagull motif/10” x 10”)
38. Small Rookwood vase (C.O.F. stamp)
39. Ephraim Pottery vase 6 ½” yellow daisy
40. Newer Indian pottery vase
41. Pewabic Pottery decorated pin box
42. Pewabic Pottery iridescent copper luster bowl 6”
43. Cobalt blue vase (attributed to Peters and Reed/11 + 1/2")
44. Brown Weller Jardiniere 10” width 9” height(Stress cracks and rim scratch)
45. Weller Sicard iridescent 6” vase
46. Fulper Pottery forest pattern 7” vase
47. Rookwood 3+1/2" floral motif vase(C.A.B. signature)
48. Rookwood 7” flower holder with fish motif
49. Ephraim Pottery vase with iris motif 7 ½”
50. Bonnie Hitchcock pottery bowl from Pelham, NC 9” (mottled mocha and ruby)
51. Three Ephraim Pottery decorative tiles (Dragonfly motif 6”x6”, Woodland motif 6”x6”, Blue Gingko 4”x4”)
52. Rookwood 9” Yellow flower holder
53. Oriental vase 14” with Dragon décor
54.  Cobalt edge pottery vase 8” from Seagrove, NC
55. 1987 Jugtown Chinese Blue vase signed Vernon Owens
56. North Carolina Crystalline glaze vase 10” signed Mudworks
57. Catalina pottery vase 5" x 8 1/2", ruby color
58. Signed studio art pottery mid modern teapot(10+1/2" tall)
59. Signed studio art pottery mid modern soup tureen(10" tall x 11" wide)
60. Paul Katrich Studio goblet #882, copper lustre interior
61. Green arts and crafts Monmouth pottery vase 19"h
62. Moravian pottery tile in cement of Puritans landing at Plymouth Rock 9"h x 18"w
63. Moravian pottery tile in cement of American Indian potter 13"h x 11"w
64. Green 14+3/4" vase with matte finish
65. Mid modern art pottery vase with red glaze(10" tall)
66. New Roycroft Dragonfly vase(9+1/2" tall)
67. Saturday Evening Girls Pottery(S.E.G.P.) bedroom candle holder(mustard color)
68. Pair of new Roycroft vases(4" tall)
69. Moravian pottery tile in cement "Worshipping the Sun" 
70. Moravian pottery tile in cement with Antelope motif
71. Moravian pottery tile in cement "Landing of Columbus"
72. Moravian pottery tile in cement with Galleon ship theme
73. Large decorative Moravian pottery tile in cement(latin "Silva Vocat" the forest calls)
74. Framed decorative Motawi Tile Works pottery tile with birds in song theme
75. Small decorative pottery tile
76. Grueby style vase from the Arts and Clay Co. in Woodstock N.Y.
77. Blue and Green covered pottery cannister by Bonnie Hitchcock of Greensboro N.C. (8" tall)
78. Art pottery vase with black finish(4+1/2" tall)
79. Art pottery bowl with cobalt over grey finish(3+1/2" tall)
79A.  Moore Pottery Vase (16+1/2" tall)
79B. Pewabic Pottery Tile(5+3/4" x 5+3/4")
79C. Blue Art Pottery Breakfast Set(California Artist/Bowl Has Damage/3 Piece Set)
79D. Blue Unsigned Art Pottery Creamer and Sugar

Glass & Crystal:

80. Tiffany Favrile vase 7 1/2" aurene in color(rim has repair)
81. Waterford Crystal vase 8 1/2" x 14"
82. Waterford Crystal fruit bowl 10" x 6"
83.. Pair of Waterford Crystal candlesticks 10"
84. Waterford water goblet 7"h
85. Large crystal bowl 10" x 5 1/2"
86. Heavy crystal vase with prismatic design 8 1/2"h
87. Beautiful large leaded glass panel 6' h x 3'+1/2" w, very ornate
88. Decorative aquamarine vase with black accents 12" tall
89.. Art glass double candleholder with snuffer
90. Large art glass charger, Murano style
91. Large decorative stained glass window 49"h x 26"w
92. Signed Murano art glass figural seagull
93. Impressive and exquisite Richard P. Golding 12" floral iridescent art glass vase, signed
94. L.C. Tiffany Furnaces Inc. #156 vase with green enamel work base 17"h
95. Iridescent green ribbed art vase with ground pontil  9"h
96. Leaded glass window display 25"h x 30"w 
97. Leaded glass window display 24" x 36"
98. Waterford Crystal candlestand 10 1/2"h
99. Waterford basket weave vase 6"h
100. Early aquamarine covered compote with figural Greek motif
101. Tiffany #1008 leaded glass letter holder(small cracks in glass panels)
102. Large exquisite Simpson signed art glass paperweight
103. Leaded glass candleholder
104. Pair of Lalique glass birds
105. Art glass Tiffany style leaded vase
106. Stained glass light box 55" x 33"
107. Art glass vase with blues, golds, browns, and purples(Robert Held Studios Canada 9 1/2"h)
108. Clear glass vase 5"h x 3"w
109. Art glass vase with mercury bottom, gray and green 11 1/2"h x 5"w
110. Art glass vase cobalt blue 11"h x 5 1/2"w
111. Stained glass peacock panel 27 1/2"h x 14 1/2"w
112. Imperial. Glass bowl dark red with white washes, rose motif/slag glass 3 1/2"h x 9"w

Lamps & Accessories:

113..  Roycroft candlestick
114.  Pair of Roycroft bookends(9" x 6")
115.  Large copper bowl with reticulated base signed Dirk van Erp(patina has been added/scratch on side)
116.  Roycroft copper tray with silver etching 9" x 4"
117.  Pair of Roycroft signed copper bookends 9"h x 6"w
118.  Desk calendar Old Mission Kopperkraft
119.  Large Roycroft copper vase 23"h made for Grove Park Inn circa 1915 (damage to 2 sides of neck with fill in areas/patina has been added)
120.  Tiffany style table lamp with leaded shade 35"h
121.  Mica lamp shade with lily pad decorations (Craftsman Studios)
122. Art deco feathered art glass shade(5+1/2" tall)
123. Stickley/Audi arts and crafts lamp (Cherry wood with glass shade #718/58" tall)
124. Nice hand hammered copper vase signed J.C.L.R. (9" tall)
125. Arts and crafts style standing lamp with feathered glass shade and ornate metal work(59+1/2" tall)
126. Heinz Art sterling on bronze vase(12' tall)
127. Heinz Art sterling over bronze pedestal/trophy vase(8" tall)
128. Roycroft copper vase 8 1/2"h
129. Heinz Art sterling over bronze vase 5"h
130. Art nouveau risque table lamp(16" tall)
131. Old Mission Kopperkraft lamp with Mica shade (hole in one shade panel, varnish visible on underside of shade, some repair to arms,flaking mica)
132. Heinz Art sterling over bronze ashtray and matchholder(4+1/4" tall)
133. Coppercraft bud vase with relief work(#600/7" tall)
134. Old Heinz Art arts and crafts sterling over bronze card holder with bird motif
135. Large cast spelter mushroom base table lamp with extensive leaded shade(29" tall)
136. Arts and Crafts motif white metal bridge lamp with Tiffany style feathered shade(22+1/2" tall)
137. Art and crafts mica shade lamp with art glass base(20" tall)
138. Stickley/Audi table lamp #713 11" x 16 1/2"
139. Early Gone with the Wind style parlor lamp with heavy cherub decoration and marbelite base 33"h including chimney
140. Roycroft vase 6"
141. Roycroft copper desk calendar(3+3/8"tall x 4+1/4" wide)
142. 
143. Fulper table lamp with signed base and Tiffany style shade with rose motif 18"h
144. New lamp with Tiffany style shade and metal base 14"h x 12"w
145. Hand hammered copper tray with handles, made in Mexico 17" long
146. Nice hand hammered copper vase signed J.C.L.R.(9+1/2" tall/made in Mexico)
147. Roycroft letter opener 9+1/4" long
148. Arts and Crafts hand hammered copper letter opener 7+3/4" long
149. Roycroft copper bud vase holder with glass insert(9" long)

Furniture:

150.  Charles Rolfe copper and wood candlestand 14 1/2"h (slight damage to wood)
151. Stickley arts and crafts children's oak rocker with leather seat(25+1/2" tall/partial Gustave Stickley paper label on underside of seat)
152.  Stickley arts and crafts children's oak rocker with leather seat(25" tall)
153. Plant stand with inlay(33+1/2" tall) 
154.  Oak sewing rocker with leather seat by Quaint Furniture(31+1/2" tall)
155.  Arts and crafts children's high chair with leather seat
156.  Mahogany decorated pedestal/plant stand (34"h)
157.  Mahogany decorated smoking cabinet(27+3/4" tall/F.B.M. Co. Hoboken, New Jersey) 
158.  Antique inlaid mahogany regency tea caddy with ribbon inlay(top has split in wood from age)
159.  L.J.G. Stickley Harvey Ellis side chair with inlay
160.  Gustave Stickley/Audi footstool(1990's/15+1/4" tall)
161. Gustave Stickley/Audi Harvey Ellis desk with inlay(30" tall)
162. Five Mission Oak Stickley arts and crafts chairs (matching/some with Stickley paper labels)
163. Gustave Stickley/Audi adjustable lounge chair/Morris spindle recliner with foot stool
164. Wonderful antique Eastlake style display shelf(24" wide and 7+1/2" tall)
165. Stickley/Audi end table(29" tall)
166. Large Stickley/Audi display cabinet with glass shelves
167. Gustave Stickley pegged book holder with original paper label(30" x 31")
168. Stickley/Audi pedestal(36" tall)
169. Limbert parlor chair with leather seat
170. Roycroft foot stool(10" tall and 15" wide)
171. Roycroft children's chair(21+1/2" tall)
172. Unusual folk art wooden CD holder, handmade by Mississippi farmer
173. Quaint furniture side table ( Quaint brass medallion/Stickley family)
174. Limbert arts and crafts oak chair(Limbert mark)
175. Two Stickley/Audi gout stools/footstools(5" tall and 12" wide) 
176. Gustave Stickley/Audi footstool(1990's 15+1/4" tall) 
177. Early wooden waste bucket (possible Stickley attribution/20" tall)
178. Gustave Stickley lamp table(15" x 17")
179. Arts and crafts style hanging wall cabinet(17" x 25")
180. Leather and wood arts and crafts style waste paper container
181. Oak arts and crafts leaded glass door display cabinet(84"h x 37"w)
182. Limbert straight leg large lamp table arts and crafts style(unmarked/35+1/2" in diameter and 29" tall) 
183. Oak arts and crafts bookcase(12" x 38")
184. Maple cathedral style hanging wall cabinet(24"h x 15"w)
185. Quaint Furniture octagonal lamp table (brass label/2832/20" in diameter and 27+1/2" tall)
186. Wooden ladder back arts and crafts chair
187. Early English made arts and crafts gentleman's wardrobe 6'4"h x 5'w
188. Early arts and crafts desk with letter holder backsplash
189. Oak Roycroft library bookstand(26+1/2" tall and 26" across)
189A. Stickley/Audi Arroyo storage tabouret table(18" tall and 17+1/2" wide)
189B. Stickley/Audi footstool(15" tall)
189C. Gustave Stickley/Audi Double Bookcase with glass doors(55" tall, 33" deep and 12" wide)
189D. Antiquities by Stickley Gamble House Greene and Greene Double Bookcase(Sapelli wood)  

Clocks and Watches:

190.  Modern oak Stickley/Audi shelf clock 22"h x 16"w (non-working)
191.  Roycroft copper desk clock (working/New Haven/4+3/4" tall)
192.  Old 8-day cast mantle clock (no pendulum, no key, top has damage/9+3/4" tall))
193.  Jeanine Guncheon whimsical folk art clock by Linden(12+1/2" tall)
194.  Seth Thomas cathedral style 8-day mantle clock(15" tall and non-working)
195.  Nice Men's Citizen Elegance Signature Series wristwatch with gold and silver accents(running)
195A. Men's Seiko quartz watch with gold face and leather band(running/band has wear)
195B. Men's Seiko quartz watch with white face and lizard grain band(running)
195C. Jacques Lemans Geneve Men's wristwatch(gold with gold band/running)
195D. Men's Tag Heuer Professional 200 Meters wristwatch(watch runs)
195E. Nice Movado Swiss made men's wristwatch(serial no. 9120218 87 E4 0862/running with black leather band)
195F. CRM Deluxe men's wristwatch(made in Scotland/running)
195G. Swiss Accutron Model P2(running with brown leather band/some scratches on back)
195H. Bulova Ladies Caravelle No. 7 wristwatch(non-working/gold accent band)
195I.  18K Gold Piaget men's wristwatch with black leather band(watch not running/main spring and hair spring needed)
195J.  Citizen Elegance series men's wristwatch(non working) 
196.  Early F. Roskopf Chappemant pocketwatch with enamel dial work (intermittently running/enamel dial has hairline crack across middle/some discoloration on inside back of case)
196A. Nice Hamilton 21 jewel open face pocketwatch(running/nice clean watch/mechanism serial number 1724074)
197. Round clock with dark red wood (non-working) 11 1/2"h

Assorted Art, Rugs, Toys, and Other Collectibles:

198.  Persian rug 10 feet long and 3 feet wide
199.  Persian rug 7 feet long and 4+1/2 feet wide(tassle wear on one end)
199A. Persian runner 9 feet lpng and 3 feet wide
199B. Persian runner 9 feet long and 3 feet wide
199C. Persian runner 9 feet long and 3 feet wide
199D. Persian runner 9 feet long and 3 feet wide
200.  1950s Fada console television 12" (working!)
201.  Russian oil on canvas floral and butterfly motif painting(signed T. Cotoknhia 15" x 15")
202.  Vintage Sky King tricycle, red and white with space age details
203.  Cast iron pig bank(6" long and 3" tall)
204.  Early lake scene etching by Louis K. Harlow Wareham Massachusetts 1850-1930(listed artist)
205.  Early building print with frame(signed/10+1/4" x 8" including frame)
206.  Blue and white Murray pedal car
207. Classic Cruiser Silver Racer (baby style)
208. Oriental cloth on paper oriental wall hanging(60"h x 18"w)
209. Reproduction Remington bronze "Buster Bronco"(9+1/2" tall)
210. Reproduction Remington bronze "Scalp"(9+1/2" tall)
211. Old brass reservoir lamp with painted milk glass shade(26+3/4" tall)
212. Early primitive hand hewn dough bowl(20+1/2" long,10+1/2" wide and 3+1/2" tall)
213. Early painted red firkin(7+1/2" tall)
214. 1990s Indianapolis 500 commemorative pins, limited editions(1992,1993,1994 and 1995)
215. Limited edition signed etching Al Blaustein "The Tangle"( #2/30  25"x 31")
216. Wooden whimsical pull toy
217. Decorated blue wooden potpourri dispenser
218A. Indy car Miller print #12 signed by Bobby Rahal limited edition 142/500 artist D. Gray
218B. Indy car Mobil #20 driven by Piquet print artist signed Barden 1991(certificate of aunthenticity)
218C. Formula One print of driver Jacques Villeneuve entitled "Domination" by Gavin Macleod(no. 470/500) 
219. Large framed wall map of Penn Central Eastern Region Operating Facilities, dated 1970
220. Framed railroad photo Conrail at Horseshoe Curve
221. Large "Buddy L" Red Caboose train #3017
222. Several HO Conrail Train Cars including: 2 Engines,1 stick car, 1 auto carrier and 1 Norfolk Southern Engine 
223. Several Atlas and assorted HO scale engines still in boxes, none have been run
224. Three graduated arts and crafts style candlesticks
225. Figural folk art metal dog
226. Bronze coated bookends featuring colonial male figures
227. Nice decorated Bollenbach wall barometer with Mother of Pearl inlay(areas of damage to finish/see photos)
228. Early Botannical print with Mission oak frame(signed Foord 1905)  
229.  Early Train Caboose lantern marked ML Deposse
230.  Several Roycrofters published books including Huubard: "Four Classics","Henry Hudson" and more(floor and phone bidding only this lot/one and choice)
231.  Several old Better/Big Little Books in varying conditions including: "Tarzan", "Buck Rogers", "Flash Gordon" and more(floor and phone bidding only this lot/one and choice) 
232. Seven mint 1991 Hardy Boys facsimile books by Applewood Books
233. Eleven mint 1996 facsimile Nancy Drew books by Applewood Books
234. Three mint 1992 Tom Swift facsimile books by Applewood Books
235. First edition "My Life with Paper an Autobiography" 1958 Dard Hunter acquired from grandson(Dustjacket present)
236. Three large detailed heavy figural oriental bronzes
237. Nice reproduction brass candlestick telephone(working)
238A. Highly carved burlwood handle folk art cane with several figural carvings including: dagger, wrench, acorn, horse and sword
238B. Nice detailed walking stick with figural bird handle(some separation near eye area)
238C. Detailed figural eagle handle walking stick(bone handle/crack in handle area)
238D. Folk art walking stick with figural snake handle and snake wrap around shaft(tip is missing)
238E. Figural eagle handle walking stick(bone handle) 
239. Two Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec(Yvette Guilbert)framed lithographs(signed and numbered 465/1500)Sold as pair.
240. E.T. Hurley pen and ink pastoral, framed and matted(17+3/4" x 22")
241. Framed limited edition Mark Chagall lithograph with documentation 31" x 34"(32 of 500)
242. Framed limited edition Pablo Picasso Color lithograph:"Un Matin Du Harem"(92 of 300/25" x 21")
243. Limited edition framed Picasso lithograph:"Giclee" #231/500 (18"x 24")
244. Limited edition Salvador Dali lithograph:"Saint George" #239/500  21"x27"
245. Large wooden goose decoy, signed Mike Taylor(25+1/2" long/bill has repair)
246. Pair of arts and crafts bell bookends
247. Decorative antique export cloissone chinese ashtray
248. Exquisited pair of figural elephant bronze bookends
249. Vintage Kodak box camera
250. Large assortment of superb arts and crafts reference books(sold one and choice floor bidding only)
251. Assortment of books including reference books, novels etc...(Sold one and choice floor bidding only)
252. Edison table model talking home machine with 22 wax cylinders
253. Edward Clarke carved bird (yellow leg marsh bird)
254. Metal figural pig bank
255. Edward Clarke carved bird (curlew)
256. Oil on canvas winter scene signed T. Bailey( 18"x23" /some damage to canvas)
257. French art deco table phone (working)
258. Framed Thistle print signed Joy Phal(#62/95 21+1/2"x16") 
259. Framed Italian water scene watercolor signed W.A. Richards(17" x 21")
260. Hanging wall barometer 38"
261. Oriental motif wall hanging/cloth on paper( 5'h x 21" w)
262. Decorative hanging wind chimes 19"l
263. Two metal folk art hogs
264. Framed oil on board autumn river scene signed Bissell(30" x 35")
265. Designer framed photograph of a loon scene(14" x 19")
266. Red headed Merganser signed duck decoy
267. Figural chalkware labrador bookends
268. Framed watercolor of Parisian street scene signed Rose Mead
269. Nice male and female figural Oriental bronzes(7+3/4" tall/heavy)
270. Pair of black elephant bookends
271. Brass stamp loupe 2"x2"
272. Five antique children's bears: ceramic 2 1/2"; cloth 3"; cloth 2 1/2"; cloth with articulated arms and legs 5"; cloth 5"
273. Pair of rock bookends 5"h
274. Pfalzgraffe with Villa della Luna pattern of blue and orange 9 1/2"h
275. Ceramic wine cooler by Henry Wadson Pottery 6 1/2"h x 4 3/4"w
276. Metal balancing toy with Santa and reindeer 19"h
277. Lenox Santa cookie jar 13 1/2"h
278. Framed sunflower photo 15"h x 11"w
279. Framed photo of Hobie Cat sailboat on Atlantic Ocean 15 1/2"h x 12 1/2"w
280. Wooden carving board, checkerboard design 12"h x 9"w
281. Bamboo steamer, never used, two levels with lid 6"h x 10"w

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