BUTTERSCOTCH AUCTION GALLERY
Highlights From Our Upcoming Auction; April 18th, 2010
- Bedford Village Historical Hall-
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Herts Brothers inlaid rosewood cabinet, ca. 1878. Signed 'Herts Brothers,' having double beveled glazed doors with brass overlay flanked by single similar glazed doors on each side. False frieze drawer flanked by secret working drawers. Shelf with mirrored back flanked by cabinet doors on either side. Extensive inlay on all exterior surfaces. 59-1/2"h x 59-1/2"w x 15-3/4"d
Provenance: Purchased by Charles Schwartz during the great depression and housed in the "Pumpkin House" in the upper west side of Manhattan; thence by decent to present owner Charles E. Schwartz, M.D.
Literature: "Herter Brothers, Furniture and Interiors for the Gilded Age" by Katherine S. Howe, et al. p.77, fig.57; "Styles of American Furniture, 1860-1960" by Eileen & Richard Dubrow, p.110; Permanent collection of The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, 1983, Virginia Caroll Crawford collection.
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 20th century inlaid louis XVI-style commode |
Pair mid-19th century Victorian papier-mache spoon-back slipper chairs, possibly Jennens & Betteridge |
Pair Regency armchairs with faux tortoise-shell finish |
20th century cartouche-shaped Trumeau wall mirror, Watteau-style painting |
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19th century ivory Japanese tusk inlaid in shibayama style |
George Nelson platform bench, brown colour : 14"h x 60"w x 17.5"d
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Pair vintage Lalique-style art deco opalescent glass vases 12"h |
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Wallace Nutting Windsor armchair with comb back - partial paper label |
Mauser sterling silver aesthetic design oval bowl with matching underplate; 111 TOZ |
 Wallace Nutting Windsor comb back side chair with paper label |
 Mauser sterling silver aesthetic pair open salt cellars & matching pair shakers |
Jill Krementz (b. 1940 - ) |
 Meissen covered box |
