Gustave J. S. White Auctioneers – Rhode Island Estates Auction
Wednesday, OCTOBER 15th at 10am
Newport County Auction Gallery
1674 East Main Rd. (Rte. 138) Portsmouth, RI
Paintings, Furnishings, Orientalia, Rugs, Silver from the Estates of two of Newport’s most esteemed citizens: Marion Oates Charles (“The Whim”) and John Nicholas Brown (“Harbour Court”) and estates in Portsmouth and South Dartmouth, MA.
Newport County Auction Gallery
1674 East Main Road, Rte.138, Portsmouth, RI
Inspection: Tues. Oct.14 from 1 to 4 pm and one hour before the sale on Wed.
This will be one of the most diversified and interesting auctions we have ever held. Articles include military promotion signed by Abraham Lincoln as President, bronze of Black Man signed “L. Swann” ’36, Nantucket sea chest in original paint, two sailors’ valentines, Orientalia includes collections of tsubas, inros, netsukes, Sheraton and Hepplewhite pieces, Damascene rugs, garden statuary, set of 6 George Hayward lithographs of New York City, assemblage of tea caddies and looking glasses, 1920’s large paintings in relief of livestock.
Silver: 12 Camusso dinner plates, Tiffany repousse bowl monogrammed “HB”, Gorham “Old French”, 1903 dinner service. Paintings by Alfred Thompson Bricher (small), William Fisher, Louis Harlow, Michael Marsden (2), Victoria Mele, J.A.S. Monks, Fredric Soldwedel, Emma Swan, Ruth Haviland Sutton, J.B. Sword and others.
Please note: This sale is exceedingly strong in Asian articles from the collections of John Nicholas Brown.
Michael Marsden
Alfred Thompson Bricher
signed “L. Swann” ’36
Michael Corcoran, GUSTAVE J. S. WHITE CO.
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