Cottone Auctions – Fine Art & Antiques
March 27th, 2025
120 Court Street, Geneseo, New York 14454
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GENESEO, N.Y. — On Thursday, March 27, Cottone Auctions will present a fine art and antiques auction, starting at noon. The sale features highlights from the estate of Sidonie Triepel Williams of Buffalo, N.Y., alongside other collections and private institutions. With more than 300 lots, the auction offers a selection of fine and decorative arts, estate silver, rare timepieces and Native American artifacts.

This sale includes a collection of Tiffany Studios lamps and accessories, such as a Tiffany Studios Arrowroot lamp with a 20-inch diameter shade, ex-Macklowe Gallery ($40/60,000), a Tiffany Studios Daffodil table lamp with a 14-inch shade on a Mushroom base ($35/45,000), a Tiffany Studios Greek Key table lamp on a rare Tyler stem base with an artichoke design ($25/35,000) and a Tiffany Studios 10-light Lily lamp ($15/25,000). Also featured is a monumental Tiffany Studios special order decorated Favrile vase, standing 18 inches tall ($20/30,000).

The auction presents a selection of Chinese and Japanese works of art, including a carved white jade statuette of Guanyin, the bodhisattva of mercy, from the Qianlong period ($8/12,000). Other highlights include a Chinese cinnabar lacquer scholar box and cover, also from the Qianlong period ($5/8,000) and a Japanese painting on silk by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) titled “Two Women and a Boy on a Verandah, Kakemono” ($5/8,000). A large iridescent ammonite from the Upper Cretaceous Bearpaw formation (75-72 million years ago) will cross the podium ($10/15,000). In Feng Shui, ammonite is a revered symbol of harmony and balance and is used to enhance the energy of a space. An extensive collection of snuff bottles and netsuke carvings will also cross the block.

Collectors of decorative arts will appreciate a rare, Russian translucent enamel and gilded silver tabernacle by master Pavel Ovchinnikov, St Petersburg, circa 1882 ($5/8,000). Additional highlights include a KPM porcelain plaque of a Gypsy girl with tambourine ($4/6,000); fine art glass from Thomas Webb & Sons and Baccarat, circa 1890; and several Oriental rugs, including silk and metal thread Souf Kashans and a room-size Anatolian Oushak rug ($4/6,000).

The auction’s Modern and Twentieth Century art includes “Keyah Hozoni (Beautiful Land)” by acclaimed Navajo artist Emmi Whitehorse, a 1987 mixed media on canvas ($40/60,000). Also included are three vibrant paintings by Orville Bulman (American, 1904-1978), as well as Modern ceramics by Pablo Picasso, including Oiseau No. 91 and Profil de Femme No. 67 ($3/5,000 each) as well as studio ceramics by British potter John Ward (1938-2023). Rounding out the modern offerings is a collection of furniture by Hans J. Wegner, including the iconic Papa Bear chair.

More than 75 lots of estate silver will be presented, featuring a Georg Jensen Blossom sterling silver tea & coffee service ($8/12,000); a Samuel Kirk repoussé silver ewer, circa 1830, purchased from Sotheby’s Parke-Bernet in the early 1940s ($1,5/2,500); and a monumental sterling silver classical urn form vase by Italian goldsmith Mario Buccellati ($8/12,000). Puiforcat, Christofle, Tiffany & Co., Gorham as well as Georgian silver will be offered.

For timepiece collectors, the auction includes 50 European and American clocks, among them a French ormolu and bronze Empire clock by Manière, with bronze work attributed to Philippe Thomire (1751-1843) ($20/40,000); a rare French patinated bronze two-handled glass dial Mystery clock, circa 1900, sculpted by Victorin Subatier ($15/25,000); and a rare J.C. Brown Super Empire shelf clock ($5/8,000).

The auction also includes a collection of Native American art and Americana, such as a Sioux beaded buckskin dress, late Nineteenth Century ($2/4,000), a pair of early Nineteenth Century quilled Huron moccasins ($3/5,000) and a carved and painted Iroquois cradleboard ($3/5,500). Other noteworthy Americana offerings include “Keene Valley View” by Horace Wolcott Robbins, Jr, (American, 1842-1904), executed in 1882 ($8/12,000), a late Nineteenth Century full-bodied copper Horse & Sulky weathervane ($8/12,000) and an Eighteenth Century New England tiger maple Queen Anne highboy and Chippendale chest (each $3/5,000).

Cottone Auctions’ gallery is at 120 Court Street. Previews will be conducted by appointment. Live in-house and online bidding will be available through Cottone Auctions. Register at www.live.cottoneauctions.com. Telephone and absentee bids are accepted. To place bids, you may call the Cottone Auctions gallery at 585-243-1000 or register through www.cottoneauctions.com.

For more information about Cottone Auctions’ Winter Fine Art & Antiques Auction on Thursday March 27th, please visit www.cottoneauctions.com or call (585) 243-1000.

Fine Art Glass by Tiffany Studios & Thomas Webb, (Ht. 18 in.)
Rare Russian Enamel Tabernacle
Chinese & Japanese Jade Carvings & Cinnabar
Fine KPM Berlin Gypsy Girl
20 Fine Tiffany Studios Lamps
Large Indecent Ammonite, Canada
Modern Ceramics by Pablo Picasso
Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848-1933)
Carl Wuermer (American, 1900-1981)
Carl Peters (American, 1897-1980)
Emmi Whitehorse (Native American/Dine, b. 1957)
Orville Bulman (American, 1904-1978)
American Copper Horse and Sulky Weathervane
Collection of Early American Furniture
Collection of Items & Artifacts
Silk & Metal Thread Souf Kashan Prayei Rug
W. H. Farrar & Co. / Geddes, NY Five Gallon Churn
Arabesque Skeleton Clock
Fine & Rare Monumental French Ormolu Empire Clock, circa 1800
Rare Late Louis XVI Ormolu Lyre
Rare J.C. Brown Super Empire Shelf Clock
Rare Aaron Dodd Crane Patent Yeat Shelf Clock
Extremely Rare Glass Dial Mystery Clock
Rare Large E. Howard No. 59 Vienna
Monumental George Jones Astronomical Regulator
Grande Sonnerie Vienna Regulator, Ludwig Hainz
Approximately Fine European & American Clocks & Timepieces
William L. Gilbert Regulator No. 16
French Mantle Clock, Three Cherubs
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