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Sale Date:
June 4 & 5, 2005
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Lot Numbers and Descriptions
301. Rookwood ewer, flattened form in a Standard glaze with violets, unusual applied silver overlay, unknown artist signature, 1897, #715E, silver marked, 4.5"h 2700-3700
302. Rare Maria Longworth Nichols Storer tray, wooden form with two handles and a hammered copper insert behind glass depicting sea life with applied jewels, signed, 23" x 7" 1200-1700
303. Fine and rare Cincinnati Art Carved frame, attribution, large with extremely detailed flowers, original finish, 32" x 29", an exceptional piece of art 4000-6000
304. Cincinnati Art Carved book rack, attribution, intricately carved floral design, hinged sides, original finish, 20"l x 7"h 400-600
305. Cincinnati Art Carved wall shelf, attribution, walnut, detailed carving of flowers probably meant to hold letters, 16"h x 16"w 450-650
306. Louise Abel sculpture, cat's head covered in a black matt glaze, signed, dated 1932, 4.5"h, minor chip at bottom 900-1200
307. Louise Abel sculptures, attribution, three, figure studies in textured bisque fired clay, all unsigned, largest pieces are 4"w x 5"h 700-900
308. Louise Abel sculpture, two cats in textured bisque fired clay, signed, 7"w x 5"h 800-1200
309. Louise Abel sculpture, female head in plaster covered in a bronze colored glaze, signed, dated 8/1/1944, 10"h 700-900
310. Exceptional Louise Abel sculpture, nude figure with a deer in modeled and tooled wood, signed, 18"w x 18"h, some breaks and cracks 2000-3000
311. Louise Abel sculpture, terra-cotta mother and child monkeys, signed twice, 9.5"h 400-500
312. Louise Abel ephemera, exhibition catalog, photographs and letters, various sizes, all very good condition; with a Louise Abel tile, figures playing cello, signed, dated 1952, 5.5"sq., repaired 100-200
313. Louise Abel photographs, several light box prints of her artwork, 8" x 10" 100-200
314. Louise Abel films, several photographic negatives of her artwork, 8" x 10", includes gloves for handling 100-200
315. Louise Abel films, several photographic negatives of her artwork, 8" x 10", includes gloves for handling 100-200
316. Louise Abel sculpture, two mythological figures in red clay covered in a bronze colored glaze, signed, 8"h 500-700
317. Striking Louise Abel sculpture, terra-cotta female head, signed twice, dated 1948, 12"h, repaired 900-1200
318. Louise Abel sculpture, attribution, bear in textured brown clay, unsigned, 6.5"h, breaks to one foot and one ear 400-600
319. Rare J.D. Wareham batik, “Young Centaur Angling for Gold Fish", silk, signed, 88"w x 54"h, excellent condition 2000-3000
320. E.T. Hurley etching, "Woodworkers", signed and dated 1908, also signed and dated 1917 in pencil, held in an unusual frame, 8.5"w x 7.5"h 300-500
321. Good Martin Rettig painting, "Breakers", oil on canvas, signed, framed, 11.75"w x 8.25"h, nicely done by this early Rookwood artist 500-700
322. William E. Hentschel (American, b. 1892), “African Scene", c. 1940; airbrush painting, 21" x 20", signed in pencil, important designer and painter from Cincinnati, he studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy and the Art Students League, exhibited at the Syracuse Museum of Art, Taft Museum, and the Norton Gallery of Art, work in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institute, and IBM, worked as a Rookwood artist and taught at the Cincinnati Art Academy. 600-800
323. Nice Rookwood vase, slender cylindrical form with eight rooks at bottom under a great mottled brown matt glaze, dated 1925, #1815, 6.5"h, wonderful glaze 450-650
324. Rookwood vase, organic swirling designs in high relief, all covered in an unusual purple matt, made in 1927, #1908, 5"h, good detail, great color 250-350
325. Rookwood vase, geometric in a red matt, 1913, #1873, 5.5"h; with a Rookwood vase, (not shown), geometric in a pink matt, 1921, #824, 6.25"h, hairline 400-600
326. Rookwood vase, three paneled form under a pink and green matt glaze, dated 1926, #2934, 10.5"h 250-350
327. Whimsical Rookwood ashtray, fish covered in a Chinese Turquoise glaze, 1945, #6500, 6"w, ground X 200-300
328. Rookwood tray, duck and crest, monogram to base “Associated Harvard Clubs" in a red matt, 1929, 3.5"w x 3"h 100-200
329. Rookwood tray, finely detailed rook under an ivory hi-glaze, dated 1945, #1139, 8"w x 4.5"h 100-200
330. Rookwood tray, owl in a Wine Madder glaze, 1951, #1084, 6.5"w x 4.5"h 100-200
331. Rookwood vase, green crystalline, 1927, #2857, 4"h; with a Rookwood vase, (not shown), rose hips, yellow matt, 1921, #2122, 4.5"h; Rookwood vase, (not shown), raised design, green and red matt, 1934, #6217, 4.5"h, minor bruise to rim 300-400
332. Rookwood vase, large swollen form with a stylized floral design under a pink matt glaze, dated 1918, #2202, 10"h 400-600
333. Rookwood vase, large form with acorn and oak leaf designs at top under an unusual brown matt glaze, dated 1919, #2334, 9.5"h 600-800
334. Good Rookwood box, round low form with raised designs on lid under a black Hi-glaze with a green interior, made in 1924, #2654, 5"w, unusually nice glaze 250-350
335. Rookwood vase, unusual form with a design of leaves under a mottled red and green matt glaze, dated 1922, #1693, 2.25"h, ground X; with a Rookwood vase, shouldered form under a glue green and tan crystalline glaze, dated 1932, #6307F, 3"h 300-400
336. Rookwood vase, bulbous form with water lilies in a blue crystalline glaze, 1946, #6833, 6"h; with Rookwood bookends, pair, water lilies in an ivory matt, 1937, #2836, 5.5"w 350-550
337. Rookwood chamberstick, covered with a pink and green matt glaze, dated 1920, #1638, 6"w x 3.5"h, ground X 150-250
338. Rookwood bookends, pair, rooks covered in a Celadon glaze, signed by William McDonald, done in 1956, inscription on back, #2275, 5"h 400-600
339. Cute Rookwood bookends, pair, hound dog puppies covered with a brown matt glaze, dated 1930, #2998, designed by Louise Abel, 6"w x 5"h 550-750
340. Rookwood bookends, pair, Egyptian motif covered in a brown matt glaze, signed William McDonald, made in 1922, #2510, 5.5"h, minor chips to top of one 550-750
341. Rookwood paperweight, nude figure covered with an ivory matt glaze, signed by Louise Abel, 1932, #2868, 4"h 150-250
342. Rookwood flower frog, figure of a child and a turtle in a yellow Hi-glaze, 1921, #2336, 6.5"h, two hairlines to foot; with a Rookwood vase (not shown), swan figural in a turquoise Hi-glaze, 1933, #1213, 5.5"w 200-300
343. Rookwood paperweight, monkey on a book with a brown and green matt, 1924, #2677, 4"h; with a Rookwood paperweight, (not shown), monkey with a dark brown matt, 1935, #6426, 5"h, both with minor chips 250-350
344. Exceptional Rookwood paperweight, squirrel covered in a mottled brown and green matt glaze, designed by Sallie Toohey, dated 1928, #5025, 4.25"h 600-800
345. Rookwood bookends, pair, elephants covered in an ivory matt glaze, made in 1928, #2444D, 5"h; with a Rookwood bookend, elephant in an ivory matt, 1921, #2444D, 5"h 500-700
346. Rookwood bookends, pair, panther in an ivory Hi-glaze, 1951, #2564, signed W. McDonald, 5.5"w x 5.5"h 400-600
347. Rookwood bookends, pair, owls covered with a blue matt glaze, made in 1944, #2655, 6"h, minor chips to bottom edge of each; with a Rookwood flower frog, (not shown), Bacchus with tortoise in an ivory high glaze, 1919, #2336, X'd, cracks and glued chips 300-400
348. Rookwood bookends, pair, covered in a pink and green matt, made in 1924, #2446, 5.5"h; with a Rookwood tray, (not shown), triangular, geometric design in a yellow and cream hi-glaze, made in 1958, #7078, 4.5"w 350-550
349. Exceptional Rookwood bookends, pair, hound dog puppies under a two-toned brown matt glaze, designed by Louise Abel, 1927, #2998, 5"h 600-800
350. Rookwood bookends, pair, Dutch boy and girl, designed by Sallie Toohey, dated 1928, #6023, 6"h 400-600
Sale Date:
June 4 & 5, 2005