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FORSYTHES’ ANTIQUES AUCTION

FORSYTHES’ ANTIQUES AUCTION
SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013, 2:00 PM.
CINCINNATI, OHIO

Located at the Holiday Inn, 4501 Eastgate Blvd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45245, exit 63B off I-275 to East on 32 to Eastgate Blvd.

This auction includes items from a Warren County, Ohio 50 year collection and other estates.

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   Pages 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10   Lot # 121 - 150
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TITLE DESCRIPTION   LOW EST HIGH EST
             
121 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR THOMAS HART BENTON PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH Titled "Old Man Reading, 1939", sight 10 5/8" x 12 3/4", pencil signed lower right "Benton".  Published by Associated American Artists New York.  Good condition. 1000 2000
122 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR ELLSWORTH WOODWARD (AMERICAN) ETCHING Ellsworth Woodward (American/New Orleans) 8 1/4" x 10 1/4" etching.  Pencil signed and titled "E. Woodward" lower right; "Grocery and Bar" lower left. Initialed "EW" in plate.    Good condition. 400 700
123 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR TWO JAMES CARL HANCOCK, NEW ORLEANS ETCHINGS One 8 1/4" x 6" titled "Pirates Alley", pencil signed lower right; plus, one 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" titled "Mercier Mansion Patio", pencil signed lower right.  Both good condition.   100 200
124 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR TWO J. CARL HANCOCK (NEW ORLEANS) ETCHINGS 7" x 5 1/4" etching titled "Iron Lace Balconies - New Orleans".  Plus one titled "Wishing Gate - New Orleans".  Both signed in pencil lower right "J. Carl Hancock:.   Both good condition.   100 200
125 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR LOUIS ICART (FRENCH, 1888-1950) ETCHING 19" x 22" color etching and aquatint.  "Leaving Home".  Signed in pencil, with artist "Windmill" blind stamp and copyrighted and dated 1929 in plate.   Very slight staining along top border, otherwise good condition. 300 600
126 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR VERY EARLY HAND STITCHED STAR QUILT Several pieces of very early material.  From the Waite Estate of Worcester, MA.  88" x 84". Some light soiling and very tiny area of wear, otherwise excellent condition.   400 800
127 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR VERY EARLY LOG CABIN QUILT Several early materials.  68" x 64". Some staining, otherwise fine condition.   200 400
128 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR 19TH CENTURY HAND STITCHED STAR QUILT Early material including reds.  88" x 70". Some staining.  Few small tears. 200 400
129 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR NEW VIENNA, OHIO PATCHWORK QUILT 12-patch quilt made by "Miss Emma Woods, New Vienna, Ohio".  Note reads "My First Piecing & Quilting".  68" x 76". Good condition. 200 400
130 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR EARLY 2-SIDED LOG CABIN QUILT Rolling Star and bold pattern on reverse, very graphic believed to be African-American, found in Ripley, Brown County, Ohio.  73" x 70". Good condition. 200 400
131 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR FOLK ART BED COVER DATED 1905 Square center medallion done in three dimensional puffy work, with embroidered "Sept. 12th 1905" below, with briar stitch border.  67" x 60". Good condition. 300 500
132 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR PAIR OF EARLY APPLIQUE QUILTS Scarce pair of lovely applique quilts with great feather quilting.  One 88" square, other 84" square. Some light soiling and small stains, otherwise fine.   500 1000
132A TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR EARLY EMBROIDERED BED COVER ON HOMESPUN Early 19th Century with vining border with exotic flowers, butterflies and insects, surrounding a central urn with a tobacco leaf motif.  All on three strips of homespun.  103" x 76".   Minor holes and few separations to stains.   200 400
133 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR CROCHET SCARF W/NEELDEPOINT STAG  Dated 1873.  Unusual 102" long x 16" wide crochet scarf with needlepoint stag, for "Joseph Ritschel, 1873".   Good condition. 100 300
134 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR CAROLINE WILLIAMS (OHIO) OIL PAINTING Caroline Williams (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1908-1988) 22" x 18" oil on canvas of her self portrait.  Signed on verso "Williams".   Good condition. 300 600
135 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR CHARLES ALFRED MEURER (CINCINNATI, OHIO) OIL PAINTING Charles Alfred Meurer (Terrace Park, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1865-1955) 12 1/2" x 15 1/4" oil on board landscape titled "View of the Little Miami River".  Signed lower right "C.A. Meurer".  Titled and dated "1929" on verso.  Meurer studied with Duveneck and Meakin at the Cincinnati Art Academy and in Paris with Laurens, Constant, Ferrier and Doucet.  He maintained a studio in Terrace park for many years.  Good condition.   300 600
136 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR SIGNED R.J. LICKNER WATERCOLOR 10 1/4" x 14 1/4" watercolor on paper of mounds of wheat in field.  Signed lower left "R.J. Lickner". Good condition. 100 300
137 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR E.T. HURLEY (OHIO, ROOKWOOD ARTIST) COLORED ETCHING Edward Timothy Hurley (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1869-1950) 10" x 12 1/4" colored etching of harbor scene.  Pencil signed lower right "E.T. Hurley".  Also signed in the plate.  Hurley, a Cincinnati painter whose etchings and landscapes reflected the area where he lived.  He was also a decorator for Rookwood Pottery from 1896 to 1948. Fine condition. 200 400
138 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR E.T. HURLEY (OHIO, ROOKWOOD ARTIST) COLORED ETCHING Edward Timothy Hurley (Cincinnati, Ohio 1869-1950) 9 1/2" x 13" colored etching of a harbor scene.  Pencil signed lower right "E.T. Hurley" and dated "1917".  Also signed and dated in the plate lower left.  Hurley, a Cincinnati painter whose etchings and landscapes reflected the area where he lived.  he was also a decorator for Rookwood Pottery from 1896 to 1948.   Fine condition. 200 400
138A TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR E.T. HURLEY (OHIO, ROOKWOOD ARTIST) ETCHING Edward Timothy Hurley (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1869-1950) 8 3/4" x 9 1/2" etching of                    .  Pencil signed lower right "E.t. Hurley" and signed and dated "1916" lower right in the plate.  Hurley, a Cincinnati painter whose etching and landscapes reflected the area where he lived.  He was also a decorator for Rookwood Pottery from 1896 to 1948.   Fine condition. 150 350
139 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR AILEEN F. MCCARTHY (CINCINNATI, OH) OIL PAINTING 20" x 16" oil on board painting of a young man.  Aileen F. McCarthy was a teacher and studied under Frank Duvaneck.  Signed "A.F. McCarthy" lower right.  Titled portrait "The Greek" by "Aileen F. McCarthy" on label on verso.   Good condition. 100 300
140 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR REGINA 11" DISC MUSIC BOX Oak case, single comb, with original celluloid tags, with eight metal discs.   Good condition. 500 1000
141 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR SWISS CHALET MUSIC BOX Circa 1890, with lift lid.   As is, some missing pieces.  100 250
142 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR CYRUS EDWIN DALLIN (AMERICAN) BRONZE SCULPTURE C.E. Dallin (Massachusetts/Utah/France, 1861-1944) bronze sculpture.  8 3/4".  Titled "Appeal to the Great Spirit".  Inscribed on top of base "C.E. Dallin 1913", plus "#49, Gorham Co. Founders/OXC/ G.A.C." on back edge of base.  Dallin was born in Springville, Utah.  He grew up near Paiute and Ute Indians, exposure which set the course of his career.  A sculptor of Indian figures, he created work that showed Indians as having nobility, dignity, simplicity and elaborate costumes.  In 1879, he was sponsored to travel to Boston to study with Truman Bartlett.  He also met and used "Crow Indians" as subjects.  He studied in Paris at the Acadamie Julian in 1880 and saw the "Buffalo Bills Wild West Show" in Paris, further inspiring him to depict western subjects.  Throughout his life he was an avid defender of the American Indian.   Nice patina, good condition.   4000 7000
143 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR FIGURE OF THE SPINARIO BRONZE SCULPTURE Late 19th-early 20th Century bronze sculpture of the Spinario, the young nude boy removing a thorn from the sole of his foot.  7 3/4". 150 350
144 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR FRANK DUVENECK (OHIO) ATTRIBUTION OIL PAINTING Frank Duveneck (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1848-1919) 18" x 16" oil on canvas titled "The Dwarf".  Penciled on back "F. Duveneck".  Also penciled on back "The Dwarf by Frank Duveneck".  Frank Duveneck, one of the best known of Cincinnati painters, was born in Covington, Kentucky.  He studied at the Munich Royal Academy from 1870-1873.  In 1874, he returned to Cincinnati, where he painted portraits and taught art classes.  He then traveled between Munich, Venice and Florence until 1888.  While he experimented with a new style of realism featuring dashing brushwork.  He quickly became a leader among the large number of students in Munich and worked with such artists as William Merrit Chase and John Twachtman.  Typical paintings by Duveneck of this period show a strong modeled head of a figure emerging from a dark often not fully painted background, with a few light or bright highlights.  In 1888, he returned to Cincinnati where from 1900 he taught at the Cincinnati Art Academy.   Fine condition. 2000 4000
145 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR FRANK DUVENECK (OHIO) DRAWING Frank Duveneck (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1848-1919) 10" x 5 1/4" crayon drawing of a boy.  Signed with monogram lower left and dated "1875".  Frank Duveneck, one of the best known of Cincinnati painters, was born in Covington, Kentucky.  He studied at the Munich Royal Academy from 1870-1873.  In 1874, he returned to Cincinnati, where he painted portraits and taught art classes.  hen then traveled between Munich, Venice and Florence until 1888, where he experimented with a new style of realism featuring dashing brushwork.  he quickly became a leader among the large number of students in Munich and worked with such artists as William Merrit Chase and John Twachtman.  Typical paintings by Duveneck of this period show a strong modeled head of figure emerging from a dark often not fully painted background, with a few light or bright highlights.  In 1888, he returned to Cincinnati where from 1900 he taught at the Cincinnati Art Academy.   2" repair rip to middle left, otherwise good condition.   600 1200
146 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR CHARLES W.L. SCHLAPP (CINCINNATI, OH.) PENCIL PORTRAIT DRAWING Charles W.L. Schlapp (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1895--) 24 1/2" x 17" pencil drawing on paper of a portrait of older lady wearing bonnet.  Signed and dated "C.W. L. Schlapp - 17" lower right.   Good condition. 80 150
147 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR CHARLES W.L. SCHLAPP (CINCINNATI, OH.) PENCIL PORTRAIT DRAWING Charles W.L. Schlapp (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1895--) 24 1/2" x 17" pencil and colored pencil drawing on paper of an elderly gentleman.  Signed and dated "Schlapp - 3-10-21?" lower right.   Good condition. 80 150
148 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR CHARLES B. JARVIS (EARLY 20TH CENTURY, AMERICAN) OIL PAINTING Charles B. Jarvis (Early 20th Century, American) 20" x 8" oil on canvas of landscape.  Signed with label on verso.  Active in Washington D.C.   Fine condition. 100 200
149 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR RARE TOLEDO GRAVITY LEVEL  Maple with nickeled bezel surrounding the circular dial set into the 24” x 1.25” x 4.25” high maple block. The cello dial has an arrow which tells the user how far by degrees out of level a surface is. Dial marked “Pat’d by T.F. Deck Dec. 15th 1896 Toledo Gravity Level Co. Toledo Ohio”. Good condition.  700 1200
150 TURNED WOOD SHAKER MIRROR OUTSTANDING INLAID MINIATURE TABLE SAW  In beautifully grained walnut with mahogany and satin wood inlaid 8-pointed star on side of the hand dovetailed case. Has dovetailed drawer in front with recessed brass handle. Top has mortised through bread-board ends as does the guide. This piece has fly wheel for attaching belt, brass, copper and steel mounts, a truly beautiful piece of craftsmanship by a skilled carpenter or cabinet maker. Size is 9” x 12” x 11.5” high. Fine condition. 800 1200
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