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• FORSYTHES ANTIQUES AUCTION

•  FORSYTHES ANTIQUES AUCTION
SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2017 1:00 PM
EASTGATE (CINCINNATI), OHIO


Located at the Holiday Inn, 4501 Eastgate Blvd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45245.  Exit 63A off I-275 to32 to Eastgate Blvd.


This auction includes the 50 year collection of Ray and Carol Besl, which consists of a fine selection of Period American items.

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   Pages 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 . 11   Lot # 176 - 200
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TITLE DESCRIPTION CONDITION LOW EST HIGH EST
             
176 Wallace Nutting Comb Back Windsor Chair Wallace Nutting Comb Back Windsor Chair In pine and maple with beautifully turned posts, stretchers and legs, carved ears on top crest, finely shaped saddle seat in original varnish finish and branded on underside of seat "Wallace Nutting."  17 1/2" x 16 1/2" x 46" high with seat height at 18". Fine. 300 600
177 Gold Sheraton Wall Mirror Gold Sheraton Wall Mirror Reverse painted tablet at top.  Reeded columns on each side of mirror.  38" x 21 1/2". Some gold paint loss. 100 150
178 Unusual American Hepplewhite Country Chair Unusual American Hepplewhite Country Chair Mixed woods with matching mixed styles, circa 1810 with Queen Anne turned legs and most unusual "X" form turned stretchers with central finial, Hepplewhite style posts with turned finials, scroll cut figured maple slats, split hickory seat, 16" x 14" x 34 1/2" high with seat height at 16". Refinished, else Fine. 100 300
179 Contemporary Folk Art Oil Painting Contemporary Folk Art Oil Painting By George J. Maier in 1966 of Alice Mason, 1670.  The original was by Mason Limner.  32" x 25". Good condition. 100 200
180 Contemporary Folk Art Portrait Painting Contemporary Folk Art Portrait Painting Oil on canvas of lady in bonnet holding a book.  Copied from plate 58 of Abby Rockefeller's Folk Art Collection in Williamsburg.  18" x 24". Signed, "G. Maier - 65." Good condition. 100 200
181 Contemporary Folk Art Oil Painting Contemporary Folk Art Oil Painting Oil on canvas of young girl holding a piece of fruit.  Signed, "G. Maier - 65" in lower right. 24" x 17 1/2" Good condition. 100 200
182 Contemporary Folk Art Painting of Girl With Cat Contemporary Folk Art Painting of Girl With Cat Oil on canvas.  Executed in the 1960's.  Unsigned.  28 1/2" x 22". Minor scratches. 100 200
183 Johnson's Map of North America Johnson's Map of North America Of the above title by Johnson & Ward, circa 1863, hand colored engraving, sight 17" x 22", matted & framed, 27 1/4" x 29 3/4". Light even toning, else Fine. Not removed from frame. 100 200
184 Early Hand Colored Map of France Early Hand Colored Map of France Entitled Generalis Lotharingia Dispartita in Ducaatum ejus Proprium, et Barrensem:…, by Metensis Tullensis, 18th century on laid paper, and laud on light card stock.   20 3/4" x 25 1/4". As above, else Fine. 100 200
185 Early Hand Colored Map of Greece Early Hand Colored Map of Greece Entitled Mappa Geographica Grꬱcie Septrionalis Hodiernꬱ sive Provincciarum Macedoniꬱ, Thessallꬱ et Albanꬱ, in qua ultima Provincia Habitationes fiꬱ Gentis Montenegrianꬱ in comitatu Zentanensi expressꬱ sunt, unacum finitimus Regionibus atque Insulis, ex recentissimis novissimisque Sibsidius secundum norman legitimꬱ Projectionis in usum belli prꬱsentis delineata. by Homannuanorum Heredum, dated 1770, lithograph on laid paper, 19" x 2", laid on light card stock. As above, else Fine. 100 200
186 Maria Liszt (MA) Oil Painting Maria Liszt (MA) Oil Painting Maria Liszt (Massachusetts 1902- 1992) 15" H x 18" W oil on canvas laid wood panel of a street scene.  Signed lower right, "M. Liszt."  Maria Liszt was bornin Boston, Mass. And painted area scenes.  Her father was also an artist who studied with John Singer Sargent. Very good condition.  300 600
187 Henry Farny Engraving Henry Farny Engraving Entitled "Ration Day At Standing Rock Agency", signed in print lower right, sight 13 1/2" x 20", matted & framed, 19 3/4" x 26 1/4". From Harpers Weekly, 1883. Central fold as issued, else Fine. 60 120
188 Last Supper Engraving by Wm. Unger Last Supper Engraving by Wm. Unger German engraving by Wm. Unger after a painting by E. von Gebhardt, 10 1/4" x 8 1/2", in period ogee bird-eye maple frame, 13" x 14" x 11 1/2". Damp stains along lower margin, else Very Good. 60 120
189 Edwin L. Fulwider Large Western Landscape Watercolor Painting Edwin L. Fulwider Large Western Landscape Watercolor Painting Label on rear reading "7641 Nevada Cemetery Edwin Fulwider". Artist signed lower right, sight 20" x 28", matted & framed, 28 1/4" x 36 1/2". Edwin L. Fulwider  (Ohio/Indiana 1913-2003) a painter, printmaker, educator, and designer, was born in Bloomington, Indiana.  During the Chicago Worlds Fair of 1933  he spent time with Thomas Hart Benton while Benton was working on a large mural for the fair. Was an instructor of drawing, painting and graphic art at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 1949-73 and served as the chairman of the department. Received 22 awards and several exhibition and his work is part of the collection of many museums & corporate collection. Fine. 200 500
190 Henry Larpent Roberts (UK) Oil Painting Henry Larpent Roberts (UK) Oil Painting Henry Larpent Robert (United Kingdom) 18" H x 12" W oil on canvas titled, "Evening Walk."  Signed lower right, "Larpent Roberts."     Very good condition.   Cleaned and relined.  Ready to hang. 150 350
191 Charles Muerer (Cicninnati)  Oil Landscape Painting Charles Muerer (Cicninnati)  Oil Landscape Painting Oil on artists board, mountain landscape, signed in pencil on back 4" x 6", matted & framed, 8 1/4" x 10" x 1/4". Fine. 200 400
192 H. N. Hooper & Co., Boston Argand Lamp H. N. Hooper & Co., Boston Argand Lamp With a tiered central column with hanging prisms and two arms protruding from center to each supporting glass fount, on and off switch on column, marked, "Manufactured by H.N. Hooper & Co., Boston."  16" H x 16 1/2" W.  Old gold paint over brass.  Henry Northy Hooper was an apprentice of Paul Revere in the latter's Boston foundry.  He later purchased the foundry and established Henry N. Hooper & Co. to produce lamps and lighting fixtures, and by 1862, artillery for the Union Army during the Civil War. Fair condition as described above. 300 600
193 Brass Double Student Lamp Brass Double Student Lamp Adjustable double student lamp with white swirl shades.  25" H x 26" W. Electrified.  Good condition. 100 300
193A Hamilton Mounted Chronometer Watch Hamilton Mounted Chronometer Watch Model 22, gimble mounted brass with silvered dial with Arabic numerals, marked "Hamilton Lancaster, P., U.S.A." on dial with bevel stamped "8109", mounted in mahogany box with inner glass cover and printed cello label on interior and two stamped brass labels on exterior reading "Hamilton Watch Co./Lancaster, Pa., U.S.A." and "N" in circle followed by "8109-1941", with push button release lid, ^" square & high. This box is mounted in a fitted wood case with felt liner with matching stamped brass label, 8 1/4" square x 7 1/2" high. Almost certainly made for the U.S.N. and used during WWII. Fine. 400 800
194 Fine Gilt Brass Carriage Clock Fine Gilt Brass Carriage Clock A lovely French clock with enameled dial with Roman numerals, brass time only spring driven movement, numbered "1676" on movement, else unmarked, except original key is stamped "France". Case with flat fluted columned front with engraved stylized floral capitals and plinths, gallery top with reeded swing bale handle, scrolled aprons with engraved geometric designs on bun feet, beveled glass side panels, and door in rear.  3 1/4" x 2 1/2" x 6 1/4" high. Wear to gilt, slight discolor to center of dial and two rear finials on gallery bent, else Fine 200 400
195 Hand Painted Porcelain Plaque Hand Painted Porcelain Plaque Likely French with half length painting of a young classically draped lady with dove, 7" x 9 1/2", mounted in a period silver gilt frame, 12" x 14 1/2". Not removed from frame and may have marking on back. Fine. 150 300
196 Hand Painted German Porcelain Plaque Hand Painted German Porcelain Plaque Painting of a lovely young bond lady, with blue rob covering her otherwise nude body lying of a forest floor with an open book in her arm and a purple vase with brass lid and foot at her left, stamped on rear "314", 8" x 6 1/4". Fine. 150 300
197 Six Quezal Art Glass Shades Six Quezal Art Glass Shades All signed on mounting ring, calite with gold liner, ribbed, 5" diameter x 4" high with mounting ring at 2 1/4". One with glued chip on lip, else Fine. 400 700
198 Six Arm Brass Chandelier Six Arm Brass Chandelier Ornated cast brass with leaf and floral motifs, likely originally gas, professionally converted to electric, 22" diameter x 32" high. Fine. 150 350
199 Three Quezal Art Glass Shades Three Quezal Art Glass Shades Calcite with hearts and gold threading and gold interiors, gas light type, unsigned, 3" diameter x 4 3/4" high with mount ring at 2 1/4". All Fine. 200 500
200 Quezal Art Glass Shade Quezal Art Glass Shade Calcite & gold with pulled feather design, signed on mounting ring.   4 3/4" x 6 1/2" high with 2 1/4" mount ring. Fine. 100 200
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