Pair of Dublin Castle Pistols and a Horseman’s Saber, c. 1767, .67 bore, walnut stocks with light storekeeper’s stamps on the wrist, brass fittings, wrist plates marked “F/8,” tails of the lock plates marked “DUBLIN/CASTLE/1767” with a crown over “GR” in front of the cocks and ordnance mark under the pans, barrels have proof marks on the breech and marked “17=L=D” on the top, with wooden ramrods, and an American horseman’s saber with a brass hilt (knuckle bow missing), wooden grip, “HARVEY” blade, and a leather scabbard with a brass throat, barrel lg. 8 1/8, overall lg. 14 1/8, sword blade lg. 35 5/8, overall lg. 42 in.

Provenance: The collection of Dr. Clifford D. Harvey, by descent to the consignor.

Note: Dr. Harvey collected these in the late 19th to early 20th century and the sword was listed as being with the two pistols when he acquired them.
Estimate $20,000-30,000

One stock has a period replaced forend in cherry, some dings and nicks and very light cracks, the lock functions properly, all of the iron parts have some patination. the knuckle bow on the sword is missing as is the drag from the scabbard.

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1965, pencil signed and numbered 149/200 (there were also 50 in Roman numerals and approximately 5 artist’s proofs), with full margins, Original Editions, New York, publisher. Color screenprint on heavy, smooth white wove paper.
image: 35 9/16 x 25 9/16 in. (90.3 x 64.9cm)
sheet: 37 5/8 x 27 5/8 in. (95.6 x 70.2cm)

In her forward to the The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, Ruth Fine writes, “Lichtenstein has said he thinks of his 11 Pop Artists prints as his first “true” Pop prints, the ones that were really done as prints.” In the present work, contributed to the third volume of 11 Pop Artists, Lichtenstein’s primary subject and emphasis is text, rather than pictorial narrative of who delivers the punch and why. Here, the words ‘POW!’ and ‘Sweet Dreams, Baby’ exemplify perfectly what Fine describes as the artist’s juxtaposition of “a verbal-visual language, both as a cartoon-bubble conversation device and to suggest sound, referred to as ‘audioscription’ by the artist (“Wham,” “Crak,” “Pow”), presenting the issue of language and its formal properties in a very different context than it has been used.”

M.L. Corlett, The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné 1948-1997, Introduction by Ruth Fine, New York, 2002 (pp. 21-22).

with wirework detail; weighing approximately: 21.0 grams; fits wrist size: 6 1/8in. (interior diameter: 2 1/8in); width: 5/8in. (minor wear) Items are sold as is. Please inquire about condition if not otherwise stated.

Modeled by Arthur Storch (1870-1947), Blue crowned monogram mark, incised monogram and numbers.

20 in. high.

Condition
Minor wear. Restoration to the base and a leaf frond. Nicely molded, impressive scale.Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold “as is” in accordance with our conditions of sale.

signed, titled and dated “Trudy Benson 2014 SHIFTED FILL 2” on the overlap; further signed “Trudy” on the stretcher
acrylic, enamel and oil on canvas
44 x 40 1/8 in. (111.8 x 101.9 cm.)
Executed in 2014.

BANKSY

b.1974

GIRL WITH BALLOON

Screenprint in colors, 2004, inscribed ‘AP DN’ in pencil and numbered 112/600, on wove paper, with the blindstamp of the publisher, Pictures on Walls, London, framed

sheet: 659 by 499 mm 25⅞ by 19⅝ in

A MEISSEN SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED ECUELLE, COVER AND STAND CIRCA 1725

the straight-sided bowl and circular stand painted with cartouches depicting with Chinoiserie figures at various pursuits, including an ostrich hunt on the stand, enclosed within Böttger lustre, iron-red and gilt scrollwork borders, the cover similarly decorated beneath the gilt twig knop with a circular panel of Chinoiserie figures, each with a gilt-edged rim and a band of gilt scrollwork on the cover and stand, the stand with incised Dreher’s mark X for Johann Daniel Rehschuh (Rückert, 1990, p. 124), the mounts contemporary.

Diameter of stand: 6⅞ in.

17.7 cm

Alfred Von Wierusz – Kowalski (1849 – 1915), oil on canvas, Merry Ride horse drawn wagon with peasants, signed lower right A. Wierusz – Kowalski, sight size: 31 1/2″ x 41 1/8″. Authenticated by Eliza Ptaszynska from Muzeum Okregowe W Suwalkach, buyer will receive signed letter of authenticity with painting. Documentation: Authentication letter written from and Pittsford Picture Framing Co, New York , receipt dated 1993. Provenance: Estate of Stanishlaw and Anita Milewski of Manchester, Connecticut.
Condition
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