18th Century monochrome sang de boeuf bowl. This vessel, of classic form, is colored with iron oxides. Mark and period of the emperor, Ch’ien Lung (Qianlong), which continued from 1735 to 1795.
Silver-plated Spanish Colonial Bible and Bible stand
The Bible is from the Spanish colonial South America dating from the 19th century. The hand-wrought silver enfolding the book and its stand shows fine craftsmanship and likely would have graced a bishop’s or archbishop’s pulpit. This is a book of Common Prayer from a Confederate Episcopal Church with the inscription: “God Save the President…
Gun Play (1935)
Intercepting Holt’s mail, Meeker learns a gold treasure is somewhere on the Holt ranch and he sees the clue to its location. When he solves the puzzle he learns the treasure location can be found in the boots. But he earlier discarded the supposedly worthless boots and seeing Bill Williams now wearing them, he and…
Cowboys from Texas (1939)
Texas has opened up land for homesteaders. Clay Allison wants their land and has his men led by Plummer try to start a range war between them and the ranchers. With each side suspecting the other of their problems, the Mesquiteers realize someone else is responsible. Stony suspects Plummer and fakes leaving the Mesquiteers to…
Spice jar
18th Century Chinese underglaze blue and white spice jar, with the original lid. This is an intensely decorated jar, fully ornamented with a motif. The design, with vertical panels of white on blue bamboo, was made for the southeast Asian market.
Buck Jones
The Pamplin Collection owns one of the largest western movie poster collections in private hands. Here is a poster of “Outlawed Guns,” starring the “B” western star Buck Jones. Although born in Indiana, Jones reportedly (but disputedly) grew up on a ranch near Red Rock, Oklahoma were he learned to ride and shoot, skills that…
Mending
by Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924) Oil on canvas, 46 x 35”. Knight studied in America (with Mary Cassatt and Thomas Eakins) and at l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After painting battle scenes during the Civil War, he returned to France, ultimately being knighted in the Legion of Honor. In 1896 Knight received the Grand Medal…
The Lone Ranger
Illustration for the cover of Dell Comics, by Don Spaulding (American, 1926). Spaulding studied with Norman Rockwell and by his early 30s was “the” Lone Ranger artist for Dell. He subsequently focused on fine art. His skill at presenting action and color are well illustrated here.
An Earth Spirit
(Lokapala), whose job is to provide protection against evil spirits. This statue has a head ornament of a bird figure, and epaulets of tigers’ faces, thus making this item quite rare. Only the phoenix and the tiger can introduce the deceased into the afterlife, making this specimen far more important than more typical earth spirits. …
Uniform, medals and maps of Lt. Robert L. Keller
Who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Silver Star, among other medals and awards, as a navigator on bombing expeditions in southern Europe, 1944-45. His plane, Dinah Might, flew dozens of missions out of northern Italy against enemy oil fields and fighter plane manufacturing plants. The painting of a B-25 (ca. 1944), is…