EXCEPTIONAL ESPLANADE AVE. ESTATE SALE

EXCEPTIONAL ESPLANADE AVE. 
ESTATE SALE

Mark your calendars for January 17-18 for this exceptional estate sale in this stunning Federal Creole cottage along Esplanade Avenue! The owners were long-time art and antiques collectors. Early American and English and French antiques - most everything dates from the late 18th c. to the mid 19th c.  Works of art by Clarence Millet and Rolland Golden and French Quarter and Esplanade Ridge photographs by Frances B. Johnston + so many other works available. Early 19th c. Bohemian glass and 20th c. Czech glass fruit lamps + so many great pieces of glass and pottery available. The kitchen is packed to the gills - country collectible kitchen wares, ironstone, platters, copper cookware and molds, baskets, and so much more!

Be sure to study the photos and read through the details below. Check back during the week for additional info!

This is the first of two sales we will hold at this property - the second will be late January and the entire house will be open and includes a lot more antique furniture, artwork, maps, lighting, rugs, books, primitives, clothes, jewelry, silver, small valuables and so much more! 

FURNITURE

• Louisiana Acadian cypress side table, rectangular top, tapered and block legs, late 18th to early 19th c. 
• Pair Louisiana Acadian side chairs with turned finial supports and woven rush seats
• North Carolina vernacular walnut, pine and mixed wood step back cupboard; upper cabinet with glass doors, painted interior with frontal spoon slots; the base with 1828 inscribed on the drawer over cupboard door and bracket feet
• American Southern walnut sugar chest on stand, lift top, on base with lower drawer, c. 1830-1850
• American Kentucky cherrywood dry sink, removable dough bin over cupboard, 19th c.
• Small North Carolina 18th c. storage chest, painted brown with blue underpainting 
• Pennsylvania mahogany five drawer chest of drawers with rare “wishbone” legs, late 18th c. or early 19th c. 
• American late Federal mahogany dining table with detachable D-end consoles, c. 1820-1830
• American Federal flame mahogany veneer sideboard with brass ball feet, early 19th c.
• American Federal period mahogany butler’s secretary bookcase, bird’s eye maple interior, c. 1830
• American Federal period carved mahogany center table, c. 1820-30
• American Queen Anne style mahogany drop leaf tables with padded feet, early 19th c. 
• American Federal drop leaf breakfast table, flame walnut veneer with bird’s eye maple inlay, c. 1830
• Set of six Louis Philippe 19th c. side chairs with caned backs and distressed leather seats
• Set of four Georgian late 19th tall back side chairs with leather upholstery 
• Set of four American Classical carved mahogany armchairs, c. 1840-50
• Fruitwood Campeche chair with red leather, late 19th c. or early 20th c.
• Pair William and Mary style carved hall chairs with damask upholstery
• Pair Louis XVI style carved mahogany fauteuils with rouge leather upholstery 
• American Classical carved mahogany sofa, c. 1830-40
• French 19th c. mahogany petite secretaire with cabriole legs
• French Provincial fruitwood rafraichissoir, late 18th c. 
• French Provincial 19th c. walnut table with inset gray and pink marble
• Classical style carved mahogany card table, late 19th c. 
• Several 19th c. petite footstools

ART

• Clarence Millet (Louisiana, 1897-1959), “River Stream Through the Woods,” oil on canvas, signed, mounted in period frame, overall measures: 34.75" W x 28.75" H
• Rolland Golden (Louisiana, 1931-2019), “French Quarter Creole Cottage,” watercolor on paper, signed and dated 1962
• John Mack McCann (1925-2011) “The French Quarter, New Orleans,” watercolor on paper, signed
• Clifford L. Warner (1895-1955), A 19th c. French Quarter Market Scene, colored etching, signed
• Frances Benjamin Johnston (Louisiana, 1864-1952), five 1930’s and 1940’s French Quarter properties silver gelatin prints, most are signed
• C. Bennette Moore colored photographs
• A Du Quesnay-signed grouping of sketches on paper, inscribed N. Orleans 1870
• Rare portrait of “Sappho” reverse glass painting, late Neoclassical, c. 1800-1810, Chinese for the Western market, original frame
• An original sepia pencil drawing of a man, signed AEJ and dated 1801 
• Vasili Davidovitch (Russian/American, 1911-1987), Landscape with Cottage, oil on panel, 1940’s
• Piranisi engraving of “Ruins in an Ancient Building in the Villa Barbarini,” this print published c. 1765
• Guido Borelli (Italian), "Cottage," oil painting on sterling silver
• Two small 19th c. miniature portraits in ivory frame (Marie Antoinette) and (Madame) in tortoise shell

DECORATIVE + COLLECTIBLE

• American Classical style cast iron parlor stove with black patina, c. 1840
• Silver-plate seven-light candelabra chandelier, late 19th c., marked up bobeches, possibly from a New Orleans synagogue
• French bronze sculpture of “The Three Graces,” cast at F. Barbedienne Foundry, mid to late 19th c., stamped
• Continental terracotta bust of Hercules, late 19th c. 
• Mahogany architectural spiral staircase model
• Pair English tapered round reeded carved mahogany knife boxes, c. 1820-1830
• American Southern Federal mahogany cellarette with brass handles, divided interior, early 19th c.
• English mahogany cellarette with original lead lining, early 19th c.
• American Classical style cast iron parlor stove with black patina, c. 1840
• American Federal period carved giltwood convex mirror
• Matching pair ebony and gilt convex mirror
• Four contemporary ebony convex mirrors
• English 19th c. carved mahogany spice cabinet with Greek Key + another early 19th c. small mahogany spice cabinet
• Continental 19th c. iron Greek wine vessel
• Antique ebonized mantel clock 
• Pair Classical style metal wall sconces
• Pair L. Pinet patinated bronze mantel candelabra
• French early 19th c. pair gilt bronze mantel urns
• Pair antique cast iron andirons + various iron fireplace tools
• Collection of Czech early 20th c. bohemian glass fruit lamps
• Pair ruby Bohemian glass table lamps
• Pair red to clear Bohemian glass pokals, mid to late 19th c.
• Set of four late 19th c. amber Bohemian glass tumblers with pheasant motif
• German or Bohemian late 19th c. glass iridescent orange covered punch set with 10 handled cups
• 19th c. glass decanters and vases
• Pair etched glass hurricane shades
• Various handblown glass
• Victorian silverplate epergne 
• Silverplate trays + wine coasters
• Brass candlesticks
• Collection of English mid 18th c. to mid 19th c. Satyr face cider mugs 
• Very large collection of English Gaudy Welsh and Gaudy Dutch pottery
• Billy Ray Hussey pottery jar
• Set of eight Mardi Gras goblets
• Louisiana late 18th c. to early 19th c. Questral "torpedo" shape cooling jug

KITCHEN

KITCHEN IS PACKED TO THE GILLS! EVERY DRAWER, CABINET AND CORNER IS FILLED

• Copper cookware and copper molds
• English ironstone platters, bowls, pitchers, and much more
• Collection of English Staffordshire 19th c. pottery copper luster cups
• German lusterware 15-piece cannister set, c. 1900
• Collection of 19th c. mixing bowls
• Baskets

COURTYARD

• Two sets of four iron patio chairs
• Round glass patio table
• Square iron patio table with marble top
• Antique iron bistro table with round marble
• Two pairs outdoor wicker armchairs
• Misc. garden tables and plant stands
• Metal garden swing
• Concrete garden statue of "David"
• Concrete bear sculpture/planter
• Fantastic antique marble church holy water font
• Several glazed planters