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M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES & FINE ARTS
THIS YEAR, FOR FATHER'S DAY...
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M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES & FINE ARTS
THIS YEAR, FOR FATHER'S DAY...
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Or a glass depicting Masonic chivalry - with three well-endowed women....
MASONIC INTEREST ENGRAVED ODDFELLOWS RUMMER England, Late 19th / Early 20th Century
The glass low rummer, engraved with the quartered shield for the Oddfellows Lodge, (hourglass – time; beehive – industry; crossed keys – knowledge and thrift; and lamb and flag – sacrifice and innocence) centering a shield with rose (England), thistle (Scotland), leek (Wales) and shamrock (Ireland); surmounted by the terrestrial globe (universality of mission) enclosed by laurel (victory of mission) below the open hand with the heart in the palm (friendship and love by which the mission is carried out), between figures of Charity with an orphan child on one side and a widow the other, Hope with an anchor at her feet, and Faith with the cross; all above the motto Amicitia Amor et Veritas (Friendship Love and Truth), the reverse with the initials R G M within a berried cartouche SOLD
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Or a tiny bit more space for his office- one for money, one for show....
TWO GEORGE III MAHOGANY MINIATURE SLANT-FRONT DESKS England, c1810
Left: fully functional 7.25" desk, with a fitted interior, over slides and three graduated long drawers, raised on later gilt-metal ball feet, bearing the label Fabrics, Furniture, Antiques/Redman & Sons /Witham/Essex’. Right: the miniature desk as a bank, the reverse with coin slot; 8 ½”High, together with an 1874 Victorian coin found within
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A dog really is man's best friend - but perhaps he doesn't have the time to walk one....
HAN DYNASTY POTTERY STANDING DOG China, 206 B.C. – 220 A.D.
The grey-green clay dog standing four-square with ears erect and curled tail, wearing a harness, some original red-brown slip remaining, with flecks of white slip
Each year on March 3, at an ancient temple in the Tongbai Mountains in Southeast China, local residents hold a grand ceremony honoring Pangu – the mythological dog-headed figure, whom legends say emerged from a giant cosmic egg, creating heaven and earth. As the legends were passed down orally, many versions exist. Perhaps the most lyrical holds that when Pangu died, his breath became the wind and clouds, his voice the rolling thunder, one eye the sun, the other the moon. One legend describes his tears flowing to make rivers and the radiance of his eyes turning into thunder and lightening; when he was happy the sun shone, when angry black clouds gathered in the sky. This dog-headed kindly being was thought the father of the human race, and thence the emperors.
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Consider a case of endangered tortoiseshell & ivory for his own endangered "treasures"....
17th Century Ivory, Tortoise & Ebony Collector's Cabinet c1660-1690, Northern Italy (probably) on Late 18th Century Stand)
The seven-dovetailed drawers with tortoise panels surrounded by ivory borders and ebony molding, the central vertical door depicting a figure a carrying water jug, other engravings including a dachshund chasing a hare, scrolls, and soldiers, the sides with geometric inlaid further panels of ivory and tortoise; the top and stand late 18th century English; inscribed verso SOLD
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Does his memory, passion or wish-list include rich farmlands? - perhaps a tract from the Mississippi River Delta floodplains....
Arkansas / Tennessee, Contemporary
"Tracks and Ruts" from: A Sense of Place : Arkansas a series of black & white digital images of Arkansas Exhibited: Askew, Nixon, Ferguson, Memphis, TN
Currently Featured in "Delta Crossroads, Summer 2010" - click to view the 2-page article
This series of photographs of Arkansas are executed with both power and sensitivity, imparting a rare insight to the land, and a quiet "Sense of Place" - that to many of us, seems only a memory of times past.
Norwood Creech, painter and photographer, is the third in a family of female painters, all well schooled in the classical traditions in both painting and drawing. Yet Norwood's style has emerged distinctively her own, combining the best of classical aspects with best of the contemporary spirit. She has already attained a strong auction record and had noteworthy honors and exhibitions. These honors include a Master Program with Wayne Thiebaud, at Santa Fe Institute; an exhibition for the Lincoln Center Institute for Aesthetic Learning; and a residency at Dorland Mountain Artist Colony, Temecula, California. She has had numerous exhibitions, including the University of Memphis Museum. She is represented in some leading collections throughout the United States.
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Does he enjoy fine wines - want to learn more about them? You might consider a tastevin.....
French .950 Silver Wine Taster Theodor Tonnelier, working in Paris from 1798 "TT" with upright plume above a plowshare in lozenge Paris 1819 Guarantee Mark, 1838 Minerva First Standard
There are several recorded references to silver wine tasters as far back as 14th and 15th century manuscripts. Most wine tasters (tastevins) come from France. The standard model is circular, and between 3 ½ and 5 inches in diameter. The sides taper outward and the base is shaped like a dome, the handle being decorative. They are frequently engraved with owners' names or initials.
Often on the cup rim there will be rays (ojoohons) for light to reflect through white wine or little wells (cupules), to deepen red hues.
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Is he constantly watching The Weather Channel - adjusting the thermostat? Give him the "green" way....
George III Mahogany Stick Barometer George Adams, Jr., Instrument Maker to King George III England, c1780
Of elongated form with an arched one-piece silvered brass plate inscribed "Adams, Fleet Street, London," above slender trunk with molded edges and exposed brass-capped tube terminating in a molded girdled semi-hemisphere cistern cover, the plate with a manual 27 to 31 inch vernier sliding scale and thermometer.
George Adams Jr. succeeded his father as Instrument Maker to His Majesty King George III in 1773, and was later designated Optician to the Prince of Wales. He was considered one of the finest instrument makers of the 18th century.
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Does he hunt, have hounds, or take tobacco? This covers it all....
George IV Silver Hunting Snuff Box Joseph Willmore, Birmingham, England, 1825
With intricately chased hunting scene depicting a hunter with his horse and three hounds presenting two birds, a stag and a hare, before a castle and a shining sun, with further animal embellishment in the corners. The lid is meticulously cast, chased and applied. The interior is gilt to avoid damage from tobacco. SOLD
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Perhaps he already is an expert at wines - this rare c1670 taster is the perfect gift for the connoisseur....
Charles II Provincial Silver Wine Taster England, c1670 Maker's Mark Only (Indistinct), possibly West Country,
Although there are several records of wine tasters in English 14th and 15th century manuscripts, the earliest British silver wine tasters are from the 17th century, with very few being made after 1750. Most from the 18th and 19th centuries come from France. There were two forms : this form with the shallow bowl and 2 wire loop handles, and a later form with domed center. Interestingly, wine tasters are an outgrowth of small tasters made during the medieval period to taste contents of bowls, to convince guests that the food was not poisoned.
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How long has it been since he has played with a tractor?
Arkansas / Tennessee, Contemporary
Willow Row with Tractor from: A Sense of Place : Arkansas a series of black & white digital images of Arkansas Exhibited: Askew, Nixon, Ferguson, Memphis, TN
Currently Featured in "Delta Crossroads, Summer 2010" - click to view the 2-page article
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Perhaps he has a wonderful shoe fetish?
Victorian Lacquer Shoe Snuff Box England, mid 19th century
The lady's shoe with inlaid laces and lozenge The interior with a cloth collector's label
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Does he really like money - preferably "old money"?
Ireland, 1689 & 1690
Halfcrown Dated 1690, King on Horseback Obverse Halfcrown Dated May 1690, XXX Reverse and Jacobus II Obverse Shilling Dated 1689, with Date Above the Crown, 9 Below Reverse, and Jacobus II Obverse
In 1689, James II, after only 2 years on the throne, was deposed by his son-in-law William of Orange. James took refuge in Scotland, Ireland and on the Continent, landing in Ireland in March of 1689, intent on using it as a base to recover the throne of England.
He quickly established mints at Dublin and Limerick, issuing token coinage struck, to be exchanged for sterling silver upon his return to the English throne. The term "Gun Money" originates from the use of canons in the production of the coins. However, bells, cooking pots, plows, pans and scrap were also used.
Gun money struck between March 1689 and late 1691 bore not only the year but also the month of manufacture. The month placed on the coins indicated how long the coin had been held and how much it could be redeemed for.
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Unlike New York, I like this Philadelphia amazingly, and the people in it...I saw small steamboats with their signs up...I shall make that trip... soon. (Mark Twain)
American (Pennsylvania) 1908-1995
"Night on Front Street - Effects of the Rain" Philadelphia, PA, c1945 Watercolor and gouache on Board Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the Artist
This illusive and finely painted watercolor scene of the Philadelphia mid 20th century harbor is reminiscent of the works of James McNeill Whistler - the subtle colors lost into sepias accented with a few lights - mistily depicted, yet fully descriptive of both locale and feeling. A contemporary Philadelphia review of a similar Albers painting states, "Albers' painting shows an unusually quiet moment in the busy life of Philadelphia's maritime port. Here in the world's largest fresh water port, 1/7 of the nation's water commerce is handled. Every 20 minutes a cargo ship arrives or departs at one of the 267 wharves and piers that line the length of the avenue. Clanging locomotives, with their long lines of freight, honking trucks and drays shunt these cargoes back and forth in a seemingly impossible maze of confusion and noise."
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When Irish eyes
are smiling,
Pair of William IV Anglo-Irish Cut Glass Pint Decanters c1830-35
Quite heavy, the slice-cut neck with two sets of plain double neck rings above slice cut shoulders, the sides with further slice cutting as ovals within vertical V-cuts, polished pontils, the hollow mushroom stoppers with V- and slice-cutting, corresponding frosted stoppers and neck-rings
Double neck rings, pint sizes, very heavy glass and oddly fitting stoppers are all characteristic of Irish glass.
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