Michael Hall Antiques

A rare pair of figural cast bronze & iron owl andirons with yellow glass eyes. Excellent condition. Quality casting, note how dogs attach to the back of the cats with sliding dovetails.History: From an old Craftsman home on East avenue Pittsford, New York next to Nazareth college. Circa 1880-1920.

15” height

9 ½” width

18” depth

NASHVILLE OWL ANDIRONS

NASHVILLE OWL ANDIRONS

ca. 1940’s

Maker: Tennessee Chrome Plating Company, Nashville.

Mark: “TENN CHROME PLATE C. NASHVILLE ”

Height: 14”

Depth: 15”

Width: 8 1/2”

A desirable pair of figural cast iron owl andirons with yellow glass eyes. Excellent condition. Quality casting, note how dogs attach to the back of the cats with sliding dovetails.

The Tennessee Chrome Plating Company was located at 206 Louise Ave in Nashville and advertised these andirons in the 1940’s and 50’s.

The Nashville board of Health.Published by Tavel, Eastman & Howell, Nashville, Tenn. Scale: 1500 Feet One Inch. W.F. Foster, Del. Frame: 23 3/4” x 28”.

Published by the Nashville Board of Health to go with its 1879 report, this map details streets names, toll gates, colleges, railways, and sites such as the Capitol, a cotton factory (on the future site of Werthan Bag Co.) and cemeteries. It also names some farm owners on outskirts of Nashville. Red lines indicate water levels of Cumberland River and the limits of jurisdiction of the Nashville Board of Health. Wilbur F. Foster is noted as the City Engineer.

This map is produced on the heels of the devastating Memphis yellow fever epidemics of the 1870s and indicates growing awareness in Tennessee municipalities of the need for better public sanitation to prevent disease. Wilbur F. Foster served as city engineer from 1865 to 1884. He also served as a chief engineer in during the Civil War under General A. P. Stewart.

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Ca. 1877. 55 x 36”. Map includes a map of Jackson, Tennessee and the towns of Medon, Pinson, Henderson, Denmark, and Spring Creek as well as all 17 districts of Madison County. The map includes a list of Madison County businesses. This is a very rare map.

Made in 1904 by the Wedgwood Compamy, England. Diameter 9 1/4”.
“ 1804- The Hermitage - Home of Andrew Jackson- 1904.

Condition : overall good , small chip to underside as well as crazing. Front has minor surface scratches.

Maker: Tennessee Chrome Plating Company, Nashville.

Mark: “TENN CHROME PLATE C. NASHVILLE ”

Height: 17”.

Depth: 15 1/2”

Width: 7 3/4”

A desirable pair of figural solid brass dog / hound andirons. Excellent original condition. Quality casting, note how dogs attach to the back of the hounds with sliding dovetails.

The Tennessee Chrome Plating Company was located at 206 Louise Ave in Nashville and advertised these andirons in the 1940’s and 50’s. SOLD.

Important and rare 1871 map of Nashville and Davidson County Tennessee including a view of Nashville from the west.

Frame: 61 1/4” x 55 1/2.”

Archival conservation and framing.

Title: Map of Davidson County Tennessee, from actual surveys made by order of the county court of Davidson County, 1871.

Contributors Names: Foster, Wilbur F. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.

Published in New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Col., 1871. SOLD

 President James Monroe  and Secretary of State John Quincy Adams Signed Ship’s Passport for the ship William of New York, Captain Alexander Robinson. November 10th, 1824.

This document is signed by president James Monroe and future president John Quincy Adams.  (then secretary of State) Beautiful document with a sailing ship and harbor scene with a lighthouse. 

Captain Alexander Robinson was a native of New York, and was born around 1777. By 1807, he resided in Brooklyn and worked as a merchant seaman, commanding at least 10 trading vessels between 1807 and 1821. In 1813, he married a woman named Esther ("Hetty"), and they had at least four children: Matilda, Maria Louisa, George, and Catherine. In 1814-1815, he served as captain of a sea fencible corps and commanded Fort Greene in Brooklyn and Fort Gansevoort in Manhattan. Around 1820, the Robinson family moved to Mount Laurel, New Jersey, and Alexander Robinson continued his frequent marine trade until at least 1834. (souce: William L. Clements Library Manuscript Division.).

Archival framing and custom frame.  $ 3.400.

Derita Coleman Williams and Nathan Harsh. 

Signed by author Nathan Harsh. 

Hard cover. 344 page, 32 color plates. 

Published in 1988 by the Tennessee Historical Society and the Tennessee State Museum Foundation. 

This book is the most comprehensive study of Tennessee Furniture to date, a must have for any Southern Decorative Arts library. If you were lucky enough to purchase this book new it cost $35 in 1998, it has become a sought after and scarce title with fewer than 4,000 copies printed. 

Condition: Good, minor tear to dust jackset. Wrapped in protective mylar.

9” x 11 1/4”

$ 450

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by Genevieve Baird Lacer 

& Libby Turner Howard 

Published September 2013

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We highly recommend this wonderful new book on Kentucky Decorative arts. This hardback book has 344 pages in full color with exceptional photography. Genevieve Lacer and LIbby Howard have spent over three years working on this book which showcases some the finest Kentucky collections. 

Scott Coffman of the Louisville Courier-Journal wrote this review:

“Collecting Kentucky 1790-1860 by Genevieve Baird Lacer and Libby Turner Howard, photography by Bill Roughen, Cherry Valley Publications LLC, 344 pp., $75.

This is the history of Kentucky told through objects, providing a better understanding of who we are by what we cherish. It features more than just furniture: brilliant (and rare) silver pieces, primitive works, state seals, stitchery and more.

Cherry Valley Publications has produced an absorbing work of such beauty as to defy description; an amazing first effort.

Throw this glorious celebration of the commonwealth into your child’s book bag along with her history text.

The intoxicating images and authoritative text will enthrall both the history devotee and the casual reader.

The authors have created something unique.

Special mention to Lexington photographer Bill Roughen, whose evocative work breathes life into 70 years of amazing craftsmanship.

It’s ironic that a book celebrating cherished family collectibles would be impressive enough to become one itself.”

$ 85 plus shipping for author signed copies while quantities last,     (books can be pickup up by appointment at our locationin Nashville, we can be reached at 615-390-1836.)

Plate No. 14. 1928. Frame: 23 3/4” x 35 1/2”.

East Nashville , Five points area.

Original 1925 City Plate Number 34. Showing Shelby Park. Frame: 18 1/2” 23 3/4”.

S.M. McMurray Engineering Company, Nashville, Tenn.

19th century . 24” diameter. Excellent jesso and original gilt. American or British.

Unusual 19th/ 20th  century blacksmith made andirons in the form of ladies. H 13 2/3” . W 8 1/4” ( each) Depth 11”.

From a Robertson  county TN estate.