Multi-estate sale slated for May 2nd by Stevens Auction The antique collections of three prominent old family estates from across the Deep South will be sold on Saturday, May 2, by Stevens Auction Company in Aberdeen, Miss. The auction will begin at 10 a.m
(ABERDEEN, Miss.) – The antique collections of three prominent old family estates from across the Deep South will be sold Saturday, May 2, by Stevens Auction Company, at 10 a.m. The auction will include rare antique furniture, fine clocks, lighting, china, silver, glassware, rugs and fine porcelains. The event will take place in the Stevens Auction showroom, at 609 North Meridian Street in Aberdeen.
“Most auction houses would be thrilled to have any one of these fabulous consignments,” said Dwight Stevens of Stevens Auction Company. “To have all three in one day is kind of like hitting the trifecta for fans of quality antiques and collectibles. These estates – from homes in or near Savannah (Ga.), Baton Rouge (La.) and locally here in Mississippi -- are packed with the very best of everything.”
The estate located just south of Savannah boasts about 20 furniture pieces by John Henry Belter (to include a rosewood laminated three-piece bedroom suite in the Milwaukee pattern); and another dozen or so by J. & J.W. Meeks (to include an unusual Rococo wash stand with dressing mirror); as well as rare and vintage clocks, monumental bedroom suites, fine art and outstanding decorative accessories.
The bedroom sets include a pair of half tester beds (one rosewood and one mahogany); a full tester plantation bed; and a six-piece rosewood Victorian bedroom suite. The clocks include an R.J. Horner grandfather clock with signed Tiffany works; a French clock with bronze ormolu and cupids; and a porcelain clock signed by Jacob Petit. The giant mantel mirrors are truly huge, up to 8 feet tall.
Fine art will include some wonderful original oil on canvas paintings, plus small paintings on ivory and porcelain (typically 6 inches by 12 inches, and marvelously detailed). Decorative accessories will feature fantastic light fixtures (“the best we’ve ever had,” Mr. Stevens remarked); Sevres vases; a KPM painting on porcelain (9 inches by 11 inches); and an 8-piece cobalt Sevres Napoleon tea service.
Also from the Savannah area estate: a bronze student lamp, 29 inches tall with a 10-inch shade, attributed to Tiffany; an 80-piece Royal Vienna hand-painted china dinner set; a 130-piece Kirk & Son repousse pattern sterling service, with extra pieces; a Sevres table with 19 plaques (one in the center and 18 others surrounding it); a parlor grand piano, mahogany, in playing condition; and many other items.
The estate located just outside of Baton Rouge also contains many original oil paintings, fine period furniture and antique accessories for the home. Offered will be a Federal mahogany tester bed; a Federal mahogany banquet table, 10 feet long, attributed to Querelle; a cellaret up on legs (circa 1790); a mahogany Empire mint julep marble-top cabinet; and a rare rosewood Belter vanity stool (circa 1850s).
Also from the Baton Rouge area estate: numerous lamps and light fixtures, certain to get paddles wagging; a mahogany Rococo marble-top server (circa 1855), with Sienna marble; a Federal-style mantel mirror with egliomiese and bulls-eye (circa 1820); a bronze Art Nouveau lamp;
