California Living
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Feb 21
3pmSale Ends
Mar 11
12pmTerms & Conditions
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John Moran Auctioneers
Description & Details
Our CA Living auction showcasing the California aesthetic features 277 lots including property from the estates of Dave and Holly Davis, who were longtime members of the Pasadena community with Dave especially noted for his involvement in the Tournament of Roses. Works by California plein air artists including Percy Gray, fourteen works by Armin Hansen, a large group of Paul Jacoulet woodcuts, Alexander Dzigurski, Carl Sammons, Emil Kosa; Art Pottery including a JB Owens landscape triptych, a Grueby Pardee tile, and examples of Weller and Rookwood; furniture including a Stickley sideboard and a rare Henry Walter Klein sideboard; Lighting by Roycroft, Dirk van Erp, and Handel; a curated collection of first and limited edition books by Zane Grey, AA Milne, John Steinbeck, Cormac McCarthy and children’s literature including by AA Milne, Frank Baum, and a group of Jean de Brunhoff (1899-1937),"Babar" books.


























































![1059
Early 20th century; Boston, MA
A Grueby Pardee glazed pottery tile
Stamped verso: Grueby / [illegible] / Boston / [partial central lotus flower logo]
The polychrome ceramic tile depicting a garden fountain amidst manicured hedges, decorated in cuerda seca matte glazes
Sight: 3.625" H x 3.625" W
Estimate: $500 - $700](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4391682/1-2/c7d65c59-fdb9-47ed-bd2a-207c9b7f35e9.jpg)



![1063
Early/mid-20th century
Three pairs of Arts & Crafts pottery bookends
One pair stamped to underside: Batchelder / Los Angeles; another pair marked for Rookwood and: XXIX [1929] / 2446; one of the other pair with sticker: Vasekraft Fulper [1911-1917]
The ceramic bookends, comprising a pair of Batchelder figural bookends with dark green glaze (each: 4.75" H x 4.25" W x 5" D), a pair of Rookwood pink glazed figural bookends (each: 5.5" H x 4.625" W x 4.5" D), and a pair of Fulper book-form bookends (each: 5" H x 4.875" W x 3" D), 6 pieces
Estimate: $300 - $500](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4391682/1-2/5cdfd169-697e-4da8-8aab-19c875b2af7f.jpg)
![1064
Early/mid-20th century
A group of Arts & Crafts pottery bookends
Two pairs marked for Rookwood, one pair further marked: XXIV [1924] / 2275; other pair further marked: XLVI [1946] / 2836; single stamped: Batchelder / Los Angeles; and incised: 48336; the Fulpers unmarked
The glazed ceramic bookends, comprising a pair of Rookwood bird-form bookends (each: 5.25" H x 5.5" W x 3.5" D), a pair of Rookwood lotus flower bookends (each: 3.75" H x 5.75" W x 3.375" D), a pair of Fulper book-form bookends (each: 5" H x 4.875" W x 3" D), and a single Batchelder figural bookend (4.875" H x 3.75" W x 4.125" D), 7 pieces
Estimate: $400 - $600](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4391682/1-2/cb24f2c3-5d8e-4140-ab45-dcd818c7ecf3.jpg)
![1065
Early 20th century
A group of Arts & Crafts art pottery vessels
Three marked for Rookwood and variously marked: IV [1904] / XXV [1925] / XXI [1921]
Comprising three Rookwood bud vases and a Marblehead Pottery low bowl/vessel, 4 pieces
Tallest: 6.125" H x 3.125" Dia.; Shortest: 1.625" H x 3.5" Dia.
Estimate: $300 - $500](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4391682/1-2/9123f8c9-2188-43da-9c75-f18a1c387d96.jpg)
![1066
Early 20th century
A group of Arts & Crafts art pottery vessels
Two marked for Rookwood, one further marked: XLVI [1946] / 6833; the other further marked: XXII [1922] / 2023; one stamped: Weller; one marked: Winfield Pasadena / 81-78; last marked 397.7.11 / S.E.S / R.B.
The glazed ceramic table items, comprising a Rookwood vase, a Rookwood smaller box planter, a Winfield vase, a Weller frog figure table item, and a Saturday Evening Girls dish with landscape band to interior rim, 5 pieces
Tallest: 6.625" H x 4.125" Dia.; Smallest: 1.625" H x 3.75" Dia.
Estimate: $200 - $400](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4391682/1-2/5c770f63-749c-420f-b91d-7dcf013fbc12.jpg)
![1067
Early 20th century
A group of Arts & Crafts art pottery vases
Two marked for Rookwood; one further marked: XX [1920] / 900D / V / EM; another further marked: XXIII [1923] / 63 / VT; the last signed: Axline
The glazed ceramic vases, comprising a Rookwood vase with vellum glaze by Elizabeth McDermott, another Rookwood vase by Vera Tischler (1900-1989), and a Weller Pottery Co. vase by Ruth Axline, 3 pieces
Largest: 7" H x 3.875" Dia.; Smallest: 4.375" H x 3.5" Dia.
Estimate: $500 - $700](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4391682/1-2/6c734aaf-ec3c-4c90-9427-717f7ddda6a7.jpg)















![1083
George Gardner Symons
1861-1930
"Landscape with Stream," 1919
Oil on panel
Signed in the lower edge, left of center: Gardner Symons; signed again, dated, and inscribed indistinctly in pencil, verso: " To my dear friend [Mrs.] Emily Clark / in ***/ together / Gardner Symons / Xmas 1919"; titled on a gallery label affixed to the frame's backing paper
10.75" H x 14" W
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4391682/1-2/5f746705-e480-4093-bb45-d8d91145f019.jpg)






![1090
Circa 1915-1977; San Francisco, CA
A Dirk van Erp hammered copper table lamp base
Base signed: Dirk van Erp / San Francisco [open-box mark]
The Arts & Crafts single-light lamp with a bulbous copper base issuing three arms surmounted by an associated copper and mica domed shade, electrified
Overall: 11" H x 9.75" Dia.
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4391682/1-2/9c694448-a392-4293-9e64-39787dd43b68.jpg)

![1092
Early 20th century
Four pairs of Arts & Crafts metal bookends
One pair marked with Roycroft orb; another pair marked: Old Mission / San Francisco / [centering mission building logo]; another pair marked: [arm & hammer logo] made by hand / 10; iron unmarked
Comprising a pair of Roycroft hammered copper bookends, two pairs of Mission Kopper Kraft hammered copper bookends, and a pair of polychrome cast iron bookends, 8 pieces
Largest: 5.5" H x 6" W x 4" D
Estimate: $300 - $500](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4391682/1-2/88812971-31d5-4b21-b7d6-1899074a967c.jpg)



















































![1144
Early 20th century
A Clark Ship Model Co. cast iron fire pump toy
Marked in the casting to each side: Friendship [handshake] 1774
Modeled after 19th century side cylinder manual pumpers, the enameled cast iron toy with articulated levers mounted on four wheels
8.75" H x 14" W x 4.75" D
Estimate: $300 - $500](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4391682/1-2/ed01fb35-010c-4378-a5a6-ecd450bb2103.jpg)

























![1170
Early 20th century; Meriden, Connecticut
A Handel harp floor lamp
Shade signed: Handel 7176 / RG [possibly Robert Godwin]
Designed 1924, the single-light patinated metal lamp, featuring an articulated acid-etched "chipped" glass shade depicting reverse-painted roses on a yellow ground, electrified
56.75" H x 14" W x 10" D
Estimate: $800 - $1,200](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4391682/1-2/68bce80e-2c88-48e9-9763-101125cbbd1e.jpg)




























































![1231
1926-1931
A collection of Malibu Potteries tiles
Two stamped to underside: Malibu; seventeen incised to underside: DM2; crate marked: Malibu Potteries / Owned and Operated by Marblehead Land Co. / [illegible]
The group of matching polychrome glazed ceramic tiles, each depicting a floral medallion centering two floral expressions in green, red, tan, and ochre on a brown ground with blue border, housed in a wood crate from Malibu Potteries, 22 pieces
Each tile: 7" H x 12.75" W x 1.125" D; Crate: 9.5" H x 20" W x 16" D
Estimate: $800 - $1,200](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4391682/1-2/378c0207-ba25-4f40-a212-77520ba1b767.jpg)
![1232
1918
A Rookwood Pottery vase by Harriet Elizabeth Wilcox
Marked for Rookwood; further marked: XVII / 938C / P; signed: HEW [Harriet Elizabeth Wilcox (1869-1943)]
The ceramic vase with green and white glazed lily pad motifs on a blue ground
8.375" H x 5.25" Dia.
Estimate: $400 - $600](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4391682/1-2/0e853375-9ffe-4847-b970-b90a4a7e5ba8.jpg)








![1241
George Elbert Burr (1859-1939)
Two works:
"Old Pine," 1922
Etching on wove paper
From the edition of unknown size
Signed and titled in pencil in the lower margin: © George Elbert Burr
Plate: 11.75" H x 9.75" W; Sight: 13" H x 11.75" W
"Study of Pines", 1918
Etching on wove paper
From the edition of unknown size
Signed and inscribed in pencil in the lower margin: George Elbert Burr / "Del. et Imp."; titled, dated, numbered, and inscribed in ink on a label affixed on the frame's backing paper, in another hand: "[No. 7] 1918 Christmas Card"
Plate: 2.5" H x 2.875" W; Sight: 4.5" H x 4.75" W
Estimate: $600 - $800](https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/4391682/1-2/195087f1-7903-41cb-8796-cb03b234bced.jpg)




































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