Neal Auction Important Estates September 2015

114 762. Sailor’s Carved Coconut Flask , late 19th c., inscribed “A Mon Neveu/1874”, carved with a face, flags, cannons and monogrammed “E H” within shield, l. 5 1/2 in., dia. 3 1/4 in. $200/300 Provenance: Descended in the Hincks Family, New Orleans, LA. 763. Pair of Diminutive Shearwater Pottery Baluster Vases , c. 1930s, impressed circular marks, alkaline blue glaze, h. 4 1/2 in. $700/900 764. Two Shearwater Pottery Storybook Figurines , c. 1970‑1980s, designed by Walter Inglis Anderson, incl. “Sancho Panza and Mule” and “Frog Prince”, marked, h. 4 3/4 in. and 9 3/4 in. $200/300 765. Eight Shearwater Pottery “Oldfield Series” Figurines , c. 1970‑1980s, designed by Walter Inglis Anderson, incl. 2 seated men, bathing woman, bathing man, man with plow, man with steering wheel, anchorman, and fisherman, 4 marked, tallest h. 6 1/4 in. $300/500 766. Three Shearwater Pottery Baseball Figurines , late 20th c., designed by James “Mac” Anderson, incl. pitcher, catcher, and umpire, marked, tallest h. 6 in. $150/250 767. Johnny Donnels (American/New Orleans, 1924‑2009) , “Jazz Intermezzo”, “Eubie in Concert”, “Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon” and “Vesnice Mrtvych (Village of the Dead), Prague”, 4 silver gelatin prints dry mounted on boards, all signed and titled, 8 1/4 in. x 13 in. to 10 1/4 in. x 13 1/4 in., unframed. $200/400 768. Contemporary Painted Metal Weather Vane , 20th c., flamingo form, rectangular base, h. 50 1/2 in., w. 23 1/4 in. $200/400 769. Steele Burden (American/Louisiana, 1900‑1995) , “Soldiers Cry Too” and “Natchez Trace”, 2 crackle glazed ceramics, both signed and titled on the base, titles incised lower left and incised “SB” initials lower left and right respectively, h. 3 1/2 in., w. 6 1/4 in., and h. 6 in., w. 5 in. $500/800 770. Steele Burden (American/Louisiana, 1900‑1995) , “LSU Student” and “Gone with the Wind”, 2 white crackle glazed ceramics, each signed and titled on the base, h. 5 in., w. 4 1/2 in. and h. 7 in., w. 9 in. $500/800 771. Steele Burden (American/Louisiana, 1900‑1995) , “Dueling under the Oaks at City Park”, 1993, white crackle glazed ceramic, signed, titled and dated on base, incised “SB” initials lower right, h. 4 1/2 in., w. 9 in. $300/500 772. Michael Aloysius Ledet (American/Louisiana, b. 1941) , “Davashi VII”, 1969, acrylic on canvas, signed and dated lower right, “The Glade Gallery, Toulouse St., New Orleans” artist label with title en verso, 44 in. x 44 in., period slat frame. $800/1200 773. Marcel Stockmans (American/Mississippi, 1936‑2009) , “On the Dock”, acrylic on masonite, signed lower left, “Bryant Galleries, Inc., Jackson and New Orleans” label en verso, 16 in. x 20 in., framed. $1000/1500 Provenance: Bryant Galleries, Inc., Jackson and New Orleans. 774. Theodore “Fonville” Winans (American/Louisiana, 1911‑1992) , “Ice on the Mississippi”, 1938, silver gelatin print, signed and dated lower right, 16 in. x 20 in., framed. $1000/1500