Neal Auction Important Estates September 2015

118 792. American Brilliant Cut Glass Trumpet Vase , late 19th/early 20th c., with double stars and hobnails, h. 16 1/2 in. $300/500 Provenance: The Service Collection, Estate of Grant A. Oakes, Warren, OH. 793. Libbey “Colonna” Brilliant Cut Glass Ice Bucket , late 19th/early 20th c., signed, h. 5 1/2 in., dia. 7 in. $150/350 Provenance: The Service Collection, Estate of Grant A. Oakes, Warren, OH. 794. Three Silver Overlay Glass Dressing Table Articles , incl. 2 perfume bottles with globe stoppers, first engraved “Harriet”, h. 6 in., second with “HCV” monogram, h. 4 1/2 in.; and covered jar monogrammed “M”, h. 5 3/4 in. $400/600 795. American Brilliant Cut Glass Pitcher and Cruet , early 20th c., with hobstars and fans, h. 8 1/4 in. and 8 3/4 in. $200/300 796. American Brilliant Cut Glass Bowl , 20th c., with stars and hobnails, h. 4 1/4 in., dia. 9 in. $100/200 797. Three Bronze Busts of American Statesmen , 19th/20th c., incl. Robert E. Lee, inscribed “Ezekiel” and “Roma”, h. 8 1/4 in.; George Washington, inscribed “Reduction of Houdon’s Bust...1899”, h. 3 3/4 in.; and Abraham Lincoln, titled, numbered, and inscribed “©1979 Donald Rubin”, h. 7 5/8 in. $300/500 799. French Silk Abraham Lincoln Mourning Ribbon , 1865, portrait by Paul Durand over eagle with “E. Pluribus Unum” banner, printed by Guillet, Lyon, sight 5 1/8 in. x 3 5/8 in., framed. $400/600 800. American Carved Marble Roundel of “Buffalo Bill” Cody , 19th c., dia. 14 in. $600/800 801. American Églomisé Gameboard , c. 1895, sight 16 3/4 in. x 16 3/4 in., carved oak frame. $150/250 798. George Edwin Bissell (American, 1839‑1920) , “Abraham Lincoln”, c. 1898‑1900, bronze, inscribed “Geo. E. Bissell” on side truncation, marble plinth, overall h. 19 3/4 in. $800/1200 Provenance: The Service Collection, Estate of Grant A. Oakes, Warren, OH. Note: The work offered here is a large bust version of the monumental sculpture of Abraham Lincoln that George Bissell executed for the city of Edinburgh, Scotland to commemorate Lincoln and the Scottish-American soldiers who fought in the American Civil War. Bissell, as well as Gorham foundries under his aegis, cast smaller models for the American public through the early 20th-century. The pose and somber sensitivity with which Bissell modeled Lincoln may well have influenced Daniel Chester French’s famous sculpture for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Bissell served in the Civil War as a private in the 23rd Connecticut Volunteers and as a Navy paymaster with the South Atlantic squadron. After the war, he joined his father’s marble business in Poughkeepsie, NY. He later went on to study sculpture at the Academy of Rome and Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Ref.: Falk, Peter, ed. Who’s Who in American Art. Vol. 1 . Madison, CT: Soundview Press, 1999, pp. 327-28; “Statues of Abraham Lincoln: Excerpts from Newspapers and Other Sources.” From the files of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection. Digitized 2012. www.archive.org. Ac cessed Jan. 5, 2015.