Neal Auction Louisiana Purchase 2015

164 1068. Pair of Antique Pewter Covered Urns , early 19th c., probably English, mark rubbed, h. 12 1/4 in. $200/400 1069. Three English Art Deco Colored Crystal Inkwells , early 20th c., 3 7/8 in. to 4 5/8 in. $400/600 1070. Pair of English Brass Knight Motif Stands , h. 5 in., dia. 3 1/4 in. $150/250 1071. Good Group of Six Antique Boxes , incl. satinwood, rosewood, mahogany and teak, most with inlay, largest h. 3 1/4 in., w. 9 in., d. 5 1/2 in. $300/500 1072. Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver After‑Dinner Coffee Service in the Persian Taste , pattern introduced 1904, tray 1912, comprised of coffee pot, sugar, creamer and tray, flat chased decoration, coffee pot h. 11 in., tray l. 13 1/2 in., w. 11 1/8 in., combined wt. 63.80 troy ozs. $1500/2500 1073. Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver Cup , William Spratling, Taxco, c. 1951‑1956, marked “WS” above “925”, scroll handle and applied beading, h. 2 1/4 in., wt. 2.85 troy ozs. $500/700 Provenance: Private Estate, Hillsborough, NC. 1074. Shakespeare, William , The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare; with A Life of the Poet, and Notes , Boston, Hilliard, Gray and Company, 1836, 6 volumes, 4to, 3/4 leather, the spines inscribed “W.J. Fort/Catalpa, LA”. $300/500 Provenance: Catalpa Plantation, St. Francisville, LA. 1075. [Decorative Leather Bindings] , Dickens, Charles. Dicken’s Works , 15 volumes, New York, United States Book Co., c. 1890, 4to, 3/4 leather with marbled boards. $500/700 1076. Antique Leather‑Bound Family Bible , The Illuminated Bible ..., New York, Harper & Brothers, 1846, full tooled leather, inscribed from W.J. Fort to Sally J. Fort, with manuscript notations of marriages, births and deaths of the Fort family. $200/400 Provenance: Catalpa Plantation, St. Francisville, LA. 1077. Antique Prayer Book , The Book of Common Prayer ..., New York, University Press, 1867, 4 in. x 2 3/4 in., signed on pastedown “Danl. T. Bowman, Grace Church, St. Francisville, LA.”, a small newspaper clipping notes the marriage, at Rosedown, Nov. 11, 1880, of Wm. Fort and Miss Martha Turnbull. $100/150 Provenance: Rosedown Plantation. 1078. Bejeweled HOLY BIBLE , Old and New Testaments in the King James Version, covered in black bonded leather with patinated brass mounts, paste jewels and faux pearls by Jo Marz, 8 1/2 in. x 6 in. $150/250 1079. Four Mardi Gras/Social Directory Books , incl: La Cour, Arthur Burton. New Orleans Masquerade , New Orleans, Pelican Publishing, 1957; The Sesquicentennial of Comus , 1857‑2006, c. 2006, #287 of 600; Hales, Stephen J. Rex An Illustrated History of the School of Design , Arthur Hardy Enterprises, 2010; and 1941 Directory of New Orleans Society, New Orleans, Social Directory of N.O., c. 1940. $400/600 1080. [Signed Richard Nixon Book] , Nixon, Richard. The Real War , New York, Warner Books, 1980, signed, with publisher’s slip case. $200/300