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About Uncommon Artifacts Estate Services LLC

Tommy and Beth Ann McPherson buy, sell, appraise and broker art, antiques and design. Passions include the American Arts and Crafts Movement, Art Nouveau, and studio ceramics. Tommy earned an MA in Dec. Arts, Winterthur Program, U.D. and a MBA at University of South Alabama. Beth Ann holds an MA in Am. Studies from the College of William & Mary. Publications include Arthur Wesley Dow and His Influence Upon the Arts and Crafts Movement in America and they were co-authors of American Arts and Crafts Textiles. Catalog contributions include Gustav Stickley and the Arts ...Read More

Uncommon Artifacts Estate Services LLC

Established in 20191stDibs seller since 2022

Featured Pieces

Fish Server William Bateman 1830 Sterling Silver monogram of burning building
By William Bateman II
Located in Mobile, AL
An extraordinary sterling silver fish server. William Bateman produced it in 1830 in London. The engraving of a burning building was unfamiliar and fa...
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Antique 1830s English Early Victorian Serving Pieces

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Sterling Silver

Change the Plan John Thomas Riddle Black Art Serigraph Rare Proof
By John T Riddle
Located in Mobile, AL
This is a rare proof copy P 7/20 of one of the iconic Black Art Posters of the 1980's. Examples of this work are included in the collection of the Flint Institute of Art, Oakland Mu...
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Prints

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Paper

Louisville Pottery Company Daniel Boone Rare Mauve Mid Century Modern Kentucky
By Louisville Pottery Company
Located in Mobile, AL
The Louisville Pottery company used a variety of stamps and sold to touristy shops with marks including Cherokee, Great Smokey Mountains, Daniel Boone, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky Hand Made and more. Most of them are small pitchers and vases in traditional forms. But, then there are occasional exceptions and over time we have all learned that major designers including Frederic Hurten Rhead (over at Selden Bybee) were working in the area. Research is ongoing to identify the examples designed and/or influenced by well known artists or simply a great relatively unknown designer or two deserving of recognition for their work. The JB Speed Art Museum cataloged a slightly smaller gloss green example Accession number 2007.10.9 with the Cherokee Pottery...
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Vintage 1930s American Machine Age Vases

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Pottery

Tiffany Zodiac large Letter box holder and large blotter ends Arts and Crafts
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Mobile, AL
Tiffany Studios American Arts and Crafts style patinated letter box and blotter ends. This set retains significant green and red patina and over the years had accumulated some black...
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Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Desk Sets

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Bronze

Tiffany Studios bronze patinated pen tray form #1000 Arts and Crafts
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Mobile, AL
The Zodiac pen tray is a fantastic holiday gift for the Cancer or Pisces who loves Tiffany, Arts and Crafts or simply fine living. Designed for pens over a century ago, the functions today can be endless. This examples is well cast and retains a fair amount of the original patina. The surface is a lovely mottled brown and black finish and there is significant red and green patina underneath where it was not exposed to UV light over the past century. The detail shots show the quality of the cast clearly and the markings of Tiffany Studios 1000. There is minor overall wear and modest scratching from both use and from cleaning. Nonetheless, the photos show how astoundingly attractive this example is and would we really expect a century old desk...
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Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Desk Sets

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Bronze

Czechoslovakia Art Deco Jeweled dresser box. marbled glass with gilt decoration
By Kralik Glassworks
Located in Mobile, AL
The variety of glass made in Czechoslovakia in the Art Deco period is astounding. And, some of the most beautiful exports were the dresser boxes with jeweled lids, many clearly stam...
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Vintage 1930s European Art Deco Decorative Boxes

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Art Glass

Bode Willumson 1920's / 30's Scorpion Jug private studio before Royal Copenhagen
By Bode Willumsen
Located in Mobile, AL
Bode Willumsen operated his own studio in Denmark and his work during the early period was celebrated to such an extent that he was hired at Royal Copenhagen where his related desig...
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Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Ceramics

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Ceramic

Lorraine North 1970s Studio Pottery Group Scarce Mobile Alabama Artist
Located in Mobile, AL
Lorraine North (1931-2014) produced extraordinary Mid-Century Modern scratch decorated studio pottery in the 1970s and 1980s. It is extremely difficult to find examples of her work available. The forms and decoration speak for themselves. The measurement provided is for the larger lidded form. The ornament is local inspired and includes birds, fish, snails and flowers. The Gulf Coast of Alabama and Mississippi hosts a legion of artists and craftspeople with epicenters in Fairhope, Alabama and Ocean Springs...
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Pottery

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Pottery

Green painted Southern Yellow Pine 19th century carriage strong box forged iron
Located in Mobile, AL
Green folk painted Southern yellow pine carriage trunk or strong box. The size is just about perfect for liquor bottles, too. Dovetail construction with hand forged clasp and hinges. The original finish was likely brown and it looks like it got it's first coat...
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Antique 1840s American Folk Art Painted Furniture

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Wood

Candle Stand Cherry Empire Southern U.S. North Alabama or Tennessee c 1820
Located in Mobile, AL
Southern furniture is orders of magnitude harder to locate and collect than examples from other regions, but if you are looking at this listing, pre...
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Antique 1820s American American Empire Candle Stands

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Cherry

Bat Vase Cut Crystal Val Saint Lambert Attributed Charles Graffart
By Val Saint Lambert, Charles Graffart 1
Located in Mobile, AL
Art Deco Bat pattern cut crystal vase Attributed to Charles Graffart (1873-1967) Val Saint Lambert circa 1928 Charles Graffart is described in the Bri...
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Vintage 1920s Belgian Art Deco Vases

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Blown Glass

Thomas Ritchie Alkaline Glazed Stoneware Pitcher Catawba Valley c 1870
Located in Mobile, AL
Thomas Ritchie is one of the better documented Catawba Valley NC potters who worked in the mid 19th century up until (it is estimated) about 1900. A number of his jugs, crocks and canning jars...
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Antique 1870s American Folk Art Ceramics

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Pottery