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Oveda Rutledge owner
P.O. Box 1024, Ross, CA 94957
Telephone 415-999-5590 E-mail:
Brass Dutch chamberstick chased and repoussed with handle, the bowl
measures 5¾” diameter and is 1” tall, the stick measures 6½” long and 4”
tall. It has 2 copper rivets and 2 brass rivets, c. 1700-1800. See The Lear
Collection #177. More views of the chamberstick can be found on my
website OvedaMaurerAntiques.com
Oveda Maurer Folk Art Antiques
Select American folk art objects, antique furniture, and paintings
INTERNATIONAL
PERFUME BOTTLE
ASSOCIATION
The International Perfume
Bottle Association (IPBA) an-
nounces that its 27th annual
convention will be held in Spar-
tanburg, South Carolina, April
30 to May 3. The convention is
the biggest event of the year for
the IPBA and attracts members
from many countries, such as
Australia, Switzerland, France,
and Portugal.
“This year we are really ex-
panding our events open to the
public,” said Deborah Washing-
ton, convention chair. “All day
Saturday, May 2nd, we will be
hosting events the public may
attend, including our education-
al program, ‘Collecting Perfume
Bottles 101,’ and our incredible
Perfume Bottle & Vanity Show
and Sale.” The show boasts the
largest showroom of vintage
perfume bottles and vanity items
found anywhere.
New this year is a free event
called “Vanity Valuations.” The
public is invited to bring in two
vanity items for a panel of ex-
perts to value and identify. When
asked “What’s a vanity item?”
Washington said, “If it makes
you look or smell good, it’s a
vanity item. If your grandmother
left you a vanity item you would
like to know more about, we can
help you with it.”
One of the highlights of the
convention will be the Saturday
evening perfume bottle auction,
which will bring beautiful and
unusual perfume bottles to the
auction block where bottles will
Refreshments will immediately
follow the lecture.
Brock Jobe has had a special
interest in Massachusetts furni-
ture for over 40 years, and this
passion has led to some exciting
discoveries. Over a period of al-
most 400 years, Massachusetts
shops and factories have turned
out nearly 150 million pieces
of furniture. Recently Jobe has
helped to lead a consortium of
11 institutions in celebrating the
contributions of Massachusetts
furniture makers from 1620 to
the present.
Jobe teaches graduate courses
in historic interiors, decorative
arts, and 20th-century design
in the Winterthur Program in
American Material Culture. He
assumed the position of profes-
sor of American decorative arts
in 2000 after a 28-year career as
a museum curator and adminis-
trator. His fields of interest are
early American furniture and
upholstery, and domestic interi-
ors from 1700 to 1900. He and
Myrna Kaye are the coauthors
of New England Furniture: The
Colonial Era (1984), and he or-
ganized and edited Portsmouth
Furniture: Masterworks from
the New Hampshire Seacoast
(1993). His most recent work
is Harbor & Home: Furniture
of Southeastern Massachu-
setts, 1710-1850, coauthored
with Gary R. Sullivan and Jack
O’Brien. He is a recipient of
the President’s Award from Old
Sturbridge Village and theAward
of Merit from the Antiques Deal-
ers’Association of America.
Admission for nonmembers
of the Greenwich Antiques So-
ciety is $20. Space is limited.
Reservations are required for
members and guests by Febru-
ary 23. For reservations and in-
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reach hammer prices from $100
to possibly tens of thousands.
Nicholas Dawes, of Antiques
Roadshow celebrity, will return
this year as auctioneer. During
the auction preview, Ken Leach,
auction organizer, will give a
presentation about the key items
going on the auction block.
“We are thrilled to have the
grandson of Marcel Franck,
Bernard Dennery, as our key-
note speaker this year,” said
Jean-Marie Martin-Hattemburg,
IPBA international vice presi-
dent and author. Leopold Franck
introduced his new gadget at the
1878 Paris Universal Exposi-
tion, calling it the pulverisateur
or vaporisateur. Later his son,
Marcel Franck, became syn-
onymous with cutting-edge at-
omizing systems. Dennery will
be sharing information regard-
ing the relaunch of the Marcel
Franck brand with high-end Art
Deco perfume bottles.
The IPBA has designed fun,
interesting, and educational
events for its members and the
public. For a list of events open
to the public or for more infor-
mation, contact Teri Wirth at
or visit the IPBA Web site at
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NORTH AMERICAN
INDIAN ART
The Appraisers Association
of America (AAA) will present
“North American IndianArt: Ba-
sic Identification and Valuation,”
a one-day seminar on March
10 from 9:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at the National Museum of the
American Indian and the AAA
office in New York City.
North American Indians have
used art as a form of expression
for thousands of years, and with
hundreds of tribes in existence,
it is likely that most appraisers
come across the art and deco-
rative objects of North Ameri-
can Indians. The goal of “North
American Indian Art: Basic
Identification and Valuation” is
for attendees to come away with
a greater ability to distinguish
Native American design from
the look-alikes frequently found
at market, identify regional char-
acteristics and quality, and make
a cogent argument to value in the
current market.
The program includes an
AMERICAN
IMPRESSIONISMAND THE
GARDEN MOVEMENT
On March 31, the James
A. Michener Art Museum in
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, will
present a lecture, “The Artist’s
Garden: American Impression-
ism and the Garden Movement,
1887-1920,” by Anna O. Mar-
ley, Ph.D., curator of historical
American art, Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts. The
Artist’s Garden: American Im-
pressionism and the Garden
Movement, 1887-1920, an exhi-
bition on view at the Pennsyl-
vania Academy of the Fine Arts
(PAFA) until May 24, will tell the
story of American Impressionist
artists and the growing populari-
ty of gardening as a middle-class
leisure pursuit at the turn of the
20th century, bringing together
paintings, sculpture, books, and
gardening ephemera.
This talk focuses on PAFA’s
exhibition, discussing the rep-
resentations of gardens across
the United States, Europe, and
especially the Philadelphia area.
Exploring the exhibition themes
of American artists in European
MUSICAL BOX SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL
There will be a combined
meeting of the Southeast Chap-
ter, the Sunbelt Chapter, and
the trustees of the Musical Box
Society International (MBSI) in
New Orleans, Louisiana, March
27-29. The events will include
visits to local collections, a mart,
a workshop about restoration, a
reception at Rau’s Antiques in
the French Quarter, and a sea-
food banquet. MBSI is a non-
profit organization established
in 1949 whose members are
dedicated to the collection, res-
toration, preservation of, and ed-
ucation about, antique and con-
temporary self-playing musical
instruments, whether powered
by springs or electricity, such
as music boxes, organs, pianos,
orchestrions, nickelodeons, and
similar devices. MBSI has 11 lo-
cal chapters throughout the U.S.
and one in Japan. To learn more
about MBSI and how to become
a member, please visit the Web
site ).
RENÉ LALIQUE: THE
INNOVATOR OF THE
PERFUME INDUSTRY
On March 3, the New York
Metropolitan Glass Club
(NYMGC) will present a lecture
by Christie Lefkowith, “René
Lalique: The Innovator of the
Perfume Industry.” The lecture
will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at
St. Michael’s Church, West 99th
Street and AmsterdamAvenue in
New York City.
The NYMGC was founded in
1999 by a passionate group of
“OLD IRONSIDES”
THROUGH ARTISTS’ EYES
The Portland Museum of
Art (PMA) in Portland, Maine,
will present a lecture by Mat-
thew Brenckle, “Old Ironsides
throughArtists’ Eyes,” on March
12 at 6:30 p.m. The U.S.S. Con-
stitution’s storied career has in-
spired artists since her launch in
1797. U.S.S. Constitution histo-
rian Matthew Brenckle will ex-
plore the ship’s history through
the eyes of 19th-century artists.
The fee is $8 for the general
public, free for PMA members.
Seating is limited, and reserva-
tions are strongly recommend-
ed. For more information, call
(207) 775-6148, e-mail <info@
portlandmuseum.org>, or check
extensive visit to the National
Museum of the American Indian
(NMAI) where Ted Trotta, deal-
er, scholar, and founding mem-
ber of the New York Leadership
Council for NMAI, will walk us
through the Infinity of Nations
exhibition to acquaint attendees
to key tribal regions and their art
and artifacts. Next, Lois Durbin,
curator, author, and member of
NMAI’s board, leads a tour and
discussion of Glittering World:
Navajo Jewelry of the Yazzie
Family.
After the museum visit, there
will be an optional luncheon
roundtable at the office of AAA,
for an additional fee. During this
optional session, Alfred Bush,
retired curator of Western Amer-
icana at the Princeton University
Library, will discuss his work
on the repatriation of culturally
significant artifacts. In the after-
noon, Danica Farnand, director,
American Indian and Western
art at Cowan’s Auctions, Inc.;
Miriam Tucker, AAA member
and managing partner at Rago
Arts; and Ted Trotta will present
a seminar on the identification
and valuation of American Indi-
an property.
The fee for members is $135
or $150 with roundtable lunch-
eon. General admission is $165
or $180 with roundtable lun-
cheon. Registration deadline is
Monday, March 2. For more in-
formation, call (212) 889-5404 x
gardens, the lady in
the garden, leisure and
labor in the American
garden, the urban gar-
den, the artist’s garden,
and the garden in win-
ter, this illustrated talk
will present a preview
of the exhibition and
the artists who led the
American Impressionist
movement.
The talk will be held
from 1 to 2 p.m. at the
Edgar N. Putman Event
Pavilion. Admission is
$10 for members, $20
nonmembers, or $5 for
students with valid ID,
and includes museum
admission. Advance
registration is required.
For more information,
call (215) 340-9800
or check the Web site
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glass enthusiasts who wanted to
learn more about this extraordi-
nary medium. Today, member-
ship includes collectors, dealers,
and curators from the metropoli-
tan area. Monthly meetings cen-
ter on lectures by glass experts,
with topics ranging from history
and conservation to collections
and exhibitions.
A wine and cheese reception
will begin at 6:30 followed by
the featured speaker’s presenta-
tion at 7 p.m. Annual member-
ship dues are $25 for a student,
$70 for an individual, and $90
for a household. The NYMGC
welcomes new members and
visitors. For additional infor-
ASIAN ART & DESIGN
IN EUROPE AND THE
AMERICAS
The 2015 Charleston Art &
Antiques Forum will explore
the influences that Asian art
and design have had on fine and
decorative arts in Europe and
the Americas. The forum will
be held March 11-15 at the Old
Courtroom, 23 Chalmers Street,
in Charleston, South Carolina.
Lecture topics for the 2015
forum include the treasures of
the Royal Pavilion in Brighton,
England; the Chinese influence
in Western ceramics, interior de-
sign, and architecture; Oriental
carpets and rugs highly valued
throughout the world; 19th-cen-
tury American artists and the
Holy Land; the influence of the
trade route from Mexico to the
Philippines; and the restoration
of St. Giles House, ancestral
home of Lord Anthony Ashley-
Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
and one of Charleston’s found-
ing “Lords Proprietors.”
The keynote speaker will be
David Beevers, keeper of the
Royal Pavilion in Brighton, Eng-
land. Other speakers are from
the Museum of Fine Arts, Bos-
ton; Winterthur Museum and
Country Estate; Smith College;
Sotheby’s; Colonial Williams-
burg Foundation; Flather & Per-
kins Fine Art Insurers; and St.
Giles House, England.
For more information about
the forum, visit the Web site
.