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Dennis Lyall (American, B. 1946) "American Shoals Lighthouse" Signed lower right. Oil on Canvas. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This artwork originally appeared on the Fleetwood First Day of Issue Maximum Card for the U.S. 25? American Shoals stamp issued April 26, 1990. The American Shoals Lighthouse stands in solitude with its feet in the sea, and is visible from the Overseas Highway at Saddlebunch Keys. Oblivious to the onslaught of waves even after the passage of over one hundred years, the lighthouse blinks its staccato warning of dangerous reefs to give mariners their bearings in a seascape that can appear as foreign as the surface of a planet from another galaxy when blanketed in darkness. As early as 1851, plans were in the works for a series of great offshore lighthouses like American Shoals to mark the reefs which lurk perilously silent in Florida's waters. These towers, all of skeleton iron construction to help them withstand the hurricane's fury, were built one at a time over a period of almost thirty years. American Shoals, the last of the series, was completed in 1880. The ironwork for this tower was fabricated in the north and, along with other necessities, shipped to Key West, the base of the operation. The site of the lighthouse itself was fifteen miles to the east of the key in four feet of water on Florida's outermost reefs. It was first lighted on the night of July 15, 1880, and the American Shoals Lighthouse has since helped to significantly reduce the number of shipwrecks along this treacherous coastline. Today, this tower is just the sort of vintage lighthouse that The Lighthouse Preservation Society seeks to save for the future. Image Size: 12.5 x 17.5 in. Overall Size: 14 x 19.5 in. Unframed. (B12269)
ANTONY JANSZEN, AMSTERDAM A MID 18th CENTURY BURR WALNUT AUTOMATON LONGCASE CLOCK the caddy top pediment with pierced sound frets surmounted by carved giltwood figures of Atlas and two trumpeting angels above glazed door flanked by brass-capped turned columns on matching trunk with canted corners and shaped floral inlaid door with central gilt pendulum aperture formed as an urn, standing on inlaid bombé shaped base with ball and claw feet, the 13.5" arched dial having a silvered engraved chapter ring surrounding a matted engraved centre with subsidiary seconds dial and date apertures above a moon phase aperture, alarm dial to centre, the arch having painted seascape revealing rocking galleons and moving waves, the eight-day weight driven movement with alarm, striking the hours on two bells 292cm high to the top of finial - comes with brass cased weights and pendulum
STUDY GROUP OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY all with underglaze blue crossed swords marks, comprising six teacups with matching saucers, variously decorated with flowers and figures, including a Marcolini set; and two further teacups one decorated with flowers, the other a seascape; and a covered box, with basket-weave border and painted with floral sprigs (Dimensions: Box 13.5cm wide) (Qty: 15)(Box 13.5cm wide)
An Imperial German Naval Sea Pilot's badge- first instituted in 1913 bronze gilt, the obverse with a central eagle in mid-flight, underneath a radiant sun, on top of a seascape, within an oval oak and laurel leaf wreath, tied at the bottom with a bow and topped by a German State Crown, the reverse plain with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, weighs 30.3grams, 4.5cm wide and 7cm high

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