All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #876204 (stock #1712)
A Boxed Set of Silver Victorian Berry Spoons with Gilt Bowls. Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1855, with Makers Marks of RM EH, for Martin, Hall & Co. (Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall). Weight; 5.5 ounces. Excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1800 item #874576 (stock #1110)
A George III Engraved Silver Helmet Form Creamer or Cream Jug, with Reeded Top and Handle. There is a small monogram in the front and floral swags around. On a square pedestal foot, with marks on the underside; for London 1790 and IB (for John Belden). Dimensions; 6.4" to handle; weight 4 Troy ounces. Excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Folk Art : Pre 1837 VR item #872471 (stock #a1108)
A beautifully rendered watercolor and pencil portrait of a woman done by Jane Anthony Davis, more commonly known as J.A. Davis. The sitter, as was usual with Davis' portraits, is dressed in black, with color being reserved for decorative objects, such as books, flowers, or jewelry, as in this case. What is highly unusual is that Davis signed very few of her works, and on this piece, on the cardboard insert behind the painting, is written "Caroline Mathilda Brown Wife of Nicholas Brown"...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1800 item #872178 (stock #jg139)
A beautiful and stately lead metal English Georgian two knop wine goblet with an MSAT (multiple-spiral air twist) stem. The large pointed round funnel bowl sits atop the stem which has an inverted baluster shoulder knop and a medial knop.

This impressive glass is 8 3/8 inches tall, and has a bowl diameter of 3 13/16 inches. The conical foot, which has a rough, snapped pontil, is a large 3 5/8 inches in diameter...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Pre 1900 item #870961 (stock #010)
Extremely rare piece of Heisey that was in a drug store in the midwest in the late 1800s. It has stayed in the same family all these years. It measures 29" tall and in very good condition for its age. It does have a small chip on the rim of the bottom plate, and there are stains on the top plate that need to be taken out, although its not something I do. Other than that and a few extremely minor rough edges, its in great shape...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : Pre 1920 item #870909 (stock #008)
Beautiful Loetz vase with gold and pale blue oil spots, sits in footed pewter base with art nouveau flowers going around it. Measures 7" tall x 5" wide and is in perfect condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1920 item #866842 (stock #2726)
Graceful sterling pitcher probably crafted in Mexico. The piece is 8 1/2" high and 9" handle to lip and weighs approximately 2 1/2 lbs.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1920 item #866489 (stock #5048)
Sterling Round Photograph Frame with watch hook and scrolling cutwork border. Circa 1920. Size: 3.125" H x 3" Dia.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Iron : Pre 1900 item #866115 (stock #1447)
An American Victorian Magazine Stand or Canterbury, with "Ex Libris" on both sides in a panel. Dimensions 12" wide x 10" deep x 18" high. From the late 19th century. In very good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : American : Porcelain : Pre 1910 item #865348 (stock #H)
Handpainted Bavarian Porcelain Dish on raised foot with unusual waterlily border. Marked: HR Hubschenreulher Selb - Bavaria. Circa 1900. Size: 8.625" Square x 2.125" H.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : French : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #860737 (stock #576)
A Blue and White Limoges Compote or Tazza with Gilt Floral Pattern; by Victor Etienne & Fils. Dimensions 9.5" inches in diameter and 6" high. Late 19th century and Excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1800 item #860171 (stock #1278)
A George III Silver Galleried Inkstand; assayed in London 1779, with the makers mark "WA" for William Abdy. Dimensions; 7.5" x 3" x 3" high. Shaped with and hourglass cross section and pierced gallery cut glass wells with silver lids, wood base. Fully marked and in very good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Religious Artifacts : Christian : Pre 1920 item #856763 (stock #297)
A lovingly carved "pitch pine" Madonna by self taught Sister Josephine - one of Saint Francis Cabrini's first orphans who, according to the accompanying letter, was "close to and loved by Mother Cabrini". Mother Cabrini was the first American citizen to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church and is the Patron Saint of Immigrants. Sister Josephine was born 1n 1877 - the same year that Mother Cabrini took her religious vows - she died, aged 101, in New York. Condition - very good...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : French : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #856460 (stock #1092)
A Sevres Style Porcelain Inkwell, Bronze Mounted. White with Floral Pattern. Possibly Samson. From the late 19th century. Dimensions 7.25" wide x 5.25" deep x 4" high. Excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Folk Art : Pre 1837 VR item #855896 (stock #a1106)
A wonderful and rare southern folk art small watercolor on paper portrait of a gentleman, identified as Mr. Bunning on the reverse, along with the date of 1824. Examples of southern folk art are quite uncommon and highly sought after...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Pressed Glass : Pre 1900 item #855890 (stock #6093)
A scarce early American pressed or pattern glass 8-3/8" tall covered footed sugar bowl in the Daisy and Button with Thumbprint Panel pattern, issued by Adams and U.S. Glass of Pittsburgh c1890. This is the collectable Vaseline colour, and this item is in very good original condition with no cracks, losses, major damage or repairs other than some minor chipping to the finial and column ends and edges on the lid and on one column and inside rim of the base (all chips minor)...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #855265 (stock #265)
A Toddy or Punch Ladle in Sterling Silver by Gorham in the rare Louis XIV pattern, for Theodore B. Starr and Herman Marcus. It is in a bent ladle shape (may have been straight originally, but more likely it was based on designs in the George III period) and dates from about 1870, when the design was patented. It weighs 6.4 Troy ounces and measures 8" x 5", with a bowl of 4.5" x 3.5". Its unbent length would be 14.5". There is a monogram "N" on the underside of the handle...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1900 item #854850 (stock #934)
An Early Victorian Round Rosewood Lidded Box with Armorial Decoration. Circa, 1850. Dimensions; 4.5" high x 2.5" in diameter. Excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1900 item #854824 (stock #926)
A Mid-Victorian English Green Majolica Vase, with an Oriental Serpent Design; circa 1875. Dimensions 12" high x 5.5" wide. Excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #854800 (stock #916)
A Copper Lustre Goblet with Hand Painted Floral Decorations; circa 1820. Dimensions 4.75" high x 3.25" wide at top and 2.75" at base. Some slight age wear, but in very good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1700 item #854660 (stock #g1227)
A rare and early baluster champagne glass featuring an everted lip cup bowl over a hollow inverted baluster knop. Finishing the stem is a basal knop over a high domed and folded foot. The height of this gem is 4 1/4 inches, and it has no condition issues whatsoever.

Although this type form was also made slightly later, the thinly blown dark metal strongly suggests a late 17th century date.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1700 item #854227 (stock #g1225)
A rare and early English heavy baluster wine glass of beautiful proportions and stance. It has a trumpet bowl with a markedly solid base containing a tear over an angular teared knop, and a basal knop over a domed and folded foot. The height is 6 inches and there are no flaws or restorations. This is a superb early glass of dark metal and heavy weight.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1900 item #853577 (stock #gag-4)
This very fine antique rectangular-shaped French silver and gilt boardroom snuff box features a highly engraved scroll and floral decoration with central cartouche and gilt lined interior, hallmarked on lid rim, mid 19th Century. Wt: 54.8g; Size: 3 3/8" x 1 5/8"; Excellent condition with very minor wear to gilt
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #849365 (stock #p1091)
A beautiful and rare bucket shaped cup made by the Bow porcelain factory and decorated in gilt, iron red, green, and blue in the kakiemon "Two Quail" pattern. The arrangement of the pattern is also unusual on this piece, with the birds placed directly opposite the handle.

This piece is in superb condition, with no chips or restoration, and showing bright enamels, with a truly minor in the making glaze split at the top of the handle (shown in extreme magnification in the 6th photo)...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #843309 (stock #p1097)
A beautiful and well executed Dr. Wall Wall First Period Worcester tankard of rare size and pristine condition. This pattern, named the "Telephone Box", is derived from the Chinese, and is one of those designed specifically for upright pieces. It also is one of the very few patterns that occur both on polychrome and underglaze blue...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1800 item #842126 (stock #g1220)
A tall, elegant, and beautiful English ratafia DSOT (double series opaque twist) glass. Ratafia glasses are quite uncommon, and this is a particularly fine example. The elongated conical bowl is molded and leads into a stem with a pair of spiral threads outside of a lace twist.

This glass is in perfect condition with no chips, cracks, or restoration...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Ivory : Pre 1910 item #840629 (stock #5307-05 )
This is an elegant 19th Century Victorian ivory page turner, the handle embellished with delicately carved flowers and C scrolls. The Victorians used page turners to protect the pages of valuable books from damage; they were also used to protect the hands from newsprint. Measurement: length: 12 inches. Condition: excellent; no chips or cracks; some yellow age spots on the blade.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Ivory : Pre 1900 item #840618 (stock #5307-03 )
Here is a unique gift for Christmas: a 19th century ivory letter opener in the form a dagger with a charming hand-carved elephant handle. The beautiful curved dagger blade is attached with old nails to the wooden handle. Measurement: length: 13 1/2 inches. Condition: two very minor losses at edge of base of wooden handle (1/8 inch each).
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Ivory : Pre 1900 item #840614 (stock #5307-02)
Unusually large 19th Century ivory page turner, smooth blade with a large tapered grip handle. The Victorians used page turners to protect the pages of valuable books from damage; they were also used to protect the hands from newsprint. Measurement: length: 18 3/4 inches. Condition: 1/2 inch crack at tip end of handle. This item cannot be shipped out of the country.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #838593 (stock #gam-118)
Dress up your desk with a touch of Tiffany. This is the elegant Arts and Crafts bronze dore "NINTH CENTURY" pattern Letter Opener manufactured by Tiffany Studios, Circa 1910, stamped TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1633. Size: 10 1/4" Long. Excellent vintage condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #833632 (stock #D269)
This porcelain tea cup and saucer was produced in England by Copeland between 1851 and 1885. The saucer measures 4 3/4 inches square and the cup is 2 inches high. The set is made of fine, white bone china. It is molded in a modified square shape. The ground color is a deep cobalt blue. It is decorated with an ornate encrusted raised gold design. The hand painted decoration is finely detailed and contrasts elegantly with the cobalt blue ground. The shape is unusual and most attractive. ...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : Pre 1910 item #828192
A lovely cut glass perfume bottle cut from cranberry to clear. The design is a simple, classic combination of crosshatched diamonds and fans. The shoulders of the bottle are panel cut, and the base is finished with a 24-point star. The lapidary-cut stopper is original to the bottle and is engraved with the same number as the inside of the bottle's neck. Origin: Europe, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent, no chips or cracks. Size: 5-3/4" tall.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : French : Pre 1910 item #825982 (stock #C-G0010)
Unsigned, this 10" Mont Joye crystal cameo glass vase is beautifully hand enameled in a pattern of orchids over a clear "chipped ice" ground. Circa 1910

Condition: Excellent, no damage or repairs. There is slight age wear to the polished pontil base and wear to the gilded inner rim in spots, revealing the green enamel undercoat, as illustrated in the sixth photograph.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #823921
An uncommon set of six nut picks, the mother of pearl handles attached to the silverplate picks with sterling silver ferules. The ferules are decorated with ropetwist borders flanking an ornate acanthus leaf pattern. In the Victorian era, fresh nuts would have been served alongside and cheese and fruit as a dessert course. The ferules are marked "Sterling".

Most sterling silver flatware services before 1900 had mother of pearl cutlery instead of knives that matched the rest of the service. ...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #820988 (stock #D248)
These 6 porcelain plates were produced in England by Coalport in 1818. There are no markings on any of these plates but the pattern with the embossed design is documented to have come from Coalport. The plates measure 7 1/2 inches in diameter. They are made of fine, hard paste porcelain. The plates have embossed floral decoration in high relief. These flowers are outlined with gold. The border is cobalt blue. There are reserves with colorful hand painted flowers framed with fancy gold trim....
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : German : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #819660 (stock #D242)
This soft paste porcelain covered cup and saucer was produced in Germany by Hochst in 1775. The saucer has a diameter of 6 1/2 inches and the cup is 6 inches high. The saucer has a deep well for the cup to fit into so that it does not slide off. This was called a "trembleuse" by the French. The set is decorated in the most opulent fashion. The style and decoration are taken from the French Sevres factory. The scrolled borders are accented with raised gilding. There are applied fruits and ...