American Eighteenth Century Mahogany Scroll Highboy , measuring 93 inches in height, 43 inches width inches deep 19 inches deep
A beautiful piece of American history., Provenance, Eunice Kennedy Shriver collection. The top with flame gold leaf finials and the piece with original brass hardware.
A photograph of Elbert Hubbard in its original signed Roycroft oak frame. Measures about 9 3/4" by 12 3/4" overall. A rare find.
Carved walnut intaglio cut floral designs with inscription to Allah in mother of Pearl. Measuring 64” x 34” circa 1880
A beautiful English George III string ebony and mahogany sideboard with original Lion Head Hardware, measuring 72” wide, 28” deep, amd 36” height
EARLY SEVENTEEN CENTURY ENGLISH MARQUETRY BUREAU OR SLANT FRONT SECRETARY, CHARLES II ERA …..measuring
A very fine Sheridan era rare solid Mahogany plank wood table, circa 1830…measuring 122 inch by 53”….the table in three sections that convert to two console tables and a drop leaf table and that can expand in various lengths.
The table in remarkable original condition with beautiful patina
Shown with associated chairs ( please see stock #3000)
A BEAUTIFUL EIGHTEENTH CENTURY GEORGE I-QUEEN ANNE BURLED WALNUT MIRROR,
A beautiful and splendid Italian gilt wood mirror in the English Georgian taste measuring 60” x 36”
An 18th century cashier’s fob seal / stamp, made of steel with an engraved beehive surrounded by keys. This pictograph tells you to keep your fingers away: in the emblem books of the time the beehive used to be accompanied by a Latin sentence meaning “not for you”. The fob model as such is typically English. Width "4/5 / 2.1 cm and height "1 / 2.5 cm. Condition: fine. Price: $140, including worldwide registered / trackable shipping
Rose quartz carnelian seal fob / stamp: an intaglio of three fleurs de lys under a royal crown, the French pre-revolutionary official seal, c 1790 or earlier. Width "4/5/ 2 cm. Condition: fine.
A beautiful pier mirror in 22k gold leaf. Carved wood and gesso measuring 46” x 34”
Fine 18th century English single compartment tea caddy in harewood, having hinged rectangular top with boxwood stringing and bone pull and escutcheon opening to an inner lid. Circa 1780.
Antique Chinese Painted and Inlaid Wood Tea Shipping Containers, having sliding lids and fronts decorated with figures in gardens and inlaid mother of pearl. (minor losses)
Largest: 12" x 12" x 11.75"
JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT 21” x 17” KUNICHIKA 1835-1900 This piece is from 1878 HIRSH ESTATE….
A rare and lovely George III sytle HELMET SHAPED creamer measuring about 5” The piece is unmarked but tested sterling QUILLEN ESTATE
A beautiful AESTHETIC MOVEMENT PLANT STAND, CIRCA 1880 measuring 34” tall the the round top, in oak wood, 12.5” QUILLEN ESTATE
A massive Qing Dynasty Cloisonné incense burner made of bronze measuring about 24” in height, 24” in width, and 17” deep. A remarkable object of art that was made for a great statesman’s home in the 19th century.
A very rare and superb Octagon British Wooden TEA CADDY WITH TORTOISE SHELL AND MOTHER OF PEARL inlays, ca. 1800.
The top knob for opening and the 4 small feet are made of bone. The tea caddy comes with the original key and the mechanism works well.
Size: height 17 cm. including the knob and feet (15 cm without) x width 12 cm.
Very good condition. A fine Collector's piece!
(This item cannot be exported to the U.S.A.)
A pair early Eighteenth century English mahogany carved end caps or architectural pieces. Each piece slightly different. The pieces measure 7.5” x 3” and are high relief scroll design with heads of Puti (HIRSH)
Antique Black Lacquer Chinese Export Tea Caddy with paneled, cut corner hinged lid opening to a well , vignetts of figures in gardens, and raised on carved dragon form feet. Daoguang Period, Circa 1840
8" x 6" x 5.75" tall (cracks and minor losses to lacquer)
Antique Regency Black Lacquer Tea Caddy of sarcophagus form with polychrome and gilt Chinoiserie
decoration having a stepped lid opening to two covered compartments, pressed brass carrying handles and paw form feet.
English, circa 1810 (minor losses to painted decoration)
7.5" x 4.5 x 6.25" TALL
Antique Regency Penwork Decorated Tea Caddy of sarcophagus form having a stepped lid opening to two lidded compartments and Chinoiserie penwork decoration. English, circa 1815.
8" x 4.5" x 5.25"
(losses to the decoration)
Antique Sorrento-ware Book Form Trick Box; in olivewood, with a rectangular book form lid with marquetry inlay of a musician and dancing couple, the front with a hidden keyhole, and a hidden compartment in the base.
9.25" x 4.75" x 4.5" tall
Late 19th, early 20th C.
English Polychrome Painted Navette Form Tea Caddy, foil decorated and and having a hinged lid opening to a well with a 'floating lid'. Late 18th Century.
6.5" x 3.5" x 4.75"tall
Provenance: From the Estate of Mario Buatta
English Polychrome Painted Navette Form Tea Caddy decorated with gilt powdered ground and vingnettes of frollicking putti
Late 18th Century
Provenance: From the Estate of Mario Buatta
Rare 18th C. Dutch Childs Tea Caddy in dark tortoise shell with ivory banding and feet. Rectangular with a hinged translucent lid opening to a lidded compartment.
4" x 2.75" x3.25" tall
Part of a child's social education was learning about the 'Tea Ceremony'
Exceptional English Burled Walnut Sewing Box with extensive inlay having hinged top opening to a paper lined well and a single fitted drawer below.
12" x 9" x 6.5"
Antique Anglo-Indian turned wood box and cover with brass mounts
Diameter: 5", Height 3.25"
An Antique Cinnabar Chinese carved tea jar. Carved in high relief with figures in a garden landscape. Some carved flowers on the lid and shoulder of the jar.
5 6 7/8" x 1/4". Condition: VG, some age wear to the surface
Provenance: The Estate of Giraud V. Foster.
Exceptional 18th Century Inlaid Sewing Box on later stand, having a rectangular hinged lid opening to a fitted interior, brass carrying handles and top and front with extensive exotic wood inlay and banding.
English, circa 1790
Box 14" x 12" x 6.5 "Overall Height: 30.5"
A porcelain TEAPOI circa 1790-1820 Chinese Export for the English market measures about 5.5” in height
Large Antique Chinese Black Lacquer Tea Caddy, rectangular with hinged lid opening to an engraved pewter (pac-tung) liner ; the whole decorated with figures in gardens and with brass carrying handles.
Circa 1860.
13.5" x 11" x 8.5" tall (minor losses, filled crack in lid)
Antique Anglo-Indian carved sandlewood box with nail decoration, ivory banding, velvet lining and paw form ivory feet. Circa 1875.
6" x 4.5"x 2.5" tall
A rare and beautiful Chinese Qing Dynasty covered tea cup measuring 4.5”
A fine and rare Chinese Qing Dynasty miniature covered jar or vase with an erotic scene of a robed couple measuring 5” height
A rare and beautiful pictorial scene chocolate pot or pitcher measuring 4” in height. The Chinese Qing Dynasty made several deigns for chocolate pots and this was a favored size. Some condition issues but nice
A rare form Miniture Chinese Black Ship Imari punch bowl, in the Japanese style. Early 19th century. The form copied from the famous Japanese Imari and sold most likely in that market
Chinese Qing Dynasty Pair Of Rare Famille Rose Floral Plates 9”, the pair decorated in a rare motif of floral sprays not usually scene thus, were most likely made to order. Circa 1850
A fine and rare Chinese Export porcelain pitcher, measuring 7 inch tall, decorated with an elegant boxed floral tree design. Item appears to be in excellent condition no chips or repairs Circa 1820s
A fine PAIR of Chinese mid nineteenth century plates in a hand painted design of floral baskets with gold leaf highlights and trim. Each octagon shape plate measuring 9.5 inches diameter
Beautiful Japanese kusuri medical tansu made of kiri wood (paulownia) and sugi side frames (Japanese cypress or cryptomeria). With warm original finish and hand forged hardware. Lacquer dark reddish, brown and mahogany tones that shows well in lighter and dark rooms. Total of 102 individual drawers.
Edo Period late 18th early 19th Century
39" High x 34" Wide x 9" Deep
A very rare Chinese Export eighteenth century pitcher or tankard depicting an American Flagship produced about 1800. The form measuring 7” tall
A beautiful Armorial covered vegetable plate in a rectangular shape with scalloped corners. 11 inches by 9.5 inches, 6.5 inch height
French hinged vinaigrette or snuff box made from carved coquille nut having a mask with inset red amber eyes and tongue, the cover with Napoleon astride a rearing horse. Measures 3 inches long. Circa 1815.
This is an exceptionally rare Milanese Renaissance period armchair
• with complimentary Italian Renaissance upholstered ottoman.
The chair has finely carved barley twist form walnut arms, stretchers and legs. Arms terminate in carved crowned fabled Milanese lions.
Back and seat are upholstered in alternating stripes of antique gold, red and green velvet, fixed by brass studs.
The stool is upholstered in matching fabric...
An antique 18th Century Pennsyivania wainut tilt top candle stand. The stand has a circular dish top which is hinged. When the top is tilted up it reveals a revolving bird cage feature which consists of four bobbin style spindles. The table top is supported by a hand turned solid walnut vasiform standard Beneath this are two graduated circular disks. The table stands on three cabriole legs which terminate in slippered snake feet...
A very rare small size Austrian Biedermeier satin wood period and design caned sattee. It has a removable rectangular caned seat.
The back is composed of two parallel bars which connect to the arms. The crest rail is straight across the center then curves downward to meet the armrest on each side...
A matched pair of cut Crystal decanters circa 1870s each piece deeply cut and measuring about 9.5” Quillen can be purchase separately for $450 per piece
A beautiful American nineteenth Century cut Crystal wine decanter measuring about 11”
DESCRIPTION: Antique embossed copper double picture frame featuring a heart at the center crown and foliate leaves at the corners. DIMENSIONS: 7 1/2" H X 9 1/2" W. PROVENANCE: From the private estate of a Peruvian gentleman; Houston, Texas.
Rather whimsical Georgian III Tea Caddy in the form of two conjoined single caddies, rectangular, with hinged lid opening to two lidded compartments and the whole raised on ball form feet. Only the right hand escutcheon has a working lock.
English, circa 1790.
8' x 4.5" x 5.5" tall
Quillen …..an ancient Chinese bronze amphora shaped Wine Vessel..the form with fluted top and the center with scrolled handles and intricate curved forms with stylized dragons. Measuring about 7 1/2 inches tall
A fine Swiss or English Miniature watercolor of a young maiden with a lamb in its original bone and enameled frame. Measuring about 3” square. The watercolor measuring about 1.5” (Quillen Estate)
A good quality bronze Italian or French done circa 1720 of a male nude standing figure in a Greek or Roman figure measuring 6” (Quillen)
An important Faience Mesoamerican Artifact possibly Yucatán in the form of an animal measuring 4.5” x 5.5” Quillen
Southeast Asian Bronze from the 17th or early eighteenth century mounted on a wooden plinth. The head of typical form of a Buddha measuring 2” in height on a wooden plinth. (Quillen)
A beautiful Snuffbox with exterior and interior painting. The lid with a French couple and the interior with wooded scene and countryside cottage. 2” diameter and about 1” in height QUILLEN ESTATE
A rare and unusual hand painted Snuffbox in white enamel with swirling designs in blue and a hand painted scene on the lid. Measuring 1.75” x 1.25” x 1.25” (QUILLEN ESTATE
A hand painted enamel snuffbox circa 1780 various hunting and landscape scenes. Measuring 3“ x 2“ x 1“. (Quillen)
A rare hand painted Snuffbox (tobacco) English circa 1790 view of Battersea measuring 2 1/2 inches wide, 1.75 inches deep 1.25” high (Quillen estate)