Antique American traveling box constructed with strips of alternating light and dark woods; with sliding lid opening to a fitted interior. Ca. 1840.
Length: 8”
Depth: 4.5”
Height: 2.35”
Antique Anglo-Indian turned wood box and cover with brass mounts
Diameter: 5", Height 3.25"
Antique American Wooden Book Form Bank, with coin slot below and hinged cover above.
Circa 1860-80
6.25 x 4.5"x 2"deep
Tunbridge Ware Trinket Box in rosewood having sides decorated in a band of Berlin woolwork floral pattern with a veneered lid and raised on bun feet.
5.5" x 3.5" x 2.25" tall
Antique Black Forest Tea Caddy in the form of a dog house with a mounted bronze of a dog, carved on all sides and back and with a trick latch to open. German, circa 1870 .
8.5" x 7.5" x 7" tall
Exceptional Chinese Export Black Lacquer Jewelry Chest with raised and gilt Chinoiserie decoration: having a hinged top upper compartment above two doors revealing an arrangement of small drawers and below a larger shallow drawer. 19th century.
14.75" x 8.5" x17.5"high.
A French Normandy or Britany 19 century mirrored armoire. Made ofFrench pine with 5 adjustable shelves. The finally car doors with the original beveled mirrors
#699 Antique Scottish Penwork Tea Chest in Maple with all over decoration of leaves and acorns and a central paterae on the stepped lid of a mother with two children. Inside are two removable lidded tea caddies with penwork leaf and grape decoration and the underside of the lid has a faux coral design.
Attributed to Charles Stiven of Selkirk
See: “Antique Boxes” by Clarke & O’Kelly pages 126-130 for other examples and our #704, #528 and #700...
A black lacquered lap desk or writing slope, with elegant, elaborate, and finely detailed gilt decoration, the center having a mother-of-pearl inlay; interior with what appears to be the original velvet lining, removable pen tray, and pewter topped ink bottle; 10 1/2" by 7 1/2" by 2 3/4"
Antique French cow horn snuff box with a scene from Lord Byron's Mazeppa. On this box Mazeppa is tyed naked to a wild horse that was set loose as punishement for having an affair with Countess Theresa. Measures 3.5" long, 2" wide, .75" high
"Mazeppa is a narrative poem written by the English Romantic poet Lord Byron in 1819...
Russian Niello Icon, traveling folded made of gilded bronze, measuring 5“ x 6 3/4“ and framed a beautiful original frame with velvet mat. The work depicts Saint Joseph and the Apostles.
Aside from its elegant proportions and casting, this cast iron planter is exceptional because it retains a large portion of its original salmon and white paint. No breaks or restoration.
20" in length, 12" in width, and 12" tall.
A rare 2 piece cranberry glass oil lamp with an enameled floral pattern. Excellent condition, it measures 9" high, 5.5 diameter. Does not include a clear chimney, but you may want to add one.
Gold Presentation Walking Stick with touchmark “TD&V” and inscribed : “Presented to, Mayor Reno, by Members of City Council, Mch 15, ‘97” and with an ebonized wood shaft.
Length:32.75"
Small Tumbridge Ware Trinket Box in Rosewood having a hinged lid inlayed with a display of roses depicted in micro mosaic, framed by bandings of contrasting light and dark wood and particularly well matched geometric micro mosaic.
4.35" x 2.8" x 1.5" tall
A very rare chamber stick probably used in a shop for long use measuring 5.5”x9.5” in tin
A rare and beautiful Hongzhi Style Imperial Yellow Dragon Bowl measuring 6” x 3” depicting a stylized dragon motif in a Lotus shape