A fine and completely fitted English rosewood lap desk, or travelling desk. The top plaque and keyhole escutcheon are mother-of pearl. The interior has two silver covered glass sander jars (minor dents), two glass inkwells, three compartments with wood covers, a leather blotter, and a velvet pad. All these are in a lift out tray. There is a drop down leather writing surface...
A very beautiful and rare Japanese Edo period Charger circa 1880 in cloisonné and enamel measuring 12”
A beautiful 19th Century cloisonné Charger in blue with flying cranes 18 inch diameter, Japanese Meiji period
A beautiful Set Of 8 French Louis XV Period Style Oak side chairs Northern France done circa 1900-1920. More photos coming soon….
From our European Collection, a stunning Napoleon III gilt bronze mounted boulle marquetry and ebonized "bureau en pente," or slope top writing desk, dating to the third quarter of the 19th century circa 1865-1885. This fantastic and nearly pristine example of boulle work features a rectangular top surmounted by a pierced brass gallery, set above a boulle inlaid slant front desk cover that opens to several drawers and pigeon holes above a larger scalloped drawer...
Lovely walnut oval parlor table with white marble top and
nicely decorated base, circa 1880. In excellent original condition.
A pair of Franco Italian Sconces in Rococo style measuring 28” x 15”. The sconces done in Gold Leaf bronze with delicate leaf foliage. The pair are ready for candles but can be easily electrifies
Rare American Federal tea caddy in nicely figured mahogany with three sides and stepped lid inlaid with banding and corner fan decoration; rectangular, with shaped skirt and French bracket feet and divided interior. Probably 1800. Provenance: The Cockrell Collection. See Montgomery, American Furniture, The Federal Period, #436-439 for other examples. Height, 9.25”; Length, 12”; Width, 6.5.”
A rare and wonderful Chinese Qing Dynasty Cobolt Blue Charger 11.5” diameter
Chinese ivory toggle finely carved in the shape of a fingered lemon or "Buddha's hand" with foliage and mushroom. H 7cm (2 3/4in). Late 18th century.
Southeast Asian vase measuring 12 1/2 x 7 1/2“, carved geometric designs circa 17th Century
This and the other listing of Black Ship Imari we have in stock is from a Collection purchased originally by the owners ancestors when Japan was open to the west during the Grant administration in the 1870s. Imari ware (Japanese: 伊万里焼, Hepburn: Imari-yaki) is a Western term for a brightly-coloured style of Arita ware (有田焼, Arita-yaki) Japanese export porcelain made in the area of Arita, in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyūshū...
Rare Pair of Regency Upholstered Footstools, of square inverted trapezoidal form with a rosewood base and carved mahogany scroll form feet. Circa 1800. (losses to needlework covering)
6.5" x 16.5" x 6.5" tall
Lacquer tobbaco or snuff box with faux tortoise finish and brass Maltese cross inlay on the lid.
Origin: England, ca. 1820. Condition: good; some crackling and scratching of lacquer surface; one 1/2" and one 1/8" flake on the bottom. Size: 3-1/2" diam.; 1-5/8" tall.
There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.
An antique Japanese Iwayado Tansu made of Kiri (Paulownia) and Yamasugi (slow growth mountain Cryptomeria) woods. All original hand forged iron hardware and Urushi lacquer finish. Main top drawer lock plate has a flying Phoenix with surrounding drawer lock plates featuring Paulownia leaves from which the bird drinks the collected dew to get its energy. A locking bar secures two drawers and a hinged door opens to access four small drawers...
Antique Sheraton Tea Caddy in mahogany, the rectangular top opens to two compartments, with inlaid fan patterae on front and lid and herringbone stringing. English, circa 1780.
Provenance: The Cockrell Collection, Arlington Virginia
7.5" x 4.25" x 4.80" tall
Large Antique Anglo-Indian Brass Document Box having a stepped lid surmounted by a carrying handle and heavily incised with scrolling vine and floral decoration. Late 19th/early 20th Century
$675.
16" x 11" x 4" tall