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"
An antique Huanghuali Chinese grain storage coffer in a square design. The hinged cover has a floating panel with time honored shrinkage surrounded by a frame. There are four protruding grooved square posts, one per corner that adds a decorative element. Hardware has brass mounts. Through mortise and tenon joinery construction and a beautiful patina acquired over its history. Front slatted moldings and 2 panel replacements using Jichimu wood...
Single section Mizuya (kitchen buffet tansu) with set of four sliding Keyaki panels opening to a open space with a single removable shelf inside.
Lined along the bottom are a set of 5 pull out drawers with beautifully finished quartered sawn keyaki drawers.
Hand forged iron hardware. Natural blond finished with fine carpentry details. Overall in very good condition. Ready to go!
Age: Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
Dimensions: 71" long x 34 high x 20 1/4" deep
Pair English Regency Mahogany Side Chairs, with Feather back splat, straight tapered legs with pad feet, Ca. 1830, 34 1/2" high overall, 19 1/2" seat height, 19" wide-front part of seat, new upholstered seat, very clean ready to use them in your home.
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.
C. 1880 Hand carved Wood Box Engraved mother of pearl box measures just over 2 inches square. The top slides cleanly off the base to uncover beautiul mother of pearl "puzzle pieces", probably intended as a game whereby one must get the pieces back in the same order. A lovely Victorian box for the discerning box collector.
This rich carved Austrian rural style armoire comes from the Pinzgau valley near Salzburg.
He is made in the Renaissance style, but he dates later at about 1740.
Softwood ( pine needle wood )
Very nice restored condition.
H : 72,5 inc. B : 48,5 inc. Deep : 22,5 inc.
English Mahogany Georgian Chippendale Knee Hole Desk, Ca. 1790, 31" high, 33" wide, 17" deep, molded top above the pull out board with two(2) small brass drop handle, one(1) long drawer on top above six(6) small drawers on both sides, one(1) pull out small drawer with shaped apron in the center above one(1) blind door cupboard between six(6) drawers, whole desk is supported by four(4) bracket feet. The lining is Oak, dovetailed inside the drawers...
English George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase with broken Arch Pediment, Ca. 1800, 92" high, 42" wide-bottom section, 45" wide-top section, include crown and feet, 16" deep-bottom section, 13" deep-top glass door section, broken Arch Pediment with Pierced and foliage carved swan's neck Pediment, Satinwood inlaid band on molded cornice above two(2) glazed doors and four(4) removable shelves in upper section...
A Pair of rare TIBETAN Gilt Bronze Foo Dogs, (aka Lions) made as matching decorative pair both male and female incense burners measuring 9” in height and 12” length. From the Late eighteenth or Earl nineteenth century.
Chinese guardian lions, or imperial guardian lions, are a traditional Chinese architectural ornament, but the origins lie deep in much older Indian Buddhist traditions. Typically made of stone, they are also known as stone lions or shishi (石獅; shíshī)...
An antique Japanese scholars table with inlaid mother of pearl (Raden). The top features a landscape scene with blooming Wisteria, a tree with flowers, birds, water side huts, borders and rippling waves of water. The scene is surrounded by a checkerboard design with a raised lip. Gold makie lacquer highlights the designs on a chestnut brown hardwood.
Age: Meiji Period (1870-1890)
Dimensions: 23 3/4" Wide by 7 3/4" High by 15 1/2" Deep
DESCRIPTION: A late 19th to early 20th century cast iron garden bench with serpentine crest over the back and side arms and a classic openwork fern pattern with pierced seat, the naturalistic legs having side stretchers with similar fern decoration. Very good condition; light, scattered rust spots, paintable. DIMENSIONS: 41" wide x 27 1/2" high; seat height is 14 1/2"
From our European Collection, a very large and finely carved oak Prie Dieu, late 18th - early 19th century, probably Belgian/Flemish or possibly French. This Prie Dieu has a very well executed carved central panel, and is unusual for its size and overall workmanship. A dramatic statement piece for an elegant environment.
Size and Condition: 88 inches tall, 34 inches wide, 30 inches deep. There are random age related stress cracks and rubbing, but no significant losses...
Irish Eighteenth Century Queen Anne Tilt Top Tea Table Measuring 30 inches across and 27” height. Made of solid mahogany with a cut and scalloped carve the edge with molding and finely carved legs.
IMPORTANT JOSEF HOFFMANN 1870-1956 TURNED WOOD FLEDERMAS SETTEE, circa 1903. Original painted surface with cane seating. The piece complete with its original labeling. 46” width, 36” in height Josef Hoffmann (15 December 1870 – 7 May 1956) was an Austrian-Moravian architect and designer. He was among the founders of Vienna Secession and co-establisher of the Wiener Werkstätte...
A fine antique walnut corner cabinet with beautiful warm patina - though I suspect that it has been refinished somewhere along the road. Wood shelves; dentil molding; wood pegs still present; brass hinges, and closing clasps added. Double doors top and bottom. I suspect that the feet have been cut somewhat. It has normal wear and tear of a piece of this age. The cabinet is at least 19th C, but may even be late 18th century...
A beautiful French Nineteenth Century Bell Époque Crystal Chandelier Circa 1890, decorated with rosette shaped crystals, as well as bi-color Amber color and clear cut crystal , and incredible cut crystal roundels. The chandelier measuring 36” x 24”
An antique Japanese Iwayado Kimono Tansu made of Kiri (Paulownia) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. All original Urushi lacquer finish with hand forged iron hardware. Warabite style handles and Kiri Leaf designed lock plates. A single section chest used for Kimono storage consisting of 4 large drawers, 2 small drawers and a security door behind which 4 smaller drawers were used to store valuables.
Age: Edo Period (1800-1850)
Dimensions: 48 1/4" Wide by 37" High by 17 1/4" Deep