Oak Panel Carved with an Extensive Hunt Scene

Antiques: Decorative Art: Organics: Wood Pre 1837 VR: item #35049
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This wonderful carved oak panel originally hung in "The Jockey Club" in Washington, DC, and depicts not only a fox hunt but numerous other vignettes typical of English country life of the early 19th century. It may have been carved as a panel in a chest or as part of the wall panelling for a room.
Circa 1800
Frame: 27" x 40"... Click for details

Rare Antique Snuff Box In Bark

Antiques: Decorative Art: Organics: Wood Pre 1900: item #34448
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A charming bit of rustic handicraft is this small snuff-box made of carefully built-up thin layers of serrated birch bark held in place by many tiny brass nails. Small cut-out circles reveal a surprise of blue underneath, and a trace of shiny brown at the base suggests that it was probably originally bound like that all around the top and bottom in that manner. The original leather thong still forms the handle for the top. Early to mid-Nineteenth Century, probably Tyrolean or Alpine. Fine, u... Click for details

Japanese Lacquerware Cocktail Shaker Set

Antiques: Decorative Art: Organics: Lacquer Pre 1920: item #34187

Excellent lacquer cocktail shaker and six matching cocktail glasses featuring gilt and painted decoration of an elegant, exotic rooster perched on a cherry tree branch. The shape of the shaker's cap is reminiscent of a pagoda.

Origin: Japan, circa 1920. Condition: near mint. Size: shaker, 9" tall; glasses 4-1/4" tall.

Japanese Lacquerware Cocktail Shaker Set

Antiques: Decorative Art: Organics: Lacquer Pre 1920: item #33897

Outstanding lacquer cocktail shaker set comprised of a three-part shaker, tray and six cocktail glasses. All are hand decorated in red, gold and silver with a scene of islands connected by an arched footbridge. The islands are populated with pines and traditional Japanese structures including a pagoda, gate and teahouse. Sailing ships are in the sea and Mt. Fufi towers predominantly in the background. The pagoda-shaped top of the shaker is decorated with birds and the cap with flowers. The ... Click for details

German Ivory Memento Mori Skull

Antiques: Decorative Art: Organics: Ivory Pre 1800: item #31749
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An ivory Memento Mori rosary bead, carved in the form of a skull. Height: 1 1/4 in. (3.0 cm.). German, 17/18 cent. Age cracks; no damage; good colour. The condition is exceptional. From a private collection.

Ivory Notebook cover (Victorian era)

Antiques: Decorative Art: Organics: Ivory Pre 1837 VR: item #25072
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Victorian era small ivory notebook cover with interior pocket and divider and silver pencil. The cover has the initials ¡°EB¡± in blue. Good condition. H: 4 ½ inches, W: 3 inches

Rare Mauchline Napkin Ring--Daytona, Florida

Antiques: Decorative Art: Organics: Wood Pre 1900: item #19234

Very rare mauchlineware napkin ring featuring an excellent transfer design depicting and titled "Halifax River, Daytona, Fla." Mauchlineware with American subjects rarely feature anything outside New England or New York. This is the only example I've ever seen with a Southern subject. The sycamore has a lovely honey shade and a very glossy finish. The back is marked "Great Britain".

Origin: Scotland, ca. 1850. Cond... Click for details

Victorian Beaded Treen String Box

Antiques: Decorative Art: Organics: Wood Pre 1900: item #19084
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Undoubtedly British, this string box in ebonized boxwood boasts a central band of fine trompe l’oeil beadwork that has a few stabilized flaws. All in all, it is in fine shape and is an excellent example of Victorian handicraft, and retains its ivory grommet at the string hole. Approximately 4-12 inches high and three inches in diameter.

Lovely Antique Yarn Bowl In Ebony

Antiques: Decorative Art: Organics: Wood Pre 1837 VR: item #19082
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Important to knitting and other needlework of days gone past was this sort of bowl to keep the yarn from rolling all over the place. This beautiful one is exquisitely turned of coromandel wood or calamander ebony. There a few minor chips around the rim, but overall it is in very fine condition. British, probably early to middle Nineteenth Century. Approximately two inches high and 3-1/4 inches in diameter.

Antique Mauchline Wooden Drinking Cup

Antiques: Decorative Art: Organics: Wood Pre 1837 VR: item #19067
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The witches’ prophecy of Macbeth’s downfall is recalled in this little wooden quaich, or double-handled drinking cup. The end was to come when Birnam forest would come to Dunsinane, the king’s castle, and that comes about when Malcolm has the soldiers disguise themselves in branches from the forest’s trees. As described on one side of this Mauchline woodenware quaich, the elegant little gem was turned from Birnam wood for Andrew Bookseller of Dunkeld; on the other side there is also the app... Click for details