All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Glass : Bohemian : Pre 1910 item #857063 (stock #6100)
A Bohemian electric blue enamelled glass vase from around 1890. This large late Victorian period art glass Bohemian (Czechoslovakian) vase is in the sought after electric blue colour. This 9-3/8" vase features hand painted enamelling with flowers and gold trim with enamel jewelling. It is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, losses, damage or repairs other than some minor scrapes and wear to the gold (quite minimal)...
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Pre 1930 item #851329 (stock #277)
A "Strawberry" pattern carnival glass bowl made by the Northwood company, USA, circa 1920. The colour is red when held up to the light . Condition - excellent - no chips, scratches or surface wear...
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Pre 1930 item #851199 (stock #276)
An "Autumn Acorns" carnival glass bowl, with blue base colour, produced by the Fenton art glass company, USA, circa 1920. Condition - excellent - no chips, scratches or surface wear...
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Pre 1970 item #848486
Greenwich Flint-Craft Decanter in extreme bottle shape designed by Tom Connally. This is shape number 1163, which came in three sizes 14, 17 and 19 inches, this is the largest at 19 inches. Heavy-base, extremely long neck with flat flared top, mushroom shaped stopper. The color is Burnt Honey. Unsigned. 1960's. Condition is excellent with no chips, cracks or repairs...
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1960 item #845690
Gorham sterling silver five-piece tea and coffee service in the Plymouth pattern. Date code for 1958. Included are teapot, coffee pot, covered sugar bowl, creamer, and waste bowl. This set has received little use and retains its original paper labels. No monogram. Size of coffee pot: 9.5 inches high, 2 3/8 pint capacity. Teapot: 7.25 inches high, 2 pint capacity. Excellent condition, with no dings or repairs, requiring just a polish or buffing.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1940 item #845684 (stock #11AC20 984)
Roseville Pottery 4-inch planter/ jardiniere in 'Pine Cone' pattern. #632-4. A globular bowl decorated in yellow/ brown glaze with opposing twig handles. Impressed Roseville on underside. Excellent condition. Size: 4 inches high x 6 inches deep x 6.25 wide.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1700 item #843263 (stock #26C10 1763)
William III/ Queen Anne Britannia silver dognose spoon, London, marked only with maker's mark of Francis Archbold. Circa 1700. Rare early spoon showing the transition of styles from the trefid to dognose. The dognose form is so called because of the shape of the end of the handle, also sometimes referred to as 'wavy end.' This example retains the broad, shallow bowl and ribbed rat tail of the earlier trefid form but without the characteristic notches in the terminal of the trefid...
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1920 item #842782 (stock #39B78 1612)
American art pottery puzzle mug by George E. Ohr. Circa 1915. Mint condition. This mug is fashioned from terra cotta colored clay covered in a striated brown glaze. Impressed on the underside "G.E. Ohr Biloxi Miss." The handle is adorned with a stylized rabbit's head, and the rim, handle and sides are perforated with a pattern of holes. Size: 3 3/4" ht. x 3 5/8" diameter x 5 1/8" across the handle.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Enamel : Pre 1940 item #840255 (stock #WA0810)
Adorable vintage French enamelware match box (allumettes) in good condition. Sweet red color with white stripes. Circa 1930's. Marked on bottom with "12, BB, 18201, Depose". Some dings appropriate to age, but nothing to detract from the charm of this vintage piece. Additional pictures available via email. Measures approximately 6-1/4" high, 4-1/2" wide, 2-1/2" deep.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Enamel : Pre 1940 item #840231 (stock #WA0809)
Wonderful set of five vintage French canisters in a red and white checkerboard pattern. Very unique swirl pattern on interiors of canisters. Overall in good shape, a few dings here & there, but nothing to detract from the charm of this vintage set. More pictures available via email. Circa 1930's. Largest canister measures approximately 4-1/2" high, 4-1/2" diameter. Smallest measures 3-1/4" high, 2-3/4" diameter.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1960 item #840197 (stock #WA0808)
Wonderful champagne ice bucket, or "seau" circa 1950's/60's, from France. To advertise their product, champagne houses would give these buckets to restaurants as a point of sale item, they were not sold. This bucket was never circulated - it is NOS (new old stock). Marked "Montebello" in enamel, "Champange" & "Chateau de Mareuil s/Ay." Nice rolled handles. Chrome over brass; measures 8" tall 7-3/4" across.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1910 item #836028 (stock #39B78 2359)
Three-piece French silver coffee service, 1st standard .950 silver. Circa 1900. Hallmarked. A bachelor's size set of pear form, supported on three hoof feet, with cast and repousse scrolling foliate decoration to the bodies and covers. The ebony handles demonstrate fine, delicate turnings. No monograms. Excellent original condition with no repairs or dents. Size of pot: 5.75" high x 5.25" across the handle x 3" diameter.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1900 item #836005 (stock #38B35 641)
Carved bone and ebony Civil War era dominoes. Mid 19th century. This complete set is comprised of 28 tiles carved from bone, laminated onto ebony, secured with brass pins. They are offered in their original wooden case with sliding cover. Box measures: 6.75" x 2.25" x 2.4". Condition is very good, but exhibiting some signs of wear and minor chipping to some tiles. All in all a great early game.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1837 VR item #834691 (stock #39B14 6203)
English partial tea service adorned in Imari decoration, unmarked but probably Coalport, with some pieces bearing the pattern number 653 painted in red. Circa 1810-1825. This service includes the following items: teapot with stand, milk jug, waste bowl, 9.5 inch plate, 6 tea cups, 2 coffee cups (one cracked), and 4 saucers. Dimensions of tea pot: 10 inches long x 5.5 inches high x 5 inches deep. Very good condition with some wear to gilding.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pre 1900 item #834685 (stock #38B12-1208)
Historical Staffordshire dark blue covered sugar bowl with transfer of Washington at Mount Vernon. Unmarked, early 19th century. Condition: light staining to interior of bowl and some minor glaze roughness; professional restoration to cover, not visible from exterior but showing under black light and with some color variation to the inside of the cover (see photo). Size: 6.5 inches long x 4 inches deep x 5.75 inches high.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1900 item #834579 (stock #39B28 1344)
Victorian Mercury glass demijohn bottle, 19th century. This early example of Mercury glass is hand blown with a rough pontil mark on the underside and a sheared lip at the top of the narrow neck. The rectangular form is embellished with vertical ribbing. The mercury finish is in very good condition, with only a single half inch diameter area where the finish exhibits signs of oxidation. There are bubbles visible in the glass. Dimensions: 9.5" wide x 7" deep x13.25" high.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1900 item #819037 (stock #39B14 7938)
Swiss music box in an inlaid rosewood case with hinged lid and internal glass dust cover; the movement with a 6" brass cylinder playing four Scottish songs on a steel comb. Made in Geneva in the late 19th century. Tunes include: The Blind Girl to her Harp, Bonnie Doon, The Blue Bells of Scotland, and Old Bob Ridley. Excellent condition to the case and to the musical movement which is fully functional, with winding crank, run/stop and repeat/change features...
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1900 item #819028 (stock #40C47 504)
A scarce set of five Irish sterling silver forks, by silversmith Peter Weeks, and each bearing hallmarks for Dublin in 1842-1843. Fashioned in the fiddle pattern, and each with a matching, engraved on the handle with a family crest of an arm dexter, bent and holding a dagger. Very good condition with some wear to the tines. Clear, legible hall marks. Length: 7.75 inches. Weight: 12.1 troy ounces.