A good Qing dynasty 19th century Dehua white glaze vase, rounded side with tall neck and two ears, vase decorated with Eight Immortals motif, they are legendaries Daoists: Zhang Guolao, Lu Dongbin, Zhong Liquan, Han Xiangzi, Li Tieguai, Lan Caihe, He Xianhu, and Cao Guoji. This theme was popular in the porcelain in Yuan to Qing dynasty.
Vase is in perfect condition No damage, no chip, no crack, no restoration, minor crackled glaze near the foot ring.
Size: 31 cm height.
The bone beads are drum-shaped and inlaid with bits of coral and turquoise. Additional discs of metal are sometimes sandwiched between the bone beads. Prayer beads were hand held strands used for counting mantras during prayer. This strand is long enough to slip over the head easily and it makes a beautiful necklace.
This is a wonderful old mala and it is in very good condition
A original Camille Pissarro pencil drawing figural drawing sketches initialed lower left and signed and dated 1890 lower right, Framed in a quality hand carved silver gilt framed image measuring approx 8 x 11 inches. In good condition some wrinkling of the paper and a small puncture in the top edge, Provenance Mackay Gallery London and Bonhams San Francisco...
A Renaissance Revival library table in walnut with wonderful carved and pierced acanthus leaf decoration to either end support. The medial stretcher supports three beautifully proportioned turned and carved balusters, and a gadrooned frieze reveals two real and two faux drawers with oak interior, again with acanthus decorated wooden pulls. At either end of the table is a pull-out leaf which adds extra length when needed. The top is finished in book matched walnut veneer...
Such an amazing find... circa 1880's, this Napoleon III child-size mannequin is covered in its original black silk/satin. Measuring approximately 44" high, it telescopes up on original black painted wooden stand. Body is 20" long, waist 20-1/2", hips 30", bust 25". Minor wear from age & use, one of the shoulder caps was repaired long ago & sticks out further than the other. Overall an incredibly rare & charming dress form.
A Double-Lipped Silverplate Punch ladle, by Pairpoint, with a Cut Glass Handle, by Mount Washington, circa 1880. Overall length of the curved handle ladle is 15", with a bowl size of 3.5" x 5.5". It is marked Pairpoint Mfg. Co. at the neck of the handle.
Etruscan style Victorian bangle bracelet of buckle form, fashioned in 14kt gold with a higher karat wash, and set with 3 round diamonds and 16 seed pearls on a woven mesh backing. Circa 1880s. Unmarked, but tests 14kt with an 18kt vermeil. Wonderful quality and condition (a couple of tiny dings). It has a later inscription engraved on the inside of the bracelet, "1943 To Brenda, With all my love, Sam." Offered in its original leather covered, shaped display case with working clasp...
A 19th century Dutch red glass bracelet with a 14k clasp. This Victorian era 19th century 7-3/4" hand cut red glass bead four strand bracelet is complete with an unmarked but tested 14k yellow gold clasp. The beads have a rich red garnet colour and the 3/4" wide box clasp has three large faceted red glass beads...
This is a wonderful 15 Kt yellow gold Victorian slide chain. The chain measures nearly 60” long and has a 14Kt watch swivel. The slide itself is richly ornamented, decorated with black enamel, characteristic of the Victorian period; fleur-de-lis and lock-and-key shapes, and four rose cut diamonds. This commanding piece weighs in at 76.8 grams and makes the perfect accent or focal point for any outfit.
Lovely mid nineteenth century diamond cluster ring set with rose diamonds in silver with an 18K yellow gold band. Dutch. $ 6870 C. 1840, Size 9. Condition: excellent Height: 9 inches
Attractive Kashmir tea service with handles made in the shape of a serpent. Consisting of a sugar bowl, cream jug and teapot with hinged lid. The metal base, here copper or bronze, was first engraved with special tools to create the design in relief, the grooves were later filled with glass and then embellished with additional engraving and shiny gilding. This technique is called in India "meena" or "meenakari" and was first applied by the Mughal...
This ring contains a round micro mosaic in black onyx or marble, of a white dove flying with an olive branch.
The gold setting is very creative, a gold wire wound around the stone, raised above the band, which is doubled and held with additional wrapping...
A very scare smoker's table/stand from the Black Forest region of Germany. Circa 1890-1900. Carved from Linden wood. The pedestal is in the form of a tree trunk supported on three branches, on which a large bear is climbing. This bear is realistically modeled, with glass eyes, and has a hinged head that reveals a cigar humidor inside. The quatrefoil shaped top has a border of carved and pierced branches and supports three more smaller bears...
Antique Victorian Leather Travel Inkwell, 19th C.
Description: Fine Victorian era leather travel dipping pen inkwell, equipped with depress button, snaps firmly,
single well, 1.5"H x 1.5"W x 1.5"D.Good condition, age wear.
This is a BEAUTIFUL CAMEO from a Delaware Estate. Circa 1900 this CAMEO is Carved Conch Shell depicting HEBES AND THE EAGLE. This is a popular mythological motif with the EAGLE representing ZEUS. HEBES or JUVENTAS was the ROMAN GODDESS OF YOUTH, DAUGHTER OF ZEUS AND HERA and often shown with the EAGLE of ZEUS. Set in a light 14K GOLD FRAME this Brooch measures 1 9/16" X 2" overall. Crossover Pin and a C Clasp on the back helps date this work of ART circa 1900...
Show off some arm candy with this 14 karat Victorian bracelet by the famous Unger Brothers. Known for their work in silver, the brothers started out working in gold. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Founded in 1872, the Newark, New Jersey, firm of Unger Brothers first established a trade in gold jewelry.” This bracelet dates to the earlier part of their career and is stamped with their characteristic intertwined UB hallmark...
A bentwood bamboo bracelet with a silver work band of a floral design. The two knots in the bamboo have carved stylized dragons. Age: Early 1900's. Size: Diameter. Inside 7.3cm. Outside 8.8cm. Condition: Very good.No repairs.
Victorian diminutive size secretary bookcase in walnut and burl walnut. Circa 1860-70s. Size: 83.5 inches ht. x 37 inches width x 20 inches depth. Excellent original finish and condition; found in a home in Northfield, Vermont. The lower section has a cylinder roll-top with burl panel, revealing a pull-out writing surface and cubby holes, above 5 drawers and a cupboard. The upper section has two glazed doors and adjustable shelves.
A Victorian gold filled double slide expanding gentleman's watch fob chain. This 9-1/4" (maximum) chain shrinks to 6-1/8" when the two engraved slides are separated (which contracts the chain forming a double chain between them, shown partly drawn in our second image). It has a t-bar and a swivel as well as two textured balls which act as stops for the slides. It is stamped W.LH.&Co. on the swivel and it is a neat bit of Victorian ingenuity...
Blue and white censer with on each side are two well-drawn and very animated four-clawed dragons, each suspended amidst flames cloud motifs above a churning sea.
PERIOD : 19th Century to early 20th Century MEASUREMENTS: 11 cm tall, 13.5 cm wide. CONDITION: no chips, cracks, or hairlines and free from restorations.
A Victorian Aesthetic butterflies gilt basket with a cranberry glass bowl liner dated 1869. This antique serving piece is truly superb, from the immaculately detailed gilded butterfly basket with a swing handle to the original cranberry glass bowl with a polished base. The three feet have fine hand engraving and most unusually each of the seven butterflies has the old English diamond registry mark incorporated into the design, not added or stamped on later. Although unsigned this is a work of...
Two antique round covered pantry boxes in old blue paint. 19th entry. Size: 8.75 inches and 10.25 inches in diameter. Pine. Great decorative items.
A Country Primitive Tin 12-Candle Wax Mold; Rows of Four Candles X Three Candles. Dimensions; 10.25" high x 5.25" wide x 4" deep. Condition appropriate to age and use. Mid/late 19th century.
Large candlestick with bell-shaped foot, knobbed stems and round drip pans ending in a pricket. Decorated with scrolling lotus and a band of ruyi heads in polychrome cloisonne enamel against a turquoise ground. The gilt rims embellished with key pattern in champleve enamel. Made up of several parts. Condition: The upper parts a little bit loose, slightly warped, minor wear to gilding, one small area with tiny loss, one small area with cracks, both hardly visible. Dimension: 45.5 cm high, diamete...
A beautiful pair of antique Sheffield Silver wine coasters circa 1850 hallmarked Padley Parkin & Co Sheffield England 1849 - 1855. Wine grape and grape leaf decoration with wood interiors. Sheffield plate, a sheet of silver is fused on to a thicker one of copper and the compound billet rolled, both metals expanding equally, become a thins sheet of copper coated with a layer of silver. About 1840 the Electroplate process superseded Sheffield Plate. Its production ceased about 1860.
An English Victorian still bank in the form of a Bank building with shrubbery. Brass and iron. 19th century.
A Green Onyx Inkstand with a Spelter Inkwell and Front Panel Trim. Dimensions 9" wide x 6" deep x 3.5" high. Late 19th century. Excellent condition.
Forged of steel with rounded rim, the surface lavishly inlaid in gold scroll-work intertwined with silver flowering vines. With hinged buckles.
First half of the 19th century. Light wear, two buckles lacking. Overall height 26.7 cm. Condition II
A Pair of Russian silver candlesticks; makers name (Karla & JC)? dated 1893. They are 13" high and decorated with grape vines, the stem is based on a circular base with foliate supports, each fully marked. 19 T. oz.
This is a fanciful Dutch silver glass-lined mustard pot and spoon having neoclassical piercing depicting figures in a garden setting, c1848. It has a domed cover, ball feet and is marked on the body, lid and handle. It stands 2 1/2 inches high and is in excellent condition.
This bronze depicts King Louis XIV in his royal robes and other regalia, standing next to a table containing a small coffer, to which he points, with a key in his hand. The backing over the table contains other French and royal insignia, including a shield and crown. The sculpture is cast in three sections, with some welding evident on the back. It measures 16" high x 17" wide, and is 6 1/2" deep. The casting is fine and well detailed, and there are no losses or cracks to the bronze. The su...
SOLD. With the look of Arts & Crafts or maybe earlier spartan looking fork pair marked: FOEHR 800 weighing 1.7 Oz or 50 grams in unpolished condition with the tine ends showing cutting marks normal for age. They are 7.5 in. Fancy Victorian ornate monograms appear to be superimposed W & B. SOLD, no price, no info
A Continental (German) Silver Octagonal Tea Caddy; Dimensions 3.5" high x 3.25" wide x 2.5" deep. Embossed on all sides with scenes of people in front of a village. Weight 6.4 Troy ounces; excellent condition
From the workshop of George Roth of Hanau Germany, ca 1895, this silver casket is beautifully crafted in the French rococo style.
It measures 4 1/2" x 4 5/8" x 3", and is good heavy weight, 12 troy ounces.
The interior has some remnants of gilding remaining, and the locking mechanism is visible (no key).
It is stamped on the bottom with the marks of George Roth, with crowns over an A, a P, and a Fleur de lis.
George Roth was a silversmith in Hanau, working between 1891 and 1908, and like man...
Early portrait of a gentleman in dark coat with white shirt and ascot, mid to early 19th century.
With frame it measures 15" x 12", and the stretcher measures 13 3/8" x 10 3/8". Stretcher appears old, but may not be original.
Frame is not period, but has good age, gold leaf over wood.
The canvas is stable and shows craquelure over the entire surface, visible in close up photos.
Unsigned, which is usually the case, and there is no information as to the identity of the sitter.
Frame has ...
Large oil on stretched canvas by the American artist Wesley Webber (1839-1914), identified often as a White Mountain Artist for his images of northern New England, depicting a bucolic farm scene, with lovely river and meadows, people and farm animals with houses in the background.
Measures 16" x 30" x 3/4".
Though always considered a realism artist, he was exposed to impressionism and some works exhibit this looser style. This painting exhibits a bit of the impressionist element, and the whole...