All Items : Archives : Pre 1920 item #653750
Antique Japanese hair ornaments, Gin(Silver) Kanzashi with bira-bira danglings. This is an unusually large and heavy Kanzashi probably worn by Geisha. It was made for a very special occasion when a particularly elaborate hair style was needed. The ornaments are all made with silver and the bodies are plated on mixed metals. 16 petals chrysanthemum heads. This one is definitely for Kanzashi collector. Shorter one is tarnished more than the other

Long Kanzashi is 13" x 6"...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Pre 1920 item #1474841
Northwest Coast First Nation wood carving of a totemic image, including a wolf, seal, and shamanic figure, all painted in traditional deep colors of the tribes from this area. Carved from one piece of wood, the round bottom attached with a nail. Measures 9 3/4' high, 1 1/4" wide, and 2" deep at the top, the base is 2 1/4" in diameter. Very symetrical and intricate carving of figures, done with a very deft and experienced hand. The colors are classic, including deep red, green and black...
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Ceramics : American : Pre 1920 item #979547 (stock #6295)
A very early and scarce Arts and Crafts 8" American pottery vase in the Early Velmoss pattern, made by Roseville. This vase features an Arts & Crafts design with leaves; the glaze is a pleasant green with bluish and tan highlights, as well as relief molding. It has the bottom finish typical of this pattern, and it has remnants of the original pencil marks (otherwise this piece is unsigned)...
All Items : Archives : Pre 1920 item #659621
Japanese Gin kanzashi metal hair ornament; the two pronged gilt pin with applied large natural red coral, silver and silver gilt plum blossoms with coral beads 7 1/8"
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Ceramics : American : Pre 1920 item #1377262 (stock #39B78-309)
Fulper Pottery Vasekraft art pottery vase, being an early conversion to a table lamp, with shade. Matte green glaze, with an applied bronze foot ring depicting classical athletes in a running frieze surrounding the base. Size: 8 inches diameter x 8 inches ht. Dimensions including shade: 20 inches diameter x 20 1/2 inches ht. Double lamp sockets. Excellent condition.
All Items : Archives : Lost Art : Asian Art : Chinese : Pre 1920 item #1206352
Chinese Flambe Glazed porcelain Vessel, from late 19th/ early 20th century period, height of this item is 12 1/2 inches, in very good condition.
All Items : Archives : Furnishings : Pre 1920 item #639009 (stock #26C10D 105)
Antique Syrian carved and inlaid folding chair. This chair is ornately inlaid with mother-of-pearl and intricately carved with an Arabic inscription. The chair folds for ease of transportation. Some pieces of inlay missing and with minor chips. Size: 40 inches ht. x 17.5 inches wide x 19 inches deep.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Pre 1920 item #1432859
Silver bowl and plate with intricate designs over the surfaces, the bowl with Islamic script. The plate measures 6 3/4" in diameter, and the bowl is 4 7/8" in diameter and 1 7/8" deep. Both pieces have traditional islamic and Persian designs, with cross designs, arabesque forms, and elaborate borders. Very precise and intricate silver work, the work of an accomplished silversmith. Unmarked but tests silver. Together they weigh just a tad under 8 troy ounces. Good condition, some visible ta...
All Items : Archives : Pre 1920 item #1235867 (stock #HP/ST515)
A very fines standing protector figure , the hands are joined in the namaste gesture, some watering erosion on the back , indicating a great age, but fine condition , H 33 cm
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Pre 1920 item #1227142 (stock #4864)
Persian Senneh kilim with a concentric lozenge medallion and herati pattern on a red ground. Woven in slit tapestry, warp in cotton and weft in wool. Beautiful colors. Condition: clean, fine, lower end minimally reduced. Dimension: 191 cm x 124 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Pre 1920 item #1198155 (stock #ZMisc176)
This antique pair of Hand made leather are the old traditional shoes which were worn in Turkey. They were called Charoog...spelling may vary. The soles are concave and curl to a point in the front. The heels are very narrow. They are an interesting ethnographic item of a time long past. They measure 9 inches long
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Pre 1920 item #1243171 (stock #ZMisc182)
This rare teke turkomen pendant was originally worn as a necklace. This piece is studded with carnelians and decorated with gold wash aka "firegilded" detail. The pendant is 4 inches wide and 9.5 inches long.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Pre 1920 item #1362305 (stock #WN051)
A pair woman's festive leggings from Sana'a, Yemen. The upper part is brocade with boteh pattern in gold wrapped silk threads and the lower part with couched silver wrapped threads forming stars. Red cotton lining. Please visit the "Israel Museum" (http://museum.imj.org.il/imagine/galleries/viewItemE.asp?case=25&itemNum=354) for an identical pair. Condition: fine. Dimension: 34 cm long, 19.6 cm wide.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #1104550 (stock #470)
A fine antique oil on canvase by Mauritz Frederik Hendrik De Haas picturing a sailing ship in the moonlight signed lower left in excellent condition measuring approx. 24 x 36 inches framed in a period frame. One of the most famous 19th-century marine and landscape painters, especially of Long Island, Mauritz De Haas was born in Rotterdam, Holland where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Pre 1920 item #1211738 (stock #SK566)
A pair of antique silver arm cuff bracelets worn by the women of the Turkmen Ersari tribe. From an old Swiss collection. Cf. Schletzer, Dieter, and Reinhold: Old Silver Jewellery of the Turkoman: An Essay on Symbols in the Culture of Inner Asian Nomads. Berlin: D. Reimer, 1983: No. 217. Condition: good, some traces of usage, few old small losses to edges (see picture 10). Dimension: 9.5 cm long x 6 cm wide, weight: 258 g.
All Items : Archives : Pre 1920 item #1235872 (stock #HP/Ma518)
A fascinating very old mask from Rajbansi People figuring , the deity monkey Hanuman, Nepal , Terai , India , very great age , H 26 cm More information on request
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #711468 (stock #11AC42 107)
Charles Paul Gruppe (American, 1860-1940) autumnal Dutch landscape with windmill. Watercolor on paper. Circa 1920. Signed lower right. Offered in an antique giltwood frame. Size: 11" x 17" (sight). Provenance: Stanton's Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Excellent condition. Charles Gruppe was born in Canada but travelled to Europe in the 1880s, where he took up residence in the Netherlands for some 20 years...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Pre 1920 item #1333124 (stock #559ar)
Measuring 32" x 1", this belt is comprised of a heavy stepped buckle, 8 square panels featuring peacocks, lions and other animals, 8 rectangular panels of foliate designs, 5 round panels with peacocks, and 12 bar panels with a flower, all over 13 woven strands of silver. The buckle is set with a blue stone, and is fastened with two bars, both attached with three chains...