An early design for the Los Castillo taller, I don't know what one would call this piece if not iconic and classic. In my mind, the "fern" motif is closely associated with vintage Mexican clamper bracelets. It has been produced for decades due to its popularity and demand and can be found with all kinds of signatures or simple "generic" Deco hallmarks...
The second Erika Hult de Corral bracelet currently in my inventory (please look for item no 1189406 as well), this piece is absolutely fabulous. Quite substantial yet still comfortable to wear, its mod sterling links are studded with green, mossy agates. The bracelet feels divine around the wrist and as rare as Ric bracelets are, the specific design is even more difficult to come upon. With an inner circumference of 6 5/8" (clasped), it is perfect for smaller to medium wrists...
Dennis Sheehan (American, b. 1950) - original winter sunset painting in a marshy landscape. Circa 1992. Oil on canvas. Size: 9 inches x 14 inches. Signed in lower right. Excellent condition and offered in a contemporary gilt wood plein air frame. This dramatic tonalist painting is typical of Sheehan's subject and style, capturing the orb of a setting sun over a wintry marshy landscape...
Decorated with bamboo and characters (poem?).
The bronze lid signed on the inside by Ryobundo. Condition: old repair on the inside of the pot. Late Meiji, early 20th century. H. 21 cm, Diameter 16 cm.
This Japanese Netsuke Brooch was made by Los Castillo before 1948 and bares the old linear hallmark as shown. The carving is very well done. This is a large brooch at 3 7/8th's in. x 3.75in. The weight is 49 grams heavy. No chips or dents and the green poured glass is not discolored. A treasure that is sought after and will not disappoint.
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A Yaozhou water dropper was presented in perfect condition.
The glaze condition was very good except some incursions had been happened to the rim of the venting hole and the beak-like mouth.
Amusingly found at the bottom, there were three padding clays were still adhered without being removed.
It was really rare to find an ancient porcelain ware which was solely for scholar use.
A similar piece but from Longquan site was documented...
New York coin silver milk or cream jug by Joel Sayre, New York. Circa 1798-1801. Size: 5 5/8 inches H x 5 1/4 inches W x 3 inches D. Weight: 6.6 troy ounces. Excellent condition with no dents or repairs, with original owner's monogram 'JEC' engraved on both sides in script initials. A milk jug of oval bombe form on a plain collet foot with harp shaped handle. Maker's mark 'J. Sayre' in script, within a conforming rectangle, struck on the underside. Joel Sayre (1778-1818) was born Nov...
Late 18th century American silver teapot by Joel Sayre, New York. Circa 1798-1801. Size: 8 inches H x 12 3/8 inches W x 5 inches D. Weight: 20.6 troy ounces (including handle). Excellent condition with no dings, dents or repairs. Engraved with original owner's monogram 'JEC' on either side of the body. A large-size teapot of oval bombe form on a plain collet foot; curved ebony handle; the high domed, hinged cover adorned with a classical urn finial; elegant goose neck spout...
Georgian sterling silver table spoon in the very scarce Onslow or Scroll pattern. London, c.1765, maker's mark rubbed. Size: 8 1/8 inches length. Bowl in excellent condition with no dings or wear to the tip of the bowl. A family armorial with a Baron's coronet is engraved on the reverse of the handle. The cast scroll finial is attached to the stem with a scarf joint as was the practice on genuine examples of the period in this pattern. Weight: 1.88 troy ounces...
Victorian double partners' sterling silver inkstand, London, by Barnard Brothers. 1901. A rectangular inkstand adorned with a gadrooned border and supported on four ball and claw feet; with two opposing pen trays, two cut crystal inkwells with sterling silver covers and a central oval stamp box engraved with the initials of the original owner. Excellent condition, with a few tiny flakes to the glass of the inkwells, no cracks, or repairs. Complete set of matching hallmarks struck to the unders...
Arts and Crafts pottery vase by Grueby. A tall vase decorated in a curdled dark green matte glaze. Circa 1900-1909. Size: 7 3/4 inches ht. Excellent condition, with a manufacturing glaze bubble in the making. Retaining the original Grueby paper printed label on the underside of the base.
Grueby art pottery vase with matte oatmeal glaze. Globular form with six vertical panels. Circa 1900-1909. Size: 3 7/8 inches in diameter x 2 3/4 inches height. Mint condition. Impressed on base with manufacturer's circular mark.
Vintage sterling silver and turquoise earrings designed and signed by Arizona modernist designer H. Fred Skaggs(1929-82).
This pair of clip earrings measure 1 1/2" L X 1 1/8" W. Beautiful condition. Clips work perfectly. Signed on back H. FRED SKAGGS STERLING HAND MADE. Famed Native American Hopi silversmith Charles Loloma gave credit to Skaggs for inspiring him to make jewelry.
Tibetan wooden prayer beads with three glass coral colored beads as separators from Lhasa. There are 108 beads. The wooden beads are made from the wood of the Bodhi tree where Buddha received his enlightenment.
Size: Total Length 30cm. Condition: No repairs
Early parlor Kaleidoscope manufactured by Charles G. Bush, Providence, Rhode Island. Circa 1873. Size: 13.5 inches height x 10 inches length x 6 inches base diameter. Excellent original condition and fully operational. Charles Bush is credited with the design for the first parlor kaleidoscope in America and was granted two patents in 1873 and 1874. He manufactured these instruments in Providence, RI and Claremont, NH. This example has a black pebble finished hardboard barrel with a spoked br...
Hester Bateman - pair of table spoons in Old English pattern. London, 1788-1789, sterling silver. Length: 8 1/8 inches. This pair of silver serving spoons was made by England's most famous female silversmith, Hester Bateman. The egg shaped bowls are in excellent condition, with no dents, repairs or wear. There is an elongated drop to the reverse of each bowl, which is typical of Hester Bateman's spoons. Legible matching hallmarks. No monograms. Hester Bateman has been described as the Queen...
Jacob I. Greenleaf (American, 1887-1968) - Vermont Village in Autumn, oil on canvas, c.1940s. Canvas size: 22 inches x 28 inches. Very good condition with some minor discoloration to the older varnish in the sky. Signed in the lower right and retaining the artist's original fragmented, partial label on the reverse. A native of Estonia, Jacob Greenleaf emigrated to the United States, where he settled in Rockport, Massachusetts. He is best known for his paintings of New England landscapes and ...
Large Tibetan wooden prayer beads from Lhasa with nine glass bead spacers and two leather counters with ten silver rings each ending with silver inlaid coral and turquoise, the wooden ones are made from the wood of the Bodhi tree where Buddha received his enlightenment.
Total length 66cm. Condition: No repairs all original.