This is a spectacular Copeland Spode 13-piece ice cream set, bearing the Spode green mark circa 1883-1891, impressed date mark for 1885, and pattern number 3917, an overall blue and white chinz-like pattern. Set consists of a tray with shell handle and beaded gilt rim and twelve square dishes decorated with blue leaves and flowers on a pin dot ground; condition: mint condition: gilt rims show no wear, no chips, cracks; 6 dishes feature the blue flower and pin dot pattern on the underside; the tr ...click for details
This is a handsome 19th century
Cromwellian-style armchair with wonderful leather embossment and hand carved figural arm supports, the rectangular green leather padded back with embossed country theme of floral and fauna, a similar embossed padded seat with a center griffin, one of the barley twist arm supports having a carved bearded male bust, the other with a female bust, the legs are joined by barley-twist turned stretchers, all original, this chair has excellent color and patina. Measurem ...click for details
This is a classical pair of sterling candlesticks, ca. 1930, with the mark of Redlich & Co., a New York silversmith in business from 1890 to 1946, the company later became part of Elgin. Also marked "cementfilled," "reinforced with rod" and "2071." Condition: one stick has some minor dents at the top of the base. Measurement: 8." h
This is a spectacular seven-piece continental silver tea and coffee service with tray, the nicest one we have ever seen; ca. 1890, made in Vienna by Klinkosh; of ovoid form and decorated with swirled fluting and scrolling floral repousse; also has fabulous scrolled ivory handles and whimsical stylized lion’s head medallions ending in paw feet. The burner is clearly marked Schwarz&Steiner ); marked with makers mark and city mark and the hallmark used for Austria-Hungary between 1886 and 1922 ...click for details
This is an elegant set of 12 antique Victorian porcelain plates, ca. 1880, handpainted in an intricate scrolling foliate pattern in rich gold gilt; all plates have an underglaze mark of an eagle over a crown in red; also marked "handpainted" and "Austria." One plate has the mark of Thomas-Sevres-Bavaria, a well-known 19th Century producer of blanks for handpainting; this mark is overpainted on all other plates. Condition: very good; slight gilt wear on some rims; one rim chi ...click for details
This is a wonderful unmarked sterling silver miniature perfumer, ca. 1890, with stopper, no funnel. The medallion shape is highlighted by delicate scrolling and it is decorated with a crisp diaper pattern surrounding a central shield where an initial could be engraved. Condition: excellent; measurement: 2 1/8 in. x 1 _ in.
This is a beautifully decorated pair of grape shears, with handles marked sterling and Italian-made curved stainless steel blades; mint condition; measurement: 6 _ in. long.
This is a classic 19th century Chinese rose medallion vase, of baluster form with gilt fu-dog ring handles and painted with brightly colored alternating reserves of figures and flowers; condition: damage to one ring handle; measurement: 14 _ in.
This is a Gorham sterling demitasse coffee pot, date marked 1923, of baluster shape with scrolled ebonized handle and finial. 1 5/8 pints. Measurement: 8 _ in. H.
This is a wonderfully colored set of seven Old Paris plates, floral polychrome center medallion on white ground with lilac rims and gilded edges, each plate varies in floral arrangement, overlapping gilt monogram "BRJ" on border of each plate with small crown, one plate has two crazing spots, small chips, measures 5 5/8 in diameter.
