This unusual mechanical bar masquerades as an American lowboy, but the inside elevates and a conceals spaces to hold all sorts of barware...glasses, julep cups, bottles, etc. The top is divided vertically into two leaves. When you pull them up and outward from the center, the mechanism operates flawlessly and the interior elevates. No one is the wiser about what the case contains. Dimensions are 30-1/4 inches high x 31-1/2 inches wide x 16-1/2 inches deep. When both leaves (which are mirrored) a ...click for details
Murray Belkin (American, mid-to-late 20th century) painted "The Lady In Green", this Modernist surreal and dreamlike oil on canvas circa 1950. Dimensions are 39 x 17 inches, sight size and 40.5 x 18.5 inches framed.
This terrific Continental silver fox lying in wait is a rare silver animal. He measures 6 inches in length x 2-1/2 inches high at the top of his ears. Weight is 7.07 troy ounces. Very realistic thick coat and bushy tail and expression. This is an an animal that is rarely seen.
This appealing Continental (835) German silver sheep is realistically crafted and is a wonderful and unusual table ornament. Just look at the wooly coat and the placid expression. It would be great as part of a herd of silver animals. Dimensions are 3-3/8 inches long x 2 inches high.
This unusual 800 silver wild boar was made in Germany and is an animal one never sees as a silver decorative piece. Dimensions are 4-1/8 inches in length x 2-1/8 inches in height. Weight is 4.5 troy ounces. What a great piece to start or add to your silver animal collection!
This handsome 800 Continetal stilver stag was crafted in Germany and makes a wonderful table ornament. Dimensions are 5.5 inches long by 5.5 inches high at the antler and 7 troy ounces in weight. This is a great piece because of the crisply rendered details, the large size and the very good condition.
This giant German (800) silver stag is a great decorative arts piece, one of the largest silver ornaments we have had. Dimensions are 7-1/16 in. high at the top of the antler, 9-1/4 in. in length, weighing 24.82 troy ounces. Extremely realistic and beautifully detailed, this stag would be handsome and striking as a table centerpiece or on your sideboard. This would be the focal point of a collection of silver animals.
This lovely vintage sterling silver sugar shaker, also known as a muffineer, was made by Fisher. Dimensions are 6-1/4 inches high x 2-1/2 inches in diameter at the widest point. Weight is 3.21 troy ounces. Fisher Silversmiths was a Jersey City, NJ and New York City silver company that manufactured sterling and silver plated holloware and flatware as early as 1936. The firm was successor to M. Fred Hirsch Co.
Theo (Theodore ) Shoudy (American, b. 1881 Brooklyn, NY), the Hudson River Valley Impressionist, painted and signed this great oil on board fall scene circa 1946. A painter and teacher, Shoudy studied at Adelphia College, the prestigious Arts Student League, and with William Merritt Chase and Jane Peterson. He has exhibited widely and has won awards in the New York area in the 1930s-1950s. He is listed in "Who Was Who in American Art". Dimensions: 12 x 16 inches, sight size, and 18-3/ ...click for details
Henry Stull (American, 1851-1913) painted this oil on canvas portrait of the Thoroughbred Cammie F. with black jockey up.
The painting is signed & dated 1879
Cammie F. (Ch. Mare, Imp. Glenelg-Cordelia,
By Lexington) was a good runner and a paragon of early Thoroughbred breeding. Foaled in 1875, she was owned by G.W. Bowen & Co., of Paris, KY. She won the 1877 Blue Glass Stakes, the 1878 Elkhorn Stakes (beating Himyar, who went on to place second in the Kentucky Derby), the 1879 Gree ...click for details