Catalog: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art (73)

A very scarce Watson and Newell demitasse spoon of an African American child eating watermelon. The spoon has “Shreveport, LA” engraved in the bowl. The back is marked “Sterling” and has the Watson & Newell logo. The spoon is shown as item 562-4 on the Watson and Newell 1900-1910 catalog page illustrating “Souvenirs for the South.”

Beautiful 11 ½ inch tall signed Daum Nancy bulbous white stick vase with chipped ice finish. The vase is decorated in a Delft scene with a windmill, sail boats, birds and a wooded landscape. The bulbous vase is 5 inches in diameter and there is no damage.

23044806 Gold Favrile straight sided cup with green decoration and applied handle. Signed “L. C. T. D1065” and measuring 2 ½ inches tall and 3 ½ inches in diameter.

Pastel amethyst opalescent Tiffany plate. The 9 inch diameter plate has a scalloped rim. The underside is inscribed “768T L.C.T. Favrile” along the edge. Perfect condition with the exception of normal wear to the bearing points on the bottom.

Locke Art oyster cocktail glass decorated with three oysters, coral and seaweed. The signed glass is 3 1/2 inches tall and 2 ½ inches in diameter.

17114428 A scarce gold Favrile underplate for a cordial. The 3 inch diameter plate has a polished pontil and is signed “LCT G1478" by the polished pontil. The rim of the plate exhibits a very nice onion skin pattern. Under plates such as this are shown in a page from the 1902 Tiffany Studios booklet. A copy of this page can be found on page 54 of Robert Koch’s “Louis C. Tiffany’s Glass-Bronzes-Lamps.”

Dark blue over camphor Galle cameo miniature vase. This 4 1/4 inch tall vase is just the right size for that little empty space in your vitrine. The blue forest scene is very nicely carved with the high points of the design having a glossy finish. The vase is signed (see view 5 in the photographs) and there is no damage.

A small fire polished Galle cameo squatty cordial. The orange spider mum decoration is on a colorless ground which has a satin finish on the interior. The signature appears to be signature 9 as shown in Blount "French Cameo Glass." The signed piece is 1 ½ inches tall and 2 inches in diameter and there are no imperfections.

Early Carder Steuben gold Aurene vase with ruffled rim. The 3 1/4 inch tall vase measures 4 inches across the rim, is signed “Aurene 162" and has the soft early coloration of the early production pieces. There is a polished pontil and a stretched onion skin effect on the rim. The piece is in excellent condition.

Wonderful unsigned Moser cordial with colorfully enameled raised bird in black, blue, white and yellow. The cup is optically ribbed and also enameled with gold pond lillies and grasses. The cordial is 4 3/4 inches tall.

A magnificent 9 ½ inch tall Quezal vase with green and gold pulled feather decoration on an opal ground. The vase is in excellent condition and is signed “Quezal A776" on the polished pontil. The bulbous vase is 6 inches in diameter and the top rim measures 3 3/4 inches across.

Miniature Galle cameo glass bowl with orang grape vine and leaf pattern over a camphor and white background. The bowlis 2 1/8 inches tall and is 3 inches in diameter. The piece is signed Galle.

Dark amber over colorless signed Galle’ cameo vase in a barrel shape. The vase is decorated with pansies? (I’m not the best botanist in the world by far). The vase is 3 3/4 inches tall and 2 7/8 inches in diameter.

An unsigned 10 ½ inch tall colorless decanter decorated with 6 reserves with gold enameled intaglio flowers. The balance of the decanter is beautifully enameled with with multicolored sprays of leaves and crosshatching in the manner of Lobmeyr. The original stopper has the same decoration as the bottle including small intaglio rondels. There is a small polished pontil mark on the foot. There is some wear to the gold enamel on the intaglio portions...

A beautiful hand painted Willets Belleek handled bowl with fancy crimped rim. The bowl is 5 inches in diameter and 2 3/4 inches tall. Measured across the handles, the bowl is 6 ½ inches. The underside bears the brown Willets Belleek mark used from the mid 1880's to 1909. The decoration consists of pink roses with green foliage surrounding a large gold scroll bearing a series of tuquoise beads, each of which is surounded by gold dots...

A Moser footed master salt with tooled and gilded rim. The colorless salt has a polished pontil mark and is 3.25 inches tall and 3.25 inches in diameter. The salt is decorated with heavy gold enameling. There is wear to the gold on the edge of the foot and on the tooled rim.

A small cranberry Moser mug or spa glass enameled in the “Fantasy” pattern and with a gold handle. The mug is 3 inches tall and 2 inches in diameter at the top. There is some wear to the gold on the handle.

19044536 A 19th century lithophane of a weeping semi-nude woman leaning against the wall in a room with an overturned chair, a spinning wheel and paintings on the wall above the wainscotting. The back of the lithophane is marked “1421.” The lithophane is 4 ½ by 5 inches.