David Anthony
All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Accessories : Boxes : Pre 1800 item #1490479
David Anthony
$1,895.00
A beautiful mahogany shaped knife box made of solid sides and fitted with slotted board to hold knives. The cyma and creased shaped front supports a non-working brass lock escutcheon and opening handle. The corners are molded. The cover is decorated with a star inside, and attached with brass hinges. The base of the box is also molded. Over all, the design and construction are sumptuous.

Condition
Condition is Good/Very Good...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1910 item #1490201
David Anthony
$1,450.00
This vase is a masterpiece of Japanese Kutani artistry whose detailed enameling makes it a piece worth owning. The traditional elements of birds have highly articulated details, several with spread wings in flight, while others are flocked on the ground in front of brilliantly blooming pink flowers punctuated with delicate blue flowers. Behind all of this wonderous foreground naturalism are hills and lakes...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1489617
David Anthony
$895.00
This magnificent and striking tureen is made of cloisonne having a slightly mustard yellow ground and beautifully accented with green diaper around the mouth of the bowl. The body is decorated with traditional Chinese emblems of good luck, and auspicious symbols such as the bat decorated with speckled blue. The blue dragon scaled handle atop the lid is embellished with brass buttons...
David Anthony
$775.00
Case: 7.125" x 3.125” Brass and beveled glass carriage clock in the Boite Riche design with a shaped carrying handle above the flat pediment with the glazed aperture to view the platform escapement (not shown in photos). The rectangular lacquered brass case has gilt brass repousse work in narrow frieze above and below the beveled glass panels as well as around the base in a broader band. The case sits on brass turned feet and has a door at the back for access to the movement compartment...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1489611
David Anthony
$2,250.00
This monumental Japanese porcelain charger is painted in blue and white depicting buildings on stilts overlooking mountains, waters, and trees among a beautiful waterfall, situated at the banks of a calm body of water with a boat in the distance.

The scenery is surrounded with scrolls in a band upon which lay leaves and flowers. The uniquely rendered waves add special interest.

The back of the charger has what may be seen as scrolling vine and leaf decoration...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : Bohemian : Pre 1910 item #1489586
David Anthony
$120.00
This vase stands out with its beautiful cranberry color with rich jeweled honey gilding accented with white scrollwork and blue swags. The sinuous form enhances the overall elegance of its Art Nouveau inspired sensibilities.

Unmarked but clearly Bohemian in origin. We date this class to c. 1910 or earlier.

Condition is excellent with some very minor losses to the gilding

Dimensions
Height: 8 1/4 inches
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1489288
David Anthony
$275.00
A very warm and appealing Chinese porcelain blue and white jar with swirling leaf and vine decoration similar to those produced during the Kangxi reign. This example dates to about 1880, late in the Qing dynasty.

The cobalt is fine quality and the design will bring pleasant moments of contemplation.

The foot has old felt pads, and a somewhat ill-fitting lid (not shown)...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : French : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1489256
David Anthony
$1,800.00
These Old Paris vases are a visual treat, brimming with optimism and the charms of 19th century simplicities.

The pink ground of the body is sharply contrasted with the classic black foot with gold banding. Each vase has a complementary hand painted reserve of courting lovebirds framed in rich gilding...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1930 item #1488799
David Anthony
$2,100.00
This wonderful pair of porcelain Chinese prunus jars combines the famous cracked ice motif with "snowing" prunus blossoms which surround 2 reserves featuring perched birds in trees. Each tree is flanked with bats, an auspicious Chinese emblem.

The inspiration for this high quality design goes back to the Kangxi period, but these vases are Republic period of very fine quality...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Art Glass : Pre 1910 item #1488768
David Anthony
$1,480.00
You would be forgiven if you thought that this vase was made by Tiffany since its maker, Alton Manufacturing, hired away several Tiffany glass makers to start its production of competing wares in 1907, the only year the company produced glass.

This example of the Trevaise branding, analagous to favrile, has a flaring bulbous form with mauve ground and freely flowing and lingering tendrils with leaves attached, punctuated with white flowering blossoms...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Art Glass : Pre 1900 item #1471586
David Anthony
$4,950.00
An exceptional and rare cameo glass bride basket on quadruple silver plate stand. The rose colored cameo is striking and as fresh today as it was c. 1880 when it was first created. The glass was produced by Mt Washington while the silverplate was produced by Pairpoint and is so marked. The basket handle uses a branch and leaf motif with the latter being applied over the former. The basket well is reticulated, the base having swirls and leaves, all standing on 4 feet...
All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Lighting : Tabletop : Pre 1900 item #1471576
David Anthony
$3,800.00
When we say that these candelabra are "le fin de siecle" we are referring to more than their late 19th century manufacture. They are superb example of Baroque style lighting which befits a place begging for a fine appointment. Why are we using French to describe these Italian cast brass masterpieces which must surely be one of a kind?

The candelabra have an architectural solidity with the square feet supporting floral faced blocks which frame a flower and scrolling vine motif...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : French : Pre 1900 item #1468864
David Anthony
$950.00
A rare goblet made in the Gothic Revival style by the legendary French glass firm Compagnie des Cristalleries de St Louis. The deep relief and substantive weight betray its fine origins. The sides show exemplary gothic features seen on cathedrals such as arched trefoil windows and soaring spires in rich relief. The round foot is terraced with a stepped knop on the stem...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1468862
David Anthony
$695.00
These compact matching diminutive Chinese porcelain covered jars pack a lot of color power, decorated as they are in the Famille Jaune palette depicting warriors in combat, one mounted on horse with spear, the others with swords and shields. The flaring base is decorated with multicolored diaper, the shoulder with flowers on a hatched design. The cover is mounted with a small foo dog. The sensuous baluster form and sinuous lines are quite pleasing, and the small form adds even more appeal. Th...
All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Lighting : Sconces : Pre 1900 item #1468507
David Anthony
$4,500.00
If you are tired of the mundane, normal, and ho-hum, you must consider this antique tin wall sconce. I was gob smacked when I first saw it. It is intricately stamped with sun flowers, fruits, and foliage, and it is large. In the center is a concave recession which may have been for its reflector. However, the paint appears to be original. In addition to the surface decoration, a small bouquet of flowers is attached beneath the lighting. Although I have tagged this item as late 19th C., it...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1900 item #1468146
David Anthony
$1,695.00
This extraordinary wood carving is a figure of Santo Nino enveloped in an oval cartouche with swirling flourishes above and below. Nino is robed in dramatic array as she holds a globe in one while giving the sign of Christ in the other. The drapery and decoration of it is exceptional as is the rich relief carving. We believe that this Spanish Colonial era panel is early 19th C. It has a loop on the back for hanging. Please see condition report for important details. Dimensions: 15.25" w...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1900 item #1468145
David Anthony
$1,975.00
This exceptional wood carving of a Santos was made during the early 19th C. and was executed with bold strokes with great impressiveness. The central figure is giving the sign of Christ while holding a black object - perhaps a globe - in his other hand. He is clothed with a coral colored cape, buff tunic, and black boots with gold outlining. Standing atop a sphere, he is surrounded by an oval frame - underscoring the deep relief of the carving. The top and bottom are framing devices with swirls....
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : French : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1467882
David Anthony
$1,775.00
The Jacob Petit factory at Fontainebleau produced these porcelain cornucopia vases Century 1840. The lavish cornucopias are mounted on rectangular bases decorated with rocaille and gilded swags and vines; the corners are finished with swans. The horn is molded, painted with flowers in reserve on each side. The rim is a rococo staple of undulating flourishes, decorated in gold in the upper interior. The base has a peach wash; the horn in a robin's egg blue palette. Condition is very good to excel...