Rare Italian art glass vase, circa 1950s - 1960s, attributed to Archimede Seguso. This piece was made using the difficult 'incalmo' technique where the pink glass top was attached to the separately blown opaline, ribbed body of the vase, while the glass was molten.
This vase measures 10.25" tall x 8" wide x 4.75" deep. ...click for details
Large Pair of Museum Quality Murano - Venetian Somerso Ducks
A beautiful pair of Italian art glass ducks, sculpted by hand, while the glass was hot, in an elegant, realistic manner. These sculptures were made in the 'Somerso' technique, circa 1960s, and can no doubt be attributed to either A. Barbini or Seguso, although they are unsigned. ...click for details
Hand-Sculpted Studio Pottery Vase by Susi Singer, circa 1940s
Fine and rare ceramic sculpture-centerpiece vase by Austrian-California woman artist, sculptor, and ceramist, Susi Singer (1891-1965). This piece is completely handmade in the Austrian Secessionist-WPA-Art Deco style, and is an endearing depiction of three smiling young women wearing colorful dresses. It was made to display flowers and has four integrated ...click for details
Old and finely hand-made Arts & Crafts - Art Nouveau heavy brass or bronze humidor or tea caddy, made in Munich, Germany by NMK, the workshop of Alois Worle, circa 1920s. The box is signed with an impressed hallmark on the bottom which reads "NMK", with the numbers '34' and '14'.
NMK, "Neues Münchner Kunstgewerbe" or the "New Munich Workshop", was founded in 1919 by ...click for details
Wonderful old Mexican Sterling silver decanter by master silversmith, Juvento Lopez Reyes. This piece was made in Taxco or Mexico City, circa 1940 - 1950s and is fully marked on the bottom with the artist's stylized monogram "JLR" as well as, "MADE IN MEXICO" and "STERLING 925" hallmarks.
This pitcher has a very fluid, simple modernist design, directly influenced by a similar design by Johan Rhode for Georg Jensen of Denmark. ...click for details
An original matching pair of British art pottery candlesticks, made by the Watcombe Pottery, circa 1920 - 1930s. These candlesticks are decorated with hand-painted mirror-image designs of a diving Kingfisher, slip-painted on a dark blue background, with the red terracotta clay body showing on the interior and bottom, and covered with a thin, even clear glaze overall. There is an impressed mark on the bottom of each candlestick which reads: "WATCOMBE ... TORQUAY ... MADE IN ENGLAND". Th ...click for details
Stunning brass and copper lidded box, designed, patented, and made by John Otar, circa 1935. Individual triangular plates are stacked to create a constuctivist, twisting spiral form. The box stands on three ball feet and the inside is lined with a brass inner wall. This piece is signed on the bottom with his stamped mark which reads "OTAR USA ... PATS. PEND."
