All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Medical : Pre 1900 item #732983 (stock #G94)
Measuring 3.25 inches high by 3.75 inches in diameter, this lovely Victorian Barber Shop, mustache or shaving cup or mug remains in excellent condition but for the subtle wear to the gilt-edged rim.

The cup is embossed with swirls, dots and bows as well as decorated further with gold-drawn designs and 2 large, hand-painted pink roses with 1 smaller cream-colored rose. The cup base is scalloped and the fancy handle is gold-gilded.

A very pretty piece!

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #1436287 (stock #20210103-06)

Note - please email me for more pictures for any items you are interested in - thanks!

Offered is an excellent and useful Old Imari/Traditional Imari Pattern waste bowl by Derby, during the Robert Bloor years (1825 to 1848). This piece is measures about 6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm) across and about 3 1/8 inches ((7.9 cm) high. It appears to be completely hand-painted...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1837 VR item #729324 (stock #01181)
A nice pair of Georgian English sterling 5-5/8" sugar tongs with elegant bright cut decoration. These tongs were made by Thomas Wallis and Jonathan Hayne in London, England 1816-17; they weigh 24.5 grams, they have an S over WxM monogram, and they are in excellent original condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are secondhand and may have slight signs of gentle use...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : French : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1484289 (stock #TBD00443)
A porcelain plate decorated with floral sprigs and bouquets with a shaped rim decorated with gilt dentil edge marked on the underside with a “B” in underglaze blue. 9 inch (23 cm) diameter. This short lived porcelain factory, roughly 1776-1781, had the Duc d’Orleans (cousin of the King Louis XVI) as its patron.

Condition: no chips, cracks, hairlines or repairs. Some wear to the gilding and a little stacking wear.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1489064
19th century repousse Chinese silver sew-on clothing ornament in a shape of a Chinese sage riding a mythical qilin. During Qing Dynasty silver figures of traditional mythical characters were sewn onto clothing and hats for decoration. Nicely made from low grade silver, small holes around perimeter for sewing onto clothes, will look much better once tarnish is cleaned. Height 1.83 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : German : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #171564 (stock #492B)
A Royal Rudolstadt Porcelain Pitcher; Hand Painted Florals with a Gilt Handle. Dimensions 6" high x 3" across. Condition excellent.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000 item #1484565
A lovely condition seal imprints with long inscriptions in pahlevi around a central emblem, terracotta, Sasanian c. 3rd.-5th. cent. AD.

Size: 19 mm.

Comes with original Id card.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1472832
A choice broad bronze ring, Ancient near Eat 2nd. part of the 1st. millenium AD.

Looks like a caligraphic ring and very early as such.

Ringsize: c. 19 mm. (max).

Condition: Very Fine for this type, nice metal and brown patina.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : Pre 1900 item #1302247 (stock #02512)
A nice pair of vintage late Victorian 5-1/4" cased yellow glass vases with fancy hand painted enamel birds and branches with leaves. This decorative matching pair is unsigned, and they are in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, losses, damage or repairs except the loss of the upper rim gilding and a shallow flake off the inside rim of one vase not affecting the outside view...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1486430
A lot of two lovely points in fine pinkish hardstone from the private collection of P.F. Wulff, found St. Francis County in Arkansas. We're selling this very old collection in smaller lots to give everyone a chance to own a small piece of the pre-historic Americas!

The two points carved in scarce translucent hardstone, not silex. They can probably be dated to the 2nd.-1st. millenium BC. Very hard material and amazing that they could manage to make such refined artifacts of this size...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Pressed Glass : Pre 1900 item #958762 (stock #6249)
An attractive antique early American pattern or pressed glass water pitcher in the Loganberry & Grape pattern, produced in the 1880s by Dalzell, Gilmore and Leighton. It measures jug measures 8-3/8" tall; the pattern is very thick, and this pitcher is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, losses, damage or repairs...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1486701
Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese buffalo horn kushi (hair comb) with carved and gold lacquered decoration of a phoenix in flight on one side and stylized crest of the Toyotomi samurai family in a shape of flowering paulownia. Superbly made, crisp carving, excellent lacquering, wonderful work in Japanese taste, in great condition. Length 3.2 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pre 1900 item #123509 (stock #407F)
Wedgwood Historical Plate of Independence Hall, Philadelphia. Imported by Jones, McDuffee and Stratton of Boston. 9", 1895. Please see the other plates we have to offer.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre 1492 item #1476033
Interesting pottery flute in the shape of a bird. Greek dating to c. 600 BC.

The body is very nicely detailed with naturalistic bird features.

Size: 5,5 cm.

An old collection tag on the base: "No. 000693, v. Hassermann-Jordan Deidesheim."

Condition: A nice fragment with the head missing.

Ex. German Private Collection.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1487996 (stock #MB940)
Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Figure

This pottery figure was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It represents a male figure wearing a hooded cloak. It is "heavily-potted" and has been "cold painted" in various coloured pigments, traces of which still remain. Height 19.5 cm...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1463637
Ancient Near East, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BC.

A large elaborate bronze cloak pin, cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) process with poppy flower shaped terminal.

Used to fasten clothes, in this case due to the unusually heavy fabric and decoration, likely leather for presentation use - perhaps for a very thick cape or leather armor. The lower terminal decorated with knobs and 3 spikes.

Size: 15,8 cm...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Cut Glass : Pre 1920 item #1256412 (stock #02452)
A finely cut pair of 6-1/2" glass oil and vinegar stoppered cruets c1910-20. These unsigned bottles are in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use. Small packet air shipping to the U.S. starts at $16.50 (other spots may vary)...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #85561
Lovely pair of sterling silver sugar tongs with opaque turquoise and white enamel decoration. The quality of these tongs is apparent from the ornate and elegant piercing of the tips. Stamped on the inside “Sterling 1212” and hallmarked by the H. H. Curtis Co. (North Attleboro, MA, 1891-1915).

Origin: America, circa 1900. Condition: excellent, no missing enamel, no monogram, faint lemony gilding. Size: 3-1/4” long.