All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Designer : Pre 1960 item #13037 (stock #2i)
Truly elegant, this gold plated brooch is a treasure. Jewelry designed by Joseph Wiesner is hard to find and much sought after! The combination of colors in the prong-set rhinestones is unusual. The floral design of the clear rhinestones adds a delicate quality. 2 1/2" at widest, 2 1/4" long.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #123022 (stock #468)
A Brass and Sterling Silver Stamp Holder or Box in the Art Nouveau Manner; circa 1890. Dimensions 3.75" wide x 2.25" deep x 2" high. It is in fine condition.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1700 item #951966
Decorated with floral spray, green glazed on the exterior, unglazed base. Diamter = 31 cm Ming Dynasty or earlier. Condition : one small chip on the foot rim.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1700 item #1133421
Decorated with a qilin in the center and floral scroll in the exterior. W=19 cm. Early Ming 1368-1398. Condition :Fault firing and chip to the foot but free from restorations.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Costume : Pre 1900 item #606353 (stock #T 1562)
SOLD. Vintage Antique Magical genuine 19th century Bohemian Czech Saphiret Art Glass gunmetal silver plated color metal Sash Brooch Ornament with C catch. bo Fab tan to aqua flashes of color from magical vortex. 3 1/2". Alas chips to be found in these matte cabs, yet those pesky areas seem to release an even stronger flash than the normal! SOLD, no price, no info please.
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1432104 (stock #819)

Very beautiful all perfect 16 " ( 41 cm ) French bisque Bebe by Gaultier ... size 6 .... with cute child face expression , original blonde mohair wig and body, wearing most beautiful antique costume with high brim bonnet .

One of the most beautiful and sweet expression Bebe´s by Gaultier .... from France circa 1885 ......

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #1436860 (stock #MA162)
Large Chinese Neolithic Machang Phase Painted Pottery Jar - Liuwan Type

This large pottery jar was made over 4,000 years ago during the Machang Phase (c. 2300 - 2000 BC) of the Majiayao culture, also known as the Gansu-Yangshao culture, from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. It is relatively highly-fired and made from a pale yellowish-brown pottery. It has an unusually small neck compared to its large body size...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #494951 (stock #LOT166)
Description: A genuine excavated black glazed bowl(Temmoku) of Song or Yuan Dynasty(12th-13th Century) was preserved rarely with the original silver wrappings around the mouth rim. Though the silver wrapping foil was fragile and looked like debris, the body and the glaze of the Temmoku bowl was in firm good condition. Kept with original excavated condition without any restoration, this piece can truly be a beautiful example of a Temmoku of Song Dynasty. Date: AD 12-13 Century...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1024566
Large Chinese Jin dynasty (1125-1234) Henan globular form stoneware jar with a high neck decorated on opposite sides of the shoulder with two appliqué dragons running around the circumference of the horizontally ribbed body. The interior is fully glazed and the exterior glaze stops well above the unglazed base. The rich black/brown glaze, referred to as “temmoku” by the Japanese, is permeated with russet accents. 7 3/4" high x 9" diameter.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #411649 (stock #MOR1487)
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Swirling eddies decorate the rim of this gorgeous vase of huge dark hollowed vine, golden minnows swimming up the sides of the natural current made by the winding wood. A very unusual piece which exemplifies the Japanese awe and care for nature. Minor burls and burs in the wood act like rocks under the swift moving water, the pattern rolling over them in a raucous rush...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1930 item #1358260 (stock #233)
Two Chinese porcelain bowls, decorated in blue and white patterns; the exterior with relief dragon and Greek key designs, the interior with figured and dragon patterns with a central facing dragon also done in relief. The base glazed white with the rims left bare. The center has a six character mark surrounded by double circles in under-glaze blue...
All Items : Archives : Pre 1940 item #1304937 (stock #cross 152707)
A great pair of signed Matl by artist Matilde Poulat earrings with a very rare cross design and with the finger coral and lilac colored amethyst cabochons. They are 1.25in. long and 1in. wide. They weigh 10.6 gram. Collector quality.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1930 item #1244744 (stock #39C80 9733)
French art glass pate-de-verre bumble bee ring dish by Almeric Walter, Nancy, circa 1920's. Designed by Henri Berge. Size: 3 7/8 inches length x 2 3/8 inches width x 1 1/8 inches height. A boat shaped frosted glass dish shading to yellow and green, adorned with a three dimensional figure of a bumble bee resting on the rim. Excellent condition. Signed: Berge SC. A. Walter/Nancy on inside of dish.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1940 item #1270991
Beautiful color, hand carved Chinese natural green Hetian jade necklace. Dimension: each bead has diameter of 7*48 (mm) or 0.28 inches and total length of 19 inches with total weight of 0.09 lbs/34 grams, no condition issues. Introduction; Chinese Hetian Nephrite Jade Hetian jade, a nephrite jade, is regarded as the only true jade in ancient China until Burmese jadeite becomes popular in late Qing Dynasty. The hardness of the Hetian jade is between 6 to 6.5 and density is between 2.96 to 3.17...
All Items : Archives : Pre 1940 item #1245133 (stock #HP/ph530)
A simple old phurba with 3 ancestors faces on top and naga (snake) interlaces on the triangular blade H 27 cm from mid to early 20th More information on request
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1700 item #1233907 (stock #TCR4442)
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A beautiful large black Seto Guro Hikidashi Chawan with undulating rim sculpted to perfectly rest in the hands by some anonymous 17th to 18th century potter. It is 5 inches (13 cm) diameter, 3 inches (8 cm) tall and in fine condition.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1492 item #1362325 (stock #TCR6475)
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Delicate fish scale patterns in gold on bronze lacquer highlight old chips on the rim of this large Yamachawan Tea bowl dating from the Kamakura to early Muromachi periods (12th -15th centuries). Blue glaze twinkles on the heavily eroded surface, where Shizen-yu ash pooled and crystallized. There is a large slash in the glaze where another bowl had been stacked inside, and there are much losses to the surface glazing typical of excavated works...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1444972 (stock #949)

Most beautiful one of a kind French silk and hand embroidery lace costume with matching wire bonnet, would fit for French or German doll about around 16" ( 41 cm ) Perfect for Jumeau , Steiner , Bru , Gaultier , Eden Bebe or other pretty doll in your collection.

The costume is most hand sewn and you will never find such the same outfit again...