Today we have a rare William Spratling tulip necklace that is approximately 17in. long. The drop is 2 in. tall and the amethyst tulips are a lilac in color and with striations of crystals inside the well cut stones. The neck chain is 4 strands of tube beads which lead to the turtle clasp that hooks off and on to get in and out of the necklace. The condition is excellent with no dents or damage and this treasure has been professionally re-strung as 70 years of age had broken the strands...

William Spratling is famous for his tulip design and this brooch is an excellent example of his work. The tulip has no cracks or damage and is properly hallmarked as shown. The length is 2.25in. long and 1in. at it's widest. The piece has great depth and dimension and weighs 22 grams.

Stunning sterling and amethyst clip earrings by Arizona Modernist H. Fred Skaggs. They measure 1 1/4" wide and 1 1/4" long and are in fine original condition. Signed as shown. Beautiful stones and craftsmanship.

Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977) - Rushing Stream. Oil on masonite. Mid 20th century. Size: 18 inches x 24 inches. Estate stamp signature in lower right and marked on reverse with estate stamp and estate inventory #315. Excellent condition and recently professionally cleaned. Offered in an antique 19th century gilt frame. In this painting, Thomas Curtin shows a stream rushing through a pastoral landscape in summer, with green pastures and farms scattered amongst the hills...

Sanborns heavy, deeply repoussaged and expertly carved bracelet is a mammoth 2.5in. tall. The weight is 73 grams heavy. This is another cuff in fabulous condition with no issues what so ever. I am featuring 3 fine open backed repousse cuffs in tonight's listings as the biggest ones are getting hard to get. Grab one while they are still around.

This is an old Mexico City early repousse cuff. I love the romantic shape and the expert carving on this piece. The flowers are very deep and the dimension is outstanding. The front face is a large 2in. tall. The back is tapered to a not so small 1.25 inches. The repousse is open backed and also bares no hallmarks which is indicative of the earliest Mexico City pieces. The condition is superb with no cracks or dents.

A set of Nesting Shino Sake Cups with Dice. They are stamped on the base, and come in three sizes, the accompanying dice imprinted with the various sizes on each side, so a roll of the dice decides your fate in the drinking game. Very unusual and in excellent condition, they are (stacked) 2 x 2 x 1-1/4 inches (5 x 5 x 3 cm).

Measuring 10.25 inches high from hat to base bottom, this colorful, 1910 patent date, tin lithographed, wind-up toy featuring a dapper Black Gent dancing a jig is quite visually appealing!!

In very nice condition with minor scratches to paint here and there as seen in photos, this wind-up toy works, but can be a little fussy. Given its 100+ years of age, a bit of fussiness in the mechanism is not atypical or unexpected...

Measuring a diminutive 4.50 inches wide x 2.25 inches long x 1.5 inches high, this very early, metal, circa 1900, Diamond Match Co. box is very rarely found on today's market.

The box is in very good condition for its 100+ years of age with teeny tiny chips to the surface as noted in photos.

The box features an incredibly detailed graphic on its cover depicting an African-American family gathering around the patriarch as he readies to strike a match for the very first time...

Early Chamberlains Worcester porcelain teapot and stand. Circa 1800. An attractive example of a Worcester teapot with vertical ribbed design and hand painted with bands of gilt foliage and sepia colored scrolling feathers. The lid has a pagoda finial and is marked on its underside in gold script "Chamberlains Worcester, Worcester N.34." Condition is excellent with no chips or repairs. There is some minor wear to the gilding along the edge of the lid and on the rim of the oval stand...

Small size ovoid redware pottery jar in a glossy brown speckled glaze. 19th century, Size: 6 inches high x 5.5 inches diameter. Condition: some glaze wear to top rim; small chips to foot ring and firing craze to interior glaze (does not penetrate the body of the vessel and not visible from the exterior).

Carl Poul Petersen (Danish, 1895-1977) hand-hammered sterling silver pastry knife in Acorn pattern. Circa 1947. Size: 10 5/8 inches length. Weight: 4 troy ounces. Excellent condition with no monogram. Maker's stamp PP on reverse of handle, together with Canadian national sterling mark and words 'hand-made sterling.' Carl Petersen trained as an apprentice with Danish silversmith Georg Jensen, and married Jensen's daughter...

Undoubtedly inspired by Margot de Taxco's Koi Fish line, a pair of early Antonio Reina repousse earrings showing playful fish among stylized silver waves. I can't get over the detail in this set - just note the depth of the repoussage, the detail in the scales and the hand-hammering in the waves themselves to render them three-dimensional. The earrings are 1 5/8" long by 15/16" wide and weigh 8.4 grams (for the set)...

Originally published in 1914 by Rand McNally & Company, this edition of this very delightful little story book was published in 1937 and features the tale of Watermelon Pete and his adventures along with five other little stories...

With a moulded flower decoration. Diameter 12,3 cm, H. 4,5 cm. Nice blue color, possibly from the Hutian kilns. Excellent condition with age cracks in the glaze and some light wear in the bowl. Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)

With a carved and combed decoration of two fish in the waves, symbol of abundance. Diameter 17,7 cm, H. 5 cm. Very good condition with light age wear inside the bowl. Song dynasty (960-1279).

Early Sigi Pineda combination pin/pendant necklace from the first years of his independent career, when his taller was still called "Plateros". Nested in a biomorphic concave "shell", the minimalist figure of a man playing a green stone drum (at least to my eyes) hangs from a tube link chain. The work has Sigi's abstract design signature and exudes a raw animism that catches the eye and the imagination...

Obviously based on Matilde Poulat's "moth" design, an early Deco silver and turquoise ring that could hail from Mexico City yet it's difficult to say since it's unmarked...

LAYAWAY AVAILABLE This stone is a Mexican boulder opal which is scattered with the naturally occurring quartz...

Not much is known about Gerardo Lopez yet his jewelry bespeaks the man's talent, exceptional craftsmanship and the pride he must have taken in his creations. I wrote in my description of the 980 pectoral necklace that is also available in my inventory (please look for Troc item no 1188446) that I suspect he must have had some association with either the Los Castillo or Margot de Taxco talleres; maybe even with both. Be that as it may, Lopez's repousse is among the best that came out of Taxco in ...

In the same "fleshy" fleur-de-lis design as the matching necklace that is also available on this site, this bracelet showcases Gerardo Lopez's mastery over the art of repoussage and makes one of the strongest cases against messing with the patina sterling silver jewelry acquire over time. I consider Lopez's jewelry among the best "buys" one can get when it comes to this period of Mexico's Silver Renaissance - not only are they impeccably crafted, his pieces have also good weight and many time...

A white translucent jade cicada. A simple carving on one side and plain on the other side. The cicada is the symbol of happiness and eternal youth. Age: Han Dynasty -206 BC - 220 AD. Size: L. 6.7cm. W. 3.3cm. Condition: No chips or repairs.

Description:

A Junyao tripod censer was in decent form.
It was well glazed in moon-white tint when subtle green glaze was reflected within.
Some crackles were yielded in the glaze due to enduring time.
Some incursions were happened too.

Date: Jin dynasty, 1115-1234.

Height: 10.4cm, Width: 10.5cm.

A COTTON BOX IS INCLUDED.

We are all familiar with Isidro Pina's Maricela book-piece brooches or his fabulous pin and earrings sets but how many times do we actually bump into a necklace bearing that signature? So you understand how thrilled I am to be presenting the necklace at hand - an absolute surrpise and breath-taking at that. But for its delicately elegant proportions, I would have expected this to be an Antonio piece or signed by one of the other modernists in Taxco. Yet here it is - bearing the proud Maricela...

Made of cast iron and with original paint, this ash receiver takes the form of a Negro boy with his mouth wide open sitting on a chamber pot. The pot is removable for emptying. Height 6 inches (15 cm); unsigned

Chinese blue monochrome porcelain meiping vase, the interior rim and body coated with a dark blue hue, the recessed base with an underglaze blue apocryphal Qianlong mark, from late 19th/early 20th century period. Size; Height of vase is 7.75 inches, in very good condition.

Fine example of Chinese pair of Chinese crackle vases, late 19th century period, each vase has height of 6 1/2 inches, in very good conditions.

Chinese celadon double gourd shape vase/bottle, 7 inches is height, from early to mid 20th century and in good condition.

Chinese Qing dynasty Qianlong period famille rose biscuit-enameled porcelain figure depicting Guandi (God of War), who is also known as Guanyu and Guangong, with long beard seated on a plinth dressed in a belted scale-pattern armored robe decorated with dragons among clouds, a flaming pearl, and foaming waves. In his right hand, he holds a historical book titled “Commentary of Zuo.” His head, beard, and hands are without enameled decoration. The recessed base and flat foot are unglazed. A Qi...

Chinese late Qing dynasty red silk temple hanging or altar frontispiece densely embroidered in metallic-couched and polychrome silk threads with the “Three Star Gods” and other symbols of good fortune, longevity, and happiness. A horizontal panel across the top is embroidered in gold with four padded characters. Reading from right to left, these read “fu (happiness), lu (wealth), shou (longevity), and xi (blessings).” Each character corresponds with one of the figures below. Fuxing,...

Antique red-painted country tall chest, New England, circa 1830. Pine with original red surface and original brass hardware. Five graduated drawers; high feet with unusual shaped, scrolled skirt in the front and sides. Size: 47 inches ht. x 38.25 inches width x 19 inches depth. Minor surface imperfections.

A necklace of 26 large Tibetan turquoise beads ranging in color from delicate greenish-blue hues to a vibrant turquoise blue separated by silver rings. Each bead has its own attractive matrix and nice patina from years of wearing. The necklace was bought together with the two glass dZi beads and two red coral beads in Lhasa, Tibet. It was restrung again recently to give it strength.

Period: 19th Century. These are heirloom beads that get passed down.

Size: Length of strand: 71...

Unmistakeably Deco in its combination of warmly aged silver and black onyx stones an early Frederic Davis set comprised of necklace and matching bracelet - and what a treat it is to the discerning lover of vintage jewelry and the devoted collector alike! Clean yet powerful in its geometry design, a celebration of the chiaroscuro in the contrast between glistening metal and dark stone, it is not by mere accident that Davis's demis remain unabashedly contemporary and are avidly sought after. I ...

Large Chinese Qing dynasty blue and white porcelain deep dish decorated at the center with a four-clawed dragon among clouds chasing a flaming pearl. The clouds and the long scaled body of the dragon continue “over the wall” to the reverse. According to Wang Qingzheng in “A Dictionary of Chinese Ceramics,” this style of decoration where the design begins in the interior and wraps over the rim to continue on the exterior (or vice versa) emerged in the Ming dynasty and flourished in the ...

A vintage 1930s lady's 14k yellow gold diamond ring. This size 9-1/4 ring features a 25 point round brilliant cut diamond (VS-2, E-F) with two 2 point single cut diamonds. It weighs 2.3 grams, it is stamped 14K, and it has a recent very conservative independent gemological appraisal for $1200 CDN. This ring is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted;...

An unusual and attractive vintage 1940s-50s twin diamonds ring in 14k white gold. This size 5-3/4 ring features two European cut diamonds (35 points total, SI2-I1, F) flanked with six single cut diamonds (15 points total). This ring weighs 3.4 grams, it is stamped 14K with a maker's mark, and it has a recent and conservative independent gemological appraisal for $1500 CDN. This ring is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All items...