Rare John Wendt Medallion pattern sterling cream dipper, marked BALL, BLACK & CO. 925 PATENT. Wendt did not hallmark his silver, but many of his pieces bear these stamps. The handle end bears a medallion with a helmeted Greek warrior in profile, and the bucket-form bowl retains its original gilding. Circa 1865. Size: 6.5 inches. Excellent original condition, no monogram, and no repair nor damage...

Rare pair of Scottish sterling silver spurs from the Georgian period, bearing hallmarks for Edinburgh, 1813, maker N&G. These spurs are decorated with gadrooning and retain their original silver buckles and leather straps (not pictured). Condition is excellent, apart from two broken teeth on one of the iron rowels. Each spur is fully hallmarked. Size: 4.5" length x 3" width. Scottish silver of this era is rare, as are sterling spurs...

Tiffany & Co. English King large sugar sifter ladle, sterling silver with gilded, pierced bowl. Patented 1885. Size: 7" length. Excellent condition, retaining most of the original gilding of the bowl. No monogram, no damage or repairs. Crisp design. Circa 1885-1891 (Edward Moore's directorship of the company).

Description: A stone inkstone was in a simple and plain form. By a characteristic “Chao-Sou” form which was named after its easy-handle type, or “Lu-Xin”-shoes like form, the inlstone was carved from solid stone and was shaped regularly in a rectangular form. Starting from the wider side, the grinding surface was sloped slowly to the other side and being as an ink pool. The inkstone is in quite good size of 15.5cm in length. It was carved by an affluent craftsmanship...

The front of this Tibetan wooden snuff bottle is covered with silver repousse ornamentation. The back is surface is also silver.

The bottle is 5 inches x 4 inches x 2.5 inches.

A small koro made of porcelain with a splendid celadon glaze, in the style of the famous Chinese Song Longquan tripod censers. The pierced lid in silvered metal with design of clouds. Bottom with signature in cartouche. Condition: fine, minor surface scratches caused by the lid. Dimension: 7.4 cm high, diameter: 8 cm. Weight: 228 g.

Description:

A stoneware jar was preserved in an original condition.
Being applied with olive-green glaze on the the body, the jar or Hu was molded with a trumpet-like mouth and stand on a flat bottom.
Two well- mold loops were nicely pressed to the body as handles.
Decorations of incised wave bands were around the mouth while grooved patterns were carved around the body in the middle segment.
Black hue was affected to the slender neck and the mouth portion...

"Mountain Bridge in Spring, Jackson, New Hampshire" by Roger Deering (American, 1904 - ?) Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches, dated 1968 & signed in lower right. A landscape painting of a covered bridge in Jackson, NH, painted in May 1968 by the Maine artist Roger Deering. Signed by the artist in the lower right and also with the artist’s name, title and date on the stretcher, and offered in what is probably the artist’s original frame...

An oval domed jade plaque of pale celadon color. Beautifully carved in relief with design of two scholars in a landscape. The reverse side with tiny drilled holes for mounting. Condition: fine. Dimension: 7.1 cm high x 7.9 cm wide, 1.7 cm deep. Weight: 64 g.

A polychrome dish, decorated in the center with a fish among water weeds, cavetto sides with chrysanthemum scrolls, alike motif to underside. Ming dynasty 16th century Zhengde-Jiajing phase. Condition is perfect excepted a bit warped. Diameter: 21cm.

A very rare found of Fujian Southern-Song black ware Temmoku, decorated at the rim, interior and exterior with russet marking in iron oxide. The shape, foot rim, glaze and clay it's indicated as Jian ware which only a few examples has been survived. Condition with D shape re-stuck and leaving with a large chip missing to rim. Restoration available till invisible for free included deal price. Diameter: 12.7cm, High: 7.1cm, Foot diam: 3.8cm.

A fine polychrome dish, decorated with green,red and yellow enamels of flower sprays to interior, brown glaze finished to rim and the exterior is plain. Early Qing dynasty Kangxi period in perfect condition. Diameter: 22.3cm.

A rare Ming dynasty 17th century Wanli period blue and white big bowl, rounded side with bracket lobbed rim and glazed base, bowl decorated with under glaze blue of galloping horse at the exterior and weaves at interior, center also with horse and weaves, ruyi cloud motif at lower part.
Bowl is in good condition with a faint hairline on the rim, no chip, no restoration.
Size: 22 cm diameter.

A Song dynasty longquan celadon big bowl, rounded side with unglazed base, bowl decorated with rising lotus petal motif at exterior, center with flower motif.
Bowl is in good condition no chip no restoration, some crackled glaze at the surface.
Size: 21 cm diameter.

Description: An old wood incense utensil's holder was intriguingly carved from one original wood trunk. Making use the fine quality Huali wood, the scholar piece was rendered delicately on the top around the rims of the hole and around the top. Being preserved with the original old patina, the wood scholar item was in good size of 16.3cm in height and in perfect condition. Date: Qing dynasty(19th century), Height: 16.3cm. Material: Huali wood. A CUSTOM MADE SILK BOX IS INCLUDED.

Offered for consideration is a rare and often overlooked pharmacy tool-of-the-trade called a Pill Rounder (Pill Finisher)that dates to the late 1900s.

A pill rounder was used to create perfect pill spheres just prior to the pill being dusted with powder.

Made of a light colored hardwood, this pill rounder is in fine condition and is double sided which means that it was used to finish two different diameter pills...

A Georgian 12-1/8" sterling silver stuffing or dressing spoon circa 1809. This fine antique serving item is fully hallmarked for London, England 1809-10 and it is in the Fiddle pattern. Made by William Eley, William Fearn & William Chawner (registered 1808), one of the most notable families of English spoon makers. Examples with a largish bowl like this are great serving spoons for many occasions...

A really valuable example of the middle Ming Jiajing phase, decorated outside with reverse a white on blue of two flying dragons among clouds to upper side, rocks and waves to the bottom. Inside the center with a crane flight among clouds. Four character mark Fu Que Jia Zhi to base. Founded at Moluccas Halmahera island site. Condition is re-stuck with no missing pieces, two hairlines, done and locked by glue repaired. Diameter: 12cm.