All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Pre 1900 item #871524 (stock #26C10 2067)
Minton hand painted botanical dessert service, including eight 9" dessert plates and 1 dessert stand. Date code for 1869. Each plate has a cobalt border with rich gilding and a hand-painted central reserve depicting various species of flowers, butterflies, berries, and insects. The stand has the same matching border but no botanical scene. All of the plates bear an impressed Minton mark; the stand is unmarked...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #496903 (stock #2109)
A finely small celadon dish, well balance potted on the porcelain body, decorated in the center with an impressive twin fish, covered overall with a nicely olive green glazed. Southern Song dynasty Longquan ware. Condition is excellent, no any chips, cracks and free from any restoration. Diameter: 12.5 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1800 item #779850 (stock #2882)
A very good b/w bowls, decorated each with four phoenix medallions at the exterior supported by unique floral sprays or pomegranate, the interior center with a phoenix medallion within double circle. "Da Ming Cheng Hua Nien Zhe" mark to the base within double circle, but dating to be early Ching Kangxi period ware. Condition : re-touched two tiny flake glaze to the rim, further in perfect condition. Diameter: 16.5cm.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Ethnic : Native American : Pre 1970 item #1386091
Navajo Kenneth Begay has been called the "father of modern Navajo jewelry". From 1946-1964, he worked as a benchsmith at the White Hogan Shop in Scottsdale, Az. The two identical bracelets were made by him during this time and are signed with his initials and the White Hogan hallmark. The middle bracelet has only the White Hogan hallmark but could possibly have also been made by him. They look spectacular stacked together...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Books : Pre 1900 item #65307 (stock #me1)
Dickens, Charles, Autograph letter signed, 2 pages, the first leaf printed with the words Office Of All The Year Round A Weekly Journal Conducted by Charles Dickens; Tues 31 May 1859, London, to John Hollingshead. Matted, framed and engraved portrait of Dickens. Lower right corner pencil sketch of his eldest daughter.Handwritten beneath 1861, Mamie Dickens-Eldest Daughter in good overall condition...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Pre 1980 item #703954 (stock #38B12 12924)
Tiffany & Co. bangle bracelet in sterling silver adorned with three 14kt gold stars, each set with a single gem stone: sapphire, diamond and ruby. Includes original Tiffany box. Size: 2.5" x 2.5" x .75" wide. (inside dimensions - 2 1/8" x 2 1/4"). Excellent like new condition.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #265396
Wonderful horseshoe shaped link bracelet by Taxco silversmith Antonio Pineda. The links are hinged together and all move. C. 1950, this bracelet measures 7" around in the inside and is 3/4" wide. It weighs 92 grams and is in excellent original condition. It has a secure push in clasp and intact safety chain. Signed for Antonio Pineda as shown. Great looking!!
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre 1900 item #1476049 (stock #WN391)
An antique pair of patinated heavy bronze statues showing a Kandyan noble and his wife in official attire. Dimension: 22.2 and 20 cm high, weight: 2.3 kg. Condition: the male on the back with soldered area.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #1432862
Massive Chinese late Qing to Republic period hardwood scroll pot of naturally irregular tree trunk form carved from a single piece of wood with five nearly hidden bats along the sides. Hollow interior and flat bottom with separate plug. Late 19th to early 20th century. 19 3/8" high x about 9 3/4” diameter; 16 lbs. Very good overall condition with typical wear from age and use. From the collection of former American expatriates to Hong Kong in the 1970s and 1980s.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #1488035 (stock #MC325)
Rare Chinese Sui Dynasty Glazed & Painted Pottery Horse & Rider (AD 581 - 618) (Ex. Roger Moss Collection)

This rare and finely-detailed model of a horse and rider was made during the Sui Dynasty. The horse stands upright with head straight ahead but slightly lowered. The dignitary sits upright upon the horse with his hands raised and wears elaborate robes and headgear. It is made from a relatively highly-fired buff-coloured pottery...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1434784 (stock #858)

Very cute tiny Darling Bebe about 7"( 18 cm ) in generally all perfect original condition , has very gentle features with lovely painting and exemplary sculpting and with lovely bisque . All original tiny body and lovely antique clothing , preserved included her trousseau in nice presentation from 19th. century !!

Cute expression bisque socket head with rounded face and beautiful blue inset glass eyes , thick dark eyeliner and fine painted lashes ...

All Items : Archives : Furnishings : Furniture : American : Victorian : Pre 1900 item #306214 (stock #656)
A Late Victorian Quilt or Towel rack; Pine and Oak, with Three Double Spindle Hangers. Dimensions 28.5" wide x 28" high x 12" deep. Very moderate wear for its age, circa 1880-1900.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #1424967 (stock #202405)
This ribbed Hector Aguilar Bracelet is a rare find with 104 grams of heft and a striking height of 1 3/4 inches. Perfectly hallmarked with an applied plaque. This treasure is well rounded fitting perfectly on the wrist. The diameter is 2 3/8 in. The 6 stones are a hidden surprise presenting to the one who wears it. No dents and versatile to wear with anything anywhere.
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #1426643 (stock #14496)
One of the pieces that were made around WWII, I believe, this Mexican silver and carved dyed calcite brooch is such a find! Shaped like a US Army officer's visor cap, complete with the appropriate insignia, it recounts part of the relationship the two countries had during those difficult times albeit in its jewelry version...
All Items : Archives : Pre 1492 item #690563 (stock #TR 197)
A good Yuan dynasty longquan celadon jar with applied moulded decoration of peony scroll, lower part decorate with stylish lotus petals, glazed base with un-glaze foot ring, jar covered with olive green glaze.
Jar is in good condition only with faint glaze star line at the body, probably becouse of manufacture bubble burst, no chip, no broken part, no restoration.
Size: 11 cm height, 12 cm diameter.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1837 VR item #661901 (stock #2607)
A good b/w small bowl, with finely potted in conical form, decorated with continuous lotus scrolls in the middle of the body in nicely cobalt-blue tone and made by finer quality white porcelain, collected in Ternate island Indonesia. "Kang Xi Nien Zhe" four character mark on the base, but it's dating late Ching dynasty 19th century. Condition with one tiny flake glaze to rim and impossible to take a picture, otherwise is perfect. Diameter: 10 cm and High: 5.9 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1940 item #1489827 (stock #05469)


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'Shunga' (Japanese pornographic painting) of bride hand-drawn on thin silk with natural mineral pigments, 1930s, 46 x 41 cm (18.11 x 16.14in). Fold in the lower right corner. Roll it up into a tube for the shipment...
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Handiwork : Wood : Pre 1900 item #275249 (stock #817)
A Victorian Calamander or Coromandel Box with Brass and Copper Fittings and a Pierced Lid. Dimensions 8.5" wide x 5" high x 3.5" deep. From 1870-1890 and in excellent condition with the exception of a slight age separation in the inside bottom.