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 : Deco : Pre 1980 item #1424949 (stock #15003)
Gorgeous silver hinged bangle bracelet signed by Topazio of Portugal featuring a repousse "harvest" motif with bunches of mature wheat in rectangular frames. Topazio bracelets are the best of the genre - their designs are crisp and register easily to the eye; the finishing is impeccable and their decorative motifs a joy to behold...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1424933 (stock #742)

Very rare 10" tiny size premier bisque Bebe by Jules Steiner .... circa 1878 of series C ... with most beautiful light blue eyes , best quality of pale bisque and painting with original fur wig and body !!

Has all complete generally excellent condition and wearing simpley stunning antique clothing !

Rare to find all original condition premier bisque Bebe about 10 " ( 26 cm ) ........

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1424898 (stock #740)

Particular rare to find all original fashion doll Tournure of silk and horse-hair , all hand made at early 1870 in France for one of special elegant French Poupee .

A bustle form like this gives a special elegand and curving line for a pretty skirt back and producing the fashionable silhouettes of the couture at 1870 .....

Possible to kept in perfect position by a pair of panels beneath the garment that maybe laced more loosely or tightly , depending upon the desired effec...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1990 item #1424795
Japanese limited edition sosaku hanga “kappa-ban” (stencil print) titled “Samurai with an Umbrella” by Yoshitoshi Mori (1898-1992). The print is pencil-signed with the artist's red seal, dated ’82, and numbered 34/50. The bottom right corner has a small "80" in pencil. Paper size: 20 1/4" x 13 1/2." Very good, clean overall condition. A tiny pencil notation with a prior owner's name "Hansen" is on the back bottom edge.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1970 item #1424749
Extra Large Japanese limited edition densely pigmented and textured abstract sosaku hanga woodblock print by Hiroyuki Tajima (1911-1984), aka Kiyoshi Nagai, titled "Half Ruined Wall." Pencil-signed, titled in English and kanji, dated '69, and numbered 32/50 in the bottom margin. Paper: 24 7/8" x nearly 19 1/2" (image: 21 3/8" x 16"). Very good overall condition. There is some wrinkling, soiling, and wear to the large margins of the thick paper...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1950 item #1424740 (stock #15058)
One of the most interesting - and few - female figures of Mexico's 20th c. Silver Renaissance, Doris Smith Chamberlin was a Texas-born American who decided to move to Mexico in the 1940s to open her own workshop after having completed post-graduate studies in art and having taught woodworking, textile-making and silver-smithing for a few years in California (I am grateful to Decotini for the information)...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1424698 (stock #738)

Especially beautiful early Bebe by Schmitt et Fils about 25" ( 64 cm ), has gorgeous facial expression with dramatic eyes and wonderful painting , finest quality of pale pressed bisque , original rare early Schmitt body and finally all original clothing !!

Second period circa 1885 / 88 rare Bebe by Schmitt et Fils with pale pressed bisque socket head with gorgeous expression , plump cheeks and deep modeling ! She has womderful blue glass enamel inset eyes with rich threading , ...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Toys : Pre 1900 item #1424636 (stock #40J34-137)
An English Victorian still bank in the form of a Bank building with shrubbery. Brass and iron. 19th century.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Americas : Pre 1970 item #1424629
A rare find, this ceramic figure of a nagual is by the well known ceramic artist Candelario Medrano (1918-1986) from the village of Las Huertas in the state of Jalisco in Mexico. The figure is 8" high, 8 1/2" wide and 3 3/4" deep. The base is roughly 4 3/4" x3 3/4", and is slightly tapered. It is painted in various shades of orange, red, pink, with details on the body in black and white, the base of yellow and green. The face is pink, in human form...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Kashmir : Pre 1900 item #1424621
From Kashmir, this copper kashkul, or beggar's bowl, is enameled with two shades of blue and white, is incised along the edges with scrolling designs and the entire copper areas are gilded. The body of the bowl has heavy repousse designs, with enamel in the recessed areas. The two ends of the bowl are decorated with the heads of serpents, their bodies partially wrapped around the bowl. The two heads and rings are brass, with blue enamel decoration...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1910 item #1424578
Antique Raku Ware Tea Bowl Chawan with Red Glaze used for Japanese Tea Ceremony Meiji period (1868-1912) Raku pottery is traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremony since as early as the 16th century. Size Diameter 11cm Height 7cm Total Weight 240g Condition Overall good, no cracks. Minor chip can be seen on the fourth photo near the edge.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1424514 (stock #39B14-17996)
A large sterling silver goblet with half ribbed cup, Sheffield, 1898, by Cleft Alexander Mawer Clark of the Alexander Clark Manufacturing Company, Sheffield, England. Size: 10.245 inches ht. Weight: 19.7 Troy ounces (including iron bar). There is a slight push-in on the base of the pedestal which produces a slight wobble. No monogram.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Ceramics : French : Pre 1940 item #1424476 (stock #39B16-167)
A pair of unusually tall HB Quimper, France pottery candlesticks or vases, painted with male and female peasant figures in Decore Riche decoration.. Size: 17.2 inches ht. Circa 1930s.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Metals : Iron : Pre 1930 item #1424470 (stock #39B16-105)
Vintage 'Old Salt' fisherman cast iron doorstop in original paint with yellow oil skin foul weather jacket. Early 20th century. Size: 7 inches ht. Some chipping to paint.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1950 item #1424464 (stock #40H19-3009)
"Northern Vermont" - by Gianni Cilfone (Italian/American, 1908-1992), oil on canvas. Circa 1944. Canvas size: 22 in. x 25 in. Offered in the original frame, with paper exhibition label affixed to stretcher - 'Bethel Inn Exhibition 1944.' Titled: Northern Vermont. Original condition with some craquelure. Gianni Cilfone was brought to the U.S.A. by his parents when he was only five. He later attended the Art Institute of Chicago and also studied under noted painters Hugh Breckenridge and John F...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1940 item #1424366 (stock #TCR7855)
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A truly magnificent vase of pastel blue floral designs on yellow-green body by Miyanaga Tozan enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 8 inches (20 cm) tall and in excellent condition. It retains the original wooden base. I believe this is by the second generation.
Miyanaga Tozan I (1868-1941) is one of the most important names in Kyoto ceramics. He was born in Ishikawa prefecture, and graduated from the (now) Tokyo University of Art...