All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1434383 (stock #854)

Very beautiful and rare to find early German bisque toddler twin girls 24" ( 62 cm )each for the French market!

Both comes from a private familie house in France preserved in his Paris department store box where they was safely be kept in a cabinet in the basement of the house for the confusion of the outside world !!

Very sweet girls in all perfect condition and wearing very beautiul clothing.

Each doll has beautiful bisque socket head of excellent and fine quality ...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1434267 (stock #853)

One of a kind french Bebe sea green and red silk costume with special elegant look included matching silk velvet bonnet.

Fit perfect for French or German doll about around ......

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1434131 (stock #851)

Beautiful 4 " ( 10 cm ) Lorgnette in box for French Poupee with pretty hand painted handle and silk cord. A Lorgnette were a very popular fashion accessory in 19th. century !

From around 1868 very nice fashion doll Lorgnette with fine hand painted brown colored handle with silk cord trim , has hinged gold framed style of glasses which fold and hidden inside the lovely handle.

Contained in lovely boutique box which ornate nice litho scenes of little child ......

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1800 item #1434127
SUZURIBAKO Rare and important writing box. Japanese lacquer urushi. The exterior is decorated with two shishi carefully patterned. The interior of the lid is decorated with a steep rocky coast with a temple, in gold and silver takamaki-e, the craggy cliffs are enhanced by cavities carved. Techniques of takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, kirigane, uchikomi, kimetsuke and tsukegaki. On a nashiji ground. The rims are fundame. Empty. Size : 23 x 21,2 x 4,6 cm...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1434120 (stock #850)

Wonderfully preserved French bisque Poupee attributed by " Louis Doleac " with sturdy original body , superb bisque and painting , wearing wonderful antique two piece costume with bonnet and cape !

The lovely woolen winter cape belongs to the pretty doll for the Winter season so that she is all around a luxury poupee model with distinctive presence !!!

16" ( 42 cm ) rare fashion doll with lovely bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate of pale quality and very b...

All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1434062 (stock #15238)
It is not often that one finds an Enrique Ledesma ring and this modernist beauty is made even more desirable by the big color-change sapphire that adorns it. The gem has a table-cut type of shape and mimicking the behavior of alexandrites, it changes color under different light conditions traveling from deep amethyst to steely purple. I love the highly stylized setting - to my eyes it reads like silver fingers holding on to the stone as it rests on a willing palm...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1434059 (stock #15249)
Maestro Rivera is one of those contemporaries of Matilde Poulat’s who created jewelry in her manner and whose work I am always on the look-out for because of its quality and attention to detail. Based on a Matl original, the “palomas” (or “doves”) necklace at hand combines Mexico City style repousse with beading, wirework and oxidation...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1980 item #1433931 (stock #15302)
Housing a polished obsidian cabochon with warm, shimmering golden depths this vintage Mexican silver bracelet bears the signature of Sigi Pineda, one of Taxco’s foremost modernist designers. A prolific creator, Sigi was at his best when he worked within the confines of minimalism - the bracelet presented here, a hinged bangle, is just such an example...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1433916 (stock #849)

Most beautiful French silk and lace costume of pretty rose and cream , most hand sewn and fine ornate with hand made laces and fine details. Would fit perfect for Jumeau , Steiner , Bru , FG .... or other pretty French or German doll about around 21" ( 55 cm )

Pretty dress has lace ornate front part with rose silk ribbon and hand made lace decoration at both sides...

All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1960 item #1433829 (stock #02027111)
This lariat solid silver rope necklace is extremely elegant with a width of .25 inch. There is a clamp also hand made to fit this necklace and lock it in place where ever you wish it to hold. The tassels have the fine strands of chain with satin finish balls. With a weight of 93 grams it displays great beauty. The length with the tassels is approximately 42 dramatic inches. Also this jewel has no damage of any kind...
All Items : Archives : Estate Jewelry : Silver : Mexican : Pre 1990 item #1433759 (stock #15303)
Modernist sterling ring by Erika Hult de Corral (Ric), this rather rare to find design combines silver in two finishes with richly colored malachite and two small, deep blue lapis cabochons. I am very excited to have found this piece, especially since I recently sold the matching earrings to it (you can use the search feature to see them, if you wish). A talented designer and one of the few known female contributors to Mexico’s 20th c...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #1433733 (stock #MB466)
Chinese Ming Dynasty Glazed Horse & Rider

This impressive and detailed pottery model of a horse and rider was made during the Ming Dynasty (AD 1368 - 1644). It has been coated in green, amber and black glazes. The rider's head has been made separately and has been "cold-painted" in black and white pigments: the head fits into a slot in the neck of the rider. Note the detail to the rider's clothing, the various fittings and especially the horse's mane...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1433701 (stock #847)

It´s an very beautiful antique outfit for your French or German doll about around 25" ( 64 cm ) in lovely ecru cotton wool with fine details and lace decoration , included a nice light blue silk collar and a bonnet.

It look´s like as an pretty winter gown , is all most hand sewn dress with nicely made puffed sleeves and rounded neckline...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1433699 (stock #846)

Most beautiful one of a kind French silk costume with matching bonnet , most hand sewn of very beautiful and rare to find checkered and light chocolates brown silk !

It would fit perfect for an doll about around 14" ( 36 cm ) special forJumeau , Bru , Gaultier , Eden Bebe or other French or German Doll.

Lovely dress with elegant style with pretty silk front fully of pleats and fine ruffles , both sides of checkered silk ornate with fine hand embroidered lace. Back are ...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #1433679 (stock #MB463)
Rare Small Chinese Han Dynasty Bronze Ding (Published)

This bronze ding was made during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). Its form, that of a three-legged covered cooking vessel, is well-known amongst Han Dynasty bronzes. However, most examples are larger; this is a rare small example. The body stands on three legs that are in the form of bears. On either side of the vessel are square handles. The round cover is surmounted by three decorative animal-head handles, designed so that it can be ...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #1433614
Three small Chinese Guangxu mark and period ogee form bowls with lobed rims, each exquisitely decorated on the exterior in famille rose enamels with a quail standing on rockery below bamboo wrapped with leafy vines sprouting flowers and double gourds that extend over the wall to the interior well. A single bird flies above. The base of each bowl holds a six-character kaishu form iron-red Guangxu mark and of the period (1875-1908). 4” diameter x 1 3/4" high. Very good overall condition with...
All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1433613 (stock #845)

Very cute factory all original tiny all bisque Mignonette from the series of " Lilliputains" in her cradle .... which were offered at the 19th. century in French Department store catalogs !!

A tiny doll for your doll or doll house .... special beautiful with distinctive complexion or facial painting , still preserved in her factory lace costume and with her sweet wickerwork cradle !

The tiny 2,5" ( 6 cm ) doll has bisque swivel head , lovely painted facial features and l...

All Items : Archives : Collectibles : Dolls and Figures : Pre 1900 item #1433612 (stock #844)

Very cute factory all original tiny all bisque Mignonette from the series of " Lilliputains" .... which were offered at the 19th. century in French Department store catalogs !!

A tiny doll for your doll or doll house .... special beautiful with distinctive complexion or facial painting , still preserved in her factory silk costume !

The tiny 2,5" ( 6 cm ) doll has bisque swivel head , lovely painted facial features and curled blonde mohair wig . With bisque torso and pe...