Very rare Art Deco chrome figural cocktail shaker in the form of a fire extinguisher. PLEASE NOTE: This is not the usual version. This is the rare form with a flat bottom (no music box), no writing on the sides, and an extra handle opposite the pour spout.
Origin: America, circa 1930's. Condition: near mint. Size: 10-1/2" tall.
Vintage Deco Machine Age Aluminum Salt & Pepper Shakers
c.1935
Designed by Charles Sheeler
1 1/2" tall x 1" x 1"
Very good condition
A terrific Art Deco spun aluminum ice bucket for chilling wine and champagne. The front is decorated with a copper plaque depicting the label of a very well-known French winery in Alsace. The winery is famous for its Riesling, but also for Crémant, a sparkling wine native to Alsace. Alsatian wines are traditionally bottled in tall, narrow bottles, hence the shape of this bucket. The bottom is marked "URBA Made In France"...
Japanese Buddhist Temple Toro - Lantern in Bronze , wide base with a total of three parts , size H 18" by 7" diameter.
Antonio Pineda Modernist Rarity
Exceptional handmade copper, brass, silver, pitcher
Strong machine age form
5" tall x 4" x 6"
Very good vintage condition and original finish.
Antique Heavy Cast Metal Cold Painted Bulldog figure standing, very heavy for the size and the white metal is nonmagnetic with cold painted finish. Chipps and wear. Size 7.5" by 4" high. 2-pound 7 oz weight.
Hand painted round Green Tole Tray, 15 1/2 diameter, 1" high, round Spinach deep Green color with hand painted floral decoration in the center and gilded design around the edges, crackling enamel work on the surface. The condition of enamel paint is good.
Tole painted tin spill vase in the form of a birch tree surrounded by a farmyard scene of a rooster and hen.
Origin: probably Germany, possibly France, ca. 1930. Dimensions: 7-1/4" high. Condition: typical isolated paint loss near upper edge and near leaves.
This very rare novelty jigger in the form of a snowman measures with the body, opens bottles with the mouth, and when the top hat is removed, turns into a corkscrew!
- Origin: America, ca. 1930
- Condition: good, small area of paint loss on the hat rim, moderate plating wear particularly on the handles, paint touch-up on the face, a 1/8” pinpoint ding on the back side of the jigger.
- Dimensions: 4-3/4” tall
Outstanding weather vane with a figure of a male golfer preparing to tee off. The vane is constructed of cast white metal with a coppery brown painted finish. The vane is attributed to be from the clubhouse of an American golf and country club built in 1935.
Origin: American, circa 1935. Condition: excellent, paint wear appropriate to age. Size: 26" long; 19-1/2" tall.
A Brass and Tin US Post Office Scale from 1940, labeled "Triner Air Mail Accuracy Scale", by Triner Scale & Mfg, Co Chicago Ill. Dimensions; 9" wide x 4" deep x 5" high. Very good condition.
Handcrafted brass candelabra by Hayno Focken, Germany, circa 1930.
Measurements - app. 13" tall.
Condition - excellent,unrestored
Markings - displays the appropriate cipher
WMF Ikora patinated metal dish or bowl, Germany c 1930. The surface iridescent in yellow-green and black, in the center a stylized ribbon or flower or an abstract Art Déco motif. Small paper label to the back D11 and the impressed Ikora and WMF factory mark for the German Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik. Diameter "10 / 25 cm. Condition: a wire for hanging fixed by soldering.
Fascinating watercolor set in the form of a 1930's automobile with working wheels. The top lifts to reveal containers for paints and water; an area for mixing; and a storage compartment for brushes. The back of the car is embossed "Betel Motor Car/Patent No. 75086/Open & Close Type/BF".
Origin: England, circa 1930...
Nice Art Deco brass cocktail shaker in the form of a wine bottle. The bottle separates at the shoulders to reveal the strainer and the lip of the bottle removes for pouring. The bottom of the shaker is indented just as a glass wine bottle is. We’ve had many figural cocktail shakers, but this is the first bottle we’ve had.
Origin: probably America, ca. 1935. Condition: untouched patina, a couple of ding nears the bottom edge and another at the shoulder...
A nice bronze trumpet vase by Carl Sorensen. The surface is patinated in a mottled green, and the lower part of the vase is enhanced with parallel bands of various widths. A matching band appears around the outer top rim. Sorensen made a variety of decorative metalwares, but little is known about him. He worked in Pennsylvania, and his pieces were possibly sold by Roycroft and Tiffany. The base is signed “Carl Sorensen” and also has his hallmark.
Origin: America, ca. 1930...
Hagenauer bronze matador figurine
Handmade in Austria
1930
6" tall
9" across
Signed on underside of base
Very good vintage condition
Superb bronze figure of a golfer, Signed Milo. Raised on a 3" marble base, size of the bronze figure is 11.5 inches in perfect condition.
A Fine Pair of Arts & Crafts Bookends from California. Signed Stahler Arts. Albert Stahler (1881-1952) was active in Riverside, California and created the hand wrought Bronze doors for the Mission Inn. These bookends measure about 6 1/2" tall and 5" across. Great look and quite rare.
Patinated bronze vase by Danish designer Just Andersen (1884-1943). Simple and beautiful Déco design, the shape reminding of the petals of an opening flower. Small engraving to one side of the foot-rim. Marks: GAB (a Swedish company for which Just Andersen worked from c 1930), "brons" and model number 212. Height "5½/ 14 cm. Condition: some wear (scratch marks) as seen on pictures.
Antique Hagenauer Felix the cat dancing bronze figure on round base 1930s. great little figure with slight bends to ears from age and wear . Marked made in Austria . Size 1.8" 1.5"
Bronze Bookends, Woman Drinking from Fountain head, 20th C. Size: The pair have a height of 5-1/4 inches, in good condition.
Lovely gilt bronze-mounted oval dresser tray with handmade lace insert. The bottom is marked "Apollo Made in U.S.A. 2697 12."
Origin: America, ca. 1920. Condition: excellent, except a small area of lace has a tear and slight discoloration (12 o'clock position in second photo). Size: 13-1/2" x 6-1/4" x 3/4".
Beautiful reclining gilt-bronze chambermaid supporting a barrel-form sconce with her leg, ht. 5 1/2. Good condition.
Early handmade arts and crafts copper and mirror box designed and signed by Taxco, Mexico artist Hector Aguilar. Meaures 6 1/2"L X 4 1/4"D X 2 1/4"H. Mirrors on 5 sides are in fine vintage condition with no cracks or chips. The copper has a beautiful untouched patina. Two corners on the base are slightly seperated which appear to be original to the handmaking of the piece. See pictures. Hinged mirror top opens to a copper interior. Insured shipping included within the U.S.
A vintage hammered copper small pot, unmarked, likely circa first part of the 20th century, with interesting curved handle, and hand placed grommet. Measurements are 4" high not including handle, and about 5 1/4" across at widest. Not the famous Dirk van Erp of the San Francisco Bay area, but nevertheless and interesting piece. There is a dent along the bottom edge as shown.
Art deco designed copper dish showing bull smelling the roses-"Ferdinand"- by Frank Rebajes(1907-1990), NYC, c.1934. A rounded 5 11/16" square concave dish is signed "REBAJES". Has hanger and is in very good condition. Cute cartoon design.....$11 for insured USA shipping plus applicable NY sales tax.
The tazza features the most complex pierced design featuring decorative foliate scrolls, wave-shapes and four figures.
Each of the figures is different but bears a distinctly nautical theme. The first male figure reclines on a chair of waves and cat tails and holds a trident; the adjacent female figures ride various sea-beasts while one holds a downward-pointing spear...
Cast iron boot scrape in the form of a Scottie in its original blue paint. The two long spikes that hold the boot scrape in the ground are marked "Copyrighted 1927 By Household Patent Co. Morristown, PA." The company made a variety of metal products such as weather vanes and boot scrapes. Excellent condition; about 5% paint loss; the back side has remnants of old fabric-based adhesive tape that could be removed. 10" wide; 15.5" tall.
Just Andersen art deco candlesticks
Pewter
6" tall x 7" across
Very good vintage condition
A Danish footed pewter bowl. Around 1930, hand hammered. Designed by Georg Nilsson and produced by the big Dutch cutlery manufacturer Gero in the Danish factory they had purchased in 1922 and where GN (trained by Georg Jensen) was the chief designer. Marked Gerotin (tin is Danish for pewter). Height "5¼/ 13 cm. Condition: fine.
Two hand hammered pewter vases of the same model, of different size. Designed by Georg Nilsson and produced by the big Dutch cutlery manufacturer Gero in the Danish factory they had purchased in 1922 and where GN (trained by Georg Jensen) was the chief designer. Marked Gerotin (tin is Danish for pewter). Height "3¼/ 8 and "2¼/ 6 cm. Condition: fine.
Pretty Classical Silver tray. Octagonal. Sides tapering with repousse leafing scrollwork and flowers; rim beaded. Marked “Silver”. Very good condition.
Dimensions: H 3/4 x W 13 1/2 x D 12 1/2 in. Weight: 22.9 troy ounces. #BY065
Sterling salt dish pair with serving spoon, monogrammed with W. The plain bowl sits atop circular foot with egg and dart decoration. Marked RLB, 1104, Sterling on bottom. Very nice condition with 1 salt having a very minor dent. The maker is Lunt Silversmiths of Greenfield, MA, operating since 1901.
Dimension: 2 1/8" d
Continental Antique 800 sugar cube or bon bon tongs with Eagle claws. fleur de lis finial with twisted arms and gilt wash bird claw tongs . Marked on side edge of loops . Weight 20g H 5"
Pre Assay piano hinge silver pill or stamp box stamped and marked: Silver Made in Mexico. Applied ethnographic feather like design and a bezel set 7mm amethyst cab. 21 grams and could be higher than sterling. 1 1/8" X 1 3/4". While it has a nice vintage outer patina, the inside is very "white", as if when rec'd it was put away for decades and the inside never saw the light of day...