William Spratling Sterling Silver Sunburst Candle Sconces c. 1950's
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Strait's Antiques
$39.95
EACH - SEVEN AVAILABLE
This pretty crystal clear 6 1/2 Inch high Orchid, Number 5025 Tyrolean, 12 Ounce, one ball stem, Ice Tea Tumbler was made by Heisey Glass. This Tumbler is in very good condition with no chips or cracks. Be sure to search our other elegant glass available. We guarantee items to be as described. THANK YOU.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1960 item #1492087 (stock #K030)
The Kura
$470.00
A narrow open-mouthed vessel decorated with autumnal trees by Ito Tozan II enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The piece could serve as a vase, but comes with a black lacquered wooden lid and is titled Mizusashi, making it rightfully a fresh water jar for the Japanese Tea Ceremony. It is 11.7 cm (4-3/4 inches) diameter 22 cm (9 inches) tall and in excellent condition, likely dating from the 1950s...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1910 item #1492084 (stock #Hiroshige173)
Hiroshige Ando
Fuchu, Nichomachi (Titled in image)
Size: Approximately 8.5 x 3.5 inches.
Date: ca 1910.
Publisher: Matsumoto Print Works. No. 40 publisher's tag on back.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Bend lower right corner. Chip upper left corner.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1960 item #1492083
Spratling designed this extraordinary pair of sterling wall sconces in the 1950's. Hand forged in sterling silver, each sconce measures 7 1/4" high X 7 1/4" across. Total weight of the pair is 300 grams. The sunburst composition is reminiscent of the sterling silver necklace Spratling designed for cosmetic entrepreneur & philanthropist Helena Rubenstein in the 1940's. The sconces are in beautiful vintage condition. Both are signed WILLIAM SPRATLING TAXCO MEXICO, eagle 30.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940 item #1492077 (stock #Ohara333)
Ohara Koson
Bullfinch on the branch of a blossoming plum tree
Date: Saturday, April 27th, 1940.
Size: 7.5 x 5.375 inches (19 x 13.6 centimeters).
Note: Cover of a dinner menu for the passenger liner Nitta Maru of the Trans-Pacific Line.
Publisher: Likely Nippon Mokuhan Co. Tokio (Japan Woodblock Co. Tokyo), who produced another of our ship menu woodblock prints.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print made from a carved wood block...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1990 item #1492075 (stock #12556)
t a t a m i
$250.00


OGRE DECORATION

Unique practical substitute made of tin plate for the roof ornamentation found in traditional Japanese architecture so-called 'Onigawara' (lit. 'Ogre tile' / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onigawara), with the implication of talisman as well. Showa period, 20th century. H 29 x W 26 x D 19.5 cm (11.41 x 10.23 x 7.67in)...
This is a really pretty Crown Tuscan 3-Part Candy Dish with Lid made by Cambridge Glass featuring the hand painted Charlton Rose pattern. This Candy Dish is trimmed in gold and is in very good condition with no chips, cracks or scratches. The hand painted Rose decoration is all very good; the gold trim has some thinning on the handles. This Candy Dish measures 7 3/4 inches across X 3 1/2 inches high to top of the knob. We guarantee items to be as described. THANK YOU.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1910 item #1492062 (stock #SeikoA018)
Aoki Seiko (b. 1880)
Red Berries and Birds (aka. Waxwings)
Size: Approximately 9.75 x 4.75 inches (24.9 x 12 cm).
Date: ca. 1910.
Publisher: Matsumoto Print Works. Cat. #368 tags on back.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Upper left corner margin chip. Pinhole near signature.
- Rarely seen.
The Matsumoto catalog identifies the birds as kashidori, "a noisy, quarrelsome species of jay."
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1930 item #1492061 (stock #SeikoA017)
Aoki Seiko
Waxwings (Red Berries and Birds)
Date: Friday, July 5th, 1929.
Accordion format. Opened out size: 10.375 x 7.625 inches (23.4 x 19.2 cm).
Note: Dinner menu for the Kashima Maru on the N.Y.K. Line
Medium: Japanese woodblock print made from a carved wood block. Mechanization was added to the printing process.
Condition: Toning, marks, and scuff on map page.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940 item #1492049 (stock #Hasui664)
Kawase Hasui
Morning at Niju Bridge (Nijubashi no Asa)
Date: Monday, August 17, 1936.
Size: 7.5 x 5.375 inches (19 x 13.6 centimeters).
Note: This rare print was the cover of a dinner menu for the Yasukuni Maru, a cruise ship on the N.Y.K. Line (Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha)...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940 item #1492048 (stock #Hiroshige172)
Hiroshige Ando
Suidobashi, Surugadai (Suido Bridge and Surugadai)
Date: Thursday, December 3, 1931.
Size: 7.625 x 5 inches (19.5 x 12.6 cm).
Note: Concert and tea party menu for the passenger ship Chichibu Maru on the N.Y.K. Line.
Publisher: Nippon Mokuhan Co. Tokio (Japan Woodblock Co. Tokyo).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print made from a carved wood block...
Strait's Antiques
$43.95
SET of FOUR
This listing is for four (4) vintage turquoise blue glass Murano enameled with painted flowers water tumblers. Each tumbler measures 4 inches high and holds 9 ounces. All four tumblers are in very good condition for their age. Be sure to search our other vintage tumblers available. We guarantee items to be as described. THANK YOU.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Earthenware : Pre 1970 item #1492044 (stock #pc213)
Kodo Arts
$750.00
Fine Shigaraki ceramic Mizusashi tea utensil by Rakusai IV in the "suehiro' flaring style. Ca. 1970. Signed box. Rakusai IV was born 1925 in Shigaraki and is probably the most famous Shigaraki potter. The Takahashi family is along with the Ueda family the oldest potter family in Shigaraki and largely responsible for preserving traditions, especially after the second world war...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1910 item #1492041 (stock #Josetsu001)
Josetsu (Jousetsu) 城雪
Cock and Hen with Chickens under a Plum-tree
Size: 7 x 4.75 inches.
Date: ca. 1910.
Publisher: Matsumoto Print Works. Cat. #164 tag on back.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print from a painting by Tokyo artist Josetsu.
Condition: A few marks. Slight waviness corresponding to location of tag on back.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Art Glass : Pre 1980 item #1492030
This is a really nice 5 inch round almond colored Colonial ash tray, featuring the Poodle dog, made by Westmoreland Glass. This ash tray is in very good condition with no chips or cracks. The Poodle decoration is very good. Be sure to search our other Westmoreland Glass and ash trays available. We guarantee items to be as described. THANK YOU.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Instruments and Implements : Time Pieces : Wristwatches : Pre 1970 item #1492029 (stock #OVW1228)
Watch Company
$54,500.00
OMEGA SEAMASTER 300 MILITARY British Royal Navy DIVE Big Triangle Cal. 552 Circa:1967. Reference 166.024/SC. Screw back surface marked: W10/6645-99 923-7697/A/254/67" (NATO Designation). 24 Jewels, Serial No. 18,285,232. 42mm diameter by 14mm thick. Original "BIG Triangle Dive "T" black mat finished dial (never re-lumed) matching original hands and luminous figures. Approaching museum quality. Can't get any better! THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1970 item #1492023
A delightful second standard (800/1000 pure silver) French tastevin featuring a mermaid. The overall design is in traditional Burgundian style, with “cupules,” and “perles” for viewing the color and clarity of either red or white wines, but this example is set apart because of the seaweed-surrounded mermaid set into the bottom. She has a distinctly “naughty mermaid” appearance typical of 1950s/60s Playboy illustrations. The thumb ring is worked in a rope motif...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1492018
A vintage sterling silver vermouth dispenser in the form of a syringe by Gorham. These were called “Martini Spikes” when sold by Gorham in the 1960s. The functioning plunger allows vermouth to be drawn up into the syringe and then dispensed in precisely-calibrated doses for your medical cocktails. The syringe originally cost $10...