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similar to RARE 1940s Rebajes Handmade Copper Veronica Lake Wall PLAQUES
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Copper : Pre 1950
item #1453769
(stock #000225)
California Dreaming
$2,995.00
$2,995.00
For sale here is a very RARE and very large pair of vintage 1940s handmade copper Veronica Lake wall plaques by Francisco Rebajes of NYC. Rebajes was one of the earliest studio jewelers in the US, starting back in the 1930s, but he also made a whole line of objects in copper including large wall plaques such as this pair. He quickly went from selling his idiosyncratic creations on the street to a posh and stylish showroom on 5th Avenue by the 1940s! Here's a short biography of the artist:
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All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1950
item #1455087
(stock #BR829)
Rare sterling silver punch ladle. Made by Spratling in Taxco, Mexico. Round hand-hammered bowl with curved spout. Mount has tooled bands and applied rope band and is inset with tapering stained-wood handle. An early piece by this maker. 1940s marks. Very good condition with beautiful patina.
Dimensions: H 13 x W 3 3/4 x D 1/4 in. Gross weight: 5 troy ounces. #BR829
Swiss brooch, ca 1880. Oval enameled plaque in gold frame; rim comprises applied scrolls heightened with enamel and inset with pearls.
The plaque depicts the Château de Chillon, a medieval castle set on an island in Lake Geneva, with Mont Blanc in the background. Chillon was a source of inspiration to the English Romantics, especially Lord Byron whose Prisoner of Chillon was inspired by its use as a prison during the 16th-century Wars of Religion. Byron’s evocation of tormented solitude is ...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900
item #1395405
(stock #BS176)
Rare mixed metal pitcher with lots of bugs. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1880. Globular with drum-form neck, small lip spout, and c-scroll handle. Modish insects—dragon fly, grasshopper, and butterfly—creep and dart among fluid and interlaced grass stalks applied to hand-hammered sterling silver ground heightened with floral engraving and copper inlay. A superb integration of Japonesque and Craftsman. Interlaced script monogram engraved to underside. Fully marked including pattern n...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900
item #1441803
(stock #BU336)
Rare Japonesque mixed metal tray. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1878. Square with curved sides and straight edges. Two birds soar and glide. One is viewed from below and the other from above (that is, from bird’s eye). An original and jokey design incorporating the exotic flattened Japanese perspective. Feathers are gold, and beaks, eyes, and wispy, dangly talons are copper. Crescent frame engraved with calligraphy-style presentation dated 1879. Ground hand hammered. Corner leaf-and-sc...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1960
item #1491301
(stock #BZ432)
Modern sterling silver water pitcher. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Upward tapering sides, scrolled bracket handle, and v-spout. Spare incised banding near rim. Holds 3 1/2 pints. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern no. 22343, and director’s letter M (1947-56), and volume. Very good condition.
Dimensions: H 6 3/4 x W 7 1/8 x D 5 1/8 in. Weight: 20.4 troy ounces. #BZ432
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1920
item #1491300
(stock #BZ638)
Edwardian Georgian sterling silver salver. Made by William Hutton & Sons Ltd in Sheffield in 1911. Flat and molded piecrust rim; three leaf-capped volute scroll supports. Fully marked. Very good condition.
Dimensions: H 7/8 x D 8 in. Weight: 9.4 troy ounces. #BZ638
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1910
item #1491299
(stock #BZ562)
Art Nouveau sterling silver shaving mug. Made by Gorham in Providence, ca 1900. Round bowl; interior mounted with pierced brush holder. C-scroll handle. Acid-etched flowering scrollwork forming frame (vacant). Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. A5334. Very good condition.
Dimensions: H 2 7/8 x W 4 5/8 x D 3 3/8 in. Weight: 4.8 troy ounces. #BZ562
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1960
item #1491297
(stock #BZ415)
Modern Georgian sterling silver tray. Made by Hamilton Silver Co. Inc. in New York, ca 1950. Round well and sharp ogee piecrust rim. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 92. Very good condition.
Dimensions: H 3/8 x D 12 3/8 in. Weight: 20 troy ounces. #BZ415
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970
item #1491296
(stock #BZ610)
Pair of Francis I sterling silver low 3-light candelabra. Made by Reed & Barton in Taunton, Mass. Each: Central socket on bell-form base to which are mounted two leaf- and flower-wrapped scrolled and reeded arms, each terminating in single socket. Arms have threaded plug set in socket on raised foot. Low relief ornament with leaves and fruit and flower clusters. Fluting. Sockets bellied and rims scrolled. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern name, and X5691. Very good condition.
Dim...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1920
item #1491295
(stock #BZ507)
Edwardian sterling silver porringer. Made by William B. Kerr in Newark, ca 1910. Round with gently upward tapering sides and solid shaped handle. Rectilinear frames with etched scenes of girl kneeling in prayer, feasting from a fruit platter, and seated at table with steaming pot and bowl of porridge. With text propounding dubious causality: “Every night / my prayers I say, / And get my dinner / every day;” and “And every day / that I’ve been good, / I get an orange / after food”. Cent...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1900
item #1491294
(stock #BZ654)
Japanese silver tea caddy, ca 1890. Ovoid; plain splayed foot and short neck and short inset neck. Applied and chased irises with floppy, irregular petals and reeded tendrils rooted in eddying water as well as baskets and wood staves; hand-hammered ground. Cover top has same and sides have engraved fretwork border. Large with big and bold ornament. Gorgeous Meiji Art Nouveau for the cosmopolitan West. Marked. Very good condition with nice patina. Interior cover original.
Dimensions: H 8 x D 6...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900
item #1491293
(stock #BZ613)
Pair of Victorian Classical sterling silver sauceboats. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1883. Each: Rectilinear body with lip spout and curved corners on same raised foot; high-looping leaf-covered handle with ribbed cast volute scroll terminal between scrolls and incised volute scroll mount. Repousse rinceaux band between molded lines. Stylized egg-and-dart rims. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern no. 7370 (first produced in 1883), and director’s letter M (1873-91). Very go...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1950
item #1491292
(stock #BZ527)
Midcentury Modern sterling silver tea caddy. Oval with straight sides and gadrooned and ribbed mouth rim. Cover flat and hinged with carved pineapple finial on tooled silver leaf mounts. Spare elegance that suggests the Danish influence. Marked “Sterling / Hand Made”. Very good condition.
Overall dimensions: H 4 1/2 x W 3 1/4 x D 2 7/8 in. Gross weight: 7.3 troy ounces. #BZ527
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1800
item #1491291
(stock #BZ616)
George II sterling silver mug. Made by Samuel Welles in London in 1759. Baluster bowl with leaf-capped double-scroll handle. Raised foot with tooled leaf border. Chased and engraved bucolic scene with hounds racing through an orchard. A later Victorian homage to the tranquility of rural life. An even later engraved presentation in the frame formed by the leafing, overhanging trees: “Palm Beach Golf Club / Florida / State Championship / 1916 / First Prize / Runner Up / Won By”. No name follow...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900
item #1491152
(stock #BZ615)
Victorian Classical sterling silver water pitcher. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1877. Globular bowl with drum-form neck, small lip spout, and c-scroll handle. Bowl has vertical ornament in form of applied acanthus leaves alternating with embossed gadroons. Neck has applied harps in wreaths between leafing scrolls. Handle has applied rosette and leafing stem. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern no. 4706 (first produced in 1877), and director’s letter M (1873-91). Very good ...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900
item #1491151
(stock #BZ634)
Pair of Victorian Classical sterling silver low candlesticks. Made by Richard Hodd & Son in London in 1881. Each: Ovoid socket with bobeche on spool support mounted to stepped square base with scrolling leaves at corners. In low relief draped matrons bearing wreaths and olive branches. Beading and leaf-and-dart. Fully marked. Very good condition.
Dimensions: H 5 x W 3 1/4 x D 3 1/4 in. Weighted. #BZ634
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1960
item #1491148
(stock #BZ652)
Midcentury Modern sterling silver box. Made by JC Boardman & Co. in Connecticut. Rectangular with straight sides and curved corners. Cover hinged with gently curved top and rectangular tab. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 845. Very good condition.
Overall dimensions: H 2 1/2 x W 8 5/8 x D 7 in. Heavy weight: 30.7 troy ounces. #BZ652
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1910
item #1491145
(stock #BZ171)
Pair of Victorian Classical sterling silver open salts. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Each: Bellied bowl on 3 shell-mounted hoof supports. Repousse flowers and fronds. Everted rim with repousse scallop shells. Interlaced script monogram engraved on underside. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern no. 4174, order no. 4997, and director’s letter T (1892-1902). Very good condition.
Dimensions: H 1 1/2 x D 2 1/2 in. Total weight: 3.4 troy ounces. #BZ171