Catalog (197)

A beautiful Belgian pewter jug probably for wine, dated c. mid 18th. century.

The jug of a beautiful shape with clear pewter marks for Proost, Brügge, Belgium.

Height: 16,5 cm.

Condition: Good Very fine for this early type! Choice glossy dark patina.

Ex. Dutch Private Collection

A beautiful and larger Dutch pewter jug probably for wine, dated mid 18th. century.

The jug of a beautiful shape with clear pewter marks and initials FVDB for Fransiscus van den Bogaert, Den Bosch.

Size: 20 cm. tall and 9 cm. wide.

Condition: Good Very fine for this early type! Choice glossy dark patina.

Ex. Dutch Private Collection

A very beautiful and quite large French pewter jug for wine, dated 1768.

The jug with fine and clear French pewter marks.

Size: 26,5 cm. tall and 12 cm. wide.

Condition: Good Very fine for this early type! Choice glossy dark patina.

Ex. Dutch Private Collection

A very large double candlestioc with decorated shield, Dutch, c. mid 18th. century.

The shield finely decorated with a flower vase, loop for hanging. twin candlesticks losely attached below.

Size: 37 cm. tall and 29,5 cm. wide.

Impressive large antique with a nice presence and it gives a wonderful reflective light.

Condition: Very fine and intact with typical period soldering, visible on the back.

Ex. Dutch Collection

An early and sizable bronze mortar, Flemish / dated 1617!

Very attractive European renaissance mortar that comes with a pestle from the period. The mortar of the typical flemish design with the conical vessel, two zoomorphic handles and a wide rim. The mortar is finely decorated with archantus leafs and inscribed along the rim with LOF GODT VAN AL, AO 1617.

Size: 14,5 cm. wide over the rim, 12,8 cm. tall and the pestle is 23 cm. long. The combined weight about 3,6 kilogram...

A lovely massive baroque mortar of the largest size, used by farmacies, probably weighing c. 15 kilograms!

The conical mortar made with beatiful profiled concenthric decoration and a wide rim, below with high relief latin - SOLI DEO GLORIA, only for the glory of god, and dated 1748.

The largest Italian baroque mortar we've handled in many years and not something you would see every day.

Size: The mortar is 23,8 cm. wide at the rim in diameter and the pestle is ...

A c. 1720-1740 Tobacco box in an extrafine and sharp condition for the often well-polished boxes of the early period.

Erotic motifs on both sides and as something rare, it's inscribed in the copper with 'Een vurig hart is een kroon der wereld' which means something like 'A fervent heart is a crown of the world'.

Length: 17 cm. and c. 5 cm. wide.

Condition: Near Extremely fine for the type of item.

Ex. Dutch Collection.

A Flemish (Dutch) bronze lavabo, 16th-17th. cent.

The bellied receptacle with zoomorphic heads to the spouts and female heads with long hair to the lugs supporting the swing handle. Lovely gothic style bronze vessel with quite much gilt present, but made in the early baroque period.

Size: c. 30 cm. wide and 17 cm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine for this early piece. The heads are sharp and there's lots of preserved gilt which is rarely seen for this often very ...

A finely carved and exceptional early wooden Mangle board, Friesland (coastal regions of the Netherlands and northwestern Germany), c. mid-late 17th. century.

An early mangle board, carved in an exceptional openwork and geomethric style with micro carving of tiny details. Beautiful portal shaped top.

Size: c. 62 cm. long and c. 11 cm. wide.

Condition: Good Very fine. Lovely fresh wood for the period and undamaged.

Ex. Dutch Private Collection. ...

A finely carved and exceptional early wooden Mangle board, Friesland (coastal regions of the Netherlands and northwestern Germany), dated 1674.

Mangle boards are rarely seen dated earlier than 1700s and this is a significant piece, carved in a wonderful geomethric style with micro carving of tiny details. Dated at the top and initialized further down.

Size: c. 70 cm. long and c. 14 cm. wide.

Condition: Choice Very fine for this extremely old piece in wood.

A lovely large brass alloy / bronze vessel, dating to the late 17th. cent. probably 1680-1710, workshop Nürenberg and maker was Johann Windhösel - Leuchtmacher and cappucine munk in the city in that period.

Very decorative and fine quality baroque art. The vessel with loops in the form of human figures for suspending the chains. The vessel is c. 98 cm. when hanging.

Condition: Choice and intact with a nice patina and smooth wear from use and polishing.

An attractive wooden jewelry box, with finely carved inlays of bone and Mother of Pearl, probably Levantine, 19th. century AD.

With a large carved central rose-bud projecting and interiour red velvet. no key present but unlocked.

Size: 21 cm. wide and 9 cm. tall (max)

Condition: Nice Very fine. basically Intact with tiny losses to inlay.

Attractive early brass travellers icon, probably made before the Ban on bronze travellers icon making by Peter the Great in 1722. This icon dates to c. 17th.-18th. century.

Size: 59 x 48 mm.

Condition: Nice Very fine, wear to details and nice old patina.

Ex. Old Danish private Collection.

Attractive bronze travellers icon, with mother and Christ. This icon probably dates to the 18th. century, but could be late 17th. cent..

Size: 63 x 52 mm.

Condition: Near VF, this icon has experienced a lot of love and is covered with a fine early brass alloy patina.

Ex. Old Danish private Collection.

An early and attractive brass alloy travellers icon, made before the Ban on bronze travellers icon making by Peter the Great in 1722. This icon probably dates to the late 17th. century.

Size: 60 x 48 mm.

Condition: Nice Very fine. Lovely thick dark brown patina, some light wear to high points, but very attractive and untouched.

Ex. Old Danish private Collection.

Early and attractive bronze travellers icon, made before the Ban on bronze travellers icon making by Peter the Great in 1722. This icon dates to c. 17th. century. Interesting cuphrite alloy, used in the baroque period

Size: 64 x 48 mm.

Condition: Nice Very fine. Nice redish patina.

Ex. Old Danish private Collection.

Attractive bronze travellers icon, with mother and Christ. This icon probably dates to the 18th. century, but could be 17th. cent..

Size: 59 x 48 mm.

Condition: Near VF, this icon has experienced a lot of love and is covered with a fine white bronze patina.

Ex. Old Danish private Collection.

Attractive brass travellers icon, depicting Mary and Christ, c. early-mid 19th century.

Size: 59 x 48 mm.

Condition: Good Very fine. Nice patina and details preserved.

Ex. Old Danish private Collection.