Catalog: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art (24)

A very cheerful and colorful ceramic paneled vase decorated in the Merrie England motif by Newhall Pottery in England, dating to around 1930. The scenery depicts a castle with beefeater guards from Tudor England. The vivid, warm earth tones make you want to go outside for sunshine.

Condition

Very Good with minor crazing and minor enamel loss to rim.

Dimensions
Height: 8 inches (slightly less)

This desirable pattern glass pitcher was made by the Mosser Glass Company of Ohio which used hand pressing to create its beautiful high quality glass. This beaded shell pattern is especially nice with its whited rim and foot. The quatrefoil foot is scalloped holding the body whose stippled walls frame the finely shaped Deco style fan shell in high relief. The rim is also scalloped with lovely undulating ebbs and tides...

This masterpiece bowl was produced by the master himself, Peter Anderson, founder of the renowned Shearwater Pottery, in the waning years of his 56 year illustrious career.

This unassuming low, broad-shouldered bowl represents the accumulation of over 50 years of expertise and wisdom at the craft of hand thrown pottery, a form Anderson called a rose bowl. It is decorated in stony blue glaze...

Rene Lalique's artistic virtuosity is eminently exhibited in his Formose vase which depicts scaled koi fish swimming in (or creating) swirling water. The glass is tinted grey - a hard to find color for this famous vase. the rim of the base is inscribed R Lalique 934 with some illegible writings...

This Palissy Ware center or serving piece has 3 clam styled bowls for serving condiments or food. They have a Jun Yao style of coloring of mottled blue and green with dabs of purple in the interior; outer walls are painted with ochre streaks. The body is encrusted with shells and bocage evoking colorful visions of the sea.

Underside is marked Made in Portugal 201A...

This interesting vase has a notch in it making it look a little like Pac Man, but giving it a very distinct form. However, we believe that it was created in a studio by excellent ceramicists who decorated the vase with free flowing green and blue glazes. One side has a stack of incised chevrons running down the center. The underside is marked with what appears to be W NZ VI, marks whose identity elude us...

A lovely Steuben center bowl with reeded diamond optic decoration, low profile, but large diameter. I have not quite placed the color as it does not quite match green or Pomona Green, but I will go with the former pending further research.

Condition is excellent, but may contain a minute production flaw or two. Unmarked but unmistakably Steuben. Shape number is 6774.

Dimensions: 11 3/4" d, 3 1/8" h

A lovely Steuben glass finger bowl in shape 3140 of transparent type colored in Bristol Yellow. This bowl was made during the legendary Carder Era most llikely in the 1920s. 4 1/4" d

If you don't collect Jadeite, this one might get you started. It is provocative and unique among Jadeite wares, featuring a voluptuous nude female figure on each of the 3 sides of the vase. Good condition with original base punch hole intact. The main defect is 2 parallel small tight cracks about 2 millimeters. There is also some faint discoloration around this condition. Dimension: 8 1/2" tall

Superbly executed miniature portrait plate hand painted of Leonardo Davinci. Back stamp Richard Ginori 10-46. Obverse in excellent condition; reverse smudged. Gold rim Dimension: 4" d

A splendid ruby cut to clear glass crystal compote on a scalloped foot rising along a faceted shaped stem with terraced capital supporting a gorgeous rich ruby red cut bowl. The compote has excellent weight - you know you are getting a quality piece of crystal when you feel it in your hand. While it is unmarked, it bears considerable likeness to Val St Lambert, much of whose production was unmarked...

Proving the old adage that good things come in small packages, this sublime art glass vase by Quezal stands as an exemplary specimen. Its luscious sheen comes from its iridescent finish which protects the supple highly textured strands of glass forming lattice interstices throughout the body of its urn form. With dominating yellows and green, colors of reds, purples, and orange are woven subtly to create rainbow under the right lighting circumstances. The condition of the vase is immaculate...

Standing on sweeping foot, the blue bowl is decorated in the round with classical figural and objective motifs. Excellent condition save for a couple of stains in the bowl. Dimension: 8" d

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

A rare and desirable shade vase attributed to Steuben in shape 2533 using gold Aurene vine decoration with iridescent finish on calcite pink ground. In excellent condition but with one slight black mar on the interior of the trumpet flare as seen in the photograph. Unsigned. Dimension: 4 7/8" h

A finely crafted leather box for which Italians are world famous, in supple burgundy leather accented with gold cufflink decorations. The underside is stamped Made in Italy for Senfeld Imports. The lid is hinged in leather. Condition is very fine with slight evidences of wear. Dimension: 2 7/8"

Superbly executed hand painted miniature portrait plate featuring St Fabiola by Richard Ginori. Slight blemishes on veil. Backstamp Richard Ginori Italy 10-46

Dimension: 4 inches diameter

A finely sculpted bust of a young man with exceptional patina of finely blended earth and bronze pigments. Physical condition is superb, but a small amount of finish has worn around the left eye and on the top of the head exposing a green substrate, yet harmonious with the earthen finish. Signed on the back of the neck. We have been unable to decipher the signature; yet the work speaks well for the unidentified artist. Dimension: 13" h