Catalog (678)

Green, gray and yellow glazed ceramic pendant with a radiating sun-like motif. The back signed Vallauris, the postwar French experimental art pottery center where artists like Picasso used to work in the 1950’s and 60’s. Unusual. Height "2¾/ 7 cm. Condition: fine

Vintage brooch or pin presenting a lady in profile, a classic motif within a gilt frame. Made of red clay and fired in a way that adds a crackle effect to the gilt surface. Probably French, c 1940's, unsigned. Diameter "2/ 5 cm. Condition: fine.

Black and white – early Op Art – buttons and clasp, c 1930. Four buttons and a belt clasp fixed to their original card marked “La Mode”, all with three layers (black-white-black) of plastic material and cut-through effects. The card marked Germany. Diameter of clasp "1 ½ / 4 cm. Condition: fine.

Checked black and white clip on ceramic earrings, c 1960, unsigned and made by hand, probably Scandinavian. Concave shape and a light blue shade to the white. Height "1/2/ 2.2 cm. Condition: fine.

Porcelain pendant with decorative figural ornament in gilt in the style so typical of Bjorn /Björn Wiinblad (1918 – 2006), the Danish artist who designed posters and textiles, and cutlery, ceramics and glass for Rosenthal, Germany. Width "2/ 5.2 cm. Condition: fine.

Oval, gilt pin with relief decoration in blue and white of a lady dressed in a Rococo robe, a fan in her hand. Probably Dutch, impressed mark: Frode. Height: "1 ¾ / 3.7 cm. Condition: fine. The lack of gilt in the edges is intentional

Majolica brooch from Karlsruhe, Germany, c 1960. Low relief geometric design and turquoise crackle glaze. Impressed mark and a Z in black, probably for the decorator. Width "1 ¾ / 4.5 cm. Condition: repair to one corner (cf. pics). What might look like damages in the first photo are just reflections.

Handsewn, very neat little crocodile cuff links, English, c 1930 -1950 or earlier. Measures "½ x ½ / 12x 12 mm. Condition: fine.

Impressive Aztec or Inca design ceramic brooch from around 1950, turquoise and gilt glazed. Distance between the wing tips "2 ¼ / 5.5 cm. Security clasp. Condition: fine

Small cut steel cravat stick pin, Victorian, mid 19th century. Length "1 ¾ / 4.5 cm. Condition: fine.

French Art Déco gilt copper brooch or pin, c 1930-40. Elegant design of a troubadour, a lute-player in medieval costume. Height "2/ 5 cm. Condition: fine.

Stoneware vase by Arne Bang around 1940, with an applied twig of flowers and a very light matte glaze. Signed with the AB monogram and 184, the model number in Bang's sketch book. Height "3 ½ / 9 cm: Condition: some roughness to the underside of the second flower, otherwise fine.