All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Horn : Pre 1800 item #1479058 (stock #EA293)
Large antique, 18th century, American Revolutionary war period, Pennsylvania Dutch rifleman's powder horn (1770s-1780).

It is made of a hollowed-out brown horn with a domed oval wood base secured with brass tacks and fitted with a brass loop in the center for a suspension cord.

The body is engraved in the middle with the initials J.R.K...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Lacquer : Pre 1700 item #1480909 (stock #480)
Box in black lacquered wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl, golden details. The decor is composed of birds among plants and shrubs. The birds are very active, the one in the center tends to what appears to be a stylized egg in a nest? Probably a meaning. The designs are simple but harmonious and very elegant. The inlay work is empirical but the materials used are solide and they have stood the test of time well indeed the lacquer has not peeled off and the mother-of-pearl is still well maintained...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1900 item #1146124 (stock #1748)
A Victorian Oak Wood Tantalus, with three Bottles a Brass Frame and with a Working Lock and Key. Stamped "Mappin and Webb Oxford Street London". Circa 1880-1890. Dimension; 16.5" x 6" x 13" high to handle; total weight approximately 17.5 pounds; bottles approximately 4.4 pounds each. Slight chips on the base of stoppers and on edge of one bottle; Not noticeable. Also two of the brass corners at the base are split (see picture).
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Lacquer : Pre 1920 item #1168702 (stock #5A8)
French Papier Mache lacquered Chinoiserie decorated tray, 5/8" high, 10" diameter, Ca. late 1800's, with family outings to river bank Pavilion. There are some wear on lacquer finish and stains but no major damages.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Ivory : Pre 1930 item #1478043 (stock #G0809)
Five pair antique Chinese ivory chopsticks in good condition, it’s perfect for chopsticks collector, it is rare and hard to find item! L: 27cm (10.5”)
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1910 item #1245642 (stock #Sold)
Amazing pair of antique black forest carved wall sconces. Hand carved heavy walnut with incredible intricacy. Birds, leaves and scalloping. 14" tall, 8" deep. Couple missing pieces, but very complete. Excellent condition for age and detail.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1900 item #488074 (stock #G383/384)
Fresh from a multi-generation New England estate are two matching, stacking, 19th century, wooden pantry boxes.

They were originally assembled using glue, wooden pegs, and square head nails, although many of these were replaced at some point with early round head nails.

Condition is quite good with some age-related separation of wood as seen in photos---nothing that disturbs the structural integrity or visual appeal of this very early pair. Both retain wonderful, all-original patina...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1910 item #335911 (stock #293)
An English Oak Inkstand from the Edwardian era, circa 1910. It is 9" x 6", with a decorated top to the inkwell. There is a slight crack in the glass (visible in the photo), but otherwise in fine condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1900 item #663995 (stock #657)
A Victorian Fruitwood Document or Storage Box. Burl Panel and Rosewood Painted Interior, Inlay exterior. Dimensions 13" wide x 9" deep x 5" high. Very Good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1900 item #327561 (stock #552)
A Victorian Burr Walnut Slant Front Stationary Box or Cabinet; with Stepped Stationary Slots, Pen Drawer, Ceramic Note Board and Calendar Windows. Dimensions 16" high x 17.5" wide (35" open) x 11" deep. Circa 1870-1880. Some minimal wear and front panels are slightly ajar (see picture), otherwise in wonderful condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1900 item #336714 (stock #168)
A Victorian Rosewood Lap Desk or Writing Box with an Satinwood Inlay on Top; from the mid-19th century (circa 1860). Dimensions; 14" wide x 9.5" deep x 4.5" high. Condition is good except for internal crack under the top. The base lining is more recent
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Lacquer : Pre 1910 item #1492782
Zentner Collection
$1,250.00
A pair of lovely lacquered antique Japanese Hibachis (braziers) using a refined Kamakurabori technique. Featuring Chrysanthemums (Kiku) and Paulownia (Kiri) flowers and leaves with a bronze insert. Originally used as hand warmers during the cold of winter, they make elegant flower pots for plants and Ikebana flower arrangements.

Age: Late Meiji Era (1900-1910)

Dimensions Each: 11 1/2" Diameter by 8 1/2" High
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Pre 1900 item #1341309 (stock #1452)
Country and Shaker Antiques
$55.00
Sale Pending
Two antique bone thread winders one in the shape of a fish and the other with to concave ends. Both measure just shy of 1 1/2". These would be nice to add to a sewing collection. Mid to late 1800's.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1900 item #1342465 (stock #1471)
Really nice early pantry box with a label on the lid and on the front. Both labels read Raisins and it written in nice old sepia ink. The box in in fine crisp condition with nice old patina, mellow honey brown color and hand made nails. The box has a Shaker quality to it but the world made these boxes also so I can't say for sure that it is. It is 8 1/4" across the top and 4 1/4" tall and is circa 1830-40. This is a top notch pantry box.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #395339
Very attractive Victorian lacquered papier-mache soap box decorated with a japonaise design. The sides show laborers pulling a boat filled with partiers along a canal. The lid shows a kneeling maiden tending her flower garden in a classic Japanese garden. The lid is also decorated with the soap maker's logo. Japanese styled items were very popular in France from around 1870 until the end of the century.

Origin: France, ca. 1880. Condition: excellent...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1469962 (stock #BNJmonkPapBo)
June Hastings
$450.00
A 19th C black lacquered Victorian papier-mache tabletop box with a gold Chinoiserie scene. The lid is decorated with monks in a Chinese style garden where as the sides are decorated with noble families at leisure in a similar Chinese garden. What makes this box special are the monks on the lid and detailed decorations on all 4 sides. Measure 11.75" long, 2.75" high, and 3.5" wide
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Pre 1910 item #807919
Exceptionally fine Edwardian tortoishell letter box decorated with gold pique. The serpentine front is inlaid in a pattern of floral swags flanking a center wreath. The curved top has a matching wreath and swags as well as songbirds. The gold has a beautiful rose tint that contrasts nicely with the rich golden-brown of the tortoise, and the surfaces are intricately engraved to enhance the appearance...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Horn : Pre 1837 VR item #996383 (stock #26C10 1147)
English George III snuff box fashioned from horn and with a tortoiseshell veneer on the cover. Circa 1790-1810. The cover is also inlaid with a floral design in silver and gold. Chip to one corner of cover (see photo detail); hinge is firm and carved from the horn, with a snug fit to the lid. Size: 3" long x 1.5" deep x .75" high.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1837 VR item #1180606 (stock #SR42)

A rare 2 color English wooden snuff box in the form of a shoe decorated with brass studs and dated 1856. in perfect condition, c1820. Condition: excellent Height: 5.5 inches Width: 1.25 inches

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1900 item #1468146
David Anthony
$1,695.00
This extraordinary wood carving is a figure of Santo Nino enveloped in an oval cartouche with swirling flourishes above and below. Nino is robed in dramatic array as she holds a globe in one while giving the sign of Christ in the other. The drapery and decoration of it is exceptional as is the rich relief carving. We believe that this Spanish Colonial era panel is early 19th C...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1168678 (stock #5A9)
English Papier Mache Display Shelf with lacquered Chinoiserie decorated shelf, either place on the table or hang on the wall, 8 1/2" high-maximum height, 13" wide and 4 1/4" deep. Family enjoying outing in the Pavilion design in front and side panels. There are two(2) brass hook to hold the side panels together with bottom shelf, and brass hinges hold side pieces to the back. There are some house paint on the back side, but they don't show from the front side...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1900 item #704488
A delightful and rare Victorian tartanware egg timer covered in an unidentified red, green, black and yellow. The top and bottom plates are in an unusual horseshoe shape. The posts are covered in tartan, as well. Exposed areas of wood are ebonized. The tartan is not named, and the piece is marked “Made in Scotland”. The timer measures exactly 3 mins.

Origin: Scotland, ca. 1895. Condition: very good, light wear to edges and varnish, but no major scuffs or missing paper...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1900 item #1285806
A very nice mauchline ware wooden hinged box decorated with seven Washington, DC scenes. American scenes are more difficult to find than English or Scottish scenes, and to find seven different images of the Washington DC area is most uncommon. The box retains its original blue silk lining. With the exception of Mount Vernon, all the buildings had been completed only 5-15 years before this piece was produced.

Origin: Scotland, ca. 1890. Dimensions: 7 x 4-7/8 x 3-7/8 inches.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1004664 (stock #J155)
This is one of a pair of wooden (not papier mache) footed plates made for export. The central medallion Japanese scene is classic and the rim has ornate panels with animals and plants...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Horn : Pre 1900 item #1036916
Description: First one, wonderful early 19th century oval shape Snuff Box with raised gold painted decoration of a horseman and hounds pursuing a stag. The other a late 19th century round example, molded to the lid with a commemorative roundel to the poet Robert Burn with a circumference of verse, the underside with flower head and oak leaf decoration. Size: The oval box's width is 3 3/4" and the round box's diameter is 3 1/4". Condition: The oval box is in pretty good condition and ther...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #559949
A very nice folding corner shelf of lacquered papier-mache with metallic decoration of Chinese court scenes. One wall shows ladies riding in a rickshaw while the other shows ladies strolling in a court garden with their guardian. The scalloped edge of the shelf is decorated with a gilt edge.

Origin: England, ca. 1840. Condition: excellent, no cracks, bright coloring. Size: 5” wide; 7-3/8” tall.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1920 item #1325088 (stock #RMT-127)
Carved Wooden Top Hat

(Early 20th C., some scratches

12.25” x 10” x 6.75” tall

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Lacquer : Pre 1837 VR item #1235042
A black lacquered papier mâché wine coaster, the sides enhanced with an unusual gilt pattern of stylized grape leaves and tendrils along with thistles. The decoration is in excellent condition, with a nice warm patina.

Origin: England, ca. 1800. Condition: excellent; normal crackling to the interior; no structural problems; gilding intact. Dimensions: diameter, 13.4 cm (5-1/4 in); height, 4.8 cm (1-7/8 in).

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Ivory : Pre 1900 item #1055425
Description: French miniature painting of Madame Fictaire of France wearing red dress with white lace,in sitting position. The portrait is in a machine turned bronze frame housed in a tiled wood frame. The portrait measures 2 3/4 by 2 1/4", in very good condition. Shipping is FREE within the U.S.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1900 item #557613
A wonderful Victorian figural bank constructed of oak and decorated with punched and engraved brass appliqués. This is the only bank we've seen in the shape of a bank! The roof is pierced with two slots to insert coins. The bank retains the original lock, but the key is missing.

Origin: England, ca. 1870. Condition: excellent, all original. Size: 5-3/8" x 3-1/2" x 5-3/8" tall.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Lacquer : Pre 1837 VR item #1411764 (stock #5A6E)
English Papier Mache Wine Bottle Coaster, Ca. 1820, Regency period, 5 1/4" diameter, 1 7/8" high, with lacquer decorated of Red Oak Leaves and Black Acorns continued outside in the solid Gold background, Red leaves outlined in Black, inside shows some black lacquer crazing but not too bad, bottom still retains old Denim. The Lacquer painted surface shows some wears.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1221192 (stock #5A10B)
French Papier Mache Hanger/Bracket for spoon or pipe, hand painted Chinoiserie design in gold and silver on red lacquer background, late mid to late 1800's, 7 1/2" high, 8 1/4" wide, 2 1/2" deep, and distance between top shelf and bottom is 3 1/4", 6/1/4" wide-bottom shelf. The gold and silver design of Chinoiserie scene is in very good condition and there are tiny chips on the edges of red lacquer surface. This shelf or hanger is fitted for displaying Pipe or Spoon on the wall. The condition...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1900 item #854850 (stock #934)
An Early Victorian Round Rosewood Lidded Box with Armorial Decoration. Circa, 1850. Dimensions; 4.5" high x 2.5" in diameter. Excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Ivory : Pre 1900 item #1486148
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.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1348115
Papier maché and mother of pearl plaque depicting the romantic ruins of medieval Llanthony Priory in Wales. Probably part of a Victorian portrait case and made by Jennens & Bettridge around 1840. Jennens (sometimes Jennings) and Bettridge, originally based in Birmingham, were famous for their beautiful papier maché products and had stores in New York and Paris as well. Their mother of pearl inlay was covered with tinted varnish as to create an iridescent effect. The back paper displays a varia...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Ivory : Pre 1900 item #840618 (stock #5307-03 )
Here is a unique gift for Christmas: a 19th century ivory letter opener in the form a dagger with a charming hand-carved elephant handle. The beautiful curved dagger blade is attached with old nails to the wooden handle. Measurement: length: 13 1/2 inches. Condition: two very minor losses at edge of base of wooden handle (1/8 inch each).
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #992273 (stock #918)
A Fine Early Victorian Diminutive Black Lacquer Tazza with Bird and Floral Decorations. Dimensions; 8" in diameter and 1.5" high. Circa 1850 and in very good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1900 item #937526 (stock #563)
A Victorian Mahogany Glove Box; Inlaid Medallion on Top, with Mother of Pearl Insets and an inside lining. Dimensions; 12" long x 4.25" deep x 3.25" high; normal wear and some chips (see pictures).
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Ivory : Pre 1910 item #840629 (stock #5307-05 )
This is an elegant 19th Century Victorian ivory page turner, the handle embellished with delicately carved flowers and C scrolls. The Victorians used page turners to protect the pages of valuable books from damage; they were also used to protect the hands from newsprint. Measurement: length: 12 inches. Condition: excellent; no chips or cracks; some yellow age spots on the blade.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1900 item #745331 (stock #1626)
A Mid-19th Century French Walnut Lap Desk and Stationary Box with Brass Trimmings and a Porcelain Medallion Head. Writing Slope Slides out from the Front of the Desk. Dimensions; 14" wide x 12.5" deep x 10.5" high. Circa 1850-1875, Some wear, but in overall very good condition.