All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : French : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #445701
Global Ceramics
$200.00
A gilt and enamelled cup and saucer, inscribed “Don d’Amitié” (Gift of Friendship), French, c 1810-20. Height of cup including handle: 4 ¼”/10,8 cm, diam. of saucer: 4 ¼”/13,8 cm. Condition: some rubbing to gilding, esp. inside the cup.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Folk Art : Pre 1837 VR item #506096 (stock #a1024)
This painting epitomizes all the characteristics one looks for in a folk art portrait, including the whimsy that is so delightful. Note the vibrant colors, unusual treatment of anatomical features (the shortened arm, for example), and embellishments such as the chair, bonnet, shawl, book, and sheet music...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : German : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #1322811 (stock #TBD00203)
A Furstenberg hard paste porcelain cup and saucer decorated with bands and sprigs of sepia and black flowers with gilt rims and highlights. Both pieces are marked with an underglaze script F and a number (9). The arched handle is typical of early 19th century tea wares. The style continued in the middle of the century, though this style of sepia decoration is more usual in the earlier part of the century...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Coin : Pre 1837 VR item #1465308 (stock #BX039)
Federal Classical coin silver flagon. Made by Nicholas James Bogert in New York, ca 1820. Upward tapering cylinder on spread and stepped base. S-scroll handle with ribbed thumb rest and heart terminal. Hinged and domed cover with bud finial. Curved spout with ogee opening. Bold and spare by a historic regional maker. Maker’s stamp. Very good condition with nice patina. A few areas of firescale.

Dimensions: H 13 x W 9 1/4 x D 6 1/4 in. Weight: 33 troy ounces. #BX039

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR item #1425911 (stock #TBD00337)
An English creamware mug probably either Yorkshire or Staffordshire elaborately decorated with a brown body on which is painted in green black and yellow a very stylized house with fences and trees all within a yellow band at the foot and the lip. The squared off handle is also yellow. The shape of the handle leads to the fairly late date. 4 ¾ inches (12 cm) tall and 5 5/8 inches across the handle (14.2 cm).

Condition: no cracks, hairlines or repairs...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Jewelry : English : Pre 1837 VR item #1436383
Our muff chain is known as "pinchbeck" and has a wonderful hand clasp with a diminutive emerald paste ring on the hand and a charming carved ruffled sleeve at the end of the hand clasp. We love “jewelry wearing jewelry” and the hand clasp with its fingernails and green paste ring can only be described as quintessentially Georgian. The links of the chain are embossed with textural dots...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Organics : Ivory : Pre 1837 VR item #25072 (stock #1016)
Bamboo Grove
$400.00
Victorian era small ivory notebook cover with interior pocket and divider and silver pencil. The cover has the initials ¡°EB¡± in blue. Good condition. H: 4 ½ inches, W: 3 inches
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #1374011 (stock #TBD00233)
A molded edge porcelain dessert serving dish, Spode circa 1814 with bat transferred fruit in the center. Pattern number 1686 hand painted on the bottom. Unmarked, but the distinctive border of twined dolphins alternating with a large plant (?) is a Spode design. The pattern of fruits is currently made by Spode and called “Chatham.” The border is set off with a band of gilding at the rim and the inside edge. The bat transfer is an unusual color, almost brown at some angles and gold at others...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Folk Art : Pre 1837 VR item #1422499 (stock #JB05324)
A rare opportunity to acquire a 19th century American sampler, including not only the date (26th March 1833) but also the location (Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Maine). The piece measures 14" by 12 1/2" and 21" by 18 1/4" in the period gold frame (framed under the glass, which is broken at lower left corner as seen). Condition is excellent, with the notable exception of significant fading of the color. Most interestingly, this piece includes the name of maker, one Sarah F...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #1180236 (stock #SR8152)

c. 1800. Cup: 3 1/4" diameter x 2 7/8" height. Saucer: 5 1/4" diameter. Condition: excellent

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #1180246 (stock #SR8137)

c. 1800. Cup: 3 1/2" diameter x 2 1/4"Height. Saucer: 5 1/2" diameter. Color over Adam Buck style bat prints. Condition: excellent

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #367444
Global Ceramics
$380.00
Six English New Hall coffee cups and saucers with painted decoration of single roses. Wishbone or London handles, c 1820. Numbers painted to base: 925 and 923 (all cups are of the same pattern). Height of cups: 3" / 7,5 cm, diam. of saucers: 5 1/2" / 14 cm. Condition: fine.An extra cup and saucer to go with the others (optional), secured hairline to the saucer
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Textiles : Pre 1837 VR item #1489129 (stock #5148)
This is a pair of linen homespun pillow cases that are more like show towels. The linen is very finely woven, the pulled thread work, borders the top and bottom of the name and date. The embroidered name and date is done in a wool floss and has not done as well with use as the body of the pillow case. Her name is Barbara Wismer, I think, and the date is 1829. There is no question they were used and laundered but they are in great condition with a bit of age related toning in places...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Jewelry : English : Pre 1837 VR item #1471178
This wonderful 18K Scottish fob features an imposing tower, the symbol for the Mason family crest. The fob is carved with a motto which reads "Demeure Par La Verite" and translates to "Keep Fast By the Truth". Keep fast by the truth is rooted in the bible: from the Gospel of John, it means remain faithful to the word of God and one will be rewarded with a fruitful life. Our fob is 1.5" tall and just shy of 1.5" wide...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1837 VR item #1198998
ACENATOR ASIAN ANTIQUES
Price on Request
Up for sale is a very rare large antique Chinese export round shape famille rose plate, hand painted and glazed, picture depicting an imperial family member wearing bright yellow robe together with other officials, total of 7 characters, and a little black and white dog in the lower right,18th century. Overall is in very good condition, no crack, no chip, very minor wear. ( see picture ). Measurements: Dia 13-5/8" ( 34.5cm ) x 1-1/2" ( 4cm ) height
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1837 VR item #21680
English sterling silver berry spoon dating from the reign of George III. The lobed bowl is decorated with repousse apples, berries and foliage; the handle with bright cut engraving, both added later in the 19th century. (We are also offering another berry spoon by a different silversmith and with a slightly different shape, but with identical decoration. Certainly the two spoons were decorated by the same engraver and repousser.) No monograms or removals...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1837 VR item #1484376 (stock #BY635)
Italian Neoclassical silver coffeepot, ca 1820. Baluster; cover hinged and domed with leaf-mounted acorn finial. Applied c-scroll spout and scroll handle with ribbed tail. Handwork visible on interior. Marked. Good condition with deep patina.

Dimensions: H 10 x W 7 1/2 x D 5 in. Weight: 25.4 troy ounces. #BY635

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1837 VR item #21728
This rare Canton covered oval dish (unfortunately, minus its cover) is the finest quality Canton wear, with excellent, crisp underglaze blue decoration. The sides are decorated with floral sprays.

Origin: Canton, China, ca. 1825. Condition: excellent; glaze rubs on the edges; one small glaze bite on the underside of the rim. Size: 9.75" x 8" x 2.25".