I have the most wonderful little porcelain garden of place card holders I have ever seen. All the flowers are spring-summer blooms of different varieties. They were made by Carl Thieme, Potschappel Dresden c. 1900. They measure approximately 2 1/4 inches long and 2 inches high, although they may vary slightly from flower to flower. They are all hand made in the fashion of Meissen. All are perfect. They were lovingly stored in a partitioned box with cotton for decades...
South American dish, ca 1920. Hexagonal with flared rim comprising Brazilian 500 Reis coins minted from the 1850s to 1880s. Three cast leaf-mounted paw supports. A great way to give “currency” to your décor. Very good condition with deep patina.
Dimensions: H 1 1/2 x W 8 1/4 x D 7 1/2 in. Weight: 13 troy ounces. #BY752
A Sterling Soup or Punch Ladle by Wood and Hughes with a Shaped Bowl and a Medallion of the Head of Diana at the end of the Handle. Dimensions; 13.75" in length; bowl 5" x 4"; weight 7.3 Troy ounces. Circa 1870 and in excellent condition
A German 1820's cabinet cup and saucer with burnished and matte gilt decoration of Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s new theater building in Berlin, inaugurated in 1821 and nowadays concert hall. Inscribed “Das neue Schauspielhaus in Berlin”. Height "4½/ 11 cm. Condition: rubbing to the gilt on the saucer and inside the cup (cf. pics.).
A Sterling Silver Pierced Tomato Server by Reed & Barton in the "Hepplewhite" pattern, patented in 1907. It is gold washed at the serving end, and is 6" long. There is a monogram that appears to be LB in an intertwined script.
Meissen dish in Victorian taste with model number W.89. Reference "the book of Meissen" page 189. Condition: The overglaze colors has wearings and there is a chip just under the rim. Measurement: 25.7 cm = 10.1 in
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This doll was bought in the mid west and had to have been made by an older child or a mother doing the best she could with what she had. She is firmly straw stuffed. Her face is stitched with heavy thread. Her mouth is stitched with the use of many "xxx"s and it looks great. Her nose is pinched raised with overcasting thread. Her eyes are framed with red stitches and her eyes and eyebrows are brown thread. Her red bonnet is sewn on as are her clothes...
English George III era Old Sheffield silver plated meat dome cover with robust gadrooned border and removable cast acanthus leaf-form handle.
The cover is adorned with a full armorial engraved into a plaque of solid sterling silver which has been let into the cover in order to prevent any underlying copper from showing through the engraved family armorial. Circa 1810-1820. Size: 14 1/2 in. length x 10 1/2 in. depth x 8 1/2 in. ht. Sterling silver fused over copper; tinned interior.
These Old Paris vases are a visual treat, brimming with optimism and the charms of 19th century simplicities.
The pink ground of the body is sharply contrasted with the classic black foot with gold banding. Each vase has a complementary hand painted reserve of courting lovebirds framed in rich gilding...
Pair of Edwardian Classical sterling silver candlesticks. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1917. Each: Fluted column and composite Corinthian capital. Bobeche detachable with chamfered rim. Stepped and square base. Beading. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, no. A3207, and date symbol. Very good condition with some pings.
Dimensions: H 10 1/2 x W 4 1/4 x D 4 1/4 in. Weighted. #BZ434
Antique Galle etched cameo art glass vase acquired pre internet era. Frosted background with salmon - coral - persimmon color lush layered foliate floral Art Nouveau designs wrapped around ending in a wispy leaf above his star and the Galle mark. The five pointer is his widowed wife's "mourning mark" following this master glass maker's 1904 death...
A highly decorative armorial sauce boat or creamer with cover made by Samson in Paris, circa 1850. Made in the Chinese Export style, it is marked on the bottom with the iron red Samson faux Chinese mark. A highly decorative armorial sauce boat or creamer with cover made by Samson in Paris, circa 1850. On the rooster's chest is a crest flanked by a horse and griffin with scroll below is inscribed “es pereno en vieu“, which can be translated as "It is perennially alive"...
A Gorham Art Nouveau sterling silver swing-handle basket circa 1900. This lovely American basket measures 6-3/8" x 4-7/8" across the basket and it stands 7-1/2" to the top of the handle. It has a sinuous Art Nouveau floral design and it is stamped STERLING GORHAM MFG CO 1984/6 on the bottom. It weighs 181 grams (5.8 ounces) and it in excellent condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than a small split on one of the cutouts (see image)...
Offered is this beautiful, Bohemian cameo glass vase, made by Wilhelm Kralik, around 1920. The vase depicts a wrap-around water scenery. The vase is 10 inches (25 cm) tall and is in excellent condition (no chips, cracks or repairs - a few bubbles, typical of blown glass objects, see 9th picture). Polished pontil. Unsigned, but guaranteed to have been made by Kralik (similar Kralik cameo glass vases are at Passau Museum - see last two pictures for your convenience).
Edwardian cut-glass water pitcher with sterling silver collar. Curved body with cut geometric and plant ornament and faceted c-scroll handle. Collar has band of volute scrolls with flowers and leaves. Fully marked including stamp for Adelphi, a New York maker active ca 1890-1915. Very good condition.
Dimensions: H 8 1/2 x W 7 1/2 x D 4 1/2 in. #BR112
A pair of blue and white plates, transfer printed with the temple of Serapis in Pozzuoli – also to be seen in the well in writing. One in a series of Italian and Sicilian Views produced by the Don Pottery in Swinton, Yorkshire, c 1820. Unmarked. Diameter "10 / 25.5 cm. Condition: hairline and rim chip to one plate (cf. pics).
Beautiful American bright cut coin silver fish knife featuring a dolphin and open cut work by Albert Coles, New York, NY. In excellent condition, it measures 12" long and 2.5" at widest. Circa 1840-1850.
A pottery circular flask with the center of both sides decorated with a purple transfer of a man fishing in a river across from a church. The transfer surrounded by a brown/red raised band then hand painted purple flowers, green leaves, and red buds. The mouth with a beaded edge and neck decorated in the same red/brown. 7 3/8 inches from mouth to bottom, 6 ¾ inches across.
Condition: no chips, cracks or repairs. The green enamel has flaked off in a couple of places...