A gorgeous pair of Victorian sterling silver serving spoons, the handles and bowls amazingly decorated with repousse, chased and engraved designs. The handles are decorated with reserves of winged cherubs hanging garlands of flowers, the reserves surrounded by rococo shell motifs. The stems are decorated with floral garlands leading to the amazing decorative bowls, covered in repousse floral designs...
This magnificent Victorian sterling silver cigarette case contains a medallion at the front with a crest above a banner that reads
"Foy Pour Devoir (Faithful to Duty)"...
A Georgian Wedgwood black basalt bowl from the 1790 1800 era. In the unadorned black basalt matte finish, this classic antique bowl is stamped WEDGWOOD 6 with an incised broken circular mark near the edge. It is simple in style, 9-1/4" across and 4" high with a 1-1/4" collar and a fine foot rim...
Worcester, Dr. Wall period soft paste porcelain tea bowl and saucer in the "fence" pattern, a well known transfer design, circa 1775
Condition: excellent
A rock solid play doll with a red calico dress an a blue calico bonnet. She has sturdy little legs and arms. Her face is blank other than her shoe button eyes. Her arms are jointed but her legs are not. She can be persuaded to sit. She is 16" tall and circa 1900-1920 She is a very sweet played with doll.
A fine double series opaque twist wine glass with a bell bowl above a stem containing a pair of corkscrews outside of a single multi-ply corkscrew.
Conical foot with rough, snapped pontil. The condition of the glass is excellent, with no cracks, chips, or restoration. Good color, striations, and tooling marks. Any discolorations, specks, or streaks are due to the photos. The height of this fine piece is 6 3/4", with a bowl diameter of 2 13/16" and a foot diameter of 3".
A charming and simple creamer, very probably Longton Hall porcelain and painted by the Trembly Rose painter. There is a museum accession number on the base.
The condition is very good, with no cracks, chips, or paint loss to speak of. There is a tiny, tight clay split at the juncture of the spout and the body, truly of no importance. The height is 3 3/8".
A Gorham Sterling Silver Footed Center or Fruit Bowl; Date Code for 1881. The outer rim is decorated in relief, with a swirling acanthus leaf vine. Dimensions 8.75" diameter x 3 1/8" high; weight 13.2 Troy ounces. Monogram on underside (CH?). Excellent condition.
Elegant n its form, and beautifully fashioned, this is a 7 1/4" tall English wine flute. The drawn trumpet bowl leads into a multiple spiral air twist (MSAT) stem above a conical foot with a rough, snapped pontil. The bowl diameter is 2 1/2" and the foot diameter is 2 11/16". Condition is excellent, with no problems at all (the grayness in the bowl is due to the photograph). Good metal color, striations, and tooling.
For an almost identical glass see item #g1260.
A Wonderful Porcelain Armorial Tea Caddy, made by Edme Samson et Cie, Paris, circa 1880. In an Elegant Shaped Rectangular Form, with Enameling. Dimensions; 4.5" high x 3.75" wide x 2.75" deep. In excellent condition.
A fine and early Frisian Mangle Board, late 17th. century.
A board carved in solid Oak with fine renaissance style decoration; it was carved to demonstrate a man's carving ability, and often produced during the dark hours of a northern European winter.
With open-work carving of balls at the top. Below 5 aquare shaped panels with a round geomethric and floral decorations in very high quality...
A Georgian Silver Creamer or Cream Jug by George Smith, London, 1778. Repousse Design. Initials on bottom. Dimensions; 3.75" high, 3 Troy ounces. Excellent condition.
English Georgian Mahogany Cutlery Tray or Box with Brass handle, Ca. 1820's, 13 1/4" x 9" wide, 5 1/4" high with brass handle, dovetail joint on four(4) corners, joints and brass handle is very tight in good condition except some dark stains.
An attractive Russian judean silver torah pointer, dated 1895 and makers mark of O.C..
A Torah pointer is used when reading the Torah scroll so as not to touch the sacred text with the finger...
SIGNED litho by English arts & crafts designer CHRISTOPHER DRESSER(1834-1905) published by A. Goater, Nottingham, England, c.1870's-1880's. It is signed "Dr. DRESSER, Inv" and "A. GOATER LITHO. NOTTM."-see photos #3&4. This wonderful piece shows a series of three horizontal designs with a cocoa brown background and black ink designs. Each design measures 10" by 3 3/4" and the overall litho measures 14 3/" by 10". The total with the frame is 23" by 18"...
Hand carved Buddha from a single piece of wood, seated and subduing Mara on a cinnabar colored throne, statuette shows nice gilding and very serene expression, good condition, size H. 16cm x 8cm x 5 cm
This porcelain bowl was produced in Germany by KPM Royal Berlin before 1920. The bowl measures 9 inches in diameter and is 2 1/2 inches high. The rim of the bowl is reticulated with tiny ribbons accenting the design. There is a flowing rhythm in the design that has an art nouveau feel. The center of the bowl is hand painted with luscious, ripe fruits and flowers. There is a rim of lacy gold around the inner rim of the bowl and gold accents around the reticulated border...
A most unusual blanc de chine rhyton cup of hard paste German porcelain of the 18th century. The features and details are simply amazing as the discerning collector will observe hand cut details in the scrolling tendrils that flank the sides, as well as the hand molded mane of the backside of the rams head. Every detail is hand accented, evidenced by the slight imperfections that only an artisan would leave behind...