Spratling uses one single rod of thick sterling silver to form this elegant "safety pin". Worked by hand, the detailed swan's head is formed, continuing down to the double looped turn, ending with the sleek, tapered point. Measuring 3 3/4 inches long and 1/2" wide the piece is in beautiful condition. The ingenious design allows for excellent tension in opening and closing the pin point. The thickness of the rod is most suitable for looser weaved fabric...

Jar, with rounded sideds decorated outside with lotus scroll, Ru'i lappet on the shoulder and a band of small circles around the foot. Unglazed base. This is similar with the item on the Chinese Blue and White Ceramics by ST Yeo & Jean Martin, Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, 1978, page 116m plate 18. PERIOD : Early Ming (1400-1487 AD) MEASUREMENTS: 22 cm wide. CONDITION: restoration to the chip on the rim. No other damages issues.

A Japanese lacquered agiro pipe case (kiseruzutsu) finely decorated with a cockerel and hen, signed Shinsen (?). The pouch is tooled leather with iron and silver cockerel and hen inlaid with a gold clasp. The ojime is shaped as Daikoku's mallet in unknown material. The actual color of pipe case is closest to the photo #11. 19th century, late Edo period. Dimensions: Pipe case, 8 1/2 " long, tobacco pouch, 5 1/4 " x 3 "

It is hard to make out the second character of the signature...

Vintage angel skin coral silk knotted graduated necklace strand duo in two lengths and each with Sterling marked clasps:

(A) 17" angel skin coral necklace mid bead @ 9mm & 23 grams with a beautiful antique filigree clasp
(B) 24" coral necklace mid bead @ 12mm & 35 grams, also silk hand knotted.
Coralbeds are being protected and these sought after semiprecious beads are getting more difficult to collect...

A Sajen sterling seahorse starfish pearls charm bracelet. This well-made and attractive sterling silver 8-1/4" bracelet is by Sajen. This line is made by Marianna and Richard Jacobs, and this bracelet features starfish, a seahorse and sea urchins. It also has clusters of gray cultured baroque pearls and it has a hook and eye clasp. It is signed on the SAJEN 925 tag, it weighs 20.4 grams and it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs...

Wood Carved Netsuke Fukurokuju Play with Child Signed, 19th Century

The netsuke is 2.15 inches (5.5cm) tall by 1.5 inches (2.7cm) wide.

It is in good condition with no repairs, chips, or cracks.

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Antonio Pineda created this exceptional design with goldstones that are tipped upward to sparkle bronze colored fire. The bracelet is properly hallmarked as shown. The fit is a 7in. comfortable length and is 1 1/8th inches tall. This design is featured in SILVER SEDUCTION by Gobi Stromberg and is a statement maker with 90 grams heavy. Each V link is repousse and has a silky feel with the 970 silver.

A hand engraved rose gold filled large photo locket from the 1880s. This ornate 1-7/8 x 1-3/8" locket has a 5/8" bale and each side has different decoration. One side has a script ANNE in the monogram scroll; it is unsigned and it closes tightly. It is in excellent condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use...

Vajradhara or Dorje Chang in Tibetan is the ultimate primordial Buddha or Adi Buddha according to the Gelug and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism. This fine example is from Tibet or possibly from Nepal. It is well proportioned and has very nice facial features. Please note the fine engraving on the back of the figure. It is in a very good condition with normal age wear, a nice patina and remains of polychrome. H. 23 cm. From a Dutch private collection.

A bronze Tanuki dressed in robes and holding a Nyoi (priest scepter) sits yelping into the air, as if surprised at being discovered for his true nature. Dating from the Meiji or possibly Taisho period, it is 10 x 8 x 9-1/2 inches (25 x 21 x 23 cm) and on the base has written in red “4th year” followed by a series of letters to which I have yet to discern a meaning. Likely Meiji 4 (1871).

A size 6 ½, period platinum and diamond eternity band from the 1920’s set with 34 channel set excellent quality single-cut diamonds. The approximate total weight of all diamonds is 0.70Ct. The width of the band is 1.8 millimeter. The over all condition of the ring is very good. PRICE BREAK! Original price was $900 new price is $500.

Rare Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar - Caiyuan Culture (c. 2600 - 2200 BC)

This attractively-shaped pottery jar was made some 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Caiyuan Culture (c. 2600 - 2200 BC) and has been excavated from the Ningxia Autonomous Region in the north of China. It is finely-potted with a wide body and one handle from the shoulder to the wide flared mouth...

Dramatic and elegant, typical of Vrba's designs. The dangles have black faceted beads and sparkling heart shaped rhinestones. There are thirty three dangles attached to eleven gold colored hearts completing the necklace. A single heart with three dangles compose the clip earrings. Appears heavy and chunky when worn, but is light weight for ease of wearing. Necklace 14" long with a 3" extender. Hearts with attached dangles are 3". Earrings are 3" long and 1 1/4" wide.

A Chinese Export porcelain soup plate made for the English market. Chia Ch'ing, c.1800. This plate is decorated with a double banded underglaze blue border with spearheads and diapers, and with a central family armorial, painted in polychrome enamels, of the arms of Thomas Snodgrass, who was in the service of the East India Company, of Madras and Blackheath in Kent. He was granted these arms in 1799...

This is a An ART NOUVEAU STERLING NAPKIN RING from a Virginia, U.S.A. Estate. This NAPKIN RING has Beautiful FLOWERS on the side and measures 1 5/8" in diameter and is 1 1/4" across. Marked on the interior: STERLING. This NAPKIN RING dates ca. 1905 - 1920. Condition is VG++ to Excellent...jpgs give more info

Japanese Oribe Seto Ware Andon-Zara Dish - Edo Period

This stoneware dish is an andon-zara (or abura-zara), an oil lamp dish. It was made in the early 19th (or possibly late 18th) century, during the Edo period (1615 - 1868). It is particularly heavily-potted and has a flat, slightly concave base. It is coated in a crackled glaze and decorated in underglaze iron-brown, the pattern featuring three stylised flowers above what may be a fence. To the top right is an area of green glaze...

Shallow form bowl with curved side flaring to lipped rim, carved to the center with a bird bearing a flower spring in its beak, encircled by a foliate scroll border with combed detail, covered overall in a crackled pale olive-green glaze, the foot rim and base unglazed. Diameter : 28 cm Period : Northern Song Condition : small chip to the backside rim, no cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.