This fine china is the American Franciscan Ivy pattern. The dinner plate is 10 3/8" in diameter, embossed, and hand-painted under glaze. It was made by the Gladding, McBean & Company circa 1948
One dinner plate shows very little crazing and the other shows the crazing in the bottom of the plate. Pictures 2 and 3 show the back stamps for each of these plates. These plates retail for $29.95 each.
A Pair of Van Briggle Pineapple and Leaf Motif Candle Holders. Dimensions 6" high x 4" wide x 3.5" high. Early twentieth century art pottery and in excellent condition.
A Dainty Porcelain Inkwell with Four Different Bird Portrayals on Each Panel and a fifth on the Top. Dimensions; 3.25" x 3.25" x 3" high. Very minor gilt wear but otherwise in excellent condition. Probably French and from the early 1900's.
This is a very beautiful early "Ming Guo" or early Chinese Republic (1912-1950) fine famille rose Tianqiuping vase. The vase depicts spring season with many flowers blooming and four colorful butterflies scattered around and flying about the flowers. The flowers consist of peony, daisy and prunus with some bamboo and grasses in it. The prunus is shown growing out in all directions. There is also a short poetry about the flowers written on the vase...
A Heywood-Wakefield Wicker Desk and Chair Set in an Ebonized Finish. Fully Labeled, with Labels on the Back and Underside of the Desk and the Back of the Chair. The desk opens up to disclose a storage area and there are stationary slots on the top of the desk. Dimensions; 28" wide, 17" deep, 29" high (36" to top of back). From the early 20th century and in very good condition.
This Hazel Atlas 2.5" tall mayonnaise dish is 4.5" in diameter. This is one piece.
There are no chips, no cracks, and no repairs to this item. There is no inner rim roughness. This item is in excellent condition.
A Pair of Large Gorham Sterling silver Candlesticks in the Style of George II and George III, with Gadroon Rims and Borders and Detachable Bobeches. They are 12 inches in height and weigh 38 ounces each. They are labeled English Reproduction on the base, in addition to the Gorham marks. They are in excellent condition, and date from the 1930's.
Tall Chinese hexagonal table with marble top. Republic Period (circa 1920).
32 1/2" high x 14 1/2" wide x 14 1/2" deep.
This Japanese doll looks like a woman from Ukiyo-e (pictures of the "floating world") wood block prints. She is sensual and inviting; posing to fix her hair with a hair pin. To do so, she would need to tilt her head sideways and gently pull out the hair pin so she wll not make a mess of the hairdo. The process takes delicate movement of the fingers and is also a chance to show off the area behind her neck which is considered to be the most sensual place to show for a women wearing a kimono...
Exquisite set of twelve handpainted service plates artist signed F. A. Bailey. Each plate, made by Aynsley, measures 10 1/2" in diameter and is in perfect condition.
Lovely tiger oak dining table measuring 44" inches in diameter when closed, with two 10" leaves, although it opens to take more. Great arts and crafts pedestal. Condition is perfect.
Beautiful covered, reticulated, Royal Crown Derby potpourri jar with exquisite heavily decorated gold design over cobolt blue and pale yellow. Measures 14" tall x 8" wide. Minor loss to gold in a couple of places, but otherwise in perfect condition.
Lovely double student lamp, all original (not electrified) with brass base and green shades. Measures 24" tall x 20" wide. The only writing I can find is "Duplex Made in England" on the knobs that adjust the wicks. This lamp is in perfect condition.
Beautiful pair of Rosenthal doves made in 1936 by Fritz Heidenreich. They each measure approximately 6 1/2" wide x 5 1/2" tall and are in perfect original condition
Loely Royal Doulton figurine of a lady dressed up with her Easter bonnet Called
"Easter Day" this figurine is numbered HN2039. It measures 7 1/2" tall x 5" wide and is in perfect condition.
Incredibly beautiful flame mahogany Sheridan style sideboard, circa 1930. This piece is signed by Berkey and is in fabulous original condition. It has inlay around all the drawers with shell inlay in the corners of the doors, and a large brass gallery in the back. It measures 78" long x 24" deep x 39 1/2" tall.
A remarkable sterling silver bonbon spoon by Watson. The detail is easily equivalent to work by Tiffany, Whiting or the other great Victorian silversmiths. The bowl is decorated fully with grape leaves, clusters of fruit, and delicate tendrils finished with intricate piercing. The handle, designed as knarled grape vine, widens into a large cluster of fruit surrounded with foliage at the tip of the handle. The back of the handle is also decorated to match...
This very well carved 20th century Japanese netsuke is 1 ½ inches high, 1 ¼ inches wide and a little more than 1 ¼ inches thick. It depicts a mouse bending over, scratching his chin. It is signed “Shozan”. The carving and polishing are just great and it is in excellent condition.