A majestic pair of French Old Paris Porcelain Bisque Figurines 1840s After Fragonard. Each figure measuring about 17” in height and bases, which are removable, or 7 inch diameter. Bisque porcelain with glazed porcelain bases, removable.
The figurines can be removed from their pedestals. 18" $2,200 for the pair.
From our African Collection: A Nok Terracotta Figure, 18" w, 50" h. The small head is 3 x 4".
Nok refers to the culture associated with a one hundred square kilometer area in central Nigeria where thousands of terracotta figures were found. These figures were first encountered in tin mines by Colonel J. Dent Young in 1928 and were classified as Nok by Bernard Fagg in 1943...
宋汝官窯天蓝釉寳頂如意耳三足香爐This sky-blue glazed ceramic incense-burner, three-legged and with ruyi ears, is elegantly and ingeniously shaped. Its cover enjoys a unique spearing knot, with six vents around. Its bottom is fully glazed, showing five incense-ash-colored spur-marks from firing...
This is Japanese Indigo dye Stripe and weave beautiful hitoe kimono textile from the Taisho era to the Showa era(1910-1950). The material is silk and cotton. It does not have a stain and damage. It is in a very good state.
size:140cm x 120cm(55.1" x 47.2)
from "Wood from the Scholar's Table,"a book published in Hong Kong in 1985.
Shin-Bijutsukai Japanese Design Magazine, vol. 28
Compiled by artist Furuya Korin (1875–1910).
A monthly magazine (1902-06) featuring the work of talented design artists.
First published 1905...
Cap mask or headdress carved from wood, covered with antelope skin and with a base of woven basketry for attachment to the head of the masquerade. Two antelope horns are affixed to the top of the mask. Remnants of human hair around the top of the piece. Several holes beneath the upper jaw suggest the former existence of wooden pegs to represent teeth. Africa, Nigeria, Ekoi/Ejagham Peoples, early 20th century, probably older...
Hiroshige Ando
Fuchu, Nichomachi (Titled in image)
Size: Approximately 8.5 x 3.5 inches.
Date: ca 1910.
Publisher: Matsumoto Print Works. No. 40 publisher's tag on back.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Bend lower right corner. Chip upper left corner.
Offered for your consideration is a fabulous set of three, 1910, Anatomical Charts of the Skeleton, Muscles, and the Circulatory system.
Complete, National American Red Cross anatomical charts of this early 20th Century time period are quite an unusual find in today's market. Charts such as these were a frequently referenced visual aide for both the medical and nursing student, and due to this frequent educational use, not many have survived...
An elegant pair of amber gold flecked Chinese Peking Glass vases. The 8 sided, octagonal vases have a long neck and recessed base.
Date: 19th century
Dimensions: 8" X 4"
Chinese qingbai bowl moulded on the interior with stylized flowers and leaves. Covered overall with a glaze of pale greenish-blue tone. Remnants of the copper rim.
Size: Approximately 7-3/4" diameter by 2-3/4" high
Condition: Good condition
Provenance: Estate of Dr. Hoffman, Connecticut
An early Tiffany Studios vase, transluscent light green with brown/red pull decoration.
Signed LCT x4095 and standing 9 inches in height. Excellent condition.
The sturdy shallow body raised on three ruyi shaped supports and molded with six lobes below the correspondingly lobed and raised outer edge of the everted rim thining to a mushroom center band...
REPLY: Available and quite sharp. Vintage ornate granulated chased applied rope silver metal work dagger, sheath and chain scarf hair pin tie clip. The blade edges were made wavy.
Simply stamped: 5 and 900 (90% compared to 92.5% for sterling) presumably for the silver content as it tests at least that. Just under 2 1/2". Super condition with decades of rich patina.
$10 USPS Priority Mail/Ins/Track or Free with USA CK or USPS MO...
There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.
2 are available
Includes all 6 pcs. Please view all images and below for this two lot special:
(A) Mother daughter Peter Pan Opera theatre figure Victorian picture buttons.
2 Piece silver metal and shiny liner under brass collet 1 1/2" self shank.
Peter Pan as played by Maude Adams seen in BBB. Good vintage condition, the self shank in brass back is bumpy from it's utilitarian history.
Mother 1 1/2" - Daughter 11/16" (not shown but same) and
(B) Dragon or Griffin...
Webster Co of Attleboro MA, Circa 1900 Victorian mark. Four (4) sterling corncob, corn cob holders or picks stamped: Sterling and Webster Co. with the older mark of superimposed W over Co and an arrow going through. Each is stamped so on each side.
4pc lot weighs 1.1 ounce or 33 grams on postal scale...
This vintage stoneware pottery 6 gallon ice water dispenser (water cooler) was made by Roseville Pottery Company circa 1900 or before.
The cooler measures 17 1/2" including the lid. The outside diameter is 12". This crock, stoneware ice water cooler weighs in at a hefty 41 pounds.
The blue paint is still very vibrant. The gasket around the spigot should be replaced because it has some dry rot. Overall condition is excellent except for one 2 1/4" exterior craze line near the top.
An Exquisite Qing Dynasty Green Jade Pedant with Auspicious Relief-Motifs Diameter: 2 1/8 inches (5.4 cm) Thickness: 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) Weight: 83 grams
Condition Report: Hand-Carved, Good Condition
Provenance: Property of a NY Collection
Each except for (A). Titles: Last Supper - hand or transfer painted ceramic on metal, surrounded by paste stones - see Image 11 for more info. Madonna & Child, Lillian Russell, Evangeline, Victorian Hand, Statue of Liberty motifs, please view all images...
What a buy! Instant antique button collection. One 27 piece lot of fancy ornate 1880s Victorian some vintage some antique metal button with cut steel rivets:
(A) Some painted & 1" steel cup; Image 1 & 2 (backs)
(B) Some painted filigree Czech (?) & 1" stl cup, plus; Image 2 & 3 (backs)
(C) T W & W Paris & Deponirt, dyed pearl, plus. Image 5 & 6 (backs) 27 total all nice! Clean backs from being mounted on show cards for decades.
$12 USPS Priority/Ins/Track or Free with your U...
This "Three Fruits Medallion 9" spatula-footed unstippled carnival bowl, Meander back was made by Northwood. This pattern was obtained from the old Jefferson Company circa 1909.
There are no chips, cracks, or repairs to this item. This item is in Excellent condition with the usual straw marks.
Offered is a handsome group of 4 early 20th century vintage, veterinary medicines, and one dated pre-World War II.
First there is the rare, Parke Davis example labeled "AZOA" (rat virus) designed to exterminate mice, rats and other vermin! This unused, circa 1900, product measures 3.25" high and sports complete labels on both the cork and bottle.
The next bottle is the empty GLOVER'S "IMPERIAL MANGE MEDICINE" which also has a graphically-appealing label featuring the handsome profiles of ...
19th Century Chinese Hardwood grain measuring Bucket with Brass trim and incised "Kuang Hsu" Emperor's mark on the side, made for celebration event, late 1800's, 5 5/8" high, 9" square-top, 9 1/4" square-bottom, top has brass mounted handle in the center as well as bottom corners. It is heavy weight made out of Rosewood, has two(2) cracks on the bottom.
Victorian crazy quilt made of shiny fabrics and velvet with black stitching of various shapes and sizes measuring 63"long by 21"wide. Backed in shiny floral fabric. Excellent condition except for one tear and piece missing in two places. Very colorful.....$75
for insured USA shipping.
This hand painted English Bristol glass vase with great colors is late 19th century. It is 9 3/8" tall x 5 1/2" wide. The inside mouth diameter is 3 1/4". There are no chips, no cracks, and no repairs to this item. This item is in excellent condition.
Hiroshige Ando
Fuchu, Nichomachi (Titled in image)
Size: Approximately 5.5 x 3.5 inches.
Date: ca 1910.
Publisher: Matsumoto Print Works. No. 419 publisher's tag on back.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Waviness corresponding to location of tag.
Each. Select from a trio of vintage antique Art Nouveau Victorian era brass sash buckle pin brooch ornaments; each with a "C" catch, at least 2 3/8" and faceted amethyst glass , one prong set and other two with bezel set stones.
A & B are quintessential Art Nouveau! Wear these on a sash around the neck or the waist or as a pendant. Be inventive!
(A) Oval gold gilt on brass with beautiful whiplash designs; Amey oval center is 32mm X 17mm; 2 3/8" X 1 3/4" and weighing 17 gram.
(B...
A pair of beautiful 19/20 C. Chinese carved biscuit porcelain vase with eight immotals motif , in excellent condition. Marked Kangxi ,H:25cm $1350
A delicately painted Satsuma pottery jar with two courtyard scenes of daily life for the Japanese elite.
The rest of the jar features a complex ground of various patterns. There has been a professional repair to the vase lip, but otherwise excellent. Measures 6 inches high with lid. Signed on bottom.
Rare Song Dynasty Blue-Rosy-Glazed Junyao Bowl with a Floral-Rimmed Stand The set is composed of two pieces: a bowl and its stand. Both pieces are beautifully glazed in sky-blue with rosy-purple splashes. Together they are artistically shaped like a blooming flower. Height of Set: 3 1/2 inches (8.3 cm) Diameter of Bowl: 4 3/4 inches (12.1 cm) Diameter of Stand: 6 inches (15.2 cm)
Dimensions: Height of Set: 3 1/2 inches (8.3 cm) Diameter of Bowl: 4 3/4 inches (12.1 cm) Diameter of Stand: 6 inche...
This BRIDE (SILVER PLATE, 1909)Round Bowl Soup Spoon (Gumbo) IS 6 7/8 by INTERNATIONAL SILVER, Silver plate. The monogram is "W" ( maybe an "m").
I have three (3) of these gumbo spoons for sale @ $15.95 each.
Thinly potted with a double branch stem bearing graceful leaves that frame two large side peony blossoms.
The bowl covered all over in a warm olive-green glaze. The exterior carved with a band of simplified lines that ends below the rim and above the foot ring, resting on a short base.
Size: approximately 6-1/2" diameter by 2-1/5"
high
Condition: No breaks or restorations.
Note: This bowl along with the other 4 Youzhou bowls were purchased f...
DESCRIPTION: A pair of porcelain figures, each a representation of Li T'ieh-kuai, one of the Chinese eight immortals. Li T'ieh-kuai is always represented as a lame beggar leaning on a crutch with a pilgrim's gourd in hand. The Eight Immortals are legendary beings of the Taoist sect who attained immortality and dwell in the remote hills and mountains of China. Both of these figures date from C. 1900, with the larger one's inner base stamped with "China" in red ink. Both are in perfect condi...
1) Stoneware incense box or kogo in the shape of an onna daruma (female daruma). She sits in the typical way, all rolled up in her garment, indicating that arms and legs may have fallen off. Her face shows striking similarity to Okame. Cream colored and reddish brown glaze over whitish soft clay, the face left partially free, fine crackle in the glaze. Japan, Meiji period.
2) Stoneware incense box or kogo in the shape of Daruma, wrapped in his reddish garment, his face peeing out of the ga...
SETH THOMAS 18 size Open Face DIAL with RED 24-HOURS Centered with BOLD ARABIC Figures 18s Open Face NOS Circa: 1890. Maidan Lane Series. This is a uncirculated mint dial, which has never been sold or placed on a watch. Just removed from by personal collection of authentic genuine Seth Thomas Factory inventory. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET, BITCOIN, BONDS. BUY HARD ASSETS, SOMETHING PROVEN IN TIME.
NOTE: We have been selling vintage watches on E-Ba...
This sterling souvenir spoon of Milwaukee, Wisconsin City Hall is in excellent condition. It as made by Manchester Manufacturing Company circa 1900. This spoon is 5" long.
This "Charter Oak: Medium solid cold meat server fork (1906)by International Silver is hallmarked 8147 Rodgers. The monogram is "M". It is silver plate. It is 8 1/2" long.
Tsunenobu Kano (1636-1713)
Pheasant and Wildflowers
Date: 1900-1910s.
Size: 8.75 x 6.75 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Residue at back. Light creasing.
Van Bergh Silver Plate Company, Number 3 or Barbour Silver Co. #7. This large squirrel, without glass eyes, eats a nut while seated alongside a napkin holder. p. 73
A fine copper-red-glazed bowl. The deep rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a gently everted rim, covered overall in a deep red colored glaze fading to white at the rim. The base and the inside white. The base with a six-character Kangxi imperial mark in underglaze-blue within a double circle.
Size: Approximately 4-3/8" diameter by 2" high
Condition: No breaks and/or cracks
Ohara Koson
Carp
Size: Shikishiban. Approximately 9.75 x 9.5 inches.
Date: 1900s.
Bears Koson signature and seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (86).
Reference: K39.8 and plate 100 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent.
Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin. Eleanor Jay was a descendant of United States founding father, John Jay. Their Bedford home is now the John Jay H...
A shallow Chinese Blue Glazed Porcelain Bowl. The inside glazed white, with the outside glazed in a deep blue. The base with a square shop mark surrounded by double blue circles.
Size: 4.8 in diameter by 1.1 in high
Condition: Good condition, no breaks and/or noticeable cracks
Age: Old, pin dishes of this type were made during the Kangxi Period (1662 - 1722)
This Northwood grape and cable 9" ruffled bowl can be identified as a varian because of the tendrils that sneak into the otherwise plain center. The shape of the grape bunces is quite different. It has a collar base and basketweave exterior.
清 鄭燮(板橋)(1693-1765) 墨寫蘭竹圖(傳)水墨紙本立軸 1762年作 款識:揮毫已寫竹三竿,竹下還添幾筆蘭。總為本源同此穆,惟修舊譜與君看。乾隆癸未年,板橋鄭燮。鈐印:板橋、鄭燮之印。鑑藏印一方。郑燮,字克柔,號板橋。自稱板橋居士,清代畫家、文學家。江蘇興化人。康熙秀才、雍正舉人、乾隆元年進士。一生客居揚州,買畫為生,為“揚州八怪”之一。曾...
This early American Pattern Glass toothpick holder was made by McKee in 1904. It is 3 5/8" tall and not hallmarked. This pattern is called Peek-A-Boo or Cherub because it has 2 naked babies holding up a barrel (8 panel)
Reference : Glass Toothpick Holders by Bredehoft and Samford 2nd edition, page 128.- The newer ones made after 1940 have a cupped and stippled base.
Chinese qingbai bowl separated into six equal lobes moulded on the interior with stylized flowers and leaves, alternating with boys at play with a center lotus bloom. Covered overall with a glaze of pale greenish-blue tone. Remnants of the copper rim.
Size: Approximately 7-1/2" diameter by 2-3/4" high
Condition: Good condition
Provenance: Estate of Dr. Hoffman, Connecticut
Arai Yoshimune
Carp in a Pond
Date: ca. 1910.
Size: Approximately 8.75 x 6.125 inches.
Artist's signature and seal at upper right.
Publisher: Matsumoto (No. 387). Tag on back.
Condition: Bottom margin discolored. A couple of very faint foxing marks in image.
Note: Very rare. We could find no other example of this design.
Japanese Rooster Print, Framed, Signed and Stamped in Japanese, 12" x 13.5", late 19th century
Rhymes and Life Scenes of Japan. Calendar for 1903 (28 pp. inc. covers)
Date: Published in 1902.
Publisher: T Hasegawa Publisher & Art-printer,Tokyo.
Size: 6.0 x 4.0 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock prints.
Condition: Back cover has bent corner, stains, and indentations (which carry through to a few of the pages). Front cover lightly creased.
These charming, profusely illustrated books consist entirely of woodblock prints on creped paper bound with silk ties and g...
A PAIR of antique prints of Plains Indians, likely from the 1841 edition of "Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians", Catlin's iconic book on the subject. The prints were printed by Tosswill and Myers of London in that year as illustrations in that work. Measurements are 7 1/4" by 5 1/4" inside the mats and 14" by 11 1/2" in modern strip frames. These prints are HAND COLORED, unlike many from the 1870's and 1920's which were printed in color.
Ancient Chinese Han Dynasty terracotta Hu Jar-vase with Amber Glaze circa 206 B.C. - A.D. 220 , well potted in good condition . Size H 6" W5"
Han Dynasty rare matching pair of buckle plaques cast bronze with dragons holding iron loops with gilding and emerald cut quartz gem stones , complete stable useable. Size W 1.5" length 2"
An Indonesian mask carved in the form of a male figure. The mask is carved and painted with expressive eye brows and mustache. These masks are often used in Bali and Java during religious ceremonies performing the legend of the Hindu gods.
Date: 19th-20th C
Dimensions: 8.5" X 7" X 5.5"
Antique British Colonial Betel nut Brass Box with compartment, beautifully made with a piano hinge.Lockable but no key and the lock seems like it would work. Size just under 6" by 4" by 3"
Offered is a fabulous, very early example of Tramp Art- a style of woodworking which emerged in America in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Tramp Art features the use of multiple, small pieces of wood that are whittled into layers of geometric shapes whose outside edges are then notch-carved.
This exquisite example exemplifies the early years of Tramp Art at a time when it was practiced largely by skilled craftsmen with artistic talents. Pieces from this era feature a more multi-laye...
This could be your lucky day, here is a four leaf clover needle case probably made by the Woodland Indians in the North East. It opens like a book and has three round pieces wool of white wool with green floss edging. The clover is made with green floss. the sewing needle case is hinged with a green ribbon tied in a bow and the latch is also green ribbon that ties to keep it closed. It is in excellent condition. It is 2 1/2" in diameter. Circa late 1800's.
This is one of the popular early to mid 19th century birth/baptismal certificates, known as "Geburts und Taufschein", 16 1/2" by 13 3/4" in thin strip framing, printed by G.S. Peters of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the name of the child and the parents written by hand along with other details such as place and date of birth. In this case the parents are William and Margarethe Bitzer (nee Harvey), and the child, named Michael Bitzer, was born in Greene Township, Ross County, Ohio (near Chillicothe...
Found in Freeport, Maine, this is a PAIR of circa 1870 American drawings, (possibly a bit earlier), the first of General George Washington on a prancing horse, the second of a cut glass compote overflowing with fruit. Each measures 11 3/4" by 8 3/4" inside the mats, 16" by 12" overall, one of the mats deep maroon, the other, black. They are unframed, taped on the reverse to the mats at the edges. Considering the advanced age and lack of protective framing, they are in respectable condition, t...