All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1960 item #20335
Six 17th century style sterling silver coffee spoons in the original velvet and satin lined box. The finials are in the shape of globe artichokes. Each spoon is fully hallmarked for London, 1946. Both the spoons and the box are in mint condition. Spoons 4" long.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1940 item #19768
Outstanding three-piece sterling silver dresser set with guilloche enamel. Both brushes have natural bristles and the jar is panel-cut. All pieces are fully hallmarked for "G. Bros." London and Birmingham, 1928. The markings also indicate the pieces were made for export to America.

Origin: London & Birmingham, England, 1928. Condition: excellent, including the bristles; absolutely no problems with the enamel. Size: hairbrush 9" long; clothesbrush 6-1/4" long; jar 2" diam.

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1940 item #19742
Lovely gilt bronze-mounted oval dresser tray with handmade lace insert. The bottom is marked "Apollo Made in U.S.A. 2697 12."

Origin: America, ca. 1920. Condition: excellent, except a small area of lace has a tear and slight discoloration (12 o'clock position in second photo). Size: 13-1/2" x 6-1/4" x 3/4".

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Pre 1960 item #19735
Colorful pottery sardine box decorated with all manner of seashells in shades of brown, red, blue and grey. The bottom is marked "Handpainted Occupied Japan" around a peacock logo.

Origin: Japan, ca. 1945-52. Condition: excellent. Size: 5" x 3-3/4" x 2-3/4".

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1980 item #19192
Art Deco style sterling silver cake comb, used to serve spongy cakes such as angel food. The pattern would blend nicely with many of the Jensen designs. Marked "Web Sterling Handle."

Origin: Philadelphia, PA, 1950-65. Condition: excellent. Size: 11" long.

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Pre 1940 item #18682
4 hand enameled cocktail glasses featuring colorful roosters. Unlike most rooster glasses, these do not depict a cock fight--so none of the glasses has a dead chicken on it!

The glasses have gilding along the rims and around the feet. Very colorful!

Origin: American, ca. 1930's. Condition: excellent condition, except the gilding has a bit of wear and one glass has a tiny nick at the edge of the foot. Size: 3-5/8" tall.

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1940 item #15096
These lovely sterling silver spoons are in a Colonial Revival pattern, simply decorated with a shell at the tip of the handle. The backs are stamped with the high-end retailer's name "Bigelow, Kennard & Co." of Boston, indicating a date before 1922. The backs of the handles also have a monogram "T" in a style that would point to ca...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Scandinavian : Pre 1960 item #13659 (stock #FARSTA05)
A superb and important example of Wilhelm Kage's Farsta series. This vase measures 8 1/4" high and 6 1/2" wide. The glaze is in browns and tans and the decorations is of incised squares, rectangles and vertical lines; it is truly a work of art. On the underside is incised Farsta nine times, Kage, the Gustavsberg hand, Studio, and the letter Y, which dates this piece to 1954. Condition is mint. Museum quality.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Art Glass : Pre 1980 item #1490583
Fenton Glass Company made Colonial Thumbprint from 1962-80. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.
Hazel Atlas Glass Company made Moderntone from 1934-42. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.
Federal Glass Company made Parrot from 1931-2. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.
Fostoria Glass Company made American from 193-65. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.
Hazel Atlas Glass Company made Cloverleaf from 1930-36. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Enamel : Enamelware : Pre 1980 item #1485352
Enamel plaque by Chaim Gross (Austrian/American 1904-1991) of abstracted figures of doves with " Peace" written through the design in stylized letters, ca 1975, in original metal frame with burlap liner, bright vivid colors and artful design in the Pop Art style. Measures: Frame is 18 1/4" x 20 1/4" x 3/4", and plaque measures 15 1/4" x 13 1/4" and has a thin metal border. In a style that represents the graphic designs of the 1960s and 1970s, the image has four doves of bright contrasting co...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : Italian : Murano : Pre 1970 item #1480938
Fine quality carafe with matching glass or tumbler which fits over top of carafe, both in blue and white swirled designs on clear glass, polished lip and bases, signature, mid century era. The blue is cobalt, it appears to have a turquoise hue in some of the photos. Measures 7 1/2" high with glass on top, carafe alone is 6 1/2" high and roughly 4 1/2" wide, the glass is 3 7/8" high and 2 3/4" wide. The swirl design is very precise, the sign of fine quality glass, and it is heavy as well...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1480073
Sterling Silver modernist bowl by Alfredo Sciarrotta (Italian-American 1907-1985), in sleek biomorphic form on open work scrolled foot, signed on bottom. Measures 9" wide, 3 1/4" high, and 4 1/2" wide. Nice heavy quality, all hand crafted, very subtle and lovely shape to body of bowl, on lovely scrolled foot rim with S shaped sections. Sciarrotta was born in Italy, moved to the US in 1943 due to his expertise and experience with underwater technology and assistance to the US Navy...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1960 item #1479381
This handwrought silver box was designed by Taxco, Mexico artist William Spratling in the 1950's. The box measures 3 1/2" X 2 5/8" and is 1" high & weighs 178 grams. The lid is inlaid with panels of rich brown & yellow shell held in place by sterling silver rivets. The box is in beautiful condition & fully hallmarked. This design is pictured on p. 49 of SPRATLING SILVER by Cederwall & Riney, on Phyllis Goddard's site spratlingsilver.com and in her book SPRATLING SILVER: A FIELD GUIDE...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Plate : Pre 1950 item #1479209
Designed by Christian Fjerdingstad who worked for Christofle of France from 1924-1939, of silver plate, depicting a swan, the head formed from the ladle, the bowl as the bird's body, on pedestal foot, signed on base and on ladle. Measures 2 3/4" high, and 10 1/2" from beak to tail when ladle is resting in bowl...