All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Coin : Pre 1900 item #1216342 (stock #6291)
Bedell & Co.
$1,200.00
German Silver salt & pepper shakers and place card holders. Circa 1890, these pheasants have several hallmarks, among them "800" and "Germany". Fully three-dimensional and detailed all the way around. Both of the heads can be removed to fill with salt and pepper. There is a slit in both of them to place a card. Both of the bases measure 3" long and 2 1/8" wide. One is 3.5" tall and the other is 3" tall. The overall weight of the pair is 160.1 grams.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1300253
what pdx
$285.00
Continental Cast and Chased Bronze Empire Candlesticks. Nice pair of cast bronze candle sticks mid 19th c neo classical and well detailed in good condition . Size H 7 3/4 " almost 4 " at the base
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Ceramics : American : Pottery : Pre 1900 item #1281083
Description: Hound handle. Deep relief molded animals on both sides.

American Rockingham, the ware for which Bennington, Vermont became famous in the mid 19th century, is English in origin and name for the Marquis of Rockingham, whose works at Swinton produced a ware similar brownish color. The pottery itself is cream colored or yellow ware that is dipped in or spattered with a brown glaze before firing.

Condition: excellent in as found condition...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Jewelry : Continental : Pre 1900 item #297033 (stock #T 791)
Antique circa 1870 Fleur de Lis pin open work cut chased brooch with curly "C" closure, tube hinge and extended pinstem is marked "800" probably for the earliest of the Italian Peruzzi Florence work. Fleur de lis or Prince Charles Feathers motif.
Smallish at 1 1/16" as these mid 19th century pins usually are...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Jewelry : Continental : Pre 1900 item #503785
This Victorian locket is European in origin. One side has enamel in black and blue, on top of an ornate engraving. The other side is deeply engraved with a different pattern. It measures 1 1/8" long x 3/4" wide. Ca. 1880
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1900 item #140343 (stock #04-24-20)
Gideon Antiques
$275.00
This is a lovely 18th century Japanese Arita (we think) blue and white porcelain plate, bearing a peach mark and surrounded by bats, good luck signs; decorated with bands of stylized cloud forms and flowers; rim chips; 7 3/8".
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Ceramics : German : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1129312 (stock #G58)
This porcelain dish was produced in Bavaria, Germany by Tirschenreuth in the 1960s. It measures 7 5/8 inches long, 5 3/4 inches wide and 1 1/4 inches deep. It is artist signed “Andrews.” The porcelain dish is formed in the shape of a leaf and has a handle on one end. The inside of the dish is hand painted with vividly colored flowers and raspberries. There is heavy gilding around the rim and on the handle...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Textiles : Apparel : Pre 1900 item #396767 (stock #t328)
A beautiful enamel on copper tiny coin purse in the form of a watch; marked Paris, and with a scene of the Place de la Concorde; 1 3/8" diameter
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #480949
This sterling souvenir spoon of Albany, New York shows the state capital building in a cut out. It is an unknown maker to me. It is in excellent condition. This spoon is 5 5/8" long
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #858562
This is a real sweet antique miniature cold painted bronze African American boy and girl group reading the newspaper with a Holland headline. It is circa 1890. The boy and girl are dressed in Dutch costume. It measures 1" tall x 5/8" wide.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Pressed Glass : Pre 1900 item #697063
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co., Wheeling, West Virginia produced glass from 1845-1891. This canoe is before 1886 before Hobbs, Brockunier and Co. ceased to exist on December 31 of 1886 and before Hobbs Glass Co. was organized in August of 1886.

There are no chips, no cracks and no repairs to this item. This item is in excellent condition.

The canary canoe is 8 1/4" long and 3" wide at the center.

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1900 item #1488465 (stock #D193)
Antique rectangular-shaped snuff box made of high-quality German pressed birch bark from 19th century Germany. The flip lid features brass hinges embossed in relief with a scene depicting a drunken man sitting on a well pump spout among the trees while two women keep him company. The upper right of the lid features the motto "Guten Morgen Fritz" (Good Morning Fritz)...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : Italian : Pre 1900 item #1040954 (stock #MilFiore5)
Two J's
$65.00
This millifiore mini ewer was made in the late 1800's. It has a multi-colored handle and stands about 5.25" tall, in excellent condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Pre 1900 item #1449094 (stock #311)
A Gorgeous Pair of of Royal Worcester Dorothy Doughty Birds, Chickadees & Larch, 9 1/2 -Inch - Edition completed in 1938, as shown in Plate 13 (see photos #7 & 8) of the Limited edition (1500 copies) of the book ' The American Birds of Dorothy Doughty, by George Savage.

Excellently preserved original condition.

Dorothy Doughty

Dorothy Doughty was born in San Remo, Italy in 1892. Her father was the explorer and poet,Charles Doughty...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #479422
These Wood & Hughes sterling fiddle back tablespoon were made circa 1871. They are 7 1/8" long. They look and feel like coin silver but they are marked sterling. The Mono is "MEG".

I have three (3) of these tablespoons for sale @ 79.95 each

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Brass : Pre 1900 item #1179830 (stock #1768)
Four lots priced at $59 each, please view special below:
(A) Antique Victorian engraved handkerchief corner 3 pc construction, brass, 12 facet cut steel pictorial ivy fence button 1 3/8" as seen in BBB. OR
(B) Same motif escutcheon through 1 1/4" steel disc. OR
(C) Leaves berries escutcheon through 1 1/2" stl disc; OR
(D) 14 pc waistcoats all have riveted steel, dyed blue purple, pearl, multi piece construction...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : Italian : Murano : Pre 1900 item #1417268 (stock #107)
This charming covered jar in translucent yellow glass is topped with an opaque yellow pear with green leaf. Made in the 1890s by Salviati. The body of the jar and lid are ribbed and have a lovely iridescence. The bottom of the base has multi-point pontil marks. It stands 6"high by 4" diameter. A similar fruit-topped lid is shown in Carol Osbourne's "Venetian Glass of the 1890s: Salviati at Stanford University" P. 126, Plate 137. The piece is in excellent condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1900 item #1249071
She is the turn of the century Chinese Goddess of Mercy and Hearer of all Prayers. She is beautifully detailed, right down to her fingers and the beads around her neck. She has a traditional hair style and long flowing robes. She is depicted carrying a lotus flower and standing on a bed of lotus blossoms and seeds.

Blanc de Chine ( white from China ) porcelain is usually associated with Dehua kilns. She was made from a mold, not on a potter's wheel...