Elegant, large Crystal CENTER BOWL by Steuben, and so-signed on the base. Measures a very generous 11-1/2" x 6" x 4-1/4" tall. Condition is excellent with only normal, expected wear to the base. A completely Modern design with two attached side "handles" or "wings." Would be lovely to display fresh fruit, filled with salad or a luscious dessert, or simply solitary within your collection. Fairly heavy. $24 US Shipping.
12-piece grouping; three antique handcarved, wooden, decorative futniture pieces; plus nine modern pieces in various stages of reproduction carving. Size of the two antique left/right pieces are approximately 9.5" x 3.5" x 1.25"; the center antique urn and fruit carving is 6.5" x 5" x 1". The two larger pieces are signed by monogram, intertwined "O.A" or "C.A." or other first initial. All other pieces are unsigned. Woods vary from Mahogany, to Rosewood, to Walnut...
CONDITION: Excellent, appear to have never been used.
WE INITIALLY HAVE TWO (2) 12-piece SETS AVAILABLE, priced separately.
Six single-handled plates with cup recess, and six fluted cups with ornate handles, in the "Hampton" shape by ROYAL ALBERT .... LUNCHEON, DESSERT, OR SNACK SETS, 12 pieces in all. Beautiful foliate rims have generous, brilliant gilt, and the cups are generously accented with gilt at every flute, the rim, and the handle...
Created by Matti Visanti (1885-1957) Finland, this portfolio is Number 82 of 400 copies of this rare set of 15 prints. The translated title from Finnish to English reads: " Rock Drawings of Aleksis Kivi Kanervala Poems," by 'Matti Visanti." These original stone lithographs were created by Visanti in 1944 as commissioned illustrations for Aleksis Kivi's book of poems...
18th Century Watercolor in shades of green and brown, on wove paper, by Thomas Barker of Bath (1769-1847), unsigned, noted on verso of framing, "Whitby," England. Image is of a castle-type struct almost hidden behind a lush growth of trees and foliage, a stream in the foreground with a wooden bridge across it. Our research reveals that the structure may be a view of the centuries old St. Mary's Church in Whitby, as it would have appeared in the artist's lifetime...
$750, Please Inquire.
Pair 17th/18th Century, Chinese, Blanc-de-Chine, Libation Cups on original Wood Stands. Porcelain cups are flared octagonal shape on bracket feet. Both have incised word characters on one side. Cups each measure about 2.75" x 2.25" x 1.75" tall. Stands each measure about 2.50" x 2" x 1.125" tall.
Condition: Left cup has one corner chip; right cup has three very tiny rim flakes, all pictured...
We initially have three available, price is for one.
Fine quality Georgian Decanter with two triple-cut neck rings, prism flute, diamond cutting to the body, and horizontal prism rings; shoulder and lower flutes are flat; acorn finials with diamond cutting, neck rings, swirled comb flutes, and flat polished apex...
Crown Derby's "Traditional Imari" pattern, Porcelain Berry, Waste, or Open Sugar Bowl. Footed, 6" diameter, 2-3/4" tall, mark of 1806-1825. Excellent condition with only minor gilt loss, crazing, and minor original manufacturing anomalies. England. $16 US Shipping.
Genuine coin minted in 1809, enclosed in protective plastic case, both front and back exposed, and states in full:
[front] 186-year-old Shipwreck Coin, Genuine coin from the shipwreck of the Admiral Gardner which sank in January of 1809. [verso] On January 25, 1809, the Admiral Gardner [name of ship] set sail through the English Channel, headed for India. Shortly into the journey, a sudden and violent storm hit the Channel just off Dover...
This bowl dates to 1815, and is pictured in the book, "The Two Quail Pattern, 300 Years of Design on Porcelain," by Dr. Chris Girton.
Lovely milky white glaze Bowl, hand-enameled with stylized millet, quail, chrysanthemums, and a rock outcrop. Enamels in iron-red, blue, aubergene, yellow, green, and accented with gilt. Glazed Ring Base.
Measures about 6" diameter, 1-1/4" tall...
Two Available.
Antique handpainted plates, with mark of 1825, Poppelsdorf, with swirling flute impressions and corresponding foliate rims. Both in matching ivory ground, with slight variations of the same lovely handpainted floral designs in shades of fuschia and yellow ochre, with touches of aqua and lime green. Gilt rim and spatterings of gold form a one-inch border of the approximately 8.5" diameter plates...
Neoclassical Old Sheffield Silverplate Sauce Tureen and Cover, in one of the earliest sauce tureen styles; tapering oval form, with domed cover, elegant loop handles, vase-shaped finial, gadrooned borders, and pedestal foot. An engraved arm of a jestor, with hand holding a leafy branch on the lid, is likely a family crest...
