Chinese porcelain tall jar with lid with prunus blossoms on branches against a blue background, a single pheasant on a branch.
early 20th Century.
Now drilled and wired as a lamp.
Height to top of jar lid: 12”
Height to top of lighting pole: 21”
Tunbridge Ware Trinket Box in rosewood having sides decorated in a band of Berlin woolwork floral pattern with a veneered lid and raised on bun feet.
5.5" x 3.5" x 2.25" tall
The Vũng Tàu shipwreck is a shipwreck that was found in the South China Sea off the islands of Côn Đảo about 100 miles from Vũng Tàu, Vietnam in 1692. The wreck was of alorcha boat—a Chinese vessel with Portuguese influences that has been dated to about 1690. It was found by a fisherman who had picked up numerous pieces of porcelain from the wreck while fishing. Sverker Hallstrom identified the wreck and its cargo in 1990. Australian diver Michael Flecker took charge of the archaeologi...
Fine Antique Chinese Famille Noire Vase of baluster form decorated with exotic birds and blossoms. Qing Dynasty, Circa 1870, now wired as a lamp.
Height to Rim: 13.5"
The Black Ground which gives Famille Noire its Western name is "Modi susancai" in Chinese.
All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Lighting : Tabletop : Candlesticks : Pre 1800
item #1285530
(stock #RMT-130)
Pair of Small Scale 18th C. English Classical brass candlesticks with simple a straight turned shaft on a square plinth. The beading around the base has been worn away with years of polishing. C. 1780
Height: 5.75”
Antique Italian Carved and Gilt Wood Mirror having openwork foliate decoration. Minor distress to the
Plate. Circa 1860
Mirror: 18 ½” x 14 ½”
Frame: 28” x23”
All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Architectural : Decorations : Pre 1900
item #807377
(stock #9349)
Fine pair of antique Continental brass jardinieres, urn form, with repousse swag decoration, supported by plinth bases with repoussé grape leaf panels. Circa 1860-1880.
Height: 13”
Maximum Diameter: 8.5”
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1980
item #1112796
(stock #10168)
Pair of Aynsley Fruit Decorated Covered Urns by Paul English,
(former Royal Worcester artist); twin handled vases of shouldered baluster form with covers, decorated with original hand painted fruit designs, signed. {Modern}
Height: 9”
Width (at handles); 5”
American Arts & Crafts Brass Tea Caddy, octagonal with domed lid, hammered and engraved button decoration
and raised on ball-and-claw feet. Circa 1900.
Height: 4.75”
Diameter (Top): 4.25”
Antique American Late Federal Octagonal Tea Caddy in mahogany; the hinged top with satinwood stringing and banding opens to an interior well with a “floating” lid. Circa 1830 (see #5036 for another by the same unknown maker)
Height: 5”
Width: 6.5”
Antique Chinese White Ground Porcelain Vase, of baluster form, with painted decoration of figures and with applied foo dog handles and salamander decoration. Circa 1870, now wired as a lamp.
Height to rim: 14”
Exceptional late Regency sarcophagus form box in well figured mahogany with recessed brass handles and brass ball feet. English, circa 1820.
Height: 10.5”
Width: 12.25”
Depth: 10”
Antique Japanese Kutani vase with handpainted decoration of figures on a balcony and birds on branches, late 19th century, now wired as a lamp.
Height: 10.5” (vase & base)
Fine pair of antique Neoclassical giltwood mirrors with rectangular mirror plates within moulded frames above D-shaped shelves with foliate decorated supports. Mid 19th Century.
Height: 31”
Width: 17”
Original Patent Model for a Warming Device by G.W. Smith, retaining the original Patent Tag dated August 31st, 1858 and including a Certificate of Authenticity.
Height: 12”
Length: 12”
Depth: 10”
Charming Majolica Ceramic Face Jug in the form of a smiling man with a cap and ruffled collar. Circa 1880, incised “Majolica” with indecipherable maker’s mark
on bottom. (Minor abrasions
to ear, cheeks, nose and chin.)
Height: 8”
English, most likely Bilston, eighteenth century. The elongated oval shape, all over floral decoration, and the unusual brown painted panels are not infrequent characteristics of Bilston’s “gingham finish” enamel boxes, hence the Bilston attribution.
Fine cracks to enamel, and small losses on both sides and back.
Source:
Susan Benjamin. English Enamel Boxes. (1976.)