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Chinese Pewter and Brass Tea Caddy, urn form with ribbed removable lid an an incised band of decoration

Early 20th C. (minor dents)

H:6", D: 4.5"

Antique Renaissance Revival Desk Cabinet, ebonized with ormolu mounts, having a galleryed superstructure with a hinged door below, opening to a divider interior, and raised on flattened ball feet.

Probably French, circa 1870

Height: 24.75"
Width: 14.75"
Depth : 7.5"

Benson Bond Moore (American 1882-1974)

"Chesapeake Beach, MD"

Oil on masonite, signed lower left and dated "1958" and titled on the reverse

Painting: 20" x 24"

Frame: 26" x 30"

Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector

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Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washington, DC. He studied at the C...

French, 19th century, Samson. The crossed “S” marks on the interior lid of this nineteenth-century snuff box indicates that this was, in fact, a product of the Samson factory. Edmé Samson founded the House of Samson in 1845 to decorate porcelain. However, it was Edmé’s son, Emile, who expanded the firm to include the reproduction of eighteenth-century English enamels. In addition, the later attribution is confirmed by the milled metal banding, the lug on the hinge, and the inferior qu...

Venus at Her Bath

After a model (1757) by Christophe Gabriel Allegrain (French,1710 - 1795)

Executed by Maison Susse Foundry after 1839

Bronze, 16" tall x 5" x5", stamped "Susse. fre. Edt."

Known for their fine casting and patinas the Susse Foundry produced both antique bronzes and bronzes by contremporary 19th Century artists.

*Please note: This is an original antique bronze, not a modern re-strike, and is so guaranteed.

The Scottish Traveler

British School, Circa 1870

Charming Genre Scene showing a traveler beseiged by begging children. The Victorians loved this type of painting that "tells a story", Note how the little girl staring straight out pulls you into the picture

Ptg: 27" x 33"
Frame: 32.5" x 38.5"

Oval portrait miniature of a young woman; watercolor, signed indistinctly. She is wearing a lace and floral trimmed bonnet, braids coiled over her ears, pearls and a ruched off the shoulder rose dress, all typical of the 1840’s.

Frame: 5.5” x 4.75”

Fine George II Silver Tea Caddy, by Samuel Taylor, having a reverse pear-form body embossed with floral garlands centering a blank cartouche on each side, removable lid with shell-form finial. Marked on underside of base.

Samuel was the son of Thomas Taylor and started his apprenticeship with John Newton in 1737. His first marks was entered in 1744. Like his master, whose business he probably succeeded to, since Newton was finally in Maiden Lane, Taylor was a specialist in tea-caddies and sug...

Rare George III Ambry in mahogany having an hinged arched top opening to a well and a paneled cabinet door flanked py pilasters, and the whole raised on ball feet. In Christian churches, items kept in an ambry include chalices and other vessels, as well as items for the reserved sacrament, the consecrated elements from the Eucharist. English, circa 1760.

18" x 14" x 28" tall

Tabletop Still Life with Glass Vases

Henri Dominique Roszezewski (French, 19th/20th century)

Oil on panel, signed.

A painter of landscapes and still lifes, Roszezewski studied under Maillard. He made his debut at the Salon de Paris in 1868 and was particularly noted for his still life paintings.

Roszezewski is listed in Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs by Bénézit. Painting size: 8.5” x 6.25”
Frame size: 16” x 14�...