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Antique American Sailors Cane Handle with ivory handle, hallmarked gold collar and shark’s vertebra shaft. Circa 1860, now mounted on a wood base.

Overall height: 12"

Most likely French, 19th century. A nineteenth-imitation of the extremely popular souvenir boxes made in Bilston at the end of the eighteenth century (see 5218-18). However, it clearly dates to the late nineteenth century. The lug and ribbed banding on the metal hinge, and the inferior quality of the painting identify this box as a nineteenth-century creation. It’s also important to note that the use of the French on the lid is not indicative of its origin, but rather another attempt at eight...

Albert Edward Sterner (American, 1863-1946)

"A Voice From the Sea"

Lithograph or monotype on Japan paper, signed and dated 1925 in the plate and pencil signed and inscribed indistinctly.

Sight Size: 11.25" x 7" Frame Size: 19" x 14.5" Sterner was born in England of American parents and studied in Birmingham and in Paris at the Académie Julian with Boulanger and Lefebvre. He also studied in Paris with Gérôme.
Although he lived and worked in Chicago as an ill...

Antique Grand Tour Bronze Urn with a figural circular lid, tapering body with mythological relief figures of day and night, mask form handles and and a slate and red marble stepped circular base, Late 19th Century.

Unmarked. - 12 1/4 tall (small chips to base).

Exceptional George III Serpentine Chest of Drawers or Commode in the French Manner having a moulded edge serpentine top with overhanging sides above two over three conforming drawers, rounded front corners and bold bracket feet. The drawer sides and bottoms are mahogany which is unusual since it was the most expensive wood during the 18th Century. Brass pulls may be original, escutcheons replaced. English, Circa 1760. Top: 42" wide ...

August H. O. Rolle (American 1875-1941)

Rock Creek Park

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower left.

Painting: 16” x 20”
Frame: 23” x 26 ½”

August Herman Olson Rolle, painter, printmaker and graphic artist, dabbled in many activities before turning his focus to art. Born in Sibley County, MN, in 1875, his first path toward adulthood led him to Red Wing Seminary. Service in the Spanish-American War, eventually lead him to Washington, DC where he beca...

Most likely French, 19th century, snuff/pill box, However, it clearly dates to the late nineteenth century. The lug and ribbed banding on the metal hinge, as well as the loose hand-painted nature of the lid identify this box as a nineteenth century creation.

Very good condition. Some loss to interior enamel and on the underside.

English mahogany tea chest of simple rectangular form. The beauty of this chest lies in its interior with its two silver plate tea canisters and matching silver plate sugar canister. Circa 1825.

Height: 6.25”
Length: 9.75”
Depth: 6.75”

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”

Parian bust of Juliet, impressed “J&TB” for James and Thomas Bevington, potters in Hanley, England. They used this mark from 1863-1876.
Height: 6.5"

Brass Compound Microscope by Camille Sebastien Nachet (1799 - 1881)*, with U-shaped base, single tube rack focus, rectangular stage, planar mirror, and mahogany carrying case. In 1851 Nachet was awarded a gold medal at the Great Exhibition for the quality of the workmanship of his instruments.

* Nachet moved his business to 17, rue St. Severin, Paris in 1862 (see enlargement #5).

approximate height of instrument: 14.5 in.

Fine George III brass bound oval wine cooler in mahogany with brass carrying handles, removable tin liner and turned tapered legs with later brass castors. Retains a “British Antiques Dealers Association” sticker. Circa 1790.

Length: 24.5”
Width: 18.5”
Height: 22”

Georgina Martha De L’Aubiniere
(Canadian, 1848-1930)

Landscape with Spires in the Distance

Oil on canvas, signed and dated: “1886”.

Painting size: 16” x 10”
Frame size: 20.5” x 14.5”

Although L’Aubiniere was the daugther of English watercolorist John Steeple, and the wife of French artist Constant de L'Aubiniére, she was an accomplished artist in her own right. She studied under Corot and Gérôme in France, and traveled extensively with he...

Servant Cleaning a Glass

European School, 19th Century

Oil on tin.

Painting size: 10” x 8”
Frame size: 14.5” x 16”

Antique English Regency Tea Caddy in lacewood, of rectangular form with cut corners, bone escutcheon and satinwood stringing.Circa 1825.

Height: 4.25”
Length: 7.25”
Depth: 4”

Art Nouveau Vase by the Amphora Pottery, Turn Teplitz, Austria, decorated with moulded leaves with gilt stems, stamped base. Circa 1905-10, attributed to Paul Daschel.

Height 6.5"

Large pair of antique English brass push-up candlesticks, having faceted and beehive turned shafts and square, cut-corner bases. Circa 1850.

Height: 11.75”

Victorian Bamboo Canterbury with Japanese lacquered panels. Most often used as magazine stands, they were originally meant to hold sheet music. Circa 1870

Height 33"
Width: 16”
Depth: 12”