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The Silent Pie

The Silent Pie

By John Sloan

Located in Middletown, NY

Boston: Frederick J. Quinby Company, 1904. Etching on cream wove paper, 5 3/8 x 4 1/4 inches (135 x 107 mm), signed in the plate, lower right.

Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Boston

Materials

Etching

German Baroque Dresser, Dresden, 18th Century
German Baroque Dresser, Dresden, 18th Century

German Baroque Dresser, Dresden, 18th Century

Located in Belmont, MA

It ships from Germany and includes shipping costs and duty to Boston.  

Category

1750s German Baroque Antique Boston

Materials

Bronze

Louis XVI Style Fall Top Secretaire
Louis XVI Style Fall Top Secretaire

Louis XVI Style Fall Top Secretaire

Located in Belmont, MA

The secretaire will be shipped from Germany, shipping costs to Boston are included.

Category

1890s French Louis XVI Antique Boston

Materials

Mahogany

“Portrait of Jacob Dolson Cox”
“Portrait of Jacob Dolson Cox”

“Portrait of Jacob Dolson Cox”

Located in Southampton, NY

Harrison Gray Otis, a leader in Boston society, granted him permission to paint her portrait and recommended his talents to other potential patrons.

Category

1880s Academic Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Les Puiseuses d'Eau - Barbizon Figurative Landscape Pastel by Leon Lhermitte
Les Puiseuses d'Eau - Barbizon Figurative Landscape Pastel by Leon Lhermitte

Les Puiseuses d'Eau - Barbizon Figurative Landscape Pastel by Leon Lhermitte

By Léon Augustin Lhermitte

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Museum and Gallery Holdings: Albany (Institute of History and Art): Landscape Amiens: Death and the Woodcutter Boston (MFA): Soul of the Humble Buffalo (Albright-Knox AG): Haymaking ...

Category

1910s Barbizon School Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Pastel

Holiday in Camp -- Soldiers Playing "Foot-Ball"
Holiday in Camp -- Soldiers Playing "Foot-Ball"

Holiday in Camp -- Soldiers Playing "Foot-Ball"

By Winslow Homer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

A master of oil painting and watercolor, he was also a gifted printmaker, illustrator and pictorial journalist. Born in Boston, the artist received no real formal training with the e...

Category

1860s American Realist Antique Boston

Materials

Engraving

American Classical Period Scissor-Cut Silhouette by Auguste Edouart, Dated 1845
American Classical Period Scissor-Cut Silhouette by Auguste Edouart, Dated 1845

American Classical Period Scissor-Cut Silhouette by Auguste Edouart, Dated 1845

By Auguste Edouart

Located in Ottawa, Ontario

He later travelled to America, where he worked from approximately 1839 until 1849 making commissioned silhouettes for some of the most prominent families in Boston, New York & Philad...

Category

Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Boston

Materials

Paper, Birdseye Maple

Seven-Drawer Tall Chest of Drawers
Seven-Drawer Tall Chest of Drawers

Seven-Drawer Tall Chest of Drawers

Located in New York, NY

Boston, Massachusetts Seven-drawer tall chest, circa 1825.

Category

1820s American Neoclassical Antique Boston

Materials

Mahogany

Silver Plate Nut Dish
Silver Plate Nut Dish

Silver Plate Nut Dish

By James W. Tufts

Located in New York, NY

Round silver plate nut dish with scalloped edge and small squirrel perched on side branch. James W. Tufts, Boston, "Plate Guaranteed", 1883.

Category

19th Century American Antique Boston

Materials

Silver Plate

The Broken Mast
The Broken Mast

The Broken Mast

By George Curtis

Located in Costa Mesa, CA

His re-emergence well established, his original takes on painting views of Boston area ships and harbors made him a local favorite then and a nationally sought after artist today.

Category

1870s Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Pair Of White Marble Portrait Roundels of 'Morning' and 'Evening'
A Pair Of White Marble Portrait Roundels of 'Morning' and 'Evening'

A Pair Of White Marble Portrait Roundels of 'Morning' and 'Evening'

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

After demobbing in 1864, Colby returned to Boston and advertised himself as a portrait painter and sculptor.

Category

19th Century Italian Antique Boston

Materials

Carrara Marble

Antique Japanese Suibokuga Sage by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century.
Antique Japanese Suibokuga Sage by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century.

Antique Japanese Suibokuga Sage by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century.

Located in Point Richmond, CA

For other examples by this artist see: Museum of Fine Arts Boston 11.4415 & 11.4416 & 11.6754 British Museum 1881,1210,0.237

Category

1670s Japanese Edo Antique Boston

Materials

Paper

"The Dancers Begin" & "The Dancers Finish"
"The Dancers Begin" & "The Dancers Finish"

"The Dancers Begin" & "The Dancers Finish"

By Louis Kronberg

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Kronberg eventually became a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston where he was influenced by the Tarbell-Benson manner.

Category

1910s American Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Pastel

Mid-19th Century Antique Bronze Gas Chandelier 4 Arm Electrified
Mid-19th Century Antique Bronze Gas Chandelier 4 Arm Electrified

Mid-19th Century Antique Bronze Gas Chandelier 4 Arm Electrified

Located in Stamford, CT

I believe it came from an old Victorian home outside Boston MA. Its a great size to hang in a foyer or hang in any room and would be a great accent piece.

Category

Mid-19th Century American Antique Boston

Materials

Bronze

Portrait of a Seated Woman
Portrait of a Seated Woman

Portrait of a Seated Woman

By Arthur Beecher Carles

Located in Miami, FL

Sale: Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, 7 March 2003, lot 583. Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Category

1910s American Modern Antique Boston

Materials

Oil

Arashi Rikan II in an Osaka Kabuki Scene
Arashi Rikan II in an Osaka Kabuki Scene

Arashi Rikan II in an Osaka Kabuki Scene

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Collections His work is held in the permanent collections of many museums worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Walters Art Museum,...

Category

1820s Other Art Style Antique Boston

Materials

Woodcut

"Main Street, Rockport, Cape Ann " Anthony Thieme, Summer Street Scene Landscape
"Main Street, Rockport, Cape Ann " Anthony Thieme, Summer Street Scene Landscape

"Main Street, Rockport, Cape Ann " Anthony Thieme, Summer Street Scene Landscape

By Anthony Thieme

Located in New York, NY

Thieme first came to the United States in 1917 and initially worked as a set designer and book illustrator first in New York and later in Boston. By the late 1920s, Thieme had marri...

Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Louis XV Commode, France, 1760-1770
Louis XV Commode, France, 1760-1770

Louis XV Commode, France, 1760-1770

Located in Belmont, MA

It will be shipped from Germany. Shipping costs to Boston are included.

Category

1760s French Louis XV Antique Boston

Materials

Elm, Rosewood

Pair of Bronze Figures of Adam and Eve by William Hunt Diederich
Pair of Bronze Figures of Adam and Eve by William Hunt Diederich

Pair of Bronze Figures of Adam and Eve by William Hunt Diederich

Located in Essex, MA

His mother was the daughter of noted Boston artist William Morris Hunt. He had many commissions for New York City Central Park Zoo etc.

Category

Early 20th Century American Beaux Arts Antique Boston

Materials

Bronze

The Ermine Scarf

The Ermine Scarf

By Albert de Belleroche

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Albert Belleroche (1864-1944) Museums Holding Belleroche Lithographs Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris (approx 617 given b...

Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Lithograph

19th Century Hand Hooked Folky Floral Rug Mounted with Braided Border
19th Century Hand Hooked Folky Floral Rug Mounted with Braided Border

19th Century Hand Hooked Folky Floral Rug Mounted with Braided Border

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This fantastic work of art comes from Ex Stephen Score Antiques Inc. collection from Boston, Mass. He is a amazing Folk Art dealer with great quality.

Category

19th Century American Country Antique Boston

Materials

Wool

Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Yoshiika 落合芳幾  '1833-1904'
Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Yoshiika 落合芳幾  '1833-1904'

Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Yoshiika 落合芳幾 '1833-1904'

Located in Norton, MA

His works can be found at the Brooklyn Museum, The Los Angeles Country Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston.    

Category

Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Boston

Materials

Paper

Pair of Floor Standing Globes by Gilman Joslin
Pair of Floor Standing Globes by Gilman Joslin

Pair of Floor Standing Globes by Gilman Joslin

By Gilman Joslin

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

He went to work for pioneering Boston globe maker Josiah Loring in 1837. He took over Loring’s business by 1839, and that year he issued the first globes under his own name, a terres...

Category

19th Century American Antique Boston

Materials

Iron

18th Century Baroque Commode, Germany 1750-1760
18th Century Baroque Commode, Germany 1750-1760

18th Century Baroque Commode, Germany 1750-1760

Located in Belmont, MA

Standard shipping costs to Boston are included in the price.

Category

1750s German Baroque Antique Boston

Materials

Boxwood

Ponte Vecchio Florence
Ponte Vecchio Florence

Ponte Vecchio Florence

By Robert Hallowell

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Davies Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art Worcester Art Museum Museum of the City of New York Fogg Art Museum, Harvard Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Denver Museum Newark Museum Wilm...

Category

1920s American Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Oil

Important Arts and Crafts Black Opal Galleon Necklace
Important Arts and Crafts Black Opal Galleon Necklace

Important Arts and Crafts Black Opal Galleon Necklace

Located in Riverdale, NY

Important Arts and Crafts Galleon Necklace by an extraordinary, anonymous period jeweler circa 1910, likely made in the Boston area of sterling silver and gold. Incredible detailing ...

Category

1910s American Arts and Crafts Antique Boston

Materials

Opal, Citrine, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver

First Steps, Early 20th Century Bronze Sculpture, Cleveland School
First Steps, Early 20th Century Bronze Sculpture, Cleveland School

First Steps, Early 20th Century Bronze Sculpture, Cleveland School

By William Zorach

Located in Beachwood, OH

Today his work can be found in such prestigious museums as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago,...

Category

1910s Antique Boston

Materials

Bronze

“Pennsylvania Beauty”
“Pennsylvania Beauty”

“Pennsylvania Beauty”

By Edmund Darch Lewis

Located in Southampton, NY

He also exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum from 1858 to 1869, and the National Academy of Design in New York in 1860.

Category

1870s Academic Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Print of Turkey Shooting by Gleason's Pictorial, 1854
Antique Print of Turkey Shooting by Gleason's Pictorial, 1854

Antique Print of Turkey Shooting by Gleason's Pictorial, 1854

Located in Langweer, NL

Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion was a 19th century illustrated periodical published in Boston, Massachusetts. The magazine was founded by Frederick Gleason in 1851.

Category

Mid-19th Century American Antique Boston

Materials

Paper

The Great Drawing- Room Was Haunted by a Tuneful Spirit That Came and Went
The Great Drawing- Room Was Haunted by a Tuneful Spirit That Came and Went

The Great Drawing- Room Was Haunted by a Tuneful Spirit That Came and Went

By Jessie Willcox Smith

Located in Fort Washington, PA

LITERATURE Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, Boston, Massachusetts, 1915, illustrated facing page 76 Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, Boston, Massachusetts, 1922, illustrated facing ...

Category

1910s Antique Boston

Materials

Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache, Board

1920s LOUIS VUITTON Orange Vuittonite Cabin Steamer Trunk w/ provenance
1920s LOUIS VUITTON Orange Vuittonite Cabin Steamer Trunk w/ provenance

1920s LOUIS VUITTON Orange Vuittonite Cabin Steamer Trunk w/ provenance

By Louis Vuitton

Located in Victoria, BC

The Hoyt collection, most of which is housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, includes Chinese and Korean ceramics, Chinese sculpture and bronzes and metal objects, paintings an...

Category

1920s French Antique Boston

Materials

Brass

Still life - Tulips
Still life - Tulips

Still life - Tulips

Located in New Orleans, LA

Augustine Art Colony, 1998, notes that both of the Seavey brothers were from New England and that George also maintained a studio/workshop in the “Studio Building” in Boston and a st...

Category

Early 20th Century American Realist Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Pilgrimage Procession to Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa in the Eastern Capital
The Pilgrimage Procession to Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa in the Eastern Capital

The Pilgrimage Procession to Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa in the Eastern Capital

By Kuniyasu

Located in Soquel, CA

His work is held in the permanent collections of several museums worldwide, including the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, ...

Category

Mid-19th Century Edo Antique Boston

Materials

Paper, Ink, Woodcut

Running Horse Weathervane on Display Stand
Running Horse Weathervane on Display Stand

Running Horse Weathervane on Display Stand

By L. W. Cushing & Sons

Located in Atlanta, GA

In Waltham or Harris. Co in Boston. The surface has been re-gilt historically likely dated from early 20th century.

Category

Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Boston

Materials

Copper

Biedermeier Side Table, Southern Germany, 1830-40
Biedermeier Side Table, Southern Germany, 1830-40

Biedermeier Side Table, Southern Germany, 1830-40

Located in Belmont, MA

The table ships from germany and includes shipping costs and customs fees to Boston.

Category

1830s German Biedermeier Antique Boston

Materials

Cherry

Louis XVI Style Dresser, France, 19th Century
Louis XVI Style Dresser, France, 19th Century

Louis XVI Style Dresser, France, 19th Century

Located in Belmont, MA

The dresser ships from Germany and includes shipping costs and to Boston.

Category

1860s French Louis XV Antique Boston

Materials

Kingwood, Mahogany, Satinwood, Yew

Period German Mid-18th Century Neoclassical Painted Commode
Period German Mid-18th Century Neoclassical Painted Commode

Period German Mid-18th Century Neoclassical Painted Commode

Located in Essex, MA

Cabriole legs and carved gilded spade feet Ex collection: Sabatino Abate, Boston.

Category

Mid-18th Century German Neoclassical Antique Boston

Empire Table, Germany 1810-20
Empire Table, Germany 1810-20

Empire Table, Germany 1810-20

$6,320Sale Price|20% Off

Empire Table, Germany 1810-20

Located in Belmont, MA

It ships from Germany and includes shipping costs to Boston.

Category

1810s German Empire Antique Boston

Materials

Mahogany

Skylight Yacht Binnacle Compass
Skylight Yacht Binnacle Compass

Skylight Yacht Binnacle Compass

Located in Norwell, MA

The compass card is marked Ritchie Boston mounted to a varnished wood pedestal with rope carved border at base.

Category

Early 1800s Antique Boston

Materials

Brass

American Chippendale Birchwood Serpentine Chest of Drawers, circa 1770
American Chippendale Birchwood Serpentine Chest of Drawers, circa 1770

American Chippendale Birchwood Serpentine Chest of Drawers, circa 1770

Located in Shippensburg, PA

A very fine reverse-serpentine (also known as "Oxbow") chest of drawers from the Chippendale period, it is a product of the North Shore of Massachusetts circa 1780 and probably origi...

Category

18th Century American Chippendale Antique Boston

Materials

Brass

The Bathers
The Bathers

The Bathers

By Winslow Homer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

A master of oil painting and watercolor, he was also a gifted printmaker, illustrator and pictorial journalist. Born in Boston, the artist received no real formal training with the e...

Category

1870s American Realist Antique Boston

Materials

Woodcut

Peter Pathe - Original Lithograph Poster

Peter Pathe - Original Lithograph Poster

By Walter Schnackenberg

Located in Palm Beach, FL

./7-9”; the poster is secured by matting and framed with a plexiglass cover, Boston Framer’s label verso. So much about Munich’s electric cabaret scene and power of artistic collabo...

Category

1910s Art Nouveau Antique Boston

Materials

Lithograph

Belle Époque Oil on Canvas Painting of an Elegant Lady by Auguste Toulmouche
Belle Époque Oil on Canvas Painting of an Elegant Lady by Auguste Toulmouche

Belle Époque Oil on Canvas Painting of an Elegant Lady by Auguste Toulmouche

By Auguste Toulmouche

Located in London, GB

Toulmouche was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1870, and his paintings are in several museum collections including at the Louvre and Museum of Fine Art in Boston.

Category

19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

Jack Russell Terriers by Alexander Pope
Jack Russell Terriers by Alexander Pope

Jack Russell Terriers by Alexander Pope

By Alexander Pope

Located in Paonia, CO

An original chromolithograph from the Celebrated Dogs of America by Alexander Pope Jr. and published by S.E. Casino, Boston,1882. This composition features six Jack Russell Terri...

Category

1880s Other Art Style Antique Boston

Materials

Lithograph

Gustavian Commode, Sweden, 19th Century
Gustavian Commode, Sweden, 19th Century

Gustavian Commode, Sweden, 19th Century

Located in Belmont, MA

It will be shipped from Germany, shipping costs to Boston are included.

Category

1840s Swedish Gustavian Antique Boston

Materials

Walnut

Paris - Les Inondations - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Maxime Maufra
Paris - Les Inondations - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Maxime Maufra

Paris - Les Inondations - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Maxime Maufra

By Maxime Maufra

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Museum and Gallery Holdings: Bergues: Seascapes Boston: Dusk in Douarnenez; Departure of Fishing Boats Buffalo: Transport Quittant Le Havre Chicago: Douarnenez the Town of Light Chol...

Category

1910s Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Oil, Canvas

THE BOOKMAN CHRISTMAS NUMBER. Circa 1895.

THE BOOKMAN CHRISTMAS NUMBER. Circa 1895.

Located in New York, NY

In 1895 he won a Gold Medal for Best American Poster Design at the first International Poster Show in Boston. Ref: Das Plakat 456

Category

1890s Art Nouveau Antique Boston

Materials

Lithograph

Listed American Artist Arthur Schneider (1866-1943 Antique Oil on board Painting
Listed American Artist Arthur Schneider (1866-1943 Antique Oil on board Painting

Listed American Artist Arthur Schneider (1866-1943 Antique Oil on board Painting

Located in Palm Coast, FL

He lived and worked in New York City (1905-1913), Cleveland, Chicago, Tampa, FL, and Boston, MA. Schneider is remembered for his landscapes, genre scenes, villages, streets, children...

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Oil

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