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Venice, Riva, Ships, Published by Dunthorne, Frank Duveneck, 1880
Venice, Riva, Ships, Published by Dunthorne, Frank Duveneck, 1880

Venice, Riva, Ships, Published by Dunthorne, Frank Duveneck, 1880

By Frank Duveneck

Located in Fairlawn, OH

His striking portraits and figure paintings brought him recognition in Boston and Cincinnati during the 1870s. Returning to Europe, he established influential teaching groups in Muni...

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1880s Antique Boston

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Etching

Hortus Malabaricus Hand-Colored Engraving Talipot Palm Rheede Amsterdam, c, 1682
Hortus Malabaricus Hand-Colored Engraving Talipot Palm Rheede Amsterdam, c, 1682

Hortus Malabaricus Hand-Colored Engraving Talipot Palm Rheede Amsterdam, c, 1682

By Henrik Adrian van Rheede

Located in Downingtown, PA

., Hendrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakenstein (1636–1691) and Hortus Malabaricus: A Contribution to the History of Dutch Colonial Botany, Rotterdam and Boston, 1986. Manilal, K. S. (e...

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Late 17th Century Indian William and Mary Antique Boston

Materials

Paper

Sarab Hallway Runner Collectible
Sarab Hallway Runner Collectible

Sarab Hallway Runner Collectible

Located in WYNNUM, QLD

This piece came from a Boston estate sale, where it had apparently been in place since new, across several generations.

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Early 20th Century Central Asian Antique Boston

Materials

Wool

Irish Delft Blue and White Chinoiserie Platter of Massive Scale, circa 1760
Irish Delft Blue and White Chinoiserie Platter of Massive Scale, circa 1760

Irish Delft Blue and White Chinoiserie Platter of Massive Scale, circa 1760

Located in Kinderhook, NY

'English Delftware Pottery in the Robert Hall Warren Collection Ashmolean Museum Oxford'. Boston: Boston Book & Art Shop, 1968.

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Mid-18th Century Irish Chinoiserie Antique Boston

Materials

Earthenware

'Flycatchers on Snow-Covered Nanadina' — Japanese Kacho-e Woodblock Print
'Flycatchers on Snow-Covered Nanadina' — Japanese Kacho-e Woodblock Print

'Flycatchers on Snow-Covered Nanadina' — Japanese Kacho-e Woodblock Print

By Ohara Koson

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Impressions of this work are in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Toledo Museum of Art, University of Michigan Museum of...

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1920s Naturalistic Antique Boston

Materials

Woodcut

Thomas Seymour (Attrib) Mahogany Drop Leaf Breakfast Table from Badlam Family
Thomas Seymour (Attrib) Mahogany Drop Leaf Breakfast Table from Badlam Family

Thomas Seymour (Attrib) Mahogany Drop Leaf Breakfast Table from Badlam Family

By Thomas Seymour

Located in Milford, NH

A finely made one drawer drop leaf breakfast table with great original color and surface attributed to Thomas Seymour of Boston with rounded corner top, turned pedestal and outswept ...

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Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Boston

Materials

Brass

Large Early 19th Century American Folk Portrait
Large Early 19th Century American Folk Portrait

Large Early 19th Century American Folk Portrait

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

The Beardsley Limner was an itinerant artist who worked along the old Boston Post Road, in Connecticut and Massachusetts, from about 1785 to 1805.

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19th Century Antique Boston

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Canvas, Paint

Parkman's Works, Ten Volumes in Three-Quarter Leather, 1905
Parkman's Works, Ten Volumes in Three-Quarter Leather, 1905

Parkman's Works, Ten Volumes in Three-Quarter Leather, 1905

Located in Savannah, GA

Ten volumes of Parkman's Works, published by Little, Brown and Company of Boston in 1905 and bound in three-quarter brown leather over marbled paper boards.

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Early 1900s American Antique Boston

Materials

Leather

Egyptian Alabaster Canopic Jar of Pedihormednu, Late Period 664 BC to 525 BC
Egyptian Alabaster Canopic Jar of Pedihormednu, Late Period 664 BC to 525 BC

Egyptian Alabaster Canopic Jar of Pedihormednu, Late Period 664 BC to 525 BC

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Provenance John Lindquist (1890-1980), Boston, Massachusetts, acquired prior to 1976. Thence by Descent.

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15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antique Boston

Materials

Alabaster

Quien se pondra el cascabel al gato?
Quien se pondra el cascabel al gato?

Quien se pondra el cascabel al gato?

By Francisco Goya

Located in New York, NY

Provenance: Collection Frederick Garnet Rice, with the ink stamp (Lugt 1042a) Childs Gallery, Boston, Acquired from the previous in 2004. Catalogue raisonné references: Harris 268,...

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Late 18th Century Romantic Antique Boston

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Etching

The Piano Recital - Impressionist Figurative Interior Oil by Frederick Frieseke
The Piano Recital - Impressionist Figurative Interior Oil by Frederick Frieseke

The Piano Recital - Impressionist Figurative Interior Oil by Frederick Frieseke

By Frederick Carl Frieseke

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Franco-américain du Château): In Front of the Mirror (1903) Boston (MFA): The Yellow Room (c. 1910, oil on canvas) Chicago (Terra Foundation for American Art Collection): The Green S...

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1920s American Impressionist Antique Boston

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Canvas, Oil

The Works of HARRIET BEECHER STOWE The Riverside Edition 17 Volume Set 1896
The Works of HARRIET BEECHER STOWE The Riverside Edition 17 Volume Set 1896

The Works of HARRIET BEECHER STOWE The Riverside Edition 17 Volume Set 1896

Located in Woodbury, CT

The Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe The Riverside Edition Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Riverside Press, Boston, 1896 Complete in seventeen volumes (the sixteen-volume edition issued ...

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1890s American Other Antique Boston

Materials

Leather, Paper

Cala Lillies in Asian Vase
Cala Lillies in Asian Vase

Cala Lillies in Asian Vase

Located in North Clarendon, VT

Housed in a nice frame, 16" x 14", 30.5" x 18.5" framed. Likely a Boston or New York artist.

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1920s American Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Oil

Fine Pair of American Classical Mahogany Card Tables, Massachusetts ca. 1820
Fine Pair of American Classical Mahogany Card Tables, Massachusetts ca. 1820

Fine Pair of American Classical Mahogany Card Tables, Massachusetts ca. 1820

Located in Shippensburg, PA

FINE PAIR OF AMERICAN CLASSICAL FLAMED MAHOGANY CARD TABLES Probably Boston, Massachusetts Circa 1820 Open: 27 3/4" H x 37 1/4" D x 38 1/4" W Closed: 28 7/8" H x 19 1/16" D x 37 1/8...

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1820s American American Classical Antique Boston

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Brass

The Spring Time of Life Engraving by G. Bather, c.1868
The Spring Time of Life Engraving by G. Bather, c.1868

The Spring Time of Life Engraving by G. Bather, c.1868

Located in Savannah, GA

Bather; issued by Boston firm B.B. Russell at their Cornhill imprint, evoking themes of youth and springtime innocence in the Victorian folk art tradition.

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1860s American Antique Boston

Materials

Glass, Wood

"A Shady Runlet" Stream in Fall  New Jersey Watercolor 1878
"A Shady Runlet" Stream in Fall  New Jersey Watercolor 1878

"A Shady Runlet" Stream in Fall New Jersey Watercolor 1878

Located in Soquel, CA

Sheet size: 7.63" x 10.38 Viewable image: 7"H x 9.75"W Frame size: 13.25"H x 15.75"W x 1.38"D Exhibited 1901 The Art Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Listed in Annu...

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1870s American Impressionist Antique Boston

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Paper, Watercolor

Lake Of Nemi, Near Rome
Lake Of Nemi, Near Rome

Lake Of Nemi, Near Rome

By George Loring Brown

Located in Sheffield, MA

Studied: Alonzo Hartwell, Boston 1826 Abel Bowen, Joseph Andrews, Boston 1832 Eugene Isabey, Paris 1833 Exhibited: Boston Athenaeum, 1834-74 National Academy of Design, 1837-85 Apol...

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Mid-19th Century Romantic Antique Boston

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Canvas, Oil

Village Afternoon, French Countryside, Barbizon School, 19th Century, Oil
Village Afternoon, French Countryside, Barbizon School, 19th Century, Oil

Village Afternoon, French Countryside, Barbizon School, 19th Century, Oil

Located in Wiscasset, ME

He began his artistic training as a lithographer in Boston in 1857, moved to New York a year later and took classes at the National Academy while continuing his lithography work.

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Mid-19th Century Barbizon School Antique Boston

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Canvas, Oil

Japanese Arita Blue and White Kraak-Style Pomegranate Dish, Edo Period, c. 1680
Japanese Arita Blue and White Kraak-Style Pomegranate Dish, Edo Period, c. 1680

Japanese Arita Blue and White Kraak-Style Pomegranate Dish, Edo Period, c. 1680

By 1616 / Arita Japan

Located in DELFT, NL

Soame Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, Faber & Faber, London and Boston, 1979, cat. 16a. S. Hartog, Pronken met Oosters porselein, exhibition catalogue, Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, Waander...

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Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Boston

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Porcelain

Untitled (woman's head) The Artist's wife?
Untitled (woman's head) The Artist's wife?

Untitled (woman's head) The Artist's wife?

By William McGregor Paxton

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Otherwise exellent Image size: 5 1/4 x 5 inches Sheet size: 10 1/2 x 8 inches William McGregor Paxton (June 22, 1869 – 1941) was an American painter and instructor who embraced the...

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1910s American Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Lithograph

Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Temple Jar, American Market, Monogrammed
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Temple Jar, American Market, Monogrammed

Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Temple Jar, American Market, Monogrammed

Located in Downingtown, PA

By the Daoguang period that business was overwhelmingly American: the British armorial trade had largely ended a generation earlier, and it was the merchants of Boston, Salem, New Yo...

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Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boston

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Porcelain

Late Winter Snow
Late Winter Snow

Late Winter Snow

By Ernest Albert

Located in New York, NY

Louis, Philadelphia, Chicago and Boston, and he became a founding member of the American Society of Scenic Painters.

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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Boston

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Coin Silver Water Pitcher by Jones, Ball & Poor, Circa 1850
Antique Coin Silver Water Pitcher by Jones, Ball & Poor, Circa 1850

Antique Coin Silver Water Pitcher by Jones, Ball & Poor, Circa 1850

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Dimensions Length from back of handle to tip of lip 24.3cm/9.6" Width 17.8cm/7" Height 32.4cm/12.8" Volume 2575ml Weight 39.4 troy ounces/1227g Maker: Jones, Ball & Poor Date: Cir...

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1850s American Antique Boston

Materials

Silver

Antique Oak Vertical File Cabinet with Document Drawers by Library Bureau
Antique Oak Vertical File Cabinet with Document Drawers by Library Bureau

Antique Oak Vertical File Cabinet with Document Drawers by Library Bureau

Located in Dekalb, IL

c. 1920s; Library Bureau - Boston, MA / New York, NY Tall quarter-sawn oak vertical file cabinet combining three deep file drawers with four shallow document drawers above, all fitt...

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1920s American Industrial Antique Boston

Materials

Metal

A finely carved Medieval style Gothic Cabinet
A finely carved Medieval style Gothic Cabinet

A finely carved Medieval style Gothic Cabinet

Located in Pomona, CA

At various times, the firm had branches in London and Boston, and a summer shop in Newport, Rhode Island.

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Early 1900s American Gothic Revival Antique Boston

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Oak

"Home of Nathaniel Hawthorne" original etching

"Home of Nathaniel Hawthorne" original etching

By Edmund Henry Garrett

Located in Henderson, NV

This impression was published in Boston in 1887 by Estes and Lauriat for the "Nature and Art" portfolio and is printed on cream laid paper.

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1880s Antique Boston

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Etching

Rare Antique Bigelow, Kennard & Co. Champlevé and Brass Crystal Regulator Clock
Rare Antique Bigelow, Kennard & Co. Champlevé and Brass Crystal Regulator Clock

Rare Antique Bigelow, Kennard & Co. Champlevé and Brass Crystal Regulator Clock

By Bigelow Kennard & Co.

Located in Tarry Town, NY

This is why many Bigelow, Kennard & Co. clocks feature a dial signed by the Boston retailer while the movement bears the mark of a French manufacturer.

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1880s American Louis XVI Antique Boston

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Brass

Complete Five-Volume 1831 Leather-bound Set of "Buffon’s Natural History"
Complete Five-Volume 1831 Leather-bound Set of "Buffon’s Natural History"

Complete Five-Volume 1831 Leather-bound Set of "Buffon’s Natural History"

Located in San Francisco, CA

It was co-published by Gray and Bowen in Boston and Thomas Desilver, Jr. in Philadelphia. This compact 5-volume set was a highly popular compendium designed to make Enlightenment-era...

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Mid-19th Century American Industrial Antique Boston

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Leather, Paper

Large Mocha Yellow Ware Jug, Blue, White and Brown Slip Bands, Shell Grip
Large Mocha Yellow Ware Jug, Blue, White and Brown Slip Bands, Shell Grip

Large Mocha Yellow Ware Jug, Blue, White and Brown Slip Bands, Shell Grip

Located in Downingtown, PA

Lynne Sussman, Mocha, Banded, Cat’s Eye, and Other Factory-Made Slipware, Studies in Northeast Historical Archaeology No. 1 (Boston, 1997). N. Teulon-Porter, The N. Teulon-Porter Col...

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Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Boston

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Ceramic, Pottery

18th Century Period Carved and Gilt Chippendale Mirror
18th Century Period Carved and Gilt Chippendale Mirror

18th Century Period Carved and Gilt Chippendale Mirror

Located in Johns Island, SC

Mirror was acquired through an appraiser and its most previous provenance was from a Boston gentleman's estate. Mirror was viewed and was voted one of the best pieces at The Charles...

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1760s English Chippendale Antique Boston

Materials

Gold Leaf

A Late 18th Century Sheraton Style Display and Writing Cabinet
A Late 18th Century Sheraton Style Display and Writing Cabinet

A Late 18th Century Sheraton Style Display and Writing Cabinet

By Thomas Sheraton

Located in London, GB

The son of Bristolian schoolmaster and antiques dealer Walter Adams, Norman began dealing himself in 1923 and shortly moved to the States where he opened a shop in Boston. His famous...

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Late 18th Century English Sheraton Antique Boston

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Satinwood, Rosewood

Victorian Arrangement Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 1864, Framed
Victorian Arrangement Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 1864, Framed

Victorian Arrangement Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 1864, Framed

By George Henry Hall

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Hall was born in 1825 in Manchester, New Hampshire, although his family moved to Boston at a young age. Hall studied in Düsseldorf, Germany, as well as in Paris and Rome.

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1860s Victorian Antique Boston

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Canvas, Oil

A Girl with Braids
A Girl with Braids

A Girl with Braids

Located in North Clarendon, VT

During this time, he won two first-place prizes for painting in 1884 and 1885. Career and Legacy Boston Studio: Upon returning to the U.S. in 1887, he established a studio in Boston...

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1890s Antique Boston

Materials

Oil

Anthony Thieme Coastal Seascape Oil Painting, The Surf
Anthony Thieme Coastal Seascape Oil Painting, The Surf

Anthony Thieme Coastal Seascape Oil Painting, The Surf

By Anthony Thieme

Located in Milford, NH

Thieme was born in Rotterdam, Holland and, after traveling in Europe, England, & South America, he settled in the Boston, MA area, establishing a studio in Rockport, MA on Cape A...

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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Boston

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Canvas, Oil

"A Maiden Fair to See" original etching

"A Maiden Fair to See" original etching

By Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl

Located in Henderson, NV

This impression was printed in 1882 on cream laid paper and published in Boston by Estes and Lauriat for the "Nature and Art" portfolio.

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1880s Antique Boston

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Etching

New England Seascape "Outward Bound" by by James J. McAuliffe, 1912
New England Seascape "Outward Bound" by by James J. McAuliffe, 1912

New England Seascape "Outward Bound" by by James J. McAuliffe, 1912

Located in Nantucket, MA

McAuliffe was born in Canada but studied and worked in Massachusetts. He studied at the Boston Arts School and became known for marine subjects, ships and seascapes, as well as reli...

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1910s American Other Antique Boston

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Canvas

Massachusetts River in Spring Time
Massachusetts River in Spring Time

Massachusetts River in Spring Time

Located in Sheffield, MA

Kingsbury was born in Boston, MA in 1855. He studied at the Massachusetts Normal Art School, Boston Museum School, and Académie Julian in Paris.

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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Peasant Woman Churning Butter, Dutch School, Late 19th Century
Peasant Woman Churning Butter, Dutch School, Late 19th Century

Peasant Woman Churning Butter, Dutch School, Late 19th Century

By Bernardus Johannes (Bernard) Blommers

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

His works are held in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and in the Dutch museums of Dordrecht, Haarlem, The Hague, Rotterdam, and Utrecht, as well as the museums of Boston, Glasgow, Munich...

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Late 19th Century Dutch School Antique Boston

Materials

Gouache

17 Antique Silver Plate Serving Utensils Forks Spoons Meat Fish Cake Knife
17 Antique Silver Plate Serving Utensils Forks Spoons Meat Fish Cake Knife

17 Antique Silver Plate Serving Utensils Forks Spoons Meat Fish Cake Knife

Located in Dayton, OH

Includes: Antiko 800 silver Munchen spoon 800 Silver pickle or olive fork Pear & Bacall Boston coin Silver spoon American Silver co reticulated cake server 1847 Rogers Bros. silv...

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Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Boston

Materials

Metal

Klismos Chair
Klismos Chair

Klismos Chair

By William Hancock

Located in New York, NY

This chair is one of an extremely small number of Boston chairs that is labeled or stamped by its maker or retailer.

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Early 19th Century American Neoclassical Antique Boston

Materials

Velvet, Ash, Birch, Mahogany, Oak

Victorian Period Coin Silver (.900) Mug/Cup By Vincent LaForme
Victorian Period Coin Silver (.900) Mug/Cup By Vincent LaForme

Victorian Period Coin Silver (.900) Mug/Cup By Vincent LaForme

Located in New York, NY

Victorian Period, Coin Silver (.900) cup/mug, Boston, Ca. 1854, Vincent LaForme and Brother- makers.

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1850s American Victorian Antique Boston

Materials

Sterling Silver

La Famille by Pierre Bonnard
La Famille by Pierre Bonnard

La Famille by Pierre Bonnard

By Pierre Bonnard

Located in New Orleans, LA

Terrasse, The Nabis, Bonnard, Vuillard and Their Circle, Paris, 1990, pp. 160-161 (illustrated) Exhibited: New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pierre Bonnard: The Graphic Art, Dec...

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Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Boston

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

19th Century American Antique Plaster Bust of Secretary of State Daniel Webster
19th Century American Antique Plaster Bust of Secretary of State Daniel Webster

19th Century American Antique Plaster Bust of Secretary of State Daniel Webster

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Palmer and at the backside Caproni Plastic. Arts Boston. Not recommended for exterior use. Minor fading, scratches due to age.

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19th Century American Antique Boston

Materials

Plaster

Le lavoir de Billancourt by Alfred Sisley
Le lavoir de Billancourt by Alfred Sisley

Le lavoir de Billancourt by Alfred Sisley

By Alfred Sisley

Located in New Orleans, LA

His serene views of the Seine, Loing and Île-de-France helped define the visual language of Impressionism, and his works can now be found in major museums worldwide, including the Mu...

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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Boston

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Canvas, Oil

Valentino Besarel Pair of Carved Italian Venetian Figures
Valentino Besarel Pair of Carved Italian Venetian Figures

Valentino Besarel Pair of Carved Italian Venetian Figures

By Valentino Besarel

Located in Benington, Herts

In more recent times, it is believed that the present figures formed part of the furnishings of one of the homes of the wealthy Boston businessman Harvey C. Wheeler (d.1947). Mr Whee...

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19th Century Italian Antique Boston

Materials

Walnut

Les Guides - Post Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Georges D'Espagnat
Les Guides - Post Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Georges D'Espagnat

Les Guides - Post Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Georges D'Espagnat

By Georges d'Espagnat

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Toulouse-Lautrec) Bagnols-sur-Cèze (Mus. Albert-André) Boston (MFA) Brussels (Mus. royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique) Céret (Mus. municipal d'Art moderne) Chicago (AI) Douai (Mus. de...

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1890s Post-Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Dish, Arms Hutchinson impaling Calthrop
Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Dish, Arms Hutchinson impaling Calthrop

Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Dish, Arms Hutchinson impaling Calthrop

Located in Downingtown, PA

Bingham Hutchinson, a descendant of William Hutchinson, emigrated to America in 1633 and became a founding citizen of Boston, Massachusetts. The family held prominent political offic...

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1750s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boston

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Golf Ball, W&D Baby
Antique Golf Ball, W&D Baby

Antique Golf Ball, W&D Baby

Located in Oxfordshire, GB

The golf ball is in good condition and is manufactured by Wright and Ditson, 344 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. One pole is stamped 'W & D BABY ' within the peb...

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Early 20th Century American Sporting Art Antique Boston

Materials

Rubber

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