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Celestine
Celestine

Celestine

By Robert Henri

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Albright-Knox Gallery of Art, Buffalo: "Fourteenth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists", May 29-September 7, 1920, no. 58. Boston Art Club, "An Exhibition of...

Category

1920s Ashcan School Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Roman Ruins
Roman Ruins

Roman Ruins

By Joseph Lindon Smith

Located in Milford, NH

He lived most of his life in New Hampshire and became well known for his archeological paintings and eventually became honorary curator of the Egyptian department at the Boston Museu...

Category

Early 20th Century Antique Boston

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

By Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

[and] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Boston: Lorthrop Publishing Company, 1898. Illustrated by John Tenniel.

Category

1890s American Victorian Antique Boston

Materials

Fabric, Paper

17th Century Dutch Delft Charger
17th Century Dutch Delft Charger

17th Century Dutch Delft Charger

Located in Hudson, NY

A similar dish, now in the Museum Fine Arts, Boston, is illustrated in Aronson, Dutch Delftware, The Dr.

Category

1670s Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Boston

Materials

Delft

Antonio Reyna, Palaces by a Canal, Venice
Antonio Reyna, Palaces by a Canal, Venice

Antonio Reyna, Palaces by a Canal, Venice

By Antonio Reyna Manescau

Located in Madrid, ES

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Influenced by classical antiquity, by the mid 1880s he painted his lost masterwork Floralia, a classical scene that represents the annual festival celeb...

Category

1890s Realist Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fauvist Shore
Fauvist Shore

Fauvist Shore

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.

Category

Early 20th Century Fauvist Antique Boston

Materials

Oil

CHIPPENDALE 1880 American Victorian Carved Mahogany Wood Pedestal
CHIPPENDALE 1880 American Victorian Carved Mahogany Wood Pedestal

CHIPPENDALE 1880 American Victorian Carved Mahogany Wood Pedestal

Located in Miami, FL

Major centers like Philadelphia, Boston, and Newport produced distinctive, often more robust, regional variations of this elegant style.

Category

19th Century American Chippendale Antique Boston

Materials

Wood

Home of Debose Heyward, Charleston
Home of Debose Heyward, Charleston

Home of Debose Heyward, Charleston

By Elizabeth Verner

Located in Grand Rapids, MI

She was also one of the few artists of the Charleston Renaissance to work in pastel, which she pursued after being inspired by an exhibition of floral pastels by Laura Coombs Hills i...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Antique Boston

Materials

Etching

"Boxer's Rubdown", Extraordinary Painting with Nude Male by Philip Leslie Hale
"Boxer's Rubdown", Extraordinary Painting with Nude Male by Philip Leslie Hale

"Boxer's Rubdown", Extraordinary Painting with Nude Male by Philip Leslie Hale

By Philip Leslie Hale

Located in Philadelphia, PA

He exhibited at the Art Club in Boston, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the National Academy of Design, and taught at several institutions over many years.

Category

1910s American Belle Époque Antique Boston

Materials

Paint

The Embrace, Modernist, Sculptural Forms, Lithograph
The Embrace, Modernist, Sculptural Forms, Lithograph

The Embrace, Modernist, Sculptural Forms, Lithograph

By Aristide Maillol

Located in Wiscasset, ME

Petersburg, Russia, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, among others.

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Boston

Materials

Lithograph

Dutch Secretary Desk, Around 1800, Mahogany
Dutch Secretary Desk, Around 1800, Mahogany

Dutch Secretary Desk, Around 1800, Mahogany

Located in Belmont, MA

It ships from Germany and includes shipping costs to Boston.

Category

1790s Dutch Baroque Antique Boston

Materials

Mahogany

Pair of Olive-Green Glazed Longquan Celadon Vases, Sui-Song
Pair of Olive-Green Glazed Longquan Celadon Vases, Sui-Song

Pair of Olive-Green Glazed Longquan Celadon Vases, Sui-Song

Located in seoul, KR

Comparable examples from the Southern Song period are preserved in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Henan Museum.

Category

15th Century and Earlier East Asian Antique Boston

Materials

Celadon

Josephine Hartwell Shaw Sapphire and Aquamarine Arts and Crafts Brooch
Josephine Hartwell Shaw Sapphire and Aquamarine Arts and Crafts Brooch

Josephine Hartwell Shaw Sapphire and Aquamarine Arts and Crafts Brooch

Located in Litchfield, CT

Circa 1905, Sterling and 14k gold by Josephine Hartwell Shaw, Boston. A spectacular example of Josephine Hartwell Shaw's work, this gorgeous Arts and Crafts brooch features mixed met...

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Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Boston

Materials

Aquamarine, Sapphire, Gold, Sterling Silver, 14k Gold

Venice
Venice

Venice

By William Penhallow Henderson

Located in Sheffield, MA

During Henderson's childhood, the family moved several times, settling in Turkey Creek, Texas in 1879 and in Clifton, Kansas in 1886. Returning to Boston in 1891, Henderson studied ...

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Autumn on the Farm" Charles Harold Davis, Fall Colors, Connecticut Hillscape
"Autumn on the Farm" Charles Harold Davis, Fall Colors, Connecticut Hillscape

"Autumn on the Farm" Charles Harold Davis, Fall Colors, Connecticut Hillscape

By Charles Harold Davis

Located in New York, NY

From a young age, he expressed a passion for art, which deepened after he attended a display of French Barbizon paintings in Boston. Shortly after, Davis enrolled in the Museum Schoo...

Category

1910s American Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Chase & Sanborn Large Coffee Tin
Antique Chase & Sanborn Large Coffee Tin

Antique Chase & Sanborn Large Coffee Tin

By Sanborns

Located in Chicago, IL

Antique Chase & Sanborn Large Coffee Tin Chase & Sanborn was founded in Boston in 1878 and was the first ground coffee to be packaged in sealed tins.

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Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Boston

Materials

Metal

Victorian Period Sterling Silver-Mounted Controlled Bubbles Crystal Inkwell
Victorian Period Sterling Silver-Mounted Controlled Bubbles Crystal Inkwell

Victorian Period Sterling Silver-Mounted Controlled Bubbles Crystal Inkwell

By Goodnow & Jenks

Located in New York, NY

Victorian Period, sterling silver-mounted, controlled bubbles crystal inkwell with hinged lid, Ca. 1895, Boston, Goodnow and Jenks, - makers, The inkwell measures approximately 3 in...

Category

1890s American Victorian Antique Boston

Materials

Crystal, Sterling Silver

Paravent - Two-fold screen painted in ink on silver ground with poem by Rengetsu
Paravent - Two-fold screen painted in ink on silver ground with poem by Rengetsu

Paravent - Two-fold screen painted in ink on silver ground with poem by Rengetsu

Located in Brussels, BE

Works by the artist can be found in the collections of: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; British Museum, London; Idemitsu Art Gallery, Tokyo; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston;Yamatane Museum of ...

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1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Boston

Materials

Silver Leaf

Painted 19th Century American Document Box
Painted 19th Century American Document Box

Painted 19th Century American Document Box

Located in Hudson, NY

The original blue paint having turned a dark green over time with the varnished finish, typical of Boston pieces. You will find multiple examples of Japan work from Boston where the...

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Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Boston

Materials

Brass

Alphonse Mucha "Les Saisons (The Seasons)" Lithographs
Alphonse Mucha "Les Saisons (The Seasons)" Lithographs

Alphonse Mucha "Les Saisons (The Seasons)" Lithographs

Located in New York, NY

Hall & Co., Publishers, Boston, pages 90-97, cat. 18. Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) was a Czech painter, illustrator, and designer best known for defi...

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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Boston

Materials

Gesso

Vacation Days
Vacation Days

Vacation Days

By Lee Lufkin Kaula

Located in Milford, NH

She was a member of several Boston art associations including the Copley Society, the Guild of Boston Artists and the Boston Society of Watercolorists.

Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Newport Oil Painting on Panel, Signed, 19th Century Landscape Art
Newport Oil Painting on Panel, Signed, 19th Century Landscape Art

Newport Oil Painting on Panel, Signed, 19th Century Landscape Art

By William Trost Richards

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

His work is represented in the collections of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Brooklyn Museum, the Newark Museum, Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University, St.

Category

Late 19th Century Hudson River School Antique Boston

Materials

Oil, Panel

Autumn Pasture
Autumn Pasture

Autumn Pasture

By Carl Gustaf Theodore Olson

Located in North Clarendon, VT

In his lifetime, Olson exhibited with the North Shore Art Association, the Boston Art Club, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Mac Beth Gallery [New York], and the Pennsylvania Academy of ...

Category

1920s American Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Oil

Works, Life & Letters Of Oliver Wendell Holmes. ARTISTS ED WITH AN ALS TIPPED IN
Works, Life & Letters Of Oliver Wendell Holmes. ARTISTS ED WITH AN ALS TIPPED IN

Works, Life & Letters Of Oliver Wendell Holmes. ARTISTS ED WITH AN ALS TIPPED IN

Located in Hillsborough, NJ

TITLE: The Works, Life And Letters Of Oliver Wendell Holmes. PUBLISHER: Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1892. DESCRIPTION: ARTISTS EDITION WITH AN ALS TIPPED IN. 15 vols., 8-...

Category

1890s American Antique Boston

Materials

Leather

Enfants au Maroc - Post Impressionist Figurative Oil by Georges D'Espagnat
Enfants au Maroc - Post Impressionist Figurative Oil by Georges D'Espagnat

Enfants au Maroc - Post Impressionist Figurative 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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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

GEORGE ELIOT (1819–1880) Complete in twenty-five volumes
GEORGE ELIOT (1819–1880) Complete in twenty-five volumes

GEORGE ELIOT (1819–1880) Complete in twenty-five volumes

Located in Woodbury, CT

George Eliot — The Works Author’s Edition Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston & New York, 1907 Limited to 750 numbered sets — This is No. 131 A magnificent and exceptionally ...

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Early 1900s American Other Antique Boston

Materials

Leather, Paper

'Garçon donnant l'avoine à un cheval dételé' — 19th Century French Romanticism
'Garçon donnant l'avoine à un cheval dételé' — 19th Century French Romanticism

'Garçon donnant l'avoine à un cheval dételé' — 19th Century French Romanticism

By Jean Louis Andre Theodore Gericault

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

.), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Toledo Museum of Arts (Ohio). ABOUT THE ARTIST Géricault's fiery, audacious personality and short life fit the mold of Romantic artists of his era a...

Category

1820s Romantic Antique Boston

Materials

Lithograph

"Schwabelweiss" original etching

"Schwabelweiss" original etching

By Otto Bacher

Located in Henderson, NV

Printed on laid paper and published in Boston in 1880 by Estes & Lauriat. The plate measures 3 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (86 x 215 mm).

Category

1870s Antique Boston

Materials

Etching

Alice's Adventure in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Illustrated by John Tenniel
Alice's Adventure in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Illustrated by John Tenniel

Alice's Adventure in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Illustrated by John Tenniel

By John Tenniel, Lewis Carroll

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Black endpapers, with a small paper label from previous Boston bookseller at bottom of the front flyleaf.

Category

1920s American Victorian Antique Boston

Materials

Leather, Fabric, Paper

"Portrait of Rebecca" Harriet Peale, Early American Female Portrait
"Portrait of Rebecca" Harriet Peale, Early American Female Portrait

"Portrait of Rebecca" Harriet Peale, Early American Female Portrait

By Harriet Cany Peale

Located in New York, NY

Her work is in the collections of the Charles S. and Isabella V. McMullen Museum, Boston College, Boston, MA Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine...

Category

1840s Academic Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XV Ormolu Sconces
Pair of 19th Century French Louis XV Ormolu Sconces

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XV Ormolu Sconces

Located in Essex, MA

Provenance: Prominent Boston Collector

Category

19th Century French Louis XV Antique Boston

Materials

Ormolu

French Louis XV Bombe Chest of Drawers, 1750-60
French Louis XV Bombe Chest of Drawers, 1750-60

French Louis XV Bombe Chest of Drawers, 1750-60

Located in Belmont, MA

We include the international shipping costs to Boston and the tariffs in the selling price.

Category

1750s French Louis XV Antique Boston

Materials

Marble

Modernist figurative drawing by Stanton MacDonald-Wright
Modernist figurative drawing by Stanton MacDonald-Wright

Modernist figurative drawing by Stanton MacDonald-Wright

By Stanton MacDonald-Wright

Located in Colfax, CA

His paintings are held in the permanent collection of many prestigious museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Bos...

Category

1910s American Modern Antique Boston

Materials

Pencil

La baie de Lampaul, île d’Ouessant by Henry Moret
La baie de Lampaul, île d’Ouessant by Henry Moret

La baie de Lampaul, île d’Ouessant by Henry Moret

By Henry Moret

Located in New Orleans, LA

Today, Moret's Brittany paintings are held by world-famous institutions, among them the Musée d'Orsay, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the National Gallery of Art in Washington...

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Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dancer in Green
Dancer in Green

Dancer in Green

By Louis Kronberg

Located in Sheffield, MA

Kronberg, who lived for many years in Paris, was born in Boston in 1872. A well known American painter, etcher and teacher, Louis Kronberg studied at the Museum of Fine Arts in Bosto...

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Pastel

Massachusetts Mahogany Regency Bow Front Dresser, ca. 1800
Massachusetts Mahogany Regency Bow Front Dresser, ca. 1800

Massachusetts Mahogany Regency Bow Front Dresser, ca. 1800

Located in Leesburg, VA

Massachusetts Mahogany Regency Bow Front Dresser, ca. 1800 Anonymous Boston, MA; ca. 1800 Mahogany, brass. Approximate size: 33.5 (h) x 35.5 (w) x 18.75 (d) in.

Category

Early 1800s American Regency Antique Boston

Materials

Brass

Winter Home
Winter Home

Winter Home

By Samuel Griggs

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

The palette, dominated by cool whites and muted earth tones, is punctuated by the house’s vivid red—a visual hearth amid the subdued expanse. Griggs, a Boston-based painter associat...

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1870s Antique Boston

Materials

Oil, Board

Mason & Hamlin Pedal Pump Organ, USA, circa 1880–1895
Mason & Hamlin Pedal Pump Organ, USA, circa 1880–1895

Mason & Hamlin Pedal Pump Organ, USA, circa 1880–1895

Located in Debrecen, HU

This exceptional Mason & Hamlin pedal pump organ dates from approximately 1880–1895, a period that marks the height of reed organ production and popularity in the United States. Manu...

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1880s Victorian Antique Boston

Materials

Wood

"Liberty In the Form of the Goddess of Youth" Stipple Engraving, E. Savage, 1796
"Liberty In the Form of the Goddess of Youth" Stipple Engraving, E. Savage, 1796

"Liberty In the Form of the Goddess of Youth" Stipple Engraving, E. Savage, 1796

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

By 1780, Savage was working on commissions for buyers in Boston, mostly producing engravings of works by John Singleton Copley.

Category

1790s American Federal Antique Boston

Materials

Paper

The Odes and Epodes of Horace
The Odes and Epodes of Horace

The Odes and Epodes of Horace

By Howard Pyle

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Pyle 1901" lower right corner Title-page illustration published in The Odes and Epodes of Horace, (Boston: Bibliophile Society, 1901). A beautiful and detailed image that displays ...

Category

Early 1900s Antique Boston

Materials

Ink, Pen

Salmagundi Club Artist Harry De Maine Winter Stream
Salmagundi Club Artist Harry De Maine Winter Stream

Salmagundi Club Artist Harry De Maine Winter Stream

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

His works are held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Bevier Collection at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Cape Ann Museum in Gloucester, Ma...

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Oil

Building Clouds, Landscape, Sky, Impressionist, Sunset
Building Clouds, Landscape, Sky, Impressionist, Sunset

Building Clouds, Landscape, Sky, Impressionist, Sunset

By Paul Cornoyer

Located in Wiscasset, ME

Cornoyer’s first show in New York was a critical success, and he continued to exhibit with various art societies in New York, St. Louis, Boston, and Philadelphia throughout his caree...

Category

Late 19th Century American Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Oil, Board

Book of Verses
Book of Verses

Book of Verses

By Lilian Westcott Hale

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Book of Verses, 1924 Charcoal on paper 29 x 23 inches (73.7 x 58.4 cm) Framed dimensions: 33 3/8 x 27 5/8 inches Signed upper right: Lilian Westcott Hale Provenance The artist; Vose...

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1920s American Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

L'Éternel Printemps by Auguste Rodin
L'Éternel Printemps by Auguste Rodin

L'Éternel Printemps by Auguste Rodin

By Auguste Rodin

Located in New Orleans, LA

Other versions of this bronze can be found in museums worldwide, including the Musée Rodin (Paris), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) and ot...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Boston

Materials

Bronze

1927 Original Yacht Blueprint from F.D. Lawley of Quincy, Mass
1927 Original Yacht Blueprint from F.D. Lawley of Quincy, Mass

1927 Original Yacht Blueprint from F.D. Lawley of Quincy, Mass

Located in Norwell, MA

Outstanding original yacht blueprint from the drawing board of Frederick D. Lawley of Boston, son of George Lawley. The legend reads: General arrangement for a 45-foot by 10'10" by 3...

Category

1920s North American Antique Boston

Materials

Paper

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Prices for an antique boston start at $124 and top out at $4,750 with the average selling for $1,273.