19th Century French Terracotta Fruit Basket Centerpiece Sculpture
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th Century French Terracotta Fruit Basket Centerpiece Sculpture Handmade, large, refined terracotta basket centerpiece features intricately crafted fruits. The decorative sculptu...
Terracotta
Circa 1870s-80s Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Chestnut Basket With Undertray
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
The basket with some kiln pops & a small pre-glaze flaw at the bottom interior edge.
Porcelain
Japanese Bamboo Basket Ikebana
Located in Atlanta, GA
This bamboo materials was collected from traditional thatched-roof houses that had been exposed to decades of smoke from a hearth or cooking fire, therefore the basket displays a dee...
Bamboo
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19th Century Victorian Rare Ashburton Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The many shades of soft greys, and occasional veins of red and white, coupled with the many Medrepore (coral rich) shell fossils, makes this piece a joy to look at, this piece would ...
Marble
Japanese Hanging Bamboo Ikebana Basket Signed
Located in Atlanta, GA
This bamboo material was collected from traditional thatched-roof houses that had been exposed to decades of smoke from a hearth or cooking fire, therefore the basket displays a deep...
Bamboo
Large Antique Japanese Smoked Bamboo Basket Ikebana Mingei
Located in Atlanta, GA
The "sooted" bamboo used for this basket was collected from the kitchen of the traditional thatched-roof houses that had been exposed to decades of smoke from the hearth or cooking f...
Bamboo, Rattan
A 19th Century Polished Steel Serpentine Fire Grate
Located in London, GB
A 19th century polished steel serpentine fire grate, the railed basket with shaped collared fire bars above a fluted fret flanked by square tapering uprights.
Steel, Iron
18th Century Dutch Log Basket or Log Holder
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
Used to draw water from the well and cook over an open fire. The condition of the basket is good.
Brass, Wrought Iron
A Fine Georgian Brass & Steel Fire Grate in the Adams Manner.
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A very fine and rare Scottish Georgian polished brass & steel fire grate basket in the Adams manner. The tall lollipop shaped back with a cast rondel to the centre and a high relie...
Brass, Steel
A miniature Wiener bronze depicting donkey with his packsadle, Austria 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Vienna bronzes were almost always cold-painted (using special lacquers rather than fired enamels).Underneath the basket is a model number (or Modellnummer), in this case, 4382.
Bronze
Antique French Louis XIV Period Fireplace Grate, 17th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
Beautiful French 17th century fireplace basket or fire grate. The fireplace grate consists of Louis XIV period andirons made of bronze and wrought iron, with a recently forged grate ...
Bronze, Wrought Iron
Antique French Louis XIV Period Fireplace Grate, 17th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
Beautiful French 17th century fireplace basket or fire grate from the Louis XIV period. The fireplace grate is made of wrought iron and bronze.
Wrought Iron, Bronze
Antique French Louis XV Fireplace Grate, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
French 18th century fireplace basket or fire grate from the Louis XV period. The fireplace grate is made of wrought iron and polished brass.
Brass, Wrought Iron
Antique Belgian Fireplace Grate, 17th - 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
Fine hand-forged Louis XIV period fireplace basket or fire grate. The condition is good.
Wrought Iron
Antique Dutch Fireplace Grate, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
Fine hand-forged fireplace basket or fire grate made in the Netherlands. 18th century, Louis XV period.
Brass, Wrought Iron
Royal dresser after J. H. Riesener, Paris from 1880, gilded bronze, Napoleon III
Located in Berlin, DE
In the center marquetry in the form of stylized flowers and a pair of birds on a flower basket. Fire-gilt and extremely finely chased bronze fittings.
Marble, Bronze
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