Automata Bird
Early 20th Century Musical Bird Automaton
Located in Middleburg, VA
charm!
20th Century Musical Bird Automatons, also known as Bird Cage Automata, were popular tabletop
Category
Early 20th Century Bird Cages
Materials
Metal, Brass
Bruguier Tortoiseshell Swiss Fusée Singing Bird Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
complicated movements of all automata. The earliest bird boxes were fusee, or chain driven, which meant they
Category
Antique 19th Century Swiss Louis XV Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
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By Emanuel Oberhauser
Located in New York, NY
Emanuel Oberhauser (Austrian 1854 - 1919) “Mermaids, Neptune and Sea Water Nymphs”
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19th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
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Early Meissen Porcelain Teapot circa 1715 from the Arnhold Collection
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
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By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vilnius, LT
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Mid-20th Century German Porcelain
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Porcelain
Italian Sterling Silver Chess Board, Chess Game, Sodalite Marble
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
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Materials
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A Piece of Mars - Martian Meteorite
Located in London, GB
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Lherzolitic shergottite
127 g
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier North African Natural Specimens
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Stone
Museum Quality Very Large Amethyst Centerpiece, a Mineral Masterpiece
Located in London, GB
A very large, one of a kind epimorph amethyst. This piece is a visual
spectacle with the natural sculptural formations of amethyst in a different
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Natural Specimens
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Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
H 42.52 in W 27.56 in D 22.84 in
Tiffany Studios Geometric Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Leaded Glass and Patinated Bronze Geometric Table Lamp, circa 1910. Art nouveau classic wit Art Deco design. Attractive orange peel texture with light gilding and red...
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Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Allegory of Abundance
Located in New York, NY
Painted in collaboration with Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp, 1575 – 1632).
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Copper
Thomas Webb & Sons Two-Color Cameo Vase
By Thomas Webb & Sons
Located in New Orleans, LA
Of all the glassworks produced in the late 19th century, cameo glass was the most challenging to perfect. Only a handful of artisans succeeded in mastering this intricate craft, with...
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Antique 19th Century English Vases
Materials
Glass
"Up the Valley"
By Daniel Garber
Located in Lambertville, NJ
In an original Harer frame.
Illustrated in "Daniel Garber Catalogue Raisonne" Vol. II, pg. 271, and in book titled "Blue Chips", pg. 33
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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
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Large Bronze and Green Glass Box, Russian, circa 1825
Located in New York, NY
Large bronze and green glass box, Russian, circa 1825.
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Antique 1820s Russian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
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By Tiffany Studios
Located in New Orleans, LA
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Materials
Bronze
Large Meissen Splendid Vases With Snowball Blossoms, Birds & Insects, Circa 1850
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Large, very elaborately decorated crater vase from the Meissen manufactory, with abundant snowball blossoms on the outer wall, rising above the white flowers in fully sculpted tendri...
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Antique 1850s German Other Porcelain
Materials
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H 19.3 in Dm 12.8 in
Purple / Blue Fluorite Mineral Specimen – Xiayang Town, China
Located in Edison, NJ
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
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Moser Vase with Gilt and Enamel Bird
By Moser
Located in New Orleans, LA
An exceptional avian motif graces this large glass vase by the revered Czech firm Moser. The raised enamel bird is matched well by the gilded amber glass. Recognized as the foremost ...
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Antique 19th Century Czech Bohemian Vases
Materials
Enamel
Tiffany Studios New York "Calyx" Flower Form Favrile Glass Vase
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
This Favrile glass flower form vase, by Tiffany Studios New York, is meant to suggest the calyx forms, open or closed, of crocus or tulip flowers. This richly-hued orange-yellow vase...
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Antique Early 1900s American Vases
Materials
Art Glass
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