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American Medallion coin silver soup ladle, ca 1870. Ovoid and scalloped bowl; interior gilt with engraved stylized ornament. Curved and fluted stem with flowerhead knop and scroll mo...

Elizabeth II sterling silver salver. Made by Wakely & Wheeler in London in 1967. Round with molded curvilinear piecrust rim; three leaf-capped volute-scroll supports. 1960s Georgian....

Antique milk glass hobnail basket with handles. 12” by 12”.

Medallion coin silver macaroni server, ca 1860. Curved and open blade with serpentine edge and serrated teeth. Engraved leaf and scroll ornament and stippled curvilinear frames. Hand...

This is a set of two handmade ceramic mugs with multicolored paint splatter by veteran Memphis artist Peter Shire. They are hand-painted, so no two are the same. At the base, each mu...

Dahl Jensen puppy, fantastic quality. Rare collector's piece. Signed DJ Copenhagen. Size: 9.5 cm in height.

11 Rörstrand Art Nouveau plates. Hand-painted, different flowers, circa 1900. 18 cm. in diameter. Perfect condition.

Rare B&G (Bing & Gröndahl) theatre bowl. Limited edition. Issued to commemorate the Royal Theatre building in Copenhagen. Size: 12 cm. tall. & 26 cm. in diameter.

Three faux Meissen plates with portraits of French royalties. Rare collector´s plates. Size: 24½ cm in diameter.

The Prattware pearlware plaque is relief-mouded with two recumbent lions and painted in under glaze colors with floral branches and a molded border. What is so nice about this partic...

This modern art glass bowl is internally decorated with botanical designs. It's in mint condition and marked on the bottom Kosta, Warff & 57368. It is certainly made by the hands o...

Pair of modernist design candlesticks by master silversmith Antonio Pineda. One candlestick is marked". 999 silver not solid Pineda Taxco S.A. de C.V." The metal is silver over a bas...

Rare Murano table cloth or letter holder two-toned green glass.

Set of ten white and gilt French Empire plates. Set of ten Empire white and gilt plates with under-glaze red markings for L. Ernie 61 Rue du Bac., France, e...

Constructed in oak, rising from wood castor shod bun footed baluster legs adorned with lotus leaf carving, the body of everted sarcophagus form, carved with ring handles, and having ...

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This beautiful diamond shaped crystal insert has a fluted bottom and cut crystal border which is scalloped. The doré bronze basket is decorated wi...

Large Foxhall by Watson sterling silver flatware set of 87 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 9". 12 forks, 7 1/8". 12 salad forks, 6 3/8". 12 teaspoons, 5 7/8". 12 cream soup...

Flared pottery bowl with incised overall decoration to exterior. Glazed in sea foam green with brown highlights. Created circa mid-1950s, mint condition. Measures 4.25" H x 10.5" ...

19th c set of 11 porcelain signed Wagner cabinet plates. Hand painted with raised gold detail

Tea Pot “Columbina Superba” Designed for Alessio Sarri, Sesto Fiorentino Printed to underside “MTH 020”. Object # 3174 Literature: Barbara Radice, Memphis, Munich, 1988, p. 165 (...

This 19th century matching set of cups and saucers are in pristine condition. This rare set show little wear. This is an amazing blue sponge war...

This beautiful 19th century set of sponge ware is in pristine condition. This set include one large platter, two vegetable bowls and one pitcher. Each item was inspected and show lit...

An overlaid and etched glass vase, bell flower motif, Le Verre Francais, circa 1930.

A fine English ironstone covered tureen with removable lid and under-tray from the early 19th century, featuring a lovely poly-chrome pattern and gilt and cobalt blue accents on the ...

Fabulous, rare, sterling silver (.950) Art Nouveau, Martele inkstand with ball feet and hinged lid, the Gorham Manufacturing Corp., Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1905. According to the PTB mark on the underside, most probably, the Gorham silversmith who made it...

Stig Lindberg (1916-1982), Gustavsberg Studio, ceramic vase. Measuring: 12 x 8 cm. In perfect condition.

Beautiful Bridal Rose by Alvin sterling silver flatware set of 49 pieces. This set includes: Measures: 12 knives, blunt, 9". 12 forks, 6 3/4". 12 salad forks w/bar, 6". 12 teaspoon...

Circa 1950s, by Kosta, Sweden. These sublime extra-tall crystal water goblets set a spectacular table. Their dramatic silhouette, long elegant stem, and intricately-cut design featur...

Monica by Cohr sterling silver dinner size flatware set of 52 pieces. This set includes: Measures: Eight dinner knives, 8 3/4". Eight dinner forks, 7 5...

Bailey Banks and Biddle sterling centerpiece bowl # 2929. In The Chrysanthemum pattern. Measures: 12.5" W x 4.5" H.

A very nice, symmetric, staved teak bowl by renowned Mid-Century designer Jens Harald Quistgaard. Made in Denmark.

This vibrant jade-green Wedgwood vase, designed by renowned Art Deco artist Keith Murray, beautifully exemplifies streamlined elegance. Its clean, smoothly tapered lines and restrain...

A set of six French rebus puzzle dessert plates, transfer printed in black on a white earthenware body. When solved, the picture puzzle spells out a wise ...

20 sets of Bing & Grondahl, B&G, BLUE Koppel, coffee cups and saucers. Designed by Henning Koppel. Decoration number 305. The cup's diameter is 7 cm. Perfect condition.

Royal Copenhagen Tranquebar, large square fruit bowl. Decoration number 3087/1198. 1st. factory quality. Measures: 29.8 x 29.6 cm ...

Royal Copenhagen Art Nouveau bowl. Rare form. Model Number: 361 / B 29th. Measures: 15 cm. x 7.5 cm. Marked. Early 20 century. Quality, in perfect con...

Rare Dahl Jensen figurine No. 1214. Girl and boy with ship. Jens Peter Dahl Jensen. Measures: Length 21 cm. Height 18 cm. 1. Quality, in perfect condition.

This elegant example of Aesthetic Movement silver was manufactured by ORF Silver Company. This decorative motif clearly displays the influence of Japanese art on Victorian design. Th...

Bing & Grondahl blue koppel, six piece, round bottle holders / small platters # 361. Designed by Henning Koppel. Measures: 15 cm. x 2 cm. Pe...

Vallauris ceramic tea set, France, 1960. Milk H 10.5, sugar H 7.5, tea H 25, cup H 6.5, dish D 14.

Michael Powolny Art Nouveau centrepiece with three cherubs - most lovely ceramics item! Modelled by Michael Powolny (1871 - 1954), circa 1907. Hallmarked: Manufactured by Wiener Keramik (Vienna Ceramics) (WK / hallmarked). Material is ceramics (multicolored painted / glossy finish). Model 113 (model number is impressed / bottom glazed) Monogram of "Michael Powolny (MP)" is impressed, too. Made 1912. ________________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Most lovely three naked male cherub's figurines holding a round plate attached to their heads / the mentioned plate is blue painted at bottom side / the surface of tiered round socle is partially moss green shaded. ________________________________________________________________________________ Height: 21.0 cm (= 8.66 inches) Diameter of platter: 24.5 cm (= 9.64 inches) ________________________________________________________________________________ Bibliography: Waltraud Neuwirth, Markenlexikon für Kunstgewerbe (3), Wiener Keramik / Modelle 1906-13; pages 100-101 Elisabeth Frottier, "Michael Powolny, Keramik und Glas aus Wien 1900-1950", Vienna 1990, page 200, List of Work (= Werkverzeichnis) number W 113 (WV 61), Model 113 ________________________________________________________________________________ Experts of Fine Arts assess Michael Powolny's work nowadays as result of activity of one the most important ceramics sculptors / designers of Austrian Art Nouveau. Most of Powolny's successors were strongly under his sway since Powolny had left 'large steps' in Viennese Art of Ceramics. Excellent condition. ____________________________________________________________________________________ About Michael Powolny (Sculptor). As both a designer and a teacher, the Austrian ceramicist and glassware designer Michael Powolny was an important figure in the development of modernist aesthetics in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century. His romantic sculptural pottery figures embrace the lush, dynamic stylings of Gustav Klimt and other progressive artists, while his functional pieces — such as glass bowls and vases — employ the simple linear and geometric ornamentation that marked the work of Josef Hoffmann and other members of the Wiener Werkstätte Community of designers and craftsmen. Powolny received classical training in ceramics from his father, a potter, and at the Vienna School of Applied Arts, but later joined in the modernizing movement in the Austrian arts at the close of the 19th century. In 1897, Klimt, Hoffman, Koloman Moser and other artists and architects founded the Vienna Secession, a group that fought for freedom of expression against the city’s tradition-bound arts establishment. Powolny’s work reflects the changing times. He used classical figures in his ceramics — female nudes, cherubs — yet would dress them in modern ornament such as garlands of abstract, geometric flowers. Pieces from Powolny’s ceramics company were sold through the Wiener Werkstätte (Viennese Workshops) founded by Hoffmann and Moser, and Hoffman later hired Powolny to create ceramic ornamentation for his architectural masterpiece, the Palais Stoclet in Brussels. Powolny would go on to design glassware that combines elegant, tapering forms with precise linear decoration. His most influential work may have come as a professor at the School of Applied Arts, where he taught both Lucie Rie, the great Austrian-British modernist ceramicist, and the American potter Viktor Schreckengost, creator of the “Jazz Bowl...

A good wine cooler of the Regency period. Constructed in a finely patinated San Domingo mahogany; rising from oblate bun feet, of waisted sarcophagus form, ...

Vieux Paris Porcelain lobster decorated scallop bowl centerpiece. Very beautiful and life-like lobster is enhanced by delicately hand-painted flowers...

Italian Venetian Goblet in Murano Glass Orange and Gold with a Grape Refined Italian Venetian handcrafted goblet in blown Murano glass composed by a small bowl in light-orange and w...

A 1960's smoked gray crystal covered bowl with chrome base and ring finial by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte (Model #2004). Original foil label on lid.

Exceptional quality in this magnificent piece of work, Embroidered with flowers and bows. The central design Follows an oval pattern and is profusely embroidered In a floral an b...

This striking vase has a simple, rectangular shape, highlighted with a brass strip at the bottom and two different solid finishes, one large strip in pink and a vivid red top. The pi...

Large seven Palmqvist, Orrefors Kraka art glass vase, net pattern in blue and yellow-green. Signed Orrefors, pu 3364, sven palmqvist. In good con...

Lalique art glass bowl, Art Deco. Fine design. Signed: Lalique France. Size: 10 cm (3.9") in heights. 23 cm. (9.1") in diameter.

Rosenthal Bjorn Wiinblad "Romanze," eight-piece coffee service with blue decoration, consisting of 8 +8 +8 coffee cups, saucers, ...

Royal Copenhagen duck, figurine number 1933. Technique: Underglaze. Designer: Peter Herold. No longer in production. Measures: 16 cm...

A pair of Art Nouveau Rörstrand dishes with an insect. Measures: 19.5 cm. x 12 cm. In good condition. Hallmarked.

A very stunning glazed Chinese porcelain plate which features geometric patterns and a yin-yang symbol in low relief. The plate's faintly iridescent green color is apparently due to a very unusual and rare tea dust glaze...

Strikingly graphic large Murano glass asymmetric and biomorphic bowl in royal blue and white by the Maestro Alfredo Barbini, signed "Barbini Murano"

A Fine Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Vase Covered top with an acorn style finial, above a long decorated spiral neck with raised gilt designs, the body s...

Two B & G (Bing & Grondahl) figures of children. Number 1614 and 2312. Size: 17 cm high. Perfect, factory first.

Vintage fused glass, circa 1960s. By Michael (1908-1999) and Frances (1912-2004) Higgins. Decorated with a trees and stems motif with gold detail. Etched signature is seen on the ...