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Mid Century Brass Shopping Bag Sculpture 1970s Made in Italy
By Jonathan Adler
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible vessel sculpted brass shopping bag. This stylish piece is whimsical as it is glamorous. Brass sheets have been sculpted to create a vessel that mimics a shopping bag. E...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Vintage Brass Owl Vide Poche Jewelry Dish Mid Century Modern Design
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This elegant vintage owl-shaped vide poche is a striking example of Mid Century Modern decorative design, crafted in polished brass with beautifully detailed texturing. The stylized ...
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Leaf Shaped Candle Sconce in Patinated Brass 1970s
Located in Meer, VAN
Leaf Shaped candle sconce in Patinated Brass 1970s. Wonderful and elegant candle sconce in the shape of a leaf. Made in brass, this candle sconce makes sure the light is reflected...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Life-Size Italian Boxer Dog Terracotta Ceramic Statue Figurine Vintage, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1960s Italian Boxer Majolica dog statue figurine. Nice addition to your room or entry hall. It is approx. 32 inches high, 20 inches wide and 13 inches deep. Made of Ma...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Terracotta
Moroccan Square Tole and Clear Glass Candle Lantern
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Small handcrafted Moroccan clear glass lantern adorned with open metal work Moorish filigree design.
Hurricane tole candle lamp with open metal work d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Middle Eastern Brass Inkwell Qalamdan 19th C
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
A 19th century Middle Eastern, Asian brass decorated Islamic Moorish Qalamdan.
The Qalamdan is an inkwell in solid brass.
It consists of an inkwell and a pen compartment of typical tubular form with an interior cavity to store a reed pen.
Attached to the body is an inkwell with engraved designs with a shell style cover.
The piece measures 9 1/2" inches long x 2" inches high x 2" inches deep.
Great brass decorative Islamic Metal...
Category
19th Century Asian Moorish Antique Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Rare Geometric Art, Hand Carved Oak Ludwig van Beethoven Mask Medallion / Plaque
Located in Lisse, NL
Antique and uniquely hand carved work of art, in deep relief.
Anyone who is capable of creating such a unique, geometric and expressive face of Ludwig van Beethoven out of an oakw...
Category
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Murano Purple Art Glass Centerpiece Bowl with Applied Clear Glass
Located in Barcelona, ES
Murano glass centerpiece vase in purple and filigree clear glass rim, Italy, 1950s.
Stunning blown glass purple centerpiece with faceted body and h...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
19th Century Handmade Bird with Inlaid Turquoise and Coral Stones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This handmade brass bird has inlaid coral and turquoise with small flakes of amethyst and shell. The work details are really amazing. It stands on its own brass inlaid perch or stand.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Hans Arnoldt Signed Art Deco Nude Female Bronze Sculpture & Marble Base
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique sculpture was done by the well known Hans Arnoldt of Germany and dates to the early 20th Century and done in an Art Deco style. The sculpture is composed of cast and pat...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Czechoslovak Industrial Tabletop Can Closer, 1930s
Located in Praha, CZ
This exceptional Art Deco tabletop can closer originates from Czechoslovakia and dates to the 1930s. Crafted from heavy metal with bakelite elements, it demonstrates the era’s emphas...
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
English Afternoon Pastoral Farm Scene Oil on Linen Painting Gold Leaf Wood Frame
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An early 19th century painting, oil on linen, showing an English pastoral farm scene, artist unknown.
The right foreground shows three farm workers clearing hay in a meadow. Other figures can be seen in the mid-ground along with a hay laden wagon harnessed to horses. A thatched roof cottage is painted in the distance. In the central background, two horses are grazing in front of split rail fence...
Category
Early 19th Century English Romantic Antique Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Linen, Giltwood
Vintage Chrome Figural Fish Metal Letter Opener Knife, Germany Dated 1978
Located in Nuernberg, DE
1978 Fish Figural Metal Letter Opener, Austria
This charming fish-shaped letter opener is a delightful example of late-20th-century design. Made of metal with a warm, aged patina, i...
Category
1970s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Small Hand Painted Chinese Porcelain Potiche 1950s
Located in Milano, MI
Small since hand-painted Chinese porcelain, made in the 20th century. The since has internal veiling as shown in the pictures.
Ø cm 6.5 h cm 8
Chinese ceramics are some of the most...
Category
1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$185 Sale Price
20% Off
Signed Charcoal-Black Elephant Sculpture by Cristina Puell
Located in Warrenton, OR
Signed Charcoal-Black Elephant Sculpture by Cristina Puell
This is a stellar, modernist sculpture with just the right amount of curves.
It is signed on the right rump area, and has ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Cast Stone, Other
$320 Sale Price
20% Off
Pre Colombian Tairona Carnelian Bead Bracelet
Located in Dallas, TX
Circa 1000 - 1500 CE Pre Colombian. Columbia, Tairona. Beads.
A lovely bracelet of a wearable comprised or 17 seed form, tubular and ovoid beads carve...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Colombian Pre-Columbian Antique Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Carnelian
Conlinoceras Tarrantense Ammonite Fossil, 90 to 100 Million Years Old
Located in Warrenton, OR
Conlinoceras Tarrantense Ammonite Fossil, 90 to 100 Million Years Old. A rare and highly sought after ammonite for collectors. The ammonite itself is somewhere between 5 and 6 inch...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Prehistoric Antique Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$1,400 Sale Price
24% Off
Pair of Mid-Century Danish Teak Carved Stork Sculptures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Mid-Century Danish teak carved storks. The larger one measures 2.75" x 1.5" x 14.75" the smaller one is 2.5" x 1.625" x 10". In good original condition with some wear consist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Teak
Gothic Talon, Rooster Claw Chamber Candlesticks, Early 20th Century
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A pair of wrought iron candlesticks featuring talon claw bases, glazed ceramic baluster shaped centrepieces and detailed Gothic handles. They are of European origin, presumably France.
Category
Early 20th Century European Gothic Revival Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Wrought Iron
Moroccan Ceramic Plate Adorned with Silver Filigree from Fez
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Handcrafted large Moroccan polychrome decorative ceramic plate from Fez. Bleu de Fez, very nice designs hand painted by artist in Fez.
Geometrical and floral designs and adorned wit...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Great Quality Carved & Superb Condition Wooden Corpus Christi on Crucifix, 1800s
Located in Lisse, NL
Antique crucifix with stunning hand carved details and an amazing patina.
This remarkable and good size crucifix with a sculpture of a suffering Christ on the cross is another one...
Category
Early 19th Century German Gothic Antique Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood, Oak
Antique French marked Art Nouveau Bronze Wheat Sheaf Letter Opener , 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful antique French bronze letter opener dating to the 1910s or earlier, crafted by an unknown sculptor and marked “Bronze” and “Fai...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Stoneware, Distressed Vessel NO.2 by Alexandria Roby
Located in Geneve, CH
Stoneware, Distressed Vessel NO.2 by Alexandria Roby
Dimensions: D 17.78 x H 20.32 cm
Materials: Black and White Stoneware Lined with Bronze Glaze
Colors - Sandstone/Ivory or Onyx/Iv...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
$1,257 / item
Ceramic Peacock Bird Sculpture with Flowers in Blue, Yellow and Green
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A pretty brightly painted ceramic sculpture of a peacock. This piece depicts a bird with bright blue yellow and green features, perched upon a tree stump ...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
wonderful antique silver cigarette case from china
Located in Munich, DE
another piece from my personal collection. wonderful handmade cigarette case from china. made by an unknown artist and retailed by the company woshing / shanghai. the stamp dates the...
Category
1890s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Two Tall Architectural Sitting Stone Concrete Lions, a Pair
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A pair of two concrete stone lions. Such a wonderful way to add a regal look to an entryway. (Or perhaps even a driveway.) Each lion sits on its hind legs, with its front paws outstr...
Category
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Concrete
18th Century German Hammered Copper & Brass Bread Box, Kitchen Utensil
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful antique 18th century German bread box. Perfect for decoration in your old country kitchen. The piece is in good used antique condition with patina and a view minor dents. S...
Category
Mid-18th Century German Biedermeier Antique Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Copper
Rare 19th Century French Opaline Glass Trinket Box – Pistachio Green
Located in Hamburg, DE
Step into the enchanting past with our rare find – a 19th Century French Opaline Glass Trinket Box, a true testament to refined elegance. ...
Category
1880s French Belle Époque Antique Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$1,803 Sale Price
20% Off
Russian 1915 Moscow Nephrite Jade Desk Picture Frame Mounted in Gilded Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Nephrite jade and gilded silver desk frame.
Beautiful neo classic desk picture frame, created in Moscow Russia, back in the 1915. Carefully crafted in the Russian imperial and Louis XVI style, with solid gilded silver, translucent nephrite green jade...
Category
1910s Russian Neoclassical Vintage Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Jade, Silver
$3,188 Sale Price
20% Off
Decorative Rustic Iron Candelabra Floor Candle Stand
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a decorative three (3) arm iron candelabra floor stand on tripod base
freestanding. Made in the USA.
Dimensions: 55 H x 21.25 W x 16 D
Original vintage unrest...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
7.5" Alethopteris Species Natural Tree Fern Fossil Specimen, 305 million yrs
Located in Warrenton, OR
7.5" Alethopteris Species Natural Tree Fern Fossil Specimen, 305 million yrs old apx.
This plant fossil specimen is unique and subtantial. In addition to the two large fern leaf fos...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Prehistoric Antique Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Organic Material
Antique Bohemian Ruby Flashed Crystal Pedestal Bowl with Deer and Forest Scene
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite antique Bohemian crystal pedestal bowl showcases masterful craftsmanship with its deep ruby flashed glass intricately wheel-cut and etched to reveal a charming woodlan...
Category
Late 19th Century Czech Bohemian Antique Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Enamel
Vintage Sterling Silver And Wood English Hinged Small Box Desk Accessory
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely small vintage turn of the century sterling silver hinged box has a wood interior with etched design top. There are English hallmarks on the bottom that are clearly visibl...
Category
Early 20th Century English International Style Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
20th C Small Papago Lidded Basket with Handle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20th C Small Papago Lidded Basket with Handle.
Great condition.
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Hemp, Natural Fiber
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Scott Nelles Bronze Floral 3 Candle Holder, Signed and Dated
Located in Charleston, SC
Very stunning 3 candle candelabra by the famous Scott Nelles
Scott Nelles is an artist who has worked in cast bronze for over three decades. He d...
Category
1980s American Aesthetic Movement Vintage Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Tin Box Cookie Jar Belsnickel Santa Claus Vintage Germany, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This beautiful decorative Christmas Tin Box with Santa or Belsnickle Picture is a true treasure. It was made in Germany, around 1930s. These are very har...
Category
1930s German Folk Art Vintage Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Tin
Japanese Porcelain Satsuma Style Elephant Figures
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a Japanese porcelain Satsuma style elephant plant stand or figurine.
It features elaborate, colorful decoration with extensive gilt accents.
The side panels ...
Category
1970s Japanese Anglo-Japanese Vintage Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Jack Hoag California Brutalist Abstract Bronze Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Abstract modernist bronze sculpture created by Jack Hoag of Orinda, California. Sculpture measures 9" high by 14" wide by 9" deep and is unsigned. From the...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Life-Size Italian Galgo Greyhound Terracotta Dog Statue Figurine Vintage, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An outstanding Italian Greyhound statue in glazed and hand painted terracotta. Perfectly placed on a pedestal stylized as a cushion, lifelike ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Terracotta
Pair Terracotta Ceramic Foo Dog Garden Home Statues, Sculptures from the 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An outstanding pair of two Foo Dog statues in glazed and hand painted Ceramic. Perfectly representations of this majestic being, stern, watchful and obedient at the same time.
Elegan...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Large Chinese Sang de Boeuf Bowl, 20th Century, Signed
Located in Doylestown, PA
Large patinated Chinese Sang de Boeuf with Flambe glazed bowl, signed, early 20th century. A heavy, thick-bodied earthenware bowl with great color likely used for utilitarian purpose...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Primitive Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery, Earthenware
1970s Modernist Studio Art Burl Wood Bowl
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Modernist studio design Burl and Maple Wood Bowl
9.63 diameter x 2.25 h
Original vintage condition
Refer to images
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Maple, Burl
19th Century Gilt Bronze Tabletop Cigar Lighter in the Form of a Beared Man
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Very unusual 19th century silvered bronze tobacco cigar table lighter.
The finely cast and chiseled features of a bronze man with a top hat and a large beared. The beared can be us...
Category
Late 19th Century American Early Victorian Antique Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique French 20k Gold Snuff Box, Circa 1870
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique French 20 karat tri-coloured gold snuff box; an addition to our 19th century collection.
This exceptional antique French 20k yellow gold snuff box has an oval shaped form.
The body of this antique box is embellished with panels of engine turned and tooled decoration, incorporating circular and floral motifs.
Each incurved cornered panel is encompassed with applied simplified foliate festoon and column style borders, accented with tri-colored gold highlights.
This impressive antique 20ct gold box...
Category
1870s French Antique Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Pair of Modernist Carved Abstract Figural Scuptures by Stella Popowski, C. 1950s
Located in Peabody, MA
A rare pair of carved mahogany abstract figures circa mid-1950s by the modernist jeweler and painter Stella Popowski (1931-2008). Popowski was active in both Los Angeles and San Fra...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Mahogany
American Indian Coiled Hand Woven Lidded Basket
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American Indian folk art Native American basket that is hand woven and coiled. It has been vegetable dyed and the basket lid is removable. The interior rein...
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Hemp
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Rustic Swedish Turned Bowl
Located in Houston, TX
Rustic Swedish turned bowl circa 1880-1909.
Note: Due to regional changes in humidity and climate during shipping, antique wood may shrink and/or ...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Antique Italian Maiolica Classical Painted Vase 19th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning and rare antique Italian Maiolica pottery triple gourd vase hand-painted with classical stylised figurative and scroll designs in typical ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Maiolica, Pottery
Vintage Brass Vase from India, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made of Brass
Made in India
With aged patina
Re-polished
Good original condition.
Category
1960s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Mantel Clock Made of Bronze and Marble "Roaring Lion", France, circa 1880
Located in Chorzów, PL
A mantel clock made of bronze and marble "Roaring of the Lioness", France, circa 1880.
Signed Par Omerth.
Very good condition.
bronze + marble
Dimensions: height 48 cm, w...
Category
1880s French Other Antique Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$1,234 Sale Price
20% Off
Bronze Etruscan Horse with Rider Sculpture on Marble Base, Greece Vintage, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This is a bronze sculpture, in the style of the antique statues and figures of the Etruscans is a gorgeous interior furnishing item. it is an incredibly stylized Etruscan horse with ...
Category
1970s Greek Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Woven Storage Wicker Basket Round Shape Vintage Modern
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a woven storage basket, also commonly referred to as a wicker basket. It is made by weaving natural seagrass. Round shape. Unmarked.
Dimensions: 6" H x 12" ...
Category
1980s Organic Modern Vintage Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Seagrass
10.75" Polished Ammonite Shell Fossil Cleoniceras Species, 100 million+ yrs old
Located in Warrenton, OR
10.75" Polished Ammonite Shell Fossil Cleoniceras Species, Over 100 Million Years Old. A truly spectacular ammonite in both size and appearance. Weighing almost 8 pounds, with subtle...
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Prehistoric Antique Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$1,680 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Hand Carved Alabaster Owl Sculptures with Glass Eyes Bookends 1950s
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful, meaningful, practical and decorative mid-century bookends.
Given the fact that owls are the international symbol for wisdom and learning, these are the perfect sculptures...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster
Modern Abstract Constructivist Wood Sculpture Signed Czeslaw Budny
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This contemporary abstract wooden sculpture is by Czeslaw Budny in constructivist style circa 2024. This unique sculpture is made of recycled wood. Budny utilizes the simplicity of s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Mid-Century Modern Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Ceramic/Porcelain Whippet/Greyhound Puppy Dog Sculpture Figurine
Located in Warrenton, OR
Ceramic/Porcelain Whippet/Greyhound Puppy Dog Sculpture Figurine
This is a lovely little mid-century modern pup sculpture that the dog lover in your life might really love. In very ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
$132 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Vintage Lime Green Japanese Dragonware Moriage Ceramic Plate
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A very rare lime green moriage dragonware plate. Created of porcelain, this piece is created with a raised enamel design of a dragon in pearly white...
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Handmade Mexican Boxes Set of Three
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of three handmade Mexican Boxes. Original paint wonderful landscape hand draw portraits on the boxes and great patina.
Measures: Larger box - 10.75 x 8...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,180 Sale Price
20% Off
Ceramic Studio Art Bust in Verde Glaze from the Jonathan Parks Estate, Santa Fe
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This hand-sculpted ceramic bust is a striking example of Southwestern studio art, finished in a rich verde blue green glaze with beautiful tonal variations and a subtly mottled surfa...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Paint
Large Ammonite, Rare Pachylytoceras Dilicidum Species, 190-200 Million Years Old
Located in Warrenton, OR
Large Ammonite, Rare Pachylytoceras Dilicidum Species, 190-200 Million Years Old apx. This is a beautiful, multicolor fossil specimen, probably found in France. The leafy patterns an...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Prehistoric Antique Unknown Decorative Objects
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
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