About Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc.
Paul Vandekar is an antiques and design dealer who is the fourth generation in his family business. For the last 40 years, he has loved finding wonderful, inspiring objects from the 17th to the 20th-century for his clients who range from interior designers to museum curators to private collectors. Recognized as a leading specialist in a range of subjects such as antique English porcelain and pottery, Dutch Delft and English delftware as well as Mid Century Modern objects of the works of Piero Fornasetti and other 20th-century masters. Additionally, he carries the larges...Read More
Established in 19161stDibs seller since 2009
Associations
The Art and Antique Dealers League of America
Antiques Associations Members
Featured Pieces
English Shell-edge Creamware Pottery Plate
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Pottery Shell-edge Creamware Plate,
Circa 1775-85
The creamware pottery plate has a shaped undulating scalloped rim molded with the design known as shell edge. The color i...
Category
Antique 1770s English George III Pottery
Materials
Ceramic, Creamware, Pottery
British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy White Fleet Frigate
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy White Fleet Frigate
The sailor's woolwork depicts a portside view of a square-rigged three masted ship flying the White Ensign. The blue s...
Category
Antique 1870s English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
Piero Fornasetti "Pesci" Porcelain Plates, Set of Six Plates with School of Fish
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti "Pesci" Porcelain Plates,
Set of Six Plates with Schools of Fish,
Circa 1970s
Each of the six different designs depicts a school of similar fish swimming across th...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
18th-century Large Wedgwood Creamware Tureen, Cover & Stand
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Large Creamware Tureen, Cover & Stand,
Wedgwood,
Circa 1790-1800
The large creamware soup tureen, cover and stand is of an oval form with dramatic handles with large molded ...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Soup Tureens
Materials
Ceramic, Creamware, Pottery
English Pearlware Imari Jug of Massive Scale Decorated with Lotus Flowers
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Chinoiserie Pearlware Imari Jug of Massive Scale
This impressive Imari-colored jug is adorned with orange and gold lotus flowers, complemented by large blue leaves. The jug ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Ceramic, Pearlware, Pottery
Trinity House Inlaid Burlwood Ship-decorated Sewing or Work Box
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fine Trinity House Inlaid Burlwood Ship-decorated Sewing or Work Box,
Circa 1850-80
The inlaid wood box has a polychrome marine scene and the inscription, "E. A. Wallis" below for ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Chinese Export Porcelain Maiden Lotus Candlesticks, A Pair
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Maiden Lotus Candlesticks,
A Pair,
Circa 1765
The pair of Chinese maiden candlesticks are each in the form of a Chinese m...
Category
Antique 1770s Chinese Chinese Export Candlesticks
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Pseudo Tobacco Leaf Soup Tureen and Cover
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Pseudo Tobacco Leaf Soup Tureen and Cover,
Circa 1765
The Chinese Export porcelain bombe-form tureen with domed cover is painted in a variation of the tobac...
Category
Antique 1760s Chinese Chinese Export Soup Tureens
Materials
Porcelain
English Pottery Pearlware Blue Chinoiserie Large Shell-edged Dish
By Leeds Pottery
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Pearlware Blue Chinoiserie Large Shell-edged Dish,
China House Pattern Variation,
Probably Staffordshire,
Circa 1810
The pearlware dish, with a molded shell-edge, is painted...
Category
Antique 1780s English Georgian Platters and Serveware
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
English Pottery Pearlware Blue and White Oval Dish with Chinoiserie Decoration
By Leeds Pottery
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Pottery Pearlware Blue and White Oval Dish with Chinoiserie Decoration,
Shell-edged Border
Possibly Leeds,
Circa 1790.
The large oval 18th-century shell-edge pearlware blue ...
Category
Antique 1780s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
Double Sailor's Valentine of Sea Shells with Heart and Star Designs
Located in Downingtown, PA
Double Sailor's Valentine of Sea Shells,
Barbados, West Indies,
Circa 1885
A double sailor's valentine with Spanish Cedar box with two sides. The right side is centered with a heart within within a ring of pink shells with beds of different colored sea shells at the border The left side has a star in the center and also with a circular ring of shells with alternating panels around the border
Dimensions: Open: 18 1/2 inches wide x 9 inches x1 1/2 inches deep; Closed: 9 inches wide x 9 inches high x 3 inches deep
See an article from the Seaport Museum, New York City, about the story and history of valentines.
From Wikipedia
A sailor's valentine is a form of shellcraft, a type of mostly antique souvenir...
Category
Antique 1880s Bajan Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Shell
Fornasetti Tray-Juggler with Spinning Plates, Atelier Fornasetti
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Tray
Juggler with Spinning Plates,
Atelier Fornasetti,
Dated 2017, N 16
The black circular tray is printed with a pattern of Themes & Variation numbered 193. It depi...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
More About Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc.
From baroque to bizarre with a little Georgian and Victorian inbetween.
Enjoy a selection of our beautiful pieces.
