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Regency Bronze and Ormolu Candlestick Urns with Pineapple Reversible Tops
Located in Downingtown, PA
The bronze urns rest on an ormolu flaring foot which rests on a two step bronze square base. The ormolu handles in the form of dolphins are applied to each side and encircling each i...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Georg Andreas Bockler’s Engravings of Architectural Fountains for Formal Gardens
By Georg Andrea Bockler
Located in Downingtown, PA
17th-century Black and White Engravings of Architectural Fountains for Formal Gardens,
Georg Andreas Bockler,
Set of Six,
Circa 1664
The framed ...
Category
Antique 1660s German Charles II Prints
Materials
Paper
Bamboo and Birch Satinwood Secretary Desk
Located in Downingtown, PA
Faux Bamboo and Birch Satinwood Desk
19th century
An exotic faux bamboo and satinwood desk in a Chinese Chippendale style. The upper section is topped with a pierced gallery accente...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chippendale Desks
Materials
Bamboo, Birdseye Maple, Satinwood
Portrait Miniature of a Young Girl, Signed Corno 1817
Located in Downingtown, PA
Portrait Miniature of a young girl,
Signed Corno 1817
The large oval miniature within a gold frame and raised hanging loop depicts a young girl fac...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Georgian Paintings
Materials
Other
18th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Imari Tureen and Cover-Duck in Pond
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain Imari Tureen and cover,
Circa 1780
The Chinese Export porcelain tureen and cover are painted in the Imari palette. The body and cover are painted in underglaze blue and iron-red with ducks on a pond surrounded by water lilies . The unusual handles are in the form of upturned water lily pods. The finial is shaped as a closed flower with leaves and the rim of the tureen and the edge of the cover have an undulating design.
Dimensions: 9 inches high x 13 1/2 inches wide x 9 3/4 inches deep.
Provenance: Chinese Porcelain Company...
Category
Antique 1770s Chinese Chinese Export Soup Tureens
Materials
Porcelain
Bradley & Hubbard Bookends-Ancient Greek Temple Columns & Arch
By Bradley & Hubbard
Located in Downingtown, PA
Bradley & Hubbard Bookends-ancient greek columns,
American,
Bradley and Hubbard, Meridian, CT,
Circa 1925.
A pair of bookends in the form of an Ancient Greek Temple...
Category
Early 20th Century American Craftsman Bookends
Materials
Iron
Barnaba Fornasetti Calendar Plate for 2013 with Piero Fornasetti Self Portrait
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Barnaba Fornasetti Calendar Plate for 2013,
with Piero Fornasetti Self Portrait,
#518 of 700
The plate depicts an image of Piero Fornase...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
First Period Worcester Porcelain Holly Berry Pattern Tea Bowl and Saucer
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Downingtown, PA
First Period Worcester Porcelain Holly Berry Pattern Teacup and Saucer, Hop Trellis Pattern,
Circa 1775.
The First Period Worcester porcelain teacup and saucer has a reeded French shape and is richly decorated with the Holly Berry pattern- a variation of the Hop Trellis pattern. Panels of purple plants alternate with berried foliage between borders of lilac diaper and gold herringbone and a lower border of white pearls on a bright turquoise ground. There are gilt dentil rims and the inside of the cup has flowers and berried sprigs below a gold band.
Dimensions: Overall: 2 3/8 inches high x 5 1/4 inches wide; Saucer: 5 1/4 inch diameter x 1 inch high; Cup: 1 7/8 inches high x 4 inches wide x 3 3/8 inches deep. (overall 6.033 cm high x 13.34 cm wide)
Mark: Cup with a gold crescent.
Sometimes known as the Holly Berry pattern, this striking design is a member of the Hop Trellis family of Worcester patterns inspired by Sèvres. A similar teacup and saucer was in the Peter Merry...
Category
Antique 1770s English Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Deep Basin
Located in Downingtown, PA
Rare Chinese export famille rose large porcelain basin,
Mid-18th Century.
The unusual Chinese Export famille rose deep basin is finely painted with a flowering branch design with t...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Creamware Armorial Dish, Possibly Melbourne, Scottish Arms of Grant
Located in Downingtown, PA
Creamware Armorial Dish,
Possibly Melbourne,
Arms of Grant,
Circa 1800.
The large dish with a puce band on the border and a central coat of arms and a crest to the upper border. Th...
Category
Antique 1790s English Georgian Platters and Serveware
Materials
Creamware
Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain Large Orange-Ground Botanical Vase
By Chamberlains Worcester
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain orange-ground Botanical Campana-Form Vase,
circa 1840.
The Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain vase is of campana-form with an orange ground body overlai...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Georgian Vases
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Shell-Edge Creamware Sauce Tureen Puce-Decorated by Neale & Co.
Located in Downingtown, PA
The large 18th century Neale & Co. creamware sauce tureen, cover, stand and ladle are each decorated in puce transfer with figures amongst classical ruins. The rims also with a painted shell-edge puce border highlighted with the strong remnants of original gilding.
Dimensions: 7 inches high x 10 1/2 inches wide x 7 1/4 inches;
The under dish...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Creamware, Pottery
Spode Porcelain Japan-pattern Soup Tureen and Cover, Rock & Tree Pattern
By Josiah Spode
Located in Downingtown, PA
Spode Porcelain Japan-pattern Soup Tureen and Cover,
Rock & Tree Pattern,
Bone China,
Pattern 1741,
Circa 1811-20
This exceptional Spode bone china soup tureen and cover, pattern nu...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Regency Soup Tureens
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Trinket Dish by Piero Fornasetti. Sun Burst "Solo Pattern"
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Trinket Dish by Piero Fornasetti.
Sun Burst "Solo Pattern",
1960s-70s
The circular ceramic dish has a sun burst design in black and white...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Hot Air Balloon Plates, Mongolfiere Pattern, Set of Six
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Hot Air Balloon Plates,
Mongolfiere Pattern,
Set of Six,
1970s.
The Set of Piero Fornasetti plates depict different scenes of hist...
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Pottery
Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate, Themes and Variations, Motiv 13
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate,
Themes and Variations,
Buttons,
Motiv 13,
1980s
From a collection of Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti plates that we have in stock.
Wonderful rare example of the small range of plates made by Rosenthal in the 1980s from Piero Fornasetti designs. This one depicts the face of Lina Cavalieri as buttons on a military-style jacket. These plates are sometimes called Julia plates...
Category
Late 20th Century German Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate For Piero Fornasetti, Motiv 33
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate,
The Clock Face,
Motiv Number 33,
1980s
A collection of thus pattern is available.
Wonderful rare example of the small range of plates made by Rosenthal in the 1980s from Piero Fornasetti designs. This one depicts the face of Lina Cavalieri as the face of a clock set to nine o'clock. These plates are sometimes called Julia plates...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate For Piero Fornasetti, Motiv 28
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate,
Motiv Number 28,
1980s
Wonderful rare example of the small range of plates made by Rosenthal in the 1980s from Piero Fornasetti designs. This one depicts the face of Lina Cavalieri as a face on the naked back of a lady. as a female Bacchus. These plates are sometimes called Julia plates...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate, Lady Bacchus
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate,
Lady Bacchus,
Motiv Number 25,
1980s
Wonderful rare example of the small range of plates made by Rosenthal in the 1980s from Piero Fornasetti designs. This one depicts the face of Lina Cavalieri as a female Bacchus. These plates are sometimes called Julia plates...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate, Motiv 19 Baubo
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate,
Motiv Number 19,
The Baubo,
With Original Black Box,
1980s
The striking gold-rimmed black and white printed plate ...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate For Piero Fornasetti, The Sun
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate,
The Sun,
Rosenthal Factory,
Motiv Number 18,
1980s
Wonderful rare example of the small range of plates made by Rosenthal in the 1980s from Piero Fornasetti designs. This one depicts the face of Lina Cavalieri as the face of the sun amongst clouds. These plates are sometimes called Julia plates...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Surreal Themes And Variations Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Surreal Themes And Variations Plate,
Cracked Ice Design,
Motiv Number 23,
With Original Black Box,
1980s
Wonderful rare example of the small range of plates made by Rosenthal in the 1980s from Piero Fornasetti designs. This one depicts the face of Lina Cavalieri as a female Bacchus. These plates are sometimes called Julia plates...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Large Rose Medallion Vases
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain large rose medallion vases,
Circa 1850-65
The early rose medallion/rose mandarin porce...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
German Faience or Dutch Delft Powdered Manganese & Blue Large Vase & Cover
By Delft
Located in Downingtown, PA
Massive German Faience or Dutch Delft Powdered manganese & blue vase & cover,
Mid-18th Century,
The German faience powered manganese-ground vase, of baluster form, has a wide should...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century German Georgian Vases
Materials
Delft
Fornasetti Plate, Temi E Variazioni-Themes and Variation, Rosenthal, Motiv 15
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate, Motiv 15,
"Hands",
The 1980s
The striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of ...
Category
Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Legumi Pattern Demi-lune Salad Dishes, Set of Seven
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Seven Piero Fornasetti Shaped Ceramic Dishes in Legumi Pattern,
1950s.
The set of seven crescent-shaped Piero Fornasetti ceramic Salad dishes are each decorated with a different nam...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Ceramic
Aries Zodiac Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate, Number 9, Aries
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Zodiac Plate, Number 9
Aries,
Astrali Pattern,
Made for Corisia
Dated 1972
The plate for the sign ARIES is dated 1972 and is numbered #9. The pla...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Mesi and Soli Pair of Plates 12 Suns 12 Months, 1955
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain plates,
12 suns, 12 months,
Pair of plates
Mid to late 1950s.
The rare Piero Fornasetti "12 Mesi 12 Soli" series plates show the sun as a woman's face and each one represents a different month- May and June. They are numbered five and six.
Dimensions: 10 1/4 inches diameter x 1 inch high.
Mark: Each with Piero Fornasetti printed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Commedia Dell'arte Maschere Italiane Porcelain Plates
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti set of four Porcelain Commedia Dell'arte Maschere Italiane Porcelain lates,
Italian Masks,
circa 1970s
Each plate depicts a character from the Commedia Dell'ar...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Porcelain Large Botanical Soup Tureen, Cover & Stand
By Derby
Located in Downingtown, PA
Derby Porcelain Large Botanical Soup Tureen, Cover & Stand,
Circa 1815-25
The Derby porcelain soup tureen, cover and stand are finely painted with exuberantly styled groupings of fl...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Soup Tureens
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Black and White Ashtray of a Roman Chariot
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti black and white ashtray of a Roman chariot,
1950-1960s.
The Piero Fornasetti Neoclassical ashtray depicts a Roman chariot in black and white.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Chelsea Porcelain Trompe L'oeil Leaf Dish with Fruit
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Downingtown, PA
18th century Chelsea Porcelain Trompe L'oeil Leaf Dish with Fruit,
Brown Anchor,
circa 1758-60
The trompe L'oeil porcelain Chelsea ...
Category
Antique 1750s English Georgian Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Limoges Transfer-Printed Porcelain Cabinet Plates Designed by Salvador Dali
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Downingtown, PA
Set of Six Limoges Transfer-Printed Porcelain Cabinet Plates Designed by Salvador Dali,
''Le Conquete du Cosmos''
Limited Edition Number 1639/4000,
Dated 1974
The six plates, ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Ege Tæpper Sun Burst Rug, Ege Rya, Late 1960s-Early, 1970s
By Ege Rya
Located in Downingtown, PA
Ege Tæpper Sun Burst Rug,
Ege Rya,
Late 1960s-early 1970s
The Ege Tæpper wool rug is a wonderful example of this iconic Scandinavian Modern Rug...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fornasetti "Mani" Umbrella Stand
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Atelier Fornasetti Mani Umbrella Stand,
Signed & Dated 2007
The Fornasetti cylindrical umbrella stand is decorated with the Mani pattern which is an extended arm on a black backg...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Umbrella Stands
Materials
Metal
Paris Porcelain Mazarine Blue-Ground Punch Bowl
By Samson & Cie
Located in Downingtown, PA
Derby-style porcelain Mazarine blue ground punch bowl with Botanical interior and landscape panels to exterior,
Edmé Samson et Cie, Paris,
19th century
The footed porcelain pun...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Georgian Serving Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Johann Seligmann Bird Print of Le Merle Rofette, Tab XXXIX, After George Edwards
By Johann Michael Seligmann
Located in Downingtown, PA
Johann Seligmann Bird Print,
Le Merle Rofette,
Tab XXXIX
After George Edwards
circa 1770
The Johann Seligmann engraving of Le Merle Rofette, Tab XXXIX is mounted in a decoupa...
Category
Antique 1770s Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Regency Spode Neo-Classical Greek Pattern Blue Tazza
By Spode
Located in Downingtown, PA
Spode Neo-Classical Greek Pattern Tazza
Early-19th century
The Spode pottery underglaze blue Greek pattern has an oval shaped top with a central des...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Pottery
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
American American Painted Cast Iron "Old Salt" Maine Fisherman Doorstop
By Hubley Manufacturing Company 2
Located in Downingtown, PA
American Painted Cast Iron "Old Salt" Maine Fisherman Doorstop or Bookend,
Hubley Manufacturing Company,
The 1920s.
The two larger figures depict an old salt fisherman standing ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Iron
Royal Doulton Pastille Pottery Bastiile Burner Tudor Watermill and Cottage
By Royal Doulton
Located in Downingtown, PA
Royal Doulton Pastille Pottery Bastiile Burner Tudor Watermill and Cottage
Burslem,
1920s-30s
The Royal Doulton pottery pastiile burner is modeled as a Tudor watermill and cotta...
Category
Vintage 1920s English Edwardian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Export Porcelain Pair of Armorial Plates, Arms of Van Gellicum, Kangxi
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain early armorial plates,
Arms of Van Gellicum, Dutch Market,
Kangxi period, 1710-1730.
The Imari armorial plates were made for the Dutch family...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Paris Porcelain Botanical Set of Plates, Flamen-Fleury
By Old Paris
Located in Downingtown, PA
Antique Paris Porcelain set of Botanical plates,
Flamen-Fleury Factory,
circa 1830-1835
The set of four Paris porcelain circular plates from Fl...
Category
Antique 1830s French Regency Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Modeled as a Candlestick
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export porcelain canton famille rose elephant modeled as a candlestick,
Circa 1860
The standing Chinese Export porcelain elephant with its trunk up is painted in an iron-red with gilt decoration and caparisoned. On its back is a gu-form vase candle holder rising from the raised saddle. Below the urn is a long saddle cloth hanging down painted with famille rose birds...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Export Candlesticks
Materials
Porcelain
Mocha Seaweed Pottery Pearlware Coffeepot, circa 1800-1830
Located in Downingtown, PA
Mocha Seaweed Pottery Pearlware Coffeepot,
circa 1800-1830
The footed coffeepot and cover are attractively decorated with bands of different color...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art Pottery
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
Creamware Oval Botanical Dishes, Neale & Co. 18th-Century
Located in Downingtown, PA
Creamware English pottery pair of botanical 18th-century dishes,
Neale Pottery.
The oval dishes are a rich creamy color painted in the interior with a rose stem with an open rose...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Creamware
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Astrolabe Porcelain Plate, #11 in Astrolabio Pattern
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain astrolabe plate,
#11 in Astrolabio Pattern.
1960's-mid 1970's.
The plate depicts an astrolabe, it is number 11 ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Camphor Wood Sailor's Large Brass-Bound Sea or Campaign Chest & Lock
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Sailor's Large Brass-bound Camphor Wood Sea or Campaign Chest,
Mid-19th Century.
A large rectangular dramatic campaign or sailor's trunk lined with Camphor wood and with interior inset drawer, the exterior with brass corners and clasp. There is the original Chinese lock...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Wood
Large Castleford-Type Pottery Coffee Pot and Cover
By Castleford Pottery
Located in Downingtown, PA
Castleford-type Coffee Pot & Cover,
Circa 1820
The large Castleford coffee pot and cover has blue painted detailing. The spout with a bird-form tip. The body with reeding around t...
Category
Antique 1820s English Regency Tableware
Materials
Pottery
18th-Century Niccolò Gualtieri Large Pair of Engravings of Sea Shells
By Niccolo Gualtier
Located in Downingtown, PA
Framed copperplate engravings of sea shells,
Niccolo` Gualtieri (editor).
Giuseppe Menabuoni (1708-after 1745) (after).
Plates 30 and 31 from Index testarum conchyliorum quae adservantur in museo Nicolai Gualtieri...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Wedgwood Creamware Hummingbird Butterfly & Flowers Pattern, No. 7961
By Wedgwood
Located in Downingtown, PA
Charming!
Wedgwood Creamware Plates,
Hummingbird Butterfly & Flowers Pattern,
Pattern No. 7961,
Circa 1868.
The set of three absolutely char...
Category
Antique 1860s English Arts and Crafts Pottery
Materials
Creamware, Pottery
18th-century Wedgwood Creamware Tureen, Cover & Stand
By Wedgwood
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Creamware Tureen, Cover & Stand,
Circa 1800
The creamware soup tureen, cover and stand is of an oval form with dramatic handles with large molded leaf terminals with a molde...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Soup Tureens
Materials
Creamware, Pottery
Chinese Export Blue & White Porcelain Shaped Dish with Buffalo and Deer
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Blue & White Porcelain Dish with Buffalo and Deer,
Circa 1770
The Chinese Export porcelain rococo oval dish has a wide diaper border with shaped panels of flowers. The central well depicts a lovely scene with a water buffalo and its calf grazing with a deer on the other side of a zig-zag fence. Perched in a tree is a large crane and a small bird flies above.
It also features a Plum tree, Bamboo and a Pine tree, the three friends of winter. The Three Friends of Winter is an art motif that comprises the pine, bamboo, and plum. The Chinese celebrated the pine (松), bamboo (竹) and Chinese flowering plum (梅) together, for they observed that unlike many other plants these plants do not wither as the cold days deepen into the winter season. Together they symbolize steadfastness, perseverance, and resilience. While They are highly regarded in Confucianism as representing its scholar-gentleman ideal.
Dimensions: 15 inches wide x 12 inches deep x 1 1/2 inches high
Reference:
In Chinese art and culture, the water buffalo symbolizes strength, endurance, hard work, prosperity, and a link to agriculture and rural life, often depicted as a mount for important figures or in scenes of everyday life.
Here's a more detailed look at the symbolism:
Agriculture and Rural Life:
The water buffalo is deeply ingrained in Chinese agricultural traditions, as it was and continues to be a vital part of rice farming and the rural economy.
Strength and Endurance:
The buffalo's physical capabilities, particularly its strength and ability to work tirelessly, make it a symbol of these qualities.
Benevolence and Patience:
The water buffalo is also associated with benevolence and patience, reflecting the calm and steady nature of the animal.
Guardian:
The buffalo was seen as a guardian, stemming from the legend of Emperor Yu casting an iron ox to subdue floods.
Mount for Important Figures:
Water buffalo are often depicted as mounts for figures like Shou Lao, the God of Longevity, and in Daoist art...
Category
Antique 1770s Chinese Chinese Export Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Thomas Minton Porcelain Bird Cabinet Plates, Signed by William Mussil
By Minton
Located in Downingtown, PA
Minton porcelain bird plates are signed by William Mussil who was considered by some to be the finest Bird Painter in the ceramics world had seen at the time he painted these lovely ...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
English New Hall Porcelain Part Service, Pattern 1707, Twenty-nine pieces
By New Hall
Located in Downingtown, PA
English New Hall Porcelain Part Service,
Pattern 1707,
Twenty-nine pieces,
Circa 1825s
The set has a light blue ground with molded border with birds and vases and scrolling leavy vi...
Category
Antique 1820s George IV Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Boston State House Staffordshire Blue & White Pottery Pair of Plates
By John Rogers & Son
Located in Downingtown, PA
Boston State House Staffordshirepair of pottery plates
John Rogers & Son,
1825
This Rogers underglaze blue printed plate of the Boston State Ho...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Federal Pottery
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
Chinese Export Armorial Famille Rose Plate, Arms of Poley Impaling Coffin
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Armorial Famille Rose Plate,
Arms of Poley Impaling Coffin,
Circa 1755.
The attractive Chinese Export Amorial porcelain plate with a shaped wavy rim depicts a central...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
English Porcelain Part Dessert Japan Pattern Service, Hammersley Factory
By Hammersley
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Japan Pattern Part Dessert Service,
Pattern No. "9771",
Hammersley & Co.,
19th Century
The porcelain dessert service is exquisitely painted with a distinctive Imari desig...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Regency Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
English Sailor's Woolwork Picture of a Port Side View of a Royal Navy Frigate
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Sailor's Woolwork Picture of a Port Side View of a Royal Navy Frigate,
Circa 1865
A very attractive and unusual sailor's woolwork of a Royal Navy Frigate flying the Blue Ens...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Wool
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Hot Air Balloon Plate, Mongolfiere , Rosenthal, #2
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Hot Air Balloon Plates,
Mongolfiere Pattern,
Rosenthal, Motiv 2,
1980s
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate was made by Rosenthal and depicts a scene of ...
Category
Vintage 1980s Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Hot Air Balloon Plates, Mongolfiere, Rosenthal
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Hot Air Balloon Plates,
Mongolfiere Pattern,
Rosenthal, Motiv 1,
1980s
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate was made by Rosenthal and depicts a scene of ...
Category
Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
