Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc. Furniture

China Trade watercolor paintings of exotic birds on branches are in watercolor and gouache on Chinese paper. One picture depicts a pigeon perched on a tree branch with a landscape background. Chinese calligraphy can be seen in the top right corner. The second picture depicts two courting birds in shades of brown, both perched on a branch, also in a landscape background. Both paintings framed with a green silk mat and contemporary gilt and dark wood frame. Reference: Chinese Export...

Framed lithograph print of an ancient Greek vase from the folio Griechische Keramik by Albert Genick, the color-printed lithograph by Ernst Wasmuth. T...

Leslie Formalik Trompe L'oeil paintings of butterflies, Pair, Dated 2013 and 2019 The pair of beautiful tromp l'oeil paintings each depict a different pinned butterfly...

Wedgwood Nautilus yellow and pink pearlware shell service, circa 1800-1810 The fine quality Wedgwood pearlware pottery service is known as the Naut...

The ship is flying the flag of the last German Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Francis II, Circa 1775-1790. The rare Wedgwood creamware plate...

The large 1970s print by Arthus Nevin depicts a Red-Breasted Merganser Bird Decoy. It is inscribed Red-Breasted Merganser Beach Haven, NJ., 1935. 102/1...

The large underglaze blue and white pearlware jug is decorated with flowers on one side and a simple modernistic stylized drape design on the other.

Fornasetti Porcelain Surrealist Themes & Variation Plate #83, The Light Bulb, Atelier Fornasetti The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts the...

Mid-Century Modern Large Faux Bamboo Steel and Smoked Glass, Circa 1970 The large bar cart has two levels with smoked glass. The frame in polished steel with a faux bamboo design on...

Mexican Portrait Miniatures of Officer and Wife Medium: Oil on Board, Circa 1845-50 Two intricately detailed oil-on-board miniatures portray a military officer and his wife. The pai...

18th Century Staffordshire Creamware Cauliflower Ware Milk Jug and Cover, Probably by William Greatbach/ Josiah Wedgwood Lead-glazed earthenware, Circa 1765 The creamware milk jug ...

English Creamware Pottery Cauliflower Coffee Pot and Cover, Staffordshire, Circa 1760-70 The lead-glazed earthenware creamware "cauliflower" coffeepot and over has a pear-shaped bo...

Chinese Export Porcelain Large Famille Rose Punch Bowl, Circa 1765-75 A large Chinese export porcelain punch bowl, distinguished by its vibrant famille rose enamel decoration. The e...

Fred Press Vintage High Ball Glasses, A Set of eight. 1950s-60s. The tall cylinrical glasses known as high ball or Tom Collins glasses are d...

Hexagonal Ironstone Vases & Covers, Mason's Ironstone or Ashworth, Circa 1845. A stunning and elegant pair of large, probably Mason's Ironstone, blue and white hexagonal ironsto...

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Dinner Plate, Number 6, 1960s The Piero Fornasetti Sezioni, number 6, trompe l'oeil porcelain plate depicts a section of an apple on a ...

Rosenthal Fornasetti Porcelain Paperweight, Rosenthal Classic, Dekor Libreria Pattern, (Library), 1980s The circular Fornasetti porcelain paperweight has a continuous scene of books...

French Architectural Porcelain Vases, A Pair, Late 19th Century The French porcelain urn-form vases with architectural scenes to back and front within a gilt border on cobalt ground...

Mid-century Modern Leather Small Model of a Seal, 1960s-70s The brown leather model of a seal shows the seal with its head up with its whiskers to each side and the eyes formed by ...

British Botanical Watercolor of Tulips, 19th century The beautifully framed and matted botanical watercolor depicts seven different tulips. Dim...

Vintage Leather Small Model of a Seal, 1960s-70s The rare small leather model of a tortoise shows the outer shell with typical markings on the back. The head has scored eyes and mo...

English Pottery Vases decorated with Flowers and Leaves, Douton Lambeth, 1870s-80s The pottery mallet-shaped vases are hand painted with brown leaves and white flowers on a green ...

China Trade Painting on Paper, Silk Processing-Feeding of Silkworms, Circa 1780-1820 A fine China Trade watercolor and gouache on paper depicting two of the steps in the processing ...

Paris Porcelain Armorial demi-lune Salad Plates, Circa 1820-40, A Set of Six The Paris porcelain is of a high quality. The armorial dishes have a demi-lune form and the center of e...

Ridgway Porcelain Botanical Dessert Service decorated with Fruit, John Ridgway ( & Co.), Circa 1830 The dessert service is decora...

English Pottery Pearlware Chinoiserie Bowl, Circa 1790-1800 The circular underglaze blue printed Chinoiserie bowl is decorated in on the inside and out with scenes of Chinese garden...

Chinese Export Porcelain Large Dish with Famille Rose Flowers including Chrysanthemum, Circa 1760 The large Chinese Export porcelain circular dish is painted with a large central sc...

First Period Worcester porcelain coffee can and saucer, This design is closely related to the Lord Henry Thynne and Earl Dalhousie patterns. circa 1772-1775 The fluted Worcester por...

Vintage Fornasetti Surrealist Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #319, Gorgonzola Cheese, Atelier Fornasetti 20th Century The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Vari...

British pottery pearlware sponged spirit flasks modeled in form of boots, Scottish, circa 1840-1850. Great fun & so decorative! The pair of unusual flasks are sponged in mottled ...

British pottery pearlware sponged spirit flasks modeled in form of boots, Scottish, circa 1840-1850. Wonderfully folky pair of unusual flasks sponged in mottled colors of blue, pin...

Copeland & Garrett Pottery neo-classical Greek Pattern blue dish, Centaurs Battling Theseus, 1833-47 The Spode Greek pattern pottery, shaped r...

Libbey Cavalcade Galloping Horse Tom Collins cocktail glasses Mid-Century Modern glasses- set of twelve, The 1950s Twelve (12) Libbey Tom Collins...

Chinese export porcelain armorial tankard, Mosey with Pulleyne in Prentice, circa 1755. The Chinese Export Tankard unusually painted with both a large armorial and a large crest below a gilt chain band around the rim. Large Famille Rose sprays of flowers are painted to each side. Dimensions: 5 inches high x 5 3/4 inches wide x 3 1/2 inch diameter. Reference: Chinese export porcelain, Volume I, David Sanctuary Howard, Page 549, (Q4). The arms are discussed as follows.The arms are of Mosley, Sable a chevron between three pick axes...

Bow porcelain Chinoiserie tankard, Bow, London, 1760-1765. The unusually painted polychrome Bow porcelain tankard depicts Chinoiserie figures si...

Charming folky fresh pottery teapot decorated with flowers in distinct orange and green in a good large size.

English pottery pearlware botanical plates, circa 1840     The folky painted plates have a scalloped rim. In the center of each plate is a large...

Blue and white pearlware 18th century coffeepot, Circa 1785 The Staffordshire chinoiserie pearlware coffeepot is painted in underglaze blue with ...

American portrait miniature by Thomas Story Officer, Woman in a White Gown, Signed "T.S. Officer, Pinxt", The 1830s The American portrait miniature signed by Thomas Story Officer depicts a beautiful young woman, her red hair “Coeffure a la Chinoise”, sitting in a red chair confidently looking out towards the painter and us, the viewers.  She wears a white dress with a pin in the center of her chest.  Based on her style of dress and her hair, we believe this was painted while Officer was in Philadelphia. It is signed to the lower right "T.S. Officer, Pinxt" along at edge. The reverse has a small oval glass Dimensions: 3 inches high x 2 3/16 inches wide x 1/4 inch deep Reference: Thomas S. Officer: Miniature and Portrait Painter, Gardner Library,  Author: Merri Lou Schaumann. Born in Carlisle in 1810, this gifted artist trained in Philadelphia, traveled extensively and won awards for his paintings. In 1872, James Miller McKim wrote a series of reminiscences for the Carlisle Herald newspaper about the places and people of Carlisle in an earlier day. He wrote that “David Smith, a boot and shoemaker, had two sons… one of whom early developed a taste for art and finally devoted himself to miniature painting as a profession. He was a contemporary, and for a while, a rival of Mr. Thomas Officer, though I believe he never reached the celebrity attained by that gifted young artist. Mr. Officer, by the way, was one of the last miniature painters of any eminence produced by this country, the daguerreotype and photographer having come in to sweep away the entire profession.” Thomas Story Officer was born in Carlisle on August 15, 1810, to cabinetmaker John Officer and his second wife Margaret. He trained in Philadelphia with the well-known portrait painter Thomas Sully and began his career there in the 1830s. Officer left Philadelphia occasionally to paint portraits in Mobile, Alabama in 1837, in Richmond, Virginia in 1845, and in New York City from 1846-1849 where he became a member of the National Academy of Design. In 1842, Officer intended to travel to Mexico and needed a passport. He asked Attorney Charles B. Penrose, formerly of Carlisle, to write a letter of recommendation for him. In his letter to Fletcher Webster, Esq., Penrose wrote, “This will be handed to you by Thomas S. Officer, Esq., a friend of mine, and a native artist of Pennsylvania, who is a gentleman of great talents and respectability. Intending to visit Mexico, he wishes to procure passports at the State Department…”  Officer was issued a passport in July 1842. He was described as 30 years old, 5’ 11” with a “full and round forehead, bluish-gray eyes, an ordinary nose, medium mouth, ordinary chin, sallow complexion with an oval face and brown hair.” Officer went to Mexico and later to Australia. In 1854, he opened a studio in Sandridge, Australia, and while there he “entered several oil portraits in the 1854 Melbourne Exhibition preparatory to sending them to the 1855 Paris Exhibition.” Officer left Australia, and in 1855 he settled in San Francisco where he would spend the last years of his life. He set up a portrait painting department in James Johnson’s photographic gallery in San Francisco. In 1857, Officer received a bronze medal for his oil portraits exhibited at The First Industrial Exhibition of the Mechanics’ Institute of San Francisco, as well as awards at several other exhibits in 1858. A short piece in the San Francisco newspaper, Alta, on October 30, 1859, read, “Mr. Thomas S. Officer, the talented portrait painter, lies near to death’s door and is in pecuniary distress. Out of the many to whose pleasure he has contributed by his gay, social manners, as well as by his pleasing artistic productions, may there not be found someone who will extend a helping hand?”  Officer died on December 8, 1859. Almost an entire column in the January 18, 1860 edition of the Carlisle Herald, was devoted to a very long and informative obituary of Officer taken from the Alta, California newspaper. Officer was buried in the now defunct Lone Mountain Cemetery in San Francisco. In 2014, the Cumberland County Historical Society received a bequest of a portrait painted by Thomas Officer from the estate of historian John J. Snyder, Jr. It joined a miniature portrait already a part of the Society’s museum collection in Carlisle, not far from where Officer was born. Notes: The May 28, 1834 edition of the Carlisle Weekly Herald reported that Thomas S. Officer had "...within the last few weeks, taken the portraits of several gentlemen of this borough...Mr. O. is principally self-taught, and although young, already evinced a degree of taste, judgment, and talent..." A short biography of Officer can also be found in Early American Portrait Painters in Miniature by Theodore Bolton, published by F. F. Sherman (New York, 1921). The entire book is one line  Bio. of Officer on page 117. See Officer’s portrait...

Chinese Export Porcelain Group of Five Famille rose & Batavia-ware Chocolate-colored Urns & Covers 1750s The Chinese Export porcelain circular jards and covers are painted with a chocolate Batavia-ware ground with leaf-shaped panels of famille rose flowers-mostly of peonies. Dimensions: Largest: 7 1/2 inches high x 7 1/2 inches diameter; Second largest: 7 1/4 inches x 6 1/2 inches diameter; Third largest: 5 1/2 inches high x 5 inches diameter; Pair of smaller jars...

"Apotheosis" of George washington creamware jug, Liverpool, Circa 1800-10 The large "Apotheosis" of George Washington Liverpool transfer decorated ...

From the description de l'Egypte. J. Ces. Savigny, 1809-1813. The stipple engraving depicts the Imperial Eagle. This is Aquila heliaca or the Easte...

The Chinese Export porcelain dish in the famille rose palette is painted on the border with meandering vines and flowers which surrounds a central panel decorated with vases and pots of flowers...

French Aesthetic Movement bronze champleve Urns, Circa 1880 The pair of aesthetic movement champleve footed jardinieres with floral enameling over a ...

Stanley Jay Friedman for Brueton, "Eclipse" Low Tables, Circa 1970-80 The polished mirrored steel has a removable polished black granite top. There is a steel band at the base ...

French Faïence Oblong Octagonal Chinoiserie Letter or Document Tray, Circa 1730-1740, Most likely Rouen, possibly Sinceny or Moulins, blue P mark. The Chinoiserie tray is painted i...

Whieldon Type Creamware Cow Creamer and Cover, Circa 1770 The attractive early Whieldon type creamware cow creamer and cover stands on a rectangular ba...

Piero Fornasetti "Assiettes Specialita Vicentine" series, A Set of Six Porcelain plates, Numbered 1-6, 1970s Piero Fornasetti porcelain pset of plates, numbered 1-6, from the "Assie...

Chinese Export Porcelain pair of maiden candlesticks, circa 1760-1775    A pair of large Chinese Export figures of standing maidens holding ...

A fine continental botanical still life painting with insects, possibly Scandinavian, Gouache and oil on vellum, early 19th century. The painting is stunning. The painting with...

American Mocha Yellow Ware Jug with Puce Seaweed Decoration, mid-19th century The American yellow ware bulbous jug has continuous bands of brown and white and a large band of puce sea weed design which runs below the spout and through the ridged loop handle. Condition: Good- no repair or damage. Dimensions: 6 1/4 inches high x 8 inches wide x 5 1/2 inches wide. Reference: American yellowware...

Piero Fornasetti Set of Eight Coasters of Roman Chariots on a Gold Ground, Made Exclusively for Saks Fifth Avenue, With Orange & White Printed Box, 1950s- Early 60s. Each coaster is...

MCM Vintage Leather Rhino Footstool or Ottoman, The 1960-70s The Mid-century leather footstool or ottoman is designed in the shape of ...

Staffordshire Pearlware Inlaid Agate Teapot and Cover with Lion Finial, Attributed to the Ralph Wood Family, Circa 1780 The squat oval pearlware pottery ...

18th Century English Creamware Painted Plate, Cornucopia of Flowers, Circa 1780-1800 The circular creamware plat, probably with outside decoration, is painted with a cornucopia shap...

Fornasetti Themes & Variation Porcelain Plate with Original White Box, Number 200, The Statue, 1990s The Fornasetti porcelain plate is number 200 in the Themes & Variation series. ...

Boston & Sandwich American Pressed Glass Compote, Pineapple Pattern, Circa 1860's The pressed lead glass compote is made in the Pineapple pattern made circa 1860. It has a tall hol...

Massive 17-inch English Saltglaze charger, Attributed to Wiliam Greatbatch, Circa 1762-70 The massive salt-glaze charger has a wide border of barleycorn or seed pattern within six shaped panels with deep molded ridges around the edge of the rim Measures: Diameter: 17 1/4 Inch diameter x 1 3/4 inches Reference: "White Salt-glazed Stoneware of the British Isles", Diana Edwards and Rodney Hampson, Page 209, Fig 189, for an identical rim found in fragments from the William Greatbatch...

Homemaker pattern plate, designed by Enid Seeney for the Ridgway Potteries (Stoke-on-Trent), 1960's. Diameter: 7 inches. Mark: Printed oval mark with Homemaker in the center ...

William Conlon, "Untitled " Framed Poster, 15th Annual Community Holiday Fesitval, 1985. Signed lower right. An example from this series is illustrated in Art at Lincoln Center: T...