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Unusual Swansea Prattware Pearlware Pottery Covered Botanical Tea Caddy Box
Located in Downingtown, PA
Pearlware Prattware pottery covered Botanical tea caddy box,
Cambrian Pottery, Swansea
Circa 1800-20
The rectangular-shaped pearlware pottery covered footed Tea Caddy is painted...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
Creamware Finger or Quintal Vase
Located in Downingtown, PA
Creamware finger or quintal Vase,
19th century,
The English pottery creamware finger or quintal vases The five-fingered flower vase has a molded desig...
Category
Antique 19th Century Georgian Vases
Materials
Creamware
Modernist Krenit Black and Aqua Green Enamel Bowl
By Herbert Krenchel
Located in Downingtown, PA
Modernist Black & Aqua Green Enamel Krenit Bowl,
by Herbert Krenchel for Torben Ørskov & Co.,
Enameled Steel,
Designed 1953
This 1950-60s Moderist bowl, the 'Krenit' bowl, was ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Modernist Krenit Bowl in Black Steel and Robins-Egg Blue Enamel Interior
By Herbert Krenchel
Located in Downingtown, PA
Modernist Krenit Bowl in Black Steel and Robins-egg- Blue Enamel interior
by Herbert Krenchel for Torben Ørskov & Co.,,
Enameled Steel,
Designed 1953
This 1950-60's Modernist b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Baskets
Materials
Enamel, Cut Steel
Modernist Kranit Bowl in Black Steel and Red Enamel, by Herbert Krenchel
By Herbert Krenchel
Located in Downingtown, PA
Modernist Kranit Bowl in Black Steel and Red Enamel,
by Herbert Krenchel for Torben Ørskov & Co.,
Enameled Steel,
Designed 1953
This 1950-60s Moderist bowl, the 'Krenit' bowl, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Enamel, Cut Steel
Modernist Krenit Bowl in Black Steel and Robins-egg- Blue Enamel Interior
By Herbert Krenchel
Located in Downingtown, PA
Modernist Krenit Bowl in Black Steel and Robins-egg- Blue Enamel interior
by Herbert Krenchel for Torben Ørskov & Co.,
Enameled Steel,
Designed 1953
This 1950-60's Modernist bo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Enamel, Cut Steel
Chinese Export Porcelain Small Canton Famille Rose Elephant Candlestick
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain small 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. On its back is a vase-shaped candle holder rising from the raised saddle painted with a band of green leaves. Below the urn is a long saddle cloth hanging...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Export Candlesticks
Materials
Porcelain
Tapio Wirkkala Mid-Century Glass Footed Bowl, Inari Pattern
By Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Downingtown, PA
Tapio Wirkkala glass footed bowl,
Inari,
Model number 3543.
Impressive cut and blown-molded footed bowl cast in clear glass by Finnish artist and designer, Tapio Wirkkala. Mode...
Category
Late 20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
Siegmund Schütz Modernist Ceramic Bowl for KPM Berlin
By Siegmund Schütz 1
Located in Downingtown, PA
Siegmund Schütz modernist bowl for KPM Berlin,
"Flowerboat" or "Floweships",
1950s
This Siegmund Schütz Modernist Bowl, known as a flowerboat (Blumenschiff), is of a most unus...
Category
Vintage 1950s European Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardin...
Materials
Porcelain
Capricorn Astrological Sign - Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Zodiac Paperweight
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Pebble Capricorn Zodiac Paperweight,
Titled Capricornus for the Astrological Sign Capricorn,
Circa 1960
The oval ceramic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Red Strumenti Musicali Music Metal Bookends
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Red Strumenti Musicali music metal bookends,
Circa 1960.
The Piero Fornasetti L-shaped bookends are decorated with a red-ground...
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets
Materials
Metal
18th-century Chinese Export Porcelain Large Famille Rose Cachepot
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Cachepot,
Circa 1750-60
The very large Chinese Export porcelain cachepot is of cylindrical form with an ...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Planters, Cachepots and ...
Materials
Porcelain
English Ironstone Vase and Cover, Morley Ashworth Ironstone
By Ashworth Ironstone
Located in Downingtown, PA
The octagonal-from vase has a deep blue ground and is painted in gilt and yellow with Rococo scrolls of foliage and vases of flowers. The dragon scroll handles and decorated with gil...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Vases
Materials
Ironstone
Svend Aage Holm Sørensen Danish Mid-century Modern Steel and Brass Menorah
By Svend Aage Holm Sørensen
Located in Downingtown, PA
Svend Aage Holm Sørensen Steel and Brass Menorah or Candlestick,
Danish Mid-century Modern
1960s.
The Sorenesen-designed steel and brass Menorah is raised on four raised feet form...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Candelabras
Materials
Brass, Steel
Massive Staffordshire Pearlware Pottery Figure of Ceres or Plenty, circa 1815
Located in Downingtown, PA
Massive Staffordshire Pearlware Pottery Figure of Venus,
circa 1810
The extremely large figure depicts Venus, Aphrodite of the Classical Greek legend. This model is of great rarity. Venus, is superbly painted, depicted in purple robes with green edging as she rise from the foam of the sea The condition is excellent. Only one other example is known- see below.
Dimensions: 24 1/4 inches high x 8 1/2 inches wide x 8 inches deep
See: Myrna Schkolne, Staffordshire Figures 1780-1840, Family, Friendship, Play, & Classical Subjects, Vol 4, Page 186, Figure 194.37 from the Collection of Arnold and Barbara Berlin, although this example is plainly decorated with a white dress with scattered flowers and a Greek Key border to the plain base.
History of Venus
Venus is the Roman goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She is the equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite. Venus was born from the foam of the sea after Uranus, the sky god, was castrated by his son Cronus. She was carried to the island of Cythera by seashells and then to Mount Olympus, where she became the wife of Vulcan, the god of fire.
Venus in Art
Venus has been a popular subject for artists since ancient times. She is often depicted as a beautiful woman, nude or partially clothed, and is often accompanied by symbols of love and beauty, such as doves, roses, and apples. Some of the most famous depictions of Venus include the Venus de Milo, a marble sculpture from the 2nd century BCE, and the Venus of Urbino...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pearlware, Pottery
Pearlware Figure of Aphrodite & Eros, 'Venus and Cupid' Figure, circa 1790
By Neale & Co.
Located in Downingtown, PA
Great Pearlware Figure of Aphrodite & Eros, 'Venus and Cupid' Figure attributed to Neale & Co,
circa 1790.
The large pearlware early English pearl...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery, Pearlware
Swedish Mid-century Pair of Brass and Lacquered Steel Candelabra by Gunnar Ander
Located in Downingtown, PA
Swedish Mid-century Pair of Brass and Lacquered Steel Candelabra,
By Gunnar Ander, Sweden,
1955
Swedish Mid-century Pair of brass and lacquered steel candelabra are made by Gunnar A...
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Candelabras
Materials
Brass, Steel
Doulton Faience Shaped Botanical Pottery Vase Signed by Artist Mary M Arding
By Doulton Lambeth
Located in Downingtown, PA
Doulton Faience Shaped Botanical Pottery Vase,
Aesthetic Movement,
Signed by Artist Mary M Arding,
Early 1880s
The unusually shaped molded vase...
Category
Antique 1880s English Victorian Vases
Materials
Pottery
French St. Amand Majolica Camel-Form Lidded Box
Located in Downingtown, PA
French Majolica Camel-form Lidded Box,
St. Amand,
circa 1870
The French majolica box is in the form of a seated, naturalistically colored, camel on a raised mottled green ground. On its back is a loaded pack filled with different packed goods. The top section is removable to reveal a square-shaped hollow interior in light blue.
Mark: on the base is an impressed "St Ad"
Dimensions: 8 inches high x 10 inches long x 5 inches deep; (20.32cm high x 25.40cm x 12.7cm)
Provenance: New York Private Collection,
Jesse Davis Antiques...
Category
Antique 1870s French Victorian Ceramics
Materials
Majolica
Richard Anuszkiewicz Op Art Enamel Bowl
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in Downingtown, PA
Rare Richard Anuszkiewicz Op Art enamel bowl
Made for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.
...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Bronze Pair of Geese Koros
Located in Downingtown, PA
Japanese bronze geese koros,
Late 19th century.
The pair of goose koros or censors are in the form of geese with their long necks extended and their ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Urns
Materials
Metal
18th Century Creamware Pottery Red-Printed Tea Caddy
Located in Downingtown, PA
18th Century Creamware Red-printed Tea Caddy,
circa 1765-75
The creamware tea caddy or teapoy is rectangular in form with large panels to fr...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Georgian Tea Caddies
Materials
Creamware
Chrome and Brass Midcentury Candlesticks, Set of Seven, 1970s
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chrome and brass midcentury candlesticks,
Set of seven,
1970-80s
Stunning brass and chrome Mid-Century Modern candlesticks. Each ch...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Mason's Ironstone Garniture of Three Vases, Circa 1835
By Mason's Ironstone
Located in Downingtown, PA
Mason's Ironstone Garniture of Three vases,
circa 1835
The three hexagonal-shaped vases are painted with polychrome flowers on a mazarine blue ground. The open-work handles, rim ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English William IV Vases
Materials
Pottery, Ironstone
Chinese Export Porcelain Large Famille Rose Punch Bowl
Located in Downingtown, PA
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...
Category
Antique 1770s Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
English Hexagonal Ironstone Vases & Covers, Mason's Ironstone or Ashworth
By Mason's Ironstone
Located in Downingtown, PA
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...
Category
Antique 1840s English Early Victorian Vases
Materials
Pottery, Ironstone
Rosenthal Fornasetti Porcelain Paperweight, Rosenthal Classic, Libreria Pattern
Located in Downingtown, PA
Rosenthal Fornasetti Porcelain Paperweight,
Rosenthal Classic,
Dekor Libreria Pattern, (Library),
1980s
The circular Fornasetti porcelain paperweight has a continuous scene of books...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Ceramic
French Architectural Porcelain Vases, A Pair
By Old Paris
Located in Downingtown, PA
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...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Revival Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-century Modern Leather Small Model of a Seal
Located in Downingtown, PA
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 ...
Category
Vintage 1960s English Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Leather
English Pottery Vases decorated with Flowers and Leaves, Douton
By Doulton Lambeth
Located in Downingtown, PA
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 ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Vases
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Export Porcelain Group of Batavia-ware Urns & Covers
Located in Downingtown, PA
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...
Category
Antique 1750s Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
French Large Engraving of an Eagle by Savigny
Located in Downingtown, PA
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...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Regency Prints
Materials
Paper
French Aesthetic Movement Bronze Champleve Urns
Located in Downingtown, PA
French Aesthetic Movement bronze champleve Urns,
Circa 1880
The pair of aesthetic movement champleve footed jardinieres with floral enameling over a ...
Category
Antique 1880s French Aesthetic Movement Urns
Materials
Metal
$2,800 / set
18th-century Chinese Export Porcelain Pair of Court Maiden Candlesticks
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain pair of maiden candlesticks,
circa 1760-1775
A pair of large Chinese Export figures of standing maidens holding ...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Blue and White Floral Pottery Covered Pil and Cover, Vera Pottery
Located in Downingtown, PA
Blue and white floral pottery covered pil and cover,
Vera pottery,
circa 1900-1930.
The cylindrical pail with exterior knob handles has a reeded lowe...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Pottery
