About Ernest Johnson Antiques
Thank you for visiting Ernest Johnson Antiques… Ernest Johnson Antiques has been offering discriminating clients a select inventory of 18th – 20th century English and European Fine and Decorative Art since 1989 and has established the reputation of maintaining what is arguably the finest selection of period antique furniture and accessories in the National Capital region. Ernest Johnson Antiques is also a member of CINOA - The International Confederation of Art & Antique Dealers Association. With over 30 years of continuous business experience, Ernest Johnson Antiques h...Read More
Established in 19891stDibs seller since 2017
Featured Pieces
A Diminutive Copper Alloy Head of Buddha, Thailand Sukhothai Period (1350-1400)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
This Sukhothai Period copper alloy (bronze) head cast with tightly curled ‘snail shell’ hair beneath a domed ushnisha rising to a flame shaped finial - denoting an enlightened state ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Thai Other Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal, Bronze
A 19th Century Equestrian Sporting Painting Titled 'Al Farrow' by Gean Smith
By Gean Smith
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A 19th century equestrian sporting 'Folk Art' painting titled 'Al Farrow’, by noted equestrian artist Eugene (Gean) Smith.
Oil on canvas laid down on wood panel, signed & dated '91 bottom right & titled bottom centre, set within what appears to be its original stained wood frame. Sight dimensions, 17" x 24", framed dimensions, 21" high x 28" wide x 1.5" deep.
The...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Sporting Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pine, Paint
A 19th Century Brass Bound Teak 'Mandalay' Campaign Dressing Box, Circa 1860
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
These boxes were made for British military officers who were posted in Burma (now Myanmar) & India during the days of British rule.
The brass & copper bound teak case is pr...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Burmese British Colonial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper, Iron
A Striking Early 20th Century Mount Washington Cased Glass Bottle Vase
By Mount Washington Glass Works
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The cased glass body comprised of a globular shaped base decorated with finely executed hand painted images in enamels of swallows against a striking brilliant yellow ground, rising ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Enamel
A Finely Cast Antique Grand Tour Style Desk-Top Bronze Figure of Venus De Milo
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A finely cast 19th century Grand Tour style desk top bronze figure of Venus de Milo, exhibiting a fine old surface and a dark brown patina overall. A fine example deftly illustrating...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Fine Pair of Neoclassical Revival Sterling Silver Candlesticks, London 1901
By Thomas Bradbury & Sons Ltd.
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very fine and impressively tall pair of Neoclassical Revival period sterling silver candlesticks.
Both showing tapering plain columns issuing from cavetto shaped bases with emboss...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Revival Candlesticks
Materials
Sterling Silver, Other
Fine & Important British Arts & Crafts Sterling Silver Castor by Ramsden & Carr
By Ramsden & Carr
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The spot-hammered, capstan-shaped body rising to a neck decorated with embossed Tudor Rose motifs, applied wirework elements and an applied wrythen shaped band beneath a dome shaped ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
A Handsome Pair of Antique Golden Oak Pedestals / Columns, Quebec Canada
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Both columns constructed by hand using solid timbers of 'Golden' oak, decorated on all sides with raised panels & chamfered corners, rising from stepped plinth bases to overhangi...
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Late Victorian Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Oak
Very Rare 4th Edition Leather Bound Set of Encyclopedia Britannica, Dated 1810
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The fourth edition dated 1801-1810, is very rare as only 4,000 sets were printed.
By the completion of this edition, both of the men who founded the encyclopedia, Colin Macfarquhar ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British George III Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
A Finely Cast Copper Alloy Figure of Buddha Amitabha, 20th C. or Earlier
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The finely modelled hollow-cast bronze figure of Buddha Amitabha aka ‘The Buddha of Immensurable Life & Light’, shown seated upon a double lotus pedestal base attired in a flowin...
Category
Early 20th Century Other Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
A Rare Pair of 18th / 19th Century Hand Embroidered Ottoman Slippers, Turkey
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Both slippers are profusely hand embroidered with gold & silver threads on silk, the toes featuring seed pearls arranged in anthemia motifs, the beds showing hand stitched ‘Tree of L...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Turkish Other Textiles
Materials
Silk, Thread
Portrait of Noted Czech Physician & Mycologist Julius Vincenz von Krombholz
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Julius Vincenz von Krombholz (1782-1843) was an important & prominent 19th century Czech physician & mycologist, professor of Special Pathology & Therapy at Prague University, and in...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Czech Other Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Giltwood
