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An Exceptional Set of Twelve Art Nouveau Silver Gilt Fish Knives, circa 1900
By Koch & Bergfeld
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An exceptionally fine set of twelve Art Nouveau Period silver-gilt fish knives, all having richly cast and hand chased rocaille silver handles & blades with ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Tableware
Materials
Silver
A Very Fine Pair of Regency Period Cut Glass Decanters, England circa 1820
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome pair of Regency Period mallet shaped cut glass decanters.
Both showing bases decorated with basal flutes & diamond cut bands, rising ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Barware
Materials
Cut Glass
A Very Good 19th Century Killarney Ware Dresser Box, Ireland Circa 1870
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome 19th century dresser box hand constructed in Arbutus wood. (Arbutus wood is an indigenous wood specific to the southwestern region of Ireland).
The hinged lid featuri...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Irish Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Other, Brass
A Very Good Louis XV Period Panelled Buffet Bas in Oak, France Circa 1740
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome & diminutive 18th century Louis XV oak buffet bas, demonstrating superior form & exacting proportions. The panelled case showing traditional peg-joined mortise & teno...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Brass
A Very Fine Japanese Satsuma Cylinder Vase, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
By Kinkozan
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The flaring cylindrical stoneware body richly decorated with hand painted enamels depicting songbirds perched upon flowering Sakura branches (cherry trees) set against a progressivel...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Rare Bronze Portrait Plaque for The US Copper Cent by Victor Brenner, Dated 1907
By Victor David Brenner
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A rare copper-patinated bronze bas-relief portrait plaque of Abraham Lincoln by Lithuanian / American sculptor Victor David Brenner. ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Other Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Bronze
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 Very Good 20th C. Bronze Head of Zeus After the Antique, Likely Continental
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The finely sculpted & patinated bronze head of Zeus, demonstrating excellent proportions & skillfully rendered features, with pierced eyes & hair adorned with a Kotinos, which was a ...
Category
20th Century European Hellenistic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Very Fine & Large 19th C. Enamelled Chinese Canton Porcelain Basin / Punchbowl
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A large 19th century Chinese `Famille-Verte' Canton porcelain basin / punchbowl, decorated overall with hand painted enamels depicting courtly figures, surrounded by images of birds ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
An Exceptionally Fine & Large Silver Plated Venison Serving Platter & Meat Dome
By Elkington & Co.
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An exceptionally fine & very large silver-plated venison / meat platter & matching dome. The lobe shaped dome featuring a detachable handle cast in the form of a finely modelled stag...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
A Very Fine Japanese Mixed Metal Bronze Suiban / Planter on Stand, Taisho Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very fine Japanese bronze Suiban (planter) of bellied oval form, richly decorated overall with hand enamelled and 'shibuichi' & 'shakudo' motifs, depicting geometric designs, pine ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Scholar's Objects
Materials
Bronze
A 19th Century Chinese Enamelled Canton Porcelain Bottle Vase, Late Qing Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The globular base with rounded shoulders showing hand painted panels of courtly figures in garden settings, executed in a striking palette of vermillion, pink, green & blue enamels, ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
An 18th Century Baroque Period Carved Cherub, Continental Circa 1750
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very charming example of Baroque carving, depicting a hand carved cherub in what appears to be butternut. Most likely a segment of a larger religious work.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century European Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
A Very Good Pair of MCM Lounge Chairs, Circa 1960
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very stylish pair of MCM lounge chairs, possibly of Italian design.
Both are upholstered in what appears to be their original velvet 'avocado' col...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Velvet, Walnut
A Very Good Louis XV Style Marble Topped Wrought Iron Console Table, Circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome 'Belle Epoque' Period wrought iron console table in the Louis XV style. The original curvilinear shaped ‘breche violette’ marble top having a molded edge, resting upo...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Wrought Iron
A Rare Pair of Signed Artist Proof Animalier Bronze Plaques Attributed to Barye
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Both of these fine 'bas-relief' bronze plaques exhibit a fine old patina with a lustrous pinkish hue as a result of the higher ratio of copper found in this particular bronze alloy, ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Beaux Arts Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
An 18th Century Ebonized Ladderback Writing Chair, New England Circa 1750
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The ebonized maple frame showing four tiers of arched horizontal splats braced by turned columnar rear stile supports terminating to turned finials. The woven ‘split’ hickory trapezo...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century American American Colonial Chairs
Materials
Hickory, Maple
A Large & Unique Collection of Vintage Trout Flies & Lures, Canada Circa 1965
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A large & most unique collection of approximately 275 vintage hand-tied wet & dry trout flies, all mounted & described with typed labels, suitable for framing and would an attractive...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Other Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Metal, Brass
'The Campanile & Bridge of Sighs' Venice Canal View, Mid 20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A well executed mid 20th century Impressionist Venetian canal scene, depicting the famous Venice landmark, 'The Campanile & Bridge of Sighs'.
Oil on panel, apparently unsigned, meas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Other Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
An Exceptional Pair of Old Paris Porcelain Campagna Form Vases, Circa 1830
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A large & striking pair of 19th century parcel gilt porcelain campagna vases with a strong, yet elegant presence. Both vases are decorated with gilt stencilled neoclassical themes ag...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Charles X Vases
Materials
Porcelain
A Monumental 19th C. Ryukyu Hariko (Papier Mâché) Vase, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A stunningly attractive & exceptionally large baluster shaped ‘Ryukyu Hariko’ (papier mâché) vase, masterfully decorated overall with hand painted images of a fruiting peach tree ren...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer, Paper
A 20th Century Architectural Wooden Model of a Renaissance Baptistry / Church
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A finely rendered octagonal sided wooden model of a Renaissance Baptistry or Church of very good proportions & scale, showing distinctive Islamic influences as observed in the eight ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Renaissance Models and Miniatures
Materials
Walnut, Plywood
A Fine 19th C. Neoclassical Inspired Serpentine Steel Fire Fender, Circa 1840
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome serpentine-shaped polished steel fire fender, the frame showing a crosshatch-cut grille interspersed by embossed rosettes, flanked between double rows of embossed bea...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Fireplace Tools an...
Materials
Steel, Cut Steel
A Mid Century Modern Lounge Chair Designed by Luigi Tiengo for Cimon Ltd.
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very good MCM lounge chair designed by Luigi Tiengo for Cimon Ltd., Montreal Canada. The frame is upholstered in what appears to be its original avocado-green fabric, together with...
Category
Vintage 1960s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
A Very Good Tibetan Thangka Depicting Buddha Nagaraja, 19th Century or Earlier
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A striking 19th century Tibetan thangka of the enlightened one, Buddha Nagaraja; King of Nagas (a.k.a. Buddha Nageshvara). Shown seated in the vajra position atop a lotus blossom, ha...
Category
Antique 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Paintings and Screens
Materials
Other
A Signed Japanese Netsuke of a Monkey Riding a Turtle, Showa Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An amusing Showa Period (1926-1989) hand carved hardwood netsuke depicting a monkey riding atop a turtle, the eyes of the monkey inset with cabochon pupils, signed with etched charac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood
An Amusing Japanese Netsuke in the Form of an Octopus, Taisho Period (1912-1925)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The hand carved & stained boxwood netsuke deftly rendered in the form of an octopus with somewhat anthropomorphic features, showing black stained eyes & furrowed brow effecting an am...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Late 19th Century Silver Plated Wine Bottle Carrier / Caddy, U.K. Circa 1890
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A most handsome silver plated wine bottle carrier, showing a reeded tri-corner base fitted with a conforming gallery that securely accommodates 3 B...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
A Very 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 overhanging p...
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Late Victorian Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Oak
A Fine & Impressive Pair of Rococo Revival Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces, Circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very fine & richly cast pair of gilt bronze wall sconces in the Rococo manner, showing cartouche shaped & pierced rocaille backplates with finely chiseled foliate elements, support...
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Revival Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Rare Pair of 16th / 17th Century Dwarf Brass Capstan Candlesticks, Netherlands
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Both of these rare & diminutive 'dwarf' brass capstan candlesticks, aka ‘Rokkandelaars’ (Dutch term meaning 'sconce skirt'), showing cylindrical & belted sockets with twin ejecting a...
Category
Antique Early 17th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Candlesticks
Materials
Brass
A 19th Century Burl Root Wood Display Stand, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A striking root-wood display stand comprised of a series of entwined organic elements with various gnarled appendages, rising to support a plateau with a burled & polished surface. M...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Burl
A Diminutive Gilt Copper Alloy Head of a Crowned Buddha, Ayutthaya Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
This 17th century Ayutthaya Period copper alloy (bronze) head of Buddha depicted in the ‘Phra Chao Song Khruang’ manner (Lord Wearing Ornaments), showing Buddha adorned with an ornat...
Category
Antique 17th Century Thai Other Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
A Fine Model of a 19th C. British 24-Pounder Muzzle-Loading Smoothbore Cannon
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A finely cast model of an early 19th century British 24-pounder smoothbore muzzle-loading artillery cannon, together with its garrison style carriage.
Both cast in heavy gauge 'bell...
Category
Early 20th Century British Victorian Arms, Armor and Weapons
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Grand Tour Style Carved Alabaster Bookends Formed as Classical Ruins
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very good pair of architectural inspired 'Grand Tour' style columnar alabaster bookends, both carved in the form of fluted columns, raised on stepped bases. Dimensions noted are th...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Grand Tour Bookends
Materials
Alabaster
A Rare Early 19th Century Silver Plated Lidded Tureen, France, Circa 1830
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Both the base & lid are engraved with a finely detailed heraldic coat of arms surmounted by a Marquess coronet, the interior retaining it's original and rarely found removable liner. Raised overall upon a stepped circular spreading foot, the underside bearing impressed makers marks (unknown) & town mark for Marseilles, as well as the word ‘PLAQUE’ which is the French term for 19th century silver plated items...
Category
Antique 1830s French Louis Philippe Soup Tureens
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
A Fine & Important Wine Carafe Bearing the Royal Cypher of George V, Circa 1925
By Royal Brierley
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The conical shaped body rising to a tapering neck with broad vertical flutes beneath a flaring rim, the midsection featuring the etched Royal Cypher & Crown for King George V, (reign period 1910-1936), the underside decorated with star cut detail.
Most likely manufactured by Royal Brierley...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Glass
Materials
Glass
Very Good Pair of William IV Cut Glass Spirit Decanters, England circa 1835
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Both ovoid glass bodies exhibiting a slight greyish hue that is consistent with the period, decorated with scalloped & diamond cut detail, rising to faceted ringed necks fitted with ...
Category
Antique 1830s English William IV Glass
Materials
Cut Glass
19th Century Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Garlic Mouth Vase, Kangxi Marks
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The globular body finely decorated with hand applied enamels depicting nobles taking tea surrounded by attendants and small children. The slender neck rising to a bulbous mouth (seemingly ground), the underside of the base showing small firing cracks and blue under-glaze double ring Kangxi marks...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
An Exceptional 19th Century Renaissance Revival Vienna Silver Sugar Casket
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An exceptionally fine 19th century ‘Renaissance Revival’ silver sugar casket, showing a hinged lid richly decorated with repousse & hand chased foliate mo...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Austrian Renaissance Revival Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
A Fine Grand Tour Bronze Bust of a Greek Philosopher, After Mathurin Moreau
By Mathurin Moreau
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
This finely modelled Hellenistic style bronze portrait bust appears to be that of the Greek philosopher Chrysippus of Soli - regarded by scholars as the 2nd founder of the School of ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Grand Tour Busts
Materials
Bronze
A Fine 19th C. Barbizon Inspired Landscape by W.E. Atkinson, Canadian OSA. ARCA
By William Edwin Atkinson
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A finely executed 19th century ‘plein air’, Barbizon School inspired landscape by noted Canadian artist W.E. Atkinson. OSA. ARCA.
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1894 bottom left. ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Canadian Barbizon School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
A 19th Century Spanish Colonial Santos Depicting The Virgin of the Apocalypse
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The naive, hand carved wood figure of The Holy Mother vanquishing the Apocalyptic Beast, showing the Holy Virgin standing over the Beast (Satan), pinning it down with her left foot o...
Category
Antique 19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Paint, Gesso
An Exceptionally Fine & Rare 18th C. Russian Silver-Gilt Beaker, Moscow 1784
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The richly embossed silver-gilt exterior surface exhibiting robust motifs of eagles perched upon leafy scrolls, flowerheads & foliate motifs, the interior exhibiting a fine gilt washed interior. The underside of the base bearing impressed Moscow assay mark, alderman & makers mark for Fyodor Petrov (working 1759-1784) & date stamp for 1784.
Measuring 3.3/8” high x 2.7/5” dia. Weight, 94 grams.
Examples of 18th century Russian silver...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Russian Other Barware
Materials
Vermeil, Silver
Very Fine Terracotta Bust of Alexandre Brongniart, After Jean-Antoine Houdon
By Jean-Antoine Houdon
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very fine early 20th century terracotta bust of Alexandre Brongniart, after the original work by Jean-Antoine Houdon.
Demonstrating exacting proportions & finely sculpted features...
Category
Early 20th Century French Victorian Busts
Materials
Marble
A Grand Tour Style Model of a Stallion after the Antique, Italy Circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome & finely modelled, patinated antimonial lead casting of a bridled stallion. Shown rearing up on it's hind legs, the head turned slightly to the right with pricked ear...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Italian Grand Tour Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Other, Lead
Very Fine Gustavian Period Giltwood Pier Mirror, Swedish Circa 1800
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The very fine water-gilded frame showing an architectural cornice above a rectangular frieze decorated with burnished relief moulded neoclassical motifs, surmounting a very old recta...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Pier Mirrors and Console Mi...
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
A Very Good & Heavy Sterling Silver Sauce Tureen, Hallmarked London 1903
By C.S. Harris & Sons Ltd.
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The highly attractive bombe shaped body having open handles and fitted with a detachable conforming lid, raised overall on four out-swept supports. Both the body and lid bearing impr...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Fine Pair of Neoclassical Inspired German Silver Double Salt Cellars, circa 1830
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very elegant pair of neoclassical inspired silver double salt cellars of navette form, both showing richly gilded and divided interiors and up-swe...
Category
Antique 1830s German Neoclassical Revival Tableware
Materials
Silver
Six 19th Century Japanese Arita Hizen Imari Porcelain Lidded Bowls, Meiji Period
By Arita
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
All six bowls are raised on a circular foot and richly decorated with hand painted enamels depicting floral designs in an Imari palette of cobalt, vermillion & gilt, against alternat...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Eight 19th Century Japanese Imari Porcelain Dishes, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
By Arita
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
All richly decorated with hand painted enamels in a palette of cobalt, vermillion, green & & gilt, showing triangular panels of geometric designs interspersed by circular cartouches ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
A Diminutive Pair of Antique Georgian Style Cast Iron Garden Urns
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome & heavily cast pair of diminutive antique Georgian-style cast iron garden / table urns.
Both urns of campagna form, bolted to squared bases and rising to flaring rim...
Category
Early 20th Century Georgian Urns
Materials
Iron
A Fine Near Pair of Regency Style Silver Plated Sauce Tureens, U.K. Circa 1910
By Barker Brothers Silver Ltd.
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome near pair of Regency style silver-plated sauce tureens, both showing lobe decorated bodies fitted with conforming lids, sided by lion’s masks with ring handles and ra...
Category
Early 20th Century English Regency Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver Plate
20th Century Landscape Watercolour by John Atkinson, British (1863-19240)
By John Atkinson
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very good 19th century watercolor depicting a pastoral landscape with haycarts, mounted with archival acid free materials and signed bottom left.
Measures: 6.75” x 9.75” (sight). Framed dimensions, 10.75" high x 13.75" wide x .75" deep.
John Atkinson (1863-1924) was a highly regarded British landscape artist working in watercolours, oil & tempera.
He was born in Newcastle, he attended classes at the Newcastle School of Art where he is said to have briefly studied under Wilson Hepple...
Category
Early 20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Paper
A Stunning Pair of Grand Tour Style Alabaster Table Lamps, Early 20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An extremely handsome pair of highly figured alabaster accent / table lamps. Both translucent, vasi-form bodies retaining their original fitted lids, raised overall upon turned socle...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Table Lamps
Materials
Alabaster
Fine Pair of 19th Century Shaft & Globe Cut Glass Decanters, England Circa 1880
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome matched pair of 19th century cut glass decanters, both showing necks with navette & scalloped vertical cut flutes, th...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Glass
Materials
Cut Glass
A Fine Georgian Old Sheffield Plate Three-Part Entree Dish, England Circa 1825
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very good 'Old Sheffield Plate' 3-part entree dish, comprised of a rectangular hot water reservoir retaining its original wood insulated carrying handles, receiving a conforming in...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper, Tin
A Very Good Antique Copper Bain Marie, Circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A large & heavy gauge antique copper bain-marie / poaching pan retaining its original tinned mazarine, the ends having rivet mounted barrel-hinged handles.
In addition to its intended use, this attractive piece of antique copper kitchenware...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Late Victorian Platters and Serveware
Materials
Copper, Tin
A Very Good Regency Period Giltwood Wall Mirror, England Circa 1825
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The finely proportioned & richly gilded frame showing an architectural cornice above a horizontal tablet with burnished gilt gesso classical motifs in high-relief, overtop a later mi...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
A Fine Grand Tour Style Bronze of Mercury Mounted as a Table Lamp, Circa 1900
By Giambologna
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The large & finely proportioned cast bronze figure of Mercury - Roman god of abundance & commercial success, shown cradling a caduceus in one hand - the other arm outstretched toward...
Category
Early 20th Century European Grand Tour Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze
