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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
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 Pair of Arts & Crafts Figural Terms / Pilasters Depicting Comedy & Tragedy
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very good & robust pair of Thespian inspired, hand carved figural terms / pilasters in oak, representative of Comedy & Tragedy. Both figures are shown rendered as caryatids wearing...
Category
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
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 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
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
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
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 Late 18th / Early 19th C. Dutch Delft Tea Caddy, Circa 1800
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very charming antique tin-glazed Dutch delft tea caddy of rectangular form, decorated overall with hand painted foliate, floral & latticework designs...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Dutch Other Jars
Materials
Enamel
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
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
A Fine Orientalist Composition Bust of a Moor, Austria Circa 1920
By Friedrich Goldscheider
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A highly decorative portrait bust of a bearded Moor in profile, modelled wearing traditional garb, painted in polychrome detail in the manner of Friedrich Goldscheider, unsigned.
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Busts
Materials
Composition
A Mid 19th Century Mughal Style Silver Betel Box, Northern India
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Intended to hold paan or betel, the seamed cylindrical body flaring downward towards the base, the domed lid showing a lotus-bud final over a flattened and canted rim, both decorated...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Indian Islamic Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver
A Fine Mid-20th Century Miniature Bronze Bust by Harold Pfeiffer, Circa 1960
By Harold Sampson Pfeiffer
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A finely sculpted limited edition miniature bronze bust of a Bahamian man exhibiting a fine brown/green patina overall, signed & numbered on the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Signed Mid 20th Century Plaster Bust of a Young Man by Harold Sampson Pfeiffer
By Harold Sampson Pfeiffer
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome patinated plaster bust of a young man, most likely a commissioned piece bearing the sitters initials J.D.F. signed on the reverse with impressed signature and dated 0...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Plaster, Teak
A Rare 18th Century Parquetry Baroque Writing Slope, South German Circa 1760
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The exterior surface decorated with striking geometric panels of contrasting light & dark fruitwood veneers with ebonized mouldings, the slant top opening on later iron hinges to a plain interior housing a small hinged compartment for writing implements...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century German Baroque Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Very Fine 19th Century Rococo Parcel Gilt Bronze Candelabrum, France, Circa 1870
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A stunning & superbly cast 19th century parcel gilt candelabrum in the Rococo taste, showing a sculptural central column of entwined bronze & parcel gilt bronze, rising from a pierce...
Category
Antique 1870s French Rococo Revival Torchères
Materials
Bronze
Carved Yellow Soapstone Figure of Guanyin, Chinese circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The finely carved full length figure of 'The Goddess of Compassion, Kindness & Mercy' shown attired in flowing robes, her hair worn in high chignon with her face effecting a serene a...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Soapstone
A Fine Animalier School Bronze Figure of a Bull, After Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899)
By Rosa Bonheur
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Although there is seemingly no apparent foundry mark, this finely cast & patinated animalier bronze known as ‘Bull’ or ‘Taureau Beuglant’ is exemplary in demonstrating exceptional at...
Category
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Fine 19th Century Egyptian Revival Figural Bronze Furniture Mount, Circa 1830
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very attractive 19th century Egyptian Revival bronze furniture mount, cast in the form of a bust of a goddess wearing a tasseled robe, and ado...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Egyptian Revival Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Highly Decorative 19th Century Hsun-ok (Offering Bowl), Burmese Circa 1920
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A highly decorative and visually striking antique Burmese (Myanmar) food container, constructed by hand using turned wood & bamboo, then hand carved and decorated overall in a striki...
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Other Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Bamboo
A 19th Century Brass Bound Mandalay Teak Campaign Dressing Box, Burma 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 profusely ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Burmese British Colonial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper, Iron
A Very Good & Heavy Pair of Russian Brass Shabbat Candlesticks, Circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome & heavy pair of early 20th century cast brass Shabbat candlesticks. Both cast in two sections showing turned columns rising to urn-shaped nozzles with flaring drip pa...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Other Candlesticks
Materials
Brass
A Fine Pair of 19th C. Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Cassolettes / Candlesticks
By Matthew Boulton
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very fine pair of Neoclassical Revival gilt bronze cassolettes / candlesticks after a design by Matthew Boulton (1728-1809).
Both finely cast & richly gilded amphora shaped bodies...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
A Finely Sculpted 19th Century Alabaster Figural Group of Ariadne & The Panther
By Johann Heinrich von Dannecker 1
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A large & finely sculpted alabaster figure of Ariadne, wife of Dionysus the God of wine, shown adorned with a diadem of vine leaves while in repose atop the back of Dionysus’s stridi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Figurative Sculpt...
Materials
Alabaster
An Impressive Pair of 19th Century Orientalist Spelter Figures, After A. Waagen
By Max Arthur Waagen
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An impressively large & well cast pair of Orientalist figures depicting a pair of Middle Eastern male & female musicians attired in traditional costume. Both figures are modelled ‘co...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Other Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Very Fine Pair of Empire Parcel Gilt Bronze Three Light Candelabra, Circa 1830
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very fine pair of early 19th century Empire Period patinated & parcel gilt bronze three branch candelabra. Both showing a trio of finely cast scrolled & foliate shaped branches fit...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
A Very Good 19th Century Napoleon III Gilt Bronze & Marble Inkstand, Circa 1870
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The crescent shaped & dished ‘verdi alpi’ marble base affixed with a pair of lidded gilt bronze inkpots (glass inkwells absent), decorated with fine engine turned detail, flanking a ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Pair of Signed 19th Century Relief Portrait Busts of Wellington & Napoleon
By Nathaniel Palmer
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome and impressive pair of relief portrait busts in copper depicting portrait busts of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) on the left, and Napoleon Bona...
Category
Antique 1830s English William IV Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Copper
A Very Fine Edwardian Period Sterling Silver Tea Caddy by Asprey of London, 1908
By Charles & George Asprey
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
This very fine & relatively heavy sterling silver tea caddy is of timeless design, showing an oval shaped canister decorated with an elegant reeded border to both the shoulder & base...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Caddies
Materials
Sterling Silver
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. The hinged lid featuring an intricately inlaid marquetry panel depicting Muckross Abbey surrounded by inlai...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Irish Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Other, Brass
A Very Good & Large Post Modernist Bronze Nude Torso by George Foster, SSC
By George Foster
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A finely proportioned near life size bronze nude torso exhibiting a fine reddish / brown patina and supported on it's detachable base signed with the artists monogram. In very good overall condition and priced competitively in comparison to similar examples in the marketplace.
George Foster is a member of the highly regarded Sculptors Society of Canada (SSC) and has exhibited at several prestigious international venues including the Smithsonian in Washington DC, The Canadian National Museum in Ottawa and The Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal. Among his many commissions was the casting of the ‘Nellie’ - the annual ACTRA Awards...
Category
Vintage 1980s Canadian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Fine & Rare Sterling Silver Snuff Box Made For The Great Exhibition of 1851
By Foxall & Co.
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine and rare 19th century sterling silver snuff box made specifically for the Great Exhibition of 1851, held at the Crystal Palace in Londo...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
An Important Mid 20th Century Brutalist Bronze Bust By Pedro Pruna O'Cerans
By Pedro Pruna
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very fine limited edition modernist bronze bust by noted Spanish artist Pedro Pruna O'Cerans, impressed with limited edition number 3 of 8, together with the artists signature, and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Brutalist Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
An Early 20th Century Brass Betel Box or Pandan, Probably Brunei Circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The brass body showing a hinged lid rising up to a faceted receptacle with an engraved hinged cover, overtop a hinged open compartment which then lifts to reveal an interior fitted ...
Category
Early 20th Century Bruneian Other Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
An Exceptional Pair of Mid-Century Modern Silver Gilt Candelabra, Dated 1960
By Barker Brothers Silver Ltd.
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An exceptionally fine pair of gilded sterling silver candelabra, showing upswept branches with tulip shaped nozzles radiating from domed weighted bases. Both exhibiting a lustrous go...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Candelabras
Materials
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
Signed Japanese White Lacquer and Maki-E Lacquer Tansu, Meiji Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The case decorated overall in crackle-glaze white lacquer and fitted with a patinated metal carrying handle over three tiers of small drawers. The first two tiers are comprised of a ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
Superior Pair of 19th Century Patinated & Parcel Gilt Bronze Figural Candelabra
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An exceptionally fine pair of 19th century patinated & parcel gilt bronze figural candelabra, executed in the Rococo manner closely associated with works by Claude Michel (Clodion) 1...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Revival Candelabras
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Very Fine Early 20th Century Enamelled Sterling Silver Cigarette Case
By Henry Clifford Davis
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The front of the case exhibiting an exquisite hand painted panel depicting sprays of irises in shades of lavender, royal blue & green, set against a radiant white enamelled machined ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Machine Age Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Floral Inspired Judaica Silver Spice Holder / Besamim, Early 20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Cast in the form of a flowering vine, the embossed silver flower-head radiating out from a pierced centre, attached to a naturalistically inspired leafy stem.
The reverse having a c...
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Other Religious Items
Materials
Silver
An Early 20th Century Cigar Humidor / Smokers Stand & Book Rack in Oak
By Ferguson Brothers
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very good early 20th century standing cigar humidor / smokers stand & bookshelf in oak by The Ferguson Brothers Manufacturing Company, who were located in Hoboken New Jersey from 1...
Category
Early 20th Century American Machine Age Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Oak, Porcelain
A Very Good & Large Art Deco Sterling Silver Stamp Box, Hallmarked London 1913
By WILLIAM HORNBY, LONDON (1898-1913)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome & substantial early 20th century Art Deco sterling silver stamp box. The case richly decorated overall with striking basket-w...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Desk Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
A Very Good 19th Century Cut Glass & Sterling Silver Inkstand / Capstan
By Charles Boyton II
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The robust globular shaped & cut glass body is fitted with a sterling silver collar & hinged lid, the interior retains its original removable glass reservoir.
The inkwell sits withi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Cast Iron Cauldron or Kettle, Continental circa 1830
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The seamed body of bellied form encircled by two bands of raised mouldings, rising to a flaring rim and retaining its original swing handle, the underside showing casting / foundry m...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century European Rustic Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Iron
Rare Pair of Georgian Cast Bell Metal Campaign Candlesticks, England circa 1770
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome & relatively rare pair of 18th century Georgian cast 'bell metal' campaign candlesticks. Both having exceptionally heavy, solid cast columns...
Category
Antique 1770s English George III Candlesticks
Materials
Other
Rare Pair of 18th Century Georgian Bell Metal Candlesticks, England, circa 1760
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome and rare pair of mid 18th century bell-metal candlesticks, showing flaring seamed columns with cylindrical nozzles and flattened drip pans rising from stepped circular bases that retain their original & functioning push-rods.
Both exhibiting an exceptionally warm pinkish patina due to the higher ratio of copper used in...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Candlesticks
Materials
Other
Stunning Part Ebonized Egyptian Revival Jewellery Box, France, circa 1920
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A highly decorative Egyptian Revival jewellery box or trinket box, the hinged & part ebonized lid featuring a finely detailed brass bust of ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Egyptian Revival Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century Georgian Burr Birch Pocket Snuff Box, England, circa 1820
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome early 19th century Georgian pocket snuff box, the richly figured burr birch case inlaid with ebony stringing and an ebony shield-shaped cartouche, the functioning lid opening on wooden...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Birch
Very Good Georgian Burr Elm Sarcophagus Shaped Tea Caddy, U.K, circa 1800
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome early 19th century Georgian sarcophagus-shaped tea caddy in burr elm. The highly figured case fitted with a hinged canted top with a cross-banded edge, opening to an interior housing twin lidded tea canisters flanking a period cut-glass mixing bowl...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Georgian Tea Caddies
Materials
Elm, Cut Glass
19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Enamelled Porcelain Basin, Qing Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very attractive 19th century Chinese 'famille rose' porcelain basin, the deep welled interior decorated with hand painted enamels depicting flowering vines & fowl, rising up to a f...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Pair of Grand Tour Style Miniature Bronze Busts, Continental, circa 1900
By Gladenbeck Foundry
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome pair of classical bronze busts raised on white alabaster columns decorated with gilt metal rings, atop squared rouge royal marble...
Category
Early 20th Century German Grand Tour Busts
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
Very Fine Biedermeier Period Tea Caddy of Bombe Form in Exotic Woods, circa 1830
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very fine and visually striking Biedermeier Period tea caddy of exceptional quality, demonstrating a highly elevated form and a most complex application of exotic woods. The hinged...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Tea Caddies
Materials
Zebra Wood, Yew, Amboyna, Satinwood
A Fine Art Deco Period Period Daum Glass Centre Bowl, France Circa 1920
By Daum
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The swelled circular body showing a striking, warm mottled yellow & brown field with teal striations, rising to a tri-corner peaked rim and raised overall upon a stepped circular foo...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Very Handsome Pair of French Empire Period Gilt Brass Candlesticks, Circa 1820
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome & tall pair of early 19th century French Empire gilt brass candlesticks.
Both showing reeded columns rising up from circular bases decorated by hand with finely chiseled motifs, to similarly addressed urn-shaped nozzles with detachable bobeches.
Constructed in three sections, with the nozzle and column firmly attached to the base by means of a full length threaded metal post...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Candlesticks
Materials
Brass
A Finely Cast Spelter Figure of Neptune Mounted Atop a Carved Soapstone Base
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The finely detailed & proportioned cast spelter figure of Neptune, dramatically poised with trident in hand, seated atop a realistically modelled hand carved...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Neoclassical Revival Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Soapstone, Spelter
Early 20th Century East African Carved Headrest, Ethiopia (Kambatta People)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Showing a crescent shaped headrest braced by flattened 'V' shaped supports rising from a cupped base, decorated overall with hand carved linear motifs and exhibiting an old rubbed su...
Category
Early 20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
