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Pre-Columbian Inca Hand Carved Kero / Drinking Vessel, 1300-1500 AD
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The hand carved beaker-shaped wood drinking vessel was used to drink 'chicha' which was a beer-like beverage made from fermented corn. The weathered exterior showing incised geometri...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Jars
Materials
Hardwood
Sterling Silver Heart Shaped Perfume / Scent Bottle & Funnel by Tiffany & Co.
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The beautiful heart shaped sterling silver body fitted with a screw-on cap bearing stamped marks 'Tiffany & Co. Sterling 925’, one side monogrammed with initials.
Together with its original sterling silver funnel...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare African Aduno Koro, 'Ark of the World' Ceremonial Vessel, Dogon Peoples
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The Aduno Koro (ark of the world) is a trough-like vessel used to hold the raw and cooked meat of sheep and / or goats that are sacrificed at a family altar during the annual ritual ...
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Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Highly Decorative Antique Burmese Lacquered Betel Box / Kun-It, Circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The vermillion lacquered cylindrical body decorated overall with repeating bands of curvilinear geometric motifs, the cover lifting to reveal both of its original trays intended to h...
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Early 20th Century Burmese Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer, Bamboo
A Fine & Large 19th Century Grand Tour Serpentine Marble Socle, Italy Circa 1800
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An impressively large mottled 'verde prato' serpentine socle of turned columnar form, rising from a stepped base to a flattened plateau above a cavetto-shaped edge. In relation to it...
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Architectural Elements
Materials
Marble, Serpentine
Very Good Oriental Inspired Gilt Brass Repeating Carriage Clock, Circa 1890
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome & heavy cast 19th century French carriage clock with oriental inspired accents, the case showing stylized bamboo-shaped columns rising to a pagoda-style top fitted wi...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Carriage Clocks and Travel Cl...
Materials
Brass, Enamel
19th Century Oriental Bronze Bottle Bud Vase, Circa 1890
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The bottle shaped body decorated with foliate & geometric motifs within petal shaped panels, rising to a slender tapering neck to a flaring rim, raised overall upon a circular foot.
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Antique Late 19th Century Asian Qing Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Very Good 19th Century Sterling Silver Snuff Box, Hallmarked Birmingham 1839
By Taylor & Perry
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very good 19th century Victorian sterling silver snuff box of oblong form, showing a hinged lid engraved with machined undulating wavy motifs, centred by a monogrammed shield-shaped cartouche, opening to a richly gilded interior with both the lid & base bearing Birmingham hallmarks...
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Egyptian Revival Cold Painted Figural Candlesticks, Austria Circa 1925
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A strikingly impressive pair of early 20th century Egyptian Revival cold-painted spelter figural candlesticks, both showing columns cast in the form of finely modelled male & female ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Egyptian Revival Candlesticks
Materials
Spelter
