Historical Objectivity

Artist: L. H. Davidson Title: Buffoon Date: December 22, 1948 Medium: Oil on canvas (board-like support not indicated; appears to be canvas) Country of Origin: American (likely) The...

Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911–2002) Look At The Heart Of The World (Vois Au Coeur Du Monde), circa 1965 Etching with aquatint, with hand-applied color accents, the composition present...

A dramatic and sculptural round wall mirror of exceptional decorative presence, featuring a deeply molded giltwood frame carved in an overlapping “scale” pattern that reads as both f...

Still Life With Pineapple, Grapes, And Cut-Glass Compote Attributed to George Whitaker (American, 1840–1916) Attributed to George Whitaker (American, ...

This refined cigar box is the work of Enrique Garcel, a Colombian maker known for producing meticulously handcrafted decorative objects distinguished by their use of natural horn arr...

This refined cigar case is executed in richly figured tortoiseshell, shaped in a gently contoured rectangular form with softly rounded ends, the exterior polished to a deep transluce...

This refined folding card case is of rectilinear form and constructed with an exterior veneered in richly figured tortoiseshell, framed by narrow linear inlays that emphasize its arc...

A finely made English Regency-period folding memorandum case, veneered in genuine tortoiseshell with softly rounded edges and narrow silver-mounted borders. The hinged form opens to ...

An elegant small folding card case likely English, finely constructed in richly patinated tortoiseshell panels and decorated to the exterior with an inlaid floral spray composed of ...

A richly detailed pair of early 20th-century parcel-gilt and patinated bronze tripod table lamps, of Regency and Louis XVI revival character, the triform standards rising from deeply...

A charming pair of mid-20th-century brass candlesticks modeled as stylized palm trees rising from classical urn-form pedestals, the design evoking both exotic revivalism and Mediterr...

This monumental carved wood mirror, likely Neapolitan and dating to the late 17th or early 18th century, displays the exuberant theatricality and deeply modeled sculptural language a...

A large neoclassical-style wall mirror, second half of the 20th century, conceived in emulation of late 18th-century French Louis XVI models. The rectangular frame is finished in a w...

A richly detailed pair of English Gothic Revival walnut side chairs, dating to around 1870, distinguished by their intricately carved tracery backs, architectural arcade motifs, and ...

A naturalistic pencil study of a black duck, drawn with delicate tonal gradation and subtle contouring that captures the sleek plumage, waterline buoyancy, and quiet alertness of the...

A lacquered wooden humidor richly decorated in the revived Chinoiserie manner, its exterior finished in deep black japanning and finely painted with gilt rocaille scrollwork framing ...

A tall and elegant pair of Kashmiri wooden candlesticks, rising in attenuated columnar form to flared candle nozzles, each richly lacquered and hand-decorated throughout in polychrom...

A spirited pair of hand-painted faience candlesticks from Portugal, produced as an authorized reproduction of an earlier historic ceramic type. Each takes the form of a plump, styliz...

Please Note: 4 of these glasses are William Yeoward. This is an estate collection with 13 being period 1800-1810 glasses. A substantial and well-balanced service of seventeen Englis...

A vivid pair of late 19th- to early 20th-century European perfume bottles, each blown in uranium-charged green opaline glass of exceptional luminosity, displaying a bright citron ton...

A refined mid-19th century personal writing accessory, the rectangular case sheathed in richly mottled tortoiseshell veneer, its surface presenting a deep marbled pattern of honey an...

A finely cast Grand Tour bronze model of Trajan’s Column, mounted on its original stepped marble plinth and later adapted as a table lamp, the work retaining its rare original bronze...

A striking mid-19th-century pair of porcelain urns attributed to Minton (Staffordshire, England, circa 1860-80). Each urn rises in a flaring trumpet form finely painted on its deep c...

Mid-20th-century convex wall mirror with a dramatic composition sunburst frame, the circular center fitted with a domed convex mirror plate surrounded by a molded rope-twist border a...

An original watercolor and ink design for a porcelain or faience vessel, attributed to the Fourmaintraux Manufactory, Desvres, Normandy, circa 1900. The drawing depicts an octagonal ...

An original watercolor and gouache drawing for a porcelain cup and saucer design, attributed to the Alt-Wiener Porzellan Fabrik, Vienna, circa 1840–1850. This elaborate geometric sch...

An original watercolor design for a teacup and saucer, attributed to the Alt-Wiener Porzellan Fabrik, Vienna, circa 1840–1850. This finely executed drawing, used as a working prototy...

An original watercolor and gouache design for a porcelain cup and saucer, attributed to the Alt-Wiener Porzellan Fabrik (Old Vienna Porcelain Factory), Vienna, circa 1840–1850. The c...

A finely detailed Continental armorial painting, executed in gouache and watercolor on vellum or possibly heavy parchment, depicting a polychrome heraldic shield with the motto L’Esp...

A spirited 19th-century Continental pen and ink wash drawing on laid paper, depicting a bearded patriarchal figure, his robes sweeping in dynamic folds as he gestures commandingly to...

A finely carved circular snuff box in boxwood, French, circa 1820, the lid delicately rendered in relief with a devotional scene inscribed “LA STE FAMILLE” (The Holy Family). The car...

A finely carved circular snuff box in boxwood or possibly elm (interior possibly faux tortoiseshell), French, early 19th century, the lid deeply modeled in high relief with a classic...

A finely carved walnut jewelry or trinket box, mid-19th century, likely of Black Forest or Swiss origin. The serpentine rectangular form exhibits a curvilinear Rococo outline with sc...

An exceptionally detailed Samson porcelain and gilt bronze covered urn or potpourri vase , Paris, late 19th century, executed in the Meissen manner. The baluster-form vessel is richl...

A handblown Murano glass vase from the Sasso series by NasonMoretti, the historic Venetian glasshouse founded in 1923. Of biomorphic oval form, this example features alternating vert...

A richly detailed French Empire bronze and brass inkwell conceived in the archeological revival manner, after the form of ancient Roman oil lamps. The central reservoir, cast with a ...

A finely modeled Grand Tour bronze bust depicting a Greco-Roman maiden, her head gently turned and crowned with a low diadem edged with rivet-like studs. The softly waved hair is arr...

KPM or Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin hard-paste porcelain, the cup of rounded form with loop handle and integrated moustache guard, set against a saturated turquoise ground....

Square easel-back desk clock with japanned and gilt-lacquered metal case, the matte black ground enriched at the border with parcel-gilt and polychrome Chinoiserie—floral sprays, geo...

France, probably Saint-Louis or Baccarat. Blown white opaline glass of luminous, even body color, each tall cylindrical vase rising to a flared, everted lip finished with an applied ...

Old Sheffield Plate, English - 19th Century. Style or Possibly of Matthew Boulton's Work. Handsome, generously scaled Old Sheffield Plate coasters...

Late 19th–early 20th century Continental crystal claret ewer with engraved game frieze, probably Val Saint-Lambert (Belgium) or North Bohemian, circa 1885–1905 A tall, elegant ewer-...

A richly decorated French porcelain cachepot in the style of Sèvres, dating to the late 19th century and mounted in finely chased gilt bronze. One side features a Rococo fête galante...

Frank Convers Mathewson (American, 1862–1941) Dune Palmettos, Isle of Palms, April 15, 1920 Watercolor on board A luminous plein-air coastal study by Rhode Island artist Frank Conve...

A charming and character-rich original watercolor illustration from the celebrated *Le Bon Genre* series, this early 19th-century drawing, titled *Mounito*, captures the whimsical el...

This refined oil on canvas portrait captures a distinguished gentleman in half-length, presented within an illusionistic oval reserve against a darkened background. The sitter, portr...

A tall, baluster-form table lamp richly decorated in the Kashmiri naqashi tradition. The standard is executed in lacquered papier-mâché (over a turned core), hand-painted with dense ...

Oil on canvas, c. 1880–1900 Measures: 10.125" w x 8.125" h. Signed lower right “A. Clark”. A lively small-format oil by the noted British equine painter Albert Clark, depicting a ch...

A refined Grand Tour sheet recording a romantic Gothic ruin, **dated 1813** and attributed to the French draughtsman **Charles-Joseph Celle**. Executed in pen with grey wash and soft...

An animated, gilt bronze eagle arrests the moment of takeoff: shoulders thrust forward, primaries flared, and the head canted to the left with the beak parted in a cry. The compositi...

Artist: Will Rannells (American, 1892–1982) Title: Cats and Ribboned Box Medium: Watercolor and graphite on paper Signature: Signed lower left, “Will Rannells” Dimensions: approx. 1...

A lavish turn-of-the-century crystal service of exceptional quality, hand-blown and wheel-engraved with a continuous beaded festoon border and finished with fire-gilded rims, stopper...

Cleve Gray (1918–2004), "Suntrack" Acrylic on Canvas - Dated 1987 Frame: 81" x 51", sight: 80" x 50". Radiant and vigorously lyrical, *Suntrack* is a monumental canvas by the Americ...

A compact, vigorously modelled bronze of a crouching nude at her ablutions, this sculpture corresponds to Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s sculptural theme of the washer woman (La Laveuse), d...

An elegant small-scale French Empire potpourri vase, finely mounted in fire-gilded bronze (ormolu) and richly cut crystal. The vessel is arranged in two stages: above, a cup-shaped c...

A refined rectangular cloisonné enamel tray on copper, its field finished in a saturated imperial yellow and centered by a roundel bearing a stylized hō-ō (phoenix) in swirling cloud...

A refined small-format Art Deco desk clock with an unmistakably Swiss 8-day movement, presented in a square gilt-bronze case with a fold-out strut back. The front is framed by a cris...

A tall and decorative pair of Kashmiri papier-mâché candlesticks, each rising 16 inches on a dished circular foot and swelling baluster, the stems boldly carved and laminated in the ...

A striking hand-built wooden sculpture by the French artist Jean-Marie Malzieu (b. 1948), conceived as a celestial armillary cradling a nested constellation of star-polyhedra. Rising...

This handsome Continental Art Nouveau **bronze** shoehorn (c. 1900) is conceived as a stylized hunting horn: the handle sweeps into a sinuous whiplash scroll that tightens to a small...