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Dorothy Draper Table With Faux Porphyry Steel Top And Yellow Wrought Iron Base
By Dorothy Draper
Located in Stamford, CT
Rare, unusual and possibly unique table attributed to Dorothy Draper. The steel top painted in faux black porphyry, the wonderful wrought iron base a pale yellow. All original paint....
Category
Mid-20th Century Tables
Materials
Steel, Wrought Iron
Pair 19th C French Mahogany Empire Upholstered Armchairs With Bronze Mounts
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of period French Empire mahogany bergeres with stylized carved dolphins decorating the arm and gilt bronze mounts. The central bronze mount depicting the helmeted god Mercury an...
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Armchairs
Materials
Bronze
Pair Neoclassical Style Gray Painted Mahogany Urns
Located in Stamford, CT
Very decorative pair of mahogany urn form knife boxes with wonderful gray white painted finish. Each urn with swag decoration and acorn finial. The top l...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Mahogany
Monumental 19th Century Neoclassical Terracotta Urn Architectural Relief
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderful large scale 19th century terracotta architectural decorative relief of a neoclassical style flaming two handled urn retaining the original red paint. The beautifully realiz...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Neoclassical Architectural Elements
Materials
Terracotta, Paint
Pair French Limestone Cornucopia Garden Urns
Located in Stamford, CT
Lovely pair of French Rococo style limestone urns with cornucopia of fruits and vegetables. Weathering from years of outdoor exposure give these urns a genuine time worn appeal. An e...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Garden Ornaments
Materials
Limestone
18th Century French Straw Marquetry, 'Marqueterie de Paille' Work Box
Located in Stamford, CT
A beautiful 'as is' late 18th or early 19th century example of 'Marqueterie de Paille', or straw marquetry, work box. The top inlaid with a wonderful cityscape, with early architectu...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Straw
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Carved Thatched Roof Cottage Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Fantastic and rare example of Black Forest folk art, a tour de force of carving by a master woodworker. This lift top box in the form of a thatched cottage has many wonderful details...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Chinese Archaistic Warring States Style Bronze Lidded Vessel with Bird Handles
Located in Stamford, CT
A Chinese bronze lidded ritual vessel modeled after a Late Warring States, 3rd-2nd century BC original. With four whimsical bird form handles as well as a mushroom shaped ornament on...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Archaistic Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Serpentine Carving of 'The Dying Lion' After Bertel Thorvaldsen
By Bertel Thorvaldsen
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautifully carved Italian Grand Tour serpentine copy of Bertel Thorvaldsen's monumental sculpture 'The Lion of Lucerne' also known as 'The Dying...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Animal Sculptures
Materials
Serpentine
19th Century English Regency Mahogany And Brass Bucket
Located in Stamford, CT
English Regency peat bucket of beautiful design, with slats of mahogany revealing the brass bucket liner within. I've never seen one like this. Retaining the original brass bucket li...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Bronze Reclining Greyhound by Christopher Fratin, 1801-1864
By Christophe Fratin
Located in Stamford, CT
Very sensitive rendering of a greyhound at rest with a rich dark brown patina with lighter highlights showing through. The dog is shown reclining with one paw turned up, a detail I find endearing as a dog owner, my border collie does this too! Mounted on a polished black slate base, marked Fratin on the base. Also stamped with the foundry mark 'Daubree, Editeur'.
A fine desk top, shelf, or mantel piece for the dog lover,
Christopher Fratin (1 January 1801 – 16 August 1864), also known as Christophe Fratin, was a noted French sculptor in the animalier style, and one of the earliest French sculptors to portray animals in bronze.
Fratin was born in Metz, Moselle, France the son of a taxidermist. He first studied drawing under Pioche in Metz and later worked in Paris at the studio of Théodore Géricault.
He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1831 to 1842 and 1850–1862, as well as at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. Fratin never signed his bronzes but instead used a stamp showing his last name in straight block letters.
Fratin received monumental commissions in France and elsewhere, including the Deux Aigles Gardant Leur Proie (Eagles and Prey, created 1850) displayed since 1863 in New York City’s Central Park. Today, Fratin’s sculpture is on permanent display in the Louvre, the city museums of Metz, Lyon, Strasbourg, Nîmes and at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. The Georg Eisler...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Barbizon School Animal Sculptures
Materials
Slate, Bronze
19th Century English Regency Burl Wood Veneer Box With Ebonized Ball Feet
Located in Stamford, CT
A handsome and beautifully made English Regency burl wood veneered box. The thick burl veneer covering the four sides and top, resting on four ebonized ball feet . A rich honey patin...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ebony, Burl
Italian Campaign Chest of Drawers with Olive Wood Veneer, Mid-20th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
Campaign style chest of drawers with wonderful olive wood veneer. This is such a sweet little chest, my favorite piece right now. Mid century Italian...
Category
Mid-20th Century Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
17th Century Spanish Baroque Carved Walnut Blanket Chest
Located in Stamford, CT
Superb 17th century Spanish Baroque wedding cassone, the walnut surface hand carved with architectural designs, arches, geometric and floral motifs thr...
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Blanket Chests
Materials
Walnut
Pair Italian Mid Century Modern Glass and Brass Side Tables
Located in Stamford, CT
Elegant pair of mid 20th century Italian square side table with thick glass top and base joined by four segmented legs with ball feet and ball finials. A very clean and modern look. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Brass
19th Century Italian Alabaster Carved Head Of A Bishop Saint
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Italian carved alabaster head of a saint wearing a bishop's mitre in the Gothic style. Though a fragment, the intense gaze of this small carving gives it a lot of presence. Rendered by a master carver, this piece has a lot of personality. Likely an architectural fragment, the weathered surface and distressed condition only add to the appeal of this unique sculpture. Mounted on an ebonized walnut base.
10 inches high 3.5 square
5 7/8 inches high by 4 wide by 3.75 deep (head only)
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Gothic Busts
Materials
Alabaster
19th Century Swedish Oak and Pewter Tankard With King Carl XV Coin
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Swedish oak tankard with beautiful etched pewter scroll-work decoration and royal coat of arms. The lid of the vessel is inset with a silver c...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Barware
Materials
Silver, Pewter
Monumental Neoclassical Column Form Faux Green Marble Painted Wood Pedestal
Located in Stamford, CT
Custom made large scale wood pedestal with 'Verdi Antico' faux marble finish. Likely made for a specific marble bust in the collection of Roger Prigent, legendary New York antique...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Pedestals
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Gilt Iron William Bowie Style Sunburst Wall Sculpture
By William Bowie
Located in Stamford, CT
Impressive three tier gilt iron starburst wall mounted sculpture in the Brutalist style. Likely created by William Bowie, American circa 1970, though unsigned. Truly a living piece of sculpture, a Nova exploding perpetually on your wall.
Check out the cool pic of Baba Ram Dass...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Decorative Art
Materials
Iron
Pair Of Mid 20th Century Silver Plated Horn Candlesticks
Located in Stamford, CT
Great looking pair of silver plated horn candlesticks with black lacquered wood bases. The horns, possibly water buffalo, have a wonderful color and patina. Mounted on silver plated ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Silver Plate
William IV Mahogany Three Tier Etagere Shelves On Castors
Located in Stamford, CT
19th Century English William IV mahogany three tier etagere, also called a dumbwaiter as it was originally used as a food buffet. With three graduated shelves with raised molding on ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
English Regency Mahogany Bed Stairs With Original Leather And Caning
Located in Stamford, CT
Fine English Regency set of bed stairs with rare original caned sides and leather. Each stair has a rich green leather step with tooled and gilt decorative borders. Hidden compartment on the top step, the caned front swings open, and a hidden drawer on the second step that pulls out. A very handsome piece that can serve as library steps, or as a unique multi level side table...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Side Tables
Materials
Leather, Cane, Mahogany
18th Century Italian Gilt Wood Winged Angel Putto
Located in Stamford, CT
Charming 18th century Italian gilt wood putto with wings now mounted on a custom black steel base. Likely originally part of a relief panel, with the old ha...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Giltwood
Regency Style Brushed Steel and Brass Tinder Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Unusual and very handsome brushed steel and polished brass tinder box. This box has a removable tin liner that would have been used to fill with hot c...
Category
Early 20th Century English Regency Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel
Set Of 12 18th Century Italian Etchings of Roman Oil Lamps, Herculaneum
Located in Stamford, CT
A set of 12 framed copper etched plates depicting various ancient oil lamps excavated from Herculaneum in the 18th century. These high quality etching...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Prints
Materials
Paper
Mexican Terracotta Articulated Doll Figure Wearing a Military Hat
Located in Stamford, CT
Funky and very cool Mexican terracotta doll figure with articulated limbs. Since it is solid terracotta it is likely this is a mold from which other dolls were made. As a folk art sculpture it is absolutely charming.
The military hat...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
16th Century French Carved Walnut Cassone With Gothic Tracery
Located in Stamford, CT
A wonderful early walnut chest, French 16th century, with a central panel of Gothic tracery. The only other decoration are simple raised molding square diamonds one the front and sid...
Category
Antique 16th Century Blanket Chests
Materials
Walnut
Regency Mahogany Circular Three Tier Folding Dumbwaiter Etagere Brass Castors
Located in Stamford, CT
A lovely 19th century English Regency mahogany three tiered etagere or dumbwaiter with three circular shelves that fold. The central turned support resting on a tripod base of three ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Shelves
Materials
Brass
Cypriot Byzantine Limestone Mortar with Craved Abstract Decoration
Located in Stamford, CT
A very interesting Byzantine Cypriot limestone mortar with unusual hand carved decoration on all four sides. It is possibly a re-purposed capital, the top hollowed out at some point ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Cypriot Classical Roman Urns
Materials
Limestone
19th Century Anglo-Indian Sadeli Inlaid Work Box Traveling Writing Desk
Located in Stamford, CT
A stunning camel bone, ebony and metal inlaid sadeli work box with portable writing desk, Bombay, circa 1850.
The sandalwood body of faceted rec...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Theodore Alexander Humorous Chest of Nine Drawers with Bronze Monkey Head Pulls
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Stamford, CT
An amusing leather panel chest on stand, with nine bronze monkey head handled drawers, by Theodore Alexander, after the original 19th century Italian. This is a real conversation piece, amusing, whimsical, and also a beautifully made solid credenza...
Category
20th Century American Other Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
African Mounted Copper Manilla Bracelet Currency Nigeria
Located in Stamford, CT
Hand forged and crafted copper 'Manilla' currency from the Igbo people of Nigeria. With a lovely, rich patina. The four sides tapering to lozenge shaped ends, with notched ridges. This currency bracelets, now mounted on a black steel base, is a wonderful piece of sculpture. Hand forged, hammered and crafted, this is an abstract work of art with meaning...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Mounted Objects
Materials
Copper
Maison Jansen Style Brushed Steel and Bronze Glass Topped Side Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
A handsome Italian made Maison Jansen style brushed steel and bronze side table in the neoclassical style. Beautifully crafted with steel legs over bronze trumpet feet topped by fluted capitals. The X-stretchers joined in the center by a circle, with decorative bronze knobs...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Miniature Dutch Baroque Style Silver Mandolin Flask
Located in Stamford, CT
Dutch silver flask in the form of a mandolin with intricate Baroque style decoration, including cranes and a castle among floral arabesques on the front. The reverse depicting a charming scene influenced by Dutch old master genre paintings of two men with two dogs in a fenced yard surrounded by detailed foliage and trees. Complete with a fret and six individual silver wire strings. A tour de force in craftsmanship. No discernible hallmarks.
Hinged top reveals a hidden flask...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Dutch Baroque Musical Instruments
Materials
Silver
Italian Baroque Style Walnut Single Drawer Side Table
Located in Stamford, CT
Handsome Italian Baroque style walnut side table. The sides carved with decorative shields surrounded by scroll-work volutes, connected by a single stretcher, supported by paw feet. ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
Chinese Crackle Glaze Fluted Vase
Located in Stamford, CT
A Chinese crackle glazed ceramic vase of lovely form and proportions. The cream colored glaze crazed with a crackle glaze in cinnamon red and black, th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Spanish Colonial Painted and Gilt Santos of Saint Michael the Archangel
Located in Stamford, CT
Spanish Colonial style polychromed and gilt santos of the Archangel Saint Michael shown striding with raised arm where he would have held a sword or spear to drive Satan from paradise. This is a finely detailed mid 20th century plaster sculpture in the Baroque style. The face with a serene expression and glass eyes. Mounted on a painted wood base.
Acquired in Lima, Peru circa 1960 by the previous owner.
16 inches high 7 wide 8 deep
Saint Michael the Archangel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Religious Items
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Italian Mid-Century Modern Iron Horse Head Glass Topped Coffee Table
Located in Stamford, CT
Fantastic Italian iron and glass coffee table with four supports in the form of a horse legs topped by horse heads in a beautifully...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Iron
19th Century French Egyptian Revival Slate and Gilt Obelisk
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Grand Tour / Egyptian Revival carved and polished black slate obelisk, the fronts decorated with very fine incised hieroglyphic designs which have been accented with gol...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Grand Tour Architectural Models
Materials
Slate
Spanish Colonial Carved Wood and Iron Stirrups
Located in Stamford, CT
Fantastic pair of 18th-19th century South American carved wooden stirrups. Known as estribos, each are carved from a solid block of wood. Decorated with wonderful carvings of horse heads and grape vines, these are truly charming pieces of Folk Art. With wrought iron stirrup rings and the original leather straps. Rich chocolate patina that only comes from age and use. Worn by Chilean huasos, highly skilled horsemen akin to America's cowboys.
Prized by collectors of horse memorabilia...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chilean Spanish Colonial Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
17th Century Thai Bronze Bust Of The Buddha
Located in Stamford, CT
A Thai bronze head of the Buddha. Sukothai period, late 16th-early 17th century. His face with serene expression, arched eyebrows above incised eyes a...
Category
Antique Early 17th Century Thai Other Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Grand Tour Alabaster Model the Roman Forum Temple of Vespasian
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian Grand Tour model of the ancient Temple of Vespasian located in the Roman Forum, Rome. Carved from alabaster, this is a handsome example of a souvenir carving which would have been collected by a European or American sophisticate making a Grand Tour of the ancient sites of Italy. This wonderful architectural miniature is evocative of another time and place.
Roma Templo Di Vespasiano' etched into the black marble base.
It has been drilled to be wired, not the first time I have owned one of these that had been mounted as a lamp.
The Temple of Vespasian and Titus is located in Rome at the western end of the Roman Forum between the Temple of Concordia and the Temple of Saturn...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Architectural Models
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
English Burl Wood Veneered Box with Inlaid Borders
Located in Stamford, CT
English desktop box with beautiful burl wood veneer, the top with an exquisite intricate mosaic inlay of various fruit woods. The sides with simpler inlaid fruit wood frames. An eleg...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood, Burl
19th Century Gilt and Painted Cast Iron English Victorian Royal Coat of Arms
Located in Stamford, CT
Finely cast armorial of the Royal Coat of Arms after Queen Victoria ascended to the thrown, cold painted with gilt and silver gilding. Very fine detailing showing the gold lion and s...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century High Victorian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Iron
19th Century Anglo Indian Carved Hard Wood Three Tiered Shelf
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Anglo Indian hardwood three level server or shelf with pine cone finials. The shelves with galleries supported by hand carved posts with ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Shelves
Materials
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Steel and Leather Directors Chair Made from Golf Clubs
Located in Stamford, CT
Fun and whimsical American chair made with golf clubs and balls, with leather seat and back. Unique gift for the duffer or golf fanatic in your life. Styled as a directors chair, it ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Mid-20th Century Crouching Plaster Panther
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid-20th Century plaster crouching panther that was likely a table base, now a very cool piece of sculpture. The weathered surface and intense gaze give this a wonderful presence. Yo...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Plaster
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Steel Lidded Sarcophagus Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Rare 19th century Italian Grand Tour steel sarcophagus form box, circa 1880. Nice form, handsome desk-top accessory, great addition to any box collection. It is unusual to find this ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
Grand Tour Bronze Sarcophagus Form Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Unusual 19th century Italian Grand Tour bronze box in the form of a sarcophagus, circa 1880. Nice form, handsome desk-top accessory, great addition to any box collection.
5.5 inches...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Pair 19th Century French Chinoiserie Terracotta Female Figures of Bird Sellers
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of French Rococo style terracotta figures of bird sellers, both female, one holding a dove and a birdcage the other a dove and bouquet of flowers. Both figures are beautifully modeled, both very interesting head wear...
Category
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
French Chinoiserie Style Terracotta Musician Mounted as Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Elegant French Chinoiserie style terracotta figure of a lute playing musician mounted on a lovely carved walnut base. With a wonderful hand carved matching wood finial.
35 inches h...
Category
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Terracotta, Walnut
Fornasetti Style Coffee Table with Reverse Glass Top on Walnut and Brass Base
Located in Stamford, CT
A very interesting mid-20th century Fornesetti style glass top coffee table on a walnut base with brass mounts and border. Unusual and intriguing reverse printed glass top with acant...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Grand Tour Ancient Egyptian Style Alabaster Storage Jar
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century hand carved alabaster storage jar in the ancient Egyptian Late Dynastic style, with tapering neck topped by a wide everted rim. Great evocative decorative piece for the ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Egyptian Grand Tour Jars
Materials
Alabaster
Italian Neoclassical Bronze Floor Lamp with Paw Feet
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautifully cast Italian neoclassical style bronze floor lamp modeled after an original excavated at Pompeii or Herculaneum. With acanthus leaf decoration above and below the reeded ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Floor Lamps
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Thermometer of the Luxor Obelisk
Located in Stamford, CT
A bronze cast of the Luxor Obelsik, with one side fitted for a thermometer. This was a popular Grad Tour souvenir in the late 19th century. Now missing the glass tube.
10.5 inches high 4 by 4 base
The Luxor Obelisk...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Grand Tour Models and Miniatures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Grand Tour Paintings of Maenads, After Pompeii, Signed
Located in Stamford, CT
Two wonderful oil on canvas paintings of Maenads, inspired by frescoes unearthed at Pompeii in the late 18th century. Both shown suspended in air holding instruments in flowing drape...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Paintings
Materials
Canvas
16th Century Spanish or Italian Baroque Wrought Iron Nails and Furniture Mounts
Located in Stamford, CT
Group of 16th century (or earlier, possibly Gothic) Spanish or Italian wrought iron furniture mounts. These hand-wrought bosses and nails show incredible workmanship. These would have been used to decorate - and to structurally hold together an early chest or casket. The four geometric bosses beautifully made, eight ounces each without the nail! The nails are works of art in themselves, with their heavy geometric heads.
Also two round bosses with the nail integral to the piece, one a mushroom form, the other like a parasol. And a single hand-wrought double sided nail. Great group of early iron.
Provenance: Frances Pratt, Writer, Artist, Collector. New York City.
Approximate sizes:
4 bosses 4.625 inches square 11.75 cm
Round bosses 3 inches diameter the larger 2.5 the smaller 7.6/ 6.35 cm
4.5 in high 11.4 cm
5 nails...
Category
Antique 16th Century Italian Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
Grand Tour Bronze Thermometer of the Luxor Obelisk, Paris
Located in Stamford, CT
A bronze cast of the Luxor Obelsik, one side a thermometer. This was a popular Grad Tour souvenir in the late 19th century. Mounted on a polished black slate base.
8.5 inches high by 3.5 by 3.5
The Luxor Obelisk...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Grand Tour Architectural Models
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Pompeii Bronze of Silenus, Greek God of Wine
Located in Stamford, CT
Superior quality large scale Italian Grand Tour bronze of the god Silenus after the Roman original excavated at Pompeii in 1864. This very fine cast shows the god holding aloft a coi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Egyptian Revival Slate and Gilt Obelisk
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Grand Tour Egyptian Revival carved and polished black slate obelisk, the front decorated with very fine incised hieroglyphic designs which have been accented with gold l...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Grand Tour Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Slate
