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19th Century Chinese Hardwood Pedestal Stand with Carved Bat Motifs
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century hand carved hardwood stand or pedestal with beautifully carved 'bat' motifs on two sides and floral on the opposite sides. Also lovely geometric openwork on the interior...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Pedestals
Materials
Hardwood
Sotheby's Antiquities Catalog Benzian Collection of Ancient Glass, July 1994
Located in Stamford, CT
Sotheby's auction catalog of the exceptional Benzian Collection of Ancient Roman and Islamic Glass. An invaluable reference for the collector, scholar or anyone interested in the most delicate and beautiful of antiquities, ancient glass...
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20th Century English Classical Roman Books
Materials
Paper
Pair of French Mid-20th Century Maison Jansen Style Brushed Steel Side Tables
By Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
A very handsome pair of mid-century Maison Jansen style brushed steel tables with neoclassical details. The four legs topped with floret medallions and pineapple finials. Tinted glas...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Steel
19th Century Japanese Bronze Vase
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Japanese bronze vase of classic form with a lovely rich patina. The vase has been drilled for wiring as a lamp. It will make ...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Pair 18th or 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Gouaches Of Vesuvius, Bay of Naples
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 18th or 19th century Neapolitan gouaches of Virgil's Tomb, one with a view of Mount Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples. This is a wonderful high quality pair of a rare subject. A...
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Grand Tour Paintings
Materials
Paper
French Steel Hand Mirror A Prop From Opheus by Jean Cocteau
Located in Stamford, CT
French cut steel hand mirror. A fascinating piece, said to be Eurydice's mirror, a prop from a production of Jean Cocteau's 'Orpheus'. The play, original title 'Orphee', was first p...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Mirrors
Materials
Steel
19th Century Folk Art Box With Inlaid Hearts
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century American folk art box with decorated with inlaid hearts, diamonds, triangles and shields. Possibly sailor made, this sweet little box was likely a valentine or keepsake ...
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Antique Late 19th Century American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Glazed Ceramic Wagon Pulled By Two Dogs
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century glazed ceramic depicting a carriage carrying a turbaned figure holding a child, also wearing a turban, drawn by two dogs. A very unusual and quite amusing piece, that, h...
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Antique Mid-19th Century European Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
18th Century Framed Greco-Roman Engraving, Sir William Hamilton
By Sir William Hamilton
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century hand-colored engraving, with and unusual dynamic scene of a goddess riding a chariot pulled by two horses fighting off an attack by two griffins. With a heart-form in wh...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Prints
Materials
Paper
Pair of English 18th Century Sir William Hamilton Framed Greco-Roman Engravings
By Sir William Hamilton
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 18th century hand-colored engravings, with Greek warriors, from Lord Hamilton's folio, "Antiquités Etrusques, Grecques et Romaines", (1766-1776). This is a really nice pair,...
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Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Prints
Materials
Paper
Pair 18th Century Framed Italian Etchings of Churches in Rome by Guiseppe Vasi
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 18th century Italian architectural etchings of churches in Rome by Guiseppe Vasi (1710-1782) from "Raccolta Delle Più Belle Veduta Antiche...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Neoclassical Prints
Materials
Paper
19th Century Regency Elm Wood And Rosewood Box
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century English Regency box with unusual elm wood veneer. The beautiful grain of the elm wood has a very appealing golden hue, offset by rosew...
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Decorative Boxes
Materials
Elm, Rosewood
19th Century Spanish Talavera Glazed Ceramic Horse And Rider
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Spanish Talavera glazed and hand painted drinking vessel, or bottle, in the form of a horse and rider. The top of the riders conical hat is open and the body is hollow t...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Spanish Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Anglo Indian Child's Pull Toy, Tiger on Wheels
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Anglo Indian papier mache and painted wood pull toy, a striped yellow tiger on wheels.
Category
Antique 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Toys and Dolls
Materials
Wood, Paper
Regency Mahogany Etagere Display Shelf
Located in Stamford, CT
English Regency style mahogany display shelf with brass trim, the shelves backed with pale yellow water silk.
56 inches high 28 wide 13 deep
Category
Early 20th Century British Regency Shelves
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Regency Bronze Figures of Reclining Whippets on Green Marble Bases
By Thomas Weeks
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of English Regency bronze whippets or greyhounds on verdi antico marble book form bases, after a model by Thomas Weeks. Each dog sculpture is beautifully cast with their individual personalities.
6 inches high 5 wide 5 deep including bases.
These whippets are resonant of the early nineteenth-century work of Thomas Weeks (d. 1834) who established a 'Royal Mechanical Museum' or emporium in Tichbourne Street in about 1797. The attractions included various animated animals and insects, ingenious clocks, musical instruments, elaborate temples, toys and other such peculiarities that appealed to the London public in the late 18th and early 19th Century (C. Gilbert, 'Some Weeks cabinets reconsidered', The Connoisseur, May 1971...
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Antique Early 19th Century European Regency Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Marble Topped Dining Table With Brancusi Style Steel Base
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian marble topped table with Brancusi style geometric steel double pedestal base. The polished white marble top withe gray veining has an ogee edge molding. The top sits on the t...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Marble, Steel
Vienna Secessionist Marble, Copper and Brass Platter Tray
Located in Stamford, CT
Austrian Belgian black marble dish with a wonderful copper repousse band with decoration typical of the Vienna Secession, that evokes the background ...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Platters and Serveware
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Brass, Copper
17th Century Spanish Baroque Carved Oak and Iron Chest With Original Key
Located in Stamford, CT
17th century Spanish or Spanish Colonial oak chest with wrought iron hinges and mounts, original key and working lock. The front panel with chip carved surface, scalloped gardrooning...
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Antique Early 17th Century Spanish Baroque Blanket Chests
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Hurricane Lamp Photophore On Zinc Base, Large Scale
Located in Stamford, CT
Hurricane lamp with large scale hand blown glass shade mounted on a tripod zinc base with abstract and floral motifs. This handsome photophore makes quite the impression, standing ov...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lanterns
Materials
Glass
Pair 19th Century Italian Miniature Carved Corinthian Capitals
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 19th c Italian Neoclassical Corinthian capitals. This handsome pair of small scale capitals are carved beautifully on all four sides with very fine detail. They are wonderful...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Architectural Models
Materials
Wood
Swedish Modern Set of 5 Candlesticks by Kjell Engman for Gense
By Kjell Engman
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of five elegant Swedish modern Saturnus silver plated candlesticks feature a sphere half way up the shaft and then a wonderful Saturn shaped bobeche at the top. Designed by Kjell...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Silver Plate
Archaistic Shang Style Verdigris Bronze 'Double-Ram' Vessel, Zun Circa 1900
Located in Stamford, CT
Archaistic Shang dynasty (1600-1046 BC) style bronze 'double ram' vessel, Zun type.
Of unusual form with a lovely verdigris patina. This wonderful bronze can be a unique vase or centerpiece, or singular decorative sculpture. Circa 1900
The vessel is heavily cast in the shape of two addorsed rams sharing the same hollow body that is raised on four legs and from which rises an oblong neck decorated on each side with a taotie mask below a band of diagonal scrolls. The body is etched with scales and the legs with archaistic spiral motifs.
14 inches high 16 wide 6 deep
The shape and decoration of this unusual vessel are based on late Shang dynasty bronze...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Archaistic Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Bust of Buddha on a Wooden Base
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century bronze bust of Buddha on the original hand carved custom base. The pleasing proportions, subtle smile, and tranquil eyes of this bust of Buddha make it a beautiful examp...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Pair Regency Style Steel Upholstered X-Stools
Located in Stamford, CT
Handsome pair of Regency style steel stools with X-form bases. The steel with a blackened textured finish. Upholstered in light brown faux leather. A very modern take on the Classic ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Stools
Materials
Steel
Spanish Baroque Wrought Iron Torchere Floor Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Spanish Baroque style wrought iron torchère floor lamp with black patina. Beautifully hand wrought and turned shaft supported by a tripod base.
This date from the early 20th century, a time when Italian and Spanish Baroque furniture...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Floor Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
18th Century Dutch Delft Tile Painting of a Cat with Mouse
Located in Stamford, CT
18th Dutch century tile painting of a cat with holding a mouse in it's mouth. Depicted right after the catch, with paw lifted showing exposed claws. The yellow and manganese striped ...
Category
Antique 18th Century Dutch Folk Art Delft and Faience
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Mid 20th Century Leather Covered Commodes
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of French Louis XVI style leather wrapped commodes with bronze mounts. This handsome and elegant pair of large-scale chests of drawers are covered in leather with tooled gilt di...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Glazed Porcelain Urns, Song Dynasty 12th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Chinese Ying Qing (“shadowy blue”) ware porcelain vases with ceremonial urns dating from the 12th century, Song dynasty. These two stunning vases depict the 12 traditional ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Other Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
French Wrought Iron and Leather Upholstered Sofa
Located in Stamford, CT
French baroque style iron and leather settee circa 1970's. Very handsome and elegant hand crafted wrought iron and leather sofa or settee. Some pieces of furniture just make you smil...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Wrought Iron
Italian Mid 20th C Silver Gilt Scalloped Edge Wall Mirror, Large Scale
By James Mont
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian large-scale silver-gilt wall mirror with a wide scalloped frame. This impressive mirror, at 5 feet tall by 4 feet wide, will make a room. The stylish scalloped rectangular sh...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Pair French Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces, 19th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of bronze dore' neoclassical style two arm wall sconces with the head of a Roman or Greek bearded god. The beautifully cast and chased head crowned wit...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Chinese Bronze Chimera Guardian Figure
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century, or possibly earlier, seated bronze chimera, cast as a ferocious scaled beast seated in a defensive crouch with its head facing forward as ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Baroque Painted and Gilt Wood Winged Angel Playing a Violin
Located in Stamford, CT
19th Italian Baroque style carved, painted and gilt wood winged angel playing a violin. This utterly charming piece is wonderfully carved by a true artist and artisan. Just look at t...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century Dutch Ebony Box With Silver Mounts and Hinges
Located in Stamford, CT
Dutch Colonial ebony box with silver mounts, large silver hinges and the original steel lock and key. This rare box was likely made in the Dutch East India possession of Sri Lanka, o...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Sri Lankan Dutch Colonial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Steel
19th Century American Birds Eye Maple Wood Box
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century birdseye maple box with brass nail head decoration and iron lock plate and hasp. This box is hand crafted with beautiful dovetail joints visible on the corners, evidence...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron
French Neoclassical Bronze and Leather Urn-Form Peacock Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Neoclassical style table lamp in the form of a leather clad urn with bronze peacocks on either side joined by a decorative rope border with circular bosses in the center. The base wi...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
French Neoclassical Urn Form Steel Table Lamp, 19th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
Neoclassical style urn-form steel lamp with brass oval rings on the sides and repousse acanthus leaf decoration. The round base with a twisted rope for...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel, Wrought Iron
Pair Painted Plaster Table Lamps After Alberto Giacometti, Tete de Femme
By Alberto and Diego Giacometti
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of painted plaster table lamps after the original by Alberto Giacometti, Tête de Femme, designed circa 1933-1934. A classic design with singular presence. Measures: 32 in high ...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Pair of 18th Century Italian Gilt Brass and Silver Mirrors
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Italianl Baroque small mirrors that were originally sconces. With silver arabesques overlaying gilt brass frames mounted on oak. The iron holders for candle arms still mounted on what are now a wonderfully unique pair of small mirrors...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Baltic Baroque Wall Mirrors
Materials
Silver, Brass
Pair of Frederick Cooper Chrome Atomic Table Lamps with Original Shades
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of ultra modern Frederick Cooper "Atomic" table lamps. The polished steel Space Age bodies with discs on the top and bottom giving these lamps an atomic energy all their own. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pair of Neolithic Black Basalt Axe Heads, Great Britain Circa 2200 BC
Located in Stamford, CT
Two Black Basalt carved and polished Neolithic axe heads mounted on steel bases. These wonderful ancient objects are a testament to the artisans who crea...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier English Primitive Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Set Of Three Lacquered Tessellated Egg Shell Spheres, Mid 20th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of three graduated spheres with a wonderful eggshell lacquered finish in a triangular patterns. Clearly hand carved, none are exact spheres which only adds to their charm. This a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Eggshell
Neolithic Carved Stone Disc Mounted On A Steel Base 2-3000 BC
Located in Stamford, CT
Neolithic hand carved stone disc with a hole in the center mounted on a modern steel base. This evocative ancient piece has a real presence that belies it's size. Wonderful color wit...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Namibian Primitive Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Pair Anglo Indian Carved And Painted Round Side Tables
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Anglo Indian style hand carved and painted round side tables. The bases with carved open fret-work, the round tops with a handsome floral decorative molding. With a rubbed wh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Side Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century Dutch Colonial Teak Chest With Brass and Copper Mounts
Located in Stamford, CT
A Dutch colonial brass and copper mounted teak chest. With pierced mounts showing stylized lions and masks, bold carrying handles to the sides, and a pierced lockplate with bird moti...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Indonesian Dutch Colonial Furniture
Materials
Brass, Copper
African Goli Style Tribal Mask Mounted on a Custom Steel Base
By Baule Tribe
Located in Stamford, CT
Highly decorative African hand carved mask, in the style of a Goli tribal mask, Baule People, Ivory Coast. Mounted on a custom steel base.
Measures: 23.75 inches high (including sta...
Category
20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Regency Style Rosewood Mirror Frame With Brass Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
Regency style rosewood mirror with cut brass inlay, borders and corners. A very handsome and finely made decorative small mirror.
21.25 inches high 15 wide
Category
Mid-20th Century English Regency Wall Mirrors
Materials
Brass
Italian Mid 20th Century Lacquered Shell Coral Colored Octagonal Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian mid 20th century tessellated and lacquered shell octagonal mirror with a lovely deep coral color. A stunning addition to any interior.
40.25 high 30.5 wide
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Shell
Venetian Etched Red And Silver Glass Rococo Oval Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
Venetian etched and beveled glass oval mirror with red coloring. In the Rococo style with elaborate crown of cut and etched glass. Set in an oval frame of fine black velvet. A beauti...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass
Ancient Greek Style Charger With Olympian Runners
Located in Stamford, CT
Ancient Greek style charger of platter depicting two Olympic runner competing in a race. Beautifully painted in red and black on a yellow ground, with decorative bands, including the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Greek Classical Greek Platters and Serveware
Materials
Pottery, Paint
Ancient Greek Style Hand Painted Kantharos, Drinking Cup With High Handles
Located in Stamford, CT
Ancient Greek style "kantharos", a drinking cup with handles. In the Apulian style of southern Italy. Quite elegant with a fine painting of a seated, robed sculptor on the front, and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Greek Classical Greek Urns
Materials
Copper
Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Sales Catalog, New York, November 23rd, 1992
Located in Stamford, CT
Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Sales Catalog, New York, May 17th 1993.
Amazing photos of incredible pieces of spiritual artistry, almost all of it no doubt looted, and also the only r...
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Late 20th Century American Pre-Columbian Books
Materials
Paper
19th Century English Color Lithograph 'Eminent Women' Gilt Wood Frame
Located in Stamford, CT
19th English Victorian color lithograph print titled 'Eminent Women' with the faces of prominent women crowded together in a large oval, in the original giltwood frame. Unusual and v...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Prints
Materials
Giltwood, Paper
19th Century English Color Lithograph 'Eminent Men' Gilt Wood Frame
Located in Stamford, CT
19th English Victorian color lithograph print titled 'Eminent Men' with the faces of prominent men crowded together in a large oval, in the original giltwood frame. Unusual and very ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Prints
Materials
Giltwood, Paper
19th Century English Mahogany and Brass Campaign Chest, Small Scale
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century William IV period mahogany campaign box or small chest with brass mounts. An unusual size for this type of chest, quite handsome, and large enough to store a fair amount...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English William IV Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Japanese Carved Stone Bud Vase
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Japanese Meiji period carved stone Meiping style urn or bud vase. The lovely pale yellow stone varying in shades from mustard to umber with some black striations is just...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
Materials
Stone
19th Century Burmese Bronze Temple Bell with Hardwood Stand, Large Scale
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Burmese bronze temple bell with original carved hardwood stand, painted iron hanging bracket, and striker. This rare large scale cast bronze bell has a splendid sculptural and spiritual presence.
The bell has a long inscription on the upper part. The offering of a bronze bell to a monastery or temple was considered second only to the offering of a Buddha image as an act of merit (kutho).
Such bells were cast using the lost wax (cire perdue) method. Casting of such bells was auspicious with specific rituals being performed by the caster and sponsors to ensure the appropriate blessings.
The bell here, as with all such Burmese bells...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Burmese Tibetan Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Iron
$7,840 Sale Price
20% Off
19th/20th Century Wrought Iron and Bronze Four Light Hanging Lantern
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in Stamford, CT
Baroque style wrought iron and bronze hanging lantern with distinctive bronze decorative plaques and original chain and hardware. Dating from the 1890's - 1910, this beautifully craf...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Lanterns
Materials
Wrought Iron, Bronze
French Brass Eight Light Chandelier With Fleur de Lis, Circa 1920 Large Scale
Located in Stamford, CT
French brass eight light chandelier decorated with fleur de lis, early 20th century. Beautifully crafted with a delicate bell shaped silhouette. Stylized floral motifs on top and sp...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
