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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Pair 19th Century Baroque Style German Carved Wood Busts of Putti
Located in Stamford, CT
A fine pair of carved fruit wood busts of young boys, or putti, South Germany, late 19th century. The realistically carved faces showing distinct personalities and intense gazes. Mou...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Busts
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century English Staffordshire Scottish Hunter on Horseback
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautifully painted and impressive scale Staffordshire group of a hunter riding back from the hunt with his quarry, a stag draped over the horse. The overall white glaze, except for ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury French Glazed Ceramic Black Cat
Located in Stamford, CT
A charming seated glazed ceramic black cat with yellow glass eyes and gilt bow around neck. What I find most appealing about this feline is the rather se...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair 19th Century Neoclassical Style Italian Plaster Urns with Flame Finials
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Italian neoclassical style urns in relief that can either stand on their own or hang from the wall as decorative elements. Quite handsome, with acanthus leaf decoration and f...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Architectural Elements
Materials
Plaster
19th Century German Bronze Group on Marble Plinth
Located in Stamford, CT
A beautifully cast bronze of an older man lifting a younger woman as she clings to a floral sheaf. An allegory of age and youth? Susannah and the Elders? It is hard to say what the allegory is in this compelling bronze. It is a fine cast done by an accomplished and talented artist. Unsigned, mounted on a white marble base. German Romantic...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century German Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Archaistic Bronze Ritual Vessel
Located in Stamford, CT
A finely cast Chinese Shang style bronze ritual vessel known as a fangding. With faces on all four sides, this is a wonderful decorative piece which coul...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Archaistic Urns
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Head of the Buddha, 17th Century, Thailand
Located in Stamford, CT
A Thai bronze head of Buddha, Ayutthaya period, late 16th-early 17th century. His face with serene expression, arched eyebrows above incised eyes and ...
Category
Antique Early 17th Century Thai Other Busts
Materials
Bronze
Italian Painted and Lacquered Playing Card Box, circa 1900
Located in Stamford, CT
Rare and very charming Italian hand crafted playing card case painted in Venetian red with miniature cards lacquered on in the 'lacca povera' style, similar to decoupage. The cards d...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Belle Époque Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Burmese Bronze Buddha Seated in Lotus Position
Located in Stamford, CT
A benevolent depiction of Buddha, in a graceful lotus posture, his hands in vitarka mudra with a serene and blissful smile on his face. Shown seated with a fl...
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Other Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Leather Playing Card Case
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderful Italian handcrafted tooled leather playing card case with painted enamel-like decoration of cards on the sides and symbols for all the suites, clubs, diamonds, spades and hearts on the cushion top. Beautifully made and clearly loved, a charming gift for the poker player or gambler. Holds two decks.
Stamped on the bottom in gold letters, 'Genuine Leather, Made in Italy'. With a fleur di lis mark stamped...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Glazed Ceramic Owl Form Tankard with Pewter Mounts
By Mettlach
Located in Stamford, CT
An extremely charming stoneware tankard in the form of an owl. With a two toned gray and blue glaze and handsome pewter mounts. The thumb lift depict...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Black Forest Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
19th Century English Polished Steel Warwick Vase
Located in Stamford, CT
A fine and impressive example English Regency period Warwick Vase in polished steel. A handsome rendition of the famous Roman original. After it's excavation from Hadrian's Villa in ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Urns
Materials
Steel
19th Century English Staffordshire Hunter with Dog, Rabbits and Game
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderful large-scale Staffordshire group of a dapper hunter wearing a fancy feathered hat leaning on a tree trunk holding rabbits and game, his hunting dog looking up at him longingly, his rifle on the ground in front. Utterly delightful, the hunter in his flowery vest, his dog looking so earnest. A charming portrait of early Victorian life. Great Year of the Rabbit...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Kashmiri Large Scale Red Lacquer Papier Mache Urn
Located in Stamford, CT
Stunning large-scale papier mâché vase of elegant form with beautiful hand painted an lacquered red and black abstract floral decoration. Mid-20t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Urns
Materials
Lacquer, Paper
19th Spanish Colonial Santos Hands, Set of Three, Mounted
Located in Stamford, CT
Interesting and unusual group of three Spanish Colonial painted plaster hands, two mounted on marble bases and one on a custom wood stand. Whimsical, or just creepy, they are uniqiue. Likely hands from santos figures, which often break off. The previous collector thought enough of them to have them beautifully mounted. Give someone a hand!
Provenance: Artist Karl Mann...
Category
Antique 19th Century Peruvian Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
19th Century English Victorian Hand Painted Letter Box, Dated 1890
Located in Stamford, CT
Unusual 19th century letter box with whimsical ink decoration inside and out, signed and dated 1890. With wonderfully naive ink decoration, inc...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Anthony Redmile Box with Nickle Plated Mounts and Inset Opal
By Anthony Redmile London
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautifully made vintage steer horn box by Anthony Redmile. With polished horn body and hand hammered nickle plated brass mounts. The top with an i...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Opal, Nickel
Chinese Brass Opium Pillow in the Form of a Boy
Located in Stamford, CT
Whimsical circa 1900 Chinese brass opium pillow in the form of a kneeling boy. The boy shown crouching and smiling with an amusing forelock on his otherwi...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Anglo Indian Decorative Box with Painted Figures of Dancers
Located in Stamford, CT
Very decorative hand painted in the Anglo-Indian style. Painted back and gold with each framed panel filled with female dancers and male flower bearing suiters. A colorful and fun, a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Wine Vessel Askos with Panther Handle
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Italian Grand Tour panther handled askos, or wine vessel. The design of this piece is probably based on a bronze Roman askos held within Naples Museum. An askos is an a...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Italian Bronze Pestle for a Mortar, 9 Inches Long
Located in Stamford, CT
If you've got the mortar, I have the pestle! There are so many mortars out there, and so few pestles. It's nice to have both. Here is your opportunity to marry this large scale pestl...
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Pair Edwardian Hand Turned Mahogany Candlesticks
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of English Edwardian period hand turned mahogany candlesticks on square bases. Quite the charming pair, reasonably priced, will make a great gift.
M...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Candlesticks
Materials
Mahogany
Pair English Turned Elm and Brass Candlesticks, Circa 1900
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of English Edwardian period hand turned Elm wood candlesticks with brass bobeche. Quite the handsome pair, reasonably priced, will make a great gift...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Candlesticks
Materials
Brass
Pair of Italian Baroque Wrought Iron Five Light Candelabra
Located in Stamford, CT
An unusual and gutsy pair of 19th century Italian Baroque style wrought iron torcheres or candelabra. With braided iron arms and legs, hand cut iron leaves and punch decorated shaft....
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Torchères
Materials
Wrought Iron
Mexican Terracotta Articulated Doll Figure, 1920's
Located in Stamford, CT
Amusing 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 i...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
Whaler Made Bone and Ebonized Wood Round Lidded Box, circa 1850
Located in Stamford, CT
Whaler made antique bone and ebonized wood round box, circa 1850. With pierced bone medallion and delicately carved bone spiral decorative supports on the...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
Terracotta Articulated Doll Santos Figure
Located in Stamford, CT
Amusing 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 i...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
Swiss Black Forest Carved Walnut Stag, Circa 1900
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautifully carved black forest stag with antlers. Clearly carved by a master craftsman, the stag shown in a naturalistic striding pose. The lovely grain of the black walnut adds ano...
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Animal Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Terracotta Articulated Doll Santos Figure Wearing a Bowler Hat
Located in Stamford, CT
Unusual, and quite amusing 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...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Terracotta
19th Century English Grand Tour Roman Bronze Oil Lamp with Dolphins and Lions
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautifully cast and very compelling 19th century Grand Tour bronze oil lamp in the ancient Roman style with dolphin handles. The dolphin sh...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Grand Tour Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Japanese Bronze Vase With Gilt Decoration, Meiji Period
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Meiji Period diminutive bronze vase with lovely etched and applied decoration. A raised gilt bird is shown flying above etched bamboo on one side, gilt applied lilies wi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Turkish Brass Repousse Valet Shoe Shine Decorative Stand
Located in Stamford, CT
This fabulous estate find is an old Turkish shoe shine kit that came from Istanbul. It is made of sturdy wood and brass with beautiful repousse Iznik in...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Turkish Other Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Neoclassical Tole Peinte and Gilt Urn Cachepot
Located in Stamford, CT
A very charming early 19th century French tole peinte vase or urn with a gilt figure of a dancing maiden with one breast exposed playing a sistrum, ancient musical instrument. The ur...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Tin
Chinese Etched Brass Box with Carved Jade Inset Top, Circa 1900
Located in Stamford, CT
Sweet little Chinese export brass box with beautiful floral etched designs, looks like peonies to me. With a lovely white jade top carved in fretwork with a vase framed by the flower...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes
Materials
Jade, Brass
Pair 19th Century Italian Bronze Urns with Flames
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of unusual Italian bronze urns with flame finials. Possibly made originally for and altar, these unusual urns will always keep the fire bu...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Urns
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Archaic Style Gilt Bronze and Verdigris Vessel
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese archaic style gilt bronze pouring vessel with dragon headed handle and geometric decoration. With wonderful gilt and verdigris patina. The boat...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Archaistic Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Russian Carved Oak Figure of a Saint
Located in Stamford, CT
A very interesting Baroque period carved oak figure of a saint or prophet said to come from a demolished Russian Orthodox church. This compelling figure is ...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Russian Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
17th Century Spanish Baroque Chestnut Carving of Christ
Located in Stamford, CT
A large-scale 17th century Spanish carving of Christ on the cross. Possibly of a much earlier date, the features and posture owing much to Byzantine depictions of Christ, especially ...
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Chestnut
Chinese Cloisonne Box with Carved Jade Inset Medallion
Located in Stamford, CT
Circa 1900 Chinese box decorated with green, blue, red and yellow floral design set against a white background. The top with a carved white jade floral medallion. The apple green ena...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes
Materials
Jade, Brass
Italian Yellow Tole Obelisk Urn With Paw Feet
Located in Stamford, CT
A charming neoclassical yellow tole water or tea urn in the form of an obelisk balanced on a square plinth by fours balls supported by brass paw feet. Decorated on four sides with ma...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Empire Urns
Materials
Metal, Brass
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Carving of a Stag and Tree Nut Dish
Located in Stamford, CT
Sweet little Black Forest carving of a stag standing near a pine tree next to a brass lined nut or candy dish. Some writing bottom front in white is too worn for me to make out, prob...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Animal Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
English Mahogany Box on Stand, Early 20th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
A sweet little box on stand from the Edwardian period. The box, likely originally a tea caddy, with brass corners. The base with turned legs and a single drawer. The box lifts out of...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Terracotta Female Nude, Austrian Art Deco, Goldscheider, Vienna
By Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Stamford, CT
A beautiful glazed terracotta nude, shown in a contrapposto pose. She is both modern, with her stylish hair and classical, harking back to ancient Roman sculpture...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century English Treen Yew Wood Lidded Jar
Located in Stamford, CT
Lovely 18th century Georgian lidded jar or condiment pot hand carved and turned from a beautiful piece of yew wood. Rich and warm patina from age and use...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Jars
Materials
Yew
18th Century English Treen Yew Wood Mortar and Pestle
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century English treen mortar and pestle hand turned and carved from yew wood with the rich and warm patina that only comes with age and use. Beautifully carved by hand from a si...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Yew
Chinese Carved and Painted Wood Sculpture of Guanyin
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautiful carving of Guanyin, shown standing on a rocky outcrop, mounted on a lobed wooden base. It was once used as a lamp, and can be rewired. Nice faded painted surface.
Guany...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
French Gothic Style Wrought Iron Giant Key Locksmith Trade Sign
Located in Stamford, CT
French wrought iron black painted locksmith trade sign in the form of a large and elaborate key. The trefoil top filled with interlocking Gothic style quatrefoils (like four leaf clovers), with a ladder in the center joining them and a cut metal crest...
Category
Early 20th Century French Gothic Mounted Objects
Materials
Wrought Iron
English Sterling Silver Brandy Carafe Label with Dionysus
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid 20th century English silver hanging label for a brandy bottle or decanter. Shown with the head of Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of the grape-harvest, wine making...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Baroque Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
18th Century Italian Baroque Silvered Brass Repousse Frame
Located in Stamford, CT
This original 18th century silver gilded over brass frame is elaborately embossed and chiseled. The central oval is surrounded by rocaille and volute motifs typical of the Baroque pe...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Picture Frames
Materials
Brass
