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Pair of Eglomise Side Tables W/Napoleon III Style Bases
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful pair of side tables with octagonal shaped eglomise tops and sides with heavy black lacquered Napoleon III style bases.
Category
Early 20th Century Napoleon III Side Tables
Materials
Glass, Wood
Late 18th-Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Octagonal Jardiniere
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 18th-early 19th century English Chinoiserie octagonal jardiniere with lead liner
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Planters, Cachepots and J...
Materials
Lead
Regency Style Mahogany String Inlay Corner Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
Regency style mahogany string inlay corner cabinet
Category
Early 20th Century Regency Corner Cupboards
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Set of 8 Woven Leather Dining Chairs By Stone International
Located in San Francisco, CA
Set of 8 woven leather dining chairs by Stone International
Made in Italy
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Early 20th Century Indian Polychrome Four Panel Folding Screen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 20th Century Indian Polychrome Four Panel Folding Screen
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Teak
Set of 12 Mahogany Chippendale Style Dining Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Set of 12 Chippendale style carved mahogany dining chairs
2 armchairs, 10 side chairs
Armchairs: 23" x 23" x 42"
Side chairs: 22" x 21" x 42"
Seat height: 19"
Arm height: 27.5"
Category
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Pair of Early 20th-century Venetian Grotto Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Odds are good that you haven't seen many of these, with their scallop shell backs and seats, dolphin-head arms, and particularly such strange, roughened, coral-textured legs suggesti...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Paint
Victorian Wicker Settee/Loveseat
By Larkin & Co.
Located in San Francisco, CA
American victorian woven wicker high back settee/loveseat with apron. Underside has remnants of Larkin & Co. (Buffalo, NY) label.
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Settees
Materials
Wicker
Gunnar Nielsen Tibergaard Danish Modern Floating Teak Desk
By Gunnar Nielsen Tibergaard
Located in San Francisco, CA
Danish Modern Gunnar Nielsen Tibergaard teak desk, having a rectangular top, above the four drawer case and rising on tapered legs. Desk top has ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Imperial Grand Rapids Mahogany Tudor Design Console Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful Tudor design mahogany console table by Imperial Grand Rapids furniture company. Top has been beautifully refinished. Two dovetail drawers.
60" W x 24" D x 30" H
Table ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Tudor Console Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Secretaire Abattant
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early-mid 19th century Louis XVI style mahogany secretaire abattant
The top having a drawer above the drop front with felt writing surface, multiple compartments/drawers. Bottom hal...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century European Louis XIII Secretaires
Materials
Brass
Kindel "Baltimore" Settee
By Kindel Furniture
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful settee by Kindel Furniture
The "Baltimore" settee with painted lacquered finish and brass capped feet
Needs to be reupholstered
Category
1990s American Neoclassical Settees
Materials
Brass
19th Century Regency Mahogany Triple Pedastal Banquet Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Regency triple pedestal mahogany banquet table, circa 1820, the oval
top having band inlay, with two 23" leaves, above the triple pedestal base,
having a turned standard, and risin...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century European Regency Dining Room Tables
Materials
Brass
Keystone Broom Corn Advertising Sign
Located in San Francisco, CA
Keystone broom corn supplies metal advertising sign
22.75" x 25.5"
Category
Antique 19th Century American Signs
Materials
Metal
Pair of 19th Century Anglo-Indian Carved Low Benches/Ottomans
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of 19th century Anglo-Indian Burmese low benches/ottomans. Beautifully carved wood with floral motifs, foliage, and mythical creatures. Newer upholstery with elegant damask des...
Category
Antique 19th Century Southeast Asian Anglo-Indian Ottomans and Poufs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Victorian Mahogany Sutherland Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Victorian mahogany sutherland table on solid turned supports with stretcher and lion's paw feet. The table's two drop leaves have been beautifully refinished.
Dimensions of the tabl...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Victorian Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Modern Eggshell Lacquer Nesting Tables ~ Set of 3 ~
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful set of 3 eggshell lacquer nesting tables in the style of Christian Duc
Small: 15" x 20"
Medium: 19.25" x 22"
Large: 23.5" x 24"
Category
Late 20th Century Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Materials
Eggshell, Lacquer
Early American Painted Pine Corner Hutch/Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early American painted pine corner hutch/cabinet
Serpentine shaped opening
48.5 x 19.5 x 72.5
Category
Antique 19th Century American American Colonial Corner Cupboards
Materials
Pine
19th Century Folk Art Upholstery Trade Sign
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wonderful 19th century hand painted folk art upholstery trade sign. Double sided wooden trade sign for an old upholstery shop in San Francisco.
A rare piece of San Francisco history...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
19th Century Wang Hing Sterling Silver Cherry Blossom Bowl
By Wang Hing & Co.
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare Chinese export sterling silver bowl by Wang Hing & Co. with applied relief cherry blossom flowers on each side of the bowl where it transitions into the feet, casted and styliz...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cast Iron Native American Indian Chief Bust
Located in San Francisco, CA
Impressive cast iron bust of a Native American chief displaying a look of true pride. His headdress, adorned with buffalo horns, a traditional symbol of his bravery and leadership. ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Unknown Busts
Materials
Iron
Late 19th-Early 20th C. French Alabaster Statue
Located in San Francisco, CA
Stunning alabaster statue depicting a maiden selling flowers in the style of Ada Cipriani.
Late 19th-early 20th Century - France
No visible signature
16" W x 14" D x 49.5" H
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Late 18th Century French Trumeau Mirror
Located in San Francisco, CA
Absolutely beautiful example of an original French trumeau mirror with painting of what appears to depict a scene from the famous o...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Directoire Trumeau Mirrors
Materials
Paint, Canvas, Mirror, Wood
Original Gustav Dentzel Carousel Horse
By Dentzel Carousel Company
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original Gustav Dentzel middle row "jumper" carousel horse w/cast iron stand
Original to a Germantown PA park, and purchased by George and Leo Whitney, for Whitney's the Beach, San Francisco CA. Jumper appears to retain remnants of the original paint, with a very old overcoat, mounted to a vintage presentation stand, overall 58" H x 52" W. Stand measures 21" H x 37" W.
Provenance: Purchased directly from the Whitney's at the Beach Collection, San Francisco, CA
From Wikipedia: “The area that was Playland began as a 19th-century squatter’s settlement, “Mooneysville-by-the-Sea.” By 1884, a steam railroad was in place to bring people to the first amusement ride at the City’s ocean side — a “Gravity Railroad” roller coaster, and to the Ocean Beach Pavilion for concerts and dancing. By 1890, trolley lines reached Ocean Beach — the Ferries and Cliff House Railroad, the Park & Ocean Railroad, and the Sutro Railroad — that encouraged commercial amusement development as a trolley park. The Cliff House, which opened in 1863, and Sutro Baths, which opened in 1896, drew thousands of visitors.
The rides and attractions that began to spring up along the beach were separately owned by various concessionaires. For example, John Friedle owned a shooting gallery and baseball-throwing concession. All of the rides at Chutes at the Beach were purchased new or built there, including the Shoot-the-Chutes, which inspired the first official name for the amusement area — Chutes at the Beach.
Around 1913, Arthur Looff leased a piece of land for a carousel and its house — the Looff Hippodrome, located next to John Friedle’s concessions. Friedle and Looff become partners in Looff’s Hippodrome and began to buy other concessions to realize their vision of creating “the grandest amusement park on the Pacific coast.
In 1926, George Whitney became general manager of the growing complex of seaside attractions and changed the name to Playland-at-the-Beach, also sometimes known as Whitney’s at the Beach.
Although the attractions continued to be operated as independent concessionaires, during the late 1920s and 1930s, especially during the Depression when concessions began to fail, George and Leo (Whitney) began to purchase the attractions outright. The Whitneys bought the roller coaster in 1936 and the merry-go-round in 1942. Playland took up three city blocks and, in 1934, the Midway had 14 rides, 25 concessions, and 4 restaurants.
Despite this expansion, the post-war years saw the tearing down of the Shoot the Chutes in 1950 and the Big Dipper in 1955, and after George Whitney died in 1958, Playland was never quite the same. For a while after George Whitney’s death, Playland was operated by his son, George K...
Category
Early 20th Century German Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pair of Contemporary Paul Ferrante Wrought Iron Wall Sconces, Circa 2019
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of Contemporary Paul Ferrante Wrought Iron Wall Sconces
Circa 2019
10.75" x 6.5" x 20"
Price listed is for the pair
Category
2010s Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Iron
Late 19th - Early 20th Century Oval Swiss Black Forest Jewlery Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th - Early 20th Century Oval Swiss Black Forest Jewelry Box
Beautifully Carved with Original Key
6" x 9.75" x 9.5"H
Category
Antique 19th Century Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Napoleon Bronze Thermometer Depicting colonne Vendome
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Napoleon Bronze Thermometer Depicting colonne Vendome
Marble Base
3" x 7.5"
Category
Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair of Early 19th-Century Walton Pearlware Porcelain Figures
Located in San Francisco, CA
This charming pair of pearlware porcelain figures was made around the time of the Battle of Waterloo. And as such, they’ve had a few scrapes with life. But they evoke the charm of co...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
William Comyns & Sons Intaglio Cut Glass & Silver Biscuit Jar 1900, London
Located in San Francisco, CA
William Comyns & Sons Intaglio Cut Glass & Silver Biscuit Jar 1900, London
5.25 x 2.25 x 9"H
Category
Antique Early 1900s Glass
Materials
Silver
Set of Four Claire de Lavallée Handmade Emerald Green Ceramic Plates
Located in San Francisco, CA
For these 8-inch-wide bowls, offered here in a set of four, Paris-based ceramic artist and sculptor Claire de Lavallée chose from a range of clays to create by hand their natural, or...
Category
Vintage 1980s French Organic Modern Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Late 19th - Early 20th Century Russian Lacquered Paper Mache Snuff Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th - Early 20th Century Russian Lacquered Paper Mache Snuff Box
By The Lukutun Factory
5.25" x 3.5" x 1.5"
Category
Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paper
Chinese Cloisonné Late 20th Century Floral Decorated Bowl
Located in San Francisco, CA
Chinese Cloisonné Late 20th Century Floral Decorated Bowl
10" x 3.5"H
Category
20th Century Decorative Bowls
Materials
Metal
Pair of Early 20th c. Cauldon English Blue & White Six-Sided Transferware Vases
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of Early 20th Century Cauldon English Blue & White Six-Sided Transferware Vases
5" x 5" x 8.5"H
Category
20th Century Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th-century Limewood Carvings of Romantic Tyrolean Scenes
Located in San Francisco, CA
Romance is in the air—make that Alpine air—with these two hand carved wood plaques. They depict a pair of romantic, bucolic scenes, and likely originated from Switzerland or the Tyro...
Category
Antique 19th Century Folk Art Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Gothic Style Bronze Reliquary Box With Repousse Figures
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Gothic Style Bronze Reliquary Box With Repousse Figures
8.5" x 4.75 x 3.5"H
Category
Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon Emperor Co. Framed Leda & the Swan Nude Relief on Brass Buckle Framed
Located in San Francisco, CA
Napoleon Emperor Co. Framed Leda & the Swan Nude Relief on Brass Buckle
8x10x2 framed
Buckle 4"x2.5"
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Brass
Bronze French Relief Plaque American Indian War Attack
Located in San Francisco, CA
Bronze French Relief Plaque American Indian War Attack
9.25"
Category
Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Mid-20th Century Decretive Wall Brackets
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of Mid-20th Century Decretive Wall Brackets
Brass with wood
11" x 9.5"
Category
Mid-20th Century Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Federal Style Mahogany Miniature Chest of Drawers Possible Salesman Sample
Located in San Francisco, CA
Federal Style Mahogany Miniature Chest of Drawers
Possible Salesman Sample
Circa 1900
Category
Antique Early 1900s Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
33 Piece Japanese Hand Painted Porcelain Tea Set Signed
Located in San Francisco, CA
33 Piece Japanese Hand Painted Porcelain Tea Set Signed
3 - 8.5" plates
7 - 7.5" plates
5 - 7" plates
10 - 5.25" saucers
7 - teacups
su...
Category
20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Mid-Century Japanese Kutani Hand Painted Vase Table Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of Mid-Century Japanese Kutani
Hand Painted Vase Table Lamps On Carved Wood Bases.
6.25" X 6:25" X 28"H,
20.5"H To Socket.
Category
Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Hand Painted Empress & Emperor Scrolls
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Hand Painted Empress & Emperor Scrolls
23.25 x 50"H
Category
20th Century Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Japanese Buddhist Hanging Scroll
Located in San Francisco, CA
Japanese Buddhist Hanging Scroll
Category
20th Century Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Mid-Century Large Hand Painted Asian Table Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-Century Large Hand Painted Asian Table Lamp
Large Hand Painted Asian table lamp with Floral / chrysanthemum design
wood base
9.5 x 33.5H"
25"H to socket
Category
Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
Preston L Prescott (1898-1988, American) Stone Sculpture of Seated Young Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Preston L Prescott (1898-1988)
Stone Sculpture of a Seated Young Woman
5.5"W x 3.25"D x 12"H
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Art Deco Gilded Wood Three Light Chandelier
Located in San Francisco, CA
Art Deco Guild Wood Three Light Chandelier
Floral carved crown and arms with Degué frosted floral glass shades
Wired with plug in good working order
17 x 17 x 32H"
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Giltwood, Art Glass
19th Century Hand-Carved Soldier Cameo
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Hand-Carved Soldier Cameo
2x1.25x.5
Category
Antique 19th Century Baroque Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Metal
18th-19th Century Portrait Miniature of Mother and Child
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th-19th Century Portrait Miniature of Mother and Child
4x2.75x.1/8
Category
Antique 18th Century Baroque Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Metal
Pair of Cloissone Vases 9.25" x 4" x 4"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair Cloissone Vases
9.25" x 4" x 4"
Category
Antique 19th Century Vases
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Picasso Leather-Bound and Gilded Book Autographed by Ariana Huffington
Located in San Francisco, CA
Picasso Leather-Bound and Gilded Book Autographed by Ariana Huffington
9.5" x 6.5" x 2"
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Two Carved Wood African Mask With Gilded Eyelids and Lips and Brass Decorations
Located in San Francisco, CA
Two Carved Wood African Mask With Gilded Eyelids and Lips and Brass Decorations
16.5" x 8" x 6.5"
gilded mask 13.75" x 9.75" x 5"
Category
20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
One Bronze Medallion circa 1916 - The Heroes of Verdun Signed and Bronze Plaque
Located in San Francisco, CA
One Bronze Medallion circa 1916 - The Heroes of Verdun Signed by sculptor Charles Pillet
2.75" x 2.75 x .63
2nd piece,
Bronze Plaque 1912
"Die Kunst O Mensh"
Commemorating inaugu...
Category
Vintage 1910s Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Bronze
18th - 19th Century Portrait Miniature St George and the Dragon Gold Woven Silk
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th - 19th Century Portrait Miniature St George and the Dragon Gold Woven Silk Thread on Reverse
4"H x 3.75"W x .15"D
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
1920's Art Glass Dresser Box Hand-Painted With Heart Design on Brass Holder
Located in San Francisco, CA
1920's Art Glass Dresser Box Hand-Painted With Heart Design on Brass Holder
5.5"D x 5H
Category
Vintage 1920s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
l.V. Aronson Art Deco Bookend 1924
Located in San Francisco, CA
l.V. Aronson Art Deco Bookend 1924
Beach scene lady in sunset
4.5"H x 4.75"W x 2.75D
Category
Vintage 1920s Bookends
Materials
Metal
Late 18th-Early 19th C. French Style Chinoiserie 2-piece Secretary/Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 18th-early 19th Century French Style Chinoiserie 2-piece Secretary/Cabinet
Single glass door upper display cabinet
3-drawer bombe form base &...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Chinoiserie Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Glass
Victorian Elkington Electrotype Charger Plate
Located in San Francisco, CA
Victorian Elkington Electrotype Charger Plate
"Temperantia"
(After Francois Briot)
Beautifully decorated in relief with allegorical cartouches, birds and figures
19"D
Category
20th Century Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Metal
Louis XVI Style Finely Carved Walnut Bergere/Tub Chair Beautifully upholstered
Located in San Francisco, CA
Louis XVI Style Finely Curved Walnut Bergere/Tub Chair
Beautifully upholstered with cushion seat
26"W x 23"D x 38.5"H
Seat 21"
Category
Antique 19th Century Bergere Chairs
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Spoon Back Bergere Arm Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th Century French Spoon Back Bergere Arm Chair
With later leaf print upholstery & cushion seat
26"W x 27"D x 38.5"H
Seat height 20"
Category
Antique 18th Century Bergere Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Modernist Metal Sculpture of a Female Form Fixed on a Tower of Granite
Located in San Francisco, CA
Modernist Metal Sculpture of a Female Form Fixed on a Tower of Granite Base
Signed "Archer" 1988
Numbered 2/8
Overall 23.5"H x 5.75"W x 5.50"D
Base 10.25 x 4
Category
Vintage 1980s Mounted Objects
Materials
Granite
