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Mount Vernon, Pair of Vintage Prints
Located in Toronto, CA
Two beautiful vintage prints of Washington's Mount Vernon, early 1970's.
These two prints are reproductions of the famous paintings of Mount Vernon's East and West front, found in th...
Category
Vintage 1970s American American Colonial Prints
Materials
Wood, Paper
Ariadne and the Panther Bronze After Johann Heinrich Dannecker, Mantel Clock
Located in Toronto, CA
A lovely, solid bronze mantel clock depicting Ariadne and the Panther, after the famous sculpture by Johann Heinrich Dannecker (1758-1841). Here the princess Ariadne, wife of Dionysi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Classical Greek Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Large Bronze Cherub After Auguste Moreau (1834-1917)
Located in Toronto, CA
A stunning sculpture of a cherub holding a cornucopia, after Auguste Moreau. French, early 20th century. At 35" high, this is a beautifully substantial bronze in excellent condition....
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Bronze Table Lamp, 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
This is an incredibly unique, Empire, gilt bronze lamp, most probably French and from the late 19th century. The lamp has a lantern shape with a claw foot base and an elongated swan ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Dutch Landscape Painting, Johan Veltens, 1814-1891
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a gorgeous landscape painting by well known Dutch painter Johan Diderik Cornelis Veltens, 1814-1891. Oil on Board entitled "In't Gein Bij Abcoude." In a beautiful, period gil...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Dutch Romantic Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Wedgwood Lustre Vase by Daisy Makeig-Jones
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a stunning Wedgwood lustre vase, circa 1914, designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones. The flared form vase has an iridescent overglaze on a pale blue ground, and is decorated with intricately detailed, swirling dragons in gold on all four sides. The inside of the vase has a gilded border featuring Oriental scenes of pagodas and gardens, below which are four mythical birds which seem to float in magical suspension over the pale green glaze of the interior.
Daisy Mekeig-Jones apprenticed at Wedgwood in 1909 and only two years later, by 1911, she had started to create her own designs at the factory. In 1913 she started designing the Oriental dragon patterns seen here, and by 1915 she had begun the Fairyland lustre ware for which she would become famous. These designs became incredibly popular and helped boost the company's success after the first world war.
This beautiful vase, particularly with its fanciful bird-like creatures floating whimsically on the inside, feels like a true precursor to the Fairyland lustreware...
Category
Early 20th Century Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Wedgwood Basalt Neo-Classical Vase
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a Neoclassical Basalt Wedgwood vase, circa 1956, with a flaring shape, matte black colour. and ram heads applied to either side. Marked 'Wedgwood', 'Made in England', and BW....
Category
Mid-20th Century English Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Porcelain, Stoneware
Two Fête Galante Scenes, French School, 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
Two exquisite Fête Galante scenes from France, painted in the early 19th century in Rococo style.
The first depicts various groups of figures as they gather in a park, with classica...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Rococo Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
French Bronze and Marble Two-Armed Candelabrum, 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
A wonderful 19th century candelabra in the French Empire style, made of patinated bronze, gilt bronze and marble. The stem represents a woman holding aloft a two-armed torch, the who...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Candelabras
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century Polychrome Pedimented Mirror
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a wonderful 18th century mirror with its original glass, most probably from France or Italy. Painted in black and green with beautiful gilding on the frame and the upper and...
Category
Antique 18th Century French Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Wood
Japanese Silver Inlaid Bronze Incense Burner, 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a wonderful Japanese, silver inlaid, solid Bronze incense burner from the late 19th century or early 20th century.
The removable lid features beautiful modelling of a small ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Chinese Export Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Bronze
18th Century French Polychrome Painted Saint
Located in Toronto, CA
A stunning polychrome figure of a Saint from the late 18th century or early 19th century, from France. This is one of the most beautifully carved Saints we have ever featured, with t...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Craved and Gilded Santo 17th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a lovely Spanish Colonial antique Santo figure, beautifully gilded with tones of deep red underpainting showing through. The statue represents a...
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
A Napoleon III Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany and Marquetry Table
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a stunning Napoleon III Style, Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany and Marquetry table, with a flip top that turns it into a games table with compartment inside.
Most probably Engli...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Napoleon III Side Tables
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Bronze and Marble Pedestal table
Located in Toronto, CA
19th Century patinated metal pedestal table with three legs and a triangular base in verdigris finish. Gilt gilt bronze dolphin feet, floral capitals and an interior ring. The top i...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Unknown Neoclassical Pedestals
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Continental Bronze Sculpture
Located in Toronto, CA
A beautiful continental bronze figure of a standing female on a black marble base. Early 20th century, signed illegibly on the base.
This elegant bronze has a wonderful patina and mo...
Category
Early 20th Century European Classical Greek Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Bisque Porcelain Group of Venus and Cupid, Mid 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
An exquisite bisque porcelain figure of Venus and Cupid from the mid nineteenth century, French, with incised crossed swords mark and another device etched on the base.
Photos don't ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Classical Greek Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Oak Overdoor Pediment 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
Wonderful antique pediment. Solid oak, probably late nineteenth century.
This piece has been professionally cleaned/ stripped of old paint and then o...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Eastlake Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood
Antique Mexican Retablo "Exvoto" Oil on Tin, 1936
Located in Toronto, CA
Beautiful Mexican retablo or ex voto, painted in 1936, describing a mother giving thanks to the Virgin for the safety of her two boys. The crowned Virgin of Guadeloupe floats surroun...
Category
Vintage 1930s Mexican Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Tin
Large Pair of Royal Dux Figurines
By Royal Dux
Located in Toronto, CA
A beautiful pair of monumental biscuit porcelain figures made by renowned Royal Dux Bohemia, depicting a girl and boy, each one at a well.
Stamped with the pink, triangular Royal Du...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Burled Walnut Console Table, American, Herter Brothers, 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
Gorgeous burled walnut console table from the 19th century, with two drop leaves and a single pull drawer, most probably made by the Herter brothers. The table is raised on turned le...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American American Classical Console Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Collection of Bohemian Amber Cut-To-Clear Crystal Glassware, 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
This is an exquisite collection of Bohemian amber cut-to-clear crystal from the nineteenth century, featuring one decanter, on pokal, four cordial glasses and a matching tray.
All be...
Category
Antique 19th Century Czech Louis XVI Glass
Materials
Glass
Louis XV Style Hand-Carved Giltwood Mirror
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a stunning Louis XV style, hand carved giltwood mirror, English or French, 19th century.
Photos don't do justice to the gorgeous patina of t...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Louis XIV Style Walnut Armchair, French, 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
A spectacular Nineteenth Century, French fauteuil in the style of Louis XIV, upholstered in its original tapestry. Tapestry upholstered with studded details on a walnut frame with fi...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chairs
Materials
Tapestry, Walnut
Seascape, Rough Waters, 19th Century Oil on Board
Located in Toronto, CA
"Rough Waters." A lovely, petite, nineteenth century seascape painting or oil sketch in very unusual tones of pink. Oil on board, English school.
In a lovely period gilt frame.
Board...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Romantic Paintings
Materials
Paint
Pair Of Terracotta Busts of Boy and Girl
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a wonderful pair of terracotta busts, depicting a boy and a girl. 20th century, most probably Italian. Both raised on a circular base. Unsigned.
The bust of the young boy sh...
Category
20th Century Italian Belle Époque Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Italian Glazed Ceramic, Majolica Wall Brackets
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a fabulous pair of continental , glazed ceramic wall brackets, 20th century, most probably Italian.
Each one shaped as a mermaid, in the grand tradition of Italian majolica. ...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Garden Ornaments
Materials
Ceramic
A Wedgwood Jasperware Mounted Brass and Wooden Bookend and Inkwell
Located in Toronto, CA
A lovely and very unusual expandable bookshelf, made of burled walnut with brass end plates featuring two Wedgwood Jasperware medallions....
Category
Antique 19th Century English Neoclassical Bookends
Materials
Brass
Wall Mirror, Ebonized and Gilt Decorated, 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a fabulous aesthetic movement mirror from the late 19th century, probably English. The frame is ebonized and decorated with incised, hand-painted and gilded decorations featuring floral swags and a lion mask on the top, and a lovely maiden on either side of the glass. The mirror glass is 7.5 inches square and bevelled, and has wonderful patina. There are five visible boreholes around the perimeter of the frame which would have held coat hooks that are now absent.
This mirror exhibits all the hallmarks of the aesthetic movement, which flourished in England from 1860 to 1900. Artists and furniture designers from this movement found inspiration in a variety of cultures and periods, including Greek...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
French Art Deco Terracotta Sculpture of A Woman with a Dog, by George Costes
Located in Toronto, CA
An extremely elegant Art Deco Terracotta Sculpture of a woman with her Borzoi dog, made in 1930 by Georges Coste.
Stamped on the base with the Susse Frères Foundry seal and signed Ge...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1609-1664, Young Man, Etching Circa 1640
By Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Located in Toronto, CA
This is an original etching by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, circa 1640, of a Young Man Looking Down to the Right. It is the only known state and belongs to the series known as 'Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress'. Signed (in monogram) in the plate in the upper right 'G Castiglione Genovese.'
In a delicate gilt/black frame. Frame dimensions 12.75" by 8.75". Certificate of Authenticity.
In this work, Castiglione offers us an exquisite portrait of a young man. This small etching shows all the hallmarks of Castiglione's style: incredibly detailed etching marks that result in a wonderful play of light and shadow. The angle of the head and the lively floating feather in the young man's hat show us a figure in movement, pausing to look at something the viewer can only guess at. That such a small collection lines and cross-hatchings can evoke so much is a testament to Castiglione's genius.
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione was an Italian Baroque painter, printmaker and draftsman of the Genoese school. He is best known now for his etchings, and as the inventor of the printmaking technique of monotyping. He was known as Il Grechetto in Italy and in France as Le Benédette.
Castiglione was a brilliant draftsman and pioneered the development of the oil sketch (often using a mixture of mediums) as a finished work.
He is credited with having invented the monotype in 1648, the only printmaking technique to be an Italian invention, making over twenty over the succeeding years. His most popular and influential prints were a series of exotic heads, mostly of vaguely Oriental males, but also of women.
From Bartch/Bellini:
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione was profoundly influenced by foreigners. He first studied with local artists in his native Genoa, absorbing not only Tuscan Mannerism and Caravaggism but also the style of Peter Paul Rubens, who had worked in Genoa. From 1621, Castiglione also worked in Anthony van Dyck's Genoa studio. Early on, he was attracted to Flemish animal painting. Though he painted portraits, historical pieces and landscapes, Castiglione excelled in rural scenes with animals and influenced Italy's animal painting specialists. By 1634, Castiglione was in Rome, where he remained for about ten years. After returning to Genoa for a time, he worked for the Mantuan court in 1648, which had also employed Rubens. There Castiglione picked up the freedom of touch he saw in Domenico Fetti's paintings. One of the first Italians to appreciate Rembrandt van...
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Prints
Materials
Paper
Three Etchings of Gentlewomen by Wensceslaus Hollar, 1607-1677
Located in Toronto, CA
A wonderful trio of etchings of gentlewomen by Wenceslau Hollar, who was born in Prague in 1607 and died in London in 1677.
The largest, A Woman of Holland, is inscribed on the upper...
Category
Antique 17th Century English Baroque Prints
Materials
Paper
19th Century Chinoiserie Lacquer Sewing Box
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a remarkable 19th century lacquered sewing box with multiple compartments on the interior.
The exterior is decorated in elaborate black and gilded motifs including flowers, f...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood, Lacquer
French Inlaid Marquetry Rosewood Mantle Clock, 1820
Located in Toronto, CA
A beautifully made, French, inlaid rosewood mantel clock from 1820, with 8 day striking movement and silk-suspended pendulum. Original porcelain dial mounted in brass. The marquetry ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Belle Époque Mantel Clocks
Materials
Rosewood
Pair of Exquisite Petite Empire Candlesticks
Located in Toronto, CA
An exquisite pair of early nineteenth century small candlesticks from France, made of gilt bronze on small, square alabaster bases. These candlesticks feature neoclassical columns sw...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Candlesticks
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
Fine Italian Landscape of Peasants at Rest, Oil on Board, Late 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
A wonderful Italian painting depicting peasants at rest under trees, with haystacks and farm buildings in the distance. Oil on board, late nineteenth century or early twentieth centu...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Pair of Dutch Brass Candlesticks, Nineteenth Century or Earlier
Located in Toronto, CA
Spectacular pair of large brass candlesticks in the Dutch manner, nineteenth century or earlier. Either Dutch or Swedish. 1500These candlesticks feature beautifully embossed flowers ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century European Dutch Colonial Candlesticks
Materials
Brass
Indian Koftgari Box, Nineteenth Century
Located in Toronto, CA
An exquisite Indian Koftgari work box, or jewelry box, circa 1900, in oval shape. Featuring very fine, gold thread decoration with three silvered bun feet and a silvered base. The li...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Iron
Large Frosted Glass Bowl With Dragons by Josef Inwald for Barolac, 1930
By Josef Inwald
Located in Toronto, CA
A fabulous art glass bowl from the Art Deco period, designed by Josef Inwald for Barolac. This bowl showcases sinuous curling dragons in the Chinese style in frosted art glass with a...
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Art Deco Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Monumental English Oak Frame
Located in Toronto, CA
A deeply carved oak frame, English, Nineteenth Century or early 20th Century. Currently with a watercolour depicting Saint Anne teaching the Virgin.
This incredibly heavy and beauti...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Picture Frames
Materials
Oak
Art Nouveau Etched Glass Cameo Vase signed Devez
By Devez
Located in Toronto, CA
This is an exquisite, petite, early 20th-century cameo glass vase, hand etched with a Japanese inspired scene, including distant mountains, a lake, and cascading willow branches, fl...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Glass
Early Nineteenth Century Portrait of a Lady
Located in Toronto, CA
A stunning oil portrait in the manner of Allan Ramsay, a Scottish painter who was renowned for his portraits in the 18th century. (1813-1784) This is a beautifully executed painting...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Louis XIV Style Bronze and Pink Onyx Table
Located in Toronto, CA
Beautiful Louis XIV style low pedestal table featuring a gilt bronze frame with concave legs terminating in rams' heads with rings, and elegant hoo...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XIV Side Tables
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Art Nouveau Marble Sculpture of Two Figures Kissing
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a stunning Art Nouveau marble sculpture, of two females kissing in front of a pool. Carved in marble, early twentieth century but...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Monumental Royal Dux Art Nouveau Vase Early 20th Century
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Toronto, CA
A monumental Royal Dux Bohemia porcelain vase, featuring a beautiful maiden standing under a grapevine, with a large bird. The base of the vase featuring frolicking putti. Typical Ar...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Marquetry Jewelry/Dresser Box, Maison Vervelle
Located in Toronto, CA
A beautifully detailed French, brass mounted, marquetry and inlaid burl, fruitwood, and kingwood dresser box. The top is domed and the interior lined with original velvet. Bass bandi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Beaux Arts Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood, Kingwood, Burl
18th Century, English Chest of Drawers with Exquisite Marquetry
Located in Toronto, CA
A spectacular 18th century, English, five drawer chest with burled walnut and inlaid fruitwood marquetry throughout. Each drawer has a brass escutcheon and drop pulls, all original. ...
Category
Antique 18th Century British Georgian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
Albert Goodwin, Untitled Landscape Sketch, Pen and Ink Wash, Signed
Located in Toronto, CA
A exquisite landscape sketch by Albert Goodwin, 1845-1932, with detailed pen work over ink wash, depicting a country scene with figures in the foreground and hills in the distance,...
Category
Early 20th Century English Romantic Drawings
Materials
Giltwood, Paper
Landscape in the Style of Jean-Antoine Watteau, 18th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
A beautiful 18th Century oil on canvas, depicting a garden scene typical of the period, also known as a "Fête Galante". In the style of Jean-Antoine Watteau, the french master of the...
Category
Antique 18th Century French Rococo Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Altar Table with Mother of Pearl Inlay, China, 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a gorgeous late Qing Dynasty Chinese altar table made of Rosewood. Scroll ends carved with dragons and beautiful mother-of-pearl inlay on all sides, including top, back, legs...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
Set of Twelve 18th century Printer's Devices
Located in Toronto, CA
Set of twelve individual sheets with affixed printers' devices, each featuring individual designs along with wording in old french, dating from approximately 1700.
Printers' devices ...
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Antique Early 1700s French Louis XV Prints
Materials
Paper
Nineteenth Century Cobalt Porcelain Inkstand
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a lovely porcelain ink stand, most probably French, from the nineteenth century.
Brilliant cobalt ground with glorious, hand-painted floral and gilded decoration, and bronze ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Rococo Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Commedia Dell'arte Harlequin Doll, Silk and Papier Mache, Italy
Located in Toronto, CA
This is an irresistible Italian doll of the classic Commedia Dell'arte figure the Harlequin, or Arlecchino, as he is known in Italian. Probably made in V...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Renaissance Toys and Dolls
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Fine Italian Terracotta Mantlepiece Early 20th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
Fabulous terracotta mantel piece or fire surround, inscribed PIUS IX on the left hand side and MDCCLX (1760) on the right. The top section of the mantelpiece carved with two angels h...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Roman Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Terracotta
