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Pastel portrait of a gentleman 1810-1830
Located in Mobile, AL
Attractive antique pastel portrait of a gentleman. He can be an instant ancestor! 1810-1830 and in a period, likely original frame. Frame is...
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Antique Early 19th Century American American Empire Drawings
Materials
Paper
Change the Plan John Thomas Riddle Black Art Serigraph Rare Proof
By John T Riddle
Located in Mobile, AL
This is a rare proof copy P 7/20 of one of the iconic Black Art Posters of the 1980's. Examples of this work are included in the collection of the Flint Institute of Art, Oakland Mu...
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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Louisville Pottery Company Daniel Boone Rare Mauve Mid Century Modern Kentucky
By Louisville Pottery Company
Located in Mobile, AL
The Louisville Pottery company used a variety of stamps and sold to touristy shops with marks including Cherokee, Great Smokey Mountains, Daniel Boone, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky Hand Made and more. Most of them are small pitchers and vases in traditional forms. But, then there are occasional exceptions and over time we have all learned that major designers including Frederic Hurten Rhead (over at Selden Bybee) were working in the area. Research is ongoing to identify the examples designed and/or influenced by well known artists or simply a great relatively unknown designer or two deserving of recognition for their work. The JB Speed Art Museum cataloged a slightly smaller gloss green example Accession number 2007.10.9 with the Cherokee Pottery...
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Vintage 1930s American Machine Age Vases
Materials
Pottery
Tiffany Zodiac large Letter box holder and large blotter ends Arts and Crafts
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Mobile, AL
Tiffany Studios American Arts and Crafts style patinated letter box and blotter ends. This set retains significant green and red patina and over the years had accumulated some black...
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Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Desk Sets
Materials
Bronze
Tiffany Zodiac letter opener with fantastic patina # 1095 Arts and Crafts
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Mobile, AL
A gorgeous Tiffany Studios Zodiac pattern letter opener. These retains significant amounts of red colored patina and some green. And, although gorgeous, please note there is a ripp...
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Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Desk Sets
Materials
Bronze
Tiffany Studios bronze patinated pen tray form #1000 Arts and Crafts
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Mobile, AL
The Zodiac pen tray is a fantastic holiday gift for the Cancer or Pisces who loves Tiffany, Arts and Crafts or simply fine living. Designed for pens over a century ago, the functions today can be endless. This examples is well cast and retains a fair amount of the original patina. The surface is a lovely mottled brown and black finish and there is significant red and green patina underneath where it was not exposed to UV light over the past century. The detail shots show the quality of the cast clearly and the markings of Tiffany Studios 1000. There is minor overall wear and modest scratching from both use and from cleaning. Nonetheless, the photos show how astoundingly attractive this example is and would we really expect a century old desk...
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Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Desk Sets
Materials
Bronze
Czechoslovakia Art Deco Jeweled dresser box. marbled glass with gilt decoration
By Kralik Glassworks
Located in Mobile, AL
The variety of glass made in Czechoslovakia in the Art Deco period is astounding. And, some of the most beautiful exports were the dresser boxes with jeweled lids, many clearly stam...
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Vintage 1930s European Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
Art Vannes Crystal wing vase. circa 1970 France
By Art Vannes
Located in Mobile, AL
Cristalleries de Vannes-le-Châtel, France gull wing abstract sculptural vase. Acid etched Art Vannes France Mark. This is a quintessential 1970's elegant design ready for your home...
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Bode Willumson 1920's / 30's Scorpion Jug private studio before Royal Copenhagen
By Bode Willumsen
Located in Mobile, AL
Bode Willumsen operated his own studio in Denmark and his work during the early period was celebrated to such an extent that he was hired at Royal Copenhagen where his related desig...
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Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Young Male Expressionist by Hedi Rothschild Kandel Germany Israel 1960's
Located in Mobile, AL
Hedi Rothschild Kandel Israeli Artist (1912-2003)
Portrait of Young Man Wonderful expressionist portrait. Hedi Kandel (born Rothschild) studied art in Nurenberg and medicine in Er...
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Vintage 1960s Israeli Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Lorraine North 1970s Studio Pottery Group Scarce Mobile Alabama Artist
Located in Mobile, AL
Lorraine North (1931-2014) produced extraordinary Mid-Century Modern scratch decorated studio pottery in the 1970s and 1980s. It is extremely difficult to find examples of her work available. The forms and decoration speak for themselves. The measurement provided is for the larger lidded form. The ornament is local inspired and includes birds, fish, snails and flowers. The Gulf Coast of Alabama and Mississippi hosts a legion of artists and craftspeople with epicenters in Fairhope, Alabama and Ocean Springs...
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Green painted Southern Yellow Pine 19th century carriage strong box forged iron
Located in Mobile, AL
Green folk painted Southern yellow pine carriage trunk or strong box. The size is just about perfect for liquor bottles, too. Dovetail construction with hand forged clasp and hinges. The original finish was likely brown and it looks like it got it's first coat...
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Antique 1840s American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Materials
Wood
Candle Stand Cherry Empire Southern U.S. North Alabama or Tennessee c 1820
Located in Mobile, AL
Southern furniture is orders of magnitude harder to locate and collect than examples from other regions, but if you are looking at this listing, pre...
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Antique 1820s American American Empire Candle Stands
Materials
Cherry
Bat Vase Cut Crystal Val Saint Lambert Attributed Charles Graffart
By Charles Graffart 1, Val Saint Lambert
Located in Mobile, AL
Art Deco Bat pattern cut crystal vase
Attributed to Charles Graffart (1873-1967) Val Saint Lambert circa 1928
Charles Graffart is described in the Bri...
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Vintage 1920s Belgian Art Deco Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Thomas Ritchie Alkaline Glazed Stoneware Pitcher Catawba Valley c 1870
Located in Mobile, AL
Thomas Ritchie is one of the better documented Catawba Valley NC potters who worked in the mid 19th century up until (it is estimated) about 1900. A number of his jugs, crocks and canning jars...
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Antique 1870s American Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Porcelain Compotes Loch Creran and Clark Castle Scotland blue gilt painted
Located in Mobile, AL
Fantastic Pair of cobalt gilt edge compotes with scenes of Scotland. Entire sets of dishes with Scottish landmarks were produced, especially for the American Market in the 1870's, b...
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Antique 1870s English Late Victorian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Alabama Folk Art Pottery grouping Montgomery area pre-WW2 anonymous craftsman
Located in Mobile, AL
Bark decorated folk pottery grouping. These are believed to be tourist ware made by an unidentified couple in the Montgomery area before and about the time of WW2. To date, their nam...
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Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Vases
Materials
Pottery
Fish Server William Bateman 1830 Sterling Silver monogram of burning building
By William Bateman II
Located in Mobile, AL
An extraordinary sterling silver fish server. William Bateman produced it in 1830 in London. The engraving of a burning building was unfamiliar and fa...
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Antique 1830s English Early Victorian Serving Pieces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Douglas Nash Libbey Camel Candle Holder Opalescent Art Glass 1933 Ex Tiffany
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Mobile, AL
Douglas Nash left Tiffany for Toledo, Ohio and and Libbey Glass company where his Silhouette glassware line was the height of fashion in the 1930'...
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Vintage 1930s Art Deco Candlesticks
Materials
Art Glass
Neoclassical enameled Murano Chalice aventurine ruby mythology warriors gilt
Located in Mobile, AL
This chalice features a post battle enamel painted scene with a laural being placed upon the seated victor and a man pleads for mercy on behalf of defeated warriors and a family. The quality of the Renaissance style painted enamel and depth of surface is extraordinary and well represented in the photos. The stem and ruffled feature gold aventurine. The Neoclassical glass of Murano is responsible for the rebirth of the Industry there in the 19th century and has been in near constant production with varying levels of quality, craftsmanship and detail ever since. The trade commonly refers to these as style of Salviati based upon...
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Vintage 1940s Italian Neoclassical Revival Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Fish Scale Midnight Blue Chinese Cloisonne Tobacco Box 1930's
Located in Mobile, AL
Monochrome Chinese Fish Scale cloisonne is long famed for it's high quality of craftsmanship and understated elegance. A staple of interior design...
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Vintage 1930s Chinese Chinoiserie Metalwork
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Bertil Vallien Cameo Midnight sky Vase with Ravens Crows Kosta Boda Atelier 1992
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Mobile, AL
Bertil's work is often haunting, but this bottle vase is ready for display or perhaps for the most adventurous as a container for your personal witch's brew. A entire layer of end of day type scattered glass has been cameo acid cut back to reveal a frosted midnight blue glass underlayer. But, just look at these birds. Ravens, crows... certainly birds of the night. A taller neck than I have seen before and the slight slumping and bubbled inclusions reinforce the visual message that this is both art and handicraft. The fortuitous bold coloration of the birds makes the pattern boldly assert. Marked Kosta Boda Atelier 92 and B Vallien...
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1990s Swedish Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Edwin Scheier 1964 Modernist Sculpture of Man Riding Jaguar Which Has Eaten Man
By Edwin and Mary Scheier
Located in Mobile, AL
An early and fully three dimensional sculpture by Edwin Scheier exhibiting a symbolic or mythological representation that represents the circle of life. The bent wood, carving, piercing and rope work are all manifest at a high level in this quixotic almost whimsical work of 1964. Edwin (and Mary) spent over a decade in the 1960's and 70's in Oaxaca, Mexico where he often worked with Guanacaste wood and local fibers, to great success. A perfect compliment to a mid century modern interior and a must have go along with any major mid century and/or Scheier ceramics...
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Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Earl McCutcheon Slumped Fused Laminated Metal Inlaid Glass Sculptural Charger
Located in Mobile, AL
Earl McCutcheon was a pioneer in the studio glass movement who spent 40 years at the University of Ga. In the 1950's he was among the most influential experimental glass makers in th...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Carl Harry Stalhane Designhuset Reduction Red Figural Porcelain Bowl, 1980's
Located in Mobile, AL
Carl Harry Stalhane opened Designhuset in Sweden in 1973 after decades as as an important artist at Rorstrand. This hand thrown and hand decorated porcelain bowl features a copper re...
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Vintage 1980s Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Dan Gauthier Stoneware Slip Decorated Mashiko Iron and Enamel Decorated Charger
By Gauthier
Located in Mobile, AL
I corresponded with Don in Kansas City and he identified it as his work from the early 80's. He shifted to furniture making in the 90's and has prominently exhibited at the Grovewood Gallery at the Grove Park...
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Vintage 1980s Folk Art Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Mountain Traveler Bighorn Sheep Bronze Ott Jones 1994 4/50
Located in Mobile, AL
Ott Jones is one of the nations best known wildlife artists and his bronze sculptures are found in private and corporate collections world wide. From Bozema...
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1990s American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carlton Ware C1930 Candlestick 3074 Swallow & Paradise Bird Tree Cloud Red
By Carlton Ware Ltd
Located in Mobile, AL
Carlton Ware pattern 3074 in red. Candlestick form 8337 is elegant and super rare. And, to find it decorated with one of the most popular composite patterns including the bird of par...
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Vintage 1930s British Candlesticks
Materials
Pottery
Crestmount : Antonio Morino Home 1923 signed Ballou LA Paramour estate painting
Located in Mobile, AL
Crestmount is the Mediterranean Revival Style mansion built by architect Robert D. Farquhar in 1923 for Antonio Morino "The It Man" and Daisy Can...
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Vintage 1920s American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Cerulean Blue Satellite Form Low Bowl Impressed Design Technics and by Lee Rosen
By Lee Rosen
Located in Mobile, AL
A 1960's space age orbital design from Lee Rosen and Design Technics in celestial or cerulean blue. This statement piece is a perfect accent for your mid century modern home. Seldom ...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery
Jugendstil Marzi & Remy Tankard Karl Gorig Attribution .5l Stoeneware
Located in Mobile, AL
Jugundstil is the German expression of Art Nouveau. And, some amazingly practical items that are still suitable for modern living can occasionally be...
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Antique Early 1900s German Jugendstil Barware
Materials
Pottery
Ceramic Arts Company c 1895 Ipswich Shanties Arthur Wesley Dow China Painting
Located in Mobile, AL
A Ceramic Art Company "Lenox" tankard circa 1895 decorated with scenes from Arthur Wesley Dow’s woodblock prints. 7.5” This china painted mug was made by Lenox and marked with the underglaze CAC Ceramic Art Company mark. It is decorated with three panels of “Ipswich Shanties” after the American Arts and...
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Antique 1890s American Arts and Crafts Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Market Basket Woman with pig and cow head sgnd J.E. Gourgue huge culinary art
Located in Mobile, AL
Signed by J.E. Gourgue, noted Haitian painter, this large scale artwork is destined for a major collection, a culinary enthusiast or even a restaur...
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Vintage 1970s Haitian Paintings
Materials
Paint
1885 Rookwood Aesthetic Movement High Victorian Perfume Bottle form # 61
By Rookwood Pottery Co.
Located in Mobile, AL
Rookwood pottery was established based upon Arts and Crafts ideals positing the celebration and elevation of pottery as an art form. Both professional and amateur decorators and potters were instrumental in the success of what became an art industry and the nations first Internationally recognized art pottery. It is marked 1885, 61 and W. Rookwood's font, Form # 61 and the use of W to indicate white clay are well known to Rookwood collectors and have been identified in most publications concerning the pottery dating back to Peck's books. Sometimes we just can't figure out who decorated them. Many of the decorators were married society ladies and some used their spouse's initials or names on pots. I have been unable to identify what appears to be M AED in under-glaze initials. Nor does the pencil notation which appears M.E. Foster (or Foote) turn up in my review of the literature, including The Ladies God Bless 'em. The quality of the decoration is high and represents the interest in Japonisme and Aesthetic Movement art. The four cobalt lined vertical panels recall vertical Japanese woodblock prints and the gold tracery and rim is surprisingly present with only modest wear to the high points and minor bleed through of the under-glaze around the lip. (shown). It is important to note that unless or until the decorator is identified, it is impossible to assert that the decoration is by a Rookwood artist. Many amateur ladies and gentlemen, particularly members of the Cincinnati Pottery...
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Antique 1880s American Aesthetic Movement Bottles
Materials
Pottery
Vieux Paris 'Old Paris' Tea Caddy or Apothocary Jar Painted with Harbor Scene
By Old Paris
Located in Mobile, AL
This empire period Old Paris tea caddy, canister or jar from the 1830's is sure to delight. It was likely designed and sold as a tea canister, but a lidd...
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Antique 1830s French Empire Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Capitoline Venus Grand Tour Mid 19th century bronze
By Praxiteles 1
Located in Mobile, AL
This grand tour bronze sculpture depicts the version of Venus so important to the history of art and literature in the U.S. that the original was temporarily loaned to the National Gallery of Art from the Capital Museums in Rome in 2011. Mark Twain visited Rome and upon his return home in 1867 he published "The Capitoline Venus" and he described the work as the “most illustrious work of ancient art the world can boast of". (with credit to the National Gallery of Art catalog...
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Antique Mid-19th Century European Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mintons Blue Willow Pattern Large Jardiniere
By Minton
Located in Mobile, AL
Thomas Minton is believed to have created the famous Blue Willow Pattern and sold the original design to Thomas Turner in the 18th century. The pattern is clearly inspired by Canton Chinese Export...
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Antique 1890s British Late Victorian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Pottery
Eskimo Fisherman Vase Edmund Ronaky California Modern
By Edmund Ronaky
Located in Mobile, AL
A rare large scale Eskimo fisherman theme mid century modern vase by noted California Artist Edmund Ronaky. Signed to the base and a quintessential West Coast work of modernism. The ...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Modernist Monumental Zig Zag Weed Vase
By Clyde Burt
Located in Mobile, AL
A monumental weed vase by studio potter Clyde Burt. This is 20" tall by 5.5" diameter and is from the 1960's series "Zig Zag Lines". A related (smaller) ex...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Stevens and Williams Osiris Art Glass Vase, C. 1886
By Stevens & Williams
Located in Mobile, AL
In 1886, John Northwood, famous glass artist of Stourbridge, UK, (later instrumental in the development of art glass in the US), invented a pull up machine allowing small metal teeth...
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Antique 1880s British Late Victorian Vases
Materials
Glass
