Emil Milan Pair of Sculptural Hand Carved Salt Spoons

An exquisitely carved double-compartment freeform bowl by Emil Milan (1922-85), executed in bubinga. Rich patina throughout. Signed to the underside, "By Emilan, Bubinga". Other exam...

A tri-footed Mask Bowl in hand-carved bissilon by Emil Milan. This design, whose underside appears as a tribal mask, was one of several conceived by Milan and Joyce Anderson...

An exceptional quality, modernist salt and pepper set executed in lacquered, solid brass, made in Italy. In impeccable, unused condition and with original presentation box labeled, "...

Elegant, modernist wire cheese knife in solid brass with cane-wrapped handle designed by Penchoen Originals of Sturgis, Michigan. Often misattributed to either Tommi Parzinger or Car...

A turned wood vessel with a hand-carved, Mayanesque glyph motif, its craft pedigree evidenced by a rim that is ever so slightly out-of-round, and floating over a shallow, recessed fo...

A fantastical table in the form of a dragonfly by American Studio craftsman, Andrew J Willner, executed in rare English brown oak, its eight individual sections sculpted by hand and constructed with pegged mortise and tenon joinery. Made during Willner’s tenure as wood artist in residence at Peters Valley School of Crafts, where he worked alongside Emil Milan and Karl Seemuller, this table is exceptionally realized and exemplifies Willner’s interest in the segmented forms of the natural world which became part of his signature fantastical style. Bears the artist’s carved initials and date to the underside, ‘AJW Sept. 73’. Well-preserved, likely refinished at some point. Literature: Meilach, D. Z. (1975). Creating modern furniture (pp. 288–289). New York: Crown Publishers. *depth of top = 17.5 inches *depth of base = 24 inches Andrew Willner is a modern polymath of sorts whose CV credits include those of boat builder, environmentalist, permaculturist, city planner, photographer, and public speaker in addition to master woodworker. He received his earliest training in woodworking in the basement wood shop of his grandfather who ran a lumber business selling reclaimed wood from construction sites. He earned his Bachelor degree in City Planning at the University of Virginia, did his graduate study in furniture design and sculpture under Wendell Castle student, Alan Lazarus, at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1968 and 1969, and became the first woodworking artist in residence at then-experimental and now-renowned Peters Valley School of Crafts in Layton, New Jersey upon its founding in 1970. It was at Peters Valley that Willner first met Emil Milan who was to become his mentor and life-long friend. Examples of Willner’s work are included in the 2018 monograph, Emil Milan: Mid Century Master. In the late 1970s, Willner met Vladimir Kagan at the Rhinebeck Craft Fair - - the chance encounter led to Kagan commissioning a chair design from Willner, to be available in several variations, for a show at Kagan’s NYC gallery. Willner used one of his early, original, bent and laminated designs for the commission and over the course of a year or so, a limited number of examples were sold through the Kagan showroom under the Kagan name with Willner credited as the designer. In 1980, Muppets’ genius, Jim Henson...

A Russian silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel open salt and spoon Moscow, Late 19th Century 2cm high x 5.5cm diameter Beautifully ornate and superbly execu...

Salt and pepper cellars with spoon WMF Style: Art Nouveau, Jugendstil, Liberty Country: Germany Materials: silver plated Several of the WMF objects can be seen in museums We h...

Beautiful and very large sculptural wood bowl by acclaimed American woodworker, Emil Milan. This bowl is hand carved from Bissilon, a dense wood f...

Set of 2 pisara spoons by Antrei Hartikainen Materials: Walnut, maple, natural oil wax Dimensions: W 7-10 cm Also available in three sizes and a variety of woods This range o...

Vintage Emil Milan Garlic crusher sculptural kitchen utensil, rare form, USA, circa 1950s. Vibrant walnut. Signed. Excellent condition. Measures: H 7½ in.

Quite a rare set of collected Edwardian cut glass egg cups with silver rims and a set of decorative spoons. The glass egg cups are cut with panels and fe...