Decorative Objects
Decorative Objects For Sale
Color: Silver
Art Nouveau WMF Table Center Piece Jugendstil
Located in Oakland, CA
WMF, in circa 1906. Can you imagine a time of elegance when every well-appointed home had something of this style on the dining room table or living room mantlepiece? They were desig...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Gorham Sterling Silver 1886 Table Top Double Inkwell
By Gorham
Located in New York, NY
Gorham sterling silver tabletop double inkwell from 1886 with intricately pierced figural gallery. It contains two glass inkwells with sterling silver caps and has an open compartment with hinged door. A great gift and addition to one's home or collection. It measures 7 3/4'' in length by 2 7/8'' in height by 4 3/4'' in depth, and bears hallmarks and monograms as shown.
During the heyday of American silver manufacturing–approximately 1850 to 1940–Gorham was one of the most influential. The White House has used Gorham silver services...
Category
1880s American Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
19th Century Middle Eastern Brass Inlaid Decorative Vase
Located in North Hollywood, CA
19th century decorative beautiful and unusual Middle Eastern Moorish brass inlaid decorative vase with flared lip engraved and inlaid with silver and copper compound.
Engraved and d...
Category
Late 19th Century Asian Moorish Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Brass, Copper
Pair of 1920s William Suckling Ltd English Silver Plate Candelabras/Candlesticks
Located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
A pair of antique silver-plated candelabras/candlesticks crafted by the renowned English company William Suckling Ltd, dating back to the 1920s. For versatility, the arm of the cande...
Category
1920s Baroque Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Gilt Sterling Silver Filigree Jewelery Miniature Watercolors, 19th Century
Located in Gardena, CA
Gilt sterling silver filigree jewelery miniature watercolors, 19th century
19th century Silver filigree Trinket Box with miniature hand painted...
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19th Century Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Meyle and Mayer German Sterling Silver Tobacco Box with Quartz / Stone, C1900
Located in Gardena, CA
Meyle and Mayer German Sterling Silver Tobacco Box with Quartz / Stone, C1900
German circa 1900 Sterling Silver w / Marcasite detail. Snuffbox with Lid / Quartz Stone - Meyle and Mayer - Dragonfly brand - finely textured box...
Category
19th Century Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Photo Picture Frame 1884 Hunting Horse Fox
Located in London, GB
A rare notably large Antique Victorian Photograph Frame with multiple apertures. This Solid Silver Picture frame has an rectangular shape wi...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mario Buccellati Life Size Silver Yorkshirre Terrier Dog
Located in New York, NY
Mario Buccellati life size silver Yorkshirre Terrier dog
A life-size silver dog crafted with a technique know as ‘lavorazione a pelo’ or ‘hair-like workmanship. This technique in...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
French Art Nouveau Crystal and Silver Perfume Bottle, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
DIMENSIONS
Height: 5 1/2 inches
Max. width: 3 1/2 inches
Bottom diameter: 2 7/8 inches
MARKINGS
Both, the neck and the top cover of the lid are stamped with a full set of French hallmarks, half-erased due to long-term use and therefore illegible.
ABOUT
This fine and unusual French antique perfume bottle of a superb quality and workmanship and can also function as a body lotion or bath salt...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Tall, Empire-Style Pair of Sterling Silver Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
Tall, Empire-style sterling silver candelabra with removable arms, Preisner Silver Co., Wallingford, CT., Ca. 1935. Graceful design. Each of the pair, which is weighted, measures 15 ...
Category
1930s American Neoclassical Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Candlesticks
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These sterling silver candlesticks are sleek and contemporary. Made by Towle Silversmiths they have a tulip shape and a gadroon design around the base. Perfect for any decor and time...
Category
1950s American Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Repousse Bookmark
By Kirk & Son
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver bookmark by S. Kirk and Sons of Baltimore, Maryland. Inspired by their iconic Repousse pattern, it has clu...
Category
1930s American Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Sterling Silver Fused Glass Shabbat Candlesticks
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A PAIR OF STERLING SILVER FUSED GLASS
SHABBAT CANDLESTICKS
Sherman Glass Studio, Jerusalem
Modern
5 1/2 in.(14 cm.) high
together with
A PAIR OF SILVER -PLATED CANDLESTI...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli International Style Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sphere Vase Taddei Architect Italian Design 1970 in Very Thick Glass Silver Part
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Sphere vase Taddei architect Italian design 1970, in very thick glass, with silver bands, amethyst color Diameter 16 cm, height 16 cm.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Oval Pill Box Monochrome Fired Enamel Landscape Miniature Art Nouveau Style Ster
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand painted fine monochrome fire enamelled miniature depicting a landscape in Art Nouveau style. Dimensions cm. 4.5 x 5.5 x 1.4. Weight gr. 70. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1977 and manufactured in Florence in some specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Small Pair of Quality Antique Victorian Sheffield Plated Candlesticks
Located in Suffolk, GB
Small pair of quality antique Victorian Sheffield plated candlesticks having a quality small pair of antique Victorian Sheffield plated candlesticks with ornate decoration
H 14 x...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Sheffield Plate
Mottahedeh Pear Tree Candlesticks
By Mottahedeh
Located in New York, NY
Pair of silver plate stylized pear and leaf motof candlesticks on a traditional central post. Stamped Mottahedeh. We have left the patina on the silver, cou...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
A Pair of Early 20th Century Silver Candlesticks marked Denmark
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful pair of silver candlesticks, richly decorated with round shapes in Rococo style. The candlesticks are not hallmarked but have been tested and are solid silver. The foot i...
Category
1910s Danish Rococo Revival Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Silver Plate Ice Bucket and Tongs with Lizards
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout modernist ice bucket and matching tongs crafted in silver plate on copper featuring stone clad lizard handles. Signed Wolmar Castillo Silversmiths...
Category
20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Viennese Enamel Cornucopia Vase C. 1880 Vienna Austria
Located in London, GB
A magnificent Antique 19th century Silver & Viennese Enamel Vase in the shape of a large cornucopia supported by a silver griffin on a domed pedestal ...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Italian Futurist Crystal Enameled Box with Silver Sculpture, Italy, 1933
Located in Roma, IT
Incredible futurist multifaceted crystal glass box, this stunning piece was produced in Italy in 1933, as it features the 800 silver engraving that w...
Category
1930s Italian Futurist Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Exquisite Hand-Crafted Vintage French Brass Compotes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Explore our extraordinary pair of early 1900s French compotes, meticulously hand-crafted from brass. These vintage brass compotes have been professionally cleaned, polished, and rest...
Category
1950s French Empire Revival Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Silver Plate
Antique Repousse Sterling Silver Cigar Holder, Circa 1910
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique repousse sterling silver cigar holder, Circa 1910. Wonderful intricate design of birds, flowers & scrolls.
Category
Early 20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Sterling and Crystal Perfume Bottles
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A pair of sterling silver and crystal perfume bottles made in England, circa 1907. Each bottle has an elaborate cut-glass design with...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Novelty Duck Letter Opener by Sampson Mordan & Co.
Located in Bath, GB
A rare and highly collectable letter opener made from solid English sterling silver with the handle mounted with a charming Duck figure.
The underside is fully hallmarked London ...
Category
1920s British Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Porcelain Animal Figure, Silver Pheasant, Rosenthal Selb Germany, C. 1923
Located in Vienna, AT
Admirable Art Déco Figurine by Rosenthal:
Large depiction of a silver pheasant sitting on a leafy branch with sparse polychrome painting, blue-grey plumage, head turned backwards.
On an irregular natural base, artist's signature 'KÄRNER' on the top of the base behind the animal.
Manufactory: Selb / Bavaria / Rosenthal Germany
Dating: manufactured 1923
Material and technique: porcelain / chinaware / painted / glossy finish
Design: THEODOR KAERNER (1884 - 1966) German porcelain and animal sculptor, 1898–1903 training as a modeller at the Hutschenreuther company, 1914 and 1921 enrolled as a guest student with the animal painter Heinrich von Zügel at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, worked as a permanent sculptor in the Nymphenburg porcelain factory in Munich, later as Freelancer at the Rosenthal company in Selb, he was then employed as the artistic director of the Allach porcelain...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
21st Century, Animal Box Collection, Porcelain Box with Silver Bronze Fish
Located in Calenzano, FI
Porcelain box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with silver finish. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail ...
Category
2010s Italian Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
1910 Italian Pair of Sterling Silver Candelabras, Tall and Heavy
Located in North Miami, FL
Presenting an extraordinary pair of Italian sterling silver candelabras crafted in the year 1910. These magnificent pieces, originating from the city of Florence, were meticulously c...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Pair of Candlesticks, London 1923 Morris Salkind
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1923 by Morris Salkind, this attractive pair of antique sterling silver candlesticks, feature chased swags and bows, and are unfilled.
Each candlestick me...
Category
1920s English Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique George III Silver Snuff Box Birmingham, 1817, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an exquisite antique George III sterling silver snuff box, with hallmarks for Birmingham 1817, of rectangular form with reeded decoration, vacant cartouche, moulded front rim...
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1810s English George III Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Art Deco Italian Candlestick made by Romeo Miracoli
Located in Oakland, CA
Sterling Silver Art Deco Italian Candlestick made by Romeo Miracoli. Modernist design, very high-quality details circa 1920-1940. The design treatment is unique, with a textured fini...
Category
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
20th Century American Pair of Silver-Plated Metal Candle Holders by Godinger
By Golding Co.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage late Mid-Century Modern American pair of candle holders made of hand crafted silver-plated metal, produced by Godinger in good condition. The candlesticks represent the Swe...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Detachable 6-Light Candelabra
Located in VALENZA, IT
Candelabra in modern and minimal style with 6 flames, divisible into 2 pieces of 3 flames.
This particular construction system is multipurpose because it allows the candelabra can b...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Art Nouveau Silver Candle Holders, by J.M. Van Kempen, Netherlands, 1900
By Van Kempen
Located in Vienna, AT
Two elegant silver candle holders on a square plan, base plate surrounded by a bead stick, base raised in a groove and forming a small square pedestal, grooved walls decorated with b...
Category
Early 1900s Dutch Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Period Solid Silver Pot Pourri Box William Comyns
Located in Uckfield, Sussex
A wonderful Art Nouveau period silver pot pourri box with a detailed pierced and repousse swan lake scene, the two swans sitting within the entwining duck leaves. The hinged lid opens to reveal a interior.
Hallmarks: London 1907 William Comyns
Retailed: Finnigans Ltd Manchester
Weight: 102g
William Comyns were a London based manufacturing silversmiths who traded from around 1858 until the 1930s.
The firm was founded by William Comyns when he bought the business of Robert Tagg (founded in 1730) around 1858 and entered his first mark from the original Robert Tagg premises in Soho, London.
The business expanded rapidly and the firm moved and gradually took up more and more premises on Beak Street, off Regent Street. They became William Comyns & Son in 1885 when his two sons Charles and Richard joined the partnership.
They had a significant impact in the 1880s by producing large numbers of decorative items in silver which were retailed through leading London retailers of the time such as Henry Lewis...
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Early 20th Century British Art Nouveau Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Evald Nielsen for Johannes Siggard Sterling Silver Candelabra, 1934
Located in Gardena, CA
Evald Nielsen for Johannes Siggard sterling silver candelabra, 1934
A sterling silver candelabra, beautifully executed in a fruiting grape vine mot...
Category
20th Century Danish Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair Antique English Edwardian 5-Light Silver-Plated Candelabra, Circa 1900-1910
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair antique English Edwardian Era 5-light silver plated candelabra hallmarked "Mappin & Webb's Prince's Plate London & Sheffield", circa 1900-1910.
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Deco Style Chrome or Silveroid Desk Timepiece
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a lovely Art Deco style chrome or silveroid desk timepiece.
Probably made circa 1980.
The case is a solid circular shaped chrome or sil...
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate, Chrome
Mario Buccellati Life Size Silver Rabbit
Located in New York, NY
Mario Buccellati life size silver rabbit. A life-Size silver rabbit crafted with a technique know as ‘lavorazione a pelo’ or ‘hair-like workmanship. This...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
George II Period Sterling Silver Candlesticks, Corinthian, William Cafe, 1758
By William Cafe
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1758 by William Cafe, this exceptional pair of George II period, antique sterling silver candlesticks, are unfilled, with cast bases, and in the Corinthian fo...
Category
1750s English George II Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sarah Jones Vintage 1986 Sterling Silver Model of a Labrador
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage cast English sterling silver model of a labrador; part of our animal related silverware collection.
This exceptional, fine and impressive vintage silver dog ornament...
Category
1980s British Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1982 Sterling Silver Miniature Boudoir Clock
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver eight-day boudoir clock; an addition to our silver timepiece collection.
This exceptional vintage Elizabeth II sterling silver miniature boudoir clock has a plain rectangular rounded form onto four bun feet.
The surface of this impressive vintage miniature clock...
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1980s English Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
Reed & Barton Equestrian Page Magnifier, 1940s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great Reed & Barton page magnifier with a detailed horse head handle in solid silver plated metal. Reed & Barton 275 stamped on the base of the han...
Category
1940s American Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Hermès Shotgun Shell Pen Holder, 1980s France
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic silver cup with brass bottom made by Hermès. In the shape/style of a shotgun shell. Stamped Hermès Made in France on underside of brass. Good vin...
Category
1980s French Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Brass
Edwardian Sterling Silver and Deep Pink Enamel-Mounted Magnifying Glass
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian, sterling silver and deep pink guilloche enamel-mounted magnifying glass, Sheffield, England, year-hallmarked for 1905, James Scholes -maker. Glass...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Ceramic Bowl by Wilhelm Kage Argenta Serie for Gustavsberg Sweden, 1930 Signed
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Paris, FR
A bowl in ceramic with handmade silver inlay from the 1930s Argenta collection made by Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg, signature underneath.
The now iconic argenta stoneware collecti...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Antique George V Sterling Silver Cigarette Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver cigarette or cigar box; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique George V sterling silver cigarette box has a plain rectangular form.
The sides of this impressive antique cigarette...
Category
1910s Hungarian Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sculptural Silver Plated Coiled Candle Holder by Bertil Vallien for Dansk Design
By Bertil Vallien, Dansk
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Dansk Designs France Silver-Plated Spiral Tapered Candlesticks, Candle Holder.
Sculptural silver plated coiled candleholder by Bertil Vallien for Dansk, circa 1970s.
The piece has...
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Late 20th Century French Scandinavian Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Danish Silver 2-Light Candelabra/ Oil Lamps in Jensen Mid-Century Modern Style
By Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Danish silver 2-light candelabra or oil lamps in Georg Jensen, Mid-Century Modern style with an elegant, geometrically inclined style. Each measures 10 1/4'' in length by 4 1/2'' in ...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Antique Chinese Export Silver Jewellery Box, circa 1895
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export silver jewellery box; an addition to our collection of boxes and cases
This exceptional antique Chinese Export Silver box has a subtly undulating rectangular form.
The surface of the box has a planished finish and is embellished with an embossed and chased decorated stemmed floral and foliate design to the anterior surface.
The decoration to the body continues to the cover, incorporating plum blossom arrangements and an impressive perched bird motif.
This antique jewellery box is fitted with the original hinged cover.
This exceptional Chinese silver jewellery box is supported by four impressive cast silver feet.
The hallmarks struck to the underside of this fine box include:
Maker's mark: HC (Hung Chong)
Artisan workshop mark: QI CHANG (Shanghai)
NOTE: We are grateful to Adrien von Ferscht for his help in identifying this exceptional antique piece.
Condition
This antique Chinese silver jewellery...
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1890s Chinese Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Rare Set Four Silver Plate & Glass Column Candlesticks, circa 1860
Located in Bath, GB
It is rare to find a pair of these candlesticks in a winning combination of classically styled silver plate paired with glass columns, here we have a set of four!
Just back from o...
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1860s British Victorian Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Silver Plated Shell Form Candy Dishes or Ashtrays, Pair
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of silver plated shell candy dishes or ashtrays. No makers mark or brand stamp.
Category
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Asprey, Novelty Silver Fox Letter Opener, Chester, 1928
Located in Bath, GB
Made in the Art Deco era, this splendid solid sterling silver letter opener has a handle featuring a handsome Fox's head, always highly sought-after.
What makes this particularly ...
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1920s British Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
F.B. Rogers Midcentury Silverplate Footed Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Silver plate bowl made by F.B. Rogers Silver Co. Lifted by a set of cute module feet, iconic midcentury modern. This bowl is ready to hold coins, keys...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate, Silver
Art Deco Stoneware and Silver "Argenta" Vase by Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Art Deco "Argenta" Vase was realized by the esteemed Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg in Sweden circa 1940. It features a subtly tapered conical stoneware body handpainted ...
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1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver Jardiniere with Swan Busts and Glass Liner, Pietrasanta & C., Italy, 1950
By Gianni Pietrasanta
Located in Vienna, AT
Solid silver vessel in an oval basic form with a wide, bulbous body, offset, domed, round base with hump decoration and palmette decorative strip on the outside of the base ring, hump decoration in the lower half of the vessel body in one step, upper half of the vessel smooth and with a slightly curved edge with raised panels merging in the middle, palmette decorative strip running around the upper edge, in the area of the gradation two raised, widening bundles of branches on the sides, crowned by swan...
Category
1650s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Reed & Barton Equestrian Letter Opener, 1940s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great Reed & Barton letter opener with a detailed horse head handle in solid silver plated metal. Reed & Barton 274 stamped on the base of the hand...
Category
1940s American Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Irish Sterling Silver Repousse Engraved Bowl William Egan Cork Dublin 1911
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Irish sterling silver footed bowl by William Egan, County Cork, 1911.
The bowl having an everted rim above a stepped globular body which i...
Category
1910s Irish Rococo Revival Vintage Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Antique, New and Vintage Decorative Objects
Every time you move into a house or an apartment — or endeavor to refresh the home you’ve lived in for years — life for that space begins anew. The right home accent, be it the simple placement of a decorative bowl on a shelf or a ceramic vase for fresh flowers, can transform an area from drab to spectacular. But with so many materials and items to choose from, it’s easy to get lost in the process. The key to styling with decorative objects is to work toward making a happy home that best reflects your personal style.
Ceramics are a versatile addition to any home. If you’ve amassed an assortment of functional pottery over the years, think of your mugs and salad bowls as decorative objects, ideal for displaying in a glass cabinet. Vintage ceramic serveware can pop along white open shelving in your dining area, while large stoneware pitchers paired with woven baskets or quilts in an open cupboard can introduce a rustic farmhouse-style element to your den.
Translucent decorative boxes or bowls made of an acrylic plastic called Lucite — a game changer in furniture that’s easy to clean and lasts long — are modern accents that are neutral enough to dress up a coffee table or desktop without cluttering it. If you’re showcasing pieces from the past, a vintage jewelry box for displaying your treasures can spark conversation. Where is the jewelry box from? Is there a story behind it?
Abstract sculptures or an antique vessel for your home library can draw attention to your book collection and add narrative charm to the most appropriate of corners. There’s more than one way to style your bookcases, and decorative objects add a provocative dynamic. “I love magnifying glasses,” says Alex Assouline, global vice president of luxury publisher Assouline, of adding one’s cherished objects to a home library. “They are both useful and decorative. Objects really elevate libraries and can also make them more personal.”
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