Decorative Objects

Anglo- Indian Ebony & Porcupine quill Inlaid Vide-Poche India, Circa 1920-1950 A fine circular Anglo-Indian carved ebony wood with porcupine quill inlay Vide-Poche. Perfect for a...

A very nice Ko-Kutani Plate Symbolism: A simple life and wishes for longevity and peace. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: Japan Period: 17th ...

A very pretty early 20th Century cabinet cameo glass vase enamel painted with pink and purple cyclamen flowers against a white & pink field, Signed Daum Nancy with the Cross of Lorra...

A 1960s sculptural surrealist ornament in partially glazed and hand-painted ceramic. An abstract form or being ovoid in its main shape. The main color is mustard and the applied glaz...

This is a very decorative small cloisonné vase, made in China and dating to the first quarter of the 20th Century. The vase has a good globular baluster shape. It has been well mad...

Mid-Century, Mathieu Mategot attributed round perforated black enameled metal wastebasket. Modern styled minimalist basket with diamond shaped perforation in original condition with ...

Antique Large E. Howard & Co. Oak Cased Double Sided Top Mount Bank Clock Howard & Co. is a renowned watchmaking company which began in Boston in the mid 19th Century. This time pi...

Large circular Querandi glass vase 20th century Beautiful Querandi glass vase with opaque and textured finish, with blue glass details with striking geometric and organic shapes. Mea...

Large and Fabulous Japanese Charger in amazing colors. Visible in the border are two paradise birds and compartments of geometric designs. The centre with circles and flowers. Addi...

This exquisitely carved study of a Belgian draught horse dates to circa 1930 and is hand carved in dense beech wood. It is a very detailed sculpture and the artist has captured this...

Dachshund dog is made of chamotte stoneware with geometric decoration in blue and white semi-matte glaze. It was designed by Lisa Larson (1931-2024) in 1955 as part of the ”Lilla zo...

Spruce up your decor with this stunning vintage 70s ceramic vase duo crafted in Italy. The taller vase, a Monica art ceramic, boasts a vibrant handcrafted design glazed in bold red, ...

Exquisite Mid-Century Orange Italian Pottery Ginger Jar Chinoiserie. Hand Painted Flower Detail, Lidded.

A Large decorative bowl produced by Gabriel Keramik of Sweden. Features a black glazed body with incised pattern detail. Great size and form. Would work well as a center piece bowl o...

A gorgeous antique gilt bronze Neoclassical or Adam style desk calendar frame or picture frame By Tiffany Studios (signed to the back) New York, USA, Early 20th Century Measures: ...

9 R W Martin for the Martin Brothers a Musical Imp playing the Banjo Apparently unmarked Restoration to leg and the banjo head 9cm high Circa 1900

French Bronze Grand Tour Style 'Atlas' Model of a Kinetic Armillary France, 20th century, Unsigned This is a copy or model of an armory; it is not guaranteed to work. The five-ring o...

Full size wooden carousel goat in the style of Daniel Charles Muller. Punchinello carved into the back of the saddle. Punch was one of the turn of the ce...

French Art Deco glass vase by STELLA, 42 rue des petites-écuries, Paris, France, ca.1930.. Rounded shaped vase. Thick frosted milky molded glass showing flowers. Height :7.5"(19cm), ...

Vintage 70s Desk Set Attributed to Fontana Arte consisting of: Glass and brass pen holder measures 22 x 13 cm Correspondence holder in leather and glass 28 x 14 cm Glass ashtray cm 1...

These original vintage Jasba vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany. It is made of ceramic pottery. The bottom are marked the vase series number N 10111 35 Handarbeit. Straight fo...

These exquisite Neolithic bracelets from Mali are a captivating testament to ancient craftsmanship and ingenuity. Carved from limestone with natural crystalline veins coursing throug...

Large Terracotta Garden Gnome with Pipe, Germany ca. 1920s A large garden gnome from Germany, ca. 1920s. The gnome has a pipe and an walking stick in his hands. Good used vintage co...

Scandinavian Modern candle holder, Gunnar Ander for Ystad Metall ca 1950's. Brass and rattan. Good vintage condition, wear and patina consistent with age and use.

South Arabian Alabaster Inscription Calcite Alabaster circa 1st century A.D. ‘’Consequently, neither white marble of Paros nor any other stone which men admire can be compared with the precious stones of Arabia, since their whiteness is most brilliant, their weight the heaviest, and their smoothness leaves no room for other stones to surpass them.’’ - Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, Book II, 52.9 This inscription, finely worked on an alabaster tablet, is a remarkably well preserved example of Ancient South Arabian script, with its distinct bold, angular forms, written in the Qatabanic dialect - that is, the dialect spoken by the people of the kingdom of Qataban, which ruled much of modern day Yemen from the 7th Century B.C. to the 2nd Century A.D. The text, which reads: ‘[... ...]sa?d and Ma?add?i- / (of the lineage) of Hawfa- / She entrusted Anb- / against any malfeasance (which would remove it) from its place’ - indicates that it likely served to commemorate a temple offering. The quality of the script, incised so neatly into the surface of the alabaster, tells us that this piece was commissioned by somebody of considerable wealth and prestige, employing a scribe of equally considerable expertise. South Arabia was known throughout the ancient world for its incredible wealth - so much so that the Romans termed the region ‘Arabia Felix’ - literally, ‘Happy, or Fortunate, Arabia.’ That wealth was built largely on the trade of spices and incense, in which the Kingdom of Qataban played a major part. According to Pliny the Elder, this was the sole country through which frankincense could be exported, first being collected in the city of Shabwa, on the South Arabian coast, and from there travelling by camel up to Gaza, to be shipped all across the Mediterranean - not only that, but all growers of myrrh across Arabia were required to give a quarter of their yield to the king of the Qatabanians. As such, the kingdom became exceedingly rich and powerful, and Pliny goes on to tell us that ‘The nations of the Larendani and the Catabani, and the Gebanitæ [...] occupy a great number of towns, the largest of which are Nagia, and Thomna (the capital of Qataban) with sixty-five temples, a number which fully bespeaks its size.’ Because of the nature of its exports, frankincense in particular - the ‘sweat of of the gods’ according to the Egyptian Book of the Dead, and perhaps most famous as one of the three gifts brought to the newborn Christ - being closely associated with the divine, South Arabia’s reputation in antiquity was as a mysterious, almost sacred, and - crucially - extraordinarily wealthy region, at the very edge of the known world; in the words of Herodotus: ‘’Enough of marvels, and yet the land of Arabia gives off a scent as sweet as if divine.’’ This inscription invokes the protection of god Anbay, the judge-oracle of the chief god ‘Amm, who he served as an attendant. Much of what we know of the religious life of the ancient South Arabians comes to us from early Islamic texts, describing what is known in Islamic scholarship as ‘Jahiliyyah’ - the age before the advent of Islam in Arabia. What comes across in much of these texts is that these religious practices placed a great deal of emphasis on sacred stones, perhaps linked to the brilliance of the alabaster which is local to the region, and which a great many of the cult-objects produced in this time are made from. Hisham ibn-Al-Kalbi’s Book of Idols records: ‘’The Arabs were passionately fond of worshipping idols [...] Whenever a traveller stopped at a place or station in order to rest or spend the night, he would select for himself four stones, pick out the finest among them and adopt it as his god, and use the remaining three as supports for his cooking-pot.’’ This inscription was once in the collection of the intrepid British-Australian travel...

Beautiful pink marble jewelry box with red velvet interior and metal detail. Wind up the bottom and open the box to hear it play Memory.

This is a tall vintage whistling boy figure. An English, plasterwork decorative display statue, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930. Mischievous and endearing lad, with great...

Art Deco vintage flower stand from nickel plated metal and glass, Germany 1930s. An outstanding and sophisticated Art Deco nickel plated flower stand with four glass shelves shows a ...

Beautiful and Rare example- first we have seen in this exquisite simple modernist bird form. The artist , Hiramatsu Koshun ( 1896-1975) lived in Osaka and studied under Ktsura Kosh...

Large star-shaped crystal vase by Ettore Sottsass for Arnolfo di Cambio. Never used piece with original stickers

The Hanns-Peter Krafft Wool Sheep Sculpture, an early edition with plenty of vintage charm, was crafted for the German Company Meier. Handmade, this sculpture showcases unique charac...

Made in Italy, 1921 - 1922. This stunning trinket bowl / vide-poche is made in orange hand-blown Murano glass. It was presented at Salon D'Automne in Paris in 1922 and at the Bienna...

1950 / African tree trunk bowl / Mid-century / vintage / design This eye-catching large African oak bowl was crafted around 1950. Hand carved from a solid tree trunk, this bowl is o...

1 R W Martin for the Martin Brothers a Chess Piece modelled as a Bishop. Lacking Staff 16.5cm high Dated but indistinct - probably 1902

Pair of light weight metal garden urns. Decorative details and handles. Please confirm location NY or NJ

Two hand-chiseled horse sculptures with a primitive aesthetic. Their weathered finish adds character and suggests a sense of history. Placed on a fireplace mantel, they likely serv...

Cast bronze hand in the style of Pietrina Checcacci. The hand is hollow with many intricate knuckle and finger nail details. Crafted to perch on a flat surface and positioned as desi...

Set of 3 candlesticks designed by Thelma Zoéga. Produced in Sweden. Dimensions (Ø x H): 4 x 10-18 cm.

Cermic sculpture of Harlequin signed Pepi M.G.A. Joseph MAZZOTTI. ORIGIN Albisola, Italy PERIOD First half of the twentieth century MARK M.G.A. Apprendista ceramista dall'età di d...

It is "Echizen ware". Echizen is a historic kiln located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is said to have originated around the 9th century. There are 6 kilns with a long history in...

Val Saint Lambert,Signed sculpted crystal vase with amethyst core, Belgium. Heavy Val Saint Lambert crystal vase catalogued in the 1950s. The central amethyst color (a traditional f...

Elegant Art Deco / Hollywood Regency style compote made by Farber Bros., New York, ca. 1940s. Amber colored glass bowl, atop a gracefully curved pedestal, sits inside a chrome overly. A classic Farber Bros. style that is perfect for candy, nuts or potpourri. Marked on the bottom, "Farber Bros. - N.Y.C. - There is no marking on the glass bowl, but the majority of glass for Farber Bros. was made by Cambridge Glass Company. Other makers included Corning, Duncan and Miller...

Rare and stunning majolica glazed antique clock from the European Art Nouveau era. If you like rare Arts & Crafts antiques in general and marvelous clocks in particular then this handcrafted table clock from circa 1900-1910 could be the perfect addition to your collection / interior. When you understand how many difficult and time consuming techniques it took to create this antique work of time telling art, will you really be able to appreciate its beauty, rarity and quality. First of all, it would have taken a designer several days, if not weeks, to hand draw this design and this would take multiple sketches. Secondly, a ceramics specialist created the perfectly shaped and glazed majolica 'clock house'. This requires glazing and heating/'baking' in the keln and there too many things can go wrong. Thirdly, the aesthetically beautiful flower sculptures that you now see in gilt bronze, would first have to be sculpted out of clay or another material. From that initial sculpture a mold would have to be made and that mold would then be filled with extremely hot liquid bronze. The bronze sculpture would then have to be sanded, polished and gilt. Fourthly, in both the glazed ceramic clock house and the bronze flowers...

Made in Empoli, Italy, 1960s. This vase is made in crimson and transparent hand-blown glass and has a drinking glass shape. It is a vintage item, therefore it might show slight trac...

Large Cast and Chiseled Bronze Plaque Saint Sebastian after the model by Guido Reni (Capitoline Museum) Rome, 17th century Large rectangular bronze plaque depicting the martyrdom of...

This wooden figure was hand made in Ecuador. Depicts a person carrying a flute. Beautiful wood grain with exaggerated features. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictured. Di...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white and gold flecks Italian art glass baby bird figurine sculpture. Documented to the Seguso Vetri d'Arte company, recently found on their illus...

Roger Capron Ceramic Vase, France - 1970s.

A substantial square mirrored planter cachepot jardinière, '70s Modern/Postmodern period, circa 1970s. A great piece for a plant or flower, low or higher in nature. Piece is strong a...

Wonderful small Hand carved winged angelhead with its original gilding. Italy, circa 1750 Weathered. Measurement here below inclusive the wooden base. H:14cm W:11,5cm D:7cm

Beautiful Japanese ikebana white ceramic vase, circa 1960s. The vase is in great shape with no chips or cracks and has a wonderful mid-century circular shape with a split opening at ...

A stoneware vase designed by Arthur Andersson for Wallåkra, circa 1950s. Features an exciting glaze which starts as a rough flat black towards the bottom and moves into a glazed blac...

Nice ducks all in brass in different sizes. Second duck measurements: H 6.5 L 5 D 2.3 Weight: 130 grams Note: We try to offer our customers an excellent service even in shipments...

Bitossi Seta vase, ceramic, stripes, gold, blue and black, signed. Tall tapered bottle shaped vase from Aldo Londi's Seta (Silk) decor series. The glazed dec...

Crichton & Co. set of 4 sterling silver candlesticks in Art Deco style from 1924, with an elegant, geometric design. They measure 10 1/2'' in height by 5 1/2'' in depth at the base, ...

Very old and beautiful hand forged iron candleholder. France, circa 1650-1750. Weathered.

Antique Paper Mache Bobble Head Mikey Mouse ca. 1930s A rare paper mache Mickey Mouse with bobble head manufactured ca. 1930s. With stamp on the base: "Made with the consent of Walt...

Great Ming plate with a Kraak lay out. Most likely 16th century. Southern China - Swatow - Zhangzou. Decoration of 1 deer at night under a clouded moon and ...