Sauceboat or Ceramic Gravy Boat French, Late 19th Century

French Faience de Gien trivet or coaster. Vegetal decor with two angel and a bird, in the Italian renaissance style. The earthenware factory of Gien or t...

French dish in the japonese style. The oriental theme was very fashionable in the 19th century and there are many dishes and furniture from this period in...

Decorative wall plate in Delft Blue representing a mill. The Delft factory in the town of the same name in Holland has been producing enamelware since the 17th century. Delft blue has become famous over the centuries. The motif depicted on this pair of plates is emblematic of the Netherlands. Indeed, the country's inhabitants used windmills...

Pair of resin dishes in glazed terracotta. In the South West of France, the country named Landes was a poor country having very few natural resources, the inhabitants lived on meager harvests whose land was manured by their flocks of sheep. The Landais also exploited the resin of the maritime pine: it was collected at the foot of the tree using a very artisanal technique which offered low yields: tapping with “crot” (from the Gascon cròt: hole). To harvest the resin, ancient resin workers dug a hole at the foot of the pine, generally between the roots, which they lined with moss. The resin obtained, if it had not crystallized on the care before arriving at the base of the pine, was full of impurities: twigs, sand, insects, and it contained very little turpentine. A first progress was to put dishes at the bottom of these holes which made it possible to collect the resin with fewer impurities, In 1844, the resin pot...

A heavy round copper curd pan from Burgundy, France, c. 1880. This piece has a beautiful patinated finish, both inside and out. This antique makes a fantastic art piece or imparts a ...

A fine and impressive antique William IV English sterling silver sauceboat or gravy boat; an addition to our silver dining collection. This exceptional antique William IV sterling silver sauce boat has a plain oval rounded form onto three scrolling feet. The surface of this antique gravy boat is plain and unembellished. The upper portion of the body features an undulating, shaped rim. The sauceboat is fitted with a fine opposing scroll handle with a plain scrolling thumbpiece. This impressive example of William IV silverware is supported by three impressive applied scrolling hoof style feet with impressive swept scrolling decorated sockets in junction with the body. Condition This antique silver...

19th Century Dutch Walnut Tea Stove This Dutch tea tea stove is made of walnut wood in vertical strips , raised on a base with tripod feet. Inside the wood...

A fantastic 19th century American kitchen hardwood mortar with a turned softwood pestle. It’s likely that this mortar would have lived in a larger wood or marble holder, and removed ...