1870s Bowls and Baskets

A very fine and decorative Aesthetic Movement Doulton Lambeth early stoneware bowl decorated with scrolling seaweed and rosette designs by renowned artist George Tinworth and dated 1...

19th Century Nest of Three Nantucket Lightship Baskets, circa 1880, a graduated set of three round, open baskets having cane weave on rattan staves, a carved swing handle with an elongated ovoid lozenge end connected to tin ears that extend down inside the weave for about a quarter length of a stave, and hardwood bottom plate, likely maple, that is slightly convex and scribed with three concentric rings, The baskets are not signed but are clearly all made by the same hand. The style of the handle with a lozenge end is very similar to that carved by Charles Ray, Capt. Thomas James, William Appleton and circle aboard the South Shoals Lightship, and continued in a more exaggerated manner ashore by A.D. Williams, Ferdinand Sylvaro and especially Mitchy Ray. The handle here has a more slender and elegant profile more akin to the work of Capt. James, suggesting that this nest was likely made by a sailor serving aboard the lightship during James' tenure. All three baskets remain in very good, strong condition, and enjoy a deep patina nicely darkened with age. Unlike most nests which really seem to be more of an assemblage gathered together after the fact, these three baskets nest together nicely with a uniform gradation in size, a feature exemplified by the perfect graduated profile of their handles. This nest was in the personal collection of noted Nantucket folk art...

This is an elegant antique Victorian brass bound mahogany walking stick stand, circa 1870 in date. The stand is of cylindrical shape, features three brass bands, a pair of ormolu l...

The cover of this majolica game pie dish shows three newly hatched baby chicks emerging from their shells. The chicks are standing tall and proud. The brown color of the baby chicks ...

A large, rare & unusual antique 19th Century French grape picking basket from Chateau Margaux, Bordeaux, France, circa 1870. This very large 19th cent...

Charming Figural Victorian Silver Plated Brides Basket from the late 19th Century. Ornate design with doves nesting around their e...

This is a late 19th century Italian neo classical bronze compote. This classical bronze compote has ornate claw feet and mythical figures on either side of the bowl with rings. This ...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver dish modelled in the form of a bassinet/cradle; an addition to our baby related silverware collection T...

Papier mâché Napoleon III bowl or vide poche. Gilt color, Gold. With Chinese Characters. 19 th Century.

circa 1870s Chinese wedding ceremonial hat box, Zhijang Province. Woven rattan & bamboo with brass hardware. The pedestal base has lost some of the molded floral decoration. Note the...

19th century stone mortar from France. Hand-carved alabaster mortar in a conical shape with four handles. Beautiful as a sculptural accent piece or decorative bowl. Seven stone morta...

A large, beautiful, and rare 19th century neoclassical reticulated Meissen centerpiece with open filigree, rams heads, flaming finial, and love bir...

Very rare 19th century Nantucket Lightship Bushel Basket by George C. Gardner of Nantucket Island (1809 - 1889), an oversized round open basket handcrafted with a fat rattan weave on wide wooden splint staves, a carved wooden heart-shaped handle which is deeply notched above and below the rim and extends under the weave a full half-way down their staves, and a round pine bottom deeply inscribed "George C. Gardner." Captain Gardner lived at 141 Main Street and was also known for making shorebird decoys. The bottom plate...

STUNNING ~~Antique French Majolica Footed ("Hoof" Feet) Cache Pot, Planter, Jardiniere, Flower Pot, Bowl or Vase with Bird Medallions and Angel...

This amazing hand carved folky original blue painted dough bowl is in fine condition and super rare color to find.The blue paint is undisturbed and super patina.It was found in New E...

A large Arts & Crafts ‘Clutha’ art glass bowl designed by Christopher Dresser (British, 1834-1904) attributed to Thomas Webb and dated 1879. The bowl is of distinctive wide rounded s...

A French 19th century perfume or pot pourri vase A hand-painted polychromed enamel on copper Chinese Export bowl designed with flowers and rince...

Hallmarked in London in 1871 & 1874 by Alexander Macrae, this striking pair of Antique Sterling Silver Compotes (or Dessert Stands), are in the Egyptian Revival style, featuring Anub...

A Chinese Export Rose Medallion Famille Rose canton porcelain punch bowl with multiple cartooge panels. The exterior of this gorgeous bowl ...

Minton Majolica figural bowl which features two rabbits amongst foliage, supporting a leaf. Colouration: turquoise, green, white, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for t...

Hallmarked in London in 1879 by Martin, Hall & Co., this stunning, Antique Sterling Silver Bowl, is in the Aesthetic taste, featuring cast and applied floral and butterfly detailing,...

A gilt bronze and violet crystal square bowl, very fine chasing of the bronze, 19th century, Napoleon III period. H: 7 cm, W: 18 cm, D: 15 cm

Elegant English porcelain bisque tall pedestal center bowl depicting the tree graces. The reticulated bowl with the center of the three graces on a round footed base. Attributed to...

Antique Nantucket Lightship Basket from the South Shoals Lightship, attributed to Captain Thomas James (Nantucket: 1811 - 1885), circa 1870s, an early round, open Nantucket basket wi...

Early 19thc beautiful dovetailed apple tray filled with alabaster apples. These are included in the apple tray.The walnut tray is dovetailed.

Bronze cup by Barbedienne, Napoleon III period, 19th century. Measures: H: 21 cm, W: 33 cm, D: 20 cm, D: 12 cm.

Rare antique Swedish tray in a wabi sabi and primitive style made out of solid pine with great and genuine grey patina. In good vintage and original condition with signs from age and...

Bohemian crystal and silver plated metal bowl, 19th century Bohemian crystal and silver plated metal bowl, 19th century. H: 13 cm, W: 34 cm,...

This Copeland Spode wash jug & basin set is decorated in a pseudo Japanese style made popular after Japan was opened up to the West from the late 1850's. Japa...

A fine and unusual antique Aesthetic Period Oriental pattern Lotus flower shaped porcelain bowl by Royal Worcester and dating from around 1875. The bowl of rounded shape is modelled as an open Lotus Flower raised on an open work intertwined stem and leaf shaped base with foliage. The bowl is hand painted in tones of blue on a white ground, the inner bowl with a stork in flight with flowering stems and bamboo shoots. The bowl has an impressed Royal Worcester mark for the year 1875. Royal Worcester’s Art Director Richard Binns of the Kerr Binns...

A rare small French palissy majolica comport with cabbage leaf signed Emile Gambut and dated 1879. The base is composed with branches. Famous French ceramist , with ceramics at the...

Minton Majolica basket which features pond lily leaves and flowers tied together with lily stems which form the handle. Four flower bud feet. Co...

An exquisite and highly decorative pair turquoise Opaline French baccarat crystal ormolu mounted jardinière/cache pots, each cashepot beautifully hand polished and then mounted in do...

Centerpiece in gilt bronze decorated with three putti musicians in silver bronze on the shaft. The central tray in gilt bronze is engraved with motifs and three putti in the center. ...

Extraordinary large cut glass punch bowl centerpiece on pedestal base with lid. The lid with diamond cut ball finial rests on a shapely detailed c...

Large 1870s bronze classical tazza.

American Classical sterling silver compote. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1876. Bellied bowl with leaf-mounted c-scroll side handles and knopped stem flowing into round and raised ...

Emile Gallé, France. Antique bowl in mouth-blown art glass with hand-painted flower decorations in gold, 1870s-1880s. Measures: 24 x 5 cm. In good condition with minor wear in the ...

Emile Gallé for St. Clement. Dish on four feet in hand painted faience. Decorated with flowers and birds, 1870s. In very good condition. Signed. Measures: 30.5 x 15.5 x 6.5 cm.

Important tray made in gilded bronze and “cloisonné” enamel attributed to Elkington and Willms. Ornamented with a centering polychrome enameled peacock plaque, made of very high standard quality, mounted on a gilt-bronze dish, decorated in relief with Japanese Nô theater masks. The great Birmingham firm of Elkingtons, was largely the creation of George Richards Elkington (1800-1865), who worked from 1824 in Birmingham as a manufacturer of silver-mounted scent bottles. By 1829 the business had expanded sufficiently for a branch to have been established in London. In the late 1830s the Elkingtons began making experiments to apply the principles of electro-metallurgy to gilding and plating with silver and in 1840 the patent was at last taken out. Elkingtons owed their rise to a position amongst the most important silversmiths of the country to their exploitation of this new process and the two of the most famous designers then employed, both of them French, Albert Wilms (1827-1899) and Morel-Ladeuil (1820-1888), who helped to make Elkingtons’ reputation with their elaborate exhibition pieces. Albert Willms was apprenticed as modeler and engraver to Klagman, Dieterle and Constant in Paris before working for Morel & Co. in London in 1848. On his return to Paris he was employed by the great Parisian silversmiths including Christofle and Froment-Meurice, for whom he designed pieces to be presented at the 1855 Universal Exhibition in Paris. It was during this period that he joined the firm of Elkington in London as head decorator. Elkington was soon to become one of the first to produce refined pieces in “champlevé” enamel in the Chinese and Japanese styles, which were presented with great success at the London Universal Exhibition in 1862 (see Masterpieces of Industrial Art & Sculpture at the International Exhibition 1862, J.B. Waring, London, 1863, III, pl. 211). Willms’ “champlevé” enamels could not be compared, however, with the delicate “cloisonné” enamels exhibited by Japan at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1867. This explains why Elkington adapted the ancient Japanese technique to produce pieces according to European taste and custom. Followings the 1867 Exhibition all the major European artists rivaled in ingenuity for the 1873 Universal Exhibition in Vienna. In London Albert Willms presented his luxurious vases and cups in “cloisonné” enamel for Elkington (see Illustrations of Art Manufacturers in the Precious Metals exhibited by Elkington & Co., Inventors, Patentees and Manufactures of electroplate, 1873), whilst in Paris, Ferdinand Thesmar (1843-1912) produced in the workshops of Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892) a tray decorated with a golden pheasant in “cloisonné” enamel on copper...

A beautifully crafted Black Forest hand carved walnut hunting presentation cup, the basket weave bowl supported by the figure of a gentleman hunter l...

Signed Désiré Attarge Fit and F. Barbedienne Paris Pair of silvered bronze cups, chased by Désiré Attarge after an antique model (Ist Century), known as the Coupe d’Alésia or Cantha...

George Jones Majolica strawberry server basket which features a mossy textured ground decorated with strawberry plant leaves and flowe...