American Decorative Objects

Stylized large patinated brass sculpture of a carp on ebonized base.

Set of three metal horses mounted on wood bases. These charming horses came out of the same collection. Sizes: 1) 13.5"H X 11"W X 3.5"D 2) 14.5"H X 10.5"W X 3.5"D 3) 12.5"H X 8.5"W ...

Pair of Modern Crystal Candlesticks by Tiffany & Co. This model of Tiffany is referred to as "Rock Cut" candleholders. This classic set woul...

Park Avenue pot plant! Beautifully gilded tole marijuana or cannabis plant in a silvered ceramic pot with several large buds.

WPA terracotta buffalo sculpture by Anthony Vozech, circa 1930s. Dimensions: 8” wide 20” high 22” deep. Minor wear on the bottom edge. Anthony Vozech was an Ohio artist that did WPA work in the 1930s and 1940s. One of his most famous works was an aluminum and limestone relief...

Westite Glass Company #302 bow tie flower pot. Green and cream slag. Tapering traditional form flower pot with rim. Embossed on base: "WESTITE" (in bow tie shape) "302 WESTON, W. VA....

Table No. 5 J.M. Szymanski d. 2022 This side table is composed of stark, perpendicular planes that have been notched and precisely slotted together. Its hand-carved rough edges cont...

A true testament to mid-century modern artistry, this vintage glazed ceramic sculpture features a bold, architectural form with striking geometric cutouts and dynamic negative space....

Vintage Mr. Peanuts Dispenser is an original decorative object realized in the mid-20th century. This vintage object was realized by Tarco Company and it was used as a real peanut...

Gaston Lachaise for Alva Studios abstracted insect sculpture for the Philadelphia Museum of art. Black marble base. Retains the original foil label. S...

This Mid-Century Modern ceramic cookie jar is unsigned, and could have been made by a variety of makers, but originates from the United States, dati...

Rare and exceptional cast sculpture "Giacometti's Soul" in bronze with hand-painted enamels on a patinated bronze base by Kelvin LaVerne, American late 1980's (Engraved signature on ...

A massive late 19th century American oak splint basket with a double-banded rim and likely used for storing wool in a barn. We've been collecting basket for years, and we've never se...

Pair of Georgian-style sterling silver 3-light candelabra. Made by Preisner Silver Co. in Connecticut. Each: Raised central socket on girdled support to which are mounted two reeded ...

A large abstract floor sculpture made by Cutis Jere in 1984. A great post modern design in grey cut steel. Artist signed and dated.

Black painted cast iron dog nut cracker. The condition is very good and in working order.

An impressive early 20th Century American iridescent glass vase of slender form with green hearts shining through an attractive golden iridescence, signed L C Tiffany Favrile and numbered to base. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Height: 23 cm Condition: Very Good Condition Circa: 1905 Materials: Iridescent Coloured Glass SKU: 6667 ABOUT Louis Comfort Tiffany Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 – January 17, 1933) was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. He is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements. Tiffany was affiliated with a prestigious collaborative of designers known as the Associated Artists, which included Lockwood de Forest, Candace Wheeler, and Samuel Colman. Tiffany designed stained glass windows and lamps, glass mosaics, blown glass, ceramics, jewellery, enamels and metalwork. Early Life He was born in New York City, New York, the son of Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of Tiffany and Company; and Harriet Olivia Avery Young. He attended school at Pennsylvania Military Academy in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and Eagleswood Military Academy in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. His first artistic training was as a painter, studying under George Inness in Eagleswood, New Jersey and Samuel Colman in Irvington, New York. He also studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1866-67 and with salon painter Leon-Adolphe-Auguste Belly in 1868-69. Belly’s landscape paintings had a great influence on Tiffany. Career Louis started out as a painter, but became interested in glassmaking from about 1875 and worked at several glasshouses in Brooklyn between then and 1878. In 1879, he joined with Candace Wheeler, Samuel Colman and Lockwood de Forest to form Louis Comfort Tiffany and Associated American Artists. The business was short-lived, lasting only four years. The group made designs for wallpaper, furniture, and textiles. He later opened his own glass factory in Corona, New York, determined to provide designs that improved the quality of contemporary glass. Tiffany’s leadership and talent, as well as his father’s money and connections, led this business to thrive. In 1881 Tiffany did the interior design of the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut, which still remains, but the new firm’s most notable work came in 1882 when President Chester Alan Arthur refused to move into the White House until it had been redecorated. He commissioned Tiffany, who had begun to make a name for himself in New York society for the firm’s interior design work, to redo the state rooms, which Arthur found charmless. He worked on the East Room, the Blue Room, the Red Room, the State Dining Room and the Entrance Hall, refurnishing, repainting in decorative patterns, installing newly designed mantelpieces, changing to wallpaper with dense patterns and, of course, adding Tiffany glass to gaslight fixtures, windows and adding an opalescent floor-to-ceiling glass screen in the Entrance Hall. The Tiffany screen and other Victorian additions were all removed in the Roosevelt renovations of 1902, which restored the White House interiors to Federal style in keeping with its architecture. A desire to concentrate on art in glass led to the breakup of the firm in 1885 when Tiffany chose to establish his own glassmaking firm that same year. The first Tiffany Glass Company was incorporated December 1, 1885 and in 1902 became known as the Tiffany Studios. In the beginning of his career, he used cheap jelly jars and bottles because they had the mineral impurities that finer glass lacked. When he was unable to convince fine glassmakers to leave the impurities in, he began making his own glass. Tiffany used opalescent glass in a variety of colors and textures to create a unique style of stained glass. He developed the “copper foil” technique, which, by edging each piece of cut glass in copper foil and soldering the whole together to create his windows and lamps, made possible a level of detail previously unknown. This can be contrasted with the method of painting in enamels or glass paint on colorless glass, and then setting the glass pieces in lead channels, that had been the dominant method of creating stained glass for hundreds of years in Europe. (The First Presbyterian Church building of 1905 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is unique in that it uses Tiffany windows that partially make use of painted glass.) Use of the colored glass itself to create stained glass pictures was motivated by the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement and its leader William Morris in England. Fellow artists and glassmakers Oliver Kimberly and Frank Duffner, founders of the Duffner and Kimberly Company and John La Farge were Tiffany’s chief competitors in this new American style of stained glass. Tiffany, Duffner and Kimberly, along with La Farge, had learned their craft at the same glasshouses in Brooklyn in the late 1870s. In 1889 at the Paris Exposition, he is said to have been “Overwhelmed” by the glass work of Émile Gallé, French Art Nouveau artisan. He also met artist Alphonse Mucha. In 1893, Tiffany built a new factory called the Stourbridge Glass Company, later called Tiffany Glass Furnaces, which was located in Corona, Queens, New York, hiring the Englishman Arthur J. Nash to oversee it. In 1893, his company also introduced the term Favrilein conjunction with his first production of blown glass at his new glass factory. Some early examples of his lamps were exhibited in the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. At the Exposition Universelle (1900) in Paris, he won a gold medal with his stained glass windows The Four Seasons He trademarked Favrile (from the old French word for handmade) on November 13, 1894. He later used this word to apply to all of his glass, enamel and pottery. His first commercially produced lamps date from around 1895. Much of his company’s production was in making stained glass windows and Tiffany lamps, but his company designed a complete range of interior decorations. At its peak, his factory employed more than 300 artisans. Recent scholarship led by Rutgers professor Martin Eidelberg suggests that a team of talented single women designers – sometimes referred to as the “Tiffany Girls” – led by Clara Driscoll played a big role in designing many of the floral patterns on the famous Tiffany...

Rare antique covered Nantucket Lightship basket by A.D. Williams (1867-1927) circa 1900. Covered Nantucket Lightship baskets are some of the rarest examples and highly sought after by collectors. This one was made on an 10-1/2" diameter mold. Features a turned lid knob, brass hinge, ears, and shaped swing handle. Fantastic dark patina as you would expect from a 100+ year old basket...

We offer this exceptional and stunning vintage Fenton carnival glass pedestal bowl decorated in the Persian Medallion design in a wonderful purpl...

Circa 1980s abstract Curtis Jeré chrome & brass free form ribbon sculpture with ball on round black marble base, retains Artisan House - C-Jere decal. Chrome has minor patina, marble...

Petite bud vase or diffuser in black and white vertical stripes. Early 1990's Jonathan Adler. Artisan-made piece, logo stamped on the bottom.

This Yellow Golden pheasant's in-flight pose is the perfect way to showcase all of those amazing feathers, it's a wonderful addition to any collection, perfect for town or country.

Pair of sterling silver, Neoclassical-Style, column-form candlesticks, American, Ca. 1930's. Each candlestick measures 5 3/4 inches high x 3 inches deep (at deepest point) x 3 inche...

Large Cast Iron Cat Door Stop. Just cleaned and oiled the cat up! Overall very original with old paint. Very solid and heavy! It will hold ...

Art Nouveau desk set by Tiffany calendar, ink dryer, box and clip Sizes: Measures: Perpetual calendar 16 x 16 cm Box 10 x 7 x 4 cm Clip 6 x 10 x 3...

Vintage hand-woven ikebana basket features rounded shape with asymmetrical rim; the form is convenient for displaying it on a shelf, fireplace mantel, or a table. A prominent handle...

American Indian folk art Native American basket that is hand woven and coiled. It has been vegetable dyed and the basket lid is removable. The interior rein...

American Steel Engraving of General George Washington "Before the Battle of Trenton" By John Trumbull Under Original Wavy Glass and Thirteen Starred Gilt Frame, Early 19th Century. T...

Large Vintage Steer Horns Mounted on Lucite Bases, A Pair Offered for sale is a tall pair of polished steer horns which are mounted on thick Luci...

Solid walnut hand carved oval bowl beautiful condition , solid heavy and nice shape multiple uses .

A massive contemporary rock crystal point cluster, weighing in over 18 pounds. Huge central crystal points are surrounded by smaller points in this ...

A pair of abstract welded steel candle holders by Detroit artist Joseph Wesner circa 1990s Aesthetic composition of welded steel in original patina present with an effortless blend ...

Wonderful pair of Art Deco tubular chrome bud vases by Ruth & William Gerth for Chase & Co., circa 1930s. The design features a central chrome tube attached to which are three tubes ...

Pair of Tiffany & Co. Clear Crystal Candlesticks. A gorgeous pair of crystal candlesticks By Tiffany & Co., New York, USA. Austria, Late 20th Century Measures: 4.5"W x 4.5"D x 8.5"H....

American artist Mark Yurkiw made this Viagra Pill for the Pfizer Corporation as a promotional material. This viagra pill is one of a kind and it a fun conv...

Antique 1904 Rookwood XIX arts and crafts / art nouveau period bud vase featuring a matte blue glaze with floral / peacock feather design. Dimensions: 3" x 6.25" (Diameter x Height)

Contemporary Large Post Modern Art Sculpture Vase "Dysfunctional" Stacked Dice Vase" Artist Michael Corney / signed Miguel Corney "Michael Corney grew up in the greater Los Angel...

A vintage composition Pinocchio doll by Knickerbocker Toy company, likely from the 1930s. The doll’s back is embossed with “Pinocchio - W.D. PR KNT CO -...

A gorgeous cast plaster Neoclassical Grand Tour style female head bust of Diana the Huntress goddess sculpture USA, 21st Century Measures: 8"W x 5"D...

Post Modern Memphis Milano studio pottery Candlesticks Offered for sale is a pair of post-modern studio pottery candlesticks created in the Memphis Memphis Milano style. Each candl...

An exceptional, painted American trade sign made from carved wood in the full-bodied form of a race horse’s head. Wonderful movement, tremendous f...

Rare Frank LLoyd Wright Mahogany Usonian Waste Basket Great Design Created in 1950 for the Winn House, Kalamazoo, Michigan

American gilt carved wood and poly chromed nautical figurehead of Roman guard in military attire. Late 19th century.

Vintage art glass perfume bottle was hand blown in sommerso technique with jewel-colored cobalt blue glass gather encased in clear gl...

Frederic Weinberg Wall Clock with Black Body and Arms and Coral Balls. Working Condition. This is the larger harder to find version of this classic Clock...

Vintage Large impressive sea shell in rusted treasure box in Redmille style. Great selection of sea shells. Wonderful decor piece or great gift.

A fine American Art Glass vase. By Steuben. Designed by George Thompson in 1949. Of a bell shaped body with two applied scrolls and a thick circular foot. Model no. 7964 This m...

a delightful bronze sculpture of a well-delineated sparrow perched upon a bamboo branch surrounded by cattails and reeds all emanating from a foliate ring; the whole resting on a wel...

Minimalist pair of solid crystal cube sculptures / paperweights, circa 1980s. The cubes are in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measures 4" square and 3" squar...

Very rare, likely one of a Kind pair of Hand -Forged Brutalist Post Modern Candler Holders by famed American Sculptor R. W. Stoller. Signed and dated These stunning Matisse lime ab...

Vintage small storage or trinket box features rounded, biomorphic shape and simple, but elegant construction. The box is hand carved of solid zebra wood; the storage compartment slid...

A green-glazed earthenware vase designed and produced by Cole Pottery, North Carolina, USA, 1940s.

American three masted clipper ship model displayed in a mahogany glass case. She was the fastest ship ever built in 1852. California clipper ship mo...

***AUTUMN SALE*** Amazing pair of life-sized polished cast solid brass faux elephant tusks mounted to tiered round brass stands, attributed to Suzanne Dahl and Jerry Barich from the...

Outrageous larger than life piece of Folk Art painstakingly composed of found objects such as sea shells, beads, toys, vintage jewelry buttons, and bottle caps (to name a few). There...

Large California Modern Robert Maxwell for Pottery Craft Ceramic Bottle. Featuring a handcrafted two piece solid and speckled satin glazed pottery clothed female form facing upwards, outstretched arms, wearing a draped, patchwork garment in Mustard, Goldenrod, Sage and Cocoa Brown. 8H top of bottle without stopper. Earthen. Peace. Statement pottery...

19th C Rag balls and 19th c basket with handles. From the Hess Estate Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Large Late 19th Century American Carved Giltwood Eagle Sculpture This majestic sculpture will add the perfect bit of Americana to your decor....