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Place of Origin: British
'Couple' - One Of A Kind Bronze Sculptures
By RinDesign
Located in London, GB
A striking and substantial 105cm tall abstract bronze sculptures of a couple, featuring beautiful verdigris patina. This unique contemporary piece is meticulously hand crafted by the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern British Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$8,166 Sale Price
15% Off
WRIGHT & DAVIES 1900 Guilloche Enameled Carriage Clock In .925 Sterling Silver
By Wright & Davies 1
Located in Miami, FL
A travel-desk clock designed by Wright & Davies.
This is a gorgeous travel-desk clock created in London England at the workshops of Wright & Davies, back in 1899. The fabulous clock...
Category
1890s Gothic Revival Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$3,498 Sale Price / set
30% Off
19th Century English Regency Burl Walnut Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 19th century English Regency burl walnut tea caddy. Lovely shape and pretty details including decorative handles on the sides. Makes an elegant statement!
Category
19th Century Regency Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
VINTAGE LUCE DECIELO ITLAIAN SPAGHETTI TIN VERY DECORATiVE
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for The vintage Luce di Cielo Italian spaghetti tin is an exquisite example of decorative storage that combines practicality with artful design.
This tin...
Category
20th Century British Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
A Miniature Silver Carriage Clock in original case by W. Thornhill
Located in London, GB
A fine miniature silver carriage clock in its original red leather case by W. Thornhill. The fine 8 day platform escapement movement by the Geneva Clock Co. The leather case on insid...
Category
1890s Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Antique Early 18th Century Deep Green English Mallet Formed Glass Wine Bottle
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique hand-crafted wine bottle has no maker's marks, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1740 and done in a period Georgian style. The glass...
Category
Mid-18th Century Georgian Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Large Phil Atrill Horizon Series Vase, 2013
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Large Phil Atrill Horizon Series Vase, 2013
Additional information:
Date : 2013
Origin : Surrey, England
Bowl Features : Elongated neck tapering to a 1cm neck with 5m aperture. Swi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
A.W.N Pugin Encaustic Prince of Wales Tile by Minton & Co
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique A.W.N Pugin glazed encaustic tile by Minton & Co depicting the Prince of Wales coat of arms.
This 5 inch square tile is adorned with three lions passant within a heraldic...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
English two part seamed cast brass petal base candlestick, 1760
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Petal base Queen Anne candlestick in seamed and cast brass. The candle cup incorporates a circular dished bobeshe and a slightly waisted cup with two medial score lines. The shaft ha...
Category
Mid-18th Century Queen Anne Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
English 19th Century Crystal and Silver Jug with Diamond Motifs and Ball Stopper
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small English crystal jug from the 19th century, with silver neck and round faceted stopper. Born in England during the 19th century, this lovely petite jug features a circular bod...
Category
19th Century Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Welsh Harvest Bowl
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine early 19th century Welsh turned ash harvest bowl, having deep basin, the waist with turned band, the whole possessing good rich color and patination.
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Ash
$2,900
Art Deco Style 1960s Sterling Silver Cigarette Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver cigarette box in the Art Deco style; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional vintage Elizabeth II sterling silver cigarette box has a plain rectangular form onto four bracket style feet.
The surface of this impressive silver box is embellished with impressive engine turned decoration.
The box is fitted with two hallmarked hinged covers each embellished with further panels of engine turned decoration in addition to an applied leaf border which continues across a central plateau.
The interior of each solid silver cover features a paralleling band of engine turned decoration in addition to the part hallmarks; decoration to the posterior surface of a cover is an indication of the fine quality of a piece.
The central plateau is surmounted with an impressive shaped handle, in the Art Deco style.
The body of this exceptional box features the original cedar wood lining.
This antique Art Deco cigarette box has a weighted base and retains the original leatherette covering to the underside.
The box is supported by four impressive cast silver, Art Deco style stepped bracket feet.
By virtue of its size this versatile vintage cigarette box could be used for a multitude of functions.
Note: The majority of such boxes have a wood lining to the cover; it is a sign of quality when boxes have an unlined, solid silver covers.
Condition
This vintage silver cigarette box...
Category
1960s Vintage British Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Large Minton Majolica Renaissance Style Masks Vase
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica vase which features male and female masks with hanging leaves and fruit. Cartouche bands in-between. Colouration: brown, green, bl...
Category
1870s Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
20th Century Bronze Sculpture of a Greek Warrior with Horse and Chariot
Located in London, GB
A mid-twentieth century bronze sculpture depicting a Greek warrior, mounted upon a chariot with stylised horse.
Category
20th Century Classical Greek British Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Good Quality Regency ‘Egyptian Style’ Mahogany Longcase Clock by John Grant
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A good quality Regency ‘Egyptian style’ mahogany longcase clock by John Grant, the case surmounted by Egyptian columns with heads and feet of ca...
Category
19th Century Regency Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Minton Majolica Dove Flower Holders
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of Minton Majolica flower holders which feature a fantail pigeon, standing on a leafy base. Flower inserts around the tail. Colouration: white, gre...
Category
1870s Victorian Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$3,040 / set
MCM Flat Porcelain Vase by Jessie Higginson
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice MCM style flat porcelain vase with inlaid glazed geometric design by Jessie Higginson, circa 2000s. The piece is in very good vintage cond...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern British Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 19th Century English Sycamore Bowl
Located in High Point, NC
Gorgeous hand turned sycamore bowl from England. The wood is in its natural color and has appropriate wear for age and use. These bowls were heavily used on farms and dairies for g...
Category
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Sycamore
Art Deco Walnut Cigar / Cigarette Box, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Wonderfully styled Art Deco cigar box with a internal concertina three tier cigar/ cigarette dispenser with chrome accents. Originates from France, in good vintage condition with no ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco British Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Riveted Copper Log Bin
Located in Greenwich, CT
A copper bin having riveted seams and curved sides, standing on paw feet. Useful for logs or kindling next to a fireplace.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
$4,900
Antique Parson's Candle Holder, English Silver Plate Nozzle, Ink Well, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique parson's candle holder. An English, silver plate nozzle or ink well, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Petite candle holder or desktop ink well wit...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of Regency Gilt and Patinated Bronze Ostrich Candlesticks, c1815
Located in valatie, NY
A pair of early 19th century Regency period gilt and patinated bronze candlesticks. Each has floral sprays with crystal lustres supported on gilt Ostrich shaped stems standing on cir...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Fairyland Lustre Bowl, Geisha Wedgwood, circa 1925
By Daisy Makeig-Jones, Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An octagonal fairyland lustre bowl, decorated with Geisha pattern, one of the best loved of Daisy Makeig-Jones’ designs.
Probably the best of Wedgwood's female designers, Daisy wa...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage British Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Harman Brothers 1970's Sterling Silver Cigarette Jewelry Box
By Harman Brothers
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver cigarette/jewelry box; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional vintage Elizabeth II silver box has a plain rectangular form.
The surface of this impressive antique cigarette box...
Category
1970s Vintage British Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Bow Porcelain Figure of Juno with Eagle 'Jupiter', Rococo Ca 1765
By Bow Porcelain
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare and impressive large figure of Juno with an eagle, made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1765. This figure formed part of a series of the Four Elements, with...
Category
1760s Rococo Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chess Storage Wooden Boxes
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique walnut wooden boxes suitable for containing chess. You can choose among these four: (3 photos for each box) .
-the first : SOLD.
-the second has a silver S.Christopher - O/7...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
$411 / item
Vintage abstract stone sculpture
Located in London, GB
Well sized granite abstract sculpture of a female form very much in the vein of the work of Dame Barbara Hepworth. It is unsigned but is clearly the work of a very accomplished sculp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
English Regency Period 1820s Golden Toned Wall Clock with Chinoiserie Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English painted wood wall clock from the early 19th century, with chinoiserie motifs. Created in England at the end of the Regency period, this wall clock captures our attention w...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinoiserie Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Pair of Victorian Silver and Crystal Horn-Shaped Candlesticks
By William Hutton & Sons
Located in London, GB
A most unusual and decorative pair of antique horn-shaped glass candlesticks fitted with hallmarked sterling silver mounts. The nozzles remove for easy cleaning.
Category
1890s Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mantle Clock in Black Jasper Dip, by Bert Bentley, Wedgwood, circa 1925
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine mantle clock in black jasper dip, decorated by Bert Bentley with Sacrifice to the front. To one side, Polymnia; to the other, an unidentified female ...
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Revival British Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
A Fine Pair Of Emerald Green Taper Decanters
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A fine pair of emerald green taper form decanters with faceted stopper.
Category
18th Century Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Cut Glass
$5,284 / set
Geo III Wedgwood and Steel Mounted Amboyna and Ebony Writing Box, c1800
By Matthew Boulton
Located in valatie, NY
The hinged rectangular top with three oval Signed Wedgwood plaques depicting putti at various pursuits within oval paterae mounted swagged and beaded borders, opening to a morocco leather lined hinged slope enclosing a well, the upper section fitted with candlesticks and compartmentalized for inkwells, above a hinged lid the front with a spring loaded secret drawer opening to a needle or pincushion and spools of thread.
This unusual work box, mounted with blue and white jasperware signed Wedgwood plaques, is English in conception. The writing box was a popular form first used in the 18th c and well into the 19th c for traveling. This type of portable desk was described by the English poet William Cowper in 1785 as 'the most elegant, the compactest, the most commodious desk in the world.'
Additionally, the jasperware plaques, came from Josiah Wedgwood's factory in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Its proximity to the steel manufacturing city of Birmingham, the birthplace of Matthew Boulton, producer of decorative metalwork (including cut steel mounts) and described by his friend and fellow-industrialist, Josiah Wedgwood, as 'the first Manufacturer in England', certainly suggests an English origin and possibly his handwork.
However, the polished steel mounts are also typical of furniture and objects made in Tula, Russia, where the Imperial Arms Factory was founded by Peter the Great in the early 18th c and which later became known for its decorative objects, including furniture and domestic pieces. Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, ordered the 'Frog Service...
Category
Early 1800s George III Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Cut Steel
English Silver Plate Decorative Trumpet Vase
Located in Tarry Town, NY
English silver plated decorative trumpet vase with gadrooned rim edge & reeded square base on four ball feet. The vase is in good condition. M...
Category
Early 1900s Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
William Moorcroft Burslem Vintage Pomegranate Pattern, Stamped and Signed Vase
By William Moorcroft
Located in Sherborne, GB
This sweet sized vintage vase features the pomegranate design on a dark cobalt blue background. It was designed by William Moorcroft and produced at Burslem. The base is reassuringly...
Category
1910s Art Deco Vintage British Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
RARE Pair of 18th Century Bell Metal Candlesticks
Located in High Point, NC
RARE and unusual pair of 18th century bell metal candlesticks from England. These are some of the finest candlesticks we have ever had the pleasure to offer. They are very tall and...
Category
18th Century Regency Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Large English Antique Copper Basin / Lions Head Side Handles
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This substantial English copper basin from the mid-19th century exudes classic elegance and superb craftsmanship. The basin features a beautifully curved oval body mounted on a match...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass, Copper
Copper Fire Bucket
Located in London, GB
Copper fire bucket with brass base and iron handle.
Suitable size to be used as a planter or wine cooler.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
$686 Sale Price
30% Off
Late 18th Century English Faience Planter
Located in Incline Village, NV
Fine quality English late 18th century faience planter or pot, with accompanying small porcelain stand. The hand painted image depicts a young couple handsomely dressed in bright col...
Category
Late 18th Century Georgian Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Faience, Paint
19th Century Bookstand
Located in High Point, NC
19th century bookstand from England made from rosewood. The handles are hand-turned along with the spindles, which terminate on the ends with lovely lyre inspired shaped pieces. The ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Rosewood
$1,295
English Queen Anne cast brass cove cut corner base candlestick, 1725-50
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Core cast brass Queen Anne baluster candlestick. The candlestick is cast with a scolloped edge bobeshe and tall candle cup with bead moldings above a scolloped edge, knob beaded lowe...
Category
Mid-18th Century Queen Anne Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Sycamore Treen Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
A fantastic 19th century English sycamore treen bowl with simple incised line decorations around the rim and on the interior bottom of the bowl.
Category
19th Century Primitive Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Sycamore
Pair of 19th Century Staffordshire Recumbent Greyhound Dogs. Charming Faces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of finely molded and hand painted English Staffordshire dogs. This pair features full body reclining hounds with the most charming of hand painted faces and colors. On their o...
Category
1850s High Victorian Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
A British Made Ensign Selfix 16-20 Strut Folding Roll Medium Format Film Camera
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A British Made Ensign Selfix 16-20 Strut Folding 120 Roll Film Camera With An Ensar Anastigmat 75mm F4.5 Fixed Lens With Epsilon Shutter & A Watameter Accessory Rangefinder
"The Rolls Royce of Rangefinders"
The first 16-20 model dates back from 1950. In 1951 there was a second version, and a third one in 1953
Ensign Selfix 16-20 specs200
4 speed Epsilon shutter
75 mm Ensar lens
f/4.5 to f/22
Flash sync socket
Cable release socket
Tripod bush on bottom of camera and on lens...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Antique South Staffordshire Enamel Etui / Sewing Box Case, circa 1770
By Staffordshire
Located in Basildon, GB
Antique South Staffordshire 18th Century Etui / Sewing Box Case, of rococo form with light relief-moulded scrolled panels, the hinged gilt metal-moun...
Category
1760s Georgian Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
$2,745 Sale Price
20% Off
Jarrones orientales con pintura esmaltada
Located in VALÈNCIA, ES
Jarrones orientales con pintura esmaltada
Category
1950s Anglo-Japanese Vintage British Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$747 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Glasgow style oak Arts & Crafts copper bound planter w. stylized elongated tops
Located in London, GB
A Glasgow Style Arts and Crafts oak and copper bound planter with splayed legs and circular cut-out's to the tops.
Category
1910s Arts and Crafts Vintage British Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Pair of Verdigris Painted Iron Tazzas or Urns, English late 20th Century
Located in South Salem, NY
This captivating pair of late 20th-century iron tazzas exhibits a distinct verdigris patina, imbuing them with an aura of antiquity. Meticulously crafted, their wide, shallow bowls p...
Category
1990s British Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Blotter
Located in London, England
Folding leather bound blotter. Circa 1930
H 46cm x W 60/121cm x D 2cm
Category
1930s Vintage British Decorative Objects
Materials
Paper
$192
Brass Bird On Leaf Decorative Trinket Bowl
Located in Toronto, ON
Brass bird on leaf branch decorative trinket. This gorgeous decorative brass trinket was made in England in the 1960s. It features a bird on a leaf...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$168 Sale Price
20% Off
Cassito in Aurora Gelb & Rauch Topaz, a textured glass bowl by Katherine Huskie
By Katherine Huskie
Located in London, GB
'Cassito in Aurora Gelb & Rauch Topaz' is a unique handblown and sculpted decorative glass centrepiece by the British artist, Katherine Huskie.
An early introduction to glass at col...
Category
2010s Organic Modern British Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Pair Wedgwood Creamware Floral Banded Sauceboats
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
Pair Wedgwood creamware floral banded sauceboats. Pair English creamware sauceboats with green leafy band with flowers in purple, magenta, yellow and asp...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Creamware
$1,100 / set
1910 Sterling Silver Gimbal Table Lighter
By Andrew Barrett & Son
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine, and impressive, antique George V English sterling silver gimbal table lighter; an addition to our smoking related silverware collection
This exceptional antique George V sterling silver table lighter has a globular form to a rounded composite handle.
The surface of the piece is plain and embellished with the contemporary bright cut engraved initial 'H' beneath a Baron's coronet.
The center of this antique silver table lighter...
Category
1910s Vintage British Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate, Sterling Silver
Antique 20th Century Edwardian Solid Silver Inkwell Desk Set, Chester c.1908
By George Nathan & Ridley Hayes
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century Edwardian solid silver inkwell desk set. Designed for both practicality and elegance, it features a refined gadroon-edged tray. The ink stand includes two matchi...
Category
20th Century Other British Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Pair of Adam Style Silver Candlesticks
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good pair of Edwardian silver candlesticks in the Adam taste, the pierced Corinthian capitals over columns with spiral cornflower vines,,...
Category
1910s Adam Style Vintage British Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
$1,950 / set
Pair of 19th Century English Derby Urns with Flowers
By Derby
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of 19th Century English Derby Urns with flowers.
Category
19th Century Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Early 18th Century Black Japanned Trinket/Jewel Box
Located in Folkestone, GB
An exceptionally rare early 17th century, James I/Charles I, black Japanned jewel box decorated with gold and red flowers and foliage. With a domed lid, o...
Category
Early 17th Century Elizabethan Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Victorian Faux Tortoiseshell Boulle Casket-form Letter Box, Halstaff and Hanover
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century boulle casket-type letter box by Halstaff and Hanover. The exterior is finished with Ornate boulle inlay on all sides in gold and red. A del...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Wood
Wedgwood Celestial Dragon Lustre Vase
By Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Wedgwood dragon lustre vase, shape number 2034. Decorated with the Celestial dragon in guilt on a mixed blue lutsre background. Painted pattern number 'Z...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage British Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
English Queen Anne cast brass baluster shaft candlestick, 1740-60
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Core cast brass Queen Anne baluster shaft candlestick. The candle shaft, candle cup, and scolloped edge bobeshe is peened to a shallow square base with cove cut corners.
Birmingham,...
Category
Mid-18th Century Queen Anne Antique British Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Pair Of Antique Cocker Spaniel Figures, English, Plaster, Doorstops, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique cocker spaniel figures. An English, plaster dog fireside ornament or doorstop, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910.
F...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian British Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
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