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Period: 1880s
1880s Wooden Tea Cabinet by Clark
By Alfred Clark
Located in Hong Kong, HK
A rare English Marquetry tea cabinet made by Clark of 20 Old Bond Street, London. For the Chinese tea producer Tuck Loong to present tea samples (mostly fo...
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British Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

A French bronze figure of Hippomenes, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
A French bronze figure of Hippomenes, circa 1880 Cast after Franz Jacob Sauvage The base inscribed F.BARBEDIENNE. FONDEUR. and stamped REDUCTION MECANIQUE...
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French Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

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Bronze

French patinated bronze candlesticks in the form of a lily in a pot
Located in London, GB
An attractive antique pair of patinated bronze candlesticks from the Napoleon III period. Set upon a circular dish base the lilies sit in a pot with two portrait reliefs. Most unusua...
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Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Bronze Basket
Located in Tampa, FL
A lovely antique solid bronze basket from France. Will display beautifully among holiday table decor or as a stand alone piece. Circa 19th century. The basket is three and a half in...
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French Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Antique Victorian Quality French Brass Cased Carriage Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality french brass cased carriage clock having a quality white enamel dial with Roman numerals, original hands, 8 day French movement in a brass case with bevelle...
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French Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Large 19th Century Majolica Square Minton Jardiniere
Located in Austin, TX
Minton Majolica cobalt blue jardiniere on stand c.1875, the square sectioned jardiniere simply decorated with a cattail on each corner. Largest...
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English Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

A Pair of Paris Porcelain Bird Vases Circa 1880
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A wonderful pair of French porcelain hand painted vases. The pair with hand painted black sparrows on one side, facing each other and the other side white doves. The body in the shape of an egg in a soft ecru color with pink tops...
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French Aesthetic Movement Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Bronze Bust of Menelaus King of Sparta Grand Tour, circa 19th Century
Located in London, GB
19th Century bronze bust Menelaus mythological king of Sparta. A fine casting with rich patina. In Greek mythology, Menelaus (Greek: Menelaos, from "vigor, rage, power" and "people," "wrath of the people") was a king of Mycenaean (pre-Dorian) Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, and the son of Atreus and Aerope. According to the Iliad...
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French Grand Tour Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Black Forest Carved Large Terrier Inkwell, Hinged Lid, Exceptional Carving
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Black Forest Breinzware Large Inkwell, carved as begging terrier with tongue protruding, with inset glass eyes, the hinged head concealing a glass inkwel...
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Swiss Black Forest Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Softwood

Large and Impressive Green Antique Art Glass Vase With Raised Gilding Circa 1880
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The overall size of this large piece with its mouth blown artistic shape, gorgeous green color and the hand painted all over 24 karat gilding really all adds up to one fantastic piece. While it may only be a little over 10 inches tall it's wider body adds to the overall wow factor. We have had similar shapes by Moser but in much smaller scale and dimensions. This vase is in beautiful antique condition. This piece will serve well as hallway or dining table centerpiece...
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Czech Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Gold

Gorham Sterling Silver 1886 Table Top Double Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Gorham sterling silver tabletop double inkwell from 1886 with intricately pierced figural gallery. It contains two glass inkwells with sterling silver caps and has an open compartment with hinged door. A great gift and addition to one's home or collection. It measures 7 3/4'' in length by 2 7/8'' in height by 4 3/4'' in depth, and bears hallmarks and monograms as shown. During the heyday of American silver manufacturing–approximately 1850 to 1940–Gorham was one of the most influential. The White House has used Gorham silver services...
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American Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Bronze Bust of Caesar Augustus
Located in Essex, MA
Very heavy and beautifully cast with great patina.
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Italian Grand Tour Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Set of Three 19th Century Black Forest Carvings
Located in Martlesham, GB
A set of three 19th century black forest carvings of bears in different poses, all three bears are in very good condition and having lovely crisp carving. Circa 1880.  
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Swiss Black Forest Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Italian Writing Box with Macassar Veneer and Silver Mounts
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique writing slope case. The chest is veneered with Macassar wood. Decorated with silver mounts. The interior is made of birdseed maple...
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Italian Napoleon III Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Sterling Silver

Ornate French Gilded Repeating Carriage Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Ornate French Gilded Repeating Carriage Clock Ornate French gilded carriage clock housed in a decorative case with curved side panels. Barl...
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French Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

19th Century Rare Majolica Hanging Jardiniere with Dogs Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Rare Majolica Hanging Jardiniere With Dogs Sarreguemines. Decorated with Leaves. Total height with the chain / 23 inches. Height of ...
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French Rustic Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal

Pair of Blue Porcelain Vases from the Late 19th Century, with Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
This pair of vases is very decorative and of good quality. The porcelain is deep blue enamelled, the frame is in gilded bronze of fine quality and a beautiful gilding very well match...
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French Louis XVI Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Seneca
Located in Essex, MA
Modeled after the original found at Pompeii.
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Italian Grand Tour Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Marquis Collection of Beverly Hills Swan Sculptures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marquis Collection of Beverly Hills Pair of Unique Swan Sculptures Featuring Aluminum Beaks Black Lacquer body with tan & black Lacquer Accents ...
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North American Regency Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Aluminum

A Large Impressive 19th Century Bronze Jewelry Casket Box. Circa 1860
Located in London, GB
This large heavily cast bronze Jewelry box was made in France in the mid 19th century and is made in the form of a medieval coffer. It is superbly det...
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French Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Candelabra in Bronze with Cherub
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bronze candelabrum with double patina in the louis XV style representing two cupids holding a bronze candelabrum of nine lights. at the feet of the cupids a quiver.
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French Louis XV Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Late 19th Century Automaton of a Monkey under Glass Dome
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Late 19th century automaton of a monkey in 18th century style dress. Likely to be French, this piece shows all the hallmarks of J. Phalibois, one of the foremost makers of clockwork toys...
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French Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Glass, Wood, Silk

19th Century French Napoleon III Inlaid Wood with Golden Bronzes Planter Table
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Elegant Napoleone III planter table characterized by finely inlaid walnut with floral motif. On the top a lid with elegant gilt bronze handles can be removed to use the flower compar...
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French Napoleon III Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Walnut

American Gold Leaf Reverse Cove, Circa 1880
Located in Hallowell, US
Having all original water gilt surface. Overall measurments are aprox 25x27 3/4 Rabbit detentions are Measures: 16x18 3/4.
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American Beaux Arts Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

French Fin De Siecle Glass Scent Bottle and Stopper
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very finely made French hand blown glass Fin De Siecle scent bottle and stopper decorated with vine leaves and dating from the second half of the 19t...
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French Late Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Blown Glass

American Copper Full Bodied Pig Directional Weathervane on Stand, circa 1880
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Copper full bodied pig directional weathervane resting on squared iron stand, late 19th century.
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American Folk Art Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Copper, Iron, Zinc

Neoclassical Style Ormolu Candelabra
Located in Tampa, FL
A pair of splendid 19th century neoclassical style bronze ormolu candelabra by Picard. These would make the perfect addition to any holiday table or ...
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French Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Exceptional 19th Century Inlaid Jewelry Box
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Beautiful intricate inlaid exotic wood jewelry box with tray and oval mirror. Eight sided ebony star decoration with smooth corners. Has workin...
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English Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Antique Sterling Silver Victorian Desk Stand Fluid Thermometer by H. Matthews
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique Victorian thermometer. The front is made of sterling silver. This is marked with the hallmarks of Birmingham 1887 (year letter N) and the maker H. Matthews. This En...
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British Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique 19th Century French Spelter and Onyx Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique 19th century French spelter and onyx clock having a quality painted dial, original hands and eight day movement striking on the hour and half hour on a bell. A beautiful qual...
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French Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Onyx, Spelter

Set of Three 19th Century Black Forest Carvings of Bears in Different Poses
Located in Martlesham, GB
A set of three 19th Century black forest carvings of bears in different poses, all three bears are in very good condition and having lovely crisp carving.  
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Swiss Black Forest Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Walnut

Bois Durci Ink Stand
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This large Bois Durci ink stand features an intricately moulded base, upon which sit two glass inkwells and a central urn shaped container. The glass inkwel...
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French High Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ebony

Doulton Lambeth Carrara Ware Vase by Mildred Smallfield
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This bottle-shaped Doulton Lambeth specimen vase is from the Carrara Ware range which was a stoneware range of moderate output made between about 1887 and 1903. This vase was designed by Mildred B Smallfield (1862-?) who was listed as a senior assistant at Doulton in 1882. It is decorated with a pattern of enamelled stylized flowers in blue, green and white, and enhanced with gilding on an ivory coloured ground. Her assistant was Minnie Neal. A similar vase by Smallfield is shown on page 81 of the "Lambeth Art Pottery" exhibition catalogue, published by Richard Dennis in 1975. Carrara Ware was also decorated by the Barlow sisters, Mark V Marshall...
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English High Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Pair of Alabaster Urns
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A striking pair of hand carved alabaster urns featuring the face of Mercury, sinuous foliate arms, rims of acanthus leaves, on a stepped base.
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Baroque Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Alabaster

Late 19th Century Terracotta Bust of a Girl named Graziella signed Marcel
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Late 19th Century terracotta bust of a girl named Graziella. She has a sweet expression on her face. Nicely detailed sculpture. Signed on...
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French Belle Époque Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Terracotta

Fine and Rare Miniature Satsuma Vase by Taizan Yohei
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine miniature ceramic vase in satsuma ware by Taizan Yohei (1864-1922) circa 1880-1890s of late Meiji period. The vase with a broad flat shoulder ...
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Japanese Japonisme Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

French Onyx and Champleve Four Glass Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
French onyx and champleve four glass mantel clock. French mantel clock housed in a hexagonal shaped green onyx case with bevelled glass panels. Fine champleve enamel decoration to all pillars, champleve decoration and fine fretwork to both the top of the case and the plinth and resting on brass feet. Gilded dial with champleve decorated centre, Arabic numerals and original ‘blued’ steel hands, the dial surrounded by diamante decoration. French eight day movement numbered 1631 with anchor escapement striking the hours and halves on a coiled gong. The mercury pendulum...
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French Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Onyx

Mortar and Pestle
Located in Chicago, IL
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Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Iron

Neo-Greek Silvered Bronze Bowl Attributed to G. Servant, France, circa 1880
By Georges Emile Henri Servant
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful silvered bronze neo-Greek style bowl in a circular shape, adorned on the body with female masks in the antique style and on the sides with handles in the shape of busts of ...
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French Greek Revival Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Griotte Marble, Bronze

Minnie G Thompson Doulton Lambeth Pigment Painted Vase, 1883
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual Aesthetic Movement biscuit fired Doulton Lambeth stoneware vase pigment hand-painted with stylized foliage and geometric designs by Minnie G Thompson...
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English Aesthetic Movement Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

Elegant Porcelain Pot-Pourri Att. to l'Escalier de Cristal, France, circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Large enamelled porcelain perfume burner decorated with vines on a background of rose petals. The set is embellished with an elegant mount in chisele...
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French Louis XV Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

A 19th Century Meissen Porcelain 'Elements' Ewer Emblematic of Air
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Meissen porcelain 'Elements' ewer emblematic of air. Blue crossed swords mark. The present ewer, representing water, i...
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German Rococo Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century English Majolica Monkey Pitcher
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century English Majolica Monkey on a Banana leaf Pitcher.
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English Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Victorian Antique Silver Plated 'Lyre' Candelabra, Made circa 1880
Located in London, London
Made in London circa 1880, this charming pair of Antique, Silver Plated Candelabra, are in the 'Lyre' design, with each holding 2 candles. Each candelabrum measures 17.75"(45cm) ...
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English Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Silver Plate

Lyons by Antoine Durenne Was a French Cast Iron "Offer Free Shipping in Florida"
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
They are in Miami. We offer free shipping in Florida. They were exhibited at Palm beach "American International Fine Art Fair (AIFAF)" In the photos you can see a pair of lions of...
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French Classical Roman Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Iron

Antique Continental Patinated Bronze Fawn Candlestick, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Probably Italian, 19th Century patinated bronze candlestick in form of a dancing Fawn holding a candle-vessel in his hands, on its original wood base.
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Italian Belle Époque Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Antique Grand Tour Pietra Dura Specimen Paperweight 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a superb decorative antique Italian Grand Tour marble Pietra Dura mounted desk paperweight, circa 1880 in date. This splendid rectangular paperweight is exquisitely inlai...
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Italian Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Agate, Amethyst, Malachite, Onyx, Marble

Automaton Picture clock in square frame with oval aperture and windmill
Located in London, GB
This superb work of art combines the beauty of a painting with the mechanical complicities of an automaton and clock. Depicting a rural scene, the clock is integrated into the church, sitting within the giltwood and gesso frame. Also within the painting is automaton windmill, again integrated into the picture atop the windmill. The automaton runs off the clock, so requires no separate winding, The clock is a fine 8 day, fusee movement with gut string, with verge escapement...
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French Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Gesso

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Armada Jug and Stand
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver Armada jug and stand; part of our wine and drinks related silverware collection This magnificent antique Victorian English sterling silver Armada jug has an elongated pear-shaped form onto a circular pedestal foot. The stand has an octofoil shaped form with a central swept raised circular well. The cylindrical neck of the silver jug is embellished with exceptional cast and applied floral and scrolling foliate decoration, all on a matte background; there is an exceptional shield shaped vacant cartouche to the underside of the pouring lip, surmounted with scrolling leaf mantling. The knopped neck is further ornamented with an interlacing border flanked with plain bands, to a swept portion encircled with pensile bud designs. The decoration to the body incorporates two large scrolling leaf bordered vacant cartouches, each surmounted with a coronet design embellished with floral ornamentation. Each cartouche is further embellished with a chased figural mask design to the nadir, flanked with large floral motifs. Either side of each cartouche is embellished with an exceptional cast and applied three-dimensional winged mermaid and mermen, gesturing towards the aforementioned coronet. The decoration to the body is further embellished with large scrolling leaf and floral sprays incorporating a cast and applied protruding leopard's head to the anterior portion. This magnificent antique silver Armada jug retains the original hinged cover, ornamented with chased scrolling lead decoration and surmounted with an impressive cast and applied scrolling loop finial. This exceptional antique Victorian silver jug...
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English Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Sterling Silver

Bronze Sculpture "Nymph in the Reeds" by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Very finely chiselled cast bronze sculpture depicting a beautiful nude nymph standing emerging from tall reeds at the edge of a stream. At her feet is a water jug, with a marble base...
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French Art Nouveau Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Marble, Bronze

John Seddon Bailey & Co Fulham Pottery Salt Glazed Stoneware Spirit Flagon
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare English Aesthetic Period salt glazed stoneware spirit flagon designed by John Seddon for Bailey & Co, Fulham and dated 29th December 1880. The flagon is of square shape with a...
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English Aesthetic Movement Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

Rococo Handmade and Hand Painted Flower Spray Vase, France 1880s
Located in Verviers, BE
with rococo panel and hand-painted flower spray in the oriental style (c 1880) Handmade and hand-glazed in brilliant coloured Emameld flowers details. ...
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French Rococo Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Glass

Japanese Meiji Period Gold Cobalt Blue Porcelain Charger, circa 1880
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese late-19th century Imari Meiji period (circa 1880) signed porcelain charger in iron-red, cobalt blue and green. It showcases three panels with floral pattern on a dramatic gold background with shishi lions strolling. The panels are set against a stunning cobalt blue background adorned with generous gold details. The three small circles around the rim showcase plum blossom, pine and bamboo patterns, together they create a stunning auspicious “sho-Chiku-bai”. This stunning contrast creates a beautiful scene that invite the viewer to get closer to explore the details. The reverse side is decorated with underglaze cobalt blue hand-painting with the artist signature at the center.  The late father of the collector of this exquisite pair, who operated one of the leading kilns in the historic Imari-Arita region of Japan, travelled extensively to Europe in the early 1960s with a mission that he led, to purchase and bring back to Japan antique ceramics...
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Japanese Meiji Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Set of Fourteen English Bretby & Other Emerald Green Cache Pot
Located in London, GB
A large collection of English emerald glazed cache pot by Bretby and others. All in good condition apart from two small chips. Measure: 43cm high x 33cm diameter (largest) 10cm high...
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English Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

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Ceramic

Antique Limoges Hand-Painted Flowers Porcelain Vase Estate France
Located in Montreal, QC
Limoges porcelain pillow vase the perfect answer to decorating a narrow space, such as mantel place. Hand-painted floral and Cacti decoration. The handles...
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French Victorian Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Three-Piece French Enamelled Glass Garniture, Attributed to Baccarat
Located in Montreal, QC
This garniture is painted with birds and flowers on a pale blue ground. The oblong footed bowl has a shaped gilt rim ,with white jewelling and centering palmettes. The flanking vases...
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French Aesthetic Movement Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Opaline Glass

19th Century Sailboat Yacht Ships Ashtray Match Striker Manhattan Brass Co NYC
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A rare 19th Century Yachts Match-Striker Ashtray by the Manhattan Brass Company of New York City. Stamped M.B. Co. New York. The weight is 2 lbs 9...
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American American Colonial Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

19th Century Bronze Mounted Satsuma Jardiniere
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century bronze mounted satsuma jardiniere is a splendidly preserved artifact from a wonderful period in French history! The porcelain bowls wer...
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French Meiji Antique 1880s Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

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