Victorian Vintage Necklace

Bronze sculpture of Samson trying to free himself form the chain, in the ultimate act in the biblical story of Samson and Delilah. Great facial expression, and vivid details. Excep...

Elegant statue made of bronze, beautiful facial expression, hands pointed forward in grace and goodwill. Exceptional dress with vivid stars like repetitive motif all around. One of a...

Exceptional Persian tile hand-painted and glazed of beautiful wondering school of colorful fish on a yellow background. The tile can hang on the wall horizontally or vertically Gre...

Elegant mid century deer head made of solid brass, professionally mounted on a beautiful brass made. Great decorative object of art for display.     

Three panel arched top bamboo screen. Each panel is 17.25 wide and 74” high. Screen was professionally cleaned reinforced, and new wood stain Coat.  

Beautiful candy dish made of porcelain of ducks back to back each other in a circle, vive details on a Snow White color yellow and green some fading in the Center due to age. Sign i...

A bespoken sterling silver necklace with five roundel bell shape of gradual sizes linked by joint chains, designed and made by Graziella Laffi, Lima, Peru, circa 1965. The subtly hammered roundels evoke a sense of history with the form found in pre-Columbian culture, yet the necklace appears beyond ethnic, it exuberates a confident and bold modernism. The necklace with Peruvian Cultural Ministry label to verso. Graziella Laffi was born in 1923 in Florence, Italy to Gino Laffi, a silversmith and artist. Following her family tradition, Graziella enrolled in master classes after elementary school, focusing on design and painting. She next attended Escuela de Bellas Artes de Puerta Romana for three years, where Gino taught, and then to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, where she concentrated in architecture until the start of World War II. In 1947, Graziella, then twenty-four, immigrated with her parents to Peru. Gino later created a silversmith studio and showroom called Fabrica Laffi on Avenue Mexico, where Graziella initially learned her Craft. The Pre-Columbian culture in her adopted country inspired Graziella to travel and collect, which ultimately influence her design in the silver pieces. Graziella learned the metalworking techniques of the ancient Peruvian civilizations and rejected the current technology. She mostly used hammering, rolling and creating joints as the ancients do. As an ambassador of Peruvian culture, her work promoted the indigenous Peruvian art and rekindled the interest in its ancient heritage throughout South America, the United States and Europe. She exhibited her growing collection of Peruvian artifacts...

English Victorian silver plated bronze figure of horse and jockey jumping grass fence on white onyx rectangular shaped base

Pair of English Victorian style (19th/20th Cent) large porcelain Staffordshire porcelain figures of orange and white seated spaniels holding baskets of flowers in their mouths with g...

G/285 - Rare wonderful coral Madrepora necklace with gold Italian clip , handmade to measure. Coral Madrepora from Cebu Island, Philippines. PROHIBITED for sale in USA...

A very large antique Victorian brass lobster-form box. English, Late 19th Century. Measures: Height 34cm, width 91cm, depth 41cm. This exceptional piece is a remarkably large brass box...

A fine and impressive antique pair of Victorian English cast sterling silver deer and stag models on a plinth; an addition to our animal related silverware collection. These fine antique Victorian cast sterling silver table ornament...