Everyday Ornament

A fantastic vintage concrete garden ornament. A chic Asian pagoda in a clean and sleek design. Splits into 4 separate pieces for easy...

A pair of gilt, patinated bronze and marble campagna urn ornaments.

Rare pair of Michael Andersen ceramic vases with four owls as decoration on each vase, both of the vases have the classic blymajolika glaze which Michael Andersen is well known for. ...

Vintage Glass Vase with Seal Ornament, 1970s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1970 to 1979. Additional information: Materials: Glass Color: Pink Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre...

This elegant vase has been carved out of alabaster in the 1880s in France.

Large 1950s Chinese porcelain vase / vessel. Very well executed and shows beautifully crackled glaze. Scores high on originality and kitsch.

Vintage Blue Glass Vase with Seal Ornament. Probably from Holmegaard. Additional information: Materials: Glass Color: Blue Styles: Mid-Century...

This is a vintage neo-classical urn. A Continental, Bakelite decorative ornament in Grand Tour taste, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930. Striking forms, with serpentine f...

- Unusual pair of Victorian-style brass boots - Beautifully cast - Shoes are steeped in custom, symbolic meaning and stories; Cinderella, Dorothy. Shoes were offered as gifts on special occasions in the 17th and 18th centuries often exchanged between lovers as a symbol of good luck in marriage. - These boots were either made as ornaments, gifts, or vases Originally, boots and shoes were made one at a time by hand, often by groups of shoemakers, or cobblers (also known as cordwainers). In the 18th century, dozens or even hundreds of masters, journeymen and apprentices (both men and women) would work together in a shop, dividing up the work into individual tasks. A customer could come into a shop, be individually measured, and return to pick up their new shoes in as little as a day. Everyone needed shoes, and the median price for a pair was about one day’s wages for an average journeyman. The shoemaking trade flourished in the 18th and early 19th centuries but began to be affected by industrialization in the later 19th century. Traditional handicraft shoemaking has now been largely superseded in volume of shoes produced by Industrial mass production of footwear, but not necessarily in quality, attention to detail, or craftsmanship. Today, most shoes are made on a volume basis, rather than a craft basis. A pair of "bespoke...

This porcelain Vase has been made by Jacob Petit, it is signed J.P., and the manufacturer is "Porcelaine de paris". It has been done in France in the 19th century. The decor ornemant...