Late 19th Century Distressed Witches Ball on Stand

Impressive Romanesque Style Glass Vase. Late 19th Century, Italy. Circa 1880.

Late 19th Century Oil on Canvas of Two dogs, Good scale, relined and restored (late 20th Century). Later Frame France Circa 1880.

Interesting Late 19th or Early 20th Century Jug or Carafe in the form of a Monk. France Circa 1900.

Late 19th Century Alabaster column, excellent archaic appearance. Two hollow sections. Italy Circa 1890

Late 19th century working shorebird decoy found in his original painted finish, unusually with his original iron beak, France, circa 1890. Later bespok...

Late 19th Century primitive oil on canvas portrait of a Clumber Spaniel "Dash" by E Daulby to Mr R Crickmore, no doubt a commission for a much loved faithful friend. Dated 1884 Some ...

Beautiful crystal glass vase with Vienna bronze figural stand. Glass with graving, bronze figure cold painted. A beautiful piece of art for any room or just to display in your collec...

Engraved wine carafe from the late 19th century, 28 cm high and 11.5 cm in diameter. Additional information: Material: Glass & crystal. Artist: Baccar...

Engraved wine carafe from the late 19th century, 28 cm high and 11.5 cm in diameter. Additional information: Material: Glass & crystal Artist: Baccara...

19th Century French Neoclassical Distressed Wood & Glass Cloche/Dome France, 1890s A stunning piece from 19th-century France, this neoclassical distressed wood and glass cloche/dom...

Bulb-bottomed vase with long neck decorated with multicolored enamel and gold. It is embellished with arabesques, flowers and latticework patterns in orientalist taste on a marbled Bordeaux background. Remnants of a mark underneath. The fascination with the orient and its exotic decoration dominated the 18th-19th centuries. It was China that started the enthusiasm for the costumes and artistic shapes that came from faraway lands. However, as a result of conquests and colonial Expansion, this fascination saw the displacement of its origins. During the 18th century, Chinese and Turkish styles invaded the salons and gardens of royalty as well as affluent esthetes who prided themselves on their taste for The Orient. From then on, baths were Turkish, furniture was lacquered, Persian tapestries...

Original zoomorphic pitcher ewer in the shape of a partridge. Beautiful item made of silver plate for the head of the partridge nicely chiseled showing the lovely texture of feathers and blown blue glass for the body part, with a handle on the back. Yellow-colored glass eyes. The Head of the partridge is mounted on a hinge forming a movable lid for the pitcher-ewer. This kind of pitcher ewer was mainly used to serve delicious alcohol or liquor with flavor and aroma, such as pear, and mirabelle plum, as it was during the "Belle Epoque" a very fashionable and refined custom. This colored blown glass was produced by the Portieux Crystal factory created in 1705, it has a written mark "Deposé" beneath the body of the ewer, french work from the late 19th century, probably from Napoleon III period. The history of this factory known as the "Portieux crystal factory" actually begins in Tonnoy in 1690. In 1698, Duke Leopold I of Lorraine granted letters patent to Sieur de la Pommeraye, owner of the premises, associated with François Magnien, holder of the know-how, the exclusivity of glass manufacturing and trade in his duchy. In 1898, the Grand Duchess of Vladimir, wife of the brother of Tsar Nicolas II, discovered the factory while on a cure in Contrexéville. She will become a frequent customer. in 1960, the company supplies many prestigious customers: Maxim's, Brasserie Lipp, Hôtel de Crillon, Le Bristol...