Magnum Decanter, England C1790 with Later Etched Masonic Decoration

An extraordinary navette, or cream boat, in black basalt with encaustic decoration. Complete with matching ladle: a rare find indeed.

A fine and large - enormous - coffee or chocolate pot in pearlware, with “House & Fence” decoration, in imitation of a Chinese original. It is thought that these oversixed pots wer...

A good example of the fine painting produced at this factory. This example with an African possum and a feline, after the engraving by George Buffons.

Covered bowl, perhaps for soup, in black basalt with ‘Etruscan’ encaustic painting.

Exceptional bohemian decanter with matching glasses. Displays an etched swan on the decanter. Decanter measures 4.5”W, 8.5”H Each cup measures 2.25”...

A fine antique English etched and engraved glass handled decanter. Attributed to Stevens & Williams or Webb. With engraved & etched designs trellisw...

This all dressed up whimsical vintage glass man is ready to pour your liquor or water from the decanter. He is stenciled with frosted glass on the decanter...

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...