Signed Pair of 19th Century Meissen Sweet Meat Dishes

French 19th century bronze statue of a dog, whippet bread, signed P. J. Mene, mounted on a thick oval marble base with plaque reading, Mene - 1810 - 1874. Pierre Jules Mene, or ...

This gorgeous pair of French Belle Epoque single light sconces are made of bronze and date back to the 19th century. The duo features elaborate, heavy bobeches, scroll arms embellish...

Pair of German 19th century Augustus Rex Dresden covered urns hand-painted with pastoral scene on one side, and floral on the other. Each has a ram’s head on each side of the urn. N...

This pair of French bronze hanging oil lamps dates back to the 19th century and suspend from beautifully elaborate heavy chain. The crown resembles a gothic revival sunburst, connecting to the lamp in three positions. The lamp itself features detailed casting with scroll work and patterned embellishments, a handle, top, and two arms. It has been fully converted to electricity. Each piece in our shop is professionally rewired and in working order. Each chandelier and lantern comes with a vintage canopy, three feet of chain, and ample wire, and each sconce comes with all materials needed to mount. Each piece is newly wired with UL approved wire and sockets and is fully operable. The piece is part of the collection from The French Antique Shop...

Pair of resin dishes in glazed terracotta. In the South West of France, the country named Landes was a poor country having very few natural resources, the inhabitants lived on meager harvests whose land was manured by their flocks of sheep. The Landais also exploited the resin of the maritime pine: it was collected at the foot of the tree using a very artisanal technique which offered low yields: tapping with “crot” (from the Gascon cròt: hole). To harvest the resin, ancient resin workers dug a hole at the foot of the pine, generally between the roots, which they lined with moss. The resin obtained, if it had not crystallized on the care before arriving at the base of the pine, was full of impurities: twigs, sand, insects, and it contained very little turpentine. A first progress was to put dishes at the bottom of these holes which made it possible to collect the resin with fewer impurities, In 1844, the resin pot...

A very old and hard to find porte-jambon of iron with brass handles on a marble slab. The handles have an adjustable jaw and spikes to hold the meat securely for carving. The marble ...

Antique late 19th Century French rare and important Empire style pair of solid silver dishes, each of circular form with very fine acanthus leaves borders and chased with a frieze of...

Stamped "By the Queen's Royal Letter's Patent. Shaw & Fisher's Patent Oval Dish Cover. Sheffield," this pewter food dome dates from circa 1850. Metal holds heat and, therefore, keeps...