Satin Antiquities

Antique Leather Strap with Eight Brass Bells, Switzerland ca. 1900s An antique leather strap with eight brass bells from the Swiss Alps manufactured ca. 1900. These bells are used t...

Incredibly dense cast aluminum two-part chocolate mold, in the form of a standing Easter bunny with a woven basket on his back. Incredible antique piece that is timeless. The piece...

Charming handcrafted Provincial French woven wire work basket, circa 1900. A well-executed nicely shaped 'pannier' with moveable handles and decorative loop...

For sale is a beautiful and unique set of to Austrian mountain pasture bells- one of them a cow bell, the other a sheep bell. They were most likely made and...

A 19th-century Intaglio Tassie - A seal with the bust of a woman holding an olive branch. Thick gilt paper wrapped around the edge mimicking a frame. There are a few tiny faults in t...

Antique Bell Belt with Eight Brass Bells, Tyrol ca. 1900s An antique bell belt with eight brass bells from the Tyrolian Alps ca. 1900s. Bell belts are used to locate goats or sheep ...

Chinese Antique Ming Dynasty glazed pottery figure  Ming Dynasty circa (14-16 century AD) China, The earthenware with green and yellow glaze Meas...

Antique Leather Strap with Thirteen Bronze Bells, Switzerland ca. 1900s An antique leather strap with thirteen bronze bells from the swiss Alps...

Antique Leather Strap with Six Casted Cattle Bells, Switzerland ca. 1900s An antique leather strap with six casted bronze cattle bells from the swiss Alps manufactured ca. 1900. Cat...

A female head finely carved from evenly-coloured cream alabaster. The face features a strong chin, high rounded cheekbones, and large elliptical eyes deeply inset for inlays. The remains of the nose indicate that it was long, thin, and roughly triangular in form. A small, round mouth sits just below the nose. Deeply incised eyebrows follow the shape of the eyes, which are framed by unusual grooved canthi on either side, possibly to represent cosmetic eye paint. The supraorbital margins above the eyes are deeply carved, while the carving below the eyes is more subtle, smoothing the sockets into the rounded cheeks. The ears are formed from two arcs and a central sphere, and both lobes are pierced for earrings. The long hair frames the face below the ears, and is carved to create a rougher texture. There is a stock sticker on the back of the neck. A fragment of the right shoulder remains. This suggests that the head was part of a larger sculpture, possibly a full figure (though this seems unlikely due to its relatively large scale) or, more likely, a bust. This head is stylistically aligned with those found at Timna, the capital of the ancient Yemeni kingdom of Qataban, which existed from the 1st millennium BC until the late 1st or 2nd centuries AD. Timna served as an important hub of the Incense Route, the camel caravan that transported incense from Arabia and India to ports on the Mediterranean Sea. Roman author and philosopher Pliny the Elder (23/24-79 AD) described Timna as a busy city with around 65 temples. Excavations in 1950 and 1951 by Wendell Phillips...

Art Nouveau walking stick. The L-shaped 800 silver knob is embossed and chiselled and depicts the face of a woman with long loose hair and two Iris flowers. Ebony wood barrel. Metal ...

This 19th-century hand-held wood press is carved with a large mold used for shaping festive mooncakes. Packed with lotus root, red bean, or other regional fillings, mooncakes are a d...