Charming carved gilt-wood Chinese export mirror frame watch-stand with Europeans

Florence, late 17th-century The octagonal mirror decorated with scrolling vines and flowers the top and bottom each decorated with the Medici coat-of-arms in opposite colours, the ...

The Hague, circa 1760 Oak, veneered with amboyna root, brass fittings with lacquer gilding. H: 242 cm. , W: 120 cm. , D: 62 cm. Provenance: Private collection Germany The bureau cabinet is a piece of furniture that has become very popular in the Netherlands since the early 18th century. This example was made around 1760. The single curved base cabinet...

Dutch rococo cabinet atributted to Matthijs Franses, in the style of Abraham Roentgen The Hague, circa 1765 266 high, 193 wide and 70 cm deep Oak an...

A Surinam-themed Amsterdam long-case clock The Netherlands, 1746-1756, dial signed Nicolaas Weylandt/Amsterdam The case of the clock is made of Rio palisander veneer and snakewood, with the arch showing a painted scene of the harbour of Paramaribo, Fort Zeelandia and Dutch ships in anchorage, the spandrels decorated with figural representations of the four continents, the centre of the dial painted with Mercury, the god of trade, seated on a bale signed VCS (Vereenigde Compagnie Suriname), and one of the barrels bearing the initials “RBS,” on the left the river god of the Surinam river, with a Dutch three-master in the background. Measures: H 259 x W 60 x D 35 cm (case) Diameter 32 cm (clock dial) This exceptionally rare long-case clock probably was ordered by one of the many wealthy families living along the Amsterdam canals that owned or had shares in plantations in Surinam. It’s a successful marriage of the work of an accomplished 18th century Amsterdam clockmaker, a Dutch cabinetmaker working with exotic tropical timbers, a woodcarver familiar with both Dutch Rococo design and Surinamese iconography, and a painter with knowledge, whether first- hand or through other visualisations, of the Paramaribo waterfront. In the production of this Gesamtkunstwerk, only the name of the clockmaker is known: Nicloaas Weylandt (circa 1700-1754), who had a business situated on the Nieuwendijk near the Haarlemmersluis in Amsterdam from 1742 until his death. The case is made of imported timbers from Surinam; Rio-palisander and snakewood. A very similar clock-case, veneered in walnut, is illustrated in J. Zeeman, De Nederlandse staande klok...

A scrolled mirror in carved and patinated molded wood decorated with foliage scrolls. The upper part is painted with Chinese figures, and the lower part is adorned with flowers. Rege...

A small high relief hand carved temple giltwood framed mirror with some with a Chinese inscription at the top of the frame that says "Fortune From Heaven".

Dimensions - H: 29 1/2 in W: 19 1/2 in D: 2 1/2 in This exquisite early 20th century Italian Rococo-style wall mirror is a refined example of old-world craftsmanship in a charming,...

A fine quality crisply carved Mid-18th Century giltwood Mirror, having c-scroll acanthus and flower decoration throughout, contained in 'Chinese pagoda' frame.