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Technique: Hand-Painted
Tiki Hawaiian Hula Dancer Lamp
Located in Fulton, CA
A whimsical, kitschy 1950s hula dancer lamp holding a basket of faux flowers. Constructed of rope, grass and wood. Hand painted. Complete and working.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wicker, Rope, Wood

Original Painted Game Board, Signed and Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original painted game board - signed and Dated 1935.
Category

20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wool, Paint

German Nuns' Mirrors circa 1800
Located in Hastings, GB
An incredible pair of reverse painted late 18th / Early 19th century Nuns' mirrors, probably southern Germany or Austrian. These stunning pieces are in superb original condition, one depicting the Holy Trinity...
Category

Early 1800s German Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mirror

Adorable and Therapeutic Musical Clown Automaton Figure/Toy
Located in Miami, FL
A fine quality therapeutic musical automaton clown toy in wonderful vintage condition. Features porcelain head, hands and feet. Made in France during the 195...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Textile, Porcelain

Charming tobacco box tin, bisque porcelain, smoking, 1900 Art Nouveau, England
Located in Wien, AT
Extraordinary, charming tobacco box, made of bisque porcelain, around 1900, an original Art Nouveau piece, not labled but most probably made in England. The tobacco box is oval in ...
Category

Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Doll, 19th century, handmade, from a famous collection in the U.K.
Located in Central England, GB
This superb large decorative doll like figure is a rare and well provenanced piece. it was once part of the collection of curiosities from the famous Jamaica Inn, Cornwall. This sup...
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silk, Wood

Antique Porcelain Huqqa for Persian Market
Located in London, GB
This beautiful huqqa (or hookah), an instrument used for smoking—is a highly collectable antique piece. It created in the late 19th century, most likely in Russia. The huqqa is finely decorated with depictions of Qajar kings, suggesting that it was created for the Persian market. The huqqa features a bell-shaped base with a ribbed cylindrical top. This is covered by a cup-shaped feature on a knopped stem. The huqqa is crafted from porcelain which is white and finely decorated with deep blue stylised vines, leaves and flowers. Half-length portraits of the 19th century Persian kings, Naser al-Din Shah and Mozaffar al-Din Shah, ornament the huqqa’s base...
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Late 19th Century Russian Islamic Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Royal Blue Opaque Enameled Bohemian Glass Hookah Base
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Royal blue opaque enameled Bohemian glass hookah base, or vase. Bohemian glass hookah base with overlay enameled in yellow, amber, green, red, and white with additional gilt. The elegant bell shape bowl huqqa’s base...
Category

Mid-20th Century Asian Islamic Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass

An Important Papercut Amulet for protection of Mother and Child. Judaica
Located in New York, NY
An Important Papercut Amulet for protection of Mother and Child. Artist: David Elias Krieger, Circa, 1900 This delicate item is known as a papercut, which is a type of decorative work that was popular with Jews in Eastern Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries. The condition is quite remarkable, with no tears or repairs, but it has been folded. This piece, entirely cut and decorated by hand, is an exquisite example of the type of Jewish papercut...
Category

Early 1900s European Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Pair of Large Carved Wood Faux Malachite Obelisks
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of large carved wood faux Malachite Obelisks. Offered is a stunning pair of Hollywood Regency style carved wood obelisks. This pair of large scale hand decorated neoclassical f...
Category

1970s Unknown Neoclassical Vintage Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Belt real black python buckle Sterling Silver Art Deco Style Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Belt in real black python reptile with rectangular buckle in 925/1000 gold-plated silver with columns, with Art Deco design fire-enamelled in 3 colors enriched with pure gold sequins...
Category

1990s Italian Art Deco Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate

Russian Antique Kustar Painted Tobacco Box, 1930
Located in South Burlington, VT
From a New England collection and a unique find Russian antique Kustar painted and incised tobacco box 1930 An all original work of art signed on ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Russian Arts and Crafts Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Pine

President William McKinley as Napoleon Large Toby Mug, by Morris & Willmore
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
President William McKinley as Napoleon Large Toby Mug, by Morris & Willmore Made by Columbian Art Pottery / Morris and Willmore of Trenton, New Jersey This ...
Category

Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pottery

Old Blue Scale Gwarancja Olsztyn, Europe, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A fantastic antique weighing scale with nicely aged blue paint. Made by Gwarancja Factory in Olsztyn, Poland in the late 20th century. It presents...
Category

1970s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Iron

Doulton Burslem Series Ware Golfing Scenes Vase by Charles Dana Gibson
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very rare Doulton Burslem series ware porcelain vase decorated with golfing scenes by renowned American illustrator Charles Dana Gibson (American, 1867-1944) and dating between 190...
Category

Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Porcelain

European Painted Wood Coat Of Arms
Located in Essex, MA
Featuring a pair of winged griffons flanking a coat of arms with helmet.
Category

Early 19th Century European Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Portuguese Folk Art Terracotta Cow Whistle, Christmas Nativity Scene Figurine
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Portuguese Folk Art terracotta hand painted polychrome cow whistle by Ana Baraça (1904-2001), used as a Christmas Nativity Scene figurine. Ana Ba...
Category

Mid-20th Century Portuguese Arts and Crafts Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Terracotta

Processional banner with Madonna and child
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
A processional banner from Kevelaar, a well-known pilgrimage site in Germany, near the Dutch boarder. The banner in silk and gold brocade hangs fro...
Category

Late 19th Century German Gothic Revival Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Canvas, Silk, Giltwood

Staffordshire Marble Slipware Glazed Pottery Pig Moneybox
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful antique English Staffordshire pottery pig moneybox decorated in marble effect slipware glazes and dating from around 1840. The moneybox shaped as...
Category

1840s English Early Victorian Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pottery

18th Century Italian Wood and Gesso Altar Vase with Flame and Faux Marble
Located in Hastings, GB
A stunning hand-crafted wood and applied gesso altar vase, late 18th century with faux marbling to the base and flame top. Small areas of loss to the gesso and wear to the paint com...
Category

Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gesso, Wood

Collection of Three Pig in Pot Lucky Charm Figurines Antique German 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful collection of golden pig lucky charm figurines. Made from china porcelain. Such items are given away as good luck charms on New Year's Eve. Nice...
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Folk Art Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Composition, Metal

Chinese Opera Puppet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dressed in fine silks trimmed with embroidered bands and tassels, this puppet brought the glory of the imperial court to the small stage as part of an early 20th-century puppet opera. Complete with songs, acrobatics, farce, and drama, Chinese puppet...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silk, Wood

Chinese Opera Puppet, c. 1900
Chinese Opera Puppet, c. 1900
$258 Sale Price
29% Off
William Henry Goss Porcelain Model of Robert Burn’s Cottage Pastille Burner 1893
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish antique porcelain pastille burner model of Roberts Burn’s Cottage by renowned English potter William Henry Goss (British, 1833-1906) and dated 1893. William Henry Goss was probably best known for his prolific production of crested china wears which were developed for the souvenir trade however alongside these produced a number of other items which have become highly collectable today. This finely made pastille burner is modelled as a long single storey cottage with three windows...
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1890s English Late Victorian Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Porcelain

Set of Six Carnival Knockdown Dolls
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Set of six vintage folk art carnival knockdown dolls crafted in canvas, hand painted on both sides, trimmed with cotton fur and weighted at the bottom....
Category

20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Cotton

Antique Chinese Model of a Sovereign Carried in Sedan or Litter
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and unusual antique Chinese sculpture or model depicting a Manchurian sovereign carried on a palanquin by four courtiers all mounted on a wood platform.
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese British Colonial Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Hardwood

18th Century Giltwood and Polychrome Painted Putti / Cherub
Located in Hastings, GB
Hand carved winged Italian Baroque Putti, water gilded over applied gesso, the face and head polychrome painted. Small hanging hook to the back of the head. Width 23 cm x Height 1...
Category

Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gesso, Wood

1950s Original Vintage Fairground Carousel of the Mining Pig with a Children's
Located in Marbella, ES
Charming vintage children's fairground carousel decorated with a pig figure dressed as a mine worker pushing a children's double-decker car. The vehicle features two seats equipped w...
Category

Mid-20th Century Spanish Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Resin

18th Century Giltwood and Polychrome Painted Putti / Cherub
Located in Hastings, GB
Hand carved winged German Baroque Putti, water gilded over applied gesso, the face and head polychrome painted. Small hanging loop to the back of the head. Width 26cm, Height 19cm, ...
Category

Late 18th Century German Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gesso, Wood, Giltwood

Unusual Crystal Palace Band Competition Painted Glass Certificate of Merit 1883
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual, possibly unique, historical Certificate of Merit awarded at the drum and pipe band contest held at Crystal Palace between 1880 and 1883 and awarded in 1883. The certificate is hand-painted on a rectangular sheet of milk glass and is painted as a hanging cloth banner...
Category

1880s English Victorian Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Milk Glass

19th C Checkerboard Game Board
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C original painted checkerboard game board.
Category

19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

19th C Checkerboard Game Board
19th C Checkerboard Game Board
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-20th Century Baby Jesus Figure in the Cradle
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mid-20th century hand painted baby Jesus figure made of ceramic in the cradle. Made in Barcelona, Spain. In original condition, with minor wear consistent ...
Category

1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

17th-Century Alpine Wooden Christ Torso with Polychrome Traces
Located in Hamburg, DE
17th-Century Alpine Wooden Christ Torso with Polychrome Traces This finely carved wooden Christ torso, likely from the Alpine region and dating to the 17th century, is a remarkable p...
Category

16th Century Italian Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Cuzco Oil Altarpiece of an Archangel Arquebusier
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Beautiful Cusco altarpiece of a beautiful Archangel Arquebusier painted in oil. Marks can be seen on the sides of what would be the hinges of two doors to protect the work as a tript...
Category

20th Century Spanish Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

American Legion Baseball and Basketball Folk Art Paintings
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pair of baseball and basketball paintings found in a Midwestern American Legion hall. These were proudly displayed behind the legion hall bar. Grea...
Category

1940s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Silhouette framed Miniature XIX° Siècle
Located in Bilzen, BE
A miniature silhouette in a papier-mâché frame with convex glass Not signed 11 x 13 cm, interior 5.8 x 7.4 cm
Category

19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

19th Century Black Painted Leather French Primitive Fire Helmet Casque Pompier
Located in Haarlem, NL
19th century black painted leather French fire helmet with painted logo with what looks like a 'French Lily' and three hooked lines Made out of one...
Category

Mid-19th Century French Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Odd Fellow / Mason Pearlware Lustre Painted Plate – a
By Sunderland
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A scarce Odd Fellow or Mason themed Pearlware plate, from the Staffordshire region of England, attributed to Sunderland Potteries, circa 1820 – 1830. One of a pair, this is plate A....
Category

Early 19th Century English Romantic Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pearlware

Italian 18th Century Pair Baroque Carved Wooden Reliquary Shrines
Located in Buisson, FR
Very rare hand pair carved wooden reliquary shrines with wonderful decoration and color/gilding, Italy, circa 1750 Weathered, small losses and old re...
Category

18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Wood

Antique Schoenhut "Humpty Dumpty Collection" Lion Circus Toy c.1903-1935
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT Jointed wooden lion manufactured in the 1900s by the Schoenhut Piano Company as part of the "Humpty Dumpty Circus" collection. Made from ca...
Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Wood, Paint

18th Century Italian Hand-Carved Polychrome GIlt Holy Water Font
Located in Milano, MI
From Italy, Marche central region, a polychrome carved holy water font mid-18th century, a shaped panel with carved and gilt scrolls and acanthus leaf details. A green edge decoratio...
Category

Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Poplar

A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings
Located in Middletown, NY
First Edition. In two Quarto volumes, with copious color illustrations. London: R. Ackermann, printed by L. Harrison & J. C. Leigh, 1814. 13 x 10.63...
Category

Early 19th Century English Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Paint, Paper

Early 20th C Cast Iron Toy Sedan by A C Williams Original Red with Nickel Wheels
By A. C. Williams Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and classic cast iron toy from the early thirties. In what looks like to the original Red with Nickel Wheels and the right amount of wear to th...
Category

1930s American Industrial Vintage Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron, Nickel

English Pearlware Pottery Miniature Cottage Moneybox
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A charming and rare antique English, probably Yorkshire, pearlware pottery miniature cottage moneybox dating from the early 19th century. The small cottage stands raised on a stepped...
Category

Early 19th Century English George III Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pottery

19th Century French Framed Miniature Portrait, Buxom Woman in Blue Bonnet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An early 19th century French hand-painted miniature portrait framed under glass, portraying an older woman wearing a bonnet tied with a blue ribbon, her ample bosom showing in a blue...
Category

Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Natural Fiber

Antique Church Altar Table
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce, likely one-of-a-kind Spanish Colonial church altar, repurposed as a sideboard server or console. Hand-crafted in Mexico in the 19th century, having a shaped demilune marbleized - faux marble painted wooden top, over substantial solid pine bowfront base with hand carved detailing and decorative molded paneling. Provenance: Prior owner purchased from Horse of a Different Color Antiques, San Antonio, Texas. Acquisition: Acquired from highly reputable auction house Austin Auction Gallery, est. 1983, Austin, Texas. Three Day Estates Event February 22 catalog. Dimensions: (approx) 28" High, 84" Long, 22" Deep As warm and attractive as it is functional, having the ideal size and proportions for a variety of different uses, including as a dining room buffet, credenza - media stand, sofa table or hall console, dry bar, or placed in a palatial foyer as a stunning and historical entry statement piece! Condition: Good original antique condition. Presents well. Strong, sturdy, stable, and structurally sound. Nicely aged mellow warm patina. Wear consistent with age and indicative of use, including scattered losses to the paint, old repairs and touchups throughout, and various other antique character marks that add to the overall display, authenticity, and rustic old world charm. Please note, at the time of writing this, we have a similarly styled baptismal font likely from the same church available. We here at Lynx Hollow Antiques absolutely love religious antiques! Retaining spiritual significance, beautiful artistic depth, rich cultural and historical interest, they make for the perfect decorative object! Please be sure to check our other listings for architectural salvaged building elements to ornamental temple figures, tabernacle cabinets...
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19th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pine, Paint

1930s Folk Art, Wood and Metal Airplane / Fan
Located in Buffalo, NY
1930s Folk Art, wood and metal airplane / fan... amazing design, working motorized fan blade, hand build and hand painted.
Category

1930s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Antique Hand-Painted Japanese Porcelain Satsuma & Silver Ladies Belt
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique silver and porcelain belt was made in Japan in approximately 1900 in the period Satsuma style. The belt is a series of hand painted medallions set in silver portraying J...
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Mid-18th Century Set of Three Lacquered Wood Boxes with Landscape Scenes
Located in Brescia, IT
These fine wood lacquered boxes are in Baroque style. There are natural landscape and one of these has the scene of the fire in the town of Edimburg...
Category

Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Mid-Century Hand Painted Bull's Head Butcher's Shop Advertising Wall Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This 1960s era molded fiberglass and hand painted bull's head is unsigned, but believed to be a generic advertising wall decoration from a butcher shop. This head is hand painted in ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fiberglass

French Framed Copper Engraved Hand Colored Map of Carolina & Georgia, Circa 1757
Located in Charleston, SC
French copper engraved hand colored map of Carolina & Georgia matted under glass with a painted frame, mid-18th century
Category

1750s French Louis XV Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper

Vintage Large California Studio Pottery Cigar Ashtray
By Robert Maxwell, Edith Heath, Stoneware Designs West
Located in North Hollywood, CA
California Pottery, large vintage stoneware cigar ashtray. Classic mid-century modern ashtray in brown and beige stoneware with a flower in the middle. The ceramic tray is in good ...
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Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware

Vintage Woman Figurine Lady Sewing Tailor Tape Measure
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Very charming small figurine of a lady that functions as a tape measure. This vintage piece was commonly found on a sewing table and has both centimeters as well as inch measurements...
Category

Early 20th Century German Folk Art Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plastic

French Mahogany Barometer with Thermometer by "L'Ingenieur Chevallier"
By Jean Gabriel Augustin Chevallier
Located in Pembroke, MA
Impressive French mahogany barometer and thermometer from the Louis-Philippe period (Circa 1840), by Jean Gabriel Augustin Chevalliier. The barometer features an indicator arrow adju...
Category

19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Belt real black python buckle Sterling silver fire enamel hand painted Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Belt in genuine black python reptile with oval buckle in 925/1000 silver with translucent fire enamel on sunburst guilloche and hand-painted miniature depicting a branch of peach blo...
Category

Early 2000s Italian Modern Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Stunning owl tobacco box, ceramic marked, 1910 Art Nouveau most possibly Austria
Located in Wien, AT
Gorgeous, very rare tobacco tin in the shape of an owl, made around 1910, most probably in Austria or Bohemia. The tobacco tin is made of ceramic, in the shape of an owl - the top l...
Category

1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ceramic

Spelter Still Bank "Girl By A Barrel", German, circa 1908
Located in Incline Village, NV
The term "spelter" refers to a zinc/lead metal compound used to pour and make castings. Because of the thinness of the castings there is great detail to the subject matter of these banks. Spelter banks...
Category

Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Spelter

19th Century Funerary Funeral Hatchment Sir Henry Oglander Memento Mori Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
19th Century Funerary Hatchment for Sir Henry Oglander, 7th Baronet of Nunwell Azure ground shows, a stork between three cross-croslets fitchee or,...
Category

19th Century English Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Canvas, Pine

Kokeshi with Camellias, by Inosuke Kobayashi, Japan, 1990s
Located in Lyon, FR
Kokeshi with Camellias, made in the 1990 by Usaburo. Elegant kokeshi with a camellia adorned kimono. Camellia is a winter flower. Very good condition, with its sticker. The kokeshi ...
Category

1990s Japanese Japonisme Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Paint

A painted model of a famous English medieval house built from matchsticks C1910
Located in Central England, GB
This superb highly detailed English folk art model dates to the early 20th century and depicts a complicated half timbered and thatched famous Hereford property entitled “The Old Hou...
Category

Early 20th Century English Folk Art Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Other

Wrought Iron Church Torchère with Five Candleholders, Italy, Early 19th Century
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A rare Italian heavy wrought iron church five-light torchère, black painted raised on a large square geometric base, Italy, early 19th-century. This torchére is in good condition, wi...
Category

Early 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Hand-Painted Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wrought Iron

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