Hand-Painted Furniture

A lovely and colorful Manises ceramic sauce boat with a fish figure on a plant leaf saucer manufactured by Hispania CH-Lladró. This piece is in great condition and it is full of expr...

Dutch Delft polychrome plate featuring a central butterfly with six floral buds. The rim is decorated with a very ornate border of cartouches and foliate scrolls. Polychrome Delftwa...

Sphere table cigarette lighter in 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver and translucent fire enamel on guilloché, in a modern contemporary style. Piezoelectric mechanism. Dimensions d...

Early 19th Century American Folk Art Six-Board Blanket Chest Crafted from old-growth white pine with traditional nailed construction and classic bootjack ends. The exterior features...

Superb rectangular black lacquer tebako (box for personal accessories) with a slightly domed well-fitted lid. The lid has a continuous soft-tone multicoloured hiramaki-e (low-relief...

Charming French ceramic egg cup with its matching saucer, created by Robert Picault in Vallauris, on the French Riviera, circa 1960. The ensemble features the artist’s distinctive ge...

A magnificent and rare 19th-century Chinese Export brisé fan, meticulously carved in the Canton style, beautifully presented behind glass within its original period white-painted sha...

The plates were produced by Villeroy & Boch at their Schramberg factory and is characteristic of the Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) style, which was popular around the turn of the 20th...

Rosenthal lidded vase in cream-colored porcelain with hand-painted flowers and gold leaf decoration. Mid-20th century. Measures: 25 x 16.5 cm. In ...

13 Royal Copenhagen Christmas plates from the 1960s / 70s / 80s. Measure: Diameter: 18.5 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped. 1st factory quality.

Leggy, two-drawer commodes, such as this French one from the 1800s, are known as sauteuse. Pieces like these have an airier feel, as the drawers sit higher off the ground than the mo...

Gustavian Swedish 18th century plate rack with original gorgeous rosemåling painting, circa 1800, origin: Northern Sweden.

Elegant antique Venetian display cabinet, crafted in Italy and richly decorated with hand-painted floral motifs set against a distinctive crackle lacquer finish. This piece exemplifi...

Bioethanol fireplace in silver mirror with pure silver and decorated in red color, produced by Fratelli Tosi on the Murano Glass Island carved, beveled and hand-engraved with pure si...

An elegant Northern European chest of drawers in the Gustavian style, dating to approximately 1800. This refined piece is a fine example of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-cent...

A refined pair of French Louis XVI style side chairs, dating to the early 20th century and sourced in Provence, France. Structurally revised in our workshop, each chair has been rein...

Painted ceramic, very good original vintage condition. No damages or cracks. Beautiful and unique decorative sculpture. Lessie Dog Sculpture was produced in Italy. Only one dog avail...

Vintage 1960s ceramic decorative dish by Fratelli Fanciullacci. Multi-colored raised glaze decor made with a technique reminiscent of cake decoration. Floral organic patterns over sm...

Pair of John Dickinson Style Faux Bois Demilune Consoles, American, Late 20th Century Striking pair of sculptural demilune consoles in the manner o...

A tromp l'oeil painted box in the manner of a georgian house. H. 10inches, W. 8 inches, D. 6.75 inches Good condition, but lacking lock.

This is a finely hand painted Chinese Export porcelain saucer dish from the 18th century, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 1736-1795, probably closer to 1750. The dish is beautifully ...

Beautifully Restored Antique French Bookcase or possible China Cabinet from the 1800's. The style seems to blend between Louis XVI with hints of Directoire. The black paint is accent...

Elegant hand-watercoloured print representing Jellyfishs, from the Japanese Sea Life Series This marine style print is available in 6 different natural re...

Wonderful pair of Derby Porcelain "Mansion House" dwarfs. Both figures are modeled wearing large hat advertisements, most likely as they stood outside Mansion House in London. Both f...

Hand painted porcelain collectible Fitz and Floyd resting Nubian camel figurine. Beautifully detailed Arabian camel, the camel is kneeling in rest and ...

19th Century Italian Neoclassical painted settee features a multi-chair back style in a decorative floral painted theme. Slender tapering cabriole legs and a lightly patterned Uphols...

Late 18th Century English oak bureau with later paint finish. 1780 Height to the underside of the desk - 67cm

Rectangular Louis XVI dining table featuring a deep apron adorned with carved rosettes and stylized leaf motifs. The turned legs are designed in typical Louis Seize fashion and termi...

Vintage Talavera folk art glazed terracotta lidded canister - large size - hand made - featuring hand painted leaves and flowers with cobalt blue borders - signed TMR on the base (un...

A petite 19th century French trumeau mirror that is relatively compact in its proportions yet sophisticated in the Neoclassical decorative elements that project a respect for history...

Organic modern pine tree branch sculpture, brown textured painted metal branches with brass needles. Signed C. Jeré and dated 1992 In very nice condition. Email me, it is possible i...

Beautiful chairs type 200/128, designed by Juliusz Kedziorek and manufactured by Goscieninska Furniture Factory in Poland. We called them "mushroom" chairs cause of light and nice s...

Royal Copenhagen. Set of five large dinner/decoration plates with hand-painted bird motifs. Dated 1959. In excellent condition. 3rd factory quality. Measures: 27.5 cm.

This impressive antique French terracotta olive oil jar was crafted in Provence, southern France, circa 1860. Monumental in scale and beautifully proportioned, the vessel features a ...

Set of 4 vintage Halcyon Days Enamel Boxes. "Yesterday and Tomorrow" Halcyon Days Enamel Box Shape: Oval Design: A floral and vine motif decorate...

Beautiful luster purple and gilt hand painted porcelain footed cup and saucer made at Ambrosius Lamm studio in Dresden. This cup is 360 degree panoramic painted with romantic scen...

Original Japanese Woodblock print by Hokusai Katsushika, ???? '1760-1849' Color woodblock print on paper by Katsushika Hokusai, 1760 to 1849, a Jap...

Chinese Interior-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle, signed with calligraphy, 19th Century, very well painted inside of glass depicting figures and landscaping on both sides in colors. Note:...

This is a Made to Order item! Made of solid wood, shaped through semi-circular joinery and molding, the design features streamlined three legs and a symmetrical top arc; the surface...

Vintage 1960's pen holder in the form of a Dalmatian made in the Staffordshire region of England. The Dalmatian is recumbent, with front legs crossed in an elegant fashion, and sitt...

Rosenthal Studio-Line Daisy Glass Plate. Andy Warhol, quite possibly the greatest pop art artist of our time. The Flowers print portfolio was created by Warhol following his wildly s...

This New Hall porcelain bowl carries the confident clarity of late 18th century English interpretations of Chinese Export design. The form is clean and well proportioned, resting lig...

This anodized 6-panel screen captures the serene and minimalistic beauty of a bamboo grove, embodying the aesthetic principles of the Edo period. The screen features subtle and delic...

From our Hand-Painted Furniture Collection, we are pleased to introduce you to our Lombardia Nightstand. Timeless frame with solid, contemporary lines rivisited with our whimsical fo...

A magnificent pair of very fine quality Italian polychrome and parcel gilt marble top console tables. Most impressive large scale, the contemporary antique reproduction exceptional...

Cherry Blossoms Kano Sanrakuki (1898-1981) Showa period, circa 1930 2-panel Japanese Screen Color, gofun and gold leaf on paper Against a backdrop of gold-leafed ground, the lichen covered trunk and branches of the life-sized cherry blossom tree reach out and beyond the confines of the pictorial surface. The overall composition has a feeling of flatness which draws emphasis to the surface and the three-dimensionality of the cherry blossoms. Painstakingly built-up layers of thickly applied shell-white gofun detail the voluminous blossoms and cover large areas of this tour-de-force of Japanese Nihonga painting. By simplifying the background, minimizing the number of colors and depicting the blossoms with such heavy relief, the artist has emphasized the stunning presence of the cherry tree. The type of tree depicted is the Yae-Zakura; a double-layered type of cherry blossom famed for its beauty and strength. When we think of Japanese cherry blossoms, the first thing that comes to mind is Somei Yoshino variety, which has a single flower with five almost white petals. This type is fragile and easily blown away by strong wind or rain. Most of the double-flowered cherry blossoms begin to bloom when the Somei-Yoshino falls, and the flowering period lasts longer than that of the Somei-Yoshino. Kano Sanrakuki originally studied painting at the Kyoto City Arts and Crafts School under the tutelage of Yamamoto Shunkyo...

This is an extraordinary Venetian console in carved, perforated, lacquered and gilded wood with polychrome flowers on the light blue and green background. Some parts of it are in gil...

Set of 2 demitasse cups and 2 saucers was made by Haviland & Cie in Limoges, France. The Art Deco style form of a footed cups, with 3 small ball feet, is rather rare and hard to find, especially in coffee or demitasse size. In this set the pieces were hand painted by a professional artist in a decorating studio with Victorian style motif of pink English roses. Calm light pink and green colors are accentuated by bright gold rims and gold trim on handles and ball feet; crisp white color of semi-translucent porcelain showcases the soft, delicate decor without overpowering it. The pieces are marked with green underglaze manufacturer mark Haviland France that dates to 1894-1931. The set is in very good antique condition with minimal wear on gold that is appropriate to its age. The advent of Arts and Craft Movement created the notion that the aesthetic quality of everyday utilitarian objects could be improved by merit of craftsmanship, and many painters and artists felt inspired to merge their activities into decorative arts, such as ceramics, decor objects, or dinnerware. Large number of wholesale and retail firms, such as Pickard, Stouffer, or Brauer studios, and many high-end department stores that carried factory decorated Limoges's porcelain, had their own china decorating departments and produced high quality hand painted porcelain. Undecorated Haviland china...

A fine Italian 19th century oil painting on canvas "La Madonna della Seggiola" after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino 1483-1520) The circular canvas depicting a seated Madonna holding an infant Jesus Christ next to a child Saint John the Baptist, all within a massive carved gilt wood and gesso frame (all high quality gilt is original) which is identical to the frame on Raphael's original artwork. This painting is a 19th Century copy of Raphael's Madonna della Seggiola painted in 1514 and currently exhibited and part of the permanent collection at the Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy. The bodies of the Virgin, Christ, and the boy Baptist fill the whole picture. The tender, natural looking embrace of the Mother and Child, and the harmonious grouping of the figures in the round, have made this one of Raphael's most popular Madonnas. The isolated chair leg is reminiscent of papal furniture, which has led to the assumption that Leo X himself commissioned the painting, circa 1890-1900. Subject: Religious painting Measures: Canvas height: 29 1/4 inches (74.3 cm) Canvas width: 29 1/4 inches (74.3 cm) Painting diameter: 28 1/4 inches (71.8 cm) Frame height: 57 7/8 inches (147 cm) Frame width: 45 1/2 inches (115.6 cm) Frame depth: 5 1/8 inches (13 cm).   Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Italian, March 28 or April 6, 1483 - April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually large workshop and, despite his death at 37, leaving a large body of work. Many of his works are found in the Vatican Palace, where the frescoed Raphael Rooms were the central, and the largest, work of his career. The best known work is The School of Athens in the Vatican Stanza della Segnatura. After his early years in Rome much of his work was executed by his workshop from his drawings, with considerable loss of quality. He was extremely influential in his lifetime, though outside Rome his work was mostly known from his collaborative printmaking. After his death, the influence of his great rival Michelangelo was more widespread until the 18th and 19th centuries, when Raphael's more serene and harmonious qualities were again regarded as the highest models. His career falls naturally into three phases and three styles, first described by Giorgio Vasari: his early years in Umbria, then a period of about four years (1504–1508) absorbing the artistic traditions of Florence, followed by his last hectic and triumphant twelve years in Rome, working for two Popes and their close associates. Raphael was born in the small but artistically significant central Italian city of Urbino in the Marche region, where his father Giovanni Santi was court painter to the Duke. The reputation of the court had been established by Federico III da Montefeltro, a highly successful condottiere who had been created Duke of Urbino by the Pope - Urbino formed part of the Papal States - and who died the year before Raphael was born. The emphasis of Federico's court was rather more literary than artistic, but Giovanni Santi was a poet of sorts as well as a painter, and had written a rhymed chronicle of the life of Federico, and both wrote the texts and produced the decor for masque-like court entertainments. His poem to Federico shows him as keen to show awareness of the most advanced North Italian painters, and Early Netherlandish artists as well. In the very small court of Urbino he was probably more integrated into the central circle of the ruling family than most court painters. Federico was succeeded by his son Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, who married Elisabetta Gonzaga, daughter of the ruler of Mantua, the most brilliant of the smaller Italian courts for both music and the visual arts. Under them, the court continued as a centre for literary culture. Growing up in the circle of this small court gave Raphael the excellent manners and social skills stressed by Vasari. Court life in Urbino at just after this period was to become set as the model of the virtues of the Italian humanist court through Baldassare Castiglione's depiction of it in his classic work The Book of the Courtier, published in 1528. Castiglione moved to Urbino in 1504, when Raphael was no longer based there but frequently visited, and they became good friends. He became close to other regular visitors to the court: Pietro Bibbiena and Pietro Bembo, both later cardinals, were already becoming well known as writers, and would be in Rome during Raphael's period there. Raphael mixed easily in the highest circles throughout his life, one of the factors that tended to give a misleading impression of effortlessness to his career. He did not receive a full humanistic education however; it is unclear how easily he read Latin. Early Life and Works His mother Màgia died in 1491 when Raphael was eight, followed on August 1, 1494 by his father, who had already remarried. Raphael was thus orphaned at eleven; his formal guardian became his only paternal uncle Bartolomeo, a priest, who subsequently engaged in litigation with his stepmother. He probably continued to live with his stepmother when not staying as an apprentice with a master. He had already shown talent, according to Vasari, who says that Raphael had been "a great help to his father". A self-portrait drawing from his teenage years shows his precocity. His father's workshop continued and, probably together with his stepmother, Raphael evidently played a part in managing it from a very early age. In Urbino, he came into contact with the works of Paolo Uccello, previously the court painter (d. 1475), and Luca Signorelli, who until 1498 was based in nearby Città di Castello. According to Vasari, his father placed him in the workshop of the Umbrian master Pietro Perugino as an apprentice "despite the tears of his mother". The evidence of an apprenticeship comes only from Vasari and another source, and has been disputed—eight was very early for an apprenticeship to begin. An alternative theory is that he received at least some training from Timoteo Viti, who acted as court painter in Urbino from 1495.Most modern historians agree that Raphael at least worked as an assistant to Perugino from around 1500; the influence of Perugino on Raphael's early work is very clear: "probably no other pupil of genius has ever absorbed so much of his master's teaching as Raphael did", according to Wölfflin. Vasari wrote that it was impossible to distinguish between their hands at this period, but many modern art historians claim to do better and detect his hand in specific areas of works by Perugino or his workshop. Apart from stylistic closeness, their techniques are very similar as well, for example having paint applied thickly, using an oil varnish medium, in shadows and darker garments, but very thinly on flesh areas. An excess of resin in the varnish often causes cracking of areas of paint in the works of both masters. The Perugino workshop was active in both Perugia and Florence, perhaps maintaining two permanent branches. Raphael is described as a "master", that is to say fully trained, in December 1500. His first documented work was the Baronci altarpiece for the church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in Città di Castello, a town halfway between Perugia and Urbino. Evangelista da Pian di Meleto, who had worked for his father, was also named in the commission. It was commissioned in 1500 and finished in 1501; now only some cut sections and a preparatory drawing remain. In the following years he painted works for other churches there, including the Mond Crucifixion (about 1503) and the Brera Wedding of the Virgin (1504), and for Perugia, such as the Oddi Altarpiece. He very probably also visited Florence in this period. These are large works, some in fresco, where Raphael confidently marshals his compositions in the somewhat static style of Perugino. He also painted many small and exquisite cabinet paintings in these years, probably mostly for the connoisseurs in the Urbino court, like the Three Graces and St. Michael, and he began to paint Madonnas and portraits. In 1502 he went to Siena at the invitation of another pupil of Perugino, Pinturicchio, "being a friend of Raphael and knowing him to be a draughtsman of the highest quality" to help with the cartoons, and very likely the designs, for a fresco series in the Piccolomini Library in Siena Cathedral. He was evidently already much in demand even at this early stage in his career. Influence of Florence Raphael led a "nomadic" life, working in various centres in Northern Italy, but spent a good deal of time in Florence, perhaps from about 1504. Although there is traditional reference to a "Florentine period...

Mid-Century Modern Sistelo Dining Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Sistelo dining table draws inspiration from the terraced landsc...

Nice vintage French screen printed by hand tapestry with beautiful medieval design and beautiful colors. Discover a stunning mid-20th-century tapestry, meticulously hand-printed on a...

These plates are a beautiful example of Meissen porcelain, specifically a reticulated (or openwork) cabinet or dessert plate. These intricate pieces are highly collectible and known...

Highly decorated and collectable Delft fish plate with drip tray made by Royal Tichelaar, Friesland, the Netherlands. The underplate has an overall floral decoration in blue and white with a touch of manganese. Marked Royal Tichelaar under the base. The drip tray rest on a tripod foot and is decorated with 3 fishes and on the other side an overal floral decoration with a touch of manganese. The plates are handcrafted an painted and dated 1940s. Condition: very good on the rim minor lost of tinglaze which I consider as a feature Width drip tray ear to ear 15.7 inches - 40cm Diameter plate 13.8 inches - 35cm Royal Tichelaar employs the traditional majolica technique, applying decoration onto the unfired tin glaze rather than beneath it. During firing, the pigments fuse slightly with the glaze surface, creating the soft, gently blurred outlines that are characteristic of this method. One plate is marked Royal Tichelaar 1940s Bring timeless Dutch craftsmanship to your home with this beautiful unique hand-painted Delft Blue fish plate...

Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain, set of eleven side dishes. Classic set of eleven side dishes from Royal Copenhagen’s Blue Fluted Plain service, model 1/181, crafted in hand-paint...

1815. Early 19th century Swedish marriage chest with original hand painted decoration, hardware and hinged candle box. Measures: W 156 x H...

The Matchbox Series is composed of roughly 4”x 6” boxes that make direct references to iconic institutions. These boxes come with slide out inserts that are filled with matches, roughly 50-100 per order. There is also a fully functioning strike paper panel on the side, making the whole piece functional art. These boxes work perfectly on coffee tables, easily accessible to light a candle, or proudly displayed standing up on any shelf. This is a handmade ceramic matchbox inspired by the iconic Le Club 55...

Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain bowl, 1963. Rare bowl in Blue Fluted Plain, made in the classic fluted form and decorated with hand-painted cobalt blue underglaze. The bowl featur...

Rare 1920's can "Drugs" Sign /Arrow, LIGHT UP milk glass letters, double sided,, Pre-dates NEON,, Truly amazing sign,, Salvaged from an old Pharmacist,, apparently hung outside (late...

Contemporary South Asian traditional style gouache painting with gilt highlights - featuring the legendary lovers Dhola and Maru riding a camel from the celebrated Rajasthani folk ba...

This elegant porcelain bowl is a fine example of 19th-century English ceramic artistry, produced in the heart of the Staffordshire potteries. The bowl features a beautifully scallope...