Numbered 7/7 and Signed Art Photo Print by Sinke & van Tongeren 'Pied Avocet'

A total of five woodprints by Jan Schonk. His initials signed on the block. Framing is optional. Biography: Jan Schonk (Schiedam 1889 - Soest 1976, The Netherlands) Jan Schonk took classes at the academy of Fine arts and technical sciences in Rotterdam. Started working as an independent artist. From 1925-1930 he was a freelance designer at Plateel Pottery in Zuidholland. There he designed relief tiles...

Very nice 1920s 1930s large metal industrial advertising sign in the form of a spoon in Rococo style. The Spoon is heavy and partly silver plate...

Complete set of ten paper hand-colored illustrations from Premiere Centurie de Planches Enluminees et Non Enluminees (Decade 6 Regne Mineral) by Pierre Joseph Buchoz, Paris and Amste...

Very pretty Art Deco love letter box in carved walnut wood, would also be great to keep jewellery in. Two detailed carved doves lying in an amorous em...

A very rare covered German egg dish manufactured by Walter Scherf & Co. in Nürnberg, under the trade name Osiris, early 20th century. It is moulded to fit ei...

Antique hinged bronze patinated apples and a pear trinket boxes on a twig with leaves, to keep or collect your little trinkets in. They used to be called bed-apple or bed-pear, and they were used for putting your jewellery in on your nightstand before going to bed...

The third series of photographs by fine taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren After observing and analysing so many 17th-century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of ...

The third series of photographs by fine Taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren After observing and analysing so many 17th century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of ...

The third series of photographs by fine Taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren. After observing and analysing so many 17th century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of work focused on still life masterpieces. They chose photography as the medium to portray their Fine Taxidermy work interpreted through vanitas still lifes. The collection, ‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’, comprises eight works. Vanitas still lifes were enormously popular in the 17th century, often inspired by biblical themes and the saying that “All is vanity...

The third series of photographs by fine Taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren After observing and analysing so many 17th century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of work focused on still life masterpieces. They chose photography as the medium to portray their fine Taxidermy work interpreted through vanitas still lifes. The collection, ‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’, comprises eight works. Vanitas still lifes were enormously popular in the 17th century, often inspired by biblical themes and the saying that “All is vanity”. It reminded the viewer of his or her own mortality. For these series of still lifes Sinke & van Tongeren not only created meaningful scenes of taxidermy, they also mined their enormous collection of great finds to gather the most beautiful and unusual antiques to complement each scene. Title of this work; ’RÉUNION D’OISEAUX ÉTRANGERS’ Cabinets of curiosity were of monumental importance in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Assembling them with interesting and rare objects was a competitive hobby amongst the elite, and to collect a great number of mounted species from everywhere in the world was the Holy Grail of the day. For ‘Réunion d’oiseaux étrangers’, we created that Holy Grail again, but this time stocking our cabinet with seemingly live species. This plentiful composition is staged in a cabinet with different boxes holding rare species such as a Toco Toucan, Scarlet ibis, Cock of the Rock...

The third series of photographs by Fine Taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren After observing and analyzing so many 17th century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of work focused on still life masterpieces. They chose photography as the medium to portray their fine taxidermy work interpreted through vanitas still life's. The collection, ‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’, comprises eight works. Vanitas still lifes were enormously popular in the 17th century, often inspired by biblical themes and the saying that “All is vanity”. It reminded the viewer of his or her own mortality. For these series of still lifes Sinke & van Tongeren not only created meaningful scenes of taxidermy, they also mined their enormous collection of great finds to gather the most beautiful and unusual antiques to complement each scene. Title of this work; ’LA SURVIE DU PLUS FORT‘ Rich textiles are pulled back to reveal a Dutch antique bible that is almost hidden under the powerful presence of the Nile Crocodile skull under an American Alligator skull...

The third series of photographs by Fine Taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren After observing and analyzing so many 17th century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of ...