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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 1930s
Gold box with cut sides
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular gold box with cut sides. The hinged gold lid is adorned with concentric lines framed by a floral frieze of foliage on amati gold background. The frame is composed of four...
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1790s French Neoclassical Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold
Andre Schwob, Retro Gilded Metal and Sapphires Minaudiere, Boucheron Model, 1935
Located in Paris, FR
Express Shipping insured during the Lockdown
Beautiful and Rare Andre Schwob Retro Minaudière, Circa 1935. The Model was created by Schwob for Boucheron....
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1930s French Retro Vintage More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Blue Sapphire, Gilt Metal
Enamelled gold Swiss box. Late 18th century.
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular enamelled gold box. The hinged lid is decorated with a scene of young people dressed in neoclassical clothing and approaching near an altar where officiates a person dres...
Category
1780s Swiss Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Sterling Silver Sugar Caster/Mufineer/Dredger by Barker Brothers Silver
Located in London, GB
Sterling Silver Sugar Caster/Mufineer/Dredger by Barker Brothers Silver
In good vintage condition, this is a beautiful piece. Hallmarked: Made in England S1. Made by Barker Brothers...
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1930s Vintage More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Sterling Silver
Late Renaissance Octagonal Gilded Brass Reliquary Pendant with Velvet Interior
Located in Chicago, IL
OCTAGONAL RELIQUARY PENDANT
Probably Italy, c. 1600
Fire-gilded brass, glass, velvet, ink on paper
Weight 63.2 grams; dimensions 82 × 47 × 21 mm (with loop)
Physical description: Double-sided pendant in octagonal form made of fire-gilded brass. Both sides of the pendant with deep profiled frames with glass. The slightly indented side panels comprise openwork friezes with symmetrical scrollwork. On the front is dark red velvet, onto which tiny bone relics of saints (now missing) would have been attached. Labels on a lace-like paper silhouette remain, with names written in ink, mostly faded; only “S. Agnes” is legible. The back is hinged and when opened reveals a velvet-lined interior and paper insert with floral decorations on a turquoise ground, on which fragments of bones are attached. Baluster shaped base for shield-like pendant loop and ring.
This reliquary pendant is difficult to situate historically because it is a composite object. It represents traditional handwork in the form of a paper cutout, combined with a jeweler’s beautiful fire-gilt brass case.
The work of paper cutting, painting, and ornamentation, sometime combined with needlework, is comparable to work still being done in the nineteenth century by nuns and pious ladies. It is prayerful work, a devotional exercise in itself, and shows reverence to the tiny relic fragments that it would have framed and honored. Early versions of this sort of handiwork might be found in the meticulous displays sometimes called “Paradise Gardens.” These were made, beginning in the sixteenth century, by the nuns at Mechelen, in northern Belgium, in multimedia handwork displays of sewing and gluing, combining relics with paper, cloth, glass, metal wire, and found materials. These textured and pious displays were then combined with paintings and cases by professional artists and artisans, as in the example in Cassel.
Unfortunately, because of water damage, only one of the labels of the original relic displayed in this reliquary is legible, inscribed “S. Agnes” at the center top; the other names are faded. Presumably the deep velvet-lined box would have also held an assortment of relics other than the ones that were visible through the glass, and perhaps there would have been another display in the glass on the other side of the pendant.
There is a second paper insert, this one decorated with a turquoise ground and silhouette flowers to which bone fragments seem to be still attached.
The octagonal case, in contrast to the paper cutout, is not at all “home-made.” It has an openwork frieze in scrollwork patterns familiar from enamel work and other metalwork done for European courts and nobility. It is not unlike cases for expensive watches...
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Early 1600s Italian Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Brass
18th Century Gold and Cut Crystal Perfume Flask
Located in Paris, FR
Conical shaped bottle in faceted crystal and gold setting. The conical bottle set in a gold mount opens with a hinge. Inside, the cap has a gripping shaped bird. Once the cap is clos...
Category
1780s French Neoclassical Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Crystal, Gold
18th Century Grand Tour Bocca Della Verita Calcedony Intaglio Diamond Pendant
Located in New York, NY
Exceptionally rare 18th century diamond set calcedony intaglio pendant depicting the famed Roman marble Bocca della Verita, the Mouth of Truth. The eni...
Category
18th Century European Georgian Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Diamond, Gold, Silver
Antique George III Topaz and Gold Shoe Buckles, circa 1790
Located in London, GB
A pair of George III topaz and gold shoe buckles, set with cushion cut foil backed topaz, with cut down settings forming the outer, curved, rectangul...
Category
1790s English George III Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Topaz, Gold
Rare Gold, Enamel and Jewelled Cutting Service
Located in New York, NY
A Rare Gold, Enamel and Jewelled Cutting / Carving Service.
The handles 18th century, Switzerland and the blades 19th century, England.
Comprising a knife and a fork, the handles decorated with blue, green and white gold enamel panels of flowers...
Category
18th Century Swiss Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Renaissance Reliquary Pendant with Pearl and Enameling
Located in Chicago, IL
RELIQUARY PENDANT WITH PEARL
Spain or Spanish Netherlands, c. 1620
Gold, rock crystal, enamel, pearl, bone relics
Weight 12.9 grams; dimensions 40 ...
Category
1620s Spanish Renaissance Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Pearl, Gold, Enamel
18th century Gold and cut crystal perfume Flask.
Located in Paris, FR
Conical shaped bottle in faceted crystal and gold setting. The conical bottle set in a gold mount opens with a hinge. Inside, the cap has a gripping shaped bird. Once the cap is clos...
Category
1780s French Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Crystal, Gold
Art Deco Brooch Vintage Pin Onyx & Diamond brooch pin 18KT white gold Old Europe
Located in Jupiter, FL
Rare Art Deco brooch pin made with a large onyx and a single diamond in the center, the diamond is Old European cut. The brooch year is unknown.
CENTER STONE: NATURAL DIAMOND
CARAT:...
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Late 17th Century Art Deco Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Onyx, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Schlumberger Gold Fish Lighter
Located in New York, NY
Schlumberger Gold Fish Lighter
Made circa 1939.
A flexible goldfish with textured gold scales set with a cabochon sapphire and ruby as eyes,
18k yellow ...
Category
1930s French Vintage More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Emile Galle Art Deco Vase
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Emile Galle Art Deco Vase
Beautiful Art Deco piece that was made in France in the 1930s
An overlaid and etched glass vase, cameo signature G...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage More Objets d'Art and Vertu
1700s Tibet Sino Tibetan Hand Painted Buddhist Thangka Vaisravana Framed
Located in New York, NY
THIS IS A SUPERB AND RARE EARLY ANTIQUE TIBETAN THANKGA PAINTING OF VAISRAVANA DATING TO THE 18TH CENTURY. THE PAINTING ON PAPER IS EXQUISITE WITH BLUES AND REDS AND BLACK LINE DRAW...
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18th Century Chinese Artisan Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
French Gold-Mounted Pendant Cameo Vinaigrette, Late 18th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
Oval-shaped, the cover set with an agate cameo male portrait bust, the grille a fine floral spray and initial name "B", with suspension ring.
1 in. (25 mm.) long without suspension r...
Category
1790s French Neoclassical Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Agate, Gold, 18k Gold
Antique 18th Century French Silver Footed Wine Goblet or Beaker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique French silver beaker.
Illegibly hallmarked to the base and side and inscribed with an owner's mark 'VB' to the foot.
Simply a won...
Category
18th Century French Georgian Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
STUNNING 1931 STERLING SILVER MOTHER OF PEARL BAPTISMAL SHELL BAPTISM Dish
Located in GB
Wimbledon-Furniture
Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale this sublime 1931 Sterling silver handled with mother of pearl Baptismal dish for Christian Baptisms
The pie...
Category
1930s British Art Deco Vintage More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique Mughal Indian Enamel and Diamond Cup Saucer & Spoon Set
Located in New York, NY
Antique Mughal Indian Enamel and Diamond Cup Saucer & Spoon Set
A 200+ year old masterpiece: Incredible enamel on gold tea cup, saucer, and spoon. Set w...
Category
18th Century Indian Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Diamond, Enamel
Antique French Miniature 18K Gold Piqué Tortoiseshell Snuff Box, circa 1790
Located in Goettingen, DE
Antique French Miniature 18K Gold Piqué Tortoiseshell Snuff Box, circa 1790
Rare snuffbox made of tortoiseshell with fine gold piqué decor on ...
Category
1790s French Empire Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
18k Gold
Antique Carved Black Nephrite Jade Tablet Qing Dynasty Period Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
This exquisite and rare black jade tablet dates to the Qing period.
The Qing Dynasty period spanned the years 1636 -1912. Precisely dating jade artifacts...
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Early 18th Century Chinese Artisan Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Jade, Silver
Jasper and Gold Flask 18th Century. English Craftsmanship
Located in Paris, FR
Exceptional pear-shaped flask in heliotrope, also known as bloodstone jasper. The body of the flask intricately sculpted with gadrooning and Rocaille motifs. A band of gold encircles...
Category
1790s English Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold
Emile Galle Art Deco Vase
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Emile Galle Art Deco Vase
Beautiful Art Deco piece that was made in France in the 1930s
An overlaid and etched glass vase, cameo signature G...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Renaissance Cameo Pendant
Located in New Orleans, LA
The cameo at the center of this exceptional pendant is a stunning example of the art of gem engraving during the Renaissance. It likely dates to the early 17th century and features a sacrificial scene inspired by the Greco-Roman era. The central flaming altar is flanked by two figures preparing to sacrifice a ram, while a figure in a lion skin blowing horns stands in the left corner. The carver brilliantly uses the natural layers of the stone to achieve the illusion of shadow and musculature on the figures. A second, smaller cameo is set at the top of the pendant, while a myriad of multi-colored gems, pearls and enamel adorns the 18K gold setting. A large Baroque pearl suspended from an enamel dragon finishes the design, which embodies the opulence and theatricality of jewels from the Renaissance age.
Cameos and intaglios were highly popular amongst wealthy connoisseurs in Renaissance Italy, and owning the finest pieces was the privilege of princes. Although they were often elaborately mounted for display alone, cameos were also frequently worn as pendants, surrounded by enameled and stone-set gold frames. Such pieces were particularly prized by the Medici and Lorraine families, many of which can now be seen at the National Archeological Museum in Florence.
Very few Renaissance cameos...
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17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Pearl, 18k Gold, Enamel
Large Antique 18th Century Greek Icon of Saint George and the Dragon
Located in New York, NY
Large, unusual 18th century antique Greek Orthodox icon of Saint George and the Dragon with scenes from the life of the Saint.
This rare, multi-fa...
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18th Century Greek Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique Spanish Hat Badge Pendant Carved in Jet
Located in Chicago, IL
BADGE WITH ST. JAMES THE GREAT
Northern Spain, 16th century
Silver, jet
Weight 18.2 grams; dimensions 44 × 43 × 12 mm
Round pendant with high-relief image of St. James the Great of Santiago de Compostela carved in jet. The saint is flanked by two pilgrims (their heads defaced); each holds a staff and rosary in his hand. Silver mount with plain flat backplate, corded wire surround and toothed edge as setting. Four pendant loops for sewing onto a hat or cloak.
According to the Roman naturalist Pliny, jet, the material of which this pin was made, prevented snakebite and was “thrown up by the sea.” The first quality would certainly have been reassuring for a pilgrim who owned this object and who had to make long journeys over unfamiliar terrain. The second quality made jet an especially fitting material to honor St. James, given that his body arrived in Spain mysteriously, carried there “by the sea” from the Holy Land. Santiago de Compostela was a major center
for jet carving from the late Middle Ages, and highly polished jet was a desirable and common material for pilgrimage souvenirs. One even finds scallop shells, the pilgrim’s badge...
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16th Century Spanish Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Daum Nancy Art Deco Vase
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Daum Nancy Art Deco Vase
Cameo glass vase, monumental landscape, signed Daum Nancy
From the 1930s.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Emile Galle Art Deco Vase
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Beautiful Art Deco piece that was made in France in the 1930s
An overlaid and etched glass vase, cameo signature Gallé.
Beautiful orange and red colors combining a special ombre loo...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Gold, Enamel and Tablet Case
Located in Paris, FR
Flat trapezoidal shaped tablet case in enamelled gold. The upper part is hinged and opens with a push-button. The case is composed of four translucent blue...
Category
1790s Swiss Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Gold Panel and Vernis Martin Writing Case, French Craftsmanship, Louis XV
Located in Paris, FR
Flat, rectangular case for holding writing utensils in colored gold and vernis Martin (a type of imitation lacquer). A button serves to open the hinged lid. Four panels made of verni...
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1770s French Neoclassical Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold
18th Century Georgian Mother Child Grisaille Miniature Drawing Gold Pendant
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Beautiful grisaille miniature of a young mother and her child executed in pencil on paper mounted in an oval engraved gold frame that can be worn as a pendant.
The mother's clothes a...
Category
1780s British George III Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, 15k Gold
Louis XVI Gold Box
Located in Paris, FR
Oval box or snuffbox in gold of several tones. The snuffbox is adorned with a guilloche pattern with parallel stripes and dots on the lid, side and ground. The border is decorated with a stylized laurel wreath frieze on amati background. The box has an alternation of guilloche panels and leafy and stylized patterns.
Weight: 2.96oz (84g)
L: 2.55in. (6.5) / W: 1.81in. (4.6 cm) / H: 0.78in. (2 cm).
Gold marks
Jurande mark: Henri Clavel (1781-1783)
Charging hallmark: P crowned. 1784-1788
Goldsmith Joseph-André Bologniel-Presidant, received in 1778. (1778-1793) Discharge mark: 1783-1789 vanneau head.
Eagle head 18K...
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1780s French Neoclassical Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold
1930s French Glass Pharmacy Apothecary Countertop Globes
Located in New York, NY
These globes were counter objects from a pharmacy in France in the 1930's. The hand blown hollow glass globes come with a removable study wood base.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Cartier Gold and Horse Crystal Money Clip
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
Large heart-shaped money clip, set with an Essex crystal portrait of a horse's head. Made and signed by CARTIER. 14K yellow gold. 2 1/4" x 2 1/4." Can be used to hold money or cred...
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1930s American Vintage More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
14k Gold
Gold and Crystal Horse Money Clip
Located in New York, NY
Well-designed money clip. In the center is an essex crystal, depicting a horse's head. 14K yellow gold. Sleek. smooth and compact. 2" x 1 1/2."
Alice Kwartler has sold the fin...
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1930s American Vintage More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
14k Gold
Gold Horse Head Money Clip
Located in New York, NY
Gold money clip, with a figural "horse head" set within a stirrup. Faceted ruby eye. 14K yellow gold. 1 1/2" x 1 3/4." A handsome accessory.
Alice Kwartler has sold the finest ...
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1930s American Vintage More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Ruby, 14k Gold
Gold and Enamel Best Ever Dachshund Head or Tail Coin
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous figural "dachshund" head or tail coin. The dog's head, in black enamel, is on the front of the coin, and the tail is on the reverse. Coin cut border. 14K yellow...
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1930s American Vintage More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
14k Gold
Gold Purse Magnifying Glass
Located in New York, NY
Slim allover textured 18K yellow gold magnifying glass. When closed, it looks like a slender gold case. When you slide the diamond button
on the side, it opens to reveal a magnif...
Category
1930s American Vintage More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold
Horse Head Horse Shoe Gold Money Clip
Located in New York, NY
Great three-dimensional horse head money clip. Set within a large horse shoe. The eye is set with a brilliant faceted ruby. Very heavy gauge 14K yellow gold. 1 2/3" x 2." Excepti...
Category
1930s Vintage More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Ruby, Gold, 14k Gold
Dubini Ancient Silver Lion Coin Dynasts of Lykia AR Third Stater
By DUBINI
Located in London, GB
COIN DETAILS
Dynasts of Lykia, Trbbenimi AR Third Stater.
Circa 390-370 B.C.
Obverse: Facing lion's scalp; triskeles below
Reverse: Triskeles, TPBB NEME around; all within shallow i...
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15th Century and Earlier Unknown Classical Greek Antique More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Other, Silver
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