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Item Ships From: Dallas
French Breche Violette Marble Urns with Gilt Rams Heads and Swags
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of French Breche Violette marble urns with gilt rams heads and swags. Circa 1860.
Category
1860s French Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Steven Correia Art Glass Perfume Bottle
By Steven Correia
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a beautiful Steven Correia art glass perfume bottle,
American, circa 1980.
Luminescent yellow/orange/gold bulbous base with r...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
19th Century French Poplar Iron Brass and Leather Travel Trunk Jewelry Box
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf or a master bath counter with this petite jewelry trunk. Crafted in France circa 1890 and built of poplar, the antique box is rectangu...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Iron
Mid-19th Century French Oval Pigskin Leather Hat Box with Original Top Hat
Located in Dallas, TX
This exquisite, antique pigskin hat box was crafted in Rouen France, circa 1870. This leather box with brass bottom, features leather straps and handle embellished with decorative br...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Repousse Silver Plated on Copper Jewelry Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this elegant, antique Napoleon III copper box in your master bath to keep your jewelry safe and organized. Crafted in France circa 1880, the ornate ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Pair of 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Carved Walnut Hunt Trophy Sculptures
Located in Dallas, TX
This remarkable pair of wall trophies was hand carved in Switzerland’s Black Forest region circa 1870. Executed in richly grained walnut, and almost 3 feet tall, each plaque is a tou...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Walnut
Sergio Bustamante Large Sculpture of a Penguin in Brass and Copper
By Sergio Bustamante
Located in Dallas, TX
A very large scaled piguin sculpture by the Mexican artist Sergio Bustamante, dating from the 1970s. This charming pieces is composed of copper and brass.
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Copper
Solid Limewood Statue of St. Christopher, Germany, circa 1930
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved from limewood in Germany, circa 1930, this four-and-a-half-foot tall statue depicts St Christopher carrying a young Jesus across a river. The legend states that Christopher (who was considered to have size and strength), was instructed to serve Jesus by assisting travelers with crossing a perilous river. One day a young child asked for help, and after safely reaching the far shore, Christopher complained about the child being heavier than the whole world. It was at this point that the child revealed he was Jesus before...
Category
1930s German Vintage Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Painted Porcelain Barbotine Jardiniere with Floral Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful and colorful Majolica cache pot was crafted in France, circa 1880. A Classic example of French barbotine artistry, the sculptural porcelain piece is oval in shape with...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain
Unique Pair of Contemporary Art Painted Fiberglass Boy Sculptures Signed
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a unique pair of contemporary art painted fiberglass boy sculptures signed… by the artist … we think “Laqi”.
These sculptures are a pair of the ‘cutest’ pieces of contemporary sculpture that we have seen for a while.
We really wish we could identify and learn more about the artist, but what we do know is that these belonged to a former artist and art and collectibles dealer in New Orleans. She treasured these and they came with her to Dallas. She was very active in the New Orleans art scene in the early 1990s.
The sculptures appear to also have a practical function as planters.
One features a boy’s denim jeans and waistcoat in a standing position and the other a boy’s denim overalls in a seated position.
Both are made of fiberglass which has been painted and textured. Exceptional detail to the outfit. Right down to the buttons and clasps and the sneakers and shoelaces.
Mottled green and black in color.
We cannot find anything quite like these anywhere!!
Specific provenance: These sculptures were acquired by Ms. Naomi Baggett in or circa 1990-1999. Originally from North Carolina, an Air Force Veteran and JAG Advocate, Ms. Baggett after her service moved to New Orleans and worked as a paralegal until setting up and operating an Art & Curiosities Store in the famous New Orleans Hotel Montleone between 1990 and 1995. Her store was called ‘Baggetelle’. It was featured in various industry magazines and hotel documentation. The store specialized in selling miniature French Quarter Houses which were used as jewelry boxes. Ms. Baggett was an artist herself and handmade and hand painted these houses along with a partner. She received orders for these miniature houses...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Fiberglass
Pair Antique Chinese Hand-Painted Porcelain Bud Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair Antique Chinese Hand-Painted Porcelain Bud Vases are brilliantly painted to an amazingly realistic degree of artistry, depicting various species of garden plants and flowers. P...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Belle Époque Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Loetz Oil Spot Glass And Gilt Metal Art Nouveau Compote Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Loetz Oil Spot Glass And Gilt Metal Art Nouveau Compote Vase
Czech Republic
Circa. 1900 Art Nouveau
Height: 11.75 Inches X Diametter 8.28 inches.
Cond...
Category
Early 1900s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
African Carved and Painted Bird Shield
Located in Dallas, TX
The Brendan Bass Estate Collection pays homage to the beauty of vintage and antique
pieces, each artfully concealing endless stories collected through the generations in which they ...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Art Nouveau American Carved Walnut Bowl
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a beautiful Art Nouveau Era, American carved walnut bowl from circa 1910.
Beautiful Art Nouveau design with floral motifs, a stunning ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Bronze Sculpture "The Lady with the Ducks" Signed Moreau
By Hippolyte François Moreau
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique sculpture composition is a beautiful example of the works of one France favorite sculptors, Hippolyte Moreau. Crafted in France, circa 1880, the sculpture features a you...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Czech Royal Dux Bohemian Carved Porcelain Woman Sculpture
By Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a woman's vanity or powder room with this vintage elegant ceramic Bohemian sculpture dish, crafted in the Czech Republic circa 1930. The Art Deco sculpture features a woman ...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Ancient Roman Hermès Torso Reproduction
Located in Dallas, TX
Reproduction of Roman Hermès Torso.
Category
2010s Unknown Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
Ming Dynasty Bronze Gu Beaker Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
Chinese bronze vase, Gu, the trumpet-shaped upper section cast with four blades filled with archaic designs. Center and lower sections depicting Toadies with very intricate backgroun...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Frieze Vase, Tall - Hand-carved Glazed Ceramic Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
Inspired by vessels of antiquity, these vases features ornamentation that evokes friezes found on architecture of ancient Egypt. Crafted and finished by hand, the object has been wor...
Category
2010s European Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware, Ceramic
Anne Goldman Stoneware Vase
By Anne Goldman
Located in Dallas, TX
Anne Goldman has been involved in ceramics for over twenty years. Her work is represented extensively in galleries, museums and private collections throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and has been featured in numerous one-woman shows. Her many commissions include the U.S. embassy, Bahrein; the Executive Suites of Tokyo's Sekitei Hotel; the Laguna Beach Hilton; the Presidential Suite of the Hyatt Regency Maui; the Private Tasting Room of Napa's Robert Mondavi...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of 19th Century French Copper Grain Measure Buckets with Side Handles
Located in Dallas, TX
This pair of antique grain measuring recipients were crafted in France, circa 1870. The buckets feature copper strapping motifs, forged nails on the outside and two side handles. The...
Category
Late 19th Century French Country Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Pair of Alter Sticks
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of 19th century Italian carved and giltwood alter sticks. Circa 1870. A timeless and classic touch for a fine interior.
Category
19th Century Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Giltwood
$2,560 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Tall Silvery-Green Painted French Wine Hotte, Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Located in Dallas, TX
Wine hottes were used during the 19th and early 20th centuries for collecting grapes at French vineyards. The vineyard employee would attach the hotte to his/her back (see the last d...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Set of 12 English Mintons Cobalt and Gold Encrusted Dinner Plates
Located in Dallas, TX
Very fine set of 12 Mintons cobalt and gold encrusted dinner plates. Beautiful design and so elegant!
Category
Early 20th Century English Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century French Gothic Forged Wrought Iron Candle Holder
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in France circa 1780 and forged of solid iron, the candle holder stands on four scrolled legs over a turned central shaft decorated with a few ornamental discs. The tall wrou...
Category
Late 18th Century French Gothic Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th Century Italian Giltwood Florentine Frame
Located in Dallas, TX
Very fine 19th century Italian carved and giltwood frame. Makes an elegant statement! Circa 1850.
36w x 41 h
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Giltwood
19C Anglo Ceylonese Specimen Wood Trinket Box
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A BEAUTIFUL and RARE 19C Anglo Ceylonese Specimen Wood Trinket Box.
Made in ‘Galle’, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) circa 1860-80.
Made for the ex...
Category
19th Century Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bone, Hardwood, Ebony, Sandalwood
Pair of Mid-Century Chinese Famille Rose Hand Painted Turquoise Porcelain Vases
By CANTON FAMILLE ROSE
Located in Dallas, TX
These elegant colorful Famille Rose vases were created in China circa 1950. Standing tall, the large vessels feature a flared rim and circular body. Each body is adorned with bat and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century French Brass Repousse Cache-Pot on Integral Pedestal Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
This large heavy antique brass planter was crafted in France, circa 1880. Round in shape, the decorative cache pot stands on an integral circular...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Franz Anton Mehlem Royal Bonn Delft Sardine or Butter Dish
By Royal Bonn
Located in Dallas, TX
This faience decorative box was crafted in Germany, circa 1900; attributed to Royal Bonn (trade name for Franz Anton Mehlem), the dish is rectangular in shape and sits on an attached platter base. It features a figural dolphin in high relief as the handle on the removal top lid. The lid is decorated with a hand painted windmill landscape, further while the sides are also decorated with windmill and sailboats at sea. The kitchen ware...
Category
Early 20th Century German Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Faience, Porcelain
Warren MacKenzie Monumental Ceramic Platter
By Warren MacKenzie
Located in Dallas, TX
Large studio pottery platter with brown decorative dashes.
Warren MacKenzie is known for simple, wheel-thrown functional pottery influenced by Bernard Leach and the Japanese aesthetic of the work of Shoji Hamada.
In 1950 MacKenzie and his first wife Alix became the first American apprentices at the Bernard Leach pottery...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$2,700 Sale Price / item
40% Off
Early 20th Century French Polished Steel Iron Rooster Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a kitchen counter with this important antique rooster. Crafted in France circa 1920 and made of solid iron, the sculpture stands on a rocky base and features wonderful detai...
Category
Early 20th Century French Country Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
19th Century Giltwood Polychrome Statue of Madonna
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century giltwood polychrome statue of Madonna is a superbly artistic rendition of the Mother of Jesus, uncharacteristically holding our both han...
Category
1850s French Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Giltwood
Large Marble Sculpture by Ben Goo, 1970's
By Ben Goo
Located in Dallas, TX
After receiving his Masters Degree from Cranbrook in 1954 Hawaiian native Ben Goo (1922-2017) was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Italy, focusing on industrial design and...
Category
1970s Vintage Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
19th Century Carved and Giltwood Florentine Frame
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 19th century Italian giltwood Florentine style frame. Exceptional ornate carvings. Lovely!! Circa 1860.
23 x 34
Category
19th Century Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Mid-Century Chinese Famille Rose Hand Painted Pale Green Porcelain Vases
By CANTON FAMILLE ROSE
Located in Dallas, TX
These elegant colorful Famille Rose vases were created in China circa 1950. Standing tall, the large vessels feature a flared rim and hexagonal body. Each body is adorned with vibran...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Foot Bath Bowl with Floral Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in China circa 1990 and oval in shape, the vintage porcelain foot bath is dressed with two side handles; it is decorated with hand painted floral and foliage motifs in a blue...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Italian Blue and White Armorial Albarello Jar
Located in Dallas, TX
Reminiscent of the color scheme of Delftware, this blue and white armorial albarello jar dates to the 1800s. The off white ground of the Italian jar is prominent on the verso side, w...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Paint
American Bronze Bald Eagle
Located in Dallas, TX
20th century American bronze of Bald Eagle. Circa 1970. A fine addition to any home! 32W x 17D x 32H
Category
20th Century Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Labradorite Carved Owl
Located in Dallas, TX
Labradorite carved owl with glass eyes perched on a on stone base. American, 20th century.
Category
Late 20th Century American Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sandstone
19th Century French Thomas Sergent Hand Painted Faience Barbotine Ewer
By Thomas Victor Sergent
Located in Dallas, TX
Add this elegant antique Majolica ewer to your faience collection. Crafted in France, circa 1870, and attributed to the French artist Thomas Sergent, the tall "Aiguiere" dressed wit...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Faience, Majolica
Pair of Antique Giltwood Fragments on Crystal Bases
Located in Dallas, TX
The "Pair of Antique Giltwood Fragments on Crystal Bases" is a set of sculpture pieces that feature antique giltwood fragments mounted on crystal bases. These fragments are likely in...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal
Loetz Cobalt Papillon Art Nouveau Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
A Loetz Cobalt Papillon Art Glass and Pewter Art Nouveau Vase. Circa 1900
The shapely design with flared base having four evenly spaced indentations...
Category
Early 1900s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Pewter
Frieze Vase, Short - Hand-carved Glazed Ceramic Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
Inspired by vessels of antiquity, these vases features ornamentation that evokes friezes found on architecture of ancient Egypt. Crafted and finished by hand, the object has been wor...
Category
2010s European Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Large Emile Galle Scenic Cameo Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Dallas, TX
Emile Galle scenic wheel carved and acid etched cameo vase.
A beautiful and tall cameo vase by Galle. The 18 - 1/2” tall vase has a background of muted yellow glass near the base, which progresses to blue/gray at mid-vase, and then peach towards the top. Brown, cameo cut trees are generously displayed across the body of the vase, with the addition of a boat in the lake.
Signed "Galle".
Dimensions: 18 - 1/2” x 10” x 8”.
Condition: Very good
Émile Gallé (8 May 1846 in Nancy – 23 September 1904 in Nancy) was a French artist and designer who worked in glass, and is considered to be one of the major innovators in the French Art Nouveau movement. He was noted for his designs of Art Nouveau glass art and Art Nouveau furniture, and was a founder of the École de Nancy or Nancy School, a movement of design in the city of Nancy, France.
Gallé born on 4 March 1846 in the city of Nancy, France. His father, Charles Gallé, was a merchant of glassware and ceramics who had settled in Nancy in 1844, and his father-in-law owned a factory in Nancy which manufactured mirrors. His father took over the direction of his mother's family business, and began to manufacture glassware with a floral design. He also took over a struggling faience factory and began manufacturing new products.
The young Gallé studied philosophy and natural science at the Lycée Imperial in Nancy. At the age of sixteen he went to work for the family business as an assistant to his father, making floral designs and emblems for both faience and glass. In his spare time he became an accomplished botanist, studying with D.A. Godron, the director of the Botanical Gardens of Nancy and author of the leading textbooks on French flora. He collected plants from the region and from as far away as Italy and Switzerland. He also took courses in painting and drawing, and made numerous drawings of plants, flowers, animals and insects, which became subjects of decoration.
At the age of sixteen he finished the Lycée in Nancy and went to Weimar in Germany from 1862–1866 to continue his studies in philosophy, botany, sculpture and drawing. In 1866, to prepare himself to inherit the family business, he went to work as an apprentice at the glass factory of Burgun and Schwerer in Meisenthal, and made a serious study of the chemistry of glass production. Some of his early glass and faience works for the family factory at Saint-Clémont were displayed at the 1867 Paris Universal Exposition. In early 1870 he designed a complete set of dishware with a rustic animal designs for the family enterprise. During this time he became acquainted with the painter, sculptor and engraver Victor Prouvé, an artist of the romantic "troubadour" style, who became his future collaborator in the Nancy School.
He enlisted for military service in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, then was demobilised after the disastrous French defeat in 1871 and the French loss to Germany of much of the province of Lorraine, including Meisenthal where he had done his apprenticeship. Thereafter the Cross of Lorraine, the patriotic symbol of the region, became part of his signature on many of his works of art.
After his demobilization Gallé went to London, where he represented his father at an exhibition of the arts of France, then to Paris, where he remained for several months, visiting the Louvre and Cluny Museum, studying examples of ancient Egyptian art, Roman glassware and ceramics, and especially early Islamic enamelled...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Bronze Horse Sculpture by Barbara Beretich
Located in Dallas, TX
A large scale beautifully patinated bronze sculpture by Barbara Beretich, 1960's.
Category
1960s Vintage Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Charming Flemish Washed Oak Capital, Two Men Drinking at a Barrel, Circa 1800
Located in Dallas, TX
Most likely originally part of a larger installation or highly carved furniture, this charming oak capital is from Flanders, which is part of modern-day Belgium. Hand-carved circa 18...
Category
Early 1800s Belgian Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
French Louis XVI Style Silvered Metal Jardiniere and Plateau
Located in Dallas, TX
A French Louis XVI style silvered metal jardinière and matching plateau.
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
19th Century French Patinated Bronze Sculpture “La Halte” Signed L. Mennessier
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautifully detailed bronze figure was sculpted in France, circa 1850. The figural sculpture shows a French soldier in uniform lighting a pipe with his gun by his side, a belt w...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Polished Cast Iron Safe with Key and Two-Letter Combination
Located in Dallas, TX
Keep your jewelry and important documents locked up in this elegant, antique safe from the Champagne-Ardenne region of France. Crafted circa 1880, and built in cast iron, this heavy 162 pound travel safe is decorated with studded hobnails and embellished with floral medallions on each panel. The front door features two center brass wheels with alphabet letters. A two-letter combination activates the key and opens the safe; when opens, the safe reveals an inside with felt, a center metal shelf and a lower walnut wooden door compartment with lock for additional storage. The front door is embellished with the engraved inscription "Incombustible Systeme Bauche Brevete...
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Iron
Contemporary Italian Horse Head Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
A ceramic marble finish horse head sculpture from Italy. By artisans in a century old family owned factory in Italy, as offered by Neiman Marcus.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage French Outdoor Weathered Stone Turtle
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an outside front door or a backyard with this elegant "Tortue" (French for turtle). Crafted in southern France and made of cast stone, the heavy tortoise is set on its flat ...
Category
2010s French Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Cast Stone
Pair of Decorative Circa 1750 Italian Giltwood Finials
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon…
Dating to circa 1750, these decorative giltwood finials are from Italy. Each finial has a shaped console background, surrounded by volutes, curled lea...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Art Deco Brass and Black Enamel Photo Frame
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a FABULOUS Original and Rare, Art Deco Brass and Black Enamel Photo Frame.
Probably French and made circa 1925-30.
Brass/Ormolu Frame with inset black enamel panels.
Th...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel, Ormolu
19th Century Hand-Painted Delft Blue & White Lidded Urn
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Hand-Painted Delft Blue & White Lidded Urn represents a departure from the Oriental styling and the introduction of a more European look that was part of the evolution o...
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Belle Époque Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Auguste Rodin Replica L'eternal Printemps 'Eternal Springtime', 1884
By Auguste Rodin
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a bronze statue Auguste Rodin Eternal Springtime reproduction. It is based on the couple, Paolo and Francesca, the passionate lovers from the fifth canto of Dante's Inferno. ...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique Italian Blue and White Lidded Urn, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
This stunning lidded urn might have once been found in a 19th century Italian apothecary. The front of the shaped urn body has the hand-painted phrase “C. Violaru”, which is the heavily abbreviated form of the Latin word for violet (violaceum). Up until the mid-1700’s, apothecaries would make syrups from violets and use it to treat kidney ailments.
Above the Latin wording is a whimsical musical scene with a man blowing a horn leading a couple who is holding hands over rocky terrain lined with shrubbery. A large house and trees can be seen behind the trio with a pair of mountains in the distance. On the opposite side of the urn is a floral display with a bird perched on a rock. Beneath the bird is a geometric design, possibly a stylized sun with radiating beams of light. Both scenes are segmented by a pair of thin quarter round moldings that encircle the entire vase.
Other hand-painted motifs include floral and foliate margents, geometric patterns, and Vitruvian waves that are infilled with horizontal fluting. The sides of the urn have a fish-scale background beneath two mustachioed mascarons. Both men have been styled in grotesque fashion, with a pair of spiraled horns emanating from their heads. In between the horns is a looping handle that is affixed to the body in similar tight spirals. The domed lid has three scrolled arms that merge in a geometric finial.
The base color of the urn is white, with illustrations in a monochromatic cobalt oxide blue, reminiscent of Delft blue pottery...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Boch Freres La Louviere Pineapple Vase
By Boch La Louviere
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a stunning Belgian Art Deco Boch Freres La Louviere pineapple vase.
Made circa 1925-1930 by Boch Freres La Louviere.
Fully Marked on th...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Ming Dynasty Sancai Glazed Dignitary Tomb Figures
Located in Dallas, TX
A Pair of Chinese Enameled Sancai Glazed Pottery Attendant Figures Representing Dignitaries.
Ming Dynasty Period. Circa 1600AD
Dimensions; 23 x 5.5 x 5.25 inches (58.4 x 13.7 x 13.3 ...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Tortoiseshell Double Inkwell
Located in Dallas, TX
An exquisite blend of elegance and functionality, this tortoiseshell double inkwell is a true collector's delight. With its stunning glass inkwells, brass accents, and convenient sto...
Category
1870s English Antique Dallas - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
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