Maryland - Objets d'Art and Vertu

Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Travel Folding Picture Frame Metal: Stelring silver 925 Weight: 43.3 grams Case dimensions: 43 x 56mm Picture dimensions...

Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Apple Bookmark Metal: Sterling silver Weight: 9.14 grams Length: 51mm Width:42mm Signed: Tiffany & Co. Makers Ster...

Art Deco Chaumet 18 Karat Yellow Gold & Enamel Mirrored Powder Compact With Case Metal: 18k yellow gold Weight: 96.4 grams Diamonds: .08 mine cut J SI diamonds Dimensions: 45 x 45 x...

One 14 karat yellow gold (stamped 14K) and mother of pearl cigarette holder with case. The cigarette holder measures three (3) inches long and is circa 1920s.

Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Luggage Suitcase Pillbox LONDON BEVERLY HILLS NEW YORK TOKYO MUNICH HONOLULU Metal: Sterling silver 925 Weight: 40.1 grams Signed: Tiffany & Co. 925 Le...

Truly charming Early Victorian 14kt yellow gold watch key. The outside of the watch key is hand engraved on the front. It's also hand engraved with the initials "CCC" on the reverse. Upon opening the locket, you will discover the hand painted portrait of a woman. Watch keys were generally worn by men to wind their pocket watches when pocket watches were worn attached to their waist coat. This one is all the more special given the locket style- a rarity as opposed to the purely utilitarian watch keys usually in style at the time. Men were generally in public more often than women and while they owned portraits of their wives and family (the only way to get an image of your family prior to the advent of photography) those portraits were usually left at home. The fact that this one is concealed inside a locket meant that the original owner of this watch key wanted to keep his wife with him all the time- sort of like a little secret that he had. This watch key symbolizes love in it's all it's forms. The sitters dress and hairstyle date this watch key to the 1840's to 1850's. Daggerreotypes were developed in 1839 and by the 1850's, photography had almost completely replaced hand painted portrait miniatures. This miniature portrait seems to have been painted in a time before photography had completely eliminated the art form of hand painted miniatures altogether. By this, we can surmise a couple of things about man who commissioned this; One- he most likely was more wealthy than the average man. It was by far less expensive to have a photograph taken than it was to pay a painter to paint his wife's portrait. Two- this man most likely valued established traditions. He chose to continue a centuries old practice rather than switch to a modern technology no matter how much money...

From acclaimed Italian jeweler Mario Buccellati, a realistically modeled seated monkey, with textured fur in silver wire. Measurement 3¾ inches high Signed: Buccellati Metal: 800 sil...

Sterling silver box by master William G. Matteo (1895 - 1980). Examples of DeMatteo's work are in the collections of the Dallas Museum of Art and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. For...

Fully hallmarked vanity box by Asprey & Co. The box is accented with pink gold stripes and a pink gold engraving plate. Measuring 4 by 6 3/4 of an inch 685 grams.

This charming tabletop toad would amuse any frog collector. It is nicely textured and has a happy look. The frog measures 1 15/16" to the top of its eye and 3 inches in length. It...

From master jeweler and engraver Mario Buccellati, a handmade highly collectible vanity case. The case features a mirror, powder screen compartment and r...

This trio consists of a sterling silver lion and his two lionesses. The male measures 3 1/2" from head to tail and 2 1/8" tall. The females are 3...