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Old Master brings together the finest in traditional Early Victorian design motifs with skillful artistry. The crown of leaves, the center rosette, scrollwork, flutes and the violin-...

Repousse by Gorham monumental inkwell with repousse design, gadroon borders, and beading. It has a vaseline glass insert; the glass insert has a chip. The piece has a monogram that r...

'It Is Sad Only To Us' is an oil painting by the American artist Deirdre Schanen. Schanen's works weave between non-objective abstraction and representative landscape painting. This ...

Rare Corona by Dominick & Haff circa 1885 Sterling silver Flatware set with shell motif and engraved detailing, 36 pieces (including 6 Mother of Pearl handle knives...

"Dog & Horse in Landscape on Mountain Top" is an original ink drawing on handmade amate paper by Miguel Castro Leñero. The artist initialed the piece lower right. This piece features...

Milburn Rose by Westmorland sterling silver flatware set of 50 pieces. This set includes: 12 regular knives, 9". 12 regular forks, 7 1/4". 12 salad forks...

Rich tones of red, gold, and cream evoke elegance in this pure wool Persian area rug utilizing Orley Shabahang's exquisite Mohtasham weave in a versatile 5' x 7' size. Measuring exac...

Beautiful Normandie by Wallace sterling silver flatware set, 52 pieces. This set includes: Eight knives, 8 3/4". Eight forks, 7 1/4". Eight salad...

"Sailboat" is a maritime watercolor on prepared board by American artist C.S. Jones, signed in the lower right. The watercolor depicts a seascape...

"Croisieres Etoile Du Sud"; is an original lithograph poster by Berny Et Peignot depicting multiple animal silhouettes in blue, tan, and black. 1934. 34.9375" x 25.9375" art 37.75" ...

Dinner size Rondo by Gorham sterling silver flatware set of 52 pieces. This set includes: Eight dinner size knives, 9 5/8". Eight dinner size forks, 7...

Watteau by Durgin Sterling Silver Dinner Size Flatware set - 74 pieces. This set includes: 12 Dinner Knives, blunt silverplated blades, 9 5/8" 12 Dinner Forks, 7 5/8" 12 Salad F...

Rare handmade ornamental #19 by Georg Jensen sterling silver flatware set with superb pierced Art Nouveau grapes motif - 129 pieces. Early "GI" hallmark for 1910-1925. This set includes: 12 dinner size knives, 9 1/2", 12 dinner size forks, 8 1/4", 12 salad forks, 6 7/8", 12 place soup spoons, 7 1/4", 12 iced tea spoons, 7", 12 pastry forks, 3-tine, 6", 12 serving spoons, 8 3/8", eight luncheon knives, 7 5/8", eight teaspoons, 5 1/2", eight ice cream spoons, 6 1/2", ten luncheon forks, 7 1/8", ten hollow handle all-sterling butter...

William and Mary by Lunt sterling silver flatware set, 96 pieces. This set includes: 12 Dinner size knives, blunt, 9 1/2", 12 dinner size fork...

"Pour Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler Figure in Landscape" is an original lithograph by Yves Rouvre. The artist signed the piece lower right. It features an abstracted figure in fields of co...

Extremely rare c.1825 swans-down feather palatine stole. Incredibly soft swansdown is hand-tied on a coarsely woven natural fiber base. This piece is nearly identical to item 1983.15...

Overgrown Geometric Flora & Vines Flanking Oversized Medallions Indigo, Camel, Coral, Rose Terracotta, Teal About: This is really a wonderful piece. The contrast between medallio...

Early, scarce "Grape" by Whiting, patented 1855, sterling silver flatware set - 84 pieces. This set includes: 12 dinner knives, 9 1/4" 12 dinner forks, 7 3/4" 12 luncheon/desser...

"Sierra Madre" is a color woodblock signed by Carol Summers. As suggested by the title, the print teeters the line between Summers' fanciful landscapes an...

Richard Dimes was established in South Boston, MA and was a purveyor of fine sterling silver. It was founded in the year 1923 and lasted till 1955. Its founder, Richard Dimes started...

A pair of platinum genuine earth mined emerald stud earrings with diamond halos. The emerald cut emeralds measure about 5.7mm x 4mm and have medium dark color and fine clarity. The e...

14K yellow gold wide comfort fit wedding band ring set with diamonds and engraved with a floral vine design. The ring measures 6.7mm wide and is set with 4 round brilliant cut diam...

Scandinavian Modern Tulip by Michelsen sterling silver flatware set, 76 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 8 1/2" 12 dinner forks, 7 1/2" 12 sal...

14K yellow gold ring featuring a green tourmaline. The round brilliant cut tourmaline weighs 2.94 carats and measures about 8.2mm. There is hand engraved detail and 4 new prongs. The...

This exquisite 3' x 5' Persian carpet showcases a modern geometric pattern in rich hues of blue, brown, and soft earth tones. Hand-knotted from pure wool and dyed using traditional v...

Stunning MILBURN ROSE BY WESTMORLAND sterling silver Flatware set - 93 Pieces. This set includes: 12 KNIVES, 9" 12 FORKS, 7 1/4" 12 SALAD FORKS, 6 3/8" 12 TEASPOONS, 6" 12 CREAM SOU...

Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Shell Brooch with Onyx, Design #328 by Nanna Ditzel Classis Nanna Ditzel "Shell" Brooch Designer: Nanna Ditzel Maker: Georg Jensen Design #: 328 Cir...

12 regular knives, 9". 12 regular forks, 7". 12 salad forks, 6 5/8". 12 teaspoons, 5 7/8". One serving spoon, 8 5/8". One pie server with stainless blade, 10 1/8". One cold meat fork...

Lovely Juliana by Watson sterling silver flatware set of 57 pieces. This set includes: Eight knives, 9". Eight forks, 7 1/4". Eight salad forks, 6 1...

Dinner Size Arcantia aka Vendome by Christofle France Silverplated flatware set, 144 pieces. This pattern featured the same shell motif that...

Beautiful Scroll and Bead by Blackinton Sterling Silver Flatware set with beaded design - 53 pieces. This set includes: 8 Knives, 8 7/8" 8 Forks, 7 1/...

Monumental German silver plated flatware set by Carl Eickhorn Solingen, 102 pieces. This set includes: 12 dinner size knives, 10 1/4" 12 dinner size forks, 8 1/4" 11 luncheon knives, 8 1/2" 11 luncheon forks, 7 1/4" 12 salad forks, 3-tine, 6" 12 small teaspoons, 5 1/4" 12 large dinner spoons, 8 1/4" 2 berry spoons, 8 1/2" 1 horseradish scoop, 5" 2 fruit serving forks, 2-tine w/stainless, 7 1/2" 2 serving forks, 3-tine w/stainless, 7" 2 gravy ladles, 7 1/4" 2 sugar spoons, large, 7" 1 hollow handle master butter, 6 1/2" 1 salad serving set with celluloid, 10" 1 sauce ladle, 6 1/2" 1 cake server with stainless blade, 11" 1 pastry tong...

Beautiful Inaugural by State House sterling silver Flatware set - 37 pieces. This set includes: 8 Knives, 9 1/8" 8 Forks, 7 1/8" 8 Salad Forks, 6 1/4" 8 Teaspoons, 6 1/8" 1 Gravy La...

This small-scale bronze of the General Napoleon by American artist Doris Jarowsky is an excellent example of the sculpture of the 1960s. The sculpture i...

"Progress Regress" is an original oil painting on canvas by Renee McGinnis. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This piece depicts a boy scrunching up his face, revealing that his teeth say "Progress Regress", the title of the painting. This boy is laying on a pillow in front of a stormy sky. 36" x 48" art 42" x 54" frame Renee McGinnis grew up on a farm in central Illinois and attended Illinois Wesleyan University, earning a BFA in 1984. She continued with graduate work in sociology and anthropology at the University of Chicago. Her work has been exhibited widely in Chicago and has also been shown in Germany, Australia, New York City, Washington D.C. and Baltimore, Md. Her curatorial debut occurred when she launched “The Chicago Solution Show 2003" with the late Ed Paschke as juror, then again in 2005 with Art Institute of Chicago Curator of contemporary Collections- James Rondeau. Awards include: * Honorable Mention, Artists of The Millennium, Rockford Art Museum, juror: James Yood 2000 * Best of Show, juror Ed Paschke, Animal Images 2002 *Best of Show, 13th Annual Women’s Works, Woodstock, IL 2000 *1st Place, International Platform Assoc. Wash. D.C. 1999 *Honorable Mention, jurors: Tom Blackman, Gelsy Verna, Jay Dandy. Hyde Park Art Center...

Ananda Kesler's painting 'When Yin Meets Yang For the First Time' is an excellent example of her work, demonstrating her mastery of abstraction. Int he composition, gradient fields o...

YVES SAINT LAURENT A/W 2007 Gray Button Up Belt Sleeveless Plunge Back Dress Brand / Manufacturer: Yves Saint Laurent Collection: A/W 2007 Designer:...

Le Cirque 5-6 is American abstract artist John Baughman's 2002 mixed media artwork. It is signed and dated lower right. 16" x 36" art 25 7/8" x 45 7/8" framed Baughman is a mixed media artist who is influenced by the work of Mark Rothko and Conrad Marcarelli...

The "Fuchsia" or "Klokke" Art Nouveau pattern was designed by Georg Jensen himself in the year 1906. Georg Jensen thought of dining as a sacred ritual in which a family could share n...

"Solidarity" is an original etching by surrealist artist Yves Tanguy. The artist signed the piece in pencil in the lower right and wrote the edition number, 109/150, in the lower lef...

The present hand-colored lithograph was produced as part of the funeral and mourning culture in the United States during the 19th century. Images like this were popular as ways of remembering loved ones, an alternative to portraiture of the deceased. This lithograph shows a man, woman and child in morning clothes next to an urn-topped stone monument. Behind are additional putto-topped headstones beneath weeping willows, with a steepled church beyond. The monument contains a space where a family could inscribe the name and death dates of a deceased loved one. In this case, it has been inscribed to a young Civil War soldier: William W. Peabody Died at Fairfax Seminary, VA December 18th, 1864 Aged 18 years The young Mr. Peabody probably died in service for the Union during the American Civil War. Farifax Seminary was a Union hospital and military headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The hospital served nearly two thousand soldiers during the war time. Five hundred were also buried on the Seminary's grounds. 13.75 x 9.5 inches, artwork 23 x 19 inches, frame Published before 1864 Inscribed bottom center "Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier. 2 Spruce St. N.Y." Framed to conservation standards using 100 percent rag matting and TruVue Conservation Clear glass, housed in a gold gilded moulding. Nathaniel Currier was a tall introspective man with a melancholy nature. He could captivate people with his piercing stare or charm them with his sparkling blue eyes. Nathaniel was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on March 27th, 1813, the second of four children. His parents, Nathaniel and Hannah Currier, were distant cousins who lived a humble yet spartan life. When Nathaniel was eight years old, tragedy struck. Nathaniel’s father unexpectedly passed away leaving Nathaniel and his eleven-year-old brother Lorenzo to provide for the family. In addition to their mother, Nathaniel and Lorenzo had to care for six-year-old sister Elizabeth and two-year-old brother Charles. Nathaniel worked a series of odd jobs to support the family, and at fifteen, he started what would become a life-long career when he apprenticed in the Boston lithography shop of William and John Pendleton. A Bavarian gentleman named Alois Senefelder invented lithography just 30 years prior to young Nat Currier’s apprenticeship. While under the employ of the brothers Pendleton, Nat was taught the art of lithography by the firm’s chief printer, a French national named Dubois, who brought the lithography trade to America. Lithography involves grinding a piece of limestone flat and smooth then drawing in mirror image on the stone with a special grease pencil. After the image is completed, the stone is etched with a solution of aqua fortis leaving the greased areas in slight relief. Water is then used to wet the stone and greased-ink is rolled onto the raised areas. Since grease and water do not mix, the greased-ink is repelled by the moisture on the stone and clings to the original grease pencil lines. The stone is then placed in a press and used as a printing block to impart black on white images to paper. In 1833, now twenty-years old and an accomplished lithographer, Nat Currier left Boston and moved to Philadelphia to do contract work for M.E.D. Brown, a noted engraver and printer. With the promise of good money, Currier hired on to help Brown prepare lithographic stones of scientific images for the American Journal of Sciences and Arts. When Nat completed the contract work in 1834, he traveled to New York City to work once again for his mentor John Pendleton, who was now operating his own shop located at 137 Broadway. Soon after the reunion, Pendleton expressed an interest in returning to Boston and offered to sell his print shop to Currier. Young Nat did not have the financial resources to buy the shop, but being the resourceful type he found another local printer by the name of Stodart. Together they bought Pendleton’s business. The firm ‘Currier & Stodart’ specialized in "job" printing. They produced many different types of printed items, most notably music manuscripts for local publishers. By 1835, Stodart was frustrated that the business was not making enough money and he ended the partnership, taking his investment with him. With little more than some lithographic stones, and a talent for his trade, twenty-two year old Nat Currier set up shop in a temporary office at 1 Wall Street in New York City. He named his new enterprise ‘N. Currier, Lithographer’ Nathaniel continued as a job printer and duplicated everything from music sheets to architectural plans. He experimented with portraits, disaster scenes and memorial prints, and any thing that he could sell to the public from tables in front of his shop. During 1835 he produced a disaster print Ruins of the Planter's Hotel, New Orleans, which fell at two O’clock on the Morning of the 15th of May 1835, burying 50 persons, 40 of whom Escaped with their Lives. The public had a thirst for newsworthy events, and newspapers of the day did not include pictures. By producing this print, Nat gave the public a new way to “see” the news. The print sold reasonably well, an important fact that was not lost on Currier. Nat met and married Eliza Farnsworth in 1840. He also produced a print that same year titled Awful Conflagration of the Steamboat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Evening, January 18, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence over One Hundred Persons Perished. This print sold out very quickly, and Currier was approached by an enterprising publication who contracted him to print a single sheet addition of their paper, the New York Sun. This single page paper is presumed to be the first illustrated newspaper ever published. The success of the Lexington print launched his career nationally and put him in a position to finally lift his family up. In 1841, Nat and Eliza had their first child, a son they named Edward West Currier. That same year Nat hired his twenty-one year old brother Charles and taught him the lithography trade, he also hired his artistically inclined brother Lorenzo to travel out west and make sketches of the new frontier as material for future prints. Charles worked for the firm on and off over the years, and invented a new type of lithographic crayon which he patented and named the Crayola. Lorenzo continued selling sketches to Nat for the next few years. In 1843, Nat and Eliza had a daughter, Eliza West Currier, but tragedy struck in early 1847 when their young daughter died from a prolonged illness. Nat and Eliza were grief stricken, and Eliza, driven by despair, gave up on life and passed away just four months after her daughter’s death. The subject of Nat Currier’s artwork changed following the death of his wife and daughter, and he produced many memorial prints and sentimental prints during the late 1840s. The memorial prints generally depicted grief stricken families posed by gravestones (the stones were left blank so the purchasers could fill in the names of the dearly departed). The sentimental prints usually depicted idealized portraits of women and children, titled with popular Christian names of the day. Late in 1847, Nat Currier married Lura Ormsbee, a friend of the family. Lura was a self-sufficient woman, and she immediately set out to help Nat raise six-year-old Edward and get their house in order. In 1849, Lura delivered a son, Walter Black Currier, but fate dealt them a blow when young Walter died one year later. While Nat and Lura were grieving the loss of their new son, word came from San Francisco that Nat’s brother Lorenzo had also passed away from a brief illness. Nat sank deeper into his natural quiet melancholy. Friends stopped by to console the couple, and Lura began to set an extra place at their table for these unexpected guests. She continued this tradition throughout their lives. In 1852, Charles introduced a friend, James Merritt Ives, to Nat and suggested he hire him as a bookkeeper. Jim Ives was a native New Yorker born in 1824 and raised on the grounds of Bellevue Hospital where his father was employed as superintendent. Jim was a self-trained artist and professional bookkeeper. He was also a plump and jovial man, presenting the exact opposite image of his new boss. Jim Ives met Charles Currier through Caroline Clark, the object of Jim’s affection. Caroline’s sister Elizabeth was married to Charles, and Caroline was a close friend of the Currier family. Jim eventually proposed marriage to Caroline and solicited an introduction to Nat Currier, through Charles, in hopes of securing a more stable income to support his future wife. Ives quickly set out to improve and modernize his new employer’s bookkeeping methods. He reorganized the firm’s sizable inventory, and used his artistic skills to streamline the firm’s production methods. By 1857, Nathaniel had become so dependent on Jims’ skills and initiative that he offered him a full partnership in the firm and appointed him general manager. The two men chose the name ‘Currier & Ives’ for the new partnership, and became close friends. Currier & Ives produced their prints in a building at 33 Spruce Street where they occupied the third, fourth and fifth floors. The third floor was devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop Cyrus Currier & Sons in Newark, NJ. The fourth floor found the artists, lithographers and the stone grinders at work. The fifth floor housed the coloring department, and was one of the earliest production lines in the country. The colorists were generally immigrant girls, mostly German, who came to America with some formal artistic training. Each colorist was responsible for adding a single color to a print. As a colorist finished applying their color, the print was passed down the line to the next colorist to add their color. The colorists worked from a master print displayed above their table, which showed where the proper colors were to be placed. At the end of the table was a touch up artist who checked the prints for quality, touching-in areas that may have been missed as it passed down the line. During the Civil War, demand for prints became so great that coloring stencils were developed to speed up production. Although most Currier & Ives prints were colored in house, some were sent out to contract artists. The rate Currier & Ives paid these artists for coloring work was one dollar per one hundred small folios (a penny a print) and one dollar per one dozen large folios. Currier & Ives also offered uncolored prints to dealers, with instructions (included on the price list) on how to 'prepare the prints for coloring.' In addition, schools could order uncolored prints from the firm’s catalogue to use in their painting classes. Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives attracted a wide circle of friends during their years in business. Some of their more famous acquaintances included Horace Greeley, Phineas T. Barnum, and the outspoken abolitionists Rev. Henry Ward, and John Greenleaf Whittier (the latter being a cousin of Mr. Currier). Nat Currier and Jim Ives described their business as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Pictures" and produced many categories of prints. These included Disaster Scenes, Sentimental Images, Sports, Humor, Hunting Scenes, Politics, Religion, City and Rural Scenes, Trains, Ships, Fire Fighters, Famous Race Horses, Historical Portraits, and just about any other topic that satisfied the general public's taste. In all, the firm produced in excess of 7500 different titles, totaling over one million prints produced from 1835 to 1907. Nat Currier retired in 1880, and signed over his share of the firm to his son Edward. Nat died eight years later at his summer home 'Lion’s Gate' in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Jim Ives remained active in the firm until his death in 1895, when his share of the firm passed to his eldest son, Chauncey. In 1902, faced will failing health from the ravages of Tuberculosis, Edward Currier sold his share of the firm to Chauncey Ives...

5x4x4-1/2 Bronze Reuben Kadish was an American artist, specializing as a sculptor, draughtsman, muralist, painter, and printmaker. In his later career he also taught art history and sculpture in New York...

Beautiful Lafayette Engraved by Towle sterling silver flatware set of 110 pieces. This pattern has a hand engraved design and is circa 1905. This large set includes: 12 dinner knives, 10 3/4". 12 dinner forks, 8". 6 regular forks, 7 5/8". 11 salad forks, 6 1/2". 12 teaspoons, 6 3/8". Six place soup spoons, 7 1/2". Six flat handle butter spreaders, 5 3/4". Six cocktail forks, 6 1/2". Six demitasse spoons, 4 1/2". One gravy ladle, 7". One flat handle master butter, 7 3/4". One tomato server pierced, 8 3/8". One sauce ladle, 6 1/4". One two-piece salad serving set, 9 7/8". Six fish forks, 7". Six hollow handle with silver plated blades, 8 1/2". One fish server, 13". One fish serving fork, 10". Six gumbo soup spoons, 7 1/2". Six ice cream forks, 5 3/8". One soup ladle, 14". Includes large vintage storage chest...

Retro 14K white gold diamond ring with synthetic sapphire accents. The European cut diamond measures about 5.5mm and weighs about 2/3ct. It is a high quality diamond with VS clarity...

"Okalikolo" is an original oil pastel drawing by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the left margin. This piece features an amalgamation of various abstract figures and ...

"The Spirits of Stonehenge" is an original fine-art photograph by Robert Kawika Sheer. The image is signed in the lower right and editioned in the lower left. Edition 51/250. The ima...

BILL BLASS c.1980's Black Crepe Dramatic Puffed Sleeve Peplum Skirt Party Dress Circa: 1980’s Label(s): Bill Blass Collection III Designer: Bill Blass Style: Peplum dress Color(s):...

Beautiful 14K yellow gold stick pin collection flower basket brooch. The pin has 8 stick pins including: blue zircon, cultured pearls, opals, tur...

A pair of 18K yellow gold genuine earth mined emerald stud earrings with diamond halos. The emerald cut emeralds measure about 6mm x 4mm and have medium dark color and fine clarity. ...

Materials Brass, floor lamp, brass lamp, height adjustable, adjustable lamp This gorgeous floor lamp with two lamp heads attached is a rare and stunning statement piece. The heights...

"Toma Mask, Guinea" is a carved wooden mask from Africa and created in c. 1900. The painting has worn away, but around the eyes the painting is easier to see...

Georg Jensen Exceptional Georg Jensen sterling silver vase marked #68. This piece measures 8 5/8" tall x 5 5/8" wide. It is not monogrammed and is in good vintage condition. Gorge...

'Ode to Mineko Iwasaki (1970s Japanese Geisha)' is an original charcoal drawing by the American artist Jorge Ruiz-Martinez. The artist works in an art deco style, imagining graceful ...

In soft and inviting shades of light blue, cream, gray, and indigo wool, this hand-knotted contemporary carpet titled "Muru" measures 8’2” x 9’11” and belongs to the Orley Shabahang ...

18k white gold antique diamond ring with about .60 carats total weight of vintage round diamonds. The center diamond measures about 4.7mm and weighs about .44cts. The 10 surrounding...

Acanthus by Georg Jensen sterling silver flatware set, 33 pieces. This set includes: Eight dinner knives, long handle, 9", eight dinner forks, 7 1/8", eight luncheon/dessert fork...

Modern design "Sea Sculpture" by Gorham sterling silver Flatware set - 53 Pieces. This set includes: 12 Knives, 9" 12 Forks, 7 1/2" 12 Salad Forks, 6 3/4" 12 Teaspoons, 6" 2 Servin...

Rare Paradise Tree of Life Tabriz With Phoenix, Leopards, Fawn, & Roosters Camel Ground & Bakshayesh Blue Border About: Art collector's paradise tree of life tabriz that you will s...

Dinner Size Candlelight by Towle sterling silver Flatware set, 60 pieces. This set includes: 12 Dinner Size Knives, 9 5/8" 12 Dinner Size Forks, 7 7/8" 12 Salad Forks, 6 1/2" 12 Tea...

The fascinating patterns created by the surging sea, and a stylized shell symbolizing Neptune's bounty inspired Romance of the Sea by Wallace Silversmiths. This pattern is wonderfull...