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Sale Items
Period: 19th Century
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Rare 20th Century Japanese Antique Bronze Samurai Statue Shijo Kingo
Located in Pomona, CA
This rare find antique Japanese Samurai Warrior Statue was dated around 1920s. With supper detailed metal works, it shows Japanese intricate handcraft metal arts. It is all hand made and hand crafted Shijo Kingo sitting statue...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Meiji Ginbari Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji era, Ginbari enamel over copper vase. The globular shaped vase is enameled with a polychrome image of blossoming Bluebells flowers on the light blue g...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Art Deco Hermès Paris "Ric et Rac" Dogs Car Mascot / Hood Ornament. Pol Rab 1920
By Pol Rab, Hermès
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Hermès Paris "Ric et Rac" Dogs Car Mascot / Hood Ornament. Pol Rab 1920´s.
Pol RAB (1898-1933) "Ric et Rac"
Car Mascot by Pol Rab, exclusive For Hermès, Circa 1920s. Marked "Hermès Paris" and artist signature Pol Rab. Inspired by the artist's cartoons published in the newspaper "Le Rire" at the end of the 20´s. Silvered bronze. Mounted on a marble base. The medals on the dog´s collars say Ric & Rac.
Perfect Gift for any vintage & antique car fan, any automobilia collector.
Car be used as a desk paperweight.
The Bronze hood ornament measures 10 cm aprox 10 inch. including the base it measures 13.5 cm.
Pol Rab – Creator of Ric and Rac...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French 18th/ 19th Century Painting of Maria with Baby Jesus On Metal
Located in Buisson, FR
Very attractive painting of Maria with the baby Jesus. Painted on metal.
France circa 1800-1850
Weathered and small losses.
Category
Antique 18th Century French French Provincial Mounted Objects
Materials
Metal
Bronze Figure of a Boy Stepped on Crab Titled "Il Granchio" by Annibale De Lotto
By Annibale De Lotto 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and charming Italian 19th-20th century patinated bronze figure titled "Il Granchio" after a model by Annibale de Lotto (Italian, 1877-1932), depic...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Italian Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Parker Duofold Marbleized Fountain Pen & Pencil Set 1930's Rare Collectors Set
Located in Reading, Berkshire
1930's Art Deco Parker Duofold Marbleised Fountain Pen & Pencil Set in Original Parker Box - rare collectors item.
Fountain Pen Made in Canada 14k nib
Geo S. Parker PAT SEP. 5-16
...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Desk Sets
Materials
Gold Plate
Rare Antique Asprey & Co. London Oak & Tooled Green Leather Writing Desk 1920s
By Charles & George Asprey
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Rare Luxurious, Asprey & Co. London (Royal Warrant) Oak & Tooled Racing Green Leather Pop-Up Writing Table Made in England in the 1920s.
Item is sold complete with a Burgundy tooled red leather desk set also from Aspreys. It's a very attractive item befit with an aluminium desk calendar, letter opener and two vertical pen rests.
The rectangular and hinged two panel top encloses a green leather writing surface which reveals itself when opened from the top, item is raised on square tapering legs...
Category
Vintage 1920s English Edwardian Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Leather, Mahogany, Oak
Fine French Verdi Marble and Bronze Mantel Clock of an Enrobed Wise Old Scholar
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous and very unique French mantle or mantel clock featuring a gorgeous figure of a scholar in robes recling while reading books. The clock is surmounted with verdi gre...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Neoclassical Revival Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Slate, Bronze
Antique Green Spinach Jade Snuff Bottle Jadeite
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful, natural spinach jadeite jade snuff bottle from the early 20th century Chinese republic era. Very well hollowed, of elongated ovoid form ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Jade
Bohemian Loetz Red Tango Glass Vase w. Black Accents by Michael Powolny
By Loetz Glass, Michael Powolny
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This antique Art Nouveau art glass vase by Michael Powolny for Loetz is an impressive and highly sought-after art piece from the early 20th cen...
Category
Vintage 1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Couple of 18th Century Italian Baroque Carved Wooden And Silvered Candlesticks
Located in Buisson, FR
Great pair of carved wooden candleholders with their beautiful silver leaf gilding.
Italy, circa 1750-1800.
Weathered and small losses and old repairs.
More photo's available on requ...
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Candlesticks
Materials
Wood
Hematite Mineral with Quartz Crystal Cluster from Morocco
Located in New York, NY
Red Quartz Hematite crystal cluster from Izizauen Alnif, Tarhbalt, Morocco.
2014 find of lustrous brick red hematite included quartz crystal cluster coated with second generation ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Other
VICTORIAN 1880 Carved Wood Desk Oval Box With Hunting Dog Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
Late Victorian carved wood oval box.
Stupendous antique oval desk box, created in England during the late Victorian period, circa 1880. The beautifu...
Category
Antique 1880s English Late Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Japanese Porcelain Imari Bonboniere Lidded Bowl Japan Flowers
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Japanese Porcelain Imari Bonboniere Lidded Bowl Japan Flowers.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Bowls
Region of Or...
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Noritake Okura Porcelain Flower Vase
By Noritake
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a Noritake, Okura porcelain flower vase hand painted white in the background with a large gold and silver etching rose in the front and rose bud b...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Bronze Jules Moigniez Figurative Animal Sculpture of Two Pheasants
By Jules Moigniez
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This wonderfully playful French animaliers study of two pheasants eating wheat has a nice golden patina and finely finished hand chased surface detail, r...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century European Napoleon III Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hardwood Wagon Wheel from Mexico, circa Early 1800's
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Hardwood wagon wheel from the state of Puebla, Mexico, circa early 19th century. The wagon wheel is from the colonial era. Most colonial wheels contain ir...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Mounted Objects
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century Royal Worcester Blush Porcelain Pitcher
By Royal Worcester
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A beautiful blush porcelain pitcher in the Aesthetic style, made by Royal Worcester in 1890.
This small pitcher is decorated with hand-painted flowe...
Category
Antique 1890s British Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Black Forest Pierced Oak Carved Tray or Bowl
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century Black Forest pierced oak tray. Has music box inside but it is not working and would need to be serviced.
Category
Antique 19th Century Black Forest Decorative Bowls
Materials
Walnut
Mary Gregory Red Glass Single Bud Vase
By Mary Gregory
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a Mary Gregory red glass depicting a white enamel painting of a girl gathering wood sticks & branches in the forest.
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Vases
Materials
Glass
Single Alabaster Urn Lamp
Located in Barcelona, ES
Carved Alabaster Table Lamp with Urn Form and Light Inside, Italy, 1930s
Alabaster Urn Lamp.
Outstanding Neoclassical carved alabaster urn lamp with handles.Italy, 1930s Elegant neoc...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Alabaster
French Walnut Burr Campaign Writing Slope Brass Inlay 19th C
By Napoléon III
Located in Cheltenham, GB
An exceptionally fine quality example of an early 19th century burr wood campaign writing slope, in beautifully grained burl, with polished brass inlaid, of French origin. Opening to...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Desk Sets
Materials
Brass
George II Japan Painted Tall Case Clock
Located in Huntington, NY
George II Japan painted tall case clock
This Yellow chinoiserie japan painted tall case clock with
It’s origanal 8 day movement with date & s...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Grandfather Clocks and Longca...
Materials
Brass
Antique Neoclassical Duplex English Brass Corinthian Banquet Oil Lamp GWTW
Located in Dayton, OH
An exquisite antique English brass Duplex oil lamp, featuring a tall base in the shape of a Corinthian column festooned with cherub / satyr faces and l...
Category
Antique 19th Century British Neoclassical Candle Lamps
Materials
Brass
Genuine Large Canyon Diablo Iron Meteorite
Located in New York, NY
Genuine Canyon Diablo iron Meteorite in display box. This nickel-iron meteorite was found in the world famous Baringer crater (meteor crater) AZ, USA. Th...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Natural Specimens
Materials
Other, Iron
French 17/ 18th Century Carved Wooden Baroque Panel Depicting A Saint And Angels
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique panel depicting a saint figure and Angels. Wonderful layers of its original color,
France, circa 1650-1750 . Weathered, small losses.
Treated against woodworm.
Measurements in...
Category
Antique 17th Century French Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
A Large Art Dec Chrome 8 Day Desk Clock With Temperature Gauge On A Stand 1930s
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Large Art Deco ABEC Chrome 8 Day Working Desk Clock With Temperature Gauge On A Fold-Out Stand.
With bevelled glass giving way to the painted dial with Roman numerals.
Beautiful...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Chrome
Antique French Powder Trinket in Hand Painted Porcelain & Glass
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A beautiful vanity or powder trinket featuring a bronze lid with hand painted miniture romantic scene on white porcelain. The frosted glass bottom-part is decorated with hand painted...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Jars
Materials
Bronze
Mora Clock 1800s Swedish Green Gold Antique Swedish Painted Gustavian A
Located in Lewes, England
Shipping special update - We have negotiated a special flat rate shipping cost to the USA with our main US shipping partner for our 1st dibs clients of only £995 export crated by ai...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Grandfather Clocks and Long...
Materials
Pine
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Vase in the Style of Namikawa
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese early Meiji period cloisonne vase, attributed to the master artisan Namikawa Yasuyuki. Adorned with intricate foliate and floral patterns, complemented by delicat...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
Materials
Enamel
Bronze Jewelry Chest In Neo-gothic Style From The Napoleon III Period
Located in NICE, FR
We present you with a large jewellry chest crafted in bronze with medal patina in the neo-gothic style and hailing from the Napoleon II period. It boasts practical dimensions (34cm x 35cm) and intricate ornamentation. Its entrance is concealed by a mechanism, rendering it invisible. The chest's decoration features figures, columns, friezes, and repeating motifs reminiscent of techniques employed during the era of Violet le Duc...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Gothic Revival Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique Luggage Crocodile Skin Leather Suitcase, Colonial
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique suitcase made of crocodile leather handstitched with leather lacing and secured with tacks, an attractive antique reptile skin suitcase with a...
Category
Antique Early 1900s British British Colonial Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Faux Leather
Antique Wild Boar Sculpture in Bronze, France, 1920s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small desk og mantle bronze depicting a young wild boar standing on a log. Fine detailing and a rich golden patina. Signed/marked France to its base. Where it was made circa 1920-25....
Category
Vintage 1920s French Late Victorian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Huge Carved Stone Garden Statue Sculpture of Regal Big Cat Lion Center Piece
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Huge Carved Stone Garden Statue Sculpture of Regal Big Cat Lion Center Piece . Exquisite monumental Hand carved Stone Figure of a regal lion Garden Statue Sculpture , as a fountain C...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Statues
Materials
Stone, Limestone
French Set of Champleve Enameled Small Inkwell and Letter Opener
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a small bronze champleve enamel set of an inkwell and letter opener. Both of them depicts colorful hand painted flowers, “C” scrolls and foliages. The resting plate of the in...
Category
Early 20th Century French Classical Roman Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Art Nouveau Fire Polished Cameo Glass Emile Gallé Stem Vase, 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique French Art Nouveau Emille Galle cameo glass vase, circa 1900.
The stem vase of a tapering conical form and finely wheel carved and acid etc...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Glass
18th Century, Heavily Carved Bone Inset & Iron Mounted Spanish Vargueno
Located in Atlanta, GA
Spanish, 18th century or earlier.
An 18th century Spanish bargueno or vargueno traveling desk, used for storing documents, jewels, or sewing box. The six drawer chest is inset with ...
Category
Antique 18th Century Spanish Baroque Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Wireless Vase
Located in New York, NY
A high quality antique Japanese, late Meiji Era, copper and wireless enamel vase. A sphere shaped body is covered with a polychrome image of blossoming flowers made in the Cloisonne ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Pair Antique Figural Elk Bronze & Crystal Candle Holders with Marble Bases C1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
Pair Antique Figural Elk Bronze & Crystal Candle Holders with Marble Bases C1880
Measures- 13.75"H x 6"W x 3.5"D
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Candelabras
Materials
Crystal, Marble, Bronze
Gaston Leroux Bronze Figure of Aida on a Sphinx, French, 19th Century
By Gaston Vuevenot Leroux
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gaston Leroux (French, 1854-1942). A very fine French 19th century polychromed and patinated bronze sculpture of "Aida" resting on a sphinx, her legs crossed and holding a gilt-bronze tambourine, after the model by Gaston Veuvenot Leroux "Aida, A Femme Au Tambourin Assise Sur Une Tete De Sphinx". Signed: Gaston Leroux, Paris, circa 1890.
Measures: Height 29 inches (74 cm).
Width 15 inches (38.1 cm).
Depth 15 inches (38.1 cm).
The opulent and extensively detailed version of Aida was inspired by ethnographic findings of the mid-19th century in ancient Egypt as well as the influences of theatre and costume design. Travelers to the East had often recorded their journeys, either in writing or in pictures, but the movement of Egyptomania was wider-reaching than Egyptology. The immensely popular vogue of Egyptomania is without doubt due to the success of performing arts in recreating this era, in particular, Giuseppe Verdi's Aida. Both the Cairo and Paris premieres created sensations so large that they influenced generations of artists from Alexander Cabanel to Cecil de Mille. In Aida, the ruins of Egypt were brought back to life in full color and scale before the eyes of a generation that would make history as romantics, adventurers and explorers.
The Cairo premier of Aida was entirely conceived by one of the foremost Egyptologists of the day, Auguste Mariette, who was assigned to the project by Khedive Ismail Pasha...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Egyptian Revival Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Meiji Period Large Japanese Imari Bowl Centerpiece
By Imari Porcelain
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Meiji period large Japanese Imari bowl centerpiece
This large, distinctive, octagonal porcelain Imari bowl is painted in rich, inky blue, co...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Swedish Mora Clock Pale Blue Gold Early 1800s Antique Country Influence A
Located in Lewes, England
Shipping special update - We have negotiated a special flat rate shipping cost to the USA with our main US shipping partner for our 1st dibs clients of only £995 export crated by ai...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Early Victorian Grandfather Clocks an...
Materials
Pine
19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Clock, Enamel Face and Wood Marquetry
Located in Miami, FL
19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Clock, Enamel Face and Wood Marquetry
Offered for sale is a 19th-century French Napoleon III wall clock acquired in the Pyrenees region of Fr...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Clocks
Materials
Metal, Enamel
19th Century French Green Glazed Terracotta Dairy Bowl or Tian
Located in Buisson, FR
Great piece of pottery from the Provence. Beautiful green color,
France, circa 1850.
Good but weathered condition.
Category
Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Decorative Bowls
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Brass & Marble Girandole Candelabra with Basket of Flowers C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Brass & Marble Girandole Candelabra with Basket of Flowers C1890
Measures - 16 3/4" x 15 5/8" x 4"
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Candelabras
Materials
Marble, Brass
German 19th Century Bracket Clock, Walnut with Westminster Chimes on 8 Bells
Located in Houston, TX
Very handsome walnut clock with ormolu mounts on the sides, front corners and paw feet.
Urn type finials grace the top center and top corners. Beveled glass front opening to a face
...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Pair Large Antique Japanese Meiji Period Porcelain Imari Lidded Jars Urns, 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A good pair of large antique Japanese Meiji period porcelain lidded jars, circa 1880.
The jars having ribbed dome shaped lids topped with lion-dog (Komainu) finials, the baluster shaped jars also of corresponding ribbed form. The lids and jars are skillfully hand-decorated in the Imari palette with blue & iron red floral decoration over a white body, on one side are a pair of floral cartouches on another side is a fan shaped cartouche.
Condition is very good indeed, no damage or restoration, a very handsome pair of 19th century Japanese Imari lidded jars...
Category
Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Late 19th Century Japanese Kutani Double Gourd Vases
Located in Reepham, GB
A pair of late 19th century Kutani coral orange and gilt double gourd vases, floral and landscape decoration with the traditional lion and phoenix
Japan, circa 1880.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Fine French 19th Century Bronze Figure of "Milo of Croton & Lion" After Falconet
By Étienne Maurice Falconet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Patinated bronze Figure of "Milo of Croton and the Lion" after the marble sculpture of Milon de Crotone by renown French...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Cartier Paris 1920 Art Deco Chinoiserie 18kt Desk Clock in Nephrite Jade Enamel
By Cartier
Located in Miami, FL
A desk clock designed by Cartier.
An impressive and beautiful desk clock, created in Paris France by the house of Cartier, during the art deco period, back in the 1920. This stunning rare piece has been designed with Chinoiserie patterns and carefully crafted up with parts in yellow gold of 18 karats and carved nephrite green jadeite jade. Accented with applications of navy blue enamel and fitted on top, with a hinged retractable handle.
The movement is mechanical It is accompanied with the associated original key for the winding. The dial is silver with guilloche, Roman numerals with gold hands and inscribed, Cartier.
Weight: 320.95 Grams, (205.74 Dwt).
Measurements: 69 mm by 31 mm by 78 mm (2.72 x 1.22 x 3.07 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with French marks, five times with the head of the eagle for the assay and guaranty of the gold, two times with the maker's mark JM inside of a lozange cartouche and signed on the reverse, "CARTIER 1649".
Literature: Olivier Bachet & Alain Cartier, Cartier Exceptional...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Jade, Gold, Silver, Enamel
MAJOLICA 1890 French Art Nouveau Polychromate Tall Hexagonal Vase
Located in Miami, FL
French majolica vase designed by De Longwy.
This is a very nice elaborated tall vase, created in France during the art nouveau period, back in the 1890's. The fabulous decorative va...
Category
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Majolica
Pair of Tall Empire silver plate Candelabras by JG Galle - early 19th century
By Gérard-Jean Galle
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Rare pair of silver plate bronze candelabras, early 19th century production (Empire period).
Beautiful Louis XVI style model, elegant proportions, 2 to 3 lights each (you can turn the center piece over to get a third light).
They are composed of 17 independent parts each (the more there are, the higher the quality).
The bottom part looks exactly like an ormolu pair of candlesticks exhibited at chateau de Fontainebleau, listed in a book dedicated to bronze items that came into the castle under Emperor Napoleon's reign (last picture, the left candlestick). This books testifies that the ormolu pair has probably been delivered there by Claude Galle in 1807.
Our pair is a variant of this pair of candlesticks :
- silver plate instead of gilt bronze
- the candelabra part on top
Early 19th century work attributed to Gerard Jean Galle...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Bronze, Silver Plate
Art Nouveau Bronze and Sterling Silver Overlay Rare Vase by Otto Heintz
By Otto Heintz
Located in San Diego, CA
This vase was designed and handcrafted by the artisans at Heintz Art Metal Shop circa 1915. hand forged in bronze, the vase has a conical shape with a flared base and lip. A delicate...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
Pair, Antique Cornwall Red Jasper Stone Vases on Marble Bases
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of antique Cornwall vases carved from reddish brown jasper stone and date from the late nineteenth century. Each mounted to a marble base.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Vases
Materials
Marble
Vienna Secession glazed earthenware vase, Austria, ca. 1902
By Josef Hoffmann
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
An octagonal green and blue earthenware vase with blue glazed squares, marked Austria and numbered 7143. These type of vases were made in the Vienna School of Applied Arts (Wiener Ku...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Cartier Paris London 1905 Belle Epoque Enamel Desk Clock 18kt Gold & Platinum
By Cartier
Located in Miami, FL
Belle epoque desk clock designed by Cartier.
An impressive and magnificent "mignonette" desk clock, created in Paris France by the house of Cartier, during the Edwardian Belle Epoque period, back in the 1905. This stunning piece is very rare and has been designed with neoclassic French patterns and carefully crafted with parts made up in yellow gold of 18 karats, silver and platinum. It is mounted with four spherical parts, carved from green chrysoprase. The five sides are embellished with applications of vivid purple enamel over a sunburst and linear guilloche ground and the borders are accented with a linear frame of white champleve enamel. Fitted in the reverse with a system to open and close the three winding parts to manipulate.
Movement: Mechanical 8 days, key winding and It is accompanied with the associated original key.
Dial: White ceramic, with Arabic black numerals, with gold indexes batons for the seconds and gold hands with juxtaposed circles ending on arrowhead, inscribed, Cartier Paris-London.
Diamonds: The platinum part on top is mount, with 60 calibrated Old European rose cuts diamonds, 0.30 carats, F color, VS-1 clarity
Chrysoprase: Mounted with screws on the base, with 4 four spherical cabochon cuts carved from natural translucent green chrysoprase with a weight of 8 carats.
Weight: 272.8 Grams, (174.87 Dwt).
Measurements: 69 mm by 50 mm by 37 mm (2.72 x 1.97 x 1.46 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with French marks, the mark of the boar for the silver and the gold assay and warranty, the maker's mark for Eugène Bako inside a lozenge cartouche, the case numbers, the Cartier serial numbers and signed at the bottom, "CARTIER LONDON PARIS 2027,11290,11453,21".
Literature: Olivier Bachet & Alain Cartier, Cartier Exceptional objects, Palais Royal 2021, Volume 1, Pp-117 and 128, for two similar Illustrated, see figures.
Comparative Literature: Hans Nadelhoffer, Cartier, Jewelers Extraordinary, London, 1984, pl.18 Barracca, Negretti & Nencini, Le Temps de Cartier, Milan, 1989, p.34 A Cartier carriage clock of very closely related design was sold Antiquorum Geneva, The Magical Art of Cartier, 19 November 1996, lot 36 (illustrated in its travel case in Nadelhoffer). The dial design may be compared with other Cartier desk clocks of this period illustrated in Barracca et al.
Publications: Published in the Vogue Art...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Belle Époque Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Gold, Platinum, Silver, Enamel
Antique L. Hjorth Pharaoh Bowl in Black Terracotta, Hieroglyphs & Isis
By Lauritz Adolph Hjorth
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A very rare bowl by L. Hjorth, Bornholm, Denmark. Its made from black-burnt terracotta and decorated with 3 Pharaohs, images of Isis and hieroglyphs around its perimeter. It was made...
Category
Vintage 1910s Danish Art Nouveau Decorative Bowls
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of 19th Century Sang de Boeuf Oxblood Turquoise Vases with Copper Rings
Located in Lomita, CA
This wonderful sang de boeuf offering in bordeaux and turquoise travels as a pair. One of the most memorable features of the vases would be the intricate design of the ears with a co...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Copper
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