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Globemaster Brass & Bronzed Metal Floor Globe by Replogle 20thC
By Replogle Globes
Located in Big Flats, NY
A globemaster floor globe by Replogle offers globe on brass and bronzed metal base having swivel carriage on column with circular foot, 20th c...
Category
20th Century American Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Brass
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
17th-18th Century Italian Hand carved Wooden Reliquary Bust of a Saint
Located in Buisson, FR
Spectacular and very decorative piece. Large hand carved wooden reliquary bust of a saint. Beautiful weathered color and gilding. Small losses/Old repairs and without the relics. Ita...
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Wood
$3,300 Sale Price
53% Off
1960s Italian Three Piece Orange Genuine Hand Carved Alabaster Smoking Set
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very decorative 1960s Italian hand carved orange alabaster smoking set by Romano Bianchi.
Consists of a heavy ashtray, also very useful as trinket dish or vide-poche.
A table lighter (which also fits a wax tea light candle).
And a very pretty lidded hinged box, which originally would have held cigarettes but also could be used to keep jewellery or little treasures in.
Cigarette sales peaked in the 20th century, people were allowed to smoke in the office, the cinema, at restaurants, indoors and outdoors. Once women were able to smoke freely, smoking became a social norm and in general it was considered an act of elegance and sophistication. Businessmen in the 1960s were rarely seen without a cigarette in their hand.
So needles to say you needed pretty smoking accessories...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Alabaster
$600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
17th C. Sheet Music "Feria vi. Paschae" (page 191 and 192)
Located in Soquel, CA
17th C. Sheet Music "Feria vi. Paschae" (page 191 and 192)
Excellent example of Latin sheet music for Catholic church services. Bold red title and notations, with red staff lines. N...
Category
Antique 17th Century European Baroque Books
Materials
Paper
$357 Sale Price
35% Off
MODEL SHIP, “Fragata Siglo XVIII” Large Handmade Antique English Decorative Ship
Located in Wembley, GB
1900s Astonishing large “Fragata Siglo XVIII”model ship in walnut wood. Handmade. Made in England. This model is amazing and in excellent condition and all handmade. A true piece of ...
Category
Antique 1890s British Art Deco Models and Miniatures
Materials
Bronze
$3,048 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Vintage Coco Chanel Clip On Earrings Costume Jewelry
By Coco Chanel
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions: L: 1 3/8in W: 1 3/8in
This Pair of Vintage Coco Chanel Clip On Earrings are truly spectacular!! If you look at the photos provided you will see the attention to detail ...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Metal
$440 Sale Price / set
20% Off
1816 Large Southern Hindostan Map by J. Thomson – New General Atlas
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: 1816 Southern Hindostan Map by J. Thomson – New General Atlas
This map, titled "Southern Hindostan," was published in 1816 as part of J. Thomson’s *New General Atlas*. The ma...
Category
Antique 1810s Maps
Materials
Paper
$504 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Engraving with a Plan of Rhodes, Greece, 1688
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique map, titled: 'Rhodos.' - Plan of Rhodes, Greece. This map originates from 'Nauwkeurige Beschrijving der eilanden in de in de Archipel der Middellantsche Zee', by...
Category
Antique 1680s Maps
Materials
Paper
$428 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Sculptural Italian Chess Game
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Brass chess board and chess game made with the ancient casting technique.
After casting, the finish was chiseled and subsequently silvered and finished with 24-carat gold plating.
The figures are in Florentine medieval style then painted with antioxidant treatment using a special transparent lacquer.
The two-tone mirrored glass chess top which highlights the high quality of execution.
Italian silverware, already with a centuries-old tradition, had a great development in the twentieth century and produced pieces of the highest quality that the whole world envies. Italian craftsmanship had a kind of new Renaissance after the war.
A great many high-quality silverware was born where exceptional pieces were produced that now decorate the most prestigious houses.
Made entirely by hand in the artisan workshop of piero Benzoni...
Category
Vintage 1980s Medieval Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$5,661 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Sulky with Horse and Driver
By La Medusa Oro
Located in VALENZA, IT
Made in Italy sterling solid silver sulky with horse and driver.
The sulky, the horse and the driver are made with the casting method and finished with chisel.
The bridles are in l...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,793 Sale Price
20% Off
1935 Ronson Hound Dog Table Striker Lighter by Ronson
By Ronson
Located in Van Nuys, CA
In 1935, a desk-mounted striker lighter was crafted. It featured a basset hound canine adorned with a layer of chromium plate, positioned on a sleek black enameled metal base. The tail of the hound was ingeniously shaped into a small handle. This unique lighter...
Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Chrome
$270 Sale Price
50% Off
Exhibition Catalog – 25 Originales: Litografías y Aguafuertes by Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Barcelona, ES
Original Exhibition Catalog – 25 Originales: Litografías y Aguafuertes by Pablo Picasso, Sala Gaspar, 1987
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Exhibition: 25 Originales: Litografías y Aguafuerte...
Category
Vintage 1980s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
$404 Sale Price
77% Off
Large Antique Map of Asia including All of Southeast Asia, c.1792
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'L' Asie Divisee en ses Empires, Royaumes, et Etats'. Attractive, large map of Asia including all of Southeast Asia. The cartography is archaic for the period with...
Category
Antique 18th Century Maps
Materials
Paper
$1,427 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 1960s Elegant Christian Dior Prong Set Blue & Clear Crystals Necklace
By Christian Dior
Located in London, England
An absolutely stunning early example of a 1960s Christian Dior necklace, with prong-set blue and clear crystals. The necklace is a classic example of Dior's elegant and sophisticate...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Crystal, Metal
$3,598 Sale Price
65% Off
Large Print of the Procession for the Papal Inauguration in Rome, Italy, c.1730
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'Le Pape va en ceremonie prendre possession du pontificat (…)' - This very large original antique print shows the procession for the Papal inauguration in the ...
Category
Antique 1730s Prints
Materials
Paper
$1,284 Sale Price
20% Off
Metal Virgin Memorabilia Figure
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish metallic virgin statue. Made Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Materials: Metal.
Category
Vintage 1950s Spanish Modern Religious Items
Materials
Metal
$128 Sale Price
80% Off
Vintage Observation Binoculars by Toko, Japan, 20 X 120
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Japanese Ex-navy 20 x 120 binoculars.
A large pair of Japanese ex-navy observation binoculars mounted on a vintage adjustable wooden tripod. The WWI...
Category
Vintage 1940s Japanese Industrial Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum
$23,577 Sale Price
20% Off
Brass Lorgnettes 'Long-Handled Opera Glasses' Mid-Century Italian Design 1930s
Located in Palermo, IT
A splendid pair of 'lorgnettes' (long-handled opera, or theatre, glasses). Lorgnettes, eye glasses held in place by long handles rather than resting on the bridge of one's nose, were...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
$456 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Black and White Marbleized Dominoes - Large Set of Random Game Pieces
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A large set of domino game pieces. This is one full set of game pieces plus a large portion of a second. These pieces were originally at the Summit County Mountain Retreats...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Games
Materials
Plastic
$80 Sale Price
20% Off
Lapponia Modernist Silver Bracelet by Björn Weckström, Finland, 1970s
By Lapponia
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Much sought after vintage 'organic' modern sterling silver bracelet. Fully hallmarked by Lapponia, Finland. Designed during the 1970s by Bjorn Weckstrom....
Category
Vintage 1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Sterling Silver
$470 Sale Price
20% Off
Map of the Hawaiian Islands with a Large Inset of Karakakooa Bay, 1803
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Kaart van de Sandwich Eilanden'.
Map of the Hawaiian Islands with a large inset of Karakakooa Bay, including soundings and anchorages. Originates from 'Reizen R...
Category
Antique Early 1800s Maps
Materials
Paper
$2,140 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique English Pond Yacht from Leek, England on Original Stand c1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique English Pond Yacht purchased in the town of Leek, England over 25-years ago and just purchased from a serious collector. Pond Yachts date from the middle 1800’s and unfortuna...
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Country Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass
$2,750 Sale Price
21% Off
Franco Albini Radio In Cristallo For Cassina
By Franco Albini
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Franco Albini Radio In Cristallo For Cassina
LIMITED EDITION OF 5 PIECES HAND WIRED
A radio at the forefront of modern Italian design, developed from a canny intuition to put the ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments
Materials
Lacquer
$20,113 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Large Antique Map of the East Indies, with Inset of the Philippines
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'A Map of the East Indies (..)'. Large antique map of Southeast Asia, India, and part of China, extending to Tibet, the Maladives, Sumatra, part of Borneo, Hainan,...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Maps
Materials
Paper
$466 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Italian Porcelain Madonna by Paolo Marioni
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rare Italian porcelain Madonna, signed P Marioni.
Paolo Marioni as author.
Measures: Height 51 cm, width 24 cm, depth 12 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Religious Items
Materials
Porcelain
$2,473 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 4 Swedish Folk Wooden Dala Horse Toys, circa 1960
By Nils Olsson
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of 4 hand-painted Swedish wooden traditional Dala horse toy. Designed by Nils Olsson in Sweden, circa 1960. Materials: Wood In original condition, with minor wear consist...
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Wood
$1,168 Sale Price / item
60% Off
Historical Map of Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean by Delisle - 1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Historical Map of Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean by Guillaume Delisle - 1780 Reissue
This captivating map titled "Carte de la Grèce" was originally crafted by the eminent Fr...
Category
Antique 1780s Maps
Materials
Paper
$275 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of Zeeland 'The Netherlands' by N. Visscher, circa 1690
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Comitatus Zelandiae (..)'. Detailed chart of the province Zeeland, The Netherlands, with details shown pictorially. Published by N. Visscher.
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Maps
Materials
Paper
$627 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of The Regions of Italy and Sicily during the Roman Empire, 1880
Located in Langweer, NL
This map is an original antique engraving titled "ITALIAE REGIONES IIII SICILIA," which translates to "The Regions of Italy and Sicily." This detailed historical map portrays the reg...
Category
Antique 1880s Maps
Materials
Paper
$352 Sale Price
20% Off
Bistre A Zero Waste Handmade Artisanal Journal With Handmade Paper
By Studio Variously
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Good things do come in small packages. Variously’s exclusive design series of 100 page journals bring circularity in design and zero waste production together. Bistre Journal is comp...
Category
2010s Indian Organic Modern Books
Materials
Natural Fiber
$53 Sale Price / item
10% Off
Detailed Model of Dutch Sailing Ship Circa 1930s-1940s
Located in Opole, PL
Detailed Model of Dutch Sailing Ship Circa 1930s-1940s
A faithfully reproduced model of a vessel dating back to the Interwar Period of the 20th century. In particularly good condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
$656 Sale Price
20% Off
CAT MINIATURE 1970 Italian Figure Of A Cat In Solid Textured .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Figurine of a cat in solid sterling.
This is a beautiful and very well made figurine of a seated cat created in Firenze Italy, back in 1970. The little decorative lovely cat has bee...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Models and Miniatures
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$373 Sale Price
25% Off
Table Cigar Lighter Four-Leaf Clover Malachite Stone Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table cigar lighter in the shape of a four-leaf clover with frames in 925/1000 sterling silvergold plated and real malachite stone. Piezoelectric m...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Other Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Malachite, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$9,286 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Tom Wesselmann Avant-Garde ‘Magazine’ 1968 (Tom Wesselmann nudes)
By Tom Wesselmann
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage 1968 issue of Avant-Garde magazine with a superb, highly frame able cover illustration by American pop art icon, Tom Wesselmann. Celebrated within this issue is the artists w...
Category
Vintage 1960s Post-Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Brass Nautical Maritime Plunger Operated Yacht Boat Fog Horn 27"
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 19th - early 20th century brass plunger operated fog horn. Cylindrical body with horn attached to one side, pierced lid, and round, black finial on the plunger. Pair of brackets...
Category
Early 20th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Brass
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Japanese Samurai Manga Book Edo Period, circa 1840
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique Japanese Samurai Manga book Edo period, circa 1840 Woodblack print book Book dimensions: 224mm x 156 mm There are damages because it is antique item as we show on the ...
Category
Antique 1840s Japanese Edo Books
Materials
Paper
$190 Sale Price
81% Off
Antique Map of the Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway by Wyld '1845'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway'. Original antique map of the Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. This map originates from 'An Atlas of the World, Comprehending Separate...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Maps
Materials
Paper
$142 Sale Price
40% Off
Southwestern Sterling Silver Turquoise Size 10 Zuni Snake Ring by Effie Calavaza
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Effie Calavaza's original men's size 10 snake ring features a striking combination of turquoise and silver. Crafted with intricate detailing, the snake wraps around the turquoise. Th...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Native American Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Silver
$870 Sale Price
40% Off
Vintage 1950s Tommy Gun Movie Prop Theatrical Toy Weapon
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Measures: L 32.5 x W 8 x Thk 6 in.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Industrial Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
The American Revolution by John Fiske, Later Printing, Two Volumes, 1901
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fiske, John. The American Revolution. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1901. In two volumes. Reprint ("Twenty seventh thousand"). 8vo. Three-quarter tan calf, blin...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Books
Materials
Paper
$1,950 Sale Price
29% Off
Danish Midcentury Birthday Table Flagpole with Dannebrog And Lion On The Base
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Danish birthday table flag, "Dannebrog", name of the Danish flag. It is placed on a green marble base, with a posed lion.
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Models and Miniatures
Materials
Marble, Silver Plate
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
1927 Dictionary of Modern English Usage H.W. Fowler Oxford Antique Leather Book
Located in Dayton, OH
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage - by H.W. Fowler - Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927 - Printed in England at the Oxford university Press by John Johnson - Soft cover, black ...
Category
Vintage 1920s Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
$372 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Mniature Dollhouse Blue Cottage Fully Furnished
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Vintage handmade blue cottage miniature dollhouse , fully decorated and with lights.
Category
Vintage 1950s American American Classical Toys and Dolls
Materials
Wood
$1,750 Sale Price
30% Off
19th c. Bock-Steger Anatomical Brain Model, Germany
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A hand crafted and painted plaster anatomical model of the human brain. Franz Josef Steger and pathological anatomist Carl Ernst Bock collaborated a...
Category
Antique 19th Century German Victorian Models and Miniatures
Materials
Plaster
$450 Sale Price
78% Off
Michigan State Spartans Football 1952 Calendar
Located in Garnerville, NY
Straight from the Spartan alumnus and their estate. Graduating in 1952 in Graphic Arts, he was a rabid sports fan. This calendar was procured from his study. Green graphics on heavie...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of the Township of Zuidlaren, Drenthe in the Netherlands, 1865
Located in Langweer, NL
Drenthe: Gemeente Zuidlaren, Midlaren, Plankersloot. These scarse detailed maps of Dutch Towns originate from the 'Gemeente-atlas' of Jacob Kuyper. This atlas of all towns in the Net...
Category
Antique 19th Century Maps
Materials
Paper
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Cabinet of Curiosities Antique Book Sculptural Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cabinet of curiosities of plaster pieces and antique book artwork. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. Olot has a long tradition in the production o...
Category
Vintage 1950s Spanish Modern Religious Items
Materials
Plaster, Wood
$299 Sale Price
79% Off
Antique Map of Arkansas
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Arkansas'. Original antique map of Arkansas, United States. This print originates from 'Encyclopaedia Britannica', Ninth Edition. P...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Maps
Materials
Paper
$275 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of Spain and Portugal by Barlow, 1809
Located in Langweer, NL
"Antique map titled 'Spain and Portugal from the best Authorities'. Detailed antique map of Spain and Portugal. This map originates from 'The Gen...
Category
Antique 19th Century Maps
Materials
Paper
$76 Sale Price
20% Off
Afredo Barbini Venetian, Murano Glass Cigarette Three Piece Set.
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Soquel, CA
This is a magnificent 1950/60's Venetian freeform biomorphic glass tiny bubbles bowl / ashtray cigarette cup and lighter paperweight, made on the island of Murano, near Venice, Italy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
$633 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique Map of South Africa by Lowry, 1852
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'South Africa'. Two individual sheets of South Africa. This map originates from 'Lowry's table Atlas constructed and engraved from the most recent authorities' by ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Maps
Materials
Paper
$142 Sale Price / set
20% Off
The Charles London 1947 Pocket Petrol Lighter Guilloche Plated Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
The Charles petrol lighter designed by Meyer Maximilian Levene
An exceptional and rare silver-plated 'The Charles' petrol pocket lighter stamped 'The Charles Lighter', made in London England, back in the 1947. It was rafted with slim rectangular form, decorated with engine-turned casing, double entry hinged lids with innovative internal mechanical features, including a revolving flint tube to provide even wear to the flint, and a rear barrel containing spare flint chambers so that semi-automatic loading of the spare flint can be undertaken. The Charles Lighter has an extremely complicated mechanism. The flint rotates while grinded by the friction wheel. Also interesting is the revolving magazine for spare flints. A fine example of complete over-engineering. This was made only for a very short period and was patented by Meyer Maximilian Levene in 1949.
Weight: 70.50 Grams, (45.19 Dwt).
Measurements: 48 mm by 43 mm by 12 mm (1.89 x 1.69 x 0.77 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark and signed in full, "THE CHARLES LIGHTER MADE IN ENGLAND BRITISH & DOMINION & FOREIGN PAT GRANTED.".
Literature: Stuart Schneider and Ira Pilossof, The Handbook of Vintage Cigarette Lighters...
Category
Vintage 1940s English Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver
$2,062 Sale Price
25% Off
Montezuma Mearns Quail Male & Female Taxidermy Bird Mount in Display Case 18"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage male and female cased Merns Quail game bird taxidermy mount in octagonal oak and glass showcase with driftwood and foliage.
Dimensions:
17.75" x 11.75" x 15.25" (Width x Dep...
Category
Late 20th Century American Country Taxidermy
Materials
Feathers
$996 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of Tartary, Also Showing the Great Wall of China
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de Tartarie'. Detailed map of Tartary, consisting of the Eastern part of Russia, Central Asia, China and Korea, first published by Guillaume De L'Isle in 1706. The map extends from the Peninsula of Korea in the east to the Caspian and Black Seas. The Great Wall of China...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Maps
Materials
Paper
$1,046 Sale Price
20% Off
Omega Jumbo Triple Date Moonphase Cosmic Vintage Watch 1952
By Omega
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Omega Triple Date Moonphase Cosmic Vintage Watch 1952
Ref. 2486-1, caliber 381 (Lemania 27DL)
Patinated silver dial, alternating applied Arabic numer...
Category
Vintage 1950s Swiss Other Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Stainless Steel
$8,087 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of Morocco Showing Towns of Marakesh, Taradant and Fez, 1636
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Fezzae et Marocchi regna Africae Celeberrima'. Map of Morocco, showing large fortified towns of Marakesh, Taradante and Fez, towns, mountains, rivers, lakes, etc....
Category
Antique 17th Century Maps
Materials
Paper
$1,189 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Underwood Champion Portable Typewriter c.1946
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A vintage portable Underwood Champion Four bank typewriter in grey finish and original case. This typewriter is very clean and in good working order. It has smooth typing and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Scientific Instruments
Materials
Steel
$260 Sale Price
20% Off
ASPREY & CO. 1925 London Art Deco Mechanical Vesta Box In .925 Sterling
By Asprey & Garrard Limited
Located in Miami, FL
Mechanical vesta matches box designed by Asprey & Company.
This is a very rare and unusual mechanical vesta-box for matches, created in London England by Asprey & Company Limited, back in the 1925. The pocket vesta-box was crafted during the art deco period in solid .925/.999 sterling silver with yellow gold accents and decorated with engine turned guilloche patterns. It is fitted with two lids connected by an eight-barrels hinge and a concealed mechanical sliding lock. This box show excellent craftsmanship and is in great condition. A highly collectable piece.
Country: London, England.
Period: Art Deco, 1925-1926.
Materials: Sterling silver, yellow gold and iron.
Weight: 45.40 Grams, (29.10 Dwt).
Measurements: 55 mm by 44 mm by 9 mm (2.17 x 1.74 x 0.35 Inches).
Hallmarks Stamped with British crown marks, the lion's face mark for the city of London, the maker's mark A&Co Ltd., the mark for the assay and warranty of the .925 silver, the gothic letter L for the years 1925-1926 and signed in full as follows, "ASPREY LONDON MADE IN ENGLAND A&CO LTD "L" ASPREY'S PATENT NO-21914".
Asprey
The company was established in England in Mitcham, Surrey, in 1781. Founded as a silk printing business by William Asprey, it soon became a luxury emporium. In 1841, William Asprey's elder son Charles went into partnership with a stationer located on London's Bond Street. In 1847, the family broke with this partner and moved into 167 New Bond Street, the premises Asprey occupies today. From its central London location, Asprey advertised 'articles of exclusive design and high quality, whether for personal adornment or personal accompaniment and to endow with richness and beauty the table and homes of people of refinement and discernment.' An early specialty was dressing cases. Asprey crafted traditional cases and designs, mostly in leather, suitable for the new style of travel ushered in by railways. As the business grew, the company acquired manufacturing facilities and hired silversmith, goldsmith, jewelers and watchmakers. In the 1920's, commissions poured in from around the world, from American millionaire J. P. Morgan to potentates such as the Maharaja of Patiala, who commissioned a huge teak travelling trunk for each of his wives, in which each trunk was fitted with solid silver washing and bathing utensils with waterspouts of ornate tiger head and lined with blue velvet. Asprey cigarette cases...
Category
Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
$973 Sale Price
25% Off
Plaster Virgin Traditional Figure, Circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional religious plaster figure of a virgin. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and...
Category
Vintage 1950s Spanish Modern Religious Items
Materials
Plaster
$299 Sale Price
82% Off
Antique Japanese History Book Meji Era, circa 1827
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique Japanese epic novel book Edo period, circa 1827 Woodblock print book Book dimensions: 228 mm x 159 mm. There are damages because it is antique item as we show on the p...
Category
Antique 1820s Edo Books
Materials
Paper
$271 Sale Price
71% Off
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