Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc. Wall Decorations

Jean Marie Daneis (French 1944-) Raisins Blanc et Prunes, (White Grapes and Plums) Oil on canvas, Signed lower left The still life painting by Jean Marie Daneis depicts a bunch of...

Jean Marie Daneis (French 1944-) Peches et Groseilles, (Peaches and Currants) Oil on canvas, Signed lower left. The still life painting , an oil on canvas, depicts three peaches an...

A Sailor's Keepsake: The Art of the Barbados Shell Valentine "Double the Affection": An Antique Spanish Cedar Sailor's Valentine This beautiful, octagonal, hinged box is a superb ex...

Sea shell pair of engravings, from Index Testarum Conchyliorum by Niccolo Gualtieri, Engraved by Antonio Pazzi & Giuseppe Menabuoni, 1742. Pair of framed hand colored sea shell...

Hand colored prints of horses from "L'art de monter a cheval: ou description du manége moderne, dans sa perfection" by Baron D'Eisenberg, Published in 1747. Each print is mounted in a cherrywood parcel-gilt frame, with a glazed reverse depicting the corresponding text sheet and can be sold as pairs. The following subjects are depicted: 1. L'Andaloux, Le Cheval d'Espagne, Plate I; 2. Le Barbe, Le Cheval Barbe, Plate II, 3. L'Allemand, Le Cheval d'Allemagne, Plate III; 4. L'Arabe, Le Cheval Arabe...

Continental faience plaque in the form of a horse, circa 1840, Probably Rorstrand. The plaque is amusingly decorated with a galloping gray horse wi...

Large framed etching of a massive urn Francesco Piranesi in the style of his father, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, plate 549 #43, signed lower left on plate Cavalier Piranesi Delin, ed...

George Brookshaw Print of Pears from Natural History Art, Botanical, Fruit, Brookshaw, Pomona Britannica, Plate LXXXV, Dated 1807 The publ...

George Brookshaw print of two varieties of raspberries, one yellow and one red. Plate IV, from Natural History Art, Botanical, Fruit, Brookshaw, Po...

The Chine trade watercolors are of fine quality and depict various exotic fruits including pineapples, lychees, finger citrus and orange amongst others. Now framed with a thin gilt f...

Johann Seligmann Bird Print, Le Colibri rouge & Le petit Colibri brun, Tab LXIII Circa 1770 The Johann Seligmann engravings of two birds on a branch- Le Colibri rouge & Le petit Co...

Johann Seligmann Bird Print, Le Pivert Mouchese des Indes, Tab LXXVII, Circa 1770 The Johann Seligmann engravings of Le Pivert Mouchese des IndesTax LXXXVII is mounted in a decoupa...

Superb large English silk and wool portrait, A Mother and Her Four Children, after John Hoppner R.A., circa 1810-20, Within gilt frame. Silk over linen fabric ground, silk floss, worsted wool yarn, Merino wool yarn and oil paint. A remarkable silk picture with painted sky background and each figure with a painted face and hands with the remaining portions of the picture finished in wool. The design comes from a mezzotint after John Hoppner made in the 1790s. John Hoppner specialized in painting mothers and children. The picture depicts a large standing female figure dressed in a white dress and wearing a turban. She stands by two classical columns with her four children in front of her. The youngest child is sitting on the ground playing with her red shoe in her hands with a tambourine by her side. Her elder sister stands behind her. Both girls are dressed in Empire-style muslin dresses...

British sailor's woolwork of three royal navy ships Circa 1885 The British sailor woolwork depicts an unusual scene of three different types of Royal Navy Ships which are all flying the White...

Antique engraving of a Tucano Mangiapepe, by Saverio Manetti Circa 1776 A fine hand colored engraving of a Tuscan Magpie by the Italian artist Saverio Manetti. Manetti drew his work predominantly from real specimens. The work was one of the largest ornithology undertakings to that point in time. Dimensions: 25 inches high x 22 inches wide x 1 1/4 inches deep. (frame); (63.5cm high x 55.88cm). 18 x 14 in. (sheet) Reference: Wikipedia Manetti was born in Brozzi to Giovanni Bernardo and Maria Teresa Nesiscolt of Prague. His early studies were in Florence and later at Pisa where he studied botany under Pier Antonio Micheli. He graduated in medicine in 1745 and worked in Florence. In 1758 he joined the National Medical College where he studied anatomy under Antonio Cocchi (1695–1758), conducting the autopsy of Cocchi. Manetti was Professor of Botany of the "Società Botanica Fiorentina", a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, a Fellow of the Royal Society, learned societies in Göttingen and Montpellier, an Accademico dell'Istituto di Bologna and he maintained scientific contacts with the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus and with the main scientific circles of the second half of the 18th century. He was supervisor of the Orto Botanico di Firenze in Florence from 1749 to 1782 succeeding to Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti and Secretary of the Accademia dei Georgofili. With remarkable organizational effort, he secured the publication of Storia naturale degli uccelli, Natural History of the birds, a monumental work in five volumes illustrated with 600 hand-coloured engravings based on watercolor paintings. The book was commissioned by Maria Luisa, Grand duchess of Tuscany and the first volume was dedicated to Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo. The third volume was dedicated to Ferdinando di Brobone and the fourth to Giorgio Nassau Clavering. The engravings were made by Tuscan abbot and engraver Lorenzo Lorenzi and Violante Vanni who had studied under British engraver Robert Strange...

William Roscoe Botanical Large Print, Curcuma Aeruginosa, Monandrian Plants of the Order Scitamineae, 1828 From a set of four -sold individually. A spectacularly large and beautifu...

Madam Knipp engraving of pigeon, From Les pigeons par Madame Knip, ne´e Pauline de Courcelles ; le texte par C.J. Themminck, Paris France, 1809-1811. A remarkable large engraving of a pigeon- The Colombe Ramier or Columba Cenea or Wood Pigeon floating within a gilt frame and white matte and with UV Tru-view Clear UV Glass. From a large collection of framed...

Sailor's Woolwork Nautical Picture, Inscribed:The British Ship Gold Finder on her voyage to Melbourn, August 2, 1864. Worked by T.J. Francis, Circa 1864 This sailor's woolwork depicts aportside view of the the Gold Finder. The Gold Finder was a 3-masted iron ship built in 1863 by J. Laing of Sunderland. There is a detailed inscription below including the maker's name- T.J. Francis. A notice in the Liverpool Mercury on Tuesday May 3, 1853......This ship is expected to sail very fast, has all her passenger arrangements on a novel and peculiar plan, affording an amount of light and ventilation such as no other passenger ship ever possessed. The ships bell has recently been acquired by the Merseyside Maritime Museum. It seems though that the ship's description involved a degree of hyperbole as she was in fact laid down as a coal ship and converted to passenger accommodation later to meet the demand for the Gold Rush in Australia. Dimensions: Framed: 28 3/10 inches high x 31 inches wide (72cm x 79 cm). The Australian gold rush started after Edward Hargraves found the precious metal in New South Wales in 1851. He was not the first to discover gold but is credited with launching the stampede when thousands tried their luck at unearthing wealth - and some succeeded. Hargraves (1816-1891), a former hotelier and cattle farmer, played a small part in the California gold rush of 1849. He didn't get rich but met people who knew about gold and where it could be found - they pointed out similarities between California and New South Wales. Hargraves headed back to Australia to test these theories and stake a claim for a Government reward for the discovery of viable gold fields. Despite initial setbacks, he organised fellow prospectors in the quest for gold which was successful. Hargraves was granted massive rewards of more than pounds 12,000 and later a pension of pounds 250 a year. He was born in Gosport, Hampshire, the son of an army officer, and educated at Lewes and Brighton Grammar School. Hargraves joined the merchant navy before arriving at Sydney in 1832 and marrying Eliza Mackie four years later. Publicity about the gold rush prompted many migrants to sail from Liverpool to seek their fortunes - the first licence was issued in Victoria on 21 September 1851. Australia's population boomed as the emigrants...

Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Five-masted Ship under Steam, HMS Minotaur or HMS Agincourt, Minotaur Class Broadside Ironclad, circa 1880 The sailor's woolie depicts a portsi...

Johann Weinmann engravings of grapes, Set of Four, Circa 1740 Johann Weinmann engravings of grapes, each engraved by Seuter (S to the lower ri...

Large Port scene painting of a view of Valletta Harbour, Malta, Oil on canvas, Mid-19th century. The massive painting was made from the upper gardens...

Rare Vintage Piero Fornasetti Special Commission Large Iznik Plaque, 1950's. Piero Fornasetti coloured panel designed for the Hilton in Istanbul features Iznik pottery vessels a...

Spanish Catalan Faience Hunting Subject Tile Picture Late 18th Century The framed picture depicts a huntsman firing his gun at a hare with his dog before him in a landscape with a h...

The large Chinese watercolor on European paper depicts a starboard view of a two-master sailing ship with one man sailing the vessel while two passengers can clearly be seen inside t...

18th Century Engravings of Fish by Marcus Bloch, A pair, circa 1780. A fine pair of prints of fish by Marcus Bloch with decoupage frame. Dimensions: 13 3/4 inches x 20 inches wide....

Chinese export glass picture of a Persian warrior, The Chinese reverse glass picture depicts a Persian warrior seated on the back of a dappled horse riding at a trot, a shield slu...