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Highly Decorative Antique Burmese Lacquered Betel Box / Kun-It, Circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The vermillion lacquered cylindrical body decorated overall with repeating bands of curvilinear geometric motifs, the cover lifting to reveal both of its original trays intended to h...
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer, Bamboo
Very Good Art Deco Cut Glass Decanter, England circa 1910
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very elegant & striking Art Deco period cut glass decanter of conical form, showing a base decorated with basal cut flutes rising to tapering shoulders with three tiers of broad faceted bands...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Glass
Materials
Cut Glass
Fine William IV Sterling Silver Vinaigrette by Joseph Willmore, Birmingham, 1835
By Joseph Willmore
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The lid and underside showing a fine engine-turned surface, the hinged lid decorated with a foliate cast border opening to a richly gilded interior housing an exceptionally fine hand-pierced & foliate engraved hinged grille. The interior bearing impressed Birmingham hallmark, date mark for 1835 & makers marks for Joseph Willmore...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English William IV Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Impressionist Portrait of a Gentleman, in the Manner of Max Slevogt
By Max Slevogt
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A striking early 20th century impressionist portrait of a gentleman, executed with oil on cardboard & laid down on artist board, set within a very fine water gilded frame with burnished & matte highlights.
Panel dimensions, 9.5” h x 7.75” w, frame dimensions 15.75" h x 13.5" w.
Although apparently unsigned, this work is highly consistent with the large body of portraits by the well listed German Impressionist artist Max Slevogt...
Category
Early 20th Century German Other Paintings
Materials
Other
19th Century Upholstered Mahogany Library Chair, England Circa 1840
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The mahogany frame showing a button tufted backrest and open armrests above a sprung seat, raised on turned front supports and splayed rear supports fitted with brass castors.
(Dear...
Category
Antique 1840s English Victorian Club Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of 19th Century Neoclassical Inspired Ormolu Architectural Elements
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome pair of matching ormolu appliques, both panels cast in openwork detail and showing neoclassical inspired motifs of palmettes, swags an...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Neoclassical Architectural Elements
Materials
Ormolu
$960 Sale Price / set
61% Off
Four Chinese Export Famille Rose Botanical Plates, Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very attractive group of four 18th century Chinese export porcelain botanical plates apparently made for the French market, circa 1775.
Each plate having a scalloped rim banded wit...
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
An Unusual 19th Century Serpentine Form Brass
Iron Trivet, England, Circa 1850
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A most unusual form, showing a serpentine shaped iron platform fastened to a conforming substantial brass base, raised overall upon squared rear supports and cabriole front supports.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Brass, Iron
A Fine Early 20th Century French Harbour Scene by Henri Alphonse Barnoin
By Henri Alphonse Barnoin
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Henri Alphonse Barnoin (1882-1940) studied with Emile Charles Dameron at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. In 1912 he moved to the small commun...
Category
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Gesso
A Fine
Large 19th Century Grand Tour Serpentine Marble Socle, Italy Circa 1800
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An impressively large mottled 'verde prato' serpentine socle of turned columnar form, rising from a stepped base to a flattened plateau above a cavetto-shaped edge. In relation to it...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Architectural Elements
Materials
Marble, Serpentine
$2,660 Sale Price
30% Off
Very Unique Austrian Silver
Enamel Cigarette Case by Kurzer
Wolf, Dated 1916
By Kurzer
Wolf
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
This is without question a most unique Austrian silver cigarette case, the front of the case is decorated with a finely detailed road ma...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver, Enamel
A Very Good Art Nouveau Silver Plated Gallery Tray, England Circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very good
highly stylized Art Nouveau period silver plated gallery tray of navette form, showing an oval base surrounded by a striking open-work gallery of interlaced loop-sh...
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Four Rare
Important Sterling Silver Champagne Flutes Designed by Robert May
By Robert May
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A truly rare & unique set of four stunningly handsome Post Modern sterling silver champagne flutes, specifically designed & made on com...
Category
Vintage 1970s English Post-Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Barbizon School Pastoral Landscape, France, Circa 1890
By Leon Richet
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A bucolic & sensitively rendered Barbizon School pastoral landscape depicting a lone figure shepherding a flock of sheep down a dusk lit country road.
Although signed illegibly, thi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Barbizon School Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas, Paint
Very Good 19th Century Mahogany Constitutional Style Mirror, USA Circa 1880
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome centennial Constitutional, Chippendale style looking glass / pier mirror showing an old if not original rectangular plate set within solid mahogany moldings on a maho...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Chippendale Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mahogany, Giltwood, Mirror
Very Good Oriental Inspired Gilt Brass Repeating Carriage Clock, Circa 1890
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome & heavy cast 19th century French carriage clock with oriental inspired accents, the case showing stylized bamboo-shaped columns rising to a pagoda-style top fitted wi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Carriage Clocks and Travel Cl...
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Mid 20th Century Hand Carved African Fertility Mask, Akan People
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very decorative fertility mask by the Baule tribe, associated with the Akan people who live both in Ghana and in the Ivory Coast. The sides with three...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Masks
Materials
Wood
A Very Fine Takamaki-e Lacquer Cheroot Case in the Manner of Shibata Zeshin
By Shibata Zeshin
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The 'ishime' lacquered case consisting of two conforming molded sections with one sliding overtop the other, both sides decorated with hand painted gilt, silver & burnt dark russet (kasshoku) lacquers, depicting motifs in low relief of a rat with an acorn on one side and two acorns on the opposing.
In Japanese culture rats are considered auspicious symbols of fertility & wealth, acorns symbolize prosperity & growth. Signed with characters and a mon on one edge.
Takamaki-e is a lacquer technique in which metallic powders such as silver, gold, copper, pewter etc., are used in combination with lacquer & clay-dust to build up motifs in low relief.
Please note that the color tones & hues of the lacquered motifs appear somewhat more vibrant in the images due to ambient lighting conditions.
Regarding the opinion stating the superior quality of this fine example being likened to works associated with those by Shibata...
Category
Antique 1870s Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
A Striking George I Period Japanned Chest of Drawers, England Circa 1720
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A highly decorative George I Period japanned chest of drawers, showing an overhanging top over four tiers of short & full width drawers with stylistically correct albeit later hardwa...
Category
Antique 1720s British George I Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
19th Century Oriental Bronze Bottle Bud Vase, Circa 1890
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The bottle shaped body decorated with foliate
geometric motifs within petal shaped panels, rising to a slender tapering neck to a flaring rim, raised overall upon a circular foot.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Asian Qing Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Very Good 19th Century Sterling Silver Snuff Box, Hallmarked Birmingham 1839
By Taylor
Perry
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very good 19th century Victorian sterling silver snuff box of oblong form, showing a hinged lid engraved with machined undulating wavy motifs, centred by a monogrammed shield-shaped cartouche, opening to a richly gilded interior with both the lid & base bearing Birmingham hallmarks...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Two Fine Quality Early 20th Century Silver Plated Gallery Trays, U.K. Circa 1920
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Two fine quality early 20th century silver-plated gallery trays of oval form, consisting of a very large drinks tray / serving tray with an undulating
pierced gallery with open...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
$1,050 Sale Price / set
25% Off
A Fine 19th Century Neoclassical Inspired French Silver Porringer / Tastevin
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine 19th century French silver (.950 fine) porringer or écuelle, showing a circular bowl rising to neoclassical inspired 'reed & ribbon' decorated rim with pierced foliate cast ha...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
An Exceptional Set of Six Inlaid Directoire Period Mahogany Dining Chairs
By Charles Percier
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
All six frames featuring swan shaped brass inlaid motifs strikingly silhouetted against ebonized panels within brass moldings, over hand carved lyre-shaped splats replete with brass 'strings'. The frames also featuring brass strung stiles, front seat rails & sabre-leg front supports. All are in exceptionally sound condition due to the classical construction method of using oak as the secondary wood for added strength & durability.
The swan motif was highly favored by cabinetmakers & mount makers during the Directoire Period and was associated with Napoleons consort Josephine, by interpreting her protective nature towards her children like that of a swan towards it's cygnets).
For comparative examples see works by Charles Percier...
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Directoire Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Brass
A Very Fine Georgian Serving Tray in Old Sheffield Plate by Matthew Boulton
By Matthew Boulton
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very fine and large early 19th century Georgian 'Old Sheffield Plate' serving tray of oval form. The surface richly engraved with foliate
scrolled motifs, centred by a sterli...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$1,800 Sale Price
25% Off
Pair of Egyptian Revival Cold Painted Figural Candlesticks, Austria Circa 1925
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A strikingly impressive pair of early 20th century Egyptian Revival cold-painted spelter figural candlesticks, both showing columns cast in the form of finely modelled male & female ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Egyptian Revival Candlesticks
Materials
Spelter
