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Material: Hardwood
The Linke Grand Regulator World
s Fair Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
Grand Regulator World's Fair Clock
François Linke
Circa 1900
Widely regarded as the greatest sculptural clock ever created, this monumental régulateur by François Linke was conceived as a statement for the 1900 Paris Universal Exposition, a moment when the world’s finest artisans competed on an international stage. Linke, the most celebrated ébéniste of the Belle Époque, was awarded the prestigious gold medal for his display, which critics described as “the biggest event in the history of furnishing art in the year 1900.” Designed in collaboration with the sculptor Léon Messagé, the clock exemplifies Linke’s ambition to elevate furniture and timepieces to the realm of fine art.
The clock represents over a decade of design and craftsmanship. Only six examples of this model were ever completed due to the extraordinary labor and cost involved. Building just one had a production cost of 22,966 francs, the equivalent of approximately eight years' wages for the average French worker in 1900. The clock is illustrated on the spine of Christopher Payne’s definitive monograph on Linke. Mahdi Al-Tajir, one of the world’s most important collectors, later acquired the present model. Another is located at Whitehall, the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach. It was acquired by Rockefeller’s partner, Henry Flagler...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Japanese Owl Hand Carved Rosewood Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-983 Japanese owl hand carved rosewood sculpture.
Category
1930s Vintage Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Organic Anthroposophical Dornach Candlestick Rudolf Steiner attr, circa 1935
Located in Den Haag, NL
Anthroposophical Dornach Candlestick Rudolf Steiner attr, circa 1935
Category
1930s Swiss Arts and Crafts Vintage Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Froxfield Clock, Elm
Located in London, GB
The Froxfield clock in Elm.
A unique limited edition floor clock created by Comitti designer Edmund Barker using selected timbers and contemporary styling. The design is inspired by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
$9,744
SALE XL Bob Amin Vintage HandTurned Modern Kinetic Maple Wood MCM Menorah Signed
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
CYBER WEEK SALE
Vintage X Long (16") Artisan Hand Turned Modern Organic Kinetic Curly Maple Wooden Mid Century Hanukkah Menorah. Signed by the artist Bob Amin
Long, minimalist, On...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Birdseye Maple
$675 Sale Price
28% Off
Art Deco / Edwardian
By Art Decor
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a very interesting example of an early 1930's Edwardian / Art Deco Mantel clock in full working order. The casing is carved from teak wood and nicely varnished . Very Art D...
Category
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Teak
Solid Painted Wood and Ornate Metal Mounted Strongbox
Located in Germantown, MD
Solid Painted Wood and Ornate Metal Mounted Strongbox
Measures 24" in width, 13" in depth and 14.5" in height.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Georgian Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass
French Early 20th C Carved wood Madona andChild Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5223 French Madona and Child carved wood sculpture with remants of original paint
Category
1930s Vintage Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
$475 Sale Price
36% Off
1839 Fitzmaurice West Victorian Ebony
Brass Inlays Necessaire De Voyage
Located in Germantown, MD
Exquisite antique travelling case or victorian nécessaire de voyage
A work of extraordinary craftsmanship, this exquisite English vanit...
Category
Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Wood Standing Totem Still Stand No9 by NONO, A Joel Escalona Design
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
“Still Stand” sculptures by Joel Escalona
Joel Escalona's wooden standing sculptures are objects of raw beauty and serene grace. Each one is a testament to the power of the material...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Set of 3 Small Elemental Spinning Tops in Oiled Walnut by Alvaro Uribe for Wooda
By Wooda, Alvaro Uribe
Located in Omro, WI
The initial inspiration for the elemental top collection by Alvaro Uribe for Wooda was wooda’s iconic logo of a tree. We felt it captured the company’s synergy for working with wood ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Walnut
Antique French Kingwood Bird
s-Eye Maple Jewelry Casket Box Tahan Paris
By Alphonse Tahan 1
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A very elegant large French Kingwood Ormolu mounted casket of very generous proportions and of outstanding Museum quality, firmly attributed to Alphonse Tahan Paris (1830-1880), offi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Rare Emil Milan Tri-Footed Long Bowl in Bissilon, Honduras, c. 1964
By Emil Milan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A tri-footed Mask Bowl in hand-carved bissilon by Emil Milan. This design, whose underside appears as a tribal mask, was one of several conceived by Milan and Joyce Anderson...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Martin Aberg Mid-Century Teak Wastebasket by Servex of Sweden 1960s
By Servex 1, Martin Åberg
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
An iconic teak veneered wastebasket, designed by Martin Åberg for Servex of Sweden; marked with heat stamps underneath.
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Teak
Art Deco Monogrammed "WCC" Silver Plated Cigarette Box c.1930
By Napier Co.
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original Art Deco silver plated cigarette box monogrammed "WCC" with a Sandalwood insert. Stamped "Napier".
CREATOR The Napier Co.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1930-1940...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
$120 Sale Price
20% Off
Solid Cocobolo Lidded Box, 20th Century
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Solid Cocobolo Lidded Box, 20th Century.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Cocobolo
English Chestnut and Mahogany Tall Case Clock. John Coates, London, Circa 1750
By John Coates
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chestnut and Mahogany tall case clock with broken arch pediment, floral rosettes, original brass urn finials, dolphin and figural ormolu face, original arched hood with glass door, cross banded...
Category
1750s English George II Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Original Danish Raadvad Bread Slicer Dark Blue by Ove Larsen, Midcentury 1980s
By Raadvad
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
This iconic Danish bread slicer was produced by Raadvad in Denmark, circa 1970s-1990s. The color of the lacquer is the original dark blue. It´s very, very rare. It also came in a sl...
Category
1980s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel, Iron
A Miniature Two Train Vienna Regulator
Located in Amersham, GB
A rare wedge shaped laterndluhr Vienna regulator with a two train weight driven movement of exceptional quality. The eight day movement strikes the ho...
Category
1830s Hungarian Biedermeier Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Steel
Chinese Carved Jadeite Vase and Cover, Qing Dynasty, Ex. C.T. Loo
Located in Austin, TX
A stunning carved and pierced Chinese jade vase, Qing Dynasty, 19th century. The vase is carved with a design of birds, flowers and trees, each rife ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Jade, Silver
Finn Juhl for Kay Bojesen Teak Bowl
By Finn Juhl
Located in San Francisco, CA
Danish modern teak bowl designed by Finn Juhl for Kay Bojesen, Denmark. Turned from a single piece of teak wood into an organic modern shape. Polished and clean, with original patina...
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Teak
19C British Tunbridgeware Micro-mosaic Lap Desk - RARE
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING an ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS and EXTREMELY UNIQUE and RARE 19C British Tunbridgeware Micromosaic Lap Desk.
This lap desk is unlike any of it’s kind we have seen before.
From c...
Category
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Boxwood, Maple, Walnut
Handmade Akacia Wood Bowls, Set of 4
Located in Grythyttan, SE
A very stylish mid-century modern four acacia wood bowls. Designed and handmade in Mozambique.
Whether displayed as standalone art pieces or used practically to hold candy, nuts,deco...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mozambican Mid-Century Modern Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
$88 Sale Price / set
20% Off
American Studio Craft Modern Wood and Acrylic Architectural Picture Frame 1980s
Located in Troy, MI
Unique hand crafted photo frame
USA circa 1980's
A-frame design in dowel and peg construction with suspended acrylic panels
A nice compliment to any modern space with Japanese or...
Category
1980s American Organic Modern Vintage Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Birch, Cherry
Mortar and Pestle in Pachyloba Hardwood 18th Ctr. English
Located in Kastrup, DK
An elegant antique mortar and pestle, finely crafted from tropical hardwood, most likely pachyloba, with a rich grain and warm patina.
It remains in excellent original condition.
Mea...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Abstract Art Sculpture Lull No14 by Joel Escalona – Perfect for Interior Design
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Abstract Art Sculpture Lull No14 by Joel Escalona – Perfect for Interior Design
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Balance and tension are at the core of these sculptures. The interplay between the smooth, round...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage Wooden Chopping Boards - Small Size - Good Quantity Available
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Vintage Wooden Chopping Boards - Small Size - Good Quantity Available.
Sourced from Hungarian and Romanian street markets, crudely made and well used small chopping boards made mai...
Category
1950s Hungarian Vintage Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Beech
Martin Aberg for Servex Scandinavian Modern Teak Bowl, Sweden 1960s
By Martin Åberg, Servex 1
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Mid Century Modern teak bowl was designed by Martin Aberg for Servex; it was made in Sweden for IDG International Designers Group in 1960s. The beautiful wood grain emphasiz...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Teak
$320 Sale Price
20% Off
Johnny Mattsson Sculpture Produced by Johnny Mattsson in Sweden
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Sculpture designed by Johnny Mattsson. Produced by Johnny Mattsson in Sweden.
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Teak, Rosewood
LATE 16th CENTURY SMALL WALNUT BOX
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant solid walnut small box, entirely hand-carved. The rectangular chest features an opening top, ideal for storing objects. The front, back, and sides are decorated with geometri...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Nutwood
Jac. van den Bosch Art Deco Amsterdamse School Litter Basket for
t Binnenhuis
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School litter basket.
Design by Jac. van den Bosch for 't Binnenhuis Amsterdam.
Striking Dutch design from the 1900s.
Solid oak base with or...
Category
1910s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak, Padouk
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu-Mounted Grandfather - Tall Case Clock
By Kahn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted amaranth, tulipwood, sycamore and parquetry pedestal "Régulateur de Parquet" Clock, after the model attributed to Jean-...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$75,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Anglo-Indian Carved Camel Side Table - 19th Century
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century Anglo-Indian Hand-Carved Wooden Camel Table. The camel was symbolic of endurance and desert trade routes, and was a common motif in Indian decorative arts. This sculptur...
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Teak
Teak Sculpture by Simon Randers 1960s Denmark
Located in Den Haag, NL
Danish "Lovers" sculpture by Simon Randers, circa 1960s. This abstract sculpture is made of solid old growth teak and displays excellent craftsmanship. Signed . Beautiful warm Teak ...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Teak
Sculptural Mango Wood Bowl with Stunning Textures, Burnt Finish
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A hand-crafted mango wood bowl. The bowl was cut from a much larger slab of mango wood and features wonderful mix of wood textures. To achieve its dark colour the bowl was burnt thre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Organic Modern Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
Fine Inlaid George III Longcase Clock with Automaton Movement, circa 1780
Located in Essex, MA
Exquisitely inlaid Georgian period 18th century longcase or grandfather clock.
Original boxwood and satinwood inlay in late Georgian neoclassical...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Boxwood, Mahogany, Satinwood
Period Georgian Tea Caddy, Circa 1790-1810
Located in High Point, NC
Circa 1790-1810 period Georgian tea caddy made from Mahogany. The tea caddy has been used well and loved over many centuries. The top has a brass ring with which to lift the lid. ...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Art Deco Mantel Clock
Located in Vienna, AT
Original condition, perfect working
Softwood covered with nutveneer
attributed to Kienze
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Nutwood, Softwood
French Rustic Olive Wood Salt Box – Wall-Mounted – 1970s Artisan Craft
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
French Rustic Olive Wood Salt Box – Wall-Mounted – 1970s Artisan Craft
Description:
This is a beautiful rustic salt box, handcrafted in solid olive wood, made in France in the 1970s...
Category
1970s French Brutalist Vintage Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Olive
Pair of Italian Baroque Carved Wood Floor Torchieres
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Baroque-style (19th Century) stripped pine, beech & poplar 24 arm floor torchiere with 3 scrolling legs on horses (in the style of PIRANESI)
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Beech, Poplar, Pine
$128,500 / set
English 19th Century Square Jewelry Box
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An English burl mahogany and inlay jewelry box from the 1800’s. The top of this square box has an inlaid cartouche of ebony, birdseye maple, and oak with brass banding. The box opens...
Category
19th Century English Other Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Silk, Birdseye Maple, Ebony, Mahogany, Oak
Large Solid Wood Carved Elephant - India, Early 1900s
Located in Madrid, ES
We present to you a large solid wood carved elephant from India dating from the early 1900s. This exceptional piece is made from a dense, dark wood similar to ebony and is adorned with ivory marquetry inlay work. This masterpiece reflects the finesse and complexity of Indian craftsmanship of the time.
Key Features:
Quality Solid Wood: Carved from a dense, noble wood similar to ebony, this elephant has a natural beauty and remarkable durability. The dark wood provides a striking contrast to the delicate ivory inlays.
Intricate Ivory Marquetry: The marquetry work, of great precision, is a testament to Indian craftsmanship. Each piece of ivory is meticulously inlaid into the wood, forming intricate patterns that emphasize the majesty of the elephant.
Condition: Despite its age, this sculpture is in good condition. It has stood the test of time while retaining its charm and structural integrity.
Specifications:
Materials: Solid wood (similar to ebony) and ivory inlays
Era: Early 20th century (1900s)
Dimensions: 60 cm high x 46 cm wide x 30 cm deep
A Masterpiece of Indian Craftsmanship:
This large solid wood elephant...
Category
Early 20th Century Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
Small Antique Apprentice Chest, Anglo-Indian, Colonial Keepsake Box, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique apprentice-piece chest. An Anglo-Indian, carved teak Colonial keepsake box, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880....
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Late Victorian Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Teak
Middle Eastern Moorish Mother of Pearl Inlaid Marquetry Jewelry Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Middle Eastern Moorish Mother of Pearl Inlaid Marquetry Jewelry Box.
Exquisite middle Eastern Moorish Syrian inlay jewelry box covered with fine Moorish micro mosaic marquetry.
Beaut...
Category
Mid-20th Century Lebanese Islamic Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
19C Anglo Indian Carved Teak Wood and Sadeli Mosaic Box
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A LOVELY 19th century Anglo-Indian Carved Teak Wood and Sadeli Mosaic Box, featuring a carving of a Hunt Scene.
Made circa 1870 in Bombay, India during the Rule of the Br...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Pewter
Vintage Hand Painted Plate, Decorative Ceramic Bird and Flower Wall Decoration
Located in Wembley, GB
Satinwood vintage decorative art and craft style plates, Oriental flowers and chicken hand-painting wall decorations are gorgeous decorative objects for your home decor.
Impressive multicolour painting on the black background and outstanding quality, workmanship, and compact Size. Circa 1970.
Fabulously hand-painted and varnished with a large central circular medallion on top of a hand-crafted round ceramic plate. which can be used as a table decorative object or wall decoration for your home decor.
Condition: Excellent condition with nice patination and no losses. It is nicely done.
Location: United Kingdom.
The seller offers...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Arts and Crafts Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Paste, Clay, Pottery, Resin, Acrylic, Plaster, Ash, Paint, Coating
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Paul Greene Vintage Sculptural Carved Zebra Wood Box
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage small storage or trinket box features rounded, biomorphic shape and simple, but elegant construction. The box is hand carved of solid zebra wood; the storage compartment slid...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Zebra Wood, Wood
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Antique Giltwood Frame
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/6498 - Large rich giltwood frame, perfect for a mirror or for an important painting.
For a mirror it's better to mount by Yourself, due to transport problems : on request I can do,...
Category
1890s French Baroque Revival Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Georgian Rosewood Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Fully Fitted Sewing Box
From our Sewing Box collection, we are delighted to introduce this Antique Rosewood Sewing Box. The Sewing Box of rectangular form veneered in Rosewood with ...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Boxwood
Postmodern Memphis-Inspired Granite Stand
Artisan Teak Lidded Box
Located in Round Top, TX
Postmodern artisan-made sculptural, carved granite
aluminum stand displayed with handmade, studio craft, teak trinket box.
Such a beautiful and unique pairing of objects. We'v...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Granite, Aluminum
$495 Sale Price / set
41% Off
Late 19th Century French Wood Veneer Marquetry Tea Caddy
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An antique French tea caddy in Napoleon III style. The box is made of veneer beechwood, with beautiful grain. The lid is in slayed with lighter maple ...
Category
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Beech, Birdseye Maple
Carl Auböck Wooden Bowl Brass Handles Nut Bowl Fruit Bowl Vienna Austria 1950s
Located in Basel, BS
Carl Auböck solid wooden bowl with sculptural brass handles, model No. 4481, hand-crafted in the Auböck workshop in Vienna in the 1950s.
Width: 36 cm
Depth: 22 cm
Height: 11 cm
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Wave Candlesticks (sold individually, large, teak)
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand-turned from sustainably harvested Mango wood, the Wave Candlestick draws its form from sinusoidal waves. Burned and oiled finish. Available in sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Teak
19C Anglo Ceylonese Sewing Box of Museum Quality
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an absolutely stunning 19c Anglo Ceylonese sewing box of museum quality.
Made in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) circa 1860, this is one of the finest sewing boxes of it’s kind that we have ever seen!
The box is made from coromandel wood (an exotic hardwood found in Ceylon) and has a serpentine edging all over the front, back and sides.
Very often the lids/tops of these boxes suffer cracks due to shrinkage but this one is near perfect with no crack in the lid/top. There is some evidence of natural shrinkage but that is around the edges of the lid/top.
It is when you open this box that it reveals it’s true beauty, quality and treasure !
The inside of the lid/top is heavily and beautifully decorated with inlaid bone in scrolling floral patterns which have then been hand painted with red and black ‘lac’ ink. The central medallion is a circle of inlaid specimen exotic hardwoods radiating towards a central bone and hand painted flower. The circle is edged in bone, wood and silver chevrons.
What makes this box Exceptionally rare is that it contains 3 lift out base sections. Normally, there would be a maximum of 2.
The first tray/section is clearly for the purposes ancillary to sewing with a pair of sections with bone spools for thread etc. There are 17 other lidded compartments with each one highly decorated using hand painted bone and specimen woods to replicate tortoiseshell.
The first tray lifts out to reveal a second removeable tray which is made up of a pair of open sections and 8 specimen wood lidded sections each with chevron banding.
The third tray is a smaller tray underneath with 14 lidded compartments each with hand painted bone and specimen wood inlaid lids again, replicating the look of tortoiseshell. Again they are banded with a chevron border.
This is a museum quality piece !
It is in fantastic condition for it’s age with the minor shrinkage to the edges of the lid/top, some finger pulls missing and some very minor cracks to the tray lids and bases but nothing that in any way detracts from the piece. No key.
Dimensions: Closed the box is 16.75 inches wide, 11.25 inches deep and 7.5 inches high
Fully open the box is 16.5 inches high, 16.75 inches wide and 11.4 inches deep
Anglo-Indian and ceylonese boxes: Anglo Indian boxes were made in India for the English residents from the early part of the 18th century. They were brought back or sent back to England usually by the people who had commissioned them. From the beginning of the nineteenth century they were imported more commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the middle decades. They were very highly valued, especially the early ones, to the extent that the designs were copied on late 19th and early 20th century tins.
Anglo-Indian boxes normally consist of 3 main types:-
(1) Most of the best and highest quality Anglo-Indian boxes in the 18th and 19th centuries were made in Vizagapatam, India, renowned for its exquisite craftsmanship in using ivory and tortoiseshell and lac decoration. These are referred to as ‘Vizagapatam Boxes...
Category
Mid-19th Century Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Antique 18th C Comtoise French Provincial Fruitwood Grandfather Long Case Clock
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Comtoise French Provincial Fruitwood Grandfather Long Case Clock
Additional information:
Materials: Fruitwood
Please note that this item contains materials that are legally...
Category
18th Century French Provincial Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
$3,080 Sale Price
35% Off
Modernist Bronze Bird Sculpture on Wood Slab Plinth
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Modernist bronze bird sculpture on a wooden plinth.
Gorgeous blue enamel finish. Heavy and finely crafted. Un-signed.
This would make a lovely console centerpiece.
As pictured sculpt...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Spanish Virgin Mary of Immaculate Conception, Handcrafted Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
Completely hand-crafted in 18th century Spain, this sculpture of the Virgin stands 1.5 meters / 5 feet tall and was most certainly created for devotional purposes, to be displayed in a church or chapel.
Besides its impressive size this sculpture is an excellent, museum-quality example of the Spanish “Estofado” polychrome technique, developed during the Gothic period to imitate rich brocade fabrics. The finely carved “fabric” areas of the sculpture would be first covered in gesso, and then a layer of gold leaf would be applied. The gold leaf would then be painted over with various colors of tempera paints. Once dry, the painted surface would be incised or scratched away in patterns, revealing the gold beneath.
The sculpture was professionally restored in 2022 by a firm that is often hired by the Spanish government to work on historic building interiors and museum pieces. The virgin was carefully cleaned, repaired and its condition stabilized. A complete and fully-illustrated restoration report will be included with purchase.
Often confused with the virgin birth of Jesus, the belief that the Blessed Virgin Mary herself was conceived “immaculately” without original sin has been variously defended and debated within the Catholic Church since the pre-Middle Ages. For centuries, artists struggled to create an acceptable visual representation of this highly abstract concept, in part taking inspiration from the Book of Revelation and other scriptural sources.
We see the Virgin standing on a half moon (biblically inspired, though also an ancient symbol of chastity) with her long natural hair loose down her back, another indication of purity. Both her white tunic and flowing blue mantle...
Category
18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
Viennese Empire Portal Clock With Caryatids And Gilded Fittings, Around 1810
Located in Vienna, AT
Complete Vienna clock on six stocky ball feet made of alabaster, architecturally structured wooden case with fruitwood veneers in the shape of a portal, steps in front flanked by two...
Category
1810s Austrian Empire Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
1930s French Solid Birdseye Maple Art Deco Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1930s, France. This Art Deco box showcases the beauty of solid birdseye maple, featuring distinctive stepped detailing. The wood's grain patterns create visual depth and character.
Category
1930s French Vintage Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Cast Bronze Lidded Box with Medieval Scenes and hardwood liner, Late 19thC
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a cast bronze metal box modelled as a casket with a wood liner and depicting medieval scenes. We date this box to the late 19th Century.
The box is made of a cast metal (b...
Category
Late 19th Century English Medieval Antique Hardwood Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
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