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19th Century Napoleon III French Wall Clock
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Napoleon III wall clock with "oeil de boeuf" shaped glass paned door, ebonized wood frame and clock surround with mother-of-pearl inlay decoration. Paper face w...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
Lalique, "Marrakech" Vase, France, 1980
By Marie-Claude Lalique
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful Lalique crystal "Marrakech" vase, design by Marie-Claude Lalique, daughter of Marc Lalique. France circa 1980.
Very good condition.
Dimensions in cm ( H x L x l ) : ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Vases
Materials
Crystal
Georges BASTARD Art Deco Showjumper Porcelain Bottle 1924, Paris Olympic Games
By Georges Bastard
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco showjumper porcelain bottle by Georges BASTARD (Paris), France, ca.1924. Designed by Margerie. White porcelain made in Limoges. Height : 10.5"(26.7cm), Width : 3.9"(1...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Large Italian cup in Red Marble garnished with an assortment of sea shells
Located in PARIS, FR
Large cup made of red marble from Vitrolles turned foot, garnished with shells.
Composition of shells including a leopard cone (conus leopardus), a horned helmet (cassis cornuta), tw...
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Vases
Materials
Marble
Important 18th Century Porcelain and Bronze Box by Meissen
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 1 3/4in W: 3 1/2in D: 2in
This Mid 18th Century Porcelain and Bronze Box by Meissen is truly a spectacular piece and is of the highest quality! If you look at the p...
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Antique Late 18th Century German Rococo Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Jjirasi Vase #06. From the series Jjirasi
By Yongwon Noh
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jjirasi Vase explores the intertwined narratives of South Korea's urban landscapes and his own experiences, reflecting on how future generations might engage with traditional art and...
Category
2010s Korean Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Resin, PVC
Pill Box Hand Painted Miniature Enamel Louis XVI Style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular rounded pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand painted miniature fire-enamelled in Louis XVI style, second half of the 18th century, and fine hand-eng...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Louis XVI Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-century decorative Box, Italy, ca. 1960s
Located in Firenze, IT
Midcentury decorative Box
Italy, ca. 1960s
Brass, glass, mother of pearl
H 3 cm x 12 × 30 cm
Conditions: very good, slight defects
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Tortoiseshell Boulle Clock by St Martin, Paris, circa 1720
Located in Norwich, GB
Louis XV tortoiseshell Boulle Timepiece with ‘Silent’ pull quarter repeat by St. Martin, Paris, circa 1720
Waisted case with fine ormolu mounts and cut brass inlay to the stained tortoiseshell with ‘mother of pearl’ and coloured floral decoration. Gilded top surmounted by a cherub feeding through a straw from a scallop shell over leafy corner mounts. Shaped bead-bordered glazed door applied with an apron mount of a child chromos holding a sandglass and staff, set within a leafy trail surround. Brass lined recessed arch windows to the sides, the interior of the case with symmetrical Rococo panel...
Category
Antique 1720s French Louis XV Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Portal clock Vienna around 1825 with integrated musical mechanism Signed: A.O.
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
Portal clock Vienna around 1825 with integrated musical mechanism
Signed: “A.Olbrich in Wien” and number 215719157.
Alabaster columns, blackened wood, gilded carving in the form of...
Category
Antique 1820s Austrian Biedermeier Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Alabaster, Metal
Jjirasi Vase #01. From the series Jjirasi
By Yongwon Noh
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jjirasi Vase explores the intertwined narratives of South Korea's urban landscapes and his own experiences, reflecting on how future generations might engage with traditional art and...
Category
2010s Korean Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Resin, PVC
French Chinoiserie Hardstone Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
A marvelously carved chinoiserie motif adorns the lid of this incredible 19th-century French tabatière or snuff box. The charming scene is intricately crafted in the form of a boating figure who holds aloft an umbrella formed of yellow gold, while the box itself is crafted from attractive brown hardstone mounted with stunning yellow gold "waves." Enchanting and beautifully executed, the rare snuff box is an incredible example of the creative artistry of these delightful boxes, as well as the highly popular chinoiserie style.
Inhaling snuff, or snuffing, as it is also called, was a popular social ritual among the European elite from the 16th through the 19th centuries. Over these 300 years, master artisans created and designed elegant snuff boxes using...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Chinoiserie Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Stone, Gold
1940’s Carved Wooden Frames- a Pair
Located in Sarasota, FL
A pair of ornately carved and pierced picture frames circa 1940. Corners are inlaid with mother of pearl. The windows measure 4.3/8” by 6.1/4”.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames
Materials
Shell, Wood
bowl
Located in Brussels, BE
small mother-of-pearl box
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Decorative Bowls
Materials
Metal
$213
Snuffbox Miniature Pastoral Image Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature pastoral image fired enamelled. 18th century French style. Diameter cm. 8 cm high. 1.8. Weight gr. 171. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1968 on inspiration from previous boxes also manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by talented artisan artists with a thick plate suitable for supporting numerous glazing firings at high heat at around 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage to Antique Wood Box with Hidden Compartments Marquetry Inlay MOP
Located in Greer, SC
Intriguing antique hand crafted wood box with marquetry top. This decorative box features paua shell and mother of pearl inlay, there are also two secret compartments which makes thi...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Edwardian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Large Wooden Sculpture, Moor With Dragon, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large black-tinted wooden sculpture of a Moorish woman carrying a shell, a dragon at her feet.
The eyes and teeth are made of mother-of-pearl.
Some missing parts (butcher's t...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Moorish Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Renaissance Revival Gilt-Brass and Agate Dressing Table Box. French, c 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Renaissance Revival gilt-brass and agate mounted dressing table box.
French, circa 1870.
This fine box is applied with foliate engraved strap-work and side handles and finely po...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate, Brass
Daisy Makeig-Jones Fairyland Wedgwood Lustre Bowl
By Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre, Daisy Makeig-Jones, Wedgwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Wedgwood Fairyland lustre bowl designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones ca. 1925 and decorated with the 'Blue Willow' pattern.
The ‘Blue Willow’ pattern is timeless, inspired by 18th-century Chinese blue and white porcelains and appearing on English transferwares since the early 19th century. Thomas Minton is credited with creating the standard pattern as we know it today circa 1780; from there, all the major English potteries, and some American ones, began producing ‘Blue Willow’ transferwares...
Category
Vintage 1920s English Art Nouveau Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Luster, Porcelain
Table Box “The Great Odalisque” Fired Enamel on Guilloche Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with edges with fire - enamelled stripes and upper frame with insertion of paillons in pure gold and beautRectangular iful fire-enam...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Empire Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche and Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimb
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular box with inward corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enameled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana depicting the painting "The Turkish slave" by Francesco Mazzola known as "il Parmigianino" (National Gallery of Parma). Dimensions cm. 8.5 x 11.5 x 3. Weight gr. 345. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1965 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various different subjects, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enameled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Baroque Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Lalique, "Deauville" Vase, France, 1950
By René Lalique
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful Deauville vase created by René Lalique with decorations of oxidised vines. Signed Lalique.
In very good condition. Slight traces of use. Has been recut by a glass master...
Category
Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Vases
Materials
Crystal
Ruler Selenite with an 18th Century Italian Fragment
Baroque Pearls on Lucite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Ruler Selenite with an 18th century Italian gold leaf fragment. Mica, and natural forming baroque pearls on a lucite base. Ruler selenite or "selenite logs" are single, prismatic selenite crystals from Morocco that were formed in extensive beds by the evaporation of ocean brine. This mineral is characterized by a silky, pearly luster called satin spar.
The piece is put together by Jean O'Reilly Barlow, the artist and creative director of Interi. The date of manufacture reflects when she created the piece but the Italian fragment is originally 18th century.
Interi transforms Italian artifacts...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Victorian Rosewood Travelling Vanity/Jewellery Box
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Victorian rosewood travelling vanity box / jewellery case. The top has an inlaid mother of pearl floral motif and mother of pearl surrounding the lock.
Super example with a suite of wonderful storage and complete vanity items. Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order throughout.
The fitted interior reveals a lift-out compartment tray, dressed with dark navy velvet. A mirror is set within the lid, removable by activating a brass push button which gives access to leather folio sleeve.
There is also small push button within the rear edge which activates the lower jewellery drawer, with individual jewellery compartments and velvet earring...
Category
Antique 1850s British Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam Jewelry Inlaid Sadeli Footed Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique 19th century Anglo-Indian jewelry, trinket footed box, inlay with ebony, mosaic marquetry Sadeli work and a carved Hindu scene on top.
The box case is made from sandalwood wi...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Mrs Devil
Hall Figurine Attributed to Francesco Toso, 1875-1890
By Italian Sculptor 19 th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
This is a mephistophelic figure in solid wood carved of "Mrs. Devil" in the form of a hall support. Italy 1875-1890.
Measure: Height 185 cm -
Good condition,
Mother of pearl eyes.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Decorative Russian Hand Painted Lacquered Box With Fox
Fish
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Decorative Russian hand painted lacquered hinged box with red interior. The box with a fox licking his mouth over his discovery of a proudly displ...
Category
20th Century Russian Aesthetic Movement Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Mid 20 th c Capiz Shell Bowl with Jade and Shells
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Mid 20 th c Capiz Shell bowl with festooned edges adorned with jade fruit and jadeite leaves, mother of pearl shells.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Organic Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Jade
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Maitland Smith Box
Located in Tampa, FL
Vintage Maitland Smith mother-of-pearl box from the 1980s. This is a larger example, fully clad in luminous mother-of-pearl tiles that create a soft, reflective surface. The thin bla...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Geometrically Inlaid Georgian Rosewood Two Chamber Tea Caddy w/Sugar Bowl
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Fine George III rosewood double chamber tea caddy with classical inspired geometric inlay of exotic woods including satinwood, mahogany, kingwood and palm. The rectangular case with ...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
Levi
Salaman, Antique Nephrite
Essex Crystal Pill Box, U.K., circa 1911
By Levi
Salaman
Located in Chatham, ON
Levi & Salaman - Antique nephrite pill box with floral Essex crystal (rock crystal - reverse carved intaglio) - hand painted and carved daisy in full ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Late Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Jade, Rock Crystal, Gold
Art Nouveau Mahogany Balloon Clock
By Buren
Located in Norwich, GB
Art Nouveau mahogany mantel clock
Art Nouveau balloon clock standing on a raised plinth and resting on four bun feet in a fine mahogany case with br...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Swiss Mantel Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
German Porcelain Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This important German porcelain box exhibits delightful artistry and craftsmanship. Its hand-painted wild game scene celebrates the natural world,...
Category
Antique 18th Century German Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Bronze
$3,950
19th Century English Victorian Letter Holder
Located in Forney, TX
An English Victorian black and gilt decorated mother-of-pearl and papier mâché stationary letter / card holder or desk stand with stunning, exceptionally executed city scape hand painting portrait.
Born in the mid 19th century, hand-crafted of ebonized lacquered papier mâché then elaborately decorated, polychromed, hand painting, mother-of-pearl inlays and gold leaf floral foliate scroll motif decoration, high styling with circular border framing the finely hand painted central pastel colored city scape scene.
Dimensions (approx):
8.25" H, 9.75" W, 3.25" D
Provenance:
Acquired from the estate of the late T. Boone Pickens (1928-2019). An American business magnate, billionaire, financier, and philanthropist.
Acquisition:
J. Garrett Auctioneers had the pleasure of presenting Pickens' collection of 18th and 19th Century furnishings and accessories. This piece comes from the iconic Texas and Oklahoma...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Victorian More Desk Accessories
Materials
Other
Mobile in Rose Quartz and Bronze-Patina Brass by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Mobiles and Kinetic Sc...
Materials
Brass
Pair of Ruler Selenite on Lucite Bases
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A pair of ruler selenite on lucite bases. Ruler selenite or "selenite logs" are single, prismatic selenite crystals from Morocco that were formed in extensive beds by the evaporation of ocean brine. This mineral is a crystallized form of gypsum and is characterized by a silky, pearly luster called satin spare.
Interi transforms Italian artifacts...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
$950 / set
Sterling and Turquoise Eagle Dancer
Located in Litchfield, CT
Eagle dancer is quite tall, has vividly colored inlaid stones, and superb detail. The perfect way to connect with spiritualism through art! Excellent cond...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Native American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Japanese Lacquer Stacking Food Box
Jubako
Located in Hudson, NY
With all-over mother of pearl inlay and mon design of chrysanthemum in gold and black lacquer on top. The chrysanthemum is a national symbol of Japan and the Imperial family.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Gold
Palais Royal Horse-Drawn Carriage Trinket Box 19th Century
Located in Munich, DE
A ‘Palais Royal’ miniature horse-drawn carriage trinket box made with mother of pearl, silver-plated horses and gold plated metal. 19th century.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Marble, Gold Plate, Silver Plate
Large French Modern Ceramic Centerpiece Bowl by Verceram
By Rosenthal, Verceram Ceramique 1
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage French Design VERCERAM Ceramique Mother Of Pearl Iridescent Black Centerpiece Bowl.
Form number 6758 is in good vintage condition. Has one chip to the underside on one end th...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Pietra Dura Inlaid Marble Butterfly Paperweight
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian oval white marble paperweight with beautiful colored burnt orange and greenish gray marble inlay with mother of pearl highlights in the form of a butterfly. Lovely piece to h...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Antique Victorian Quality Papier-Mache Desk Set
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian Quality Papier-Mache Desk Set inlaid with mother of pearl, pair of original glass ink wells and pen tray standing on bun feet
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Victorian Desk Sets
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Glass
$426 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Japanese Inro by Shigehide Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite four-case lacquered inro was dated to the latter part of 18th century to early 19th century (Edo period) and made by Shigehide. The opposite sides of the inro together features a lavish flower arrangement in a bamboo basket (ikebana). The detailed craftmanship was a true pleasure to behold. Mostly Takamaki-e (high relief) were used to texturize the delicate petals of the chrysanthemums, on which different shades of gold were used to create contrast. Raden (mother of pearl) shells were also used to highlight some leaves, rendering the piece an interesting balance of color and material. The interior was completed in a mottled gold finish. It was signed Shigehide on the bottom with a Kao. There is a small carved rabbit ojime bead...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Shagreen Sculptural Vases with Pen Shell and Brass Details by R&Y Augousti
By R
Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Vases
Materials
Brass
Pietra Dura Marble Inlay Round Trinket Box With Floral Motif, Made in India
Located in Fort Washington, MD
A beautifully handcrafted pietra dura round marble trinket box, showcasing the centuries-old decorative art form perfected in both Mughal India and Renaissance Florence. The lid feat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Wedgewood Fairyland Lustre Bowl
Located in Asheville, NC
This gorgeous Wedgewood piece with a mother of pearl interior is enveloped by a powerful golden dragon set against a mottled red exterior. A signature piec...
Category
20th Century English Decorative Bowls
Vintage Chinese Box, China, Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Chinese box in wood and Mother-of-Pearl, China mid-20th century.
Measures: 5x12x8 cm.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Vintage Carved Wood Fijian Turtle Kava Bowl
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable very large vintage Fijian ceremonial kava bowl carved from the vesi tree or pacific teak in a turtle form with inscribed details and mother of pearl highlights.
Category
20th Century Fijian Tribal Decorative Bowls
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Teak
Art Nouveau Mahogany Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Art Nouveau Mahogany mantel clock
Small Art Nouveau mahogany mantel clock standing on a raised, moulded plinth with heart shaped void strun...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
English Georgian Chinroserie Tortoise Shell Tea Caddy with Ball Feet, C. 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
English Georgian Chinroserie bow front tortoise shell tea caddy with a hinged tiered lid, Chinese landscape mother of pearl inlays with flanking pagodas, fences, & foliage trees, central paktong plaque and escutcheon, bone fitted interior border with two lidded tortoiseshell foil lined compartments, and resting on the original four bone ball...
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Georgian Tea Caddies
Materials
Foil
Period Portico Clock in Tulipwood, Fine Inlay, Ormolu Mounts-France, 19th c.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Portico style French tulipwood clock with Boulle style fine inlays of mother-of-pearl and bronze. Eight day French movement with a grid-iron ormolu pendulum...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Clocks
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
19th Century English Papier Mâché Tea Caddy
Located in San Francisco, CA
Lovely old papier mâché tea caddy with inlaid mother-of-pearl and hand-painted decoration, England, 19th century.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Tea Caddies
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Paper
Pedestal Box on Stand Table with Gold Details
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pedestal Box on Stand Table made of Paper Mache and Mother of Pearl with Gold Details.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Small Antique Octagonal Tented Top Amboyna Tea Caddy. English C.1820
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
A very special tea caddy
Burl amboyna with silver wire stringing. Mother of pearl finial and escutcheon.
Of special note is the exceptional quality of the inlay on the interior lid...
Category
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Amboyna
Very Rare 1867 Asprey
Co. Coromandel Dressing Table Box Sterling Silver Pearl
By Asprey International Limited
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare 1867 sterling silver hallmarked Asprey 166 Bond Street London Coromandel wood vanity dressing table box
A very rare and high quality collectable piece, the box is solid Coromandel wood with brass edges, it’s a lovely dark timber with a similar grain to Rosewood. The suite inside is all sterling silver, fully hallmarked T.W for Thomas Whitehouse, the Queens head for Queen Victoria, the sideways facing Lion for Sterling silver, the Panther head for London and the date letter M for 1867
The box has Braham locks which were of such high quality Gillows of Lancaster an London used them on their finest furniture, at the back of the base section you have a hand engraved plaque which reads Asprey Maker 166 Bond Street London, in the middle of this plaque is a depression switch, if you press it a hidden drawer pops out of the bottom. The listing includes the original key
The mirror pulls forward to reveal a hidden document folio...
Category
Antique 1860s English Georgian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Jewelry Box by Cathrine Horsbøl — Denmark’s First Female Designer, circa 1900
Located in Valby, 84
Rare and important jewelry box in solid mahogany with inlays of lighter woods and mother-of-pearl forming an abstract facial motif, reminiscent of a stylized ape.
Denmark, circa 1900...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Mahogany
Impressive Antique Coromandel Desk Stand
Located in Ipswich, GB
Impressive Antique Coromandel and mother of pearl desk stand dating back to the Victorian era. The stationary box opens to reveal a blue interior, infront stands two cut glass silver...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Early Victorian Desk Sets
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
19th Century English Victorian Papier Mache Inlay
Gold Leaf Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite Papier Mâché box, circa 1870s, has a black lacquered finish with mother of pearl inlays, gold leaf hand-painted floral motifs and embellished decoration.
The Engli...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Regency Rosewood Inlaid Writing Desk Set with Inkwells
Located in Suffolk, GB
A fine and early Regency period rosewood writing desk set beautifully decorated with delicate mother-of-pearl foliate inlay and complete with its original cut-glass inkwells. This el...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Inkwells
Materials
Rosewood
Vintage Asian Octagonal Lacquer Box with Turtle Closure
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Asian Octagonal Lacquer Box With Turtle Closure.
Lovely 20th century Asian lacquer box with Greek key design and a metal turtle closure.
Th...
Category
20th Century Asian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
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The Greek tragedian is said to have been handsome in his day.
Cigar Culture Was Once the Peak of Masculinity. Now, It’s a Compelling Curiosity
Even for those who don’t indulge, elegant smoking accessories and audacious art portraying cigar enthusiasts hold a nostalgic allure.
African Travel Plans on Hold? This Ardmore Leopard Vase Brings the Beauty of the Savanna to You
It’s an excellent example of the sought-after ceramics coming out of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
With a High-Tech Flagship and Cool Collabs, Lladró Is Breaking the Mold for Porcelain Production
Thanks to its new leadership, the Spanish maker of figurines, busts and lighting is on a mission to update the art of porcelain for the 21st century.
Zoë Powell’s Magnolia 05 Vessel Is Handmade from Clay She Unearthed Herself
The free-form stoneware piece is inspired by the magnolia tree and its associations with home.
8 Ways to Breathe New Life into a Space with Plants
The pair behind the Instagram account @houseplantclub share their tips for making any room of the house gloriously green.