Objects of Particular Beauty and Quality
PRESENTING A LOVELY Matching Pair of Handcarved Italian Alabaster Horses. Mid 20th Century circa 1960. Pair of hand-carved horses that look like ‘Lipizzaner Stallions’ on a faux wood resin base. Each sculpture facing the other. Each has it’s original labels on the underside of the base showing their age and Read more…
PRESENTING A GORGEOUS 19C Bronze Dancing Shiva Nataraja. From circa 1860-80 this is a stunning piece of Indian and Hindu symbolism. From India this is an OUTSTANDING version of fairly well known subject matter, namely, a bronze of a dancing Shiva inside a flaming ring. Shiva has a profusely decorated Read more…
PRESENTING AN ABSOLUTELY Exceptional 18C Dutch Regency Marquetry Sofa Table. Made in Holland/Netherlands circa 1790 – 1820. Profusely inlaid with the most GORGEOUS marquetry inlay you will ever see ! Made of fabulous flamed mahogany with the marquetry consisting of boxwood, kingwood, harewood and yew. Floral decorations and still evidence Read more…
PRESENTING A STUNNING Mid-Century Malmaison by Christofle Silver and Gold Plated 63 Piece Service. A service for 10 with: 10 x Knives – 9.5″ long 10 x Large Forks – 8″ long 10 x Small Forks – 6.5″ long 10 x Large Spoons – 7.5″ long 10 x Small Spoons Read more…
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) Read more…
PRESENTING AN ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC 19C Anglo Ceylonese Lap Desk of Museum Quality. We can safely say that this is one of the FINEST lap desks we have ever seen ! The Lap desk box is rectangular in shape when fully closed, with the most gorgeous reeding design of the wood Read more…
PRESENTING A SUPERB 19C Anglo Indian Sadeli Mosaic Greeting Card Case. Made in or around Bombay, India circa 1880. This is a Greeting Card Case used for holding your greeting cards or business cards of the day ! The body of the case is made from sandalwood and it is Read more…
PRESENTING an ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS AND VERY RARE 19C Anglo Indian Vizigapatam Stamp Box. Made in Colonial India (the Time of the Raj) circa 1860. Probably made in the region of Vizagapatam. It is a t/shell box in rectangular shape, covered with bone friezes and banding. The lid slides sideways to Read more…
PRESENTING a STUNNING Le Mieux 7 Piece 24kt Gold Porcelain Set. Marked for “Le Mieux China …. 24karat gold … hand decorated” The Set consists of a Pair of Vase Shaped Uplighter Table Lamps, A serving tray, a Teapot, Sugar Pot and Creamer and a Swan necked Centerpiece Bowl. Each Read more…
PRESENTING A STUNNING Faberge Style Russian Orthodox Gold and Enamel Alms Dish. 18 carat gold filigree with green enamel edges, floral enamels wreaths and central red and white enamel cross. Curled top which we are of the opinion was for holding a pencil to write alms/prayer requestes. Late 19th or Read more…