Objects of Particular Beauty and Quality
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 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 BEAUTIFUL Steven Correia Bulbous Art Glass Perfume Bottle. American circa 1980. Luminescent yellow/orange/gold bulbous base with ribbed detail and original ribbed and fluted stopper. Fully signed and marked with serial numbers etc on the base. Correia Art Glass is of the highest quality and most elegant design. Its Read more
PRESENTING a LOVELY Large Vintage Chinese Ceramic Guanyin Statue. Made in China circa 1950-60 of salt glazed pottery, bisque porcelain for face, chest, hands and feet, with hand painted/embellishments. It depicts the Buddhist Goddess of ‘GUANYIN’. She is standing on an earthen plinth with blue flowers to the base. She Read more
PRESENTING A RARE piece of African Folk Art, namely, a Vintage African Congolese Carved Wooden Nun. Made in the Congo circa 1920-30, this wooden (probably ebony) carved statue of a decent size, depicts a Catholic Nun in prayer. Would have been carved in honor of the Belgian Catholic Missionaries that Read more
PRESENTING an EXTREMELY UNIQUE and RARE 19C British Tunbridgeware Hair Pin/Bobbin or Slide. This slide is unlike any of it’s kind we have seen before, it is a VERY RARE survivor. From circa 1860 – 80 and made in Tunbridge Wells, England. Made of walnut with gorgeous marquetry inlay on Read more
PRESENTING A GORGEOUS RETIRED model of Lladro’s ‘St Joseph – San Jose Nacimiento’ figurine in near MINT condition. This figurine was sculpted by Salvador Furio, one of the very best Lladro sculptors. They were made in limited numbers between 1981 and in 2007, when it was retired. Fully and properly Read more
PRESENTING A LOVELY Hans Turnwald Bone Buddha Butter Knife Set. 20th Century, circa 1980. By the World renowned Hans Turnwald of Miami and Paris. Part of the ‘Signature Collection’ and in it’s original box. This consists of a butter knife and fork with blade made of stainless steel and handle Read more
PRESENTING a BEAUTIFUL and VERY HIGH QUALITY Large Oriental Champleve Urn on Stand. Early 20th Century, circa 1910 – 20. Probably Japanese. Marked, but we cannot decipher the mark. STUNNING champleve work with enameled flowers of various species. Gorgeous turquoise, blue, green, red, white and orange enamels. STUNNING chasing on Read more
PRESENTING a GORGEOUS Art Deco Style Sterling Silver Caddy Spoon by Georg Jensen #21. From circa 1945. Beautifully cast large sterling silver ‘caddy spoon’ or sometimes referred to as a ‘berry spoon’, by the World Renowned Danish Silversmith – Georg Jensen. Pattern No. 21, but much larger than other similar Read more
