Objects of Particular Beauty and Quality
PRESENTING a LOVELY Large Chinese Ceramic Guan Yin 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…
Vintage Limoges Purse Shaped Box PRESENTING A LOVELY and EXCEPTIONALLY CUTE Vintage Limoges Purse Shaped Box. Made in Limoges, France circa 1900-20. Marked on interior as “Limoges France …. Peint Main .. CT”. ‘Peint Main’ meaning hand painted. Beautiful pink and purple rose bouquets. Ormolu gilt meatal mounts and gold Read more…
PRESENTING A LOVELY and EXCEPTIONALLY CUTE Vintage Limoges Domed Casket Ring Box. Made in Limoges, France circa 1920-30. Marked on base as “Limoges France Paint Main MH”. ‘Paint Main’ meaning hand painted and the initials ‘MH’ for the artist. Beautiful pink ribbons and bows with pink, red, blue and green Read more…
PRESENTING A STUNNING and RARE Vintage Chinese Green and Brown Serpentine Foo Dog Chop Seal. Chinese circa 1950. A fantastically carved Foo Dog in a contorted form, hand-carved from a single piece of mottled green, brown and white marble. Seal on the base. Really nice size. Bought by a Dallas 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 ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS and 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. Made of walnut with gorgeous marquetry inlay on the entirety Read more…
PRESENTING A GLORIOUS French Schneider Art Deco Chandelier. Fully Signed … ” Schneider France II06″ … on each of the larger bowls. Made circa 1925, this pendant chandelier is of STUNNING QUALITY ! It consists of a chrome body with Deco designs as seen in the photos and 4 Large Read more…
PRESENTING A GORGEOUS RETIRED Lladro St Joseph ‘San Jose Nacimiento’ figurine in 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 marked and initialed by Read more…
PRESENTING A LOVELY Vintage 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 Read more…
PRESENTING a GLORIOUS Early 19C Derby Porcelain Lidded Centerpiece. Early piece of Derby porcelain, with early mark. From circa 1800-20. Entirely hand-painted and hand gilded in 24ct gold. The Lid has a gilded ‘crocus’ flower finial with 3 hand-painted floral panels. Classic Royal Derby Cobalt blue with profuse gilt decoration. Read more…
