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Best of the BEST! 17th to 19th c. French sterling silver, Georgian jewelry, sewing etc
$421 USD SaleSALE Medici Palace, Antique Paris Eglomise Souvenir Card Tray or Basket
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Ah, that first croissant and cafe' creme of the morning in a fresh brilliant 1840-60s Paris, and you are the Grand Tour couple celebrating their marriage together with a balcony view from the Hotel De Paris; your breads served to you in this superb little trinket basket, perhaps - the view from your balcony is across the Tuilleries gardens that front the Louvre, and you can see the Concord rising in the distance and just a glimpse of the Medici Palace there in the distance across the Seine. ...
$676 USD SaleSALE Pair Antique French Bronze & Glass 14" Figural Epergne
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Always difficult to find a matching original pair of these without damage to either one, no chips, no cracks or hairlines, and no lime deposit or sick glass - and this pair is 14" tall, figural to boot. The 4 caryatids bring the pair into the French Empire fashion, though we think these are mid to later 1800s and are not Napoleon era. The stately pair are in fine condition, and while one of our photos looks like one tips slightly, they are even. It's a factor of the way the photographer placed ...
$100 USD SaleSALE Rare 19th C. French Napoleon III/Grand Tour MOP Double Salt
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Delightful & Rare 19th Century French Napoleon III Grand Tour Souvenir Mother of Pearl Double Salt, Dore Bronze Wire Footed! What a wonderful little piece, marked with what appears to read "Houlgaly" and surely a Grand Tour souvenir of the era. Delicate polished mother of pearl, entire half shells with a thin and equally delicate wire framework & feet...amazing that it's survived in such fantastic shape! Very Good Condition! There is only one small chip to the rim of the half shell, near where ...
$3,311 USD SaleSALE RARE Antique Vernis Martin 1700s Table Snuff, Etui - Marie-Antoinette & Versailles paintings
Antiques:Decorative Arts
One expects to see such pieces as this in the Musee des Arts Decoratif, newly reopened museum in a wing of the Louvre in Paris, or perhaps in the Napoleon apartments collection in the Louvre, as well. At the least, a museum piece like this late 1700s snuff might come to bid at one of the major auction houses, but it's not the kind of item you expect to find on the internet, is it. But here you go: Hand painted in the Vernis Martin method, layering of oil painting and varnishes to achieve a ...
$336 USD SaleSALE Superb Antique French Kiln-fired Enamel Candle Holder or Small Vase, Stand
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Beautiful old 19th century kiln-fired enamel work on this small vase, or votive candle holder, trimmed out in raised enamel dots for 'jewel-like' gadroon border. I want to say this style of enamel is French, but search as I might, I have not yet found this particular fashion of enamel work linked to any locale. Experts out there, if you can lend a hand (or brain & Info), it will be much appreciated. This and another item or two in similar kiln-fired enamel process have come to me out of France ...
$846 USD SaleSALE Superb Antique Kiln-fired Bilston Enamel Table Snuff Box, Charming Figures Inside
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Beautiful old 19th century kiln-fired enamel work on this large table snuff or jewelry box, casket. I want to say this style of enamel is English Bilston, but search as I might, I have not yet found this particular style among the old Bilstons so I'm unsure. Experts out there, if you can lend a hand (or brain & Info), it will be much appreciated. In any case, it's a fabulous and highly appealing Victorian era piece, and whether on display or in use at table or wherever, it's a piece that will ...
$1,951 USD SaleSALE Superb Pair Antique Limoges Enamel Plaques, Ebony Frames, French Kiln-fired Enamels
Antiques:Decorative Arts
A fabulous find! A matching pair of Napoleon III* era French Limoges enameled plaques, slightly convex rectangles in form, and with a stunning pair of Putti, very well framed in ebony frames with silk velvet-covered serpentine-formed mats, (*circa 1850-70). The set fits perfectly into the Napoleon III era aesthetic, which was of course also that of the Victorian era. Empress Eugenie of France had a remarkable influence on fashion and aesthetic of the day, which of course spread to the Victorian ...
$251 USD SaleSALE Antique French Champleve Enamel Hand Mirror or Frame
Antiques:Decorative Arts
This one is nearly, it not totally perfect, and I really don't see any serious flaw in the kiln-fired enamel. It is a lovely display piece in your collection of vanity items, or would make a fabulous frame if you want to strip the silvering of that thick beveled glass mirror that's inside it now, replace a favourite photo there. These wonderful 19th century French enamels are more and more difficult to find, many having already found their way into collections. They are stunningly beautiful ...
$166 USD SaleSALE Antique Victorian Ebony Ring and Jewelry Stand, Caddy
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Perfect for your guestroom, dressing table or cabinet display, this is a Victorian ebony (black wood) turned and ornate jewellery stand. The tray for your chains, necklaces, pendants and the arms for your rings and bracelets. A lovely little accent item, and you know what they say: "God is in the details". A well appointed room has the unexpected little things, doesn't it. Those items to delight, as well as to tie the room together and make it all your own. The lathe turned work in these old ...
$846 USD SaleSALE Antique French Kiln-Enamel Opera Glasses, Binocular, Pearl
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Superb 19th century antique French Sevres style enamel housed opera glasses, Napoleon III era hand painted enamel with romantic scenes including couple with dog and lamb! No markings that I can see on these but the style and enamel work is just like those you see coming from the Sevres or Limoges regions of France. This type of enamel work is arduous - painstaking process of layering powdered enamel which has been suspended in a liquid medium, then kiln firing it to melt the enamels. It's only ...
$676 USD SaleSALE Antique French Victorian Era Carved Oak Bracket Shelf PAIR
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Fabulous antique French mid 1800s Napoleon III or Victorian era carved oak 11" bracket or wall shelf PAIR, a matched set with foliate garland and acanthus accents! Yes, this is a pair of matching shelves, both with an identical pattern but each slightly unique as you would expect from hand carved works. Heavy, solid hardwood, both with a wonderful warm finish or patina and both in fine condition. Great wall hanging decorative accents, not only are they exceptional works by themselves but they ...
$506 USD SaleSALE Antique French Pearl & Ormolu 10" Calling Card or Bread Tray
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Fabulous antique French Napoleon III era ormolu & shimmering mother of pearl 10.5" calling card receiver or bread and/or fruit tray! This one had to have been a calling card receiver, don't you think! Palais Royal style pearl half shells in ormolu settings, just like those delightful little 'egg' shaped jewelry or sewing caskets that we all love (only on a much larger scale). Great as a jewelry display, with pieces draped around or nestled inside each of the little half shells. Also wonderful as ...
$421 USD SaleSALE Antique Pair Old Paris Porcelain Figures, Spill or Cigar Holder
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Beautiful & rare matched pair of antique continental bisque or biscuit porcelain figures, colorful hand painted decoration with either cigar or spill and match holding fixtures and immense decorative appeal! I just found these this past weekend and am not quite sure what they're meant to hold. The 'packs' or fixtures on the figures' backs are perfectly sized to hold cheroots or cigars though they could easily be fireplace mantle spill holders! No makers marks though they really have a French ...
$336 USD SaleSALE Antique French Palais Royal Faux Tortoise Shell Casket, c. 1820
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Another really charming and well preserved late 1700s to early 1800s Palais Royal casket in faux (and sometimes real) faux faux faux shell & gilded bronze ormolu with complete interior lining, all original! This one is mottled in the way that makes me think it is casein, the early milk-protein based mimic for faux faux faux shell and the earliest forebear to today's plastics, so named for their maleability, same as this substance. An exceptional old piece, rare to find these and especially so ...
$846 USD SaleSALE Antique French Kiln-Fired Enamel Hand Mirror, Heavy Dore Bronze
Antiques:Decorative Arts
A wonderful find that someone else thought was porcelain, we knew it would turn out to be (and of course I was right) kiln-fired enamel on convex copper plaque, and tube-like copper handle. The mirror is excellent in all ways but for a very small and almost impossible to notice as you enjoy it - flashing chip at the base of the round handle. We've noted it in our photos so you can't miss it for your evaluation, though. Still, with such a tiny flaw, we'd rank it excellent. While it's last owner ...
$294 USD SaleSALE Antique Napoleon III Carved 44.5" Furniture Armoire Pediment, Cornice
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Fine antique Victorian or Napoleon III era hand carved 44.5" furniture or armoire architectural cornice, wonderful condition with large scrolls and great Black Forest influenced acorn & oak leaf accent! Usually salvaged from the tops of old armoires or larger furniture pieces, these really make superb decorative accents, whether you incorporate them into a custom cabinetry or doorway job OR, just hang them on the wall. Beautifully carved, great condition and ready for your decorative touch! One ...
$336 USD SaleSALE Antique Grand Tour Souvenir Card or Cake Tray: Balmoral Castle Painting
Antiques:Decorative Arts
With all the recent Royal's news, we thought it would be fun to list a fabulous antique souvenir of Balmoral Castle: this is one that would have been a Victorian era souvenir of the Grand Tour visitor's trip to Balmoral, Victoria's favorite country manor, and the site of her rumored dalliances with Mr. Brown. One might almost imagine the tiny painted figures there on horseback to be the pair. The back-painted glass or 'eglomise' miniature painting has a pearl underlayment which makes the ...
$336 USD SaleSALE Antique Eglomise Grand Tour Souvenir Tray, St. Paul's Cathedral, London
Antiques:Decorative Arts
A tiny painting of St. Paul's cathedral, pre-photograph era souvenir of some lucky traveler's visit to the famed London cathedral - this back-painted glass or 'eglomise' panel shows wonderful detail to Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece. If you've traveled there yourself, as I have (yes, the stairs are murder!) you'll love the charming souvenir this truly is. Whether you begin a collection of eglomise paintings/treasures (boxes, trays, etc., etc.) or just decide one is enough, we're your best ...
$846 USD SaleSALE Antique French TAHAN Kiln-Fired Enamel Blue Jeweled Jewelry Box, Casket
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Pristine little antique French kiln-fired enamel jewelry casket, mid-1800s, Likely made for TAHAN, which is a name synonymous with luxury goods in Paris, 19th century, though this one does not have an engraved signature like some do. Most agree that these enamels were done by enamelists in Sevres, France, for TAHAN. It's true that Sevres enamels have this look - a bit of a cross between Bresson enamels with raised jewel-like dots, and Limoges enamels. This process, which I've written about many ...
$676 USD SaleSALE Vintage French Limoges Kiln-fired Enamel Plaque, Cavalier Bar Scene, In Frame - Artist Signed
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Signed R. Sarlandie, Limoges, (Master enamelist, Robert Sarlandie, 1901-1986) this beautifully accomplished old early 1900s kiln-fired enema plaque has a most wonderful scene of a couple of rowdy cavaliers accosting the beautiful young barmaid. Swords on the bench, raising a timbale and with great detail to the clothing and interior, it's a remarkably fine image to have been done in kiln-fired enamel. I've written many times about this process, which is incredibly difficult to master. It's a bit ...
$1,101 USD SaleSALE Antique French Kiln-Fired Enamel Opera Glasses and Case, Superb Condition!
Antiques:Decorative Arts
A wonderful find that someone else thought was porcelain, we knew it would turn out to be (and of course I was right) kiln-fired enamel on the barrels of this wonderful set of opera glasses. The pair is excellent in all ways, including very clean crisp lenses and even the old original case, as shown. While their last owner did mistake it for porcelain, that's not uncommon since the surface looks quite like fine porcelain or even glassine in finish. Kiln-fired enamels have a very appreciative ...
$1,186 USD SaleSALE Antique French TAHAN Signed Kiln-Fired Enamel Large Oval Jewelry Box, Casket
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Superb and large antique French kiln-fired enamel jewelry casket, mid-1800s, signature TAHAN, which is a name synonymous with luxury goods in Paris, 19th century. Most agree that these enamels were done by enamelists in Sevres, France, for TAHAN. It's true that Sevres enamels have this look - a bit of a cross between Bresson enamels with raised jewel-like dots, and Limoges enamels. This process, which I've written about many times, is one only accomplished with the skill of years and years of ...
$336 USD SaleSALE Antique Grand Tour Souvenir Card or Cake Tray: Margate, UK Eglomise Painting
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Here's a fabulous antique souvenir of Margate, the Brittish Seaside Resort town that remains an attraction today (info added on this site). This is one that would have been a Victorian era souvenir of the Grand Tour visitor's trip to Margate, a beach retreat enjoyed for hundreds of years in England. The back-painted glass or 'eglomise' miniature painting has a pearl underlayment which makes the building shimmer in light. The architectural detail is amazing when you consider the painting itself ...
$421 USD SaleSALE Antique French Jeweled Bronze 12" Hand or Vanity Mirror, a Painter's Palette!
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Fabulous antique French Napoleon III era Jeweled 12" hand or vanity mirror with ornate machined scrolled acanthus decoration, figural reticulated handle and large multi-colored paste or glass cabochon 'jewel' accents! The frame of the mirror in the shape of a painter's palette, very similar to a large easel stand picture frame that we've had available for some time. A wonderful piece, definitely French in style and the painter's palette will appeal to the artist while the jewels will speak to ...
$336 USD SaleSALE Antique Grand Tour Souvenir Card or Cake Tray: Osborne House Eglomise Painting
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Here's a fabulous antique souvenir of Osborne House (info added on this site): this is one that would have been a Victorian era souvenir of the Grand Tour visitor's trip to Osborne House, a Royal retreat in England. One might almost imagine the tiny painted figures there on horseback to be some of those Royals. The back-painted glass or 'eglomise' miniature painting has a pearl underlayment which makes the building shimmer in light. The architectural detail is amazing when you consider the ...
$846 USD SaleSALE Antique Viennese or French Kiln-fired Enamel Jewelry Casket, 5 Perfect Plaques
Antiques:Decorative Arts
A spectacular kiln-fired enamel item, this time a jewelry box, circa 1840-60, it's lining in tatters, true enough, but look at the condition and quality of those 5 individual convex plaques of brilliant enamel work - not a flaw on any of them, and in the manner of the French Romantic Era artists' work (i.e. Boucher, Fragonard, et al). This is the type of fine enamel work we see done in both France and Vienna, Austria, in the mid to late 1800s. It's a bit difficult to be absolutely certain which ...
$1,186 USD SaleSALE Antique French Limoges Enamel 7" Vase or Lamp Base PAIR, HP Man & Woman Figures
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Beautiful antique French Napoleon III to Belle Epoque era 7" vase, epergne or boudoir lamp base PAIR, foliate gilt ormolu bases with gorgeous hand painted Limoges enamel on copper upper including a marvelously detailed man & woman in foil or semi-metallic enamel court dress! Aren't these fabulous! Judging from the small holes in the sides of the bases, I would say they were originally boudoir lamps and could relatively easily be re-wired and restored as such. We're offering them as found, a ...
$1,016 USD SaleSALE Antique French Limoges Enamel Goblet, 2 Portraits and Raised Enamels. C. 1700s - 1800s
Antiques:Decorative Arts
A superb example of the reason the old Limoges enamels are in museum collections the world 'round, and sought after by so many collectors. Here is a late 1700s to early 1800s Limoges enamel work of art, a champagne goblet completely adorned with kiln-fired enamels of finest quality. The enamel work is in 3-D as well, rising and undulating around the body of the goblet in rocailles and lines, dots. Focal to the goblet are the portraits worked on front and back, andI'm sure I should be able to ...
$676 USD SaleSALE Antique French Napoleon III Green Opaline & Ormolu Open Salt or Trinket Dish, a Goat Cart
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Lovely antique French Napoleon III era Palais Royal green opaline glass & gilt ormolu 6" open salt or trinket dish, a whimsical goat pulled cart! A small goat harnessed to a small carriage, the body of which is a vivid green opaline half 'egg', could be a thimble carrier or holder, or perhaps a whimsical open salt for your table. This type of trinket hails from the famed Palais Royal boutiques, and dates to early to mid-1800s, when that center was the center of commerce, theatre and restaurants ...
$591 USD SaleSALE Antique French Dore Bronze Oil Lamp, Cigar Lighter, Mascaron, Figural Gargoyle - Excellent!
Antiques:Decorative Arts
What a great accent this one is, perfect as it's original use - an oil lamp, but also wonderful to burn incense or scented oils. The lid is hinged, but allow easy access for filling with oil, lighter fluid or sterno. One would have a rather thick cotton wick that would exit the hole on top at the spout end, which would burn like a candle wick, work like a lamp. But the other 2 openings on top would hold a dowel, which ends soad in the oil and when pulled out and lighted by the wick flame, serve ...
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San Marcos, CA
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