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$10,500 USDOil Chandelier Cast Iron 12 Font Kerosene
Antiques:Lamps, Lighting
This is one of the most amazing 19th century oil burning chandeliers that I have seen in quite a while. It is made of cast iron – the casting is very ornate! It has a very interesting and original surface patina which is virtually untouched. In each highly decorated font holder or font arm there is a clear glass font with its original burnings and chimney. Each chimney has a nice crimped top edge. The chandelier is amazing in the fact that even though it is large being 12 branches (or 12 fonts) ...
$26,500 USDBookcase Desk Secretary Mahogany Inlaid Maine
Antiques:Furniture
Wiscasset Maine Secretary - circa 1810. This secretary is quite the phenomenal piece. As found in Wiscasset, Maine made of a wonderful rich brown mahogany and inlaid with unique - although simple - herring bone inlays. You might notice the top crest which is very unusual – it is mounted with brass finals. The two doors are individually glazed glass panels. Two cupboard doors below that open to expose a shelf and cubbyhole section. The fold out desk surface reveals felt covered surfaces with ...
$6,250 USDStained Glass Chandelier Dutch Design
Antiques:Lamps, Lighting
Something Spectacular here! A stained glass hanging dome in the Dutch style. The design is quite exceptional and unusual. The shape is incredible. The theme is with windmills, kissing couples, ducks, and mountains. The color combination is magnificent. The form is very free flowing the workmanship exceptional. It is all made of copper foil it has a 3 light interior with the original sockets and pull chains that end in a ball. It is suspended right now by a heavy bronze chain and of course you ...
$8,750 USDEgyptian Revival Nubian Torchere Lamp Life Size
Antiques:Lamps, Lighting
19th Century Cast Iron Egyptian Nubian Figural Lamp. Cast in Iron with impressed foundry mark of “The Kramer Bros Co”1870 Dayton Ohio. The last number of the date is illegible, but there is no question at all that it dates from the 1870’s.The Kramer Bros factory is famous for they’re work in cast iron items , such as garden benches & fountains. I believe this figure was originally a gas burning torchere lamp. It has now been fitted for electricity. Of course this guy weighs a ton. The surface of ...
$3,250 USDKerosene Student Lamp Double Mamoth
Antiques:Lamps, Lighting
Incredible double mammoth student lamp. This lamp was originally oil burning & has since been fitted for electricity. The lamp is large & impressive, would be a dynamite accessory in almost any setting from law office to log home! Made of the richest brass with so much intricate coiled brass cord applied to the surface of the lamp .A lamp like this is not easy to find any more & is considered to be very high end in the oil lamp category. The condition is very good. It has had some strengthen ...
$1,295 USDKerosene Lamp Sconce Cast Iron Large
Antiques:Lamps, Lighting
One of the all time best examples of a 19th Century Oil /Kerosene Lamp. This one is really quite a sight! The cast iron bracket is just so ornate in black iron with gold insizing.It has the original wall bracket, that allows the lamp arm to swivel completely from side to side. The mold blown finger lamp sits in the basket & can be taken out to walk around with or sit on a table. The original glass chimney has a delightful crimped ruffled top edge. This wall sconce is in really mint condition. ...
$139 USDLimoges Porcelain Egg Shape Box
Antiques:Boxes
Nice collectible Limoges Porcelain Box. Floral decoration & round egg shape with gilt brass fitting. The condition is excellent /perfect & signed on the bottom “Limoges France” Measuring 2 1/8”High .Pre 1914 according to the mark. Be sure to look at my entire box category for more great boxes! Thanks
$395 USDLamp Glass Float Lamp Early Lighting
Antiques:Lamps, Lighting
Rare early lighting “The Double Float Lamp” made in the mid 1800’s of a naturalistic design in fine cast brass of a tree branch mounted on an iron base & from the top end of each branch is a free blown glass bowl that is the burner pot, these burner pots were filled with the fat or grease burning substance & a wick just floated in the medium. This a particularly nice one, the condition is great, only exception is that one of the glass floats is a little off color, its minor & probably due to age ...
$3,500 USD18th Century Wood Carved Santo
Antiques:Art
ere is a very exciting 18th century carving of who I believe is St. Francis. From my recollection of seeing pictures of St. Francis his hand was always in this position out stretched usually holding a bird or the birds following him as he walked. Under is other arm he has a bible and peeking out from under his robe at the very bottom is a little animal that looks to me to be a deer. I can tell that originally this carving was fully polychrome – there are some remnants of gold gilding, and some ...
$5,500 USDLibrary Table Desk Carved Inlay Marquetry
Antiques:Furniture
Incredible 19th Century Library Table !So hard to describe this one , everywhere /every angle has so much going on !Made of light brown mahogany or walnut , its hard to tell. The carvings are well defined ,On each corner of the columns is a carved mythological mans face ,the scrolling acanthus leaf feet really look more like a classical dolphin, the dimension & detail is that good! The entire top is parquetry in light & dark shades & framed in a carved top molding above the carved skirt. This is ...
$295 USD1906 Poker Playing Dogs Calender
Antiques:Art:Advertising Animals Dog Dogs Calander Ephemera
Poker Playing Dogs Calendar, copyright by “C M Coolidge 1906” also marked photo color by Brown & Bigelo St Paul & Toronto (my 4044) Marked as title “ A Waterloo”. This is a complete calendar & as you can see the calendar pad has about 3 or 4 pages with turned up corners, the stability of the heavy cardboard is fine, the condition overall is a little bit dirty, mostly from being exposed to the every day elements, only expected with a paper item of this vintage, but on the other hand taking into ...
$275 USDLacquer/papier-mâché Snuff Box -Girl & Boy
Antiques:Smoking & Tobbaco
Nice Lacquer/papier-mâché Snuff Box. It has cute little scene on the top of a little girl and boy with a dog, in what appears to be English Colonial costume. The condition is good but not perfect it has some scuffing to the back edge of the lid and three nail holes in the bottom. It has good working hinges. Measuring 3 1/8”l x 7/8”h and 1 7/8w. Striving For Excellence It isn’t brilliance or just getting the breaks, It is consistent attention to & honest respect for the Customer. Blue Dolphin ...
$2,900 USDLate 1800s Gas & Candle Burning Chandelier
Antiques:Lamps, Lighting
Very unusual 19th Century Classical design chandelier. This chandelier was a combination of gas burning & candle burning at the same time. The brass is rich & mellow & the overall look with the classical design is very nostalgic. This chandelier has bee recently rewired & is ready to install. The condition is excellent. Measuring 44” Long x 23” diameter & just a note, this length can be shortened easily. This type of lighting were always very long because you would need to reach up & turn on the ...
$2,450 USDLantern Engraved Bell Chandelier Foyer Lamp
Antiques:Lamps, Lighting
Early Lighting , this quite exceptional hanging bell lantern is still in the original candle burning condition. It is always so exciting to find such a real & genuine early lighting device. The blown glass bowl is so deeply engraved with elegant palm leaves. The bronze frame is a delicate masterpiece of repousse fruits & flowers & the free blown smoke bell really pulls the lamp together. This lamp is circa 1800.These lamps are generally found in the foyer & hallway , they can be electrified ...
$18,500 USD18th Century Irish Game Card Table
Antiques:Furniture
This is a handsome Irish game Table - circa 1760’s. The table measures 29 ¼”h x 35 ¾”w x 17 ¼”d. It is made of rich brown mahogany with a carved edge of ribbons and floral sprays. It has bar and bead molding around the base of the table top which is carved and applied. There is a 1” section missing at the very back of the table. The canted Marlboro legs have a few sections of carved edges knocked off. The surface is somewhat dirty and dry with a few faint old line cracks on the top. The interior ...
$1,250 USD19th Century Adirondack Twig Table
Antiques:Furniture
One of the greatest 19th century Adirondack twig tables .This one is just the way I found it. It has a minute amount of remnants of old green paint that has worn off over the years. The exposed wood is dry but yet has great rich warmth to it. The style is so fascinating, it is just as knotty & gnarly as can be but tastefully so! The table is in very fine condition, is very sturdy & a very rare find indeed! Dating from the 19th century & measures 26 ¼” high x 20 ½” diameter of top & 20 ½”span at ...
$650 USDLarge Authentic Tiffany Studios Inkwell Crab
Antiques:Inkwells
Here is a nice large sized signed Tiffany Studios New York Inkwell with impressed number underneath. The inkwell is bronze with a lot of verde in the incised pattern reserves. There is a little bit of worn spots where the dark bronze patination has worn off. The spots that they are in leave me to believe that this is the way the owner touched the inkwell over time. It has the large crab on the top of the lid and the hinge is fairly good – it is just a tiny bit wobbly. The inside glass well is ...
$1,295 USD19th Century Oriental Marble Stand
Antiques:Furniture
This is an absolutely wonderful intricately carved 19th century pedestal – in a hard wood that in some places appear to be rosewood and in other places a wonderful dark brown color. It has four carved friezes with bam boo carvings down the legs. The top has an inset rouge marble in the center and there is a nicely carved beaded molding all around the edge. It measures 33” h x 12” wide @ widest point and the diameter of the top is 11”. Striving For Excellence It isn’t brilliance or just getting ...
$2,200 USDLarge Antique Frame Carved Wood Gold Gilding
Antiques:Decorative Arts
Here is quite the spectacular oval frame. It is carved wood with gesso and gold gilding. It is spectacular in every way and in every single inch. It has well defined carvings with a shelf cartouche on the top and bottom. It is a sever oval which is very striking. Of course it has all the signs of age that one would expect. It has a few minor little repairs that I can detect which can’t be seen until you are seriously scrutinizing the work. It has a paper label on the back of the maker which ...
$2,750 USDMarble Statue Boy
Antiques:Art
To die for this precious carved marble sculpture of a little boy writing in a book, the detail is so good, so well carved and the marble is as white as the purist snow! They feel just like satin to the touch, made sometime in the 20th century is my best guess. This sculpture weighs a bloody ton .As I write this I’m asking myself why I’m selling him. He is just so beautiful & precious in every way. Did you take a look at his chubby little toes? Measuring 28” high x 10” square base
$4,250 USD19th Century Bronze Eagle Sculpture
Antiques:Sculpture
19th century bronze eagle. This bronze eagle is very unique in shape – the detail is magnificent – every feather is highly detailed with huge talon feet on a flowing branch. I believe this eagle was once part of a podium/lectern. It has two spaces in the wings where obviously something was attached to it. The surface patina is rich and wonderful. You can tell it has been assembled in sections as a lot of bronzes of that time period were. It measures 45 ½” wide from tip to tip and 25” high @ ...
$1,295 USD19th Century Two Mast Schooner Model
Antiques:Nautical
Black & Red Boat model. Here is a super 19th Century Two Mast Schooner – a great item for on top of your fireplace mantel. The schooner is hand made and I believe it to be the original paint but I’m not 100% sure. It has so much going for it – all the little pulleys are hand carved, it has life boats inside the ships wheel which is carved wood, it has hatches, and everything you would expect a schooner to have. The anchor is on a pulley chain and is attached to the front side. This model is ...
$199 USD12 Piece Photograph Tin Type & Glass
Antiques:Photographs
This is a fabulous lot of 12 photographs dating from the 19th century. I find this kind of thing so interesting. The saying - a picture is worth a thousand words - feels so true when you look into the eyes of these people – who are young and old, women and men. I really don’t know where to start – They are all so interesting and each one deserves proper attention. 3 of them are on tin – and they are easy to pick out in the pictures here because they are slightly darker. The larger one is of any ...
$3,850 USDMeissen Chandelier
Antiques:Lamps, Lighting
Small & precious this Meissen Chandelier. This looks just like a basket of flowers floating in mid air. The bronze frame in a wonderfully rich surface patina is studded with a mass of porcelain flowers in the most natural colors. The leaves & vines are all in a naturalistic verdigris color. This little beauty has 4 branches (lights). It hangs on a simple chain, & if you wanted to you could add a more ornate chain of any length that you needed. This chandelier measures 18” high x 15” diameter, so ...
$1,850 USD19th Century Gas Sconce with Griffins
Antiques:Lamps, Lighting
Here is quite the outrageous 19th century wall sconce. It is bronze and it is very finely casted. It has a free flowing form with a winged griffin in the fore. The gas key is in the back near the wall canopy. The shade is very interesting – it has the same griffins in reserves. It was originally gas burning – now fitted for electricity. If you are looking for spectacular Victorian décor – look no further! It measures 14” out from x 8 ½”h with a 5”h back plate. Striving For Excellence It isn’t ...
$550 USD19th Century Table Top Sewing Machine
Antiques
Here’s a little blast from the past, gosh you can’t have more fun than this! I just couldn’t resist this little table top sewing machine. There is no makers name on it that I can find. It is really heavy, all in the original black paint with Anglo Japanese Aesthetic Movement stenciling on it. The wheel & plate are most likely nickel on brass or metal & of course these parts are in the original worn condition. There is a compartment on the side that allows the top part of the machine to open out ...
$1,650 USD19th Century Bronze Portrait, Lincoln
Antiques:Bronzes & Sculpture
19th century architectural plaque with portrait bust of Abraham Lincoln in high relief. Exceptional detail extremely fine. Rich and lustrous, original surface patina. Has a hook on the back for hanging. Checking it thoroughly I find no foundry mark. I guarantee you this is a fine quality 19th century bronze. Nice large size. 11 inches in diameter and approximately 1 inch deep. Striving For Excellence It isn’t brilliance or just getting the breaks, It is consistent attention to & honest respect ...
$350 USD19th Century Brass Bound Rosewood Box
Antiques:Boxes
Here is a wonderful 19th century brass bound rosewood box. The box is in absolutely lovely condition – it is somewhat elegant yet somewhat primitive. It has an inlay of lighter wood – which I assume is birch – along with the same type of inlay around the keyhole escutcheon. The box has a fitted interior and I believe at one point it was most likely a men’s toiletry box. There was also a leather type of flap on the inside of the lid that is missing now - this generally would have been a space for ...
$2,250 USD18th Century Oak French Chamber Stand
Antiques
18th century or earlier small French stand. It really is a little beauty, the sight of can really make you cry, it is that precious! Hand carved in oak, with the most perfect surface patina, so rich & The construction is square pegs & the little stand has quite a bit of worming, It has an early iron latch on the front & the early lock plate is still in the door but the lock catch is no longer there of course .I hope you can see the shapely skirt on the front & sides of the chest, so much style. ...
$1,295 USD19th Century Engraving Shipping Trade
Antiques:Art:Pictures & Paintings
This piece is of masterpiece quality – this engraving is after the original painting by WJ Higgins Marine Painter to His Majesty and Published by him July 1832. It is engraved by E Duncan. It is entitled in fine steel engraving script The Honourable East India Company Ship INGLIS Commanded by Joseph Dudman Esq Leaving St Helena in July 1830 in company with HM Frigate Ariadne and the HC Ships. The names of those ships guiding the Inglis are listed as the Windsor, Waterloo, Scaleby Castle, General ...
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