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$295 USDFrench Silver, Enamel & Wheel Cut Travel Dresser Jar
Collectibles:Vanity Items:Enamel
This circa 1925 jar has a beautiful deep peacock blue enamel with white trim over an engine turned pattern. The enamel has no chips/cracks/repairs. The specks (photo 1) & glassy/cloudy cast (photo 2) are REFLECTIONS! I can see some surface only bites & scratches to enamel. The silver lid is marked with a #1 Minerva for 950/1000 silver. The silver has no dents/rips/repairs. The lid is a slide on/off. Fits firmly with a lot of drag. The jar has a lovely wheel cut ribbon & floral swag pattern as ...
$225 USDFrench Silver, Enamel & Wheel Cut Travel Dresser Jar
Collectibles:Vanity Items:Enamel
This circa 1925 jar has a beautiful deep peacock blue enamel with white trim over an engine turned pattern. The enamel has no chips/cracks/repairs. Any specks (photo1) & glassy/cloudy cast (photo 2) are REFLECTION! I can see some surface only bites & scratches to enamel. The silver lid is marked with a #1 Minerva for 950/1000 silver. The silver has no dents/rips/repairs. The lid is a slide on/off. Fits firmly in almost all positions with a lot of drag. The jar has a lovely wheel cut ribbon & ...
$225 USDFrench Silver, Enamel & Wheel Cut Travel Dresser Jar
Collectibles:Vanity Items:Enamel
This circa 1925 jar has a beautiful deep peacock blue enamel with white trim over an engine turned pattern. The enamel has no chips/cracks/repairs. Any specks (photo1) & glassy/cloudy cast (photo2) on enamel is REFLECTION! I can see some surface only bites & scratches to enamel. The silver lid is marked with a #1 Minerva for 950/1000 silver. The silver has no dents/rips/repairs. The lid is a slide on/off. Fits firmly with a lot of drag. The jar has a lovely wheel cut ribbon & floral swag pattern ...
$185 USDFrench Silver, Enamel & Wheel Cut Travel Dresser Bottle
Collectibles:Scent, Perfume Or Cologne Bottles
This circa 1925 bottle has a beautiful deep peacock blue enamel with white trim over an engine turned pattern. The enamel has no cracks/repairs. I did find with a 10 power loop some surface only flake shaped chips to the top white 1/32" wide rim & a few minuscule surface only bites & scratches to balance of enamel. The silver collar on bottle & interior of lid is marked with the #1 Minerva for 950/1000 silver. The bottle's collar & lid's screw on threads are intact & screw easily. The rectangle ...
$485 USDMandalian Pearlescent Painted Mesh Bag Purse
Collectibles:Purses Or Bags
This circa 1925 mesh bag has a great color combination of orange, turquoise & black with a cream background. The paint is in excellent condition. Pattern & depth of paint color is identical on both sides. The bag was never hung in sunlight to fade or bake paint. With my eyes I find no rips, tears, missing mesh. When inspecting with my loop the wire holding the mesh to frame is all original & intact with no breaks. I did find the occasional spot where the worker missed running the wire thru the ...
$695 USDAmerican Sterling Football Motif Match Safe c.1900
Collectibles:Tobacciana
This circa 1900 match safe has a great dimensional depiction of a football player running for a touchdown. I love the extra attention to detail with the lightly textured surface representing grass & the enthusiastic crowd (photo # 3) in the grandstands. With a loop you can plainly see they are standing & waving their arms. The center of the backside was left plain for presentation. It has been engraved with a lovely set of swirling artistic Art Nouveau initials of possibly GAP. They completed ...
$125 USDUnusual Cloth & Faux Enamel Compact
Collectibles:Compacts
In 25 years of doing compacts this was a never seen for Rich. The top is a reversed painted ship on some form of clear plastic/vinyl which is on top of faux guilloche enamel made of what we believe to be a foil. Very inventive! It has a zipper closure & a cloth backside. The interior cup for powder & interior top that holds the mirror are a very strong, dense form of what we believe to be cardboard. The powder screen & puff appear to be original to piece & have no residue. This compact was never ...
$2,895 USDCirca 1930 Cobalt Cut To Clear Large Powder Jar With Faux Jeweled Bronze Lid
Collectibles:Vanity Items
This 6 1/2" tall jar is truly spectacular. Back in time it would have been for dusting powder after your bath. Today you can use it as a decorator piece, candy dish or admire it in your display cabinet. My favorite suggestion is to put a velvet pad in the bowl & use it as a jewel casket. In it's original condition it appears it may have been plated in two tones. Today due to chemical residue on hands from powder, cleaning & age it has dulled to a lovely, even toned bronze & copper coloration. ...
$375 USDGorham Sterling Victorian - Art Nouveau Purse - Date Mark Of 1901
Collectibles:Purses Or Bags
This all sterling purse is so pretty with it's rose & swirling leaf frame. I can't decide if I should call it Victorian or Art Nouveau as the two periods overlapped. I feel it's lovely design fits either period, so I will let the buyer decide. The purse is in outstanding excellent plus condition. The sterling has no rips, dents, missing pieces, holes, deep scratches or repairs. It appears to have been rarely used. Both sides of the frame have pattern. It is very crisp & definition is well ...
$995 USDSuperb Shreve Sterling & Floral Motif Cut Glass Jar
Collectibles:Boxes, Cases & Caskets
This beautiful jar is top quality all the way. It has a lovely hand engraved sterling lid & a stunning gravic cut floral base. Please excuse the black reflections in the sterling photos. I could not get close up without the camera reflecting off the silver. As you can see from the sterling photos the lid is engraved with multiple patterns. The center has lovely Art Nouveau presentation that looks to be CMG. It is so artistically engraved it almost looks like a pattern not initials (left side ...
$2,495 USDFrench 18kt. Gold, Emerald & Enamel Art Deco Pill Box Circa 1925
Collectibles:Boxes, Cases & Caskets
This Art Deco pill box is just exquisite & in such superb condition. The owner was very careful with their usage & evidently kept it in a bag in their pocket or purse. The gold is in excellent plus condition with no rips, holes, cracks, deep scratches or repairs. I did find some gold test scratching on the interior side portion under the backside rim. The hinge is all original without repair. The box closes with a loud, firm click & opens with excellent plus drag. All of those thin (less then 1 ...
$750 USDSaart Bros. Co. Sterling & Enamel Mirror, Brush & Comb Set
Collectibles:Vanity Items:Enamel
This lovely circa 1935 set is in all original condition with no repairs to enamel or sterling. The base enamel is a vibrant medium toned aqua placed over the engine turned (a form of machined pattern) sterling. It was then hand painted with shades of rose, blue & green in a floral with a blue ribbon accent. When viewing enamel with my eyes, rubbing with my fingers & then confirming with a loop I found surface only use to the enamel. IE: Some surface scratching & some abrasion (see photo # 6) to ...
$1,995 USDSterling Silver, Hand Painted Enamel Scene & Champleve Box
Collectibles:Boxes, Cases & Caskets
This stunning box is such a wonderful combination of styles of craftsmanship. Please excuse the glassy look to areas of the enamel photos-that is light reflection. The exterior of the sterling box is comprised of two levels. The lower level has been used for two different styles of enamel work & the higher level used for patterns with hand engraved accent. The center of the lid has a lovely hand painted enamel scene (photos 2-3-4) in excellent plus condition with no chips, cracks, scratches or ...
$595 USDSterling & Guilloche Enamel Wheel Cut Deco Perfume Bottle
Collectibles:Scent, Perfume Or Cologne Bottles
This circa 1925 perfume has a lovely lavender & white guilloche enamel top with a piece of carved Amethyst quartz applied to it's center.The top is 1 13/16" in dia. & the quartz is 1" long x 5/8" at widest point. The enamel is all original with no chips/cracks/repairs. With my loop I didn't even find any scratches. The carved quartz is intact with no chips or cracks. The sterling portion of the stopper is free of holes/rips/repairs. I do see some of that uneven surface normal to 80 yr old ...
$1,295 USDAhmed Soliman Jasmine Perfume Bottle
Collectibles:Scent, Perfume Or Cologne Bottles
This 1930's perfume has the most stunning graphics enameled on the Czechoslovakian glass bottle. Any well heeled woman tourist from the 20's & 30's who shopped the market in Cairo made a stop at Ahmed Soliman's perfumery, and made at least one purchase.This bottle was bought as a single in a simple cardboard box (we have the bottom only), rather then being part of an elaborate set. The bottle is complete with its original faux jeweled brass screw top and is empty. The bottle is in excellent plus ...
$695 USDDauber Style Amber & Cobalt Fry Perfume Bottle For De Vilbiss
Collectibles:Scent, Perfume Or Cologne Bottles
This dauber style Fry/De Vilbiss bottle is hard to find. It has it's original top w/glass dauber intact. It's gold plate is almost totally even in color. It has a slight loss at acorn's (for want of a better word) circular rim & bottom rim that fits against bottle. There is also a minuscule 1/4" gray line on a curve. This all is soooo minor! It's beautiful pale amber bottle is wheel cut in a floral motif. The base is a vivid cobalt blue. Stunning combination w/lovely decor! The glass is free of ...
$1,995 USDLarge Steuben Rosalene Perfume Atomizer for Mignon
Collectibles:Scent, Perfume Or Cologne Bottles
I love the beautiful pink color on Rosalene, so feminine! This 13 1/4" total tall atomizer (bottle is 10 1/8" to bottom of hardware) is in super condition with no chips or cracks. The only thing I found was some roughness at bottom of alabaster ball that I have pictured for you. Even the bottom rim is free of chips/nicks. There appear to be some specks of cinders in the underside base of the bottle, please see my close up photo. The base has a polished pontil & is 4" in dia. It is unsigned as a ...
$495 USDWhiting & Davis Baby Mesh Peacock Bag Purse
Collectibles:Purses Or Bags
This circa 1925 bag is a highly desirable bag for a mesh purse collector. The pattern is identical on both sides as well as the depth of color. The bag has never been hung in sunlight to fade or bake the paint. Paint is in excellent condition. With inspection by my eyes I find no rips or missing mesh. With inspection with my loop the wiring of mesh to frame is all intact with the exception of wire to two holes (holes 2 & 3 from an underarm hinge). Someone has used a small jump ring & re-secured ...
$1,250 USDDe Vilbiss Acid Cut Back Perfume With Button Stopper Top
Collectibles:Scent, Perfume Or Cologne Bottles
This wonderful perfume is all original. The glass has no cracks, deep scratches or repairs. Even the dauber is intact. I found one tiny chip on the body that looks like missing gold color until you use a loop to view it (see photo #9) The body of the bottle is a clear deeply acid cut cameo glass. The leaf pattern, bottle stem & base are the top most smooth surface of the glass & the background has been acid cut back for depth & a rough texture. That beautiful fuchsia color is an internal paint ...
$895 USDHawkes Cut Steuben Verre De Soie Perfume With Guilloche/Sterling Stopper
Collectibles:Scent, Perfume Or Cologne Bottles
I adore Steuben's Verre de Soie glass. It always makes me think of an opal gemstone. The only thing better is when it has been cut by Hawkes. The glass is in excellent plus, plus condition. It has no cracks, chips, nicks, scratches or repairs. I found an approx 1/64" spot on the side of the top rim. When viewed with a loop you see it is original to manufacture. It appears to be a faint touch from the cutting tool. The glass also has a few of the expected, tiny interior bubbles & hints of gray ...
$495 USDCzechoslovakian Enamel & Brass Photo Frame
Collectibles:Photo Frames
This lovely 5 1/4" tall frame is quite large for the Czech enamels. It is 3 1/4" wide thru feet & has a photo area of approx 3 5/8" tall x 2" wide. That beautiful deep burgundy/maroon 1/16" wide border has a light accent pattern in it (photo # 3). It's great to find one with a form of red in it as for some reason reds didn't fire well. The interior is a Navajo white with hand painted, shaded roses & leaves. The enamel has no chips, cracks or deep scratches. I did find a few normal specks of ...
$595 USDIntricate Deitsch Sterling Photo Frame
Collectibles:Photo Frames
This lovely frame was made by I.N. Deitsch of New York. Per Rainwater they showed in records of being in business from 1904 to approx 1920. Please excuse the reflections in my photos. The front of the frame has a beautiful 7/8" border of what appears to be hand engraved curly q leaves & flowers. The top border has a 2 5/8" long area of undecorated sterling to have presentation engraved. The area has never been engraved. The sterling side rims of the frame are without pattern & are 9/16" wide. ...
$595 USDPygmalion Gold Tone Globe Compact with Bag
Collectibles:Compacts
This circa 1940 compact is in excellent plus condition. It is comprised of a yellow base metal (probable brass) that has a glossy gold plate finish. The exterior plate is brite & glossy with just an occasional speck of discoloration. The push button is a duller bronze color & may never have been plated as it's post has no plate also. It closes with a firm click. The compact's entire interior plate is again brite, glossy with a few specks of discoloration. The thumb tab for opening powder ...
$495 USDVermeil Sterling, Ivory Miniature & Wheel Cut Glass Dresser Jar
Collectibles:Vanity Items
This powder jar by International is lovely & quite unique. The sterling lid is a vivid vermeil with a hand painted ivory miniature in it's center (we opened it to verify ivory-not celluloid). The sterling has no dents/rips/repairs. The lid top has a manufactures flaw of a continuous line down a row of stamped/machined decorative + 's at the top area above the ivory (see last photo with black arrows). The ivory has no cracks/missing paint/water spots. The jar has an attractive wheel cut floral ...
$265 USDElgin America 1496 Figural Coin Compact
Collectibles:Compacts
This figural compact appears to never been used. It's original puff & screen have no powder residue. It does have an occasional disruption to the silver surface color as visible when looking at outer circular rims & the soldiers collar. There is a surface only thin line scratch on front that you find when compact held at correct angle. I worked with several angles to get it to show for you in the photo. This is VERY minor & I am only reporting it to be accurate. As you can see from photos it has ...
$895 USDDore Bronze & Rhinestone Photo Frame
Collectibles:Photo Frames
This circa 1900 dore frame is just great. It has delicate cast pattern inner & outer rims. The inner rim has been accented with prong mounted rhinestones and all may be original to frame. I see nothing with a loop to make me think replacements. The frame has also been accented with dore bronze cast mounts. It has the larger wreath on the top as well as two rose swags & two flower baskets applied to the fabric mat. I find no missing or broken, cracked dore bronze. The entire dore plating is in ...
$495 USDF & B Sterling Guilloche Enamel Mirror
Collectibles:Vanity Items:Enamel
This F & B (Foster & Bailey) mirror is 11 1/2" long x 6" wide. It is a lovely almost medium rosie pink. Look at the additional pizazz of the engine turn (machined into sterling under enamel) pattern at where the handle meets mirror & tip of handle. Enamel is in excellent condition w/ some of that surface only scratching that comes from antique used enamel. Has NO chips/cracks/restoration.The sterling is in excellent condition w/no rips/holes. it does have a 3/8" long abrasion to the smooth ...
$695 USDFrench Dore & 3 Bottle Music Box Perfume Decanter
Collectibles:Scent, Perfume Or Cologne Bottles
This is so cool that we had to buy it! When you lift the center bottle it plays music like lifting the lid of a music box. It's dore plating is bright & even colored. It does have some disruption on its 3 ball feet. The dore frame & matching bottle necks are free of cracks w/no missing pieces. It is missing 1 of the 4 rivet/tack nails to hold in the base. I am only reporting this to be accurate as musical base is firmly seated. According to the base label it plays "Everybody" & "Tango Argentina" ...
$295 USDFoster & Bailey Sterling & Enamel Nail Buffer
Collectibles:Vanity Items:Enamel
Lovely circa 1925 buffer in outstanding condition. The black base color is unusual. Normally the background colors on the vanity items were pretty pastels to mid tones. The enamel is all original with no chips, cracks or restoration. With my eyes I found 1 minuscule thin surface scratch on tray (see photo) 1/10" long. When tilting for angle & light I found a very thin line approx 1/10" long that qualifies as a scratch, but I had to hunt for it! The 3 hand painted floral motifs are also enamel. ...
$245 USDLovely Enamel & Gilt Patterned Compact
Collectibles:Compacts
This circa 1925 compact has a lot going on inside & out! It's exterior has lovely pattern work in the base metal on it's top, back & sides. Then it has black & white enamel work of flowers thru out the top with an accent of an enamel applied floral plaque. The enamel plaque is in excellent condition. The black & white enamel is in excellent condition on the center flowers. The rim border flowers are approx 1/16" big & are missing some enamel which may be original to the compact because it ...
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