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Antiques:Vanity Items:Powder Puffs:Swan's Down:Sterling Powder Jars
Fabulously rare and exquisite complete set Duhme & Co. sterling silver powder jar dated 1884 and Art Nouveau sterling silver handle swan's down powder puff. A superb vanity set that has been together for over 100 years. First, the sterling silver powder jar by Duhme & Company. Herman Duhme started his company in the 1840's. By 1910, exactly 100 years ago, Duhme was out of business. The sterling silver handle powder puff is made of the finest swan's down, marked for PM&M and with a patent date of ...
$225 USDMid Victorian Enamel Clover Perfume Casket Hinged Gilt Bronze Scent Box
Antiques:Vanity Items:Perfume Caskets
Beautiful mid Victorian enamel perfume casket. Exquisite gilt bronze clover design over cobalt, ruby, and white enamel. The foliate clover design covers each surface of this delightful casket, with an enameled cartouche on the lid. This hinged scent box has an ornate, movable handle and stands 3" tall on four little feet. To the top of the handle, it measures 4 1/2". The clasp is marked Pat. (Patented). The casket opens to reveal the original royal purple fitted velvet interior with it's three ...
$325 USDArt Nouveau Blue Jasperware Cameo Atomizer Perfume Bottle
Antiques:Jasperware:Perfume Bottles
Fabulous Victorian German blue and white jasperware perfume bottle. Beautifully detailed with a portrait cameo of a gorgeous Art Nouveau woman on the front, framed by dripping "icicles" and swirling Art Nouveau scrolls. The bottle has raised embossed sides, all covered in white, foamy designs. The very best jasperware came from Germany before the turn of the nineteenth century, and even Wedgwood could not duplicate the artistic, flowing Art Nouveau designs that the Germans produced. Original ...
$450 USDArt Nouveau Poppies Hand Mirror Superb Porcelain Painting
Antiques:Vanity Items:Mirror & Brush Sets:Hand Mirrors
Spectacular Art Nouveau porcelain hand mirror, hand painted (not a transfer) with luscious orange poppies against a lavender and green backround. Domed porcelain plaque, exquisitely painted with vivid blooming poppy flowers, fat ripe poppy buds, green leaves and trailing stems. The backround is a rich lavender and grass green, flowing perfectly into a smokey backround at the base of the porcelain plaque. Exquisite brass frame and Art Nouveau handle, lavishly repoussed with lily pads, with ...
$171 USDFrench MOP Oyster Shell Carved Ocean Fisher Woman Scene C.1880
Antiques:Decorative Arts:Mop Carvings
French antique carved oyster shell. Nicely detailed old carving on an older black pearl shell. Carved about 1880, the scene depicts a fish monger and is unusual since the figure is a woman. The carver has added several sailboats in the backround and framed the entire scene with a scrolling border of waves and leather straps. Measures 8 inches tall and 7 1/4 inches wide, the piece is still in it's original wire hanger. It's in wonderful condition with a beautiful iridescent patina, just a tiny ...
$225 USDRogers Bros. Mystic Pattern 1903 Silverplate Art Nouveau Tea Spoons Original Presentation Box
Antiques:Flatware:Silverplate:Spoons:Teaspoons
Beautiful cased set of six silverplated teaspoons, made by Rogers Brothers in 1903. These gorgeous teaspoons are made in a very Art Nouveau pattern, with fabulous flowers heavily embossed on the ends, and twining stems all down the handle. The name of the pattern is Mystic. They come in their original fitted presentation box, which is silk padded inside and is covered in cream shagreen leather. The box has a hidden hinge and is in very good condition, with minor wear around the edges. Inside the ...
$670 USDDancing Gypsy Girl Miniature Portrait Porcelain Enamel Plaque In Ornate Carved Wooden Frame
Antiques:Art:Portraits:Miniatures
Outstanding hand painted portrait miniature of a young gypsy girl. Painted on a porcelain plaque in vibrant enamels, which do not fade, so this exquisite work of art is as gorgeous and bright as the day it was painted, 100 years ago. The nineteenth century artist has captured the essence and vitality of this carefree young woman, painting her dancing with a rose in one hand. You can see the movement and fluidity in the portrait, from her dark, beautiful hair to her beautifully painted gown. The ...
$199 USDSilver Filigree Figural Guitar Hinged Miniature Box
Antiques:Accessories:Vanity Items:Vinaigrettes
Wonderful turn of the nineteenth century silver filigree box shaped like a miniature guitar. Miniature hinged box is worked in exquisite silver filigree, with six copper guitar strings and tiny silver pegs and silver fret work. An ornate little clasp, shaped like a curving guitar rest, opens the hinged compartment. This fabulous figural treasure box measures just barely 4" in length and 1 1/4" wide at the widest point. It is in excellent condition with no damage or breaks in the filigree. The ...
$160 USDLion Of Gileppe Salesman's Sample Lion De La Gileppe
Antiques:Metalware:Salesman's Samples:Lion Of Gileppe
Nice example of a neat salesman's sample is this Lion of Gileppe on a marble slab pedestal. Patrons could order a large bronze lion from this sample. The Lion of Gileppe is the work of Felix Antoine Boure. (b.1831-d.1883). Boure constructed the lion atop the Gileppe Dam in Belgium. The dam was completed in 1875 and the regal lion faces East to guard the eastern border of Belgium. The dam provided a dependable source of water for the wool trade in that region near the end of the 1800's. The Lion ...
$2,495 USDLimoges French Enamel Portrait Gilt Ormolu Vinaigrette
Antiques:Vanity Items:Vinaigrettes
Rare and outstanding French Limoges Victorian enamel portrait and gilt ormolu vinaigrette. Exquisite French enamelled portrait of a beautiful woman in 18th century costume on a raised, red enameled plaque, framed by a gadrooned border and elaborate, ornate grillwork in gold ormolu. Ormolu onlays of flowers and leaves on red enamelled surround. The sides of this vinaigrette box are repoussed with double garlands of acanthus leaves, with a tiny gadrooned border under the rim of the lid. The ...
Antiques:Folk Art:Wood Carvings:Match Holders
Rare and one of a kind Scottish folk art wood carving. This incredible piece is a match holder with striker, carved as a Scottish terrier wearing a tam-o-shanter and playing the bagpipes. He carries an open sack on his back to hold matches, and is marching along beside tall grasses, which form the match striker. This fabulous scottie is wearing a long coat with carved buttons, note how his tail is peeking out from his coat tails in photo #7. He is beautifully detailed, carved almost two ...
$650 USDSensual Bronze Nude Woman & Cherub Art Nouveau Lily Pad Tray Forbidden Kiss C.1900
Antiques:Metalware:Bronze:Trays
Beautiful bronze tray, large and impressive, with an outstanding reclining nude and cherub alongside a stream with cattails, all in high relief. The entire plaque or tray is molded as a lily pad, it's exquisite, very sensual, risque, really, especially for it's time. Likely French origin, no marks. It appears to depict the Forbidden Kiss, or Dream of Love. The tray measures 12 1/2 inches in length and 8 1/2 inches wide, making quite a statement, one of the largest bronze plaques we've seen and ...
$175 USDFrench Romantic Courting Scene Tapestry
Antiques:Textiles:Tapestries:French
Beautiful French tapestry depicting a lover's courting scene with lady in a swing and her attentive suitor. The swing is suspended from a tree with abundant branches and leaves. The romantic scene is framed with flowing scrolls and flowers. This machine made tapestry is in excellent condition with no holes, rips, or tears. I was always going to have this made into a pillow but never have. The tapestry measures 16 3/4" in length and 12 3/4" wide. It is marked France on the back, dating it to the ...
$895 USDFrench Empire Napoleon III Gilt Tri Fold Mirror
Antiques:Accessories:Mirrors:Tri Fold Mirrors
Spectacular French Napoleon III standing tri fold oval dresser or vanity mirror. This old mirror has had some reinforcement to make it usable today, and what a statement it makes. Heavy gilt with French bows and roses, this is a three part mirror with large central oval mirror and two smaller folding ovals. Made to stand on a dressing table or vanity, this old mirror is in excellent condition with the reinforcement noted. The large center oval can tilt in it's stand. The mirror stands 22 1/2 ...
$225 USDFoster & Bailey Victorian Sterling Silver Talcum Shaker
Antiques:Accessories:Vanity Items:Talcum Shakers:Sterling Silver
Fabulous antique sterling silver talc shaker vanity item, produced and hallmarked by Foster & Bailey, silversmiths of Providence, Rhode Island, who used this mark from 1878 until 1898. Also marked Sterling, this captivating vanity piece is in excellent condition with no damage. The interior has a gold wash. The piece stands almost 2 1/4 inches tall and measures 1 3/8 inches wide. The top is removable to fill with talcum powder, and the shaker top opens or closes to dispense. A wonderful ...
$192 USDMid Victorian Black Leaf Motif & Chantilly Lace Parasol C.1870
Antiques:Textiles:Victorian:Parasols
Mid Victorian black parasol with woven leaf cover. This lovely parasol is made of black ribbed fabric with it's original black Chantilly deep lace awning and black ribbon and bow decorating the top stick. The fabric appears to be black corduroy with a beautiful leaf design woven into it. Deep black lace awning and black puffed and ruched trim on the inside. The stick is carved bamboo. The stick is missing the finial that would have been on the end of it. This can be replaced, parasols finials ...
$175 USDMid Victorian Painted Ivory & Plaid Silk Coin Purse Circa 1860
Antiques:Purses:Coin Purses:Ivory
Exquisite Mid-Victorian ivory and silk lined coin purse. Skillfully carved with tiny designs, then inlaid with painting and lined in plaid silk. This ivory purse has a locking clasp and opens easily, closing securely. The interior is lined with a gorgeous plaid silk and has two compartments for coins. It must have been packed away for nearly a century, the silk lining is gorgeous, still vivid and bright. In excellent condition, this tiny treasure measures 3" in length and 2 1/8" wide. Circa 1860.
$375 USDFrench Mid Victorian Miser's Purse Circa 1850 Mint Mint Mint
Antiques:Accessories:Purses
Here is the most wonderful example of a Victorian miser's purse we have ever seen. It is crocheted in gorgeous colors, and finished with double tassels on each end. Two sliding metal rings are covered with crochet work, and above the tassels are three crocheted pommels. This exquisite miser's purse is from France, having been in the same family since the beginning, cherished throughout the generations and therefore it is in mint condition, unfaded and absolutely magnificent, appearing to have ...
$795 USDFrench Pair Opaline Glass & Gilt Ormolu Perfume Scent Bottles
Antiques:Accessories:Perfume Bottles
Exquisite pair of French opaline glass and gilt ormolu perfume bottles. Beautiful engraved gilt metal mounts are covered with detail; foliate designs, chased scrolls, plumes and leafy accents. Rich, gorgeous opaque white opaline glass. This pair was commissioned as they have an M incorporated into the design of of the gilt metal mounts, these would not have been mass produced for the Palais Royal but instead the only ones of their kind, made by a very fine French glass house for a very wealthy ...
$300 USDFrench Louis XV Style Enamel Picture Frame With Putti Cherub & Dolphin
Antiques:Accessories:Picture Frames
Sensational French enameled picture frame. In the Louis XV style, this extravagant frame is thickly enameled in deep teal. It features romantic scrolls, lattice detail, and roses, along with a cherub's head and a dolphin foot. It stands 12 inches tall and measures 8 inches wide with an enamel easel back. Aside from some minor enamel loss, this gorgeous French frame is in excellent condition for it's age. A rare example, circa 1900.
$395 USDFrench Beveled Glass & Gilt Ormolu Basket Form Casket Miniature Vitrine
Antiques:Caskets:Vitrines:Miniatures
Fabulous French antique diamond beveled glass miniature vitrine casket with braided basket handle. Footed casket has six thickly beveled glass panels: front and back, sides, double access lid, and padded interior. The front and back glass panels are diamond shaped, the other panels are square. Very unusual with it's basket form. Wonderful gilt ormolu mounts, basket handle, and feet. The feet feature incised scrolls and flowers. This miniature vitrine is exquisite to display jewelry or a watch. ...
$485 USDTibetan Foo Dog Gilt Metal Incense Burner Censor With Elephants, Storks & Tortoise
Antiques:Accessories:Incense Burners:Censors
Uniquely fabulous Tibetan gilt metal incense burner or censor. Ferocious foo dog stands guard as the finial on the lid, with one paw on a ball. His feet rest on the perforated lid, which is heavily detailed with curling plumes of smoke. Two storks in high relief are on the front and back, with wings outstretched. Each stork is carrying a fierce looking tortoise. Palm fronds in relief are along each side of each of the tortoises. The double handles are elephant heads, with long tusks and their ...
$595 USDFrench Bronze & Gilt Figural Inkwell With Pen Rest Pheasant & Thatched Hut
Antiques:Bronze:Inkwells
Fabulous antique Victorian French empire figural inkwell with pen rest in bronze and gilt. Bronze pheasant standing next to a gilt hut with thatched roof. The thatched roof is hinged, opening to reveal the inkwell. Behind the hut is a pen rest, in the form of a gilt fence and log with bronze and gilt leafy vegetation. The entire piece is very busy and detailed, with bronze and gilt leafy plants, twigs and branches, bugs, and even a bronze running stream with gilt rocks. All this on an oval ...
$320 USDFrench Gold Dore Filigree & Guilloche Enamel Venetian Jeweled Hinged Patch Box
Antiques:Vanity Items:Patch Boxes
Fabulous French gold dore filigree and guilloche enamel hinged patch box compact, covered with Venetian glass jewels. Intricate gold dore filigree work on the lid, with central medallion plaque of cobalt enamel, handpainted with pink roses and green leaves. Around this center medallion are cobalt and red cabochon "jewels". The Venetian glass stones are prong set. The sides have a very fancy gadrooning and repousse design. The box is hinged, it opens to reveal the original beveled mirror in ...
$320 USDFrench Gold Dore Filigree & Guilloche Enamel Venetian Jeweled Chatelaine Mirror
Antiques:Accessories:Vanity Items
Sensational French gold dore filigree and guilloche enamel chatelaine mirror with Venetian glass jewels. Gold dore filigree in a floral design, with center medallion plaque of teal blue enamel, handpainted with pink roses and green leaves. The rim is edged with teal blue and red cabochon "jewels" which are prong set. These Venetian glass jewels match the center enameled plaque beautifully. Gadrooned edge, original beveled mirror on the other side, held in place with gold dore braided retaining ...
$199 USDFrench Metallic Silk Thread Embroidered Purse Nineteenth Century Gilded Age Needlework
Antiques:Purses:Embroidery
Simply gorgeous antique French metallic silk thread embroidered purse. So appropriate in the gilded age, this elegant purse is embroidered front and back with polychrome silk and gold and silver metallic silk threads. The gilt ormolu frame is repoussed with a beautiful floral and acanthus leaf garland with a plunger type clasp. Double carry chain. The interior of the purse is just as beautiful as the outside, the hallmark of highly skilled embroidery. The purse measures 12" in length overall, ...
$1,598 USDFrench Gilt Butterfly Figural Tussie Mussie Art Nouveau Posey Holder Victorian Porte Bouquet
Antiques:Vanity Items:Tussie Mussies
Exquisite and outstanding describes this glorious French gold gilt figural butterfly tussie mussie. Fabulous openwork in gilt metal, original pin and finger ring. Superb detail and fine quality workmanship. Measures 6 1/4" in length, excellent condition with no damage, no breaks in the metal. Circa 1880.
$225 USDGold Filled Venetian Jewel Top Cut Glass Chatelaine Perfume Bottle Victorian
Antiques:Accessories:Perfume Bottles
Exquisite Victorian cut glass chatelaine perfume, set with Venetian glass stones. The hinged lid is gleaming gold filled, embellished with ruby Venetian glass cabochon stones in bezel settings. The domed lid has an intricate cage-work of applied hearts with flower centers and a tiny gadrooned border around the lower edge. The lid is marked Gold Filled on the side. The cornucopia shaped bottle is brilliant cut glass, beautifully cut and beveled on all sides, with a gentle curving shape. The glass ...
$195 USDVictorian Solid Ivory Glove Stretchers
Antiques:Vanity Items:Glove Stretchers:Ivory
Beautiful pair of Victorian solid ivory glove stretchers. An indispensable vanity accessory for the Victorian lady of means to ensure her gloves would fit in the proper manner. Carved ivory, hand tooled, and fitted with tiny silver pins. They work perfectly and are exquisite to behold. These ivory glove stretchers measure 8 3/4" in length and are in excellent condition. Circa 1880.
$120 USDVictorian Art Nouveau Gilt Ormolu Picture Frame
Antiques:Accessories:Metalware:Picture Frames
Gorgeous Victorian Art Nouveau gilt metal ormolu picture frame. Exquisitely detailed, with embossed roses and scrolls all along the sides and detailed openwork at the top of the frame. The frame has ball feet and a hinged easel back. The back of the frame is incised with numbers and a Patent mark, making it American in origin. The frame stands 12" tall and measures 7" wide. It does not have the glass. Circa 1880.
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