Catalog: Sold Items: Decorative Art (229)

A Victorian walking stick with an exotic wood shaft fitted with a carved ivory handle modeled in the form of a fist clenching a ball. A fine touch of added quality is the carved snake bracelet with inlaid eyes which wraps around the hand, typical of jewelry worn in the Victorian age. An extra band of ivory is added as the collar and there is an ivory tip. The fineness of the carving is apparent in the detailed depiction of the fingernails. Excellent condition. Size: 33 inches length...

Tiffany and Co. sterling silver pierced sugar sifter spoon in strawberry vine pattern. Circa 1891-1902. Manufactured during the directorship of Charles Tiffany and stamped on the base of the handle. Size: This is the large size version measuring 5 3/8 inches in length. Monogrammed inside the pierced bowl. 1.36 troy ounces. Excellent condition. Would also serve nicely as a tea strainer because of the fine piercing.

Six large chocolate spoons, plus long handled chocolate muddler in Gorham's Marguerite pattern, sterling silver, patented 1901, engraved with initial W. Condition: very good, no dents, but with a couple of black spots in the bowls. Unusual to find a set that includes the large muddler.

Three-piece French silver coffee service, 1st standard .950 silver. Circa 1900. Hallmarked. A bachelor's size set of pear form, supported on three hoof feet, with cast and repousse scrolling foliate decoration to the bodies and covers. The ebony handles demonstrate fine, delicate turnings. No monograms. Excellent original condition with no repairs or dents. Size of pot: 5.75" high x 5.25" across the handle x 3" diameter.

A Royal Vienna style porcelain coffee cup and saucer, with raised gilding on a lavender glaze and featuring a hand-painted scene of a goddess and cherub. Late 19th or early 20th century. Under glaze blue beehive mark. Size: 4.75 in. diameter x 2.25 in. ht.

A Victorian sterling silver cylindrical vanity dresser jar with cover, decorated with all over floral repousse work. Circa 1888-1896. Manufactured by Davis and Galt, Philadelphia, PA and retailed by Bailey, Banks and Biddle. Size: 2.75 in. ht. x 2.5 in. diameter. No Monogram. Nice condition, no dents.

A fabulous repousse decorated sterling silver water pitcher by S. Kirk & Son Co., Baltimore. Circa 1900. This ewer is adorned all-over in an unusual repousse pattern with cat tails, ferns and roses. Excellent condition with no dents or repairs. Stamped under base "S.Kirk&SonCo. 925/1000 184". Size: 10 inches high x 8 inches across handle/spout. A superb example of Baltimore silver.

Victorian double partners' sterling silver inkstand, London, by Barnard Brothers. 1901. A rectangular inkstand adorned with a gadrooned border and supported on four ball and claw feet; with two opposing pen trays, two cut crystal inkwells with sterling silver covers and a central oval stamp box engraved with the initials of the original owner. Excellent condition, with a few tiny flakes to the glass of the inkwells, no cracks, or repairs...

American Victorian sterling silver coffee pot manufactured by Redlich & Co. for the famous Philadelphia retailing firm of J.E. Caldwell. Circa 1896-1910. A pot of classical form and design with pineapple finial, acanthus leaf motifs and oval medallions. No monograms. Maker's and retailer's stamps and sterling mark on underside of base. Excellent condition and heavy weight. Size: 10.75 inches high x 9.25 inches across spout x 5 inches diameter...

Arts and Crafts pottery vase by Grueby. A tall vase decorated in a curdled dark green matte glaze. Circa 1900-1909. Size: 7 3/4 inches ht. Excellent condition, with a manufacturing glaze bubble in the making. Retaining the original Grueby paper printed label on the underside of the base.

Rookwood art pottery Iris glaze vase decorated with star lilies by artist Rose Fechheimer, 1903. Impressed under base with Rookwood potter's marks. Mint condition with typical glaze crazing. Size: 7.5" high x 4" diameter

Grueby art pottery vase with matte oatmeal glaze. Globular form with six vertical panels. Circa 1900-1909. Size: 3 7/8 inches in diameter x 2 3/4 inches height. Mint condition. Impressed on base with manufacturer's circular mark.

George I style sterling silver sugar caster, London, 1908, manufactured by the Gold and Silversmiths Company Ltd., of octagonal baluster form and with an intricately pierced top. Size: 6.5 inches ht. Weight - 4 troy ounces. Condition: very good, no monogram, with only a tiny ding to body (see photo detail), no wobble, stamped with a complete set of matching hallmarks on the body and on the cover and with manufacturer's full name struck on underside of base.

Frederick Carder designed Steuben art vase in a gold aurene iridescent finish with ruffled rim on a twisted pedestal stem. Circa 1905. An early example with a low production number '182'. Signed and numbered under base. Size: 8 3/4" high x 5 1/8" diameter. Excellent condition.

Gilded sterling silver anointing spoon commemorating the coronation of King Edward VII, London, 1902, by Cornelius Saunders and James Shepherd. Size: 6.75 inches length. This spoon is designed after the 12th century anointing spoon of Henry II, currently in the English Royal Collection. Condition: very good and retaining most of the original gilding.

Continental singing bird-in-cage automaton. Circa. 1900. Probably French or Swiss. Bird fashioned from real feathers, with glass eyes, and on a brass perch. Key-wind mechanism inside base of cage causes bird to sing various bird songs, while moving beak and turning head. Some loss to bird’s feathers. Musical movement is operational but sometimes hesitates, requiring a slight titling action to restore it, so probably requires some adjustment. Size: 12.5” ht.

Antique Wedgwood dark blue Jasper ware dip jug, England, c.1900., with classical scenes in relief of Diana and other figures making offerings, and with festooned decoration round the rim. Size: 6.25" ht. x 6" diameter x 7.5" over handle/spout. Condition is very good, with no loss to relief decoration, or repairs, only with some staining to the bottom of the jug and with a manufacturer's firing crack at the top handle join. See photo details. Impressed "Wedgwood England" marks under base.

Gilt silver and enamel bowl souvenir spoon with scene of Constantinople and with a portrait of a Femme Turc (Turkish woman) on the handle. Late 19th or early 20th century. 800 silver. Size: 5 inches length. Excellent condition.