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.
Rare sterling silver spectacles in a green shagreen eye glasses case with silver mounts. Circa 1790-1800. The silver eyeglasses are unmarked, but are probably English, with folding frames. The shagreen (shark skin) case is in excellent condition with unmarked silver mounts and a working push-button catch. Size: 5 1/4" ht. x 2" width x 5/8" depth. Shagreen was made from the skin of the dogfish, a variety of shark, and was filed smooth and then applied like leather over a woode ...click for details
Georgian physician's blood letting set including a silver mounted green shagreen case with hinged top, complete with its four original thumb lancets, each with a triangular steel blade housed in hinged tortoiseshell protective guards. Circa 1790. Three of the steel blades are stamped with the cutler's mark of a crown with a six pointed star below, while the fourth blade is stamped SARLING. The set is in remarkable condition, with the only the catch for the lid closure being missing. S ...click for details
An English Victorian claret jug in cut crystal mounted with a sterling silver handle and spout with hinged cover. Fully hallmarked on the silver neck for Birmingham, 1892, by Vale Brothers & Sermon. Size: 8.5" ht. x 5.5" x 4.5". Condition: No chips, cracks, dents, or repairs. Crystal is clear apart from some slight cloudiness on the very bottom of the jug (which might be removed with soaking).
Tobacco jar in the form of an Indian Chief with feathered headdress, smoking a pipe. Headdress lifts off to access the tobacco. Excellent condition. Size: 7" ht.
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.
A rare Royal Crown Derby two-handled loving cup in the popular Witches pattern, #6299, with date code for 1916. Mint condition, with no wear to gilding. Size: 7" x 4.5" x 5.5" high. An unusual form in a desirable Imari pattern.
Two ironstone soup plates by Minton in the Imari "Oriental Japan" pattern, #5194, with impressed triangle date mark for 1843. Size: 10.25" diameter. Excellent condition with no chips, cracks, staining or restoration, just some light crazing. Underglaze blue backstamp with pattern name and impressed "BB New Stone" (for Best Body ironstone).
An ice bucket or pail fashioned in sterling silver by the Gorham Mfg. Co. with date code for 1912. This Arts & Crafts era bucket was designed in a medieval style utilizing a hand hammered treatment to the mounts and straps, with simulated nail heads. A swing handle and spout with strainer allows melted ice water to be poured away. Engraved on the top with the conjoined Gothic initials 'MJ'. Close inspection reveals evidence of a silversmith's old repair to the smaller pouring ...click for details
President Ulysses S. Grant's personal copy of a book by Benton in two volumes, titled " Thirty Years' View; or, A History of the Workings of the American Government For Thirty Years, From 1820-1850." New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1865. 2 vols., 3/4 brown leather binding w/marbleized covers and endpapers. Each with Lieut. Gen. U.S. Grant presentation book-plate, dated January 1, 1866. Condition: scuffing and rubbing to spine and covers. Size: 9.5" X 7". These vol ...click for details
