"Drake's Well" by Vincent Maragliotti (Italian/American, 1888-1978). Signed lower right and dated 1976. Oil on artist board. Size: 22" x 24", and offered in a modern gilt frame. This unusual painting was commissioned for Pennsylvania's Bicentennial exhibition, celebrating its historical events. Edwin Drake drilled the world's first oil well in 1859, in Titusville, PA, thus creating the future of oil prospecting...
A Carl Art 14Kt yellow gold pin/brooch with double leaves and 7 cultured pearls. Weight: 6.4 grams. Size: 1 5/8 inches length. Late 20th Century.
All Items : Archives : Furnishings : Garden : Furniture : Pre 1980
item #1425163
(stock #40H19-3011)
A vintage bird bath for the garden. Cast in concrete of a single piece, with octagonal top and pedestal base with trailing vine motif. Size: 22 inches height x 16 inches diameter. Can be used either as bird bath or as a planter in your garden.
A vintage long and graceful garden bench fashioned with iron supports and white painted wooden slats arranged with a gracefully curved profile. Nice condition. Size: 31 inches ht. x 66 inches length x 24 inches depth.
All Items : Archives : Furnishings : Garden : Decorations : Pre 1970
item #1382371
(stock #39B16-111)
Folk art painted wood vintage bird house, supported on a tall post base. Circa 1960s. Painted white. House opens to clean the interior. Size: 60 inches ht. x 12 inches x 12 inches (bird house only - 10.5 inches x 9.5 inches x 12 inches ht.)
Estate jewelry pin/brooch fashioned in the form of a grape leaf with cultured pearl grapes and enameled lady bug, set in 14kt yellow gold, with carved green hardstone leaf. Excellent condition. Size: 2.25" length x 1.5" ht.
All Items : Archives : Furnishings : Furniture : Continental : Revival : Pre 1950
item #1076186
(stock #26C10D-184)
Florentine Italian rococo style coffee table with marble top. Circa 1920s-40s. This coffee table has a green painted finish with carved and gilded shell and acanthus decorative motifs and supports a rectangular off-white marble top with light brown veining and molded edges. Size: 60 inches in length x 20 inches width x 15.5 inches height. Nice condition (no chips or cracks to the marble), some minor flaking to some of the green painted surface.
The Louis Vuitton 'cube' is the rarest and most desirable in their line of trunks. Circa 1900-1920. Size: 26 inches wide x 25 inches deep x 25 inches high. This example is one of the earlier versions of the Louis Vuitton cube with a low production serial number (see photos) and with metal corner bands rather than leather. The interior retains both lift-out trays as well as the original manufacturer's label...
A vintage 14Kt yellow gold 'Love' charm bracelet, with 5 gold charms suspended from a complex bracelet with circular and woven wirework links. The charms are variously set with seed pearls and amethyst and ruby gemstones. All but the largest charm are stamped 14K, one by Mendelsohn & Martinez, from Providence, RI. Size: 7.25 in. length. Weight: 58.5 grams. The largest square charm is gold but unmarked, with the saying 'I Love You.'
A vintage ceremonial Odd Fellows crown. Circa 1920s. Size: 8 in. x 7.5 in. x 4.5 in. ht. Sheet brass and red velvet. Adjustable size. Repairs to velvet and brass tips. A fun item - Make Yourself King For A Day.
A decorative vintage garden gate with scrollwork cut-out designs. Circa 1940s. Unpainted pine. Size: 38.5 inches ht. x 32 inches wide.
All Items : Archives : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1800
item #1193131
(stock #39B14-9155)
An important table dinner bell by the renowned partnership of silversmiths Wakelin and Taylor, London, 1787. Turned ivory handle; the silver bell engraved with all-over decoration including motifs of foliate scrolls, birds, swags, and an armoured helm, together with a family crest. Size: 5 1/2 inches tall x 2 7/8 inches diameter. 8.16 troy ounces total weight. Condition: excellent, with a tight age crack to the ivory handle. Crisp hallmarks on inside of bell...
Walter Lofthouse Dean (American, 1854-1912), oil on canvas, circa 1880s, 18" x 24". This painting depicts a busy harbor, possibly Gloucester or even Boston, with numerous sailing vessels and a steam powered tugboat. Walter L Dean was a Massachusetts marine painter and an experienced sailor. He studied art in Boston and then in Paris at the Academie Julian with Lefebvre and Boulanger, in 1883. He maintained an art studio in E. Gloucester, Mass...
Walton Blodgett (American, 1908-1963) - Boat in Dry Dock. Pencil on paper. Circa 1930's. Size: 7 inches x 13 inches. Unsigned but bearing the embossed stamp of the Walton Blodgett Estate. Walton Blodgett was an American watercolor painter, illustrator and teacher. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he studied at the Grand Central Art School and then with George Luks at the Art Students League in New York. He illustrated for 'Fortune' and other magazines to supplement his income...
Walton Blodgett (American, 1908-1963) - Artist at Work. Pencil on paper. Circa 1930's. Size: 7.5 inches x 10 inches. Unsigned but bearing the embossed stamp of the Walton Blodgett Estate. Walton Blodgett was an American watercolor painter, illustrator and teacher. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he studied at the Grand Central Art School and then with George Luks at the Art Students League in New York. He illustrated for 'Fortune' and other magazines to supplement his income...
Walton Blodgett (American, 1908-1963) - Train Station. Pencil on paper. Circa 1930's. Size: 7 inches x 9 inches...
Snow Drifts - Walton Blodgett (American, 1907-1963), original watercolor painting. Circa: mid 20th century. Size: 12 inches x 14.5 inches. Signed in lower left. A dramatic image by this WPA era Vermont artist, with contrasting shadows set against a snowy field and with a silhouetted skyline of the Green Mountains in the background. Walton Blodgett received his artistic training in New York City at the Grand Central School of Art, and later with George Luks. His earliest works were stark de...
Wassily Kandinsky, after (Russian, 1866-1944) screen print Gris, edition 153/300, circa 1953. Sheet size: 25 inches x 19 inches. Image size: 16 inches x 13.75 inches. Gris was originally produced by Kandinsky in 1931, from the Collection of the artist's widow, Nina Kandinsky. This silkscreen was printed in 1953, in a limited edition of 300 prints, in Paris, at the studio of Wilfredo Arcay, and was issued the same year in the folio, Edition Art D'Aujourd'hui: Maitres de L'Art Abstrait (Art of ...