Rene Lalique, France art glass carafe decanter in the Selestat pattern. Design first produced in 1925. Clear and frosted glass with an applied black glass neck ring, and with elongated petal motif. Molded signature on the underside, "R.LALIQUE" with France etched in script, together with 'N5072'. Size: 10.5 inches ht. x 5.75 inches diameter. Including the original stopper. Excellent condition, with no chips or cracks.
Scarce Chrysanthemum pattern sterling silver porringer by Tiffany and Co. Circa 1899-1900. This porringer was manufactured while Charles L. Tiffany was president of the company. Size: 8 7/8" x 5 1/4" diameter. 1 Pint capacity. Excellent condition, no monogram. Carved ivory handle with chrysanthemum motif, which matches the applied silver chrysanthemum decoration to the rim of the porringer.
Dennis Sheehan (American, b. 1950) - original winter sunset painting in a marshy landscape. Circa 1992. Oil on canvas. Size: 9 inches x 14 inches. Signed in lower right. Excellent condition and offered in a contemporary gilt wood plein air frame. This dramatic tonalist painting is typical of Sheehan's subject and style, capturing the orb of a setting sun over a wintry marshy landscape...
Dennis Sheehan tonalist sunset landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Size: 9 inches x 18 inches. Marked Sheehan in pencil on the reverse of the canvas. Excellent condition. Offered in a carved giltwood plein air frame. Dennis Sheehan is a contemporary painter of landscapes whose work is inspired by George Inness and other 19th century tonalists. His paintings are in many public and private collections, including the White House. He attended the Montserrat College of Art in Boston...
Early American coin silver beaker by Newburyport, Mass. silversmith William Moulton IV. Circa 1800. This cup bears an original presentation inscription, engraved in script, with the name Heber Little. Condition is very good with no repairs. There are a couple of minor dents, the most noticeable being situated near the base of the vessel & aligning with the right hand end and below the name 'Little.' There is also an incipient split at the top rim (see photo detail)...
Dennis Sheehan (American, b.1950) - Winter Sunset landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Circa: early 2000s. Size: 9 inches x 14 inches. Signed in lower left. Excellent condition and offered in a carved, gilt wood plein air frame. Dennis Sheehan is a contemporary painter of landscapes whose work is inspired by George Inness and other 19th century tonalists. His paintings are in many public and private collections, including the White House...
An antique still life painting of fruit and berries with a red breasted grosbeak. Unsigned, but probably of either a Dutch or German origin. 18th century. Oil on canvas (relined) and offered in an antique walnut ogee molded frame. This painting is a delightful and realistic rendering of grapes, plums, gooseberries, peaches and cherries, with a red breasted grosbeak perched on the fruit. Canvas size: 17.5 inches x 21.5 inches...
'Sun, Snow and Ice' by Eric Tobin. Oil on canvas. Dated 2017. Size: 12 inches x 16 inches. Signed in lower right and signed and titled on the reverse. Offered in a silver leaf plein air frame. A grouping of five white birch trees in winter overlooking the snowy banks of the Lamoille River, in Johnson, Vermont, as captured by Eric on a sunny day...
Eric Tobin landscape painting, titled Idyllic Vermont. Oil on canvas on wood panel. Size: 12 inches x 16 inches. Signed in lower right and signed and titled on the reverse. A view near Waterville, Vermont, of a valley farm with house and red barn complex overlooking a meandering river in the valley below. Offered in a silvered wood frame. Eric Tobin is a contemporary Vermont landscape artist. He resides in the northern part of the state, near Johnson, VT. Tobin was greatly influenced by th...
A diminutive English Regency period bracket clock with dial signed by Charles Leonard, Church St., Camberwell. Early 19th century. This clock is housed in an ebonized case with architectural details and with gilt brass molding to the inset front panels, pierced brass fish scale side panels with silk backing, a round 5" convex white porcelain dial with painted Roman numerals and with the name "LEONARD Church St. CAMBERWELL"; and is supported on 4 brass ball feet. There are two applied brass ba...
Prehistoric carved stone (steatite) spider effigy pipe, Fort Ancient Culture, circa 1,000-1,200 A.D. Size: 3 inches x 2 inches x 1.5 inches. Excellent condition. Discovered in Posey County, Indiana, this early stone elbow pipe dates from the Mississippian period and was carved by the people of the Fort Ancient Culture, who lived along the Ohio River, in the regions that now occupy S. Ohio, N. Kentucky and S.E. Indiana. This pipe bears the very detailed carved effigy of a spider. Provenance:...
Tiffany & Company vintage gold floral pin, fashioned in 18kt. yellow gold, set with 12 blue sapphires and 10 round diamonds. Weighs 17.8 dwt. (including stones). Excellent condition. Size: 2" diameter.
A pair of extraordinary sterling silver circular cake plates by Galt & Brother. Circa 1920. Size: 11 1/8" diameter x 1 1/4" height. Each plate is intricately pierced and decorated with cherubs and griffins, and is supported on a short foot ring. In the center is a script family monogram. Condition is excellent.
"Lady", portrait of a collie by artist Arthur B. Wilder (American, 1857-1949), oil on canvas, signed and dated 1925 in lower right. Size: 24" x 20". Lady was the Wilder family's dog and a favorite subject for Arthur's depictions of home life. He loved dogs and often painted them. An inscription on the reverse reads, "To Junior from Dad 1937." The canvas also retains early labels from when it was loaned to the Woodstock Inn for exhibition. His grandson, Lyle Pearsons, wrote about Arthur, "Th...
R.C. Gorman (Native American, 1931-2005) - Red Concho. Date: 1989. Original signed limited edition lithograph, 248 of 300, including the accompanying book, "R.C. Gorman: The Graphic Work" bound in leather and linen in a slip case. Both the lithograph and the book are signed by Gorman and numbered. Size of print: 10.75 inches x 13.5 inches. Excellent condition and offered framed. R.C. Gorman has become one of the best known artists of the American Southwest. He was born in Arizona and grew...
Antique Classically designed gilt over mantel mirror with three beveled glass panels flanked by columns with finely detailed Corinthian capitals and featuring a frieze depicting lions pulling a chariot with a victorious armored warrior. The mirror is trimmed with twenty-one gilt balls. 19th century. Size: 54 inches length x 35.25 inches height x 5 inches depth. Condition: very good with a few chips and cracks to the gilt gesso and with some seam separation in the top molding. Glass is probabl...
"Northern Vermont" - by Gianni Cilfone (Italian/American, 1908-1992), oil on canvas. Circa 1944. Canvas size: 22 in. x 25 in. Offered in the original frame, with paper exhibition label affixed to stretcher - 'Bethel Inn Exhibition 1944.' Titled: Northern Vermont. Original condition with some craquelure. Gianni Cilfone was brought to the U.S.A. by his parents when he was only five. He later attended the Art Institute of Chicago and also studied under noted painters Hugh Breckenridge and John F....
Georgian sterling silver mug by Peter and William Bateman, London, 1808; maker's mark overstruck by that of George Gray. The Batemans were one of the most famous families of English silversmiths in the 18th and early 19th centuries. This baluster form mug has a leaf capped double scroll handle and rests of a spreading circular foot. Full set of clear hallmarks below the rim to the side of the handle. The maker's mark of Peter Bateman, second son of Hester Bateman, is overstruck by that of Ge...