A lovely Hawkes bowl from the American Brilliant Cut period. It has a toothed scalloped rim with deep mitre cuts and stars. 8" diameter and about 3 1/2" high. Etched Hawkes hawk mark on the bottom hard to photograph. Outstanding condition, only one tooth has tiny shallow flake barely visible. Rings beautifully.
Outstanding holiday value from estate of old China Trade sea captain.
A fine set of 6 vintage Luneville K&G 10" dinner plates in the 18th century Strasbourg rose and Strasbourg tulip patterns. Wonderful soft Luneville faience colors. The rich pink is achieved with the use of gold doped into the enamel color fired at high temperature. Molded fluted form with 3-d ribbing. Old K&G Luneville back stamp with crown & shield. Early 20th century when they had multi course dinner entrees. Condition is good, save for some age crackle normal to old faience.
An original hand colored Currier & Ives lithograph "Moonlight in Fairyland". A rare scene for Currier & Ives, showing a winged fairy waving her magic wand in a lily pond and under a full moon. Very idyllic.
Image 9" by 13", in a double matt and an old frame, 17" by 21". Slightest hint of stain, good color.
A fine antique expandable silver trivet with 4 little ball feet and handles. Lots of open work. The nice hand chased design has 2 pairs of facing lions which look like the MGM lion in profile and with sharp claws fun! Marked Pairpoint Sheffield as shown.
12" by 9" closed and 14" by 9" fully open. Half a dozen tiny plate loss spot see pics. Otherwise very good condition.
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An exceptional and rare sea battle painted by an artist on a 30" x 22" papier mache tray. The foreground is completely dominated by the canon fire & enveloping smoke around the 2 tall ships engaged broadside. One is flying the French flag and the other appears to be a Nordic country flag. Other masts peer over the mist. The painting itself was done by an accomplished marine artist, though unsigned. Really good wave action and ships rendering. The holes in the sails are from ...click for details
A beautiful cranberry colored salt cellar with applied handle and rigaree petal feet. The body is heart shaped and ribbed for an optic effect. A well polished pontil. 19th century American art glass.
3.7" widest and 1.4" high. Excellent condition with no flakes or lines.
Outstanding master salt in an ever popular color a ...click for details
A wonderful lively solid 800 silver German fish knife with both pierced and chased work. There is a happy (!) smiling fish in the center. Coat of arms at the top of the handle. A kind web expert says that this is the coat of arms for "Matuschka von Troppolczan" of Bohemia. Thank you.
German mark as shown... legend "Gebr. Friedlander" followed by a mark & "800" and then 2 more Germ ...click for details
A wonderful 17th century Delft saucer dish with a woman's portrait in the center looking surprised. Wonder what is that round little object in front of her mouth. Nice border motif and foliated rim. Creamy thick glaze with a hint of green covers brownish grey biscuit.
Label "Collection of Vivian Hawes". She was a noted collector of early ceramics and made substantial bequests to the Boston Museum ...click for details
A fine Chinese famille rose tea caddy from the 1700s. The hat shaped lid has a very nice fruit form finial as the old ones often do. The vessel itself has a shoulder conforming well with the shape of the lid. This is the form copied by Meissen in the 18th century for their tea caddies. Rare grisaille color decorations very spartan and detailed, pure 18th century!
A victorian tea / coffee set consisting of 4 pieces and a tray. The set is decorated all over with a fancy repousse floral theme. The designs are in relief with lots of high relief as you can see from the detail pictures. Marked Meriden Silver Plate Co. of Conneticut (see pics). Bone separators on the handles. The included silver plate tray is of the same pattern. The set is about 120 years old.
