Catalog: Antiques: Furnishings (316)

Fine Antique Japanese Kinrande Imari Porcelain Vase having a flared, scolloped rim, ribbed body and typical decoration with birds and blossoms. Circa 1870-1900. Now wired as a lamp with ribbed gilt wood base.

Height to rim: 14"

What we call Imari was made in the Japanese town of Arita and exported thru the port city of Imari.

Unusual Victorian Black Lacquer Drinks Table, having a reticulated papier mache top (now enclosed) with a polychromed scene of a fantastic landscape on a gilt decorated tripod stand with a turned pillar, scrolled legs and a plinth base supported by ball feet. English, circa 1860-70.

h:24 w:18 in.

Fine Pair of French Brass Urns with two handles, raised relief of floral sprays on the sides, and with rouge marble bases. Late 19th century.

Height: 12”
Diameter of Marble base: 5”

George III Hanging Shelves in mahogany, having three graduated shelves within nicely shaped top and sides. English, Circa 1790

Height: 33.75”
Depth: 9.5”
Width: 30.75”

Fine 18th Century English Tea Caddy in satinwood; banded and string inlaid and with fan patterae on front and top. Circa 1790.

4.75" x 3.75" x 4.75" tall

Rare pair of Gothic Revival Sidechairs by the Green Family of Cabinetmakers, Alexandria Virginia; in walnut with leafage carved and shaped crest rails over turned spindles and with drop in seats, serpentine front seat rails and raised on saber legs.
Circa 1850-70.

These chairs are very closely related to a chair (#14) in Oscar Fitzgerald's catalog: "The Green Family of Cabinetmakers: An Alexandria Institution, 1817-1887" which descended in the Tucker family of Alexandria.

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American Federal Candlestand in Cherry, having an oval top, turned pedestal and three downswept, tapered legs. Circa 1790, probably New England.

Top: 13.5 x 17"
Height: 26"

Best Quality Black Forest Dog-form Humidor and Pipe Rack; carved wood dog with glass eyes standing on his hind legs and holding a tray for pipes. His head is hinged and opens to a tobacco well. Swiss or German circa 1870.

7" x 5.5" x 13.5" tall

Large antique English brass candlestick with ring turned shaft and rectangular rounded corner base. Circa 1860, now wired as a lamp.

Height: 22” (to shade)

Rare Chester County Pennsylvania Spice Chest in walnut having a moulded cornice above a raised panel door opening to an arrangement of ten small drawers (one replaced) and raised on straight bracket feet. Secondary woods include: poplar, oak, walnut and beech. There is a faint inscription on one of the bottom drawers. Pennsylvania, circa 1760-80.

Spice boxes or chests were a status symbol in colonial America. Only a household that was well furnished and fairly prosperous had a spice box...

Pair of Antique English Brass Candlesticks with vasiform shafts and turned, circular bases. Circa 1850-60, now wired as lamps.

Height of sticks:12"
To top of Shade:23"

Fine antique Chinese bottle-form porcelain vase with sang-de-boeuf glaze. Circa 1760-1840, now wired as a lamp.

Height: 15”

Large Antique Brass and Copper Pitcher, having a hammered copper body with brass banding, spout and handle. These large jugs are variously described as being for ale, cider, milk or wine. Most have a body of wooden stays but this one has a hammered copper body. English or French, circa 1870.

Height at Spout: 24.25"

Exceptional English Domed Top Tea caddy in harewood with satinwood stringing and brass carrying handles and interior fitted with compartments for teas and sugar bowl. Circa 1800.

Height: 6.75"
Length: 12"
Width: 5. 75"

Antique cased wooden model of the sail & steamship “St. Oliv”, with two masts and two funnels, painted wood and metal with rigging and heavy paper sails. Probably English, circa 1870-1880.

Case Dimensions:
Height: 19.5”
Length: 30.5”
Width: 8”

Antique Tunbridge Ware Trinket Box in Rosewood having a hinged lid inlaid with a floral spray taken from Berlin woolwork patterns, framed by bandings of tessellated mosaic marquetry. Circa 1840.

6.5" x 4" x 2" tall

Antique Regency Jewelry Box decorated with Mother of Pearl and Abalone Shell geometric veneer, with silver escutchion and having a canted hinged lid opening to a fitted, silk lined interior with removable tray and two inscriptions, the later dated 1862. English, circa 1825. (very minor losses)

8" x 5.5" x 2.5" tall

Rare 18th century Pear-form Tea Caddy in fruitwood, having a hinged lid opening to a foil lined interior, steel escutcheons and a replaced carved wood stem. English or Continental. Circa 1780.

Height: 7 ”