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Antique Japanese Imari oil lamp with vasiform body decorated with birds, bugs and blossoms and gilt metal fittings. Circa 1880, now wired for electricity.

Height of Vase: 13.5”

Antique American Mariners Telescope with leather covering, single draw, sunshade and sliding covers to both lenses; inscribed "R.A. Tibbets, Gloucester Mass., Day or Night" *

Circa 1830-40

Length Open: 38.25"
Length Closed: 20.75"

*Robert Abbot Tibbets, was a retailer of nautical equipment, watches/clocks, jewelry and silver. His shop was at 117 Front Street, since renamed Main Str...

Rare Signed American Tea Caddy in mahogany, of rectangular form with a sloped lid opening to a divided interior and retaining a paper label with makers name and a date of 1863.

8.5" x 4.5" x 5.75" tall

Pair of Small Scale 18th C. English Classical brass candlesticks with simple a straight turned shaft on a square plinth. The beading around the base has been worn away with years of polishing. C. 1780

Height: 5.75”

3 Dansk Candleholders by Jens Harald Quistgaard (1919-2008)

Jens Quistgaard is best known for his creations in teak such as his pepper grinders and bowls but Quistgaard's other designs such as his candle holders were also very popular. Most of his designs were made from cast iron but this very rarely seen design is made from brass and polished steel. Circa 1960.

Diameter: 3.75"
Height: 2.5" ...

Large pair of antique English brass push-up candlesticks, having faceted and beehive turned shafts and square, cut-corner bases. Circa 1850.

Height: 11.75”

Antique oval tole snuffer tray with black ground and gilt stencil border. American or English, Circa 1800-1840. Provenance: Estate of Ruthann Coggins Bardes, Greenwich, CT.

Length: 9.25”; Width: 3.35”

Antique Chinese bottle form sang-de-boeuf vase, Guangxu-Xuantong Period (1875-1911), now mounted as a lamp.

Height: 13” to lip

Fine pair of Antique French Louis XVI style ormolu candlesticks with circular bases with laurel leaf decoration and tapered, fluted shafts with applied laurel swags. Late 19th-century, now wired as lamps.

Provenance: from the collection of Ron Van Swerengen

Height to Shade: 25.5”

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”

Rare Chinese export carved wood tea caddy in the form of an eggplant with leaf form screw lid. Early 19th century.

Height: 4.5”

Rare set of four Rockingham ware furniture lifts, of typical lion’s paw form. Probably English, late 19th century. (very minor chips)

These were used to protect the feet of furniture where the floor was damp.

Provenance: Kay Fries, Alexandria, VA

Height: 3.75”

Antique English Burled Walnut Tea Caddy, with two bands of inlaid "whittlewood" decoration and a hinged lid opening to a divided interior. Circa 1870.

7" x 4.25" x 4.35" tall

Antique American Bradley & Hubbard oil lamp in brass, circa 1870, now wired for electricity.

Height: 21” (to top of shade)

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"

Charming Rockingham Ware pitcher in the form of a seated dog. American, circa 1860-80.

Provenance: Eveleth/ Summerford Estate, Washington, D.C.

Height: 8.75”

See: Collectors Guide to Yellow Ware, Book III by Lisa McAllister, page 103 for another example of this pitcher.

Antique Biedermeier Miniature Chest of Drawers, in satinwood with ebonized moldings and pulls; having a overhanging top drawer above three graduated drawers and raised on turned toupie feet.
19th Century.
Although often called salesman's samples, miniature pieces of furniture like this were probably the work of an apprentice cabinetmaker to show the master craftsman his ability.

Height: 10.5”
Length: 9”
Depth: 6.5”

Pair of 18th Century Irish Silver Berry Spoons, the bowls with a gold wash, Michael Keating, Dublin 1796

length 8.75"
4.3 oz