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PAIR OF FRENCH TWO-LIGHT GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE CANDELABRA in fin de siecle style with bronze putti holding floral cornucopia ending in classic candle cups decorated with ribbons and garlands, on white marble bases with gilt ornaments and raised on toupie feet, Late 19th Century

h: 12.25 x w: 8 in

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"

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" ...

French Empire Style Crystal and Ormolu Eight Light Chandelier having a circular coronet with projecting leafage form decoration and cascading prisms to a circular ring with scrolling candlearms and below a crystal "basket" with concentric rings of icicle form crystals, circa 1900.

Height : 42"
Width : 34" SAFA/6401

Original patent model for a fruit drier by David Lippy, painted wood and tin, retaining the original patent office tag dated July 4th, 1865, Patent No. 48,570.

Length: 10”
Depth: 9.5”
Height: 11.5”

Rare Staffordshire child’s mug, creamware with green transfer decoration of sign language alphabet. Early 1800’s (small hole in bottom).

Diameter: 2.75”

Pair of antique American cut crystal compotes, circular with escalloped rim and hexagonal foot with star cut base. Circa 1880.

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

Height: 4”

Unusually Tall Regency Brass and Iron Firefender, D-form with brass crest and foot rails, cross-hatched brass wire body and raised on three squashed ball feet. English or American, circa 1800.

Height: 17.5”
Length: 31.25”
Depth: 12”

Carved wood folk art plaque of a bear catching a salmon. American, late 19th/early 20th century.

Dimensions: 16” x 18”

Fine pair of American Federal ball topped andirons in brass with turned, vasiform shafts, spurred cabriole legs and slipper feet. (Iron log rests replaced).

Boston, circa 1800. (see Schiffer, The Brass Book, pp. 57-58 for similar examples)

Height: 12”
Depth: 15.5”

Original Patent Model for a Warming Device by G.W. Smith, retaining the original Patent Tag dated August 31st, 1858 and including a Certificate of Authenticity.

Height: 12”
Length: 12”
Depth: 10”

Fine antique French pedestal form sander in ormolu with removable reservoir for the sand used to dry the ink when writing with a quill pen. Mid-19th century.

Height: 4”
Width: 3.75:

Rare Bennington Pottery “General Stark” Toby Pitcher, attributed to Fenton, Lyman & Co., Bennington, Vermont, with Rockingham treacle glaze, minor rim and foot chips. Mid 19th Century.

Height: 6”

A fine and unusual late 19th century European colored biscuit-ware plaque depicting an allegorical female figure holding an oil lamp.

Provenance: The Cloisters Collection Museum, Baltimore, MD

(minor losses to floral border and one decorative element missing from surround.)

14" x 16.5"

Does anyone recognize the symbol above her head? Send us an email.

Tall Antique Chinese Export Rose Medallion Vase of baluster form with applied salamander decoration and foo dog handles having ten painted panels with figural or bird and blossom decoration surrounded by floral decoration. Circa 1870. (tight star crack on bottom, chip under rim).

Height: 23"

Charming Antique French Marble and Ormoly Standish with a young bacchante reclining and reading a book. Circa 1860-70.

Dimensions: 8.25" x 7"

Antique English Papier Mache Tazza with circular foot and scalloped rim and gilt and silvered Japonisme decoration of figures in a landscape on a black lacquer ground.. Circa 1870.

Diameter: 13.5"
Height: 2.25"

Large Georgian Pierced Brass Fire Fender, having a bowed front, urn and “Prince of Wales” feather design and fine "bright-cut" engraving. English, Circa 1750. Please note that each end has been extended by 4" to fit a larger fireplace.

Length: 60" Depth at Center: 12"

These early brass fenders are typically very heavy and carefully made. They had little functional use but were strictly for adornment.