- 2 BLACK FOREST TYPE CARVING CA. LATE
19TH-EARLY20th century; fine desktop thermometer has fretwork and leaf carved upright and fine bird with spread wings, resting on nest, the thermometer glass with mercury...
[more like this] - FOLK ART CARVED BIRD ON STAND CA. LATE
19TH-EARLY20th century; attributed to an unidentified carved that worked primarily in the area of Virginville, Berks Co., PA; the smooth carved early softwood bird with light...
[more like this] - EXCEPTIONAL SWIMMING MERGANSERNorth
Shore, MA, c. 1890
17 1/2 in. long
This hollow swimming merganser is among the finest decoys discovered in decades. As this Massachusetts masterpiece makes its public debut,...
[more like this] - EARLY HUMPBACK BLACK DUCKThe Ward Brothers
Lemuel
T. (1896-1984) and Stephen (1895-1976)
Crisfield, MD, 1921
17 in. long
“Stephen W. Ward (1895-1976) and his brother Lemuel Travis Ward (1896-1984) of Crisfield, Maryland...
[more like this] - PAIR OF CHINESE HARDSTONE TABLE SCREENS20th
century, each oval plaque decorated with bird, flowering leafy branches and rocky outcrops in various stones including coral, quartz, and other hardstones, supported in a...
[more like this] - 70 CARVED HARDSTONE ANIMAL FIGURES AND
OTHERS20th century, comprising examples of turquoise, rose quartz, agate, malachite, jadeite and others, including: five rabbits, 12 goldfish, three dogs, seven roosters,...
[more like this] - THREE GERMAN PORCELAIN BIRDS20th century,
comprising: two Meissen examples and one Karl Ens, each hand painted on a branch like base, one further raised on carved wood base, each with mark in underglaze blue to base,...
[more like this] - TWO AFRICAN MASKS20th century, two painted
wood masks, each with bared teeth and slit eyes, one surmounted with a carved bird bust, taller 12 x6-1/2 in.
Provenance: Property sold to benefit the American Folk Art Museum
Condition:...
[more like this] - BRITISH CREWELWORK "TREE OF LIFE" PANEL18th
century, wool on linen, worked in a variety of stitches and knots, brightly colored with overall design of scrolling, leafy branches, incorporating flowers, exotic birds eating...
[more like this] - 8TH C. INDIAN PALA DYNASTY STONE RELIEF
OF SURYA**Originally Listed At $6000**
South Asia, India, Pala Dynasty, ca. 8th to 10th century. This stone stele depicts the deity Surya (the supreme light), the principle...
[more like this] - ORNATE 20TH C. MAORI WOOD CANOE TAUIHU
PROWOceania, New Zealand, Maori, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. This is an incredibly ornate canoe prow known a tauihu with several figure heads, hand-carved from wood,...
[more like this] - A 19C ITALIAN MARBLE 'PSYCHE REVIVED
BY CUPID'S KISS'Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss (Last quarter of the 19th Century.)The 4th century BC story of the god cupid reviving the lifeless psyche with a kiss was first...
[more like this] - A PAIR OF GERMAN BLACK FOREST CORNER
SHELVES. Nineteenth century, walnut. Quarter round shelves with and carved brackets with birds in nests, branches and foliage. A few edge chips. 10.25"h. 11.25"w....
[more like this] - Four Carved Hardstone Birds20th century
each mounted to a geode base each bird created from multi-colored stones likely Chinese.Range from 2.5 - 3.5 in. tall.Parrot with chipped beak....
[more like this] - INDIAN EFFIGY PITCHER. Cochiti late
19th-early 20th century earthenware. Handled bird pitcher with carved beak and painted decoration consisting of vining flowers and birds. 7''h. 10 1/4''l. Collected by Charles...
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