A COLLECTION OF FIRE SERVICE AWARDSGermany, Bavaria. Fire Service Decoration for 25 years’ service (BAYERN. Feuerwehr-Ehrenzeichen nach 25jähriger Dienstleistung), 1884-1918 issue, by Quellhorst of Munich;...
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CHINESE NEOLITHIC XIAJIADIAN POTTERYTRIPOD VESSELEast Asia, Northeast China, Middle Neolithic, Xiajiadian culture, ca. 5000 to 3000 BCE. A fascinating pottery vessel with 3 pointed legs, a squat body, and a...
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SIGNED FRAMED DRAPER PAINTING - USSYORKTOWN, 1944William Franklin Draper (American, 1912-2003). "USS Yorktown" oil on canvas, 1944. Signed and dated "Wm. F. Draper 3/28/44" on lower right. Titled "USS Yorktown"...
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18TH C. INUIT COPPER OIL LAMP & BRASSFIRE POKERNative American, Pacific Northwest, Inuit, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A fine pair of hammered metal objects: a copper oil lamp known as a qulliq, and brass fire...
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19TH C. FIJI TABUA (WHALE TOOTH & SENNETCORD)South Pacific, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A polished sperm whale tooth known as a tabua with a woven cord made from sennet attached to both tips...
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19TH C. MOROCCAN GLAZED POTTERY BOWL,EX-MUSEUMNorth Africa, Morocco, Fez (Fes) region, Islamic culture, ca. 19th century CE. A gorgeous pottery bowl adorned with blue and white pigments. Sitting upon a ring-form...
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20TH C. RUSSIAN ICON - LIFE OF PROPHETELIJAHEastern Europe, Russia, ca. 20th century CE. Finely rendered in egg tempera and gesso on wood, a breathtaking icon showing scenes from the life of the Prophet Elijah....
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MINIATURE CHINESE TANG DYNASTY POTTERYFIRE PITChina, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. This is a charming miniature model of a fire pit, hollow, mold-made in pottery. Hundreds of pottery figures like this one,...
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FINE EGYPTIAN NAQADA II BLACKTOP POTTERYBOWL - INTACT!...Ancient Egypt, Predynastic Period, early Naqada II, ca. 3500 to 3400 BCE. A beautiful coil-formed redware pottery bowl exhibiting a nearly conical body with...
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MISSISSIPPIAN / CADDO POTTERY JAR W/INCISED SUN MOTIFS...Native American, Southeast or Midwest, Caddo / Mississippian, ca. 900 to 1400 CE. A fabulous pottery jar with a round yet stable base, a bulbous body,...
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HOHOKAM RED-ON-BUFF HEMISPHERICAL BOWLNativeAmerican, Southwestern United States, Arizona, Hohokam culture, ca. 1100 to 1400 CE. A lovely red of buff hand-built pottery bowl with a very broad, deep interior and round...
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PREHISTORIC MIMBRES BLACK ON WHITE BOWLW/ KILL HOLENative American, Southwestern United States, New Mexico, Mimbres Valley, Mimbres, ca. 1025 to 1250 CE. A coil-and-scrape pottery bowl featuring beautiful black...
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LARGE PREHISTORIC ANASAZI WINGATE REDON BLACK JARNative American, Southwestern United States, Four Corners Region, southern Colorado Plateau, Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloan), ca. 1030 to 1175 CE. A sizable redware...
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RARE & LARGE JALISCO BICHROME NUDE SEATEDFEMALE FIGURE...Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A splendid pottery female figure shown seated with legs stretched before her and slender arms bent...
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ANCIENT JAPANESE JOMON TERRACOTTA VESSEL,TL TESTEDEast Asia, Japan, Middle to Late Jomon Period, ca. 3000 BCE. A hand-built terracotta vessel of a tall, deep form with a flat base, the exterior walls impressed with...
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TALL ANCIENT JAPANESE JOMON POTTERYVESSEL, TL TESTEDEast Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2600 to 1400 BCE. A hand-built pottery jar of a tall and conical form exhibiting the ancient coil and scrape methods...
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19TH C. CHINESE QING PORCELAIN JARDINIEREW/ DEDICATION...East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, reign of Emperor Guangxu, ca. 1878 CE. An incredible blue-on-white porcelain jardiniere with a dragon motif as well as an intricately...
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LARGE CHINESE EASTERN ZHOU BRONZE DINGW/ LIDEast Asia, China, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A stunning and large leaded bronze ritualistic cauldron known as a ding vessel with a matched lid...
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18TH C. INDONESIAN BRONZE LANTAKA DRAGONHEAD MUZZLESoutheast Asia, Indonesia, ca. late 18th to 19th century CE. A cast-bronze signal cannon or swivel gun known as a lantaka (also rentaka) meant to be mounted on...
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19TH C. TIBETAN SILVER / LEATHER CHUCKMUCK(FIRE START)...Central Asia, Tibet, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A gathering of 3 decorative leather straps and a belt pouch decorated with iron and gilt silver...
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20TH C. TIBETAN LEATHER & SILVER TINDERPOUCHES, 2 PCSCentral Asia, Tibet, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A pair of stunning leather tinder pouches adorned with turquoise, red copal, brass, and high quality 84%...
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ELEGANT / TALL ROMAN TERRA SIGILLATAAMPHORARoman, Imperial Period, ca. late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE. An elegant terra sigillata amphora presenting a bulbous body and sloped shoulder that dramatically...
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GREEK TANAGRA TERRACOTTA STANDING WOMANW/ TL TESTCentral Greece, Boeotia, ca. 3rd century BCE. A wonderful example of a Greek Tanagra terracotta figure, her form elegantly wrapped in a thin himation and standing...
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EGYPTIAN DARK GLAZED FAIENCE USHABTIEgypt,Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A fine ushabti figure formed from faience that stands in mummiform atop an integral rectangular plinth with...
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RARE TAIRONA EFFIGY VESSEL CONJOINEDMAN & WOMAN**Originally Listed At $1800**
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca.1000 to 1550 CE. A hand-built earthenware effigy vessel of a conjoined type with a pair of...
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12TH C. KASHAN LUSTERWARE EWER HORSES,RIDERS, LEOPARDS...**First Time At Auction**
Western Asia, Iran, Kashan, ca. 12th to early 13th century CE. A delightful lusterware ewer, elaborately hand-painted with a...
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11TH C. PERSIAN GOLD RING GARNET INTAGLIOW/ PEACOCK**Originally Listed At $2750**
Near East, Persia (Iran), Seljuq (Saljuq/Seljuk) Empire, ca. 12th to 13th century CE. An elegant cabochon garnet intaglio of a peacock,...
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MONUMENTAL ETRUSCAN IMPASTO BRAZIERW/ BOAR HUNT**First Time At Auction**
Italy, Etruscan culture, ca. 768 to 264 BCE. Wow! A truly remarkable brazier of impressive scale formed from thick impasto and showcasing...
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TWO GERMAN BISQUE HEAD DOLLSTwo Germanbisque head dolls, to include one stamped Made in Germany 136/7 , with sleep eyes, open mouth with teeth, jointed composition body, with a 2012 York Fair honorable mention...
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A GERDA CONITZ AND MARTHA KATZER FORKARLSRUHE STONEWARE VASEA Gerda Conitz and Martha Katzer for Karlsruhe stoneware vase, Circa 1930s; Germany Designed by Conitz and Katzer for Kalsruhe Majolica Manufactory,...
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FISCHER FIRE ENGINE PENNY TOY Germanylithographed tin seated fireman boiler on open cart early pumper version. 3 1/4'' l. (Exc. Cond.)...
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OROBR FIRE HOUSE WITH FIRE TRUCKS Germanylithographed tin garage with opening bay doors houses two wind-up fire trucks: includes fire pumper with driver and patrol wagon with three firemen seated at open bench and...
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BING FIRE DEPT. STATION WITH TWO FIRETRUCKS Germany 1920's lithographed tin opening bay doors contains fire pumper and ladder truck with separate ladder mounted on body supports both key wind operated. 8 1/2''...
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BING BOXED GUNBOAT #155/92 Germany c.1910painted in grey and dark grey hull railed deck well styled cannon boat built as an automatically firing gunboat with internal clockwork able to power boat with a time a lever...
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LOT OF TWO PENNY TOYS Germany both lithographedin tin includes fire truck with seated fireman and driver clockwork driven and Fischer hay wagon with seated driver. 4'' - 6 1/2'' l. Break to wagon hitch both handles. (VG...
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EARLY BING FIRE PUMPER Germany c. 1900hand painted open hand pump fire wagon has center lantern spoke wheels high open bench seating includes two horses on wheeled platform. 19'' l. Horses may not be original...
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