1929 GIBSON MASTERTONE TENOR BANJO GibsonMastertone TB-4 Conversion 5-string Banjo, factory order no. 9271-12, with original tenor neck and case, and later 5-string case. Condition: repaired headstock break and extensive...
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EIGHT PEACE DOLLARS 1922-1924-S AU TOMS64 22 - MS63 with die breaks at neck, 22-D MS63 but would be 64 if not for facial mark,22-S MS-61 lacks detail on centers from poor strike but complete luster, 23 - MS64...
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CARVED AND PAINTED CANVAS BACK DRAKEDECOYCarved and Painted Wood High Head Canvas Back Drake Decoy. Glass bead eyes. Stamped on bottom "Radford, W.D.", written label R.D. Congdon Collection. 11-1/4"h. x 18-1/2"l....
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5 PCS GLASS: PERFUME BOTTLES, VASE,CANDLESTICKS1st item: Clear crystal urn shaped vase with silverplated overlay side handles and vine design silver overlay at the neck and square foot; frosted and cut floral...
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PORCELAIN BOWLS & VASE, ISLAMIC TASTE1stitem: Large Chinese enamel decorated porcelain bowl having white ground with red, green, yellow and purple foliate decoration. Hardwood stand included. 6 1/4" H x 14 3/4"...
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GROUP CARVED DECOYS & CREEL (7)1st item:Carved and painted wood Swan decoy with glass eyes, stamped F & S to underside. Leather strap attached to front edge of body with metal plate to the underside. Body 24" L...
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2 CHINESE PORCELAIN LONGEVITY FIGURES2Chinese Famille Rose porcelain immortal figurals, both depicting Shou Xing, the God of Longevity. Each is depicted standing on a rocky base with a crane, holding a long knotted...
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54 BRITISH CERAMIC ITEMS, INCL. TASSIES,VESSELSFifty-four (54) 19th century ceramic decorative items. 1st-49th items: Forty-nine (49) Manner of James Tassie (Scottish, 1735-1799) white plaster cameo molds depicting...
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THREE CHINESE PORCELAIN VASES CONVERTEDTO LAMPSall wired for electricity, comprising: pair of famille rose examples, square bodies with flared necks, mounted on carved and pierced stands, 15 x 3-3/4 x 3-3/4 in.;...
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110 PIECES OF CHINESE CANTON BLUE ANDWHITE PORCELAIN19th/20th century, large collection of blue and white porcelain, landscape, figural, and floral decoration, including: 50 plates, various sizes from 4-1/2 in....
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PAIR OF IRONSTONE LIDDED JARS AND BRITISHFLORAL COMPOT...British, 19th century, comprising: pair of lidded enamel and gilt decorated faceted jars, one lid underside stamped "Ironstone China Patent", 12 x 5 in. diameter;...
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TWO CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE PORCELAINTABLE OBJECTScomprising: lidded jar with peach form side handles, molded flowering branch and Chinese character decoration, 4-3/4 x 5-1/2 in.; dragon encircling a rock formation,...
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IMPRESSIVE INDUS VALLEY POTTERY JARCentralAsia, Indus Valley, Harappan/Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. A wonderful, wheel-thrown pottery jar presenting a squat, circular body with a wide hip, a sloped...
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APULIAN RED-FIGURE LEKYTHOS W/ LADYOF FASHIONMagna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A wheel-thrown lekythos with an egg-shaped body atop a grooved discoid base, a rounded shoulder...
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NARINO POTTERY BULLET AMPHORA W/ NEGATIVERESIST MOTIFS...Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Piartal Cultural Complex, Highland Narino region, Narino culture, ca. 750 to 1250 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel of a sizable form...
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DAUNIAN BICHROME KYATHOS BANDED / GEOMETRICMOTIFSMagna Graecia, Italy, Apulia / Daunian, ca. 4th century BCE. A charming example of a pottery dipping vessel known as a kyathos, presenting a bulbous body, a conical...
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PREHISTORIC ANASAZI CHACO POTTERY DUCKEFFIGY PITCHERNative American, Southwestern United States, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), Chaco, ca. 950 to 1200 CE. This is a remarkable effigy pitcher that is hand-built...
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JALISCO POTTERY JAR + NAYARIT POTTERYFEMALE FIGUREPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco and Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A pair of hand-built pottery artifacts from ancient West Mexico. First is a Jalisco piriform...
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RARE HOLY LAND POTTERY JUG W/ PAINTEDMOTIFSAncient Near East, Holyland, Levant, Iron Age I, ca. 1200 to 1000 BCE. A stunning pottery jug presenting a flared rim, a narrow neck, a broad shoulder, and a bulbous...
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LARGE ROMAN POTTERY AMPHORA W/ MARINEENCRUSTATIONSRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A sizable and superb, wheel-thrown pottery transport amphora with a slender nubbin base, a globular body with...
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INCA POTTERY FIGURAL ARYBALLOS W/ LLAMA**OriginallyListed At $500**
Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1470 to 1532 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery aryballos with a stylized anthropomorphic head...
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LARGE NATIVE AMERICAN TULAROSA POTTERYJARNative American, southwestern United States, New Mexico, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) period, Tularosa, ca. 900 to 1450 CE. A stunning pottery bowl of an impressive scale,...
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ATTIC BLACK FIGURE AMPHORA, LIGHT-MAKECLASSGreece, Attic, Light-Make Class, ca. 540 to 480 BCE. An exceptional pottery neck amphora, meticulously decorated with hand-painted black-figure technique attributed to...
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RARE EGYPTIAN STRIDING IBIS BRONZE /COBALT BLUE GLASSEgypt, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. An extremely rare example of a majestic ibis exhibiting a body shaped from solid glass in an opaque, cobalt-blue...
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GREEK ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOS -HORSE + 4 YOUTHSGreece, Athens (Attic), ca. 5th century BCE. A wonderful pottery lekythos showcasing a classic silhouette and black-figure decoration of 4 draped youths with...
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GREEK ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE AMPHORA, DIONYSIAN& BATTLEGreek, Attic (Athens), ca. 480 BCE. A splendid pottery amphora adorned with black-figure decoration of a Dionysian scene on 1 side and 2 warriors on the other, both...
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GREEK ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE AMPHORA, LIGHT-MAKECLASS**First Time At Auction**
Greece, Attic, attributed to the Light-Make Class, ca. 540 to 480 BCE. A splendid pottery neck amphora boasting skillfully painted black-figure...
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Ursula Mommens (1908-2010), a stonewarevase, rounded baluster shape with a flared rim, tenmoku breaking to kaki glaze, c.1980s/90s, impressed potter's mark to base rim, 25cm high, together with a similar stoneware...
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TWO ASIAN PORCELAIN CELADON VASES Includesa Chinese vase with thick square neck flanked with fish handles, raised decoration to the neck of a dragon flying through clouds, below the Chinese character ? meaning "long...
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ITALIAN NEOCLASSICAL MARBLE CENTER BOWLItalianNeoclassical Marble Center Bowl, in two-parts Dimensions: 11 x 15 5/8 in. dia. (27.9 x 39.7 cm.) Provenance: Property from an Estate, Beverly Park, California, curated by...
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Very fine antique circa 1900 Venetianhand blown glass vase, the fluted foot supporting a short stem beneath a double bulb elaborate facetted body with overlapping skirt and mask in high relief interspersed with...
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Federal style girandole mirror, carvedand gilt wood and cast composition with spread-wing eagle on rocky plinth flanked by foliate streamers, circular mirror plate and scrolled foliate drop, late 19th/early 20th...
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Brevet Brigadier General James M. Ruggles1st & 3rd Illinois Cavalry Civil War Archive 69 letters and documents; 1 diary; 2 presidential appointments; Veteran's hat; 2 shoulder straps; and coin purse with 19 coins....
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Federal musical tall case clock, finewaisted figured cherry case with engaged columns, poplar secondary, original swan's neck pediment and central finial, fitted with later Seth Thomas dial and musical works,...
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MAX EGLAU (1825-1900): BREAK NECK MOUNTAINON THE HUDSON Oil on canvas relined and restretched signed and dated lower right M. Eglau/73. Provenance: D. Wigmore Fine Art Inc. New York. 53 x 41 in. (sight) 59 3/4 x 47...
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Chinese Porcelain Vasebearing Quianlongseal mark in underglaze blue the base with all over incised scrolling motif with beautiful apple green glaze decorated with floral sprays and overglaze enamels.11 in. tallRepaired...
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