WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION CHRISTMASORNAMENTSCollection of American presidents, wives, revolutionary fife and drummer and eagle
Ornaments are hand made using centuries-old method of zardozi embroidery. Embroidered...
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STEUBEN CRYSTAL PHEASANTDESCRIPTION:Steuben crystal pheasant sculpture.
Pressed and cut Lead Glass
Cast as a solid block in the shape of a sitting pheasant with a flat base and no visible feet. Head, breast,...
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STEUBEN CUT CRYSTAL EAGLE ORNAMENTALDESCRIPTION:Steuben cut crystal eagle ornamental sculpture.
Pressed and cut lead glass.
Signed "Steuben" (script acid stamp)
Reference:
Shape #6502, p. 236 Paul V. Gardner.
Pictured...
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STEUBEN POINTED BUBBLE GLASS SCULPTUREDESCRIPTION:Steuben air bubble pointed glass sculpture. Features a clear solid glass with controlled bubbles. Designed to be mounted on a base containing a light fixture.
Solid Lead Glass...
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STEUBEN GLASS LINCOLN LUMINORDESCRIPTION:Steuben Iridized sapphire blue over flint white vase decorated with gold Aurene leaf-and-vine and Intarsia Collar.
Iridized lead glass with applied ornament.
Shape #2468,...
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STEUBEN GLASS LINCOLN LUMINORDESCRIPTION:Steuben Iridized sapphire blue over flint white vase decorated with gold Aurene leaf-and-vine and Intarsia Collar. Iridized lead glass with applied ornament. Shape #2468,...
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STEUBEN CRYSTAL PHEASANTDESCRIPTION:Steuben crystal pheasant sculpture. Pressed and cut Lead Glass Cast as a solid block in the shape of a sitting pheasant with a flat base and no visible feet. Head, breast,...
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MIRABEAU B. LAMAR, SIGNED BY PROXY,A REPUBLIC OF TEXAS... A REPUBLIC OF TEXAS $5,000,000 BOND, WASHINGTON AND PHILADELPHIA, MAY 16, 1838 - JULY 1, 1839, lithograph and manuscript ink on wove paper, unissued,...
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PAIR OF VINTAGE INDIAN SILVER DANCINGFIGURESSouthern Asia, India, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A charming pair of silver Indian dancers with dangling ornaments and bell-shaped bodies. They both stand on...
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WASHINGTON FIRE HELMET ORNAMENT Metalrelief bust of George Washington, possibly silverplate, presented behind glass in a mahogany veneered frame with pencil inscription to verso "Ornament / from the helmet of...
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LARGE PAIR OF MARK H. BLANCHARD STONEWAREURNS, LONDON 1869 URNS: 42 X 18 X 18 IN. (106.7 X 45.7 X 45.7 CM.), PEDESTALS: 28 X 19 X 19 IN. (71.1 X 48.3 X 48.3 CM.) URNS, LONDON 1869, one pedestal with impressed mark...
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SOUTHWESTERN STYLE IRON GARDEN ORNAMENTSHEIGHT (OF FIGURES): 12 IN. AND HEIGHT (OF SWIRL): 10 1/2 IN. (30.48 AND 26.67 CM.), male and female figures signed to reverse 'FM', and a cast iron swirl (3) Dimensions:...
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GROUP OF FIGURAL SOUTHWESTERN STYLEIRON GARDEN ORNAMENTS IRON GARDEN ORNAMENTS, two abstract figures, both approx. l: 11.25 in.; and curling lizard with overlaid triangular pattern design, unsigned, w: 11.5...
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GROUP OF FIGURAL SOUTHWEST STYLE IRONGARDEN ORNAMENTS GARDEN ORNAMENTS, first in the form of a dancing girl, signed to reverse "FM", h: 12.25 in.; an orpm egret, h: 16.5 in.; and a stick figure man playing an...
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AMERICAN VINTAGE PEWTER ICE CREAM MOLDS,LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, The series of 12 molds includes a two-hinged champagne bottle, four leaf clover, football, boot, maple leaf, cigar,...
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SIX JENNINGS BROTHERS CAST METAL HINGEDBOXES, LATE 19TH/ EARLY 20TH C., INCLUDING: FOUR BOXES WITH U.S. MONUMENT ORNAMENTATION, ONE...Six Jennings Brothers cast metal hinged boxes, late 19th/ early 20th C., including:...
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PENNSYLVANIA MORAVIAN SILK ON SILK MEMORIALLititz,Pennsylvania Moravian silk on silk memorial embroidery needlework, ca. 1805 , attributed to Sarah Pim, the memorial inscribed Columbia mourns for Washington , with weeping...
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Chinese Qing Jade Ruyi Hair Ornament6''x1.25''. Pale whitish jade hair pin with carved figural ruyi end. Excellent condition. 19th century, Qing dynasty. Private collection Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington....
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Collection of glass flasks of variouscolors, to include "Lockport Glassworks" (the largest), "The Union", "General Washington"; together with four oil lamps and four colored glass Christmas ornaments.
Tallest...
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Attributed to Charles-Louis Clérisseau(French worked in Italy 1721-1820) "A Chimneypiece in the Neo-Classical Style" c. 1770s/1780s ink and two tones of gray wash on cream-colored laid paper (perhaps with an even...
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Pio Panfili (Italian/Bologna 1732-1812)"Quarter Design for a Quadratura Ceiling" (recto) with architectural sketches (verso) c. 1755 ink and bistre wash on buff laid paper unsigned (but numbered "90A in circle...
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Francesco Borromini his Studio or aFollower (Italian 1599-1667) "Section of Spire for the Church of San Ivo della Sapienza Rome" 1642/1720 ink and gray wash on cream-colored laid paper with reddish sepia paint...
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1 vol. (Washington, George.) (UnitedStates of America.) A Message of The President of The United States to Congress, Relative to France and Great Britain: Delivered December 5, 1793. With The Papers Therein...
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Asa Park (Kentucky 1790-1827) Portraitof Lafayette Kentucky Portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette ca 1824-1825 a half-portrait of Lafayette housed in an ornately carved gilt and gesso frame unsigned; 27.75 x 23...
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Colonel Francis Parker 32nd MassachusettsVolunteers Civil War Archive 38 war-date letters 1860-1862. During the first days of the secession crisis in December 1860 Francis J. Parker wrote to Massachusetts Gov. John...
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Robert E. Lee ALS 1835 Robert E. Lee(1807-1870). 3pp ALS with military content dated February 18 1835 at Washington addressed to My Glorious Jack (Jack Mackay Lee's West Point roommate and one of his closest...
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William Moise (American 1922-1980) Redberries. Oil wash on canvas signed in the lower right corner dated '79 apprx. 26" x 33-3/4" framed in a decorative gilt frame with corner ornaments and painted liner overall...
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1 piece. Bank Check Signed. Washington,G(eorge). To the Bank of Alexandria [Virginia], October 6, 1797. 2 3/8 x 6 9/16 inches (60 x 166 mm). Occasional very minor foxing, 3 light vertical creases (1 running through...
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1 vol. Dwight, Timothy. The Conquestof Canaan, A Poem.... Hartford: Elisha Babcock, 1785. First edition. 8vo, contemp. tree sheep, gilt ornamental spine, red morocco spine label; scuffed, joints rubbed & tender....
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(2) LAMPS WITH 18TH C. PORCELAIN BUSTSElegantpair of lamps with 18th century busts of a man and a women in green dress and ornamental hats the two figures are resting on a ornamental four branched tree form with pink...
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Thirty-Five Books, Decorative Arts,Architecture, History and Related detailed listing available. Snodin and Styles, Design and the Decorative Arts, Georgian Britain, 1714-1837; Zea and Cheney, Clock Making...
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Salesman's Book of Fruit and FlowerColor Plates Some refer to these as Nurserymen's books but this one folds into thirds and slips into a 7.25 x 10 in. leather case - clearly for travel. The 5.25 x 8.5 in....
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SIDWAY TOPLIFF CO. FRANKLIN PEDAL CARWashington PA all original pedal car stenciling trim work is well preserved little wear for its age. Painted in brown orange and black trim ice little open seat example nickel...
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Rare Wedgwood Confederate pitcher commissionedby William Ashmead Courtenay of Charleston second half 19th century rare ornamental Queensware pitcher to commemorate the services of the Washington Light Infantry during...
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Washington fire helmet insignia, reliefbust of George Washington, pencil inscription verso "Ornament from the helmet of the Washington Engine Company of Philadelphia, est. 1793", 2-7/8 x 2-1/2 in., mounted in mahogany...
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Colton's 1849 Map of the U.S. ShowingCalifornia Gold Fields Approx. 34 x 42 in. (sight) map dissected and mounted on linen. Hand-colored with inset map of the Atlantic Ocean with a number of ships traversing...
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