c1930 Karl Schiedig German Porcelain Scottie Dog Perfume Lamp with glass eyes 9"<br>tall with no cracks, chips, or restorations. The old cord was totally<br>deteriorated, I tried to save it but lost it before I got a chance to list this.<br>I put this new one on it, it's safe as I'm a former electrician and the switch<br>works. But I would put an led bulb in the socket as the current bulb does get<br>hot which I believe these were originally meant to do but led just makes more<br>sense these days.<br>TW5

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c1890 Currier and Ives Cats Hand Colored Lithograph "Kitties among the Roses". Original Over 100 year old print displays wonderfully well but does have some foxing/discoloration. 12.5" x 16" with frame. NATHANIEL CURRIER (1813-1888, American) and JAMES MERRITT IVES (1824-1895, American) Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives founded the American printmaking firm Currier and Ives. Known for their famous and inexpensive hand painted lithographs by well-known artists, their prints became extremely popular. Currier and Ives lithographs were especially popular amongst the Victorians and their new found love of nature. Animals, and especially cats, became subjects of their prints and decorated many American homes. After the deaths of both Currier and Ives, their grandsons continued the business until 1907 when the firm closed due to the public’s lack of interest in lithographs due to improvements in photoengraving and offset printing.

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Antique French Enamel Plaques Jesus and Virgin Mary. Late 19th to early 20th century. Each measuring 7" x 8" with 2" x 2.75" sight on the plaques. One with chip on frame, no damage to the plaques. b63

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c1940's Gerber Baby Spoons longest 6", selling the two spoons shown with no<br>issues.<br><br>kitshelf

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c1820 Blue and White Chinese Tankard. 4 chips to rim that look to have been previously restored. No cracks, no restorations. 4.5" tall x 5.25" wide with handle. isshelf

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c1890 Nakara Art glass dresser box. No cracks, chips, or restorations. Tight strong hinge. 3.75" wide x 2.5" tall. dresserdrawer

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168ct Boulder Opal drilled pendant/bead. Selling the exact stone shown. Has a<br>clean 2mm hole drilled through it. I have several of these I will be offering<br>them separately. They were on a 24k gold necklace with large 24k beads between<br>each stone. The gold has already been recycled and I'm hoping to repurpose these<br>as they are expensive stones that were worthy of putting on a necklace that had<br>thousands of dollars worth of gold on it. The possibilities are endless, one of<br>them or a few would be great in or out of a setting. Buying the exact stone<br>shown 58mm x36mm, weighs 168ct.

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1930's Lindstrom Dancing Lassie Scottish Windup Toy. Wind her up and she vibrates and dances all over the place. Working condition with good paint as shown. isshelf

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Vintage Modernist Jadeite abstract sterling silver pendant/necklace. Extremely<br>well made retro/vintage piece likely from the third quarter of the 20th century,<br>solid sterling silver, unmarked but tested. 24" necklace, 2.75" x 2 3/8"<br>pendant. 59 grams.<br>All precious metals are tested and guaranteed, any Native American jewelry<br>referred to as Silver or Sterling is guaranteed to be a minimum of 90% (coin)<br>silver and possibly higher content. Anything marked is guaranteed to be what<br>it's marked, most bracelets are photographed on a 6" wrist (non hairy), rings<br>photographed on the appropriate sized finger when possible. With bracelets if<br>the measurement is not given in the description then inside circumference is<br>shown where the metal meets the number on the the cloth tape measure.

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1940's Walt Disney Donald Duck Ceramic Bank USA. 7.5" tall with no cracks, chips, or restorations. isshelf

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Baby Bud Googleye German Porcelain Doll in original box. Great doll from the first quarter of the 20th century. Two fingers have been carefully reglued, no other damage, I only have the bottom of the box and the box has some expected wear. Box is 7.25" tall, doll is 6 5/8" tall. Eyes open and close when it stands up/lays down. b60

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Chinese Proc period Porcelain Vases. Very high quality pair from the third<br>quarter of the 20th century, all hand painted. 8" tall x 5.5" wide. No cracks,<br>chips, or restorations.<br>TW152

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Texas US Representative Brady Preston Gentry (1896-1966) Owned Carved wood and<br>Sterling silver star gavel. I acquired this from a direct descendant of Brady<br>Preston Gentry, it belonged to him. It's the nicest gavel I've ever seen. The<br>carving is amazing, sterling silver stars in gavel and plate, the bag appears to<br>be moleskin, it has carved wood pieces on each side one shaped like Nevada, one<br>Texas, there's even a separate pouch inside the bag for the block. The gavel is<br>8 7/8" long, block 3 1/8" long. My guess is this would have been a gift to him<br>upon his appointment as County Judge in 1930, but it could be from when he was<br>elected to congress in 1952. It looked to have 90 years of tarnish on the silver<br>when it came into my posession, I hand polished it to not remove any patina.<br><br>GENTRY, BRADY PRESTON (1895–1966).Brady Preston Gentry, legislator and lawyer,<br>was born on a farm near Colfax, Texas, on March 25, 1895, the son of Benjamin<br>Whitfield and Virginia Caroline (McPhail) Gentry. He attended Cumberland<br>University and Tyler Commercial College. He was admitted to the bar at the age<br>of twenty-one. During World War I he served as an infantryman in France and rose<br>to captain. He entered public service as a clerk in the office of the Van Zandt<br>County tax collector. After moving to Tyler he served as assistant city tax<br>collector. He was elected county attorney, and in 1930 he became county judge of<br>Smith County, an office he held for four successive terms. During this period he<br>was instrumental in developing the county's road system. In 1939 he was<br>appointed chairman of the Texas Highway Commission by Governor W. Lee O'Daniel.<br>He was the first man to serve as chairman of the commission for a full six-year<br>term.<br><br>During Gentry's tenure on the highway commission, first steps were taken in the<br>development of the state's extensive farm-road program. His work attracted<br>national attention. In 1943 he was elected president of the American Association<br>of State Highway Officials. He also served as a director of the Texas Good Roads<br>Association. When his highway commission term ended in 1945, Gentry turned his<br>full-time efforts to his Tyler law practice. In 1952 he was elected to the first<br>of two terms in the United States Congress from the Third Texas District. As a<br>member of the House committee on highways and roads, he was instrumental in<br>shaping the legislation that launched the development of the national system of<br>interstate and defense highways. In 1957 after his retirement from Congress, he<br>was tendered another appointment as chairman of the Texas Highway Commission. He<br>declined the appointment, however, because of business and personal commitments.<br><br>Throughout his life Gentry was a staunch supporter of Southern Methodist<br>University; he also was a benefactor of Tyler Junior College. Shortly after<br>World War II, he helped form the Tyler Junior College District, and the old<br>college gymnasium was named Gentry Gym in his honor. He died in Houston on<br>November 9, 1966, after a lengthy illness.<br>isshelf

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30's-40's Navajo Stamped sterling/turquoise cufflinks. Great, 1" x 7/8" face 11<br>grams. These are extremely special, bordering on as good as they get which is of<br>course subjective.

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1970's Peter Deneen Studio Pottery Ashtray. Really nice ashtray to use for whatever you want from the 70's or 80's. 5" wide x 2 1/8" tall. Peter Deneen began his lifelong journey with ceramics while studying pottery at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. During this period he also began attending Marguerite Wildenhain’s Pond Farm School (located in northern California) in 1968. Peter went on to earn his M.A. from the University of Iowa in 1971. Inspired By Art & History During this time, Peter caught the inspirational fire of the Bauhaus movement of Walter Gropius in Post World War I Germany. The main thrust of the Bauhaus “was to create an environment which would nurture the bond between art, industry and trade through education; to insure the cooperation of industry and artists in the field of mass production.” ESTABLISHING DENEEN POTTERY In 1972, Peter and Mary Deneen established their first studio and showroom at Park Square Court in the Lowertown neighborhood of St. Paul. Here they began producing hand thrown functional and decorative pottery and dinnerware. “Form follows function,” was embedded within their work through the teachings from Marguerite Wildenhain, recalling the Bauhaus lessons she learned from Gerhard Marcks. It was during this time that Mary started to produce more commemorative items and ceramic figures, while launching a “Bear Essentials” line. White Picture corner top leftWhite Picture corner top rightWhite Picture corner bottom leftWhite Picture corner bottom rightEarly Days of Deneen Pottery 1974 PARK SQUARE COURT IN LOWERTOWN • “The Spin of a potter’s wheel brings prosperity, unfettered life-style.” This was the title of the article that ran in a local St. Paul publication around 1974. “Peter Deneen sits at his potter’s wheel, fingers fashioning burnt-cinnamon clay into pots and plates, goblets and candle-holders, tall, corked canisters and small spice bottles.” At this time, the Deneens wanted to open retail outlets similar to Pottery Barn, but make all of the products at their Lowertown studio. A favorite quote (of the current office) staff has Peter saying. “We’ll never be more than a handful of people. I’d never get larger than three stores,” says Peter.” “Don’t say ‘never,'” interjects Mary.” Wow, how the path has deviated from the plans made in 1974! tw129

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c1880's 6" Antique Kugel Christmas ornament Mercury glass ball. Very thick<br>antique glass guaranteed authentic. Good condition with no chips, cracks, or<br>dings, very clean 140 or so year old mirroring.<br><br>Holiday trees in 1840 were adorned with apples, gilded and natural fruits and<br>nuts, cookies, popcorn and cranberries, as well as homemade paper items,<br>candles, cornucopias, and presents. It was during this decade that the first<br>commercially produced Christmas decorations appeared. In 1848, the first glass<br>ornament, a kugel, appeared in Germany. The kugel was a large hollow ball<br>ranging in size from 1 inch to 18 inches. Smaller ones were used for tree<br>decorations. The blown, molded, figural glass ornaments that we are familiar<br>with today evolved from the tradition of blowing kugels. These ornaments were<br>not sold in America until 1880.<br><br>Kugel is a German word that means "ball" and can be used to describe any type of<br>ball-like object. Collectors used this term to describe any early thick glass<br>ornament with a decorative cap. Early Kugels were too heavy to hang on tree<br>branches; instead they were suspended from the ceiling. Soon after their<br>invention, the Germans decided small Kugels should adorn tree boughs in shapes<br>such as grapes, berry clusters, apples and pears. F. W. Woolworth is given<br>credit for bringing Kugels to America in the 1880s. His initial investment of<br>$25 turned into sales of at least $25 million worth of Kugels over the next<br>several years.<br>isshelf

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Vintage French Lalique Dresser Box. 5.5" x 2", nice large powder dish or box with no cracks, chips, or detectable wear. TW58

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Sterling Mounted Cambridge Chantilly Water pitcher. 8.75" tall with no cracks, chips, or restorations. b60

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Formia Sommerso Murano Vases Pair. Selling the pair of vases 10.25" tall with no damage or wear, one dated 2007, both with original labels. b13

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1920's Steuben Carder Era Fan Vase Pair, One green with castle etching, one<br>amber. Green with Steuben Acid stamp in pontil, amber apparently unmarked. No<br>cracks, chips, restorations, or significant wear. Both approximately 8.5" tall x<br>7" wide at rim.<br><br>Steuben Glass is an American art glass manufacturer, founded in the summer of<br>1903 by Frederick Carder and Thomas G. Hawkes in Corning, New York, which is in<br>Steuben County, from which the company name was derived. Hawkes was the owner of<br>the largest cut glass firm then operating in Corning. Carder was an Englishman<br>(born September 18, 1863) who had many years' experience designing glass for<br>Stevens and Williams in England. Hawkes purchased the glass blanks for his<br>cutting shop from many sources and eventually wanted to start a factory to make<br>the blanks himself. Hawkes convinced Carder to come to Corning and manage such a<br>factory. Carder, who had been passed over for promotion at Stevens and Williams,<br>consented to do so.<br>isshelf

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c1870 French Sevres Style Hand Painted Porcelain cabinet plate. Nicely painted plate with no cracks, chips, restorations, or significant wear. 9.25" tw198

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c1850 French Gilt Bronze Inkwell Putto on Fish, over the top. Super heavy solid bronze with gold dore finish from the mid 19th century sculptural inkwell. Still has original gilt bronze removable insert, no damage or issues. Previous owner that likely paid several thousand dollars for this had their DL# engraved on the base, which people seemed to do quite often with precious relics in the last half of the 20th century. Very special inkwell with two compartments for all kinds of stuff. 9.5" long x 6.5" wide. isshelf

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Republic Period Chinese Famille Rose Medallion Punch Bowl. No cracks, chips, or<br>restorations. High quality hand painted piece in exceptional condition about 90<br>years old.<br>15.5" wide x 6" deep.

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Antique Chinese Blue underglaze Painted porcelain Tea caddy. Nice underglaze hand painted decoration. 7 5/8" tall x 3 1/16" wide avery shallow flake on top rim, otherwise no cracks, chips, or restorations tw134

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Herend Porcelain Madonna and Baby Jesus. No cracks, chips, or restorations, hand painted 7 3/8" tall. isshelf

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C1900 Hutschenreuther Porcelain Plaque "Gute Nacht" (Good Night) after Georg<br>Hom. Fantastic Hand painted porcelain plaque from the turn of the last century.<br>French Retailers label on reverse. The 107 impression in the porcelain found on<br>the reverse side was used by Hutschenreuther for this sized plaque. Old<br>calligraphy on reverse side indicating it was given as a gift in 1908. The frame<br>and I believe the plaque are late 19th century and I believe it was an<br>extravagant 2nd hand gift at the time in 1908 as a plaque like this with this<br>quality of painting was never not a luxury item. 9" x 11" framed, 4" x 5.75"<br>plaque.<br>isshelf

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c1910 Chinese Canton Enamel Cachepot Bonsai Planter Great piece from the first quarter of the 20th century Chinese 6 3/8" wide at rim x 3.25" deep with no significant damage or wear. Some cracks to the enamel on the bottom of the bowl as shown and rust stains in the interior. TW134

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Boehm Porcelain Pink American Express Rose Made in USA. No cracks, chips, or restorations. 7.25" long, not even the tiniest flake anywhere and it will be packed with the most care imaginable.Biography of Edward Boehm: In 1950, Edward and Helen Boehm started a basement studio in Trenton, New Jersey, and Ed created sculptures in realistic style that were admired enough that in 1951, two of them entered the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. By the end of the decade, Boehm was represented in 11 other museums including the Buckingham Palace, Elysee Palace and the Vatican. Today the porcelains are in 134 museums and institutions throughout the world isshelf

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Shelley miniature Cup and Saucer. 3" saucer 1 5/8" tall cup. Mint condition with no damage or wear. B32

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15th Century Thai Sawankhalok Kiln Condiment Jar with Lid. Very early piece of<br>Thai pottery 15th century collected in the mid 20th century by a woman that is<br>now 96. I'll be selling more of her items shortly. 3 3/8" tall x 5" wide with no<br>cracks or restorations, 4 small chip on rim of base.<br>asianshelf

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Ming Chinese Porcelain Bowl with blue underglaze decoration. 5.5" wide x 2.75" tall with no cracks, chips, or restorations. Some crazing all of which doesn't go through to other side, the bowl rings well, it's not cracked just over 300 years old. I believe this is a Wanli shipwreck piece. tw158

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80ct Boulder Opal drilled pendant/bead. Selling the exact stone shown. Has a<br>clean 2mm hole drilled through it. I have several of these I will be offering<br>them separately. They were on a 24k gold necklace with large 24k beads between<br>each stone. The gold has already been recycled and I'm hoping to repurpose these<br>as they are expensive stones that were worthy of putting on a necklace that had<br>thousands of dollars worth of gold on it. The possibilities are endless, one of<br>them or a few would be great in or out of a setting. Buying the exact stone<br>shown 42mm x 25mm, weighs 80ct.

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Antique Japanese Bronze Hand Mirror. Great piece from the 19th century. 11.25" long x 7.25" wide with expected oxidation.<br>TW158

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Antique Chinese Blanc de Chine porcelain Guanyin Boddhisattva with Foo Lion.<br>Nice, large, high quality hand sculpted figure from Late Qing to Early republic<br>period. 12" tall x 8" wide, amazing detail and workmanship. This piece did not<br>come out of a mold. Tiniest amount of loss to very tip of crown, no other damage<br>loss or restorations anywhere. Amazingly the fingers and ruyi scepter are<br>intact. It will obviously be packed with care to insure it's arrival anywhere in<br>the world in the exact condtion shown and decribed here as this is what I do<br>every day, ship important delicate items mostly internationally.<br>isshelf

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2 Antique American Ice fishing decoy Carved wood Painted Tin fins. One with worn<br>paint, the other with nice old, likely original paint and very cool cut out tin<br>eyes that could likely be used to identify the maker. Longest 7.75" Selling both<br>for one price.<br>tw233

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Antique American Ice fishing decoy Carved wood Painted Tin fins. 8.25" long with original paint, The fins were made from a Liggett and Myers  tin as I can read part of it under the old original red paint. tw233

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c1880's 7.5" Antique Kugel Christmas ornament Mercury glass ball. Very thick antique glass guaranteed authentic. Good condition with no chips, cracks, or dings, slight loss to 140 or so year old mirroring.Holiday trees in 1840 were adorned with apples, gilded and natural fruits and nuts, cookies, popcorn and cranberries, as well as homemade paper items, candles, cornucopias, and presents. It was during this decade that the first commercially produced Christmas decorations appeared. In 1848, the first glass ornament, a kugel, appeared in Germany. The kugel was a large hollow ball ranging in size from 1 inch to 18 inches. Smaller ones were used for tree decorations. The blown, molded, figural glass ornaments that we are familiar with today evolved from the tradition of blowing kugels. These ornaments were not sold in America until 1880.Kugel is a German word that means "ball" and can be used to describe any type of ball-like object. Collectors used this term to describe any early thick glass ornament with a decorative cap. Early Kugels were too heavy to hang on tree branches; instead they were suspended from the ceiling. Soon after their invention, the Germans decided small Kugels should adorn tree boughs in shapes such as grapes, berry clusters, apples and pears. F. W. Woolworth is given credit for bringing Kugels to America in the 1880s. His initial investment of $25 turned into sales of at least $25 million worth of Kugels over the next several years. tw198

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c1880's 7" Antique Kugel Christmas ornament Mercury glass ball. Very thick antique glass guaranteed authentic. Good condition with no chips, cracks, or dings, slight loss to 140 or so year old mirroring.Holiday trees in 1840 were adorned with apples, gilded and natural fruits and nuts, cookies, popcorn and cranberries, as well as homemade paper items, candles, cornucopias, and presents. It was during this decade that the first commercially produced Christmas decorations appeared. In 1848, the first glass ornament, a kugel, appeared in Germany. The kugel was a large hollow ball ranging in size from 1 inch to 18 inches. Smaller ones were used for tree decorations. The blown, molded, figural glass ornaments that we are familiar with today evolved from the tradition of blowing kugels. These ornaments were not sold in America until 1880.Kugel is a German word that means "ball" and can be used to describe any type of ball-like object. Collectors used this term to describe any early thick glass ornament with a decorative cap. Early Kugels were too heavy to hang on tree branches; instead they were suspended from the ceiling. Soon after their invention, the Germans decided small Kugels should adorn tree boughs in shapes such as grapes, berry clusters, apples and pears. F. W. Woolworth is given credit for bringing Kugels to America in the 1880s. His initial investment of $25 turned into sales of at least $25 million worth of Kugels over the next several years. tw198

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Alice Scott (1924-2005) original unframed signed and matted watercolor of Charleston Gullah Lady. 10" x 14" ; 6 1/8" x 8 5/8" sight, good condition as shown. A collection of her paintings toured the United States and Europe with the Opera Porgy an Bess. Alice Scott was born in Columbia, South Carolina but grew up in Charleston, South Carolina where she was active in both the theater and painting. She taught painting to both children and adults from her studio on Queen Street next to the historic Dock Street Theater. Her career in art included study with Robert Brackman of the Art Students League in New York City and Hainz Warneke, Don Turano and Richard Lahey of the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC. Some of the galleries which have exhibited her works include: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA Twentieth Century Gallery, Williamsburg, VA Gibbes Art Gallery, Charleston, SC, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC Robert Carlen Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Pensacola Art Center, Pensacola ,FLVZTOP Gallery ,Pensacola, FL Charlestown Gallery, Charleston, SC Lemoyne Art Foundation, Tallahassee, FL Gallery of Art, Panama City, FL plus others Galleries!

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1840's Akerly & Briggs New York Coin Silver Sugar Tongs. Rare pair of American Handmade coin silver sugar tongs with a Pseudo British hallmark which I find interesting. 6 5/8" long 43 grams. tw255

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Alice Scott (1924-2005) original unframed signed and matted watercolor of Charleston Gullah Lady. 10" x 14" ; 6 1/8" x 8 5/8" sight, good condition as shown. A collection of her paintings toured the United States and Europe with the Opera Porgy an Bess. Alice Scott was born in Columbia, South Carolina but grew up in Charleston, South Carolina where she was active in both the theater and painting. She taught painting to both children and adults from her studio on Queen Street next to the historic Dock Street Theater. Her career in art included study with Robert Brackman of the Art Students League in New York City and Hainz Warneke, Don Turano and Richard Lahey of the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC. Some of the galleries which have exhibited her works include: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA Twentieth Century Gallery, Williamsburg, VA Gibbes Art Gallery, Charleston, SC, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC Robert Carlen Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Pensacola Art Center, Pensacola ,FLVZTOP Gallery ,Pensacola, FL Charlestown Gallery, Charleston, SC Lemoyne Art Foundation, Tallahassee, FL Gallery of Art, Panama City, FL plus others Galleries!

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sz 8.75 Vintage Navajo Silver and turquoise ring 16 grams with no issues All precious metals are tested and guaranteed,

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sz 6 Vintage Navajo Silver and turquoise ring 12.8 grams with no issues<br><br><br>All precious metals are tested and guaranteed, any Native American jewelry<br>referred to as Silver or Sterling is guaranteed to be a minimum of 90% (coin)<br>silver and possibly higher content. Anything marked is guaranteed to be what<br>it's marked, most bracelets are photographed on a 6" wrist (non hairy), rings<br>photographed on the appropriate sized finger when possible. With bracelets if<br>the measurement is not given in the description then inside circumference is<br>shown where the metal meets the number on the the cloth tape measure. Most rings are shown on a a ring sizer in the pictures and the size is typically given at the beginning of the title and description. Women's Size 6 Ring.

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c1870's Stevengraph Pure Silk Woven Picture of Steam Locomotive "The first train ran on Sept 27th 1825 from Stockton to Darlington" Good condition for 140-150 years old with minor stains and obvious reframing in a quality 20th century frame. The Fascinating World of Stevengraphs. By Bill Poese. THE FASCINATING silk pictures that we know today as Stevengraphs actually had their origin in a depression in England's far flung textile industry, and Richard Cobden, a 19th century English economist and statesman, may claim some of the credit. In 1860, the so-called Cobden Treaty, a free-trade treaty negotiated by Cobden and removing England's protective tariff on silks, brocades and ribbons, among other things, took effect. Its impact upon Coventry, where English ribbon weaving had been concentrated for 150 years, was devastating. Forty five per cent of Coventry's population earned their livelihood from ribbon weaving. Looms were destroyed, and during a two-year period 9,000 persons emigrated to foreign countries in search of employment. But there was one man who was resourceful enough to overcome the blow sufficiently to provide for his own family, the weavers in his employ, and, in a small way, to bolster the economy of Coventry. This man was Thomas Stevens, born in 1828 in the outlying district of Foleshill. As a boy, Thomas Stevens had learned the ribbon weaver's trade at the firm of Pears and Franklin in Upper Well Street, Coventry, and in 1854 he set up his own business in Queen Street. He had learned all the aspects of his trade well and the jacquard loom was of particular interest to him. This loom was a French invention of about 1790 of Joseph Jacquard that had been introduced into England in 1820, and its excellence was recognized quickly, so that by 1838 as many as 2,200 jacquard looms were thumping in Coventry. The principle of the jacquard loom is based upon the fact that mechanically-operated devices controlled loops and pulleys to weave patterns in textiles. Thomas Stevens improved, adapted, and refined the loom by a series of inventions so that he could produce silk pieces that have exquisite detail with what seems to be a three-dimensional effect. He produced pictures, musical notes, lettering and portraits of amazing beauty. The first step in producing Stevengraph works was an artist's drawing on squared paper. These designs were originals, copies of portraits, copies of prints, and often of texts in the manner of illuminated manuscripts. The Victorian love of covering the entire surface of the piece is often in evidence in these pieces. The squared paper pictures look like designs for cross-stitch embroidery work. Large cards were made that carried out the artist's picture and a separate card was made and per- forated for each color in every single woven line of the picture. The cards were put into an endless chain arrangement and placed in the Jacquard loom to regulate the operation of the warp threads. Every time the shuttle carrying the weft was placed across the loom, a different card calling for a variation in the warp threads and consequently in the pattern was brought into use. Many pieces used ten to 12 colors. After the entire pattern was completed, a space was provided and the pattern began to repeat itself. In this way, the weaver produced spools of beautifully woven picture ribbons that were later cut apart at the separating areas. Because of the work involved in placing the cards in the loom, many picture ribbons were woven before a change was made and a different set of cards was used. One 13-inch-long bookmarker that Stevens produced required 5,500 perforated cards. Thomas Stevens was not the only Coventry weaver who was able to survive the depression by weaving pictorial ribbons nor was he the first to produce pictures on the Jacquard loom. As early as 1801 in Lyons, black-and-white portraits had amazed people. In 1855, James Hart wove silk pictures depicting Queen Victoria and Napoleon 111, and in 1858 John Caldicott wove a ribbon with a portrait of Edward Ellice, who was the Member of Parliament from Coventry. But the best known of the jacquard picture weavers was Thomas Stevens. It is he who stands out above the others and it is he who invented the term "Stevengraph." By 1862, Stevens had produced nine bookmarkers of different designs. During 1862 he registered four new patterns: "Unchanging Love," "I wish you a Merry Christmas," "Thanksgiving," and "Thy Bridal Day." During this same year he pro- duced a few larger pieces that were desirable for framing, but he evidently changed his mind about the pictures because he produced no more of them during the next 16 years, confining himself, instead, to producing his popular bookmarkers. Just who made the first Stevengraph-type bookmarker is a matter of considerable dispute and the contenders for the honor are John Caldicott, John Ratliff, and perhaps Thomas Stevens. Among Stevens's contemporaries who did the same sort of jacquard picture weaving were, in addition to those just named, the brothers John and Joseph Cash, and Dalton and Barton. In 1863, the royal marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and in 1864, the tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth gave the weavers ample subject matter to satisfy the demands of a souvenir-hungry nation. Strangely enough, at this time Stevens's competition dropped out of the race and left him a clear field for a period of time to produce his bookmarkers and allied items. By the late 1880s he had produced more than 900 items and among them are sachets, birthday verses, Christmas and New Year greetings, calendars, fans, valentines, ladies' neckties and sashes, emblematic sashes for fraternal orders, pictures suitable for framing, and of course, the always popular bookmarkers, many with tassel-tipped ends. They vary in size from 1 1/4 by 4 inches to 7 1/2 by 13 inches for the mounted pictures and his various items sold for as low as 5 cents, to as much as $14 for a sash. Stevengraphs were given as premiums to people who subscribed to The Ladies Floral Cabinet in 1877. Competition developed in the 1870s by Bolland and Welch and Lenton, who copied his bookmarkers, and in the 1880s by W. H. Grant, who imitated his mounted pictures. Stevens became the father or seven children. In 1878 he moved to London to supervise his expanding business. By this time he had sales agencies in New York City, Cincinnati, Leipzig, Glasgow, Dublin, and Londonderry, in addition to London. To stimulate sales at the expositions that were popular during the period of his greatest activity he sent weavers with his version of the jacquard loom to many of them. There, people could watch a piece being woven, buy it and take it home as a souvenir of the fair. Among the places he or his sons did this were the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, 1876; York Exposition, 1879; Edinburgh, 1886; Manchester, 1887; Cincinnati 1888; London, 1890; Chicago, 1893; St. Louis, 1904; and Paris, Antwerp, Liverpool, Bristol, Boston, Brussels, and Paris. After winning more than 30 medals and diplomas, Thomas Stevens died on October 24, 1888, in London and was buried in the family plot in Coventry. Two of his sons, Thomas and Inger, who, before his death managed the Coventry plant, con- tinued the business. Thomas Stevens had established pleasant working conditions in an industry that was noted for poor conditions. His plant had adequate lighting, ventilation, a pleasant dining area, and it was sanitary. The heavy German ings of Coventry in 1940 leveled his buildings and his business, but he lives on in the appreciation of hundreds of antique collectors who specialize in Stevengraphs, including 175 active members of the Stevengraph Collectors' Association with its headquarters at Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y., and members in England, Canada, Scotland, Austrialia, South Africa, and New Zealand as well as the United States. The highest price paid at auction for a Stevengraph was $1,560 in April, 1972, in London. The article was a mint example of L' Immaculee Conception and is extremely rare. Many examples of Stevens's work, however, are offered for modest prices that are within the price range of many collectors. Individuals are concerned with authenticating items in their collections as being made by Stevens and also with dating them. Both of these matters present difficulties. A pattern could be set up on the cards in 1865, and many times years later the same cards could be used again to produce identical items. There was no limited edition with the mold or etching plate being destroyed. Certain items can be dated by the events they portray and the dates they bear as the one for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876. Some can be dated by the number of awards that are noted on the paper backing on some pieces. Many, of course, are signed in the weaving. A diamond-shaped registry mark like that on pottery dates many since this device was used from 1842 to 1883. Thomas Stevens was a businessman who produced a salable luxury or souvenir product. If the subject matter was attractive and the sentiment appealed, people would buy them for themselves or as a little gift for a friend. As a result, he and his successors' designs reflect Victorian tastes that were, in many cases, universal tastes at the time. Among the portraits are those of Queen Victoria, Shakespeare, King Edward VII, John L. Sullivan, Robert Burns, "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Prince Otto von Bismark, and President and Mrs. Cleveland. Under the general heading of views we find many English castles such as Balmoral, Kenilworth, Warwick, and Windsor. Other views include the Crystal Palace, Houses of Parliament, Tower of London and the Tower Bridge, and the Centennial Exposition of Ohio Valley and Central States, Cincinnati, 1888. Historical pictures include Columbus Leaving Spain, Landing of Columbus, Declaration of Independence, and the Death of Nelson. Classical and legendary subject matter can be found in those weavings that depict Peeping Tom, Leda, The Lady Godiva Procession, and Bath of Psyche. Certain items display the sentimentality of Victorians as God Speed the Plough, Good Old Days, Called to the Rescue, Grace Darling, and For Life or Death. Many battleships and trains are pictured and so are many sporting events. Among the latter are depictions of Spanish bull, horse racing, fox , cricket, bicycle racing, tennis, and baseball. Thomas Stevens was a highly skilled master of a delicate craft that resulted in articles that will be held in high esteem as long as their silken fibers hold together. Tw61

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1920's Antique Condom Tin Akron tourist tubes Zeppelin Litho Vintage<br>Prophylactics Tin. Very cool 2 1/8" x 1 5/8" x .25", guaranteed authentic. A<br>handfull of these originally found by my client's grandfather about 50 years ago<br>in an old barn in West Virginia. He sold those, some for as much as $2500 each<br>via Ebay auctions, he saved the best two and here we are. One scratch at bottom<br>right below Zeppelin. Overall super clean with no rust.<br>pwdrawer

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Qing Chinese Blue underglaze porcelain dish described in detail on 1984 appraisal which will be included and a pic of is included in the attached pictures. Jo Ann Adams was a very well respected, thorough, and knowledgeable appraiser that specialized in Asian antiques. And as you most likely know if you're reading this Chinese porcelain is one of the few areas of Antiques/Collectibles that have proven to be an excellent investment in the last 38 years since these appraisals were done. 2 old chips on rim, no other chips, no cracks, no restorations.

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Antique Chinese Blue underglaze Qing dish. 18th-19th century with no cracks, chips, or restorations. 6.25" Great early piece of chinese porcelain from an old collection of predominantly Ming porcelain. isshelf

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2 Antique Chinese Ming porcelain dishes. 4 3/16" wide. Very small flakes on rims, no large chips or cracks, some mineral deposits, likely shipwreck pieces. Selling both of the shallow bowls or deep plates shown. Fresh from a very old collection of predominantly Ming porcelain. isshelf

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Antique Miniature Sterling Repousse Plaque on Easel. Marked with British sterling hallmarks and tested. 4 5/8" tall x 3 1/8" wide at base. tw213

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Sz6 c1864 18k gold Sapphire/diamond antique ring. Birmingham hallmark for 1864,<br>unsure of maker. Marked and tested 18k gold. Old mine cut diamonds and beautiful<br>blue natural sapphires. 1.9 grams. A very special diminutive ring with no<br>issues. The Sapphires are approx .2cttw and the two small diamonds are approx<br>.05cttw. Most rings are shown on a a ring sizer in the pictures and the size is typically given at the beginning of the title and description. Women's Size 6 Ring.

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c1800 2 Antique Delft Lidded Jugs. Selling the two jugs 18th-19th century. The larger is 10" to top of thumbrest x 5 7/8" wide smaller is 7" to thumbrest x 3.25" wide. Smaller jug has some small chips on footrim and one inside lid, no restorations or cracks. Larger has crazing but no chips or cracks. B38

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Cenedese Murano Centerpiece with applied fruit handles. Great piece in perfect condition from the last half of the 20th century. 11" handle to handle x 8" tall, signed on base as shown. B38

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ww1 Bronze US Victory Medal "The great war for civilization" 3" tall with<br>ribbon.

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c1890 Mt Washington Art glass Melon Ribbed hand painted creamer and sugar set<br>with pairpoint mountings. Selling the set shown with no damage, I didn't polish<br>the silverplate so it's possible there is wear to the plating. 3.5" tall.<br>TW233

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c1950's NRA Junior Division Medals Southern Californa Junior Rifle League. 2<br>very cool medals from the 40's or 50's. Minor glue residue on back from being<br>glued to shadowbox, not too difficult to remove. Selling both with penny for<br>size reference.

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15th century Ming Chinese porcelain bowl with blue underglaze decoration 5" wide, described in detail on 1984 appraisal which will be included and a pic of is included in the attached pictures. Jo Ann Adams was a very well respected, thorough, and knowledgeable appraiser that specialized in Asian antiques. And as you most likely know if you're reading this Chinese porcelain is one of the few areas of Antiques/Collectibles that have proven to be an excellent investment in the last 38 years since these appraisals were done.Two tiny chips on top rim, one on footrim. Some crazing and light stains, a few tight lines on top rim that don't extend far on either side, no restorations, cracks, or large chips.isshelf

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c1900 Antique French Hand Painted Sevres Style Goblet Form Wine Cooler. 8.5" tall x 7.75" wide, very large piece of antique 100% hand painted French porcelain. Would make a great Cachepot, ice bucket, centerpiece, etc but it's the perfect size for a wine cooler and likely began it's life as that. Artist signed Aly.

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Ming/transitional period Chinese porcelain bowl with blue underglaze decoration. Very nice 17th century Chinese porcelain bowl 4.75" wide, described in detail on 1984 appraisal which will be included and a pic of is included in the attached pictures. Jo Ann Adams was a very well respected, thorough, and knowledgeable appraiser that specialized in Asian antiques. And as you most likely know if you're reading this Chinese porcelain is one of the few areas of Antiques/Collectibles that have proven to be an excellent investment in the last 38 years since these appraisals were done.Tiny glaze frits on top and bottom rim, no cracks, chips, or restorations. isshelf

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Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Sedum Acre "Mossy Stonecrop" Soup Bowl 9 13/16"<br>wide x 2" deep. Just a tad over 9.75" but smaller than 9 7/8". Vintage piece in<br>like new condition very closely examined with no cracks, chips, nicks on rim,<br>wear to gilding, utensil marks, or restorations. Selling the exact bowl show,<br>hand painted. I don't believe this bowl or even this size of bowl is currently<br>available for any price but you can buy an 8.25" soup bowl new for a little over<br>3k on special order.<br><br>Flora Danica: The Amazing Story of the World’s Most Expensive Dinnerware<br>February 28, 2017 / Decorate, Entertain, Gift Ideas, Registry<br>War. Diplomacy. Royal backstabbing. A Russian Empress who loved art and beauty.<br>All that went into the making of the world’s most expensive dinnerware, Flora<br>Danica by Royal Copenhagen.<br><br>Our story begins with Catherine the Great of Russia. In 1788, she was at the<br>height of her power and prestige, having come to power 26 years earlier by<br>deposing her husband in a coup. The formerly impoverished German princess was<br>now the absolute ruler of the largest empire in the world, and she followed up<br>one stunning achievement with another: Expanded Russia into the Black Sea and<br>Crimea. Made Russia a major European power. Annexed Alaska. Reformed the<br>government. Ushered in the Enlightenment. Check, check, check.<br><br>Catherine awed her contemporaries. Voltaire compared her to the Biblical Queen<br>Semiramis of Babylon. Madame Vigée Le Brun, former court painter to Queen Marie<br>Antoinette and no stranger to royalty, wrote that “…with her head held high, her<br>eagle-like stare and a countenance accustomed to command, all this gave her such<br>an air of majesty that to me she might have been Queen of the World…”<br><br>She was also the ideal Enlightenment ruler: Patron of the arts. Friend of the<br>leading philosophers and thinkers. Champion of knowledge and learning, for women<br>as well as men. The magnificent collections of St. Petersburg’s Hermitage<br>Museum, a must see on any tour of Russia, actually began as her personal art<br>collection.<br><br>In 1788, Catherine the Great was at war with the Ottoman Turks a second time.<br>Her cousin, King Gustav III of Sweden, decided to take advantage of the<br>situation and attack Russia in the back. To deter him, Russia had signed a<br>treaty with Denmark 15 years earlier. But when the war started, the Danes didn’t<br>move. They had problems of their own: their King Christian VII was insane, his<br>wife Queen Caroline Matilda had an affair, her lover Doctor Johann Friedrich<br>Streunsee fathered one of her children, the King’s mother ordered him executed<br>and the Queen banished, then had herself and the King’s elder son rule as<br>regent. But we digress.<br><br>The Russians demanded that the Danes honor their obligations. When the Danes<br>finally showed up, they came up with a smaller force than originally promised. A<br>few months later, when the war ended, the Danes felt mightily embarrassed. It<br>was also not a good idea to get Catherine the Great and Russia on your bad side.<br>But how do you make amends with the absolute ruler of the world’s greatest<br>empire?<br><br>They must’ve thought long and hard about this one and figured out three things:<br><br>First, Catherine was a well-known lover of the arts. She bought thousands of<br>paintings from all the major European artists of the day. She also commissioned<br>porcelain, metalwork, glasswork, and books, and she even wrote comedies,<br>fiction, and memoirs herself.<br><br>Second, she was also a known patron of the French Encyclopedists, a group of<br>philosophers including Voltaire, Diderot, and d’Alembert who set out to gather<br>all the world’s knowledge into one grand Encyclopedie so that it could be<br>available universally.<br><br>Finally, and this was key: They knew that the Russians had been after fine<br>porcelain for over 70 years. True hard paste porcelain was very precious in 18th<br>century Europe. Much whiter and stronger than stoneware, it was exclusively used<br>by the royalty and aristocracy, and all the major royal families of Europe had<br>set up their own porcelain factories in towns like Sevres, Limoges, and Meissen.<br>Catherine the Great loved porcelain so much, she turned the Russian porcelain<br>factory in St. Petersburg into the “Imperial Porcelain Manufactory” and placed<br>massive orders for her and her family’s private use.<br><br>And so the Danes came up with an idea: Let’s create the world’s finest<br>collection of porcelain which is also an encyclopedia of art. But it had to be<br>so amazing that Catherine the Great would (hopefully) forgive their failure to<br>help Russia during the war. They trusted the task to the Danish royal porcelain<br>factory, Royal Copenhagen, and its chief artist Johann Christoph Bayer:<br><br>They commissioned a dinnerware collection of 1,802 pieces. They used the finest<br>porcelain they could manufacture and then rimmed them in gold in a lace-like<br>detail — just to be sure it was nice enough. Other pieces featured delicate<br>flower buds that were carved out by hand:<br><br>Then, 3,000 flora and fauna from the Flora Danica botanical encyclopedia of 1761<br>would be individually hand-painted on the dinnerware pieces:<br><br><br>With this much decoration, the porcelain pieces are “overglazed,” which means<br>they are decorated after being glaze-fired in the brightening kiln to produce<br>the wide range of colors and the richness of detail. Then they are fired once<br>more at about 850°C or 1,562 °F after they are painted, to allow the paints to<br>melt and fuse with the fired glaze. Immediately after firing the gold<br>decorations look matte and dull. Their characteristic gold sheen appears only<br>after vigorous polishing with glass brushes or sand:<br><br>The result was something so magnificent, they could be used for state banquets<br>or just displayed as works of art in Catherine’s great palace in St. Petersburg:<br><br>This multi-year project was probably intended as a gift for the 40th anniversary<br>of Catherine the Great’s reign in 1802. But in 1796, Catherine suddenly died of<br>a stroke. Her death caused chaos in Europe. Her son and successor, Paul, hated<br>her and wanted to undo everything she started. He even dug up the remains of her<br>dead husband, Peter III, for an elaborate state funeral before burying him with<br>her — condemning her to spend eternity with the man she deposed and killed.<br><br>The Danes got the hint. They weren’t giving Paul the fine porcelain intended for<br>his mother — he might’ve just smashed it to spite her! But they must’ve been so<br>pleased with how this collection was coming along, their regent Prince Frederick<br>VI, ruling Denmark in his father’s name, continued its production and even<br>ordered some more, expanding it to 100 place settings.<br><br>In 1802, the production was finally finished. By now Paul was also gone: the<br>Russians finally decided he was too crazy and poisoned him, replacing him with<br>his 24-year-old son Alexander I (of War and Peace fame.) But the Danes weren’t<br>giving him their prized porcelain. The first Flora Danica dinnerware service was<br>delivered to the Danish Royal Palace, where Frederick VI used it to celebrate<br>the birthday of his father King Christian VII in 1803, probably at their<br>splendid Rococo-style Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen:<br><br>It must’ve been a very nice thing to do for his father, who suffered<br>schizophrenia, was forced by his mother to divorce his tragically adulterous<br>Queen, and had been sidelined for over 30 years already. And Flora Danica<br>continues to be used by the Danish Royal Family for special occasions to this<br>day.<br><br>Today, Flora Danica is regarded as one of the most original and inspired<br>examples of from the golden age of porcelain. It has also been collected by<br>today’s royalty: Oprah, Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece, and various members of<br>the Kennedy family. Royal Copenhagen continues to make it by special order from<br>its factory in Denmark — the last porcelain dinnerware made in Denmark.<br>tw211

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c1860 Chinese Famille Chicken Cockerel Serving Pieces. Great pieces 19th century wear to gilding with no cracks, chips, or restorations. Selling both pieces shown, hand painted. 8.75" x 6.75" oval bowl, 10 3/8" x 8.25" covered vegetable. isshelf

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Austrian Cold Painted Bronze 3 Cats at Bowl. 2.5" wide x 1" tall, great piece from the first half of the 20th century with no damage and minimal wear to paint. I've seen this mold before with the Bergman mark, this one just has Austria mark so I'm not sure but it's his style and nice quality. Franz Bergman was an Austrian entrepreneur best known for his Viennese foundry which produced many patina- and cold-painted bronze sculptures of figures, animals, Orientalist scenes, and mythological creatures. Bergman is often misidentified as a sculptor, but he himself was not the original artist for the works—rather, he hired many anonymous sculptors to execute his ideas. He signed many of the works produced by his foundry with the pseudonym Nam Greb, so as to conceal his name from the authorities and avoid penalties for immorality. Born in 1861 in Vienna, Austria, he initially inherited a bronze factory from his father and later opened his own foundry. Bergman died in 1936 in Vienna, Austria figshelf

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Vintage Taxco Sterling Chip inlay Necklace. Approx 16" long with 2.5" tall inner<br>pendant 56 grams. No damage.

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****All James Avery jewelry on the Estate Fresh Austin website is used/pre-owned authentic jewelry that was originally purchased directly from James Avery by the owners or family of the estates we liquidate. Each item will have some degree of wear which will be shown in the photos but will be in clean condition, no boxes or paperwork will be included unless shown in the photos. The item you are purchasing is the exact item photographed as we only have one.******* Retired James Avery Sterling Heart with doves pendant on 16" necklace. Pendant 1<br>5/8" x 1 3/8", both pendant and necklace James Avery. 17.3 grams total.<br><br>anderascoll

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c1930 Pairpoint Sterling Silver Mounted Etched controlled bubbles covered candy dish in the Wickham etching. Rare if not one of a kind piece 11.5" tall x 5.25" wide. No cracks, chips, restorations, scratches to sterling or other issues. H monogram with what looks to be a P and B on either side. Very special piece in a beautiful honey amber. tw164

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c1890 Chicago Wendell Sterling Boxed Demitasse set Retailed by S Hyman & Co. From the rarely observed firm of WENDELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY - Chicago, IL Founded by Charles Wendell in 1850 c. Became Wendell Mfg Co in 1885. In late 1890s acquired some flatware patterns and dies of Mauser Mfg Co. Active in New York with retail or wholesale outlet under the name Wendell & Co. This company closed right around 1900.Selling the set shown in this amazing silk lined Velvet covered box. The spoons are 4" long with 3/4" wide bowls and weight 7-8 grams each. Box is 12 3/8" wide. Spoons and box are immaculate. Selling the 12 spoons in the box, as good as it gets. It even has a spring lid that automatically pops up when the functional catch is disengaged. These are small spoons for coffee/tea, stuff like that. tw187

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****All James Avery jewelry on the Estate Fresh Austin website is used/pre-owned authentic jewelry that was originally purchased directly from James Avery by the owners or family of the estates we liquidate. Each item will have some degree of wear which will be shown in the photos but will be in clean condition, no boxes or paperwork will be included unless shown in the photos. The item you are purchasing is the exact item photographed as we only have one.******* Retired James Avery Sterling guardian angel heart pendant on 18" necklace<br>Pendant 1 5/8" tall x 1 3/8" wide 15.7 grams total.<br><br>anderascoll

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****All James Avery jewelry on the Estate Fresh Austin website is used/pre-owned authentic jewelry that was originally purchased directly from James Avery by the owners or family of the estates we liquidate. Each item will have some degree of wear which will be shown in the photos but will be in clean condition, no boxes or paperwork will be included unless shown in the photos. The item you are purchasing is the exact item photographed as we only have one.******* Rare Retired James Avery Sterling Sunface pendant/oversized charm 1 1/8" x 1" x<br>5.6 grams.<br><br>anderascoll

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1973 Elton John's Rocket Records Promotion Gebr. Hildner Miniature Aluminum train. Given out at the launch party for Elton John's Rocket Records 9.25" long with no damage or wear. This launch Party took place on a train and everyone who attended on April 26th, 1973, received one of these trains. Tw187

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****All James Avery jewelry on the Estate Fresh Austin website is used/pre-owned authentic jewelry that was originally purchased directly from James Avery by the owners or family of the estates we liquidate. Each item will have some degree of wear which will be shown in the photos but will be in clean condition, no boxes or paperwork will be included unless shown in the photos. The item you are purchasing is the exact item photographed as we only have one.******* Rare Retired James Avery Laugh Now Cry later madonna pendant/oversized charm. 1<br>3/8" x 5/8" x 4.9 grams.<br><br>anderascoll

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c1930 Zsonlay Hungary Eosin Iridescent vase Art deco period and style. 6 1/8" tall with no cracks, chips, or restorations, no crazing, no scuffs. Nice piece of early to mid 20th century functional decorative art. TW219

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Nymphenburg Blanc de Chine Allegorical Figure Set. Selling the set, tallest 7.5"<br>from the third quarter of the 20th century with 5 of Bustelli's Ovidian s<br>standing on plinths. From 1754 to 1763 Franz Anton Bustelli modeled a set of<br>small putti at Nymphenburg, representing the Roman s as described by the Latin<br>poet Ovid. He took a different approach from previous representations of s,<br>seeing them as smiling, playful children in a Baroque style, with sculptural,<br>three-dimensional poses that twist and turn. Each figure has to be seen in the<br>round to be fully appreciated. Each figure is also accompanied by a specific<br>object or objects that identify which is represented, for example, a wine barrel<br>and an upraised cup for the of wine, Bacchus. Bustelli's figures of Ovidian s<br>have been reissued since the early 20th century by the Nymphenburg factory in<br>Munich as a fitting tribute to the genius of its greatest sculptor.<br>No cracks, chips, or restorations. I've seen these sell on the secondary marked<br>for over $300 ea. I don't believe they are in production anymore but heard they<br>last retailed for close to 1k each.<br>tw166

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Vintage Native American Sterling cross with turquoise on sterling/mother of<br>pearl beaded necklace 23" long necklace 3.75" x 2 1/8" cross 61.5 grams total<br>weight circa mid 20th century.

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Nymphenburg Hand Painted Porcelain diminutive bud vases. No cracks, chips, or restorations. 4.25" tall, hand painted, no wear to gold. Selling the pair of vases shown from the mid 20th century. TW166

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Large 1960's Signed Barbini Murano Vase. 14.5" tall x 7.25" wide, great piece and a fantastic design sure to both stand out and fit in anywhere. Very high quality with no cracks, chips, scratches, or other issues. Signature shown in last pic. isshelf

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c1900 Chinese Famille Rose Antique Porcelain Medicine Buddha. 8.5" tall x 5 1/8"<br>wide with no cracks, chips, or restorations, one tiny flake to the red enamel on<br>back side. A rare very well painted figure over 100 years old from the late 19th<br>to very early 20th century.<br>isshelf

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French Sevres Style Candlesticks with Birds of Paradise. 100% hand painted candlesticks French from the first quarter of the 20th century. No cracks, chips, or restorations. good gold. 6.5" tall with 4" wide base. isshelf

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Italian 800 Silver Place Card Holders representing a Military Marching Band by<br>Fabbrica Argenteria Fiorentina Di Bartolini Bartolozzi (10). Selling the set of<br>10 show, very heavy for their size solid 80% silver averaging about 35 grams<br>each in weight. No damage or issues, from the third quarter of the 20th century.<br>Extremely fine quality casting and a great design. 2 3/8" tall with 7/8" bases,<br>they each have a slot behind the Fleur de lys to hold a place card.<br><br>Tested 80% silver and the mark on the base of each one 215fl indicates the maker<br>by Italian standards. These are about 60-70 years old and of a quality that just<br>can't be matched today and if it were it would be by someone like Tiffany or<br>Cartier and they would be 1k each or more.<br><br>tw210

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MCM 13pc 1930's Cobalt Blue Water Set Cambridge Royal Blue Ball Jug and Mushroom Tumblers. The latest this set can be is 1950's. Great, large Art deco/MCM water set in beautiful, useable condition. Pitcher is 80 oz 8.5" tall x 8.25" handle to spout. Tumblers are 4 5/8" tall and 2 5/8" wide at the rim and hold 12 oz. No cracks, chips, restorations, dings, or scratches. An exceptionally large and clean set that is 70-85 years old.

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****All James Avery jewelry on the Estate Fresh Austin website is used/pre-owned authentic jewelry that was originally purchased directly from James Avery by the owners or family of the estates we liquidate. Each item will have some degree of wear which will be shown in the photos but will be in clean condition, no boxes or paperwork will be included unless shown in the photos. The item you are purchasing is the exact item photographed as we only have one.******* Retired James Avery Sterling Flower pendant. 2" tall x 1.5" wide, 18.5 grams<br>very uncommon retired pendant with no issues. Original blue unbranded bag.

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Pr Vintage Native American Sterling/natural stone channel inlay earrings. High quality pair of earrings unmarked, tested sterling 21.2 grams total weight.

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J.D. Media Zia Pottery Jar. Nicely painted jar with no damage or loss. 8.25" wide x 5.5" tall. Jose de la Cruz Medina, Zia Pueblo was born in 1935. I'm not sure if he's still creating art at 87 or not. Tw123

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Cool MCM Sterling Screw back earrings Roman Chariot and rider. Very high quality with interesting hallmark that isn't ringing a bell. Most likely from the third quarter of the 20th century, no damage or issues. 12.5 grams

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Vintage sterling enamel butterfly screw back earrings. Mid 20th century with no detectable damage. 8.4 grams. Most likely Scandinavian.

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Evaline Sellors (1903-1995) Mid Century Patinated aluminum wall sculpture "Letitia" Roman dess of joy, gaiety and happiness - by Fort Worth, Texas, sculptor Evaline Clark Sellors. 14" tall x 7 1/8" tall with no damage, possible scratch to right of nose.Evaline Clarke Sellors was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1903. She studied art, illustration, and modeling before enrolling at the prestigious Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Sellors won the institutions' William Emlen Cresson scholarship in 1929 and 1930, allowing her to study sculpture in Europe. After returning to Texas, Sellors co-founded The Texas School of Arts in 1932 with Sallie Gillespie and Blanche McVeigh. Sellors and McVeigh were also founding members of the Fort Worth Artists Guild. Sellors taught art at a number of institutions in the Fort Worth while executing commissions for the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Examples of her work are in the collections of the Dallas Museum of Art.DeWitt McKinley (1905–1997) was first the Co-Founder of the McKinley Iron Works in Fort Worth, Texas, and then that city's mayor from 1967-1969. tw123

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2 Waterford Crystal Scent bottles. Selling both, tallest 4 7/8". Neither with any chips, cracks, or scratches. Both marked, the mark on the one with the dauber is faint and on the base, you have to catch the light just right. The other is marked on bottom side. One with dauber, other with silverplate lid with plastic insert. Both smell of perfume inside but could easily be cleaned with alcohol if needed. TW161

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Antique French Gilt Bronze Champleve with onyx lamp. I believe this was likely<br>an urn or candelabra from the third quarter of the 20th century before they had<br>electric lamps that tastefully turned into a lamp in the first half of the 20th<br>century. Working condition, Highest quality 25.25" total height to the top of<br>the finial, 23.25" to the place where the shade will rest below the finial.

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Vintage Japanese Style Studio Pottery vase. Great vintage piece from the last half of the 20th century. Two glaze flakes one on top rim and one on the sharp neck, neither a distraction both shown in pics. No cracks, chips, or restorations. Very large piece 11" tall x 7" with, signed twice with a signature I'm unfamiliar with. I'm not sure if it's Japanese or American made. isshelf

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1998 John Ransmeier North Carolina Pottery Huge Heavy Studio Pottery Platter.<br>Very heavy, strong, durable, high fired platter. This thing would take a chunk<br>out of a sidewalk if dropped on it I'm sure. It's a real monster, a real work of<br>art. Both Simple yet complex at the same time. 21" x 16" x 3.5" deep, a<br>functional work of art in mint condition with no damage or wear whatsoever. John<br>used a variety of clays I believe. This is a very strong Stoneware clay(not red<br>clay) fired at a high temperature and salt glazed, therefore very durable and<br>heavy.<br><br>John Ransmeier<br>John grew up in Asheville, North Carolina. His interest in clay began in high<br>school. After a visit to the Penland School of Crafts, a bit of research and<br>some ingenuity, he built his first kick wheel in 1970. From books, he taught<br>himself how to throw clay and make pots.<br><br>During an apprenticeship with Gene Bunker, John worked in porcelain and<br>concentrated in glaze reduction. After a year of study at the Kansas City Art<br>Institute, he established a studio in the Highwater Crafts Center in Asheville,<br>NC and co-founded Biltmore Clay Company. He went on to study with potters Seth<br>Duberstein of New Paltz, New York and Paul Chaleff of Pine Plains, New York.<br><br>After working as a studio potter in production porcelain, John studied for two<br>years at The University of North Carolina at Asheville and then received his BFA<br>from Alfred University in Alfred, New York in 1990. He spent some time doing<br>graduate work at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and then moved to<br>Santa Fe, New Mexico where he established a working studio for the next four<br>years.<br><br>After returning to North Carolina in 1994, John built a wood fire kiln and<br>established a studio in Weaverville, North Carolina where he lives and works<br>today. His work has spanned a wide spectrum of processes, clay bodies, glazes<br>and style. John continues to travel across the country exhibiting in fine craft<br>shows and selling his work in galleries and museums in the southeast.<br><br>John Ransmeier Pottery, Weaverville NC<br><br>All work is assembled from slab, wheel-thrown, pressed and coil elements. Pieces<br>are then high fired in a reducing atmosphere using biofuel.<br><br>Making pots is about evolution. As long as I feel my work is progressing,I don't<br>worry. Not long ago,I tried to maintain control over surfaces and glazes.In<br>reaction to that,I have gravitated toward a looser way of making pieces using<br>glazes that I could't control even if I tried.Perhaps reduction firing, with its<br>own tendency toward variation has nudged me in this direction.I am always<br>looking for ways to allow my work to progress. There is a saying, "At the point<br>of origin, lie the most possibilities. "My goal is to keep enough freedom in my<br>work to allow those possibilities to take form.

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Antique Chinese Condiment Dish and Miniature Planter Lot. Selling both pieces<br>from the last half of the 19th century. The famille rose piece is 8 1/8" wide.<br>It has slight wear on rim and two very short, tight, and stable hairlines shown<br>in fifth pic, No damage or wear to planter, no restorations or what I would<br>consider considerable damage to either. The planter is 3 7/8" wide x 1.75" tall.<br>tw89

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1920's American Legion School Award For and Country Bronze medal. 2.5" wide, heavy well cast bronze medal with no issues. tw208

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c1970 Buster Brown Shoes Watch/ Pocketwatch Great working advertising watch from the third quarter of the 20th century. 2" wide, fits a .5" strap, works with some exterior wear including cracked plastic face. B70

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Hand carved Oaxaca ritual mask of Armadillo and fur. The Huave Indians in the Tehuantepec region of Oaxaca wear these masks during Carnival dances to scare away spirits so spring will come sooner. It ia adorned with armadillo skin, and fur from goats and/or wild boar. 12" tall x 6.25" wide with no significant issues. From the first half of the 20th century. tw162

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Antique Japanese Meiji Imari Square Charger. Last half of 19th century, some<br>wear to enamel 14 5/8" diagonal with no chips, cracks, or restorations.

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Vintage Navajo Sterling and turquoise ring and bracelet set. Very nice old set<br>with no issues, size 6.5 ring, Bracelet fits up to a 6 5/8" wrist. Unmarked<br><br>All precious metals are tested and guaranteed, any Native American jewelry<br>referred to as Silver or Sterling is guaranteed to be a minimum of 90% (coin)<br>silver and possibly higher content. Anything marked is guaranteed to be what<br>it's marked, most bracelets are photographed on a 6" wrist (non hairy), rings<br>photographed on the appropriate sized finger when possible. With bracelets if<br>the measurement is not given in the description then inside circumference is<br>shown where the metal meets the number on the the cloth tape measure.

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4pc Colima Pre Columbian Pottery Collection. Nice old lot of original Mayan/Aztec Effigy's. Tallest 3 5/8", appropriate wear, no restorations. These are estate fresh, purchased in Colima in about the mid 20th century. B70

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Vintage Reeves Navajo Sterling coral and turquoise ring, size 5.5, 8.3 grams.<br><br>All precious metals are tested and guaranteed, any Native American jewelry<br>referred to as Silver or Sterling is guaranteed to be a minimum of 90% (coin)<br>silver and possibly higher content. Anything marked is guaranteed to be what<br>it's marked, most bracelets are photographed on a 6" wrist (non hairy), rings<br>photographed on the appropriate sized finger when possible. With bracelets if<br>the measurement is not given in the description then inside circumference is<br>shown where the metal meets the number on the the cloth tape measure. Most rings are shown on a a ring sizer in the pictures and the size is typically given at the beginning of the title and description. Women's Size 5 Ring.

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