An American 1950's Drop-Front Bar for Stylish Holidays Entertaining with MidCentury Flair & a Post-Modern take on THE Holiday Classic: Eggnog!
overall with blue and white floral and foliate decoration on a yellow ground
the recumbent bull dog with expressive face and brown glass eyes; overall wear and chipping to glaze
each striking lamp of deep purple bullicante and gold aventurine glass with an iridescent surface; raised on a brass octagonal base; excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks; rewired
fitted with a telescoping adjustable neck above a wooden support resting on a tripartite brass base with stylized shell feet; good vintage condition with only minor wear; rewired
stylish living from the 1950's, the square table on down-turned legs; with graceful side chairs with open trellis-work seats over splayed supports; structurally sound and in good vintage condition
each modeled as stacked half-spheres on a brass circular base; minor overall wear to alabaster; some discoloration and patina to brass; rewired
each of refined minimal design with elegant lines; of iron construction with new ivory leather upholstery; good vintage condition with overall even wear and patina
the tall slender ewer with pinched spout above an ovoid body with graceful looped handle; all in a luminous raku glaze with areas of teal showing through; typically fired at high temperatures, the wares are placed in an open-air container filled with combustible material, unlike the traditional japanese method. the western process can give a great variety and depth of colors and surface effects as seen with this vase; good vintage condition with no chips or cracks
each with square mouth above a bulbous body all in a thick lava glaze with red glazed reserves; one with original label; excellent condition with no chips or cracks
the rectangular inset glass top within a gilt-iron frame with canted corners all raised on graceful cabriole supports; joined by an arching and interlacing stretcher; new glass; overall rubbing and wear to gilding; good sturdy frame
each with flared neck above a fluted cylindrical body adorned with finely detailed gilt-bronze grapevine swags; all raised on a giltwood base; stamped "Lampe A Moderateur Par Brevet D'Invention Et De Perfectionement"; excellent antique condition; rewired
each of colored satinato glass with domed lids above a cylindrical body over a splayed foot; good vintage condition with one minor chip to green jar lip
each double-handled urn painted with meandering foliate design on a blue-gray ground; with incised marks to the underside; minor overall surface wear
of impressive size, the lidded ginger jar with domed lid and tapering lobed body with underglaze blue decoration of vibrant flower heads with lappet collar and base; raised on a faux painted blue and white base; excellent condition; rewired
each hour-glass shaped walnut lamp with three brass bands and waist; patination to brass; rewired; new shades 'as is'
of impressive scale, the orb-form lamp of mercury glass fitted with an ebonized wooden cap and base; good vintage condition with age to silvering; re-wired
with revived interest in the arts and design of the Renaissance period of the 14th-16th centuries; signed to underside 'AS' for Alfredo Santarelli (Italian 1874-1957) Majolica lustre-glazed urn with serpent handles; professional repair to lip
This expressive, forcefully-rendered horse head sculpture with flared nostrils and lively mane; raised on a separate base; fine overall craquelure; with minor chips and flakes
a fine example from the Leeds factory Burmantofts faïence, with pierced neck and shoulder and adorned overall with incised decoration; excellent antique condition with overall minor wear consistent with age; stamped to underside 'Burmantofts Faience, 504 EAS', examples of Burmantofts faience can be found in the Victoria & Albert Museum Ceramic collection
each with long flaring neck above a tapering body painted overall with stylized floral and foliate vines in colors of ochre and aqua with gilt highlights all on a white ground; raised on a water-gilded wooden base; signed 'Marbro Lamp Italy'; excellent condition with no chips or cracks; re-wired; some rubbing to gilding
each boldly-scaled lamp with flared top above a cup-shaped body adorned with a guilloche perimeter band and bell-flower swags surrounding half-profile portraits; resting on a splayed circular base over a black marble plinth; wear and patina to surface; indentations; rewired
mounted as lamps, each dressed in a white flowing robe holding a large lotus flower standing on decorative brass stands; rewired; professional repairs to fingers; patina to brass surface