1920s Miniature Dutch shoe 835 standard silver pastoral scenes

 

Beautiful little decorative 835 Continental silver Dutch clog shoe.

Made by JD Schleissner & Sohne. 

The shoe measures two and three-quarter inches long by 7/8 inches wide by 1 inch tall.
In excellent vintage condition.

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Antique bronze French bulldog figurine Frenchy Frenchie statue

 

Measuring 3 1/2 inches long, and standing 2 3/4 inches tall, this antique figurine of a French bulldog is in excellent vintage condition. A handsome little boy, he is very hard to photograph do to the dark brown coloring of the bronze. Please forgive the photographs, I tried to show his detail using different types of lighting.
The little Frenchy’s expression is unusual in that he seems to be listening to something behind him. Usually figurines of French bulldogs have their ears clocked forward. Most likely from the 1920s.

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Antique French Miniature gold vitrine dollhouse curio cabinet or jewelry display casket

 

This wonderful, miniature curio cabinet jewelry box stands 8.25 inches tall.
Made of gold colored, base spelter metal, and completed with plexi glass windows with 2 velvet, trimmed display areas and a little storage area underneath.
Most likely made in France sometime after the war.

The condition is very good, the legs are solid; it stands evenly on all 4 feet.

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Victorian Novelty 800 Silver Miniature Sedan Chair Dance Card Box

A rare late Victorian novelty silver miniature playing card or dance card box modeled in the form of a Sedan Chair. Hinged domed lid and each panel chased and embossed with intricate repousse scroll work. Vacant caroutche windows to the front and sides. Hallmarked on the bottom with a crowned N, 800 continental Hanau silver. About a 140 years old. Measures 2-1/2" tall, 2-3/4" long and 1" wide. 

In Very Good Condition!

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1988 Zodin Rattlesnake Oil Lamp Small Hand Thrown Artist Signed Dated

 Artist signed and dated this little pottery oil lamp is decorated with a nicely done rendition of a rattlesnake wrapped around the body. Signed Zodin, it is dated 1988.

The two piece lamp with wick appears to be unused. This handsome little item stands approximately 3 inches tall.

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Original Austria Painted Vienna Bronze Seated Shoemaker Signed by Bergman

Original Austria Painted Vienna Bronze Seated Shoemaker Signed by Bergman.
The underneath of the chair bears the all important B in an urn cartouche that indicates they was indeed made by the fabled foundry of Franz Bergman in Vienna, Áustria. Excellent quality sculpting, detail paintwork as is expected from a Bergman piece. In good condition but has some paint wear, and bent bits as is to be expected with a piece dating from the late 19th century . Measures 5,5 cm high.
An absolute must have for collectors!
Franz Xaver Bergman (or Franz Xaver Bergmann) (1861-1936) was the owner of a Viennese foundry who produced numerous patinated and cold-painted bronze Oriental, erotic and animal figures, the latter often humanized or whimsical, humorous objects d'art

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Miniature Vienna Bronze Cat on Chair Playing with Terrier Dog

At over 120 years old, this is adorable 1 5/8 inch figurine is a Vienna bronze depicting a cat on a chair with an attentive Jack Russell attempting to play. Structurally sound it sits just fine although it has obviously been bent on that back chair leg. One of the tiny dog’s back legs has a manufacturing fracture line that has been there a good long time, the foot seems firm but delicate. The paint is about 95% present some chips here and there. Just adorable.

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Sterling Silver Highly Detailed Flute Lapel Pin

The details on this 2 inch sterling silver flute unisex lapel pin are remarkable! It’s such a good miniature I would be tempted to put it in a dolls hand.
Made by Future Primitive USA.

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1952 Saint Joan of Arc Sebastian Miniature SML 209 Square Base

Isn’t she beautiful? Very hard to find. Made by the Sebastian miniature company of Marblehead, Mass. This statue of Saint Joan of arc is beautifully detailed! Measuring 4 1/2 inches tall, she is in excellent vintage condition. The only fault I could find is a spot at the back of the base that looks like it was a factory fault.

Her base is also marked 1952.
She has her original foil Sebastian miniatures label.

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Hand Carved Tagua Nut Pair of Pet Monkeys

Measuring 2 inches tall, this vintage carved Tagua nut figurine is very well done. The two little monkeys are wearing collars with ropes that tether them to two little stands.

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Austria Painted Vienna Bronze Seated Shoemaker Signed by Bergman

Original Austria Painted Vienna Bronze Seated Shoemaker Signed by Bergman.
The underneath of the chair bears the all important B in an urn cartouche that indicates they was indeed made by the fabled foundry of Franz Bergman in Vienna, Áustria. Excellent quality sculpting, detail paintwork as is expected from a Bergman piece. In good condition but has some paint wear, and bent bits as is to be expected with a piece dating from the late 19th century . Measures 5.5 cm high.
An absolute must have for collectors!
Franz Xaver Bergman (or Franz Xaver Bergmann) (1861-1936) was the owner of a Viennese foundry who produced numerous patinated and cold-painted bronze Oriental, erotic and animal figures, the latter often humanized or whimsical, humorous objects d'art.Bergmann was noted for his detailed and colorful work. He signed with either a letter 'B' in an urn-shaped cartouche or 'Nam Greb' - 'Bergman' in reverse. These marks were used to disguise his identity on erotic works. His father, Franz Bergmann (1838-1894), was a professional chaser from Gablonz who came to Vienna and founded a small bronze factory in 1860. Franz Xaver Bergmann inherited the company and opened a new foundry in 1900. Many of the bronzes from the 1900s were still based on designs from his father's workshop. Bergmann is often incorrectly described as a sculptor but he was not; he was a foundry owner. His workshops employed, on a temporary basis, many anonymous sculptors. Bruno Zach employed Bergmann to edit and cast some of his works, with some of the more erotic ones being signed as "Prof. Tuch", a pseudonym used by Zach. At the turn of the 19th century there were about fifty workshops producing Vienna bronzes. 'Cold-painted bronze' refers to pieces cast in Vienna and then decorated in several layers with so-called dust paint; the know-how for the mix of this kind of paint has been lost. The color was not fired hence 'cold painted'. The painting was carried out mainly by women working at home, a typical cottage industry.
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Priced with condition in mind.

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Dutch Silver Miniature Windmill Articulated 835 Continental Silver Doll House

This sweet little antique miniature of a windmill with moving parts is most likely 835 silver. I acid tested it for silver and it tested as silver. Standing 3 1/2 inches tall the windmill house rotates with the attached stairwell. The blades of the windmill rotate and the little flag on top can move. It’s in very good condition but, over the past 100 years of existence somethings are a little bent. The building itself rocks a tiny bit on its base but could be tightened up underneath by someone with better eyesight than mine. It has been priced with condition in mind.

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Miniature Dutch Clog Shoe 835 Silver Pastoral Scenes

Beautiful little decorative 835 continental silver Dutch clog shoe. Made by JD Schleissner & Sohne. The shoe measures two and three-quarter inches long by 7/8 inches wide by 1 inch tall. In excellent vintage condition.

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Samoyed Sled Dog Pulling Antique Turban Mother of Pearl Shell

I believe this little figurine of a handsome sled-dog pulling a shell sleigh or a sled was made in commemoration of all the arctic and antarctic exploration that was going on when he was created. This was made at the turn of the last century when Robert Peary and Frederick Cook were all the rage representing the adventurous spirit of the time.
The figure of the Samoyed dog is 2 inches long and 1 1/2 inches high. The little dog has what appears to be a chip off of the very top of one ear, however this chip is glazed over so it was done during manufacturing.
The dog and sled measure at 5 1/2 inches long. The sled is made up of what I believe is copper wire and mother of pearl turban shell. There is a tiny chip to the shell edge, Not overly noticeable but it is there.
A remarkably rare item, it’s in overall, very good condition except for the noted above.

$85

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