Carlo Zen, Mother-of-Pearl & Brass Thread Inlaid Side Table, Italy, circa 1900

A pair of vintage American table lamps, likely intended for a club or lounge, produced circa 1980s, with central chrome stems, surrounded b...

This extremely impressive depiction of Sisyphus, the figure from Greek mythology in darkly patinated bronze as an athletic male figure with energetic facial expression, wearing only a loincloth, stiffening a boulder over his right shoulder, on round, geometrically decorated plinth. In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was the king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). He was punished for his self-aggrandizing craftiness and deceitfulness by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill only for it to roll down when they near the top, repeating this action for eternity. Through the classical influence on modern culture, tasks that are both laborious and futile are, therefore, described as Sisyphean labour. Signed by the artist on the plinth: “Leibküchler fec.” (for Paul Leibkuchler...

This exceptionally-designed teapot is decorated with endlessly repeating Celtic Tracery. In the front, there is a finely engraved family crest, consisting of the jagged ancient Irish royal...

This grand German Jugenstil mirror in the Secessionist taste features three laconically designed but highly functional sections. The upper section is a large round swiveling pane of ...

Dimensions Height: 7.25 inches Width: 5.25 inches Depth: 4.5 inches. Markings Fully marked on the bottom with a "B" in an urn-shaped cartouche (for “Bergmann”), and “GESHUTZED” (German: “PROTECTED). ABOUT What distinguishes this unique bud vase from others is a perfect synthesis of a utilitarian object and a Fine sculpture. It is not only the amazing subtlety and taste of the author’s artist skills, but an extraordinary design and an absolutely outstanding original plot. Designed for a single flower only, it is nonetheless a very complex and multifaceted composition filled with warm humor and fantasy. Sitting on a vessel shaped as a gourd, clasping its goat legs with hooves and holding on to the neck with one hand in order not to fall of it; a playful and mischievous faun holds by the tail a fleeing lizard with the other hand. FRANZ XAVIER BERGMANN (Austrian, 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. Cold painted bronze refers to pieces cast in Vienna and then decorated in several layers with so-called dust paint; the expertise for the mix of this kind of paint has been lost. The color was not fired hence "cold painted". Mainly women working...

DIMENSIONS Height: 5 1/2 inches Max. width: 3 1/2 inches Bottom diameter: 2 7/8 inches MARKINGS Both, the neck and the top cover of the lid are stamped with a full set of French hallmarks, half-erased due to long-term use and therefore illegible. ABOUT This fine and unusual French antique perfume bottle of a superb quality and workmanship and can also function as a body lotion or bath salt...

Italian Sorrento octagon side table made of maple and fruitwood Inlaid marquetry.

Large octagonal side table with mother-of-pearl inlay on the top and on the edges, above the shaped mirhabs and forming the base. Rich mother-of-pearl inlaid with an eight-pointed st...

Pair of intricately carved & inlaid mother of pearl side tables. Beautifully detailed on top, bottom & all sides make this pair a rea...

Chinese Mother of Pearl Inlaid Round Wood Drum Side Table Offered for sale is a Chinese mother of pearl finely and intricately inlaid r...

A good quality pair of Louis XVI style parquetry inlaid ormolu-mounted side tables, each with a single frieze drawers and raised on elegant cabriole legs terminating in scrolling orm...

A fantastic pair of vintage Italian brass inlaid side tables, dating from around the 1970-80’s. The quality is outstanding, they are large, impressive and extremely well made. They ...