Scarce George Wostenholm I-XL Sheffield England folding knife with German silver fittings and stag grip scales. circa 1890-1920
Master blade is a large lockback spear point flat ground brightly polis[...]
Globular Vial In Iridescent Glass Islamic Period Straight Lips Magnificent colors of green iridescent glass Provenance: French private collection Free and insured shipping in mainland France
Tanagra Head of Isis in Terracotta Ptolemaic or Roman Period Very beautiful piece with very fine details Work in red-orange terracotta Piece mounted on a black wooden base Provenance: French private c[...]
Balsamaire or Lachrymatory in Iridescent Glass 2nd Century Very beautiful piece with high neck. Iridescent translucent glass End of the 2nd century beginning of the 3rd century Provenance: private Fre[...]
Bust of Isis in Light Green Earthenware Egypt Late Period Piece representing the goddess Isis wearing the long tripartite wig Earthenware color oscillating between light green and beige ochre Height 1[...]
Cigarette case in silver and vermeil interior. Works by push button system opening the end of the case. Very beautiful chiseling. 19th century. Two hallmarks: 800 and another indecipherable one.
Long-Spouted Guttus In Iridescent Glass Islamic Period Very good condition of this old piece despite some chips Rare model of Guttus, tubular shape Old iridescent glass Provenance: private French coll[...]
The double Réaumur and Centigrade scale (i.e. Celsius) gives us an indication to date this thermometer. Given that the Celsius value was adopted as the official scale at a convention in 1794, this giv[...]
Seal Stamp Matrix Revolutionary French Republic Municipality Of Briey Briey is, since January 1, 2017, a delegated commune of Val de Briey and a former French commune located in the department of Meur[...]
African Art: Head of a Queen from the Kingdom of Ife in bronze + 2 carved wooden profiles of a couple Head of a Queen from the Kingdom of Ife in bronze: Superb piece made with the ancestral technique [...]
Art Deco Interesting Japanese Cigar Dispenser.
Finely inlaid with all kinds of different woods.
Five different panels decorated with the subject of landscapes with mount fuji in the distance and wit[...]
Naudet barograph that works well. As a gift, worth €70, ink and paper, 100 diagrams plus 10 centilitres of special ink that does not dry out, brass cover with bevelled glass panes
Gilded bronze badge or plaque with symbols of the Empire and Napoleon I, from the 1st Empire period, later modified into a wall watch holder (see welds on the back of the wall ring and the watch hook)[...]
Rare traditional Papuan currency called "Talipun" collected in Papua New Guinea. The population of the village of Yangoru makes masks or very stylized figures in basketwork and fixes them to the shell[...]
Au Crocodile Soligen jigged bone three blade folding knife that measures 8 cm closed having a 6,2 cm folding master clip-point blade, a secondary folding sheepfoot blade and a pen blade.
Larger bla[...]
Beautiful ritual ewer from Tibet, Himalayas.
Generally placed at the foot of altars, these sober or ornate ewers are used (always) to pour water into bowls to be presented as an offering.
In modest [...]
Tableware / Asian Art: Very rare Chinese tea service in Sichuan marble around 1900. Very nicely openwork tray with fantastic dragons. Very beautiful quality work. Sichuan marble is a universally appre[...]
Tableware: 2 very large advertising beer mugs in Delft earthenware period: 20th century circa 1950-1970 painted decoration condition: good dimensions: h27 cm
Tableware and Folk Art: Emperor's table bell and nesting weights period: 18th and 19th century style: Empire and other material: bronze condition: good dimensions: h14 and 13cm
Two fine early hunting knifes or daggers with high quality steel work decoration on the blades.
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Leather travel suitcase from Mappin & Webb Paris with some accessories such as a comb, razor and a manicure set. Used condition with some scratches and stains. Width 63.5 cm. Depth 42.5 cm. Height 21 [...]
Here we have a simple but very well made Indian battle axe or tabar commonly associated with the indigenous tribes of the central, eastern and southern parts of India. Our example differs from the mor[...]
A North Indian katar dagger with typical South Indian design features. North Indian daggers have the blade forged to the hilt whereas South Indians preferred their (often flexible, imported) blades fi[...]
A fine example of a budhune khukri dating from the second half of the 19th century. The condition is very good with some remains of old resin varnish on the blade. No scabbard.
Enamelled sheet metal goblet showing the elderly Queen Victoria, in bust in an oval medallion surrounded by a crown of laurels, roses, shamrocks and thistles on which, on either side, a ribbon recalli[...]
Measurement - Total length 66 cm
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Beautiful copy in 12 in full purple morocco printed in Tours, by Ad Mame et Cie, Printers-Booksellers, 1859. Beautiful prize book from the Collège Municipal de Rollin stamped on the covers with a gild[...]
Set of 9 polychrome plaster nativity scenes in very good original condition including: Jesus: Length 29 cm Width: 8.5 cm Joseph: Height 32 cm Base: 20 cm x 13.5 cm Mary: Height 31 cm Base: 20 cm x 13 [...]
Jubilee goblet celebrating the 60th anniversary of the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1897), in sheet metal with a white background and polychrome and gold decoration of portraits of the young and olde[...]
A pair of Ziwu Yuanyang Yue (子午鴛鴦鉞), literally "North and south mandarin duck hatchets". Commonly known as "Deer horn knives" or moon knives used in few martial arts school .
A superb relief that was to adorn the door of a Regency or Louis XV period cartel clock, central character of which is a large Indian chief adorned of feathers, carrying a bow, spectacularly at ease i[...]
Star of the Paris World's Fair in 1900, the Ferris Wheel is beautiful on this small box in pomponne and thick glass with chamfer, a typically French item of this period. Its quilted and padded silk in[...]
Table telephone set consisting of its wooden base, its handset, its press support and its earpiece. The original wiring is present. Period patina and in good general condition. Mainly suitable for dec[...]
We are buyers of key collections, and collector's keys
A hollow-forged brazed shank key, long bit still in the Gothic style, with open pertuis including a cross, 4-tooth muzzle, base with octagonal c[...]
Truncated pewter pitcher with median molding and molded S-shaped thumb rest. Control mark with the city's coat of arms. Mark of Antoine Joseph BERGMAN active from 1801: minor / (AIB) / 1801. Height: 3[...]
Very beautiful Gouro "Zaouli" mask in carved wood with a painted face topped with a structure presenting a family scene: a couple, a newborn and a dog, the whole is painted with bright colors. The cha[...]
OLD BOOKS-COLLECTIONS-BIBLIOPHILIA GASTON DELAYEN "The misadventure of Martin goes to war" Paris-1927 In-8 Marcelle Lesage publisher. 24, place Dauphine. ORIGINAL EDITION ON JAPANESE PAPER. EDITION OF[...]
Scary and imposing mask from Japan dating from the Taishô-early Shôwa period, 20th century.
This is a large mask in brown and red lacquered wood, with golden eyes, reproducing a type of Bugaku theate[...]
Beautiful fragmentary plaque in Malines alabaster, representing Christ carrying his Cross. Surrounded by his executioners, and the holy women. Silhouette of Jerusalem in the background. Two pieces mis[...]
the largest 6 liters capacity 39 cm high by 25 cm widest (good condition) in this lot four are more or less cracked .... for the shipping provide a carrier or by cocolis the least expensive given the [...]
Bamoun ceremonial pipe, large bronze pipe from Cameroon, composed of pieces cast with the lost wax system, the anthropomorphic bowl topped with a large filigree turban, two smaller spheres also adorni[...]
Rare jarre à eau du Rajasthan ( Nord-est de l'Inde) du XVIème siècle, abondament décoré et contant l'histoire de Majnoun et Leila, grandes figures amoureuses du monde arabo-islamique .
Ces objets usu[...]
French collection.
Sculpted mainly on commission from a family, Dogon statues can also be venerated by the entire community. Their exact role remains poorly understood. In parallel with Islam, Dogo[...]
Very large painted bark panel from a ceremonial hut collected in the Blackwater area in Papua New Guinea. This assembly of painted bark constitutes a fresco that evokes clan myths. These panels are fi[...]
Hunting dagger. 19th century hunting knife.
Deer antler handle. Chiseled metal ferrule. Beautiful chiseled guard in the shape of leaves. Curved blade with a fuller, starting from the tariscot, sicela[...]
Netsuke representing a traveler sitting on his bag. There are cracks and under the bag a number written in felt pen is visible. This netsuke is accompanied by a cites issued by the DRIEAT Ile de Franc[...]
Mid-18th century (1758) France, Paris What is a breviary? A breviary is a liturgical book used by clerics (priests, monks, bishops) to pray the different canonical hours of the day (matins, lauds, ves[...]
Presented in three folio volumes this "Isography" of Famous Men, or Collection of Facsimile of Autograph Letters and Signatures. In Paris at Alexandre Mesnier, Bookseller, Place de la Bourse 1828-1830[...]
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