280 CHRÉTIEN DE TROYES - The Knight with the Lion. Paris, Éditions Vialetay and Beaux livres grands amis, 1957; in-4, 185 pp., paperback in sheets, cover folded in a publisher's box. One of 236 number[...]
Lovely cane handle representing an elephant. Lots of carving for the decor. Indian origin? XIXth Silver metal (some places penniless, wear of time) diameter for cane location: 2.8 cm
The "Chank", "Turbinella pyrum", is a shell from the Pacific Ocean, sacred in India by Hindus and Buddhists. Used as a musical instrument at home. it is also one of the heaviest shells in the world. H[...]
Exceptional and rare rotisserie roasting jack, for chimney, fireplace mechanism, all in carved wood -
made in different woods: walnut and beech, and resinous for the drum -
frame mounted with doveta[...]
Charming snuffbox with system, in the shape of a shoe, clog hoof decorated with a heart -
Carved wood, in walnut for the body of the shoe, and rosewood? for the lid with the heart -
XIXth French Fol[...]
Epreuve originale réalisée en 1826.
Limites colorées de l’époque.
Excellent état
Format feuille : 51 x 41 cm.
Peu courante publication réalisée sous le règne de Charles X, illustrant les départem[...]
Beautiful musical automaton by Jean FARKAS circa 1950 THE HARPIST She turns her head and moves her arm. Clothes of great finesse and very beautiful realization in silk. Musical mechanism with its orig[...]
Large kneeling santon, in its own juice, cardboard body and newspapers head and feet in painted stucco, natural hair Beautiful decorative object for lovers of curiosities
CHEVALLIER (Gabriel) - Clochemerle. Paris, Flammarion, 1934; folio, 341 pp., paperback under a folded cover. Numbered copy on fine paper. Color illustration by Dubout.
Fan composed of a painted wooden handle and a rectangular fabric part, one side of which shows polychrome glass or ceramic bead embroidery. The decor has geometric patterns.
It is a very pretty notab[...]
Curiosity, Cynetic art,
Rare lenticular engraving (known as anamorphosis…) in box and under glass giving an optical illusion allowing to see 3 different subjects according to the focal point.
[...]
Very pretty “Indian” countertop roulette with gilded decorated cast iron foot, leaf decoration on the base. The center is an embossed chromolithograph representing a drinker's decoration…. Good genera[...]
German reservist and commemorative cane, WW1, 1914-1918. Cord on barrel in the colors Brass knob with engraved inscription: "ZUR ERINNERUNG AN MEINE DIENSTZEIT". Blackened wooden barrel with oval embo[...]
Cane late nineteenth, early twentieth, dromedary bone. Füt & pommel in bone, square pommel. Füt has turned pattern and blackened wood slices. Blackened wooden ferrule. Diameter of the barrel narrowing[...]
Mineralist's cane, late 19th century, early 20th century. Wood drum, metal hammer-shaped pommel. Length: 85 cm Good condition and use, in its own juice, see photos. Shipping costs included for FRANCE.[...]
Very old Koto blade from Wakizashi in Shirasaya in very good condition, Zaimei (Signed) "Bishu Osafune Norimitsu" 備 州長 船 則 光 and dated "Kansho 6" 寛 正 ６ 年 二月 日, ie February 1465. (15th century) Type of[...]
CHEVALIER (Jean-François) - The 7 deadly sins. Epinal, Imprimerie Pellerin, 1981; folio, 7 plates drawn in etchings as well as the preface, paperback in sheets, casing. Seven etchings by Jean-François[...]
CHEVALIER (Jean-François) - The Feast. Nancy, At the author, 1979; folio, 10 plates plus the serpentes and the preface, paperback, in sheets in slipcase. 10 etchings by Jean-François Chevalier illustr[...]
German cavalry wallone, circa 1600, in original state without any restoration
BLADE : Strong wallone blade, 2 cutting edges which begin after a short ricasso. Narrow central fuller on the first 26 c[...]
CARPENTER (Octave) - The Knight of the Flowers. Paris, To Editions "La Caravelle", 1941; in-4, about 60 pp., paperback in sheets, cover folded. One of 280 numbered copies on Arches vellum. Preface and[...]
Epreuve originale gravée sur cuivre en 1660. Johanne Janson, d’après Samson.
Beaux coloris anciens.
Texte explicatif en latin au verso.
Format feuille : 60 x 47,5 cm.
Format gravure : 51 x 41 cm.[...]
Offering dish or wedding dish, ceremony in repoussé solid silver mounted on brass.
Representation of Radha and Krishna on either side of a tree of life, accompanied by priests and angels.
Originally[...]
Soft wooden mask, black in color, characteristic for its tubular eyes, was used during rituals, to identify individuals who, by their actions, could disrupt the harmony of the community. Condition, Wo[...]
CHARDONNE (Jacques) - Women, selected tales and some images. Paris, Albin Michel, 1961; in-12, 186 pp., paperback. Numbered copy. First edition. Very good state.
Beautiful Dutch Copper mounted on three small feet (one is welded). It is assembled in a dovetail and closed by a cover . The whole gives a bell shape. The handle and its riveted supports are made of [...]
A Wheatstone bridge is a measuring instrument invented by Samuel Hunter Christie in 1833, then improved and popularized by Charles Wheatstone in 1843. It is used to measure an unknown electrical resis[...]
Large stoup in white stone. Ideal for wall mounting. Age: 1500 Slightly oval shape Measurements: maximum top width 50cm, height 30cm, bottom diameter 33cm.
Chiefdom command staff, base of the tribal hierarchy. Property of the tribal chief who assigns him his authority. This staff surmounted by a carved double head refers to the spirits of the ancestors. [...]
Mughal brazier in cast bronze, assembled, pierced, hexagonal in shape, said to be Andalusian type.
Decorated on all sides and placed on six inverted legs.
The side panels decorated with cartridges w[...]
Curiosa 1947. With etched illustrations. At the expense of a bibliophile and his friends. Anonymous. Illustrator Jean Traynier Text circa 1450. With casing. 30 cm x 21 cm, thickness 4.6 cm. Good condi[...]
First version translated from English original lithographs in colors by SCHEM Preface by Frieda Lawrence Editions des Deux Rives 1956 Typography in Elzévirienne Bénédictine ettrines original and curre[...]
Basket to carry flower offerings to the temple, Balinese folk art.
Braiding of bamboo and traditional rattan, very robust, covered with several layers of polychrome, very good general condition.
dia[...]
Complete prayer book in Banana leaf. animal and religious ornamentation on all pages.
Unfolded book 65 cm. width 23.5 cm
mid 19th century Shan Province, Burma.
Large circular bowl, thick blown and drawn glass, with hemmed edge and concave cut pontil. A beautiful and large professional glassware, rare to find, with a beautiful limpidity, bubbles and waves, al[...]
2 Apothecary mortars and pestles with handles, certainly of 18th century Dutch origin. Beautiful original patina. Diameter: 16 cm and 14.5 cm Height: 15 cm and 14 cm The drumsticks: 24 and 26 cm
twelve oils on canvas representing the Stations of the Cross signature identified c f sold with numbered crosses in silvered bronze frame in solid oak some lacks on certain canvas painting height 35cm[...]
Head of Christ in terracotta from the 18th century, was part of a statue undoubtedly beheaded during the French Revolution. Beautiful quality of sculpture and steeped in history.
CHAMSON (André) - The School of Malivert. Paris, Le Livre Contemporain, 1958; folio, 153 pp., paperback, cover folded in sheets in a slipcase. Book decorated with original lithographs by Yves Brayer. [...]
Straw marquetry table decorated with a port city. It is most likely the work of a 19th century pontoon or convict. It is presented in a contemporary gilded stucco frame of the painting. straw marquetr[...]
Medals to be fixed in gilded bronze struck on the occasion of the exhibition of the products of Industry in Paris in 1839. They are fixed on a wooden panel covered with blue felt. Beautiful strike fro[...]
Rattle in solid silver with decorations in the upper part of a "Donald" attributed to Walt Disney.
The upper part contains a bell.
20th century work, hallmarked "925".
Dimensions -
Weight : 15.9[...]
Beautiful oval embossed silver plaque representing the Virgin Mary, the infant Jesus and Joseph in the clouds, Italy? Period late 18th century, early 19th century. The virgin Mary holds with her left [...]
Rare petit plat de quête, en bois sculpté polychrome et doré.
A l'éfigie d'un évèque pour les grandes cérémonies, Hauteur de l'évèque: 12 cm
Art populaire, 19ème siècle.
Bon état, patine d'usage co[...]
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de) - The ingenious hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Paris, Les Heures Claires, 1960; in-4, 221, 216, 222 and 229 pp., paperback in sheets, covers folded and slipcase. The [...]
Attributed to a person of high rank
Composed of braided pandanus fibers on a reed support
judiciously constructed
Natural pigments and vegetable ties
Late 19th early 20th century
Papua New Guin[...]
Superb hand candlestick, chamberstick or corridor pass, natural bronze, from the workshops of the famous Alphonse Giroux, "the merchant of princes" .... The structure of this pretty candlestick, handm[...]
England in the eighteenth century. Studies and portraits to be used in the history of the English government since the end of the reign of William III. By Charles de Rémusat, from the French Academy. [...]
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