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1940s Petite French Painted Wood Keepsake Box
Charming French keepsake box composed of painted wood with a carved, conical top ‘finial.’ Resembles a spinning top. Good age with paint loss throughout. Wear adds to its rustic charm.
Nice color combinations, primarily shades of pink, with brown, purple, and green details.
Small in size, but can accommodate small pieces of jewelry / keys.
H: 4.1″ x Diameter: 3.75″
1970s French Modern White Plastic “Diamond” Wall Mirror by Syla
$425.00Syla mirror in white plastic that can be mounted as a diamond (pictured) or square (ca. 1970s, France). Few scuffs to the white plastic, as shown; mirror is clean sans light wear around the rim of the glass itself where it meets the frame.
Diamond: H: 27″ x L: 27″ x D: 0.75″
Square: H: 22″ x L: 21.75″ x D: 0.75″
Antique French Storage Box with Hand-Painted Clown Motif
$950.00Ca. late 19th century French oak storage box with hand-painted ‘clown’ decoration to the top and a floral motif to the bottom component. Attractive color combinations – base coat is ochre with red, yellow, and coral, green, black and pink details. Good age / patina with minor paint loss and scuffs, as shown. Overall, very good condition considering age and use.
Height: 4.75 in.
Width: 13 in.
Depth: 7.5 in.
Antique Mouth Blown Glass Bulbous Demijohn in Emerald Green
Graceful antique French demijohn / carboy originally used for transporting wine (ca. early 19th Century, France). Composed of mouth blown glass with emerald hue exhibiting trapped air bubbles within the glass itself with a sheared lip and applied ring. Unique, stout form, measuring roughly 17.25″ Diameter x 22″H.
Very good, vintage condition with interior wear from use (water lines / light soiling to interior, as shown).
Asymmetrical French Modern Iron and Green Tile Swiveling Coffee/Cocktail Table
$5,600.00Unique cocktail/coffee table composed of a wrought iron frame with an inset green ceramic tile asymmetrical/trapezoidal top above two swiveling surfaces, all supported by splayed iron legs and adjustable brass feet.
The tiles were likely designed by Atelier La Roue (Vallauris), given a similar signed example, but these tiles are signed only “V &B Made in France” on the undersides, suggesting that perhaps Villeroy and Boch produced the tiles, though their cyphers differ from the ones present.
Retains the original paint to the iron frame, whose crackled/crazed pattern is by design.
Impressive piece with all original components. Conservatively refinished, but wear remains (some paint loss and oxidation present to the iron, as shown, along with age-appropriate general wear).
Remains an impressive, visually stunning piece that is compact, yet highly functional with multiple configuration options and ample storage/surface space.
H: 16.5″ x L: 41″ x D: 18.13″ / D (with both lower tiers fully extended): 43.25″
Collection of Early 20th Century European Cloisonne Boxes / Candlestick
$395.00Very nice lot of four pieces of early 20th Century European Cloisonne metal works: two hinged, footed trinket / pill boxes, one small, round snuff box, and one candleholder. All are in very good, vintage shape with minimal wear / patina (no enamel loss, just slight wear commensurate with age). Additionally, the tip to one of the feet of the larger box is missing, but does not effect the stability / function of the piece.
The candle measures: H: 6.6″ x Diameter: 4″
Round snuff jar: H: 2.6″ x Diameter (of support dish): 3″
Larger box: H: 1.4″ x D: 2.1″ x L: 2.75″
Smaller box: H: 1.1″ x D: 1.9″ x L: 2.5″
Early Set of Four ‘Les Arcs’ Chairs by Charlotte Perriand
Set of first edition black leather and metal ‘Les Arcs’ chairs designed by Charlotte Perriand in the 1950s. Rare examples whose frames are raw metal (as opposed to the later Cassina editions in painted or chromed metal) with a variation of the sling design. The leather seats are more minimal than the later examples with less snaps / attachments sewn into the seat to connect the leather to the frame. All original condition.
Condition Notes: Distressed. Original condition. Raw metal shows rust. Beautiful patina to leather. Intact with no losses.
H: 33.5″ x W: 21″ x D: 23″ x Seat Height: 19.25″ x Seat length: 18.75″ x Seat depth: 14.5″
Exceptional Pair of French Magazine Tables by Mathieu Matégot
$6,700.00This rare matching pair of rattan and wrought iron tables were designed by Mathieu Matégot (Ateliers Matégot), circa 1950. Beautiful, restored condition (originally, these showed significant paint loss).
H: 20″ x W: 15.25″ x D: 18.1″
French Bronze “Hephaestus” Blacksmith Sculpture by Maurice Constant
Circa 1920s bronze sculpture by Maurice Constant (France 1892-1970). Likely, a depiction of a young Hephaestus / Vulcan, the blacksmith god of fire and forge, surrounded by his signature tools: hammer, anvil, and tongs.
Signed “M Constant Made in France.” Additionally retains the inscribed plaque: “Le Travail par Maurice Constant Mention au Salon.”
Rich patina / minor wear consistent with age. Overall, in fine, vintage condition.
H 7.75″ x Diameter 3″
French Deco Ceramic Blue Glaze”Deer in Landscape” Lamp by Atelier Primavera
$3,800.001930s Art Deco ceramic lamp depicting a stag, doe, and mountain goat amid a weeping willow/foliage by the renowned ceramic studio, Atelier Primavera, an extension of Le Printemps Department Store in Paris.
Superior quality and craftsmanship in an attractive palette of blues against a bronze/brown background finished with a bronze cap and bakelite socket. Excellent, vintage condition.
Branded with the workshop stamp and incised with the ‘axe’ cypher.
Shade is not original to the lamp and not included (for demonstration only).
Currently wired for European use; cord will be replaced, unless otherwise requested.
Dimensions with the shade in place for reference: height: 28.38″ x diameter: 16.5″
Without shade: height: (base to brass cap) 15″ / (top of socket) 20″ x diameter: 8.5″
Shade dimensions: height: 13.25″ x diameter: 16.5″
Large Antique French Blown Green Tinted Glass Hurricane Jar
Single hurricane vase/pickling/preserving jar with green tint and pontil (ca. early 20th Century, France).
Free-blown glass displaying small bubbles within the glass itself.
Light wear/flaws present to some of the jars (spotting/cloudiness/scuffs). Overall, very good, vintage condition. Each jar has been cleaned and ready for immediate use.
Listing is for one jar – three sold, three available.
Minor dimensional disparities between jars, but rough dimensions are: H: 14″ x Diameter: 9″
Diameter of opening: 6″
Large Antique French Demijohn / Carboy
French Demijohn / Carboy originally used for transporting wine (ca. late 19th Century, France). Composed of free-blown glass exhibiting trapped air bubbles within the glass itself with a sheared lip. Attractive soft green color and large size, measuring roughly 18.13″ diameter x 27″ height.
Good, vintage condition with interior wear from use (scuffs / light soiling to interior, as shown).
Both the interior and exterior of the piece have been thoroughly cleaned.