An early 20th century carved cowrie shell (novelty?) with maybe a few too many surprises inside. The original cork is pierced with a string which has a series of porcelain “Frozen Charlotte” dolls tied to its length. The natural opening of the shell sealed with plaster.
Late 19th or early 20th century pencil portrait of a stunning Mediterranean-looking man. On early wove paper, presumably removed from a sketchbook. Reframed in a mid-19th century picture frame with unusual copper (rather than gold) color. Top-mounted on archival board.
It wasn’t until 1841 and the invention of the paint tube that artists had to keep their own stores of the various dry pigments used in their work. Most used small quantities that suppliers sold in small glass vials or jars. Others kept much more on hand and likely used a chest like this to […]
From a small cache of similar hyperrealistic cutaway drawings showing various inner-workings and components and presumably created for repair manuals. All were commissioned by United Technologies in Connecticut as indicated by purchase order and declassification/release papers which originally accompanied the artwork. Graphite on laminated trace. Drawing has been dry-mounted to grey/buff mat board.
From a small cache of similar hyperrealistic cutaway drawings showing various inner-workings and components and presumably created for repair manuals. All were commissioned by United Technologies in Connecticut as indicated by purchase order and declassification/release papers which originally accompanied the artwork. Graphite with white gouache highlights on laminated trace. Drawing has been dry-mounted to grey/buff […]
From a small cache of similar hyperrealistic cutaway drawings showing various inner-workings and components and presumably created for repair manuals. All were commissioned by United Technologies in Connecticut as indicated by purchase order and declassification/release papers which originally accompanied the artwork. Graphite with white gouache highlights on laminated trace. Drawing has been dry-mounted to grey/buff […]
Offered is this circa 1900 chalkware Boston Terrier with studded color and sitting on a small base. Eyes and ears painted in. Orange-brown and black spray spotting applied to chest, legs and back.
Offered is a miniature folk art building portrait from a larger group originating from the Springfield, MA area. The other buildings (four of them) from the group were churches and all labeled with the name and location of the actual church. With no steeple but tall windows and a gable end vestibule and door, this […]
Charming alabaster miniature compote or perhaps master salt. Two pieces joined where stem and bowl meet. Early to mid 20th-century.
Offered is this very rare black basalt bust on pedestal of George Washington sculpted by Enoch Wood, 1818. For more than two decades, Enoch Wood & Sons produced a broad variety of painted and transfer-decorated tablewares specifically intended for the American market including these miniature busts of George Washington. More commonly seen from the firm […]