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RENAISSANCE REVIVAL TABLE CABINET

HARDSTONE MOUNTED EBONY AND ENGRAVED IVORY MARQUETRY

BY GIOVANNI BATTISTA GATTI (1816-1889)

Circa 1865

#renaissance revival #table cabinet #furniture #hardstone #ebony #engraved #ivory #marquetry #giovanni battista gatti #italy #19th Century #1860s

MIRROR

GILTWOOD

CIRCA 1690

FLEMISH

#mirror #giltwood #17th century #1690s #netherlands

CLOCK WITH POLO PLAYERS

SILVER-GILT AND MALACHITE

BOUCHERON

PARIS

1946-1952

#clock #silver-gilt #malachite #boucheron #france #20th century #1940s #1950s

Clock

Hardstones, amethyst, lapis lazuli, malachite, labradorite, jasper, agate, marble, glass micromosaic, gilded bronze and clock movement.

Rome

1804

#clock #hardstones #amethyst #lapis lazuli #malachite #labradorite #jasper #agate #marble #glass #micromosaic #gilded #bronze #italy #19th Century #1800s

Tall chalice

Jewelled and enamelled emerald green glass and gilt

Moser

c. 1910-1920

#chalice #jewelled #enamel #glass #gilt #moser #20th century #1910s #1920s

design-is-fine

The Sgt. Pepper’s Piano, on which John Lennon composed Lucy in the Skies, A Day in Life and many others. A cottage upright piano from 1872, made by John Broadwood and Sons. On auction: Sotheby’s. Estimate 1,200,000 — 1,800,000 USd.

design-is-fine

Ernst Plank, “Climax” Laterna Magica with clockwork drive, 1885. Including rotating lantern slides Ø 150 mm. Nuremberg, Germany. Via Liveauctioneers

design-is-fine

Backgammon and Chess Board, 1590. Plum wood, invory inlay, painted in indian ink. Southern Germany. Via imm.hu

Oil lamp

Bronze, glass

1898

Tony Selmersheim

Paris

#oil lamp #bronze #glass #19th Century #1890s #tony selmersheim #france

met-cloisters

Diptych with the Virgin and Child and the Crucifixion, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Cloisters

The Cloisters Collection, 1971 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Ivory with metal mounts

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/471980

Mandora

Boxwood, rosewood, ebony

ca. 1420

Italian

#mandora #musical instruments #boxwood #rosewood #ebony #15th century #1420s #italy

cgmfindings

American Aesthetic Movement Silver Plated Mechanical Two Compartment Jewelry Casket Marked with Meriden Brittania Co. hallmark, “Pat Oct. 22, 1878” sliding upper curvilinear cover and the lower drawer that simultaneously move out

cgmfindings

A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted tulipwood and marquetry piano By Ignace Pleyel & Cie, Paris, No. 20919 Of serpentine outline, inlaid all-over with foliate panels, the hinged top inset with a circular medallion to the interior, engraved in high relief Medaille d'Honneur A. PLEYEL & Cie/Exposition Universelle 1855, the hinged key cover with monogram HBB, inset to the interior with cut brass signature Medailles d'or 1827, 34, 39, 44./Hors Concours 1849/IGNACE PLEYEL & Compie, Paris, above ivory naturals and ebony accidentals, flanked to each side by a three-branch candelabra with a cherub caryatid support, the front soundboard flanked by a winged caryatid to each side, on block feet.