This glorious vase has already been drilled in order to be turned into a lamp but holds its own as is as a decorative object. It just won't hold water anymore. Really lovely shape and bright colors. $195. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have ...
This is a knockout. The essence of pre-war California style. $225. The Tudor Tile Company was founded in 1927 and produced its wares under that name until 1939 when it was sold and renamed California Art Products. Particularly noted for its Spanish designs, by 1931, its products were differentiated into seven lines: Decorative Type A, Decorative ...
Really beautiful and distinctive garden pot. $450. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be careful, cost effective and timely in delivery. We also ship worldwide, and for those transactions we require wire transfers. Please feel free to enquire about shipping costs at 323-953-8330 ...
A really lovely light colored patina is the gift of aluminum to these Tudor style porch lights. Anachronistic? Certainly. Pleasing? Absolutely. $450. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be careful, cost effective and timely in delivery. We also ship worldwide, and for those transactions we ...
A terrific set. Absoiutely masterful work. As pleasurable to the touch as it is to the eye. Call for pricing. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be careful, cost effective and timely in delivery. We also ship worldwide, and for those transactions we ...
Very handsome piece, with a wonderful feel of movement, aliveness, on the wrist. Call for pricing. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be careful, cost effective and timely in delivery. We also ship worldwide, and for those transactions we require wire transfers. Please ...
This is it: the real deal. By the great American designer and begetter of the modern Mexican craft of silversmithing, bearing ALL his hallmarks, those in the silver itself, and that of his and his atelier's high artistry. And here is a great link to a page concerned with Spratling hallmarks: http://www.spratlingsilver.com/hallmarks.htm Call for pricing. We ship using UPS ...
A honey of a ring, really exquisite. $250 We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be careful, cost effective and timely in delivery. We also ship worldwide, and for those transactions we require wire transfers. Please feel free to enquire about shipping costs at ...
It is not surprising that other silversmiths often copied Hector Aguilar's style, and when they did it with such skill, as in this charmer, the results are very pleasing. $150. A poison ring or pillbox ring is a type of ring with a container under the bezel or inside the bezel itself that could be used ...
A very unusual subject from this quintessential artist of the Old West best known for her fascination with stagecoaches. Born in Springfield, Illinois and raised in Los Angeles, Marjorie Reed gained a reputation for paintings of western scenes, particularly Butterfield Overland Stage coaches and other scenes of cowboys, horses and figures associated with the Overland Mail ...
Paint may not be original, but otherwise pristine: an immensely useful and charming example of Monterey's genius for domestic furniture. With its echoes of Spanish colonial style, the Arts & Crafts Movement, and often playful referencing of the Wild West, romance is a strong element of Monterey Furniture design, and romance has certainly crept into the ...
This very elegant late 19th Century multi-paned mirror is highly characteristic of the Mexican Colonial style. Mirror measures 31"H x 13 1/2"W x 1 1/2"D. Call for pricing. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be careful, cost effective and timely in delivery. We also ...
This is a really terrific 1950s piece. Whimsical and elegant, the playfully simplified bird, a dove-like heron or a heron-like dove, sits atop a three-tier wind-cup whirligig. Side mount. Wonderful patina and weathering. The work of an unknown Laguna Beach artist of high talent. $350. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we ...
This beautiful pair of silver candelabra (c. 1940) were made by Juventino López Reyes. Having gotten his start at Maciel, he opened his own workshop La Platería Del Recreo in 1935. Call for pricing. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be careful, cost ...
This beguiling and beloved painter was an integral part of the California art scene. Here her feel for landscape meets her delight in human beings (and animals!) as she brings a village charmingly to life. Art measures 23" x 26 1/2". A painter of the California and Southwestern desert, Orpha Klinker had a long list of ...
Superb example of American cast iron. It has an elegance that lifts it into a category beyond folk charm. The head is particularly finely modelled and the column it sits on has beautiful lines. Original and complete, with a later replaced retaining screw. 1930s. Call for pricing. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger ...
Partially paralysed (we blame Mothra) this unusual pointy-headed Japanese Robot can still move some of its limbs. Its personality is intact. $250. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be careful, cost effective and timely in delivery. We also ship worldwide, and for those ...
A beautiful example of the artist's work. Milford Zorne remains one of the most admired California painters. His watercolors are especially prized for their combined strength and delicacy. Watercolor painting enjoyed a major renaissance early in the 20th Century in Southern California when a group of artists began using it as a primary medium. Scholar Gordon ...
All complete. One of the neatest home 16mm movie cameras ever designed. The Cine-Kodak was the first 16mm camera, introduced in 1923. It was a rectangular cast aluminum box approximately 8 inches square, and was cranked by hand at two turns per second to achieve the necessary 16 frames per second. Hand turning meant that a tripod ...
A Mexican hilltop town overlooking a breathtaking vista. The folk artist Jorge Murillo renders this landscape, and the town dwellers sharing the sight, with true feeling. Art measures 23" x 18 1/2". Price on request. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be careful, cost ...
Beautiful treatment by the folk artist Jorge Murillo of the tents and awnings under which everyone gathers on market day. Art measures 23" x 17". Price on request. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be careful, cost effective and timely in delivery. We also ...
Another charmer from the folk artist Jorge Murillo. Art measures 23" x 17 1/2". Price on request. We ship using UPS and Priority Mail, but for larger pieces we employ two freight companies we have found to be careful, cost effective and timely in delivery. We also ship worldwide, and for those transactions we require wire transfers. Please ...
One of the most magical environments in Mexico is the system of lakes and canals that are all that remain of the Aztecs' astonishing feat of engineering and agricultural innovation around their ancient capital. A truly charming scene dear to the Mexican soul. Note the flowers in the little boats being harvested and taken to ...
What an exuberant sign to put up at a city limit! City of Banning. Stage Coach Town USA. Scenic Gateway. Healthful Living. Population 13550. Since the population of Banning was 12,034 in 1970 and grew to 14,020 by 1980 I would place the USE of this sign as lasting up to about 1975, with the numbers ...
Bauer Pottery, or J.A. Bauer Pottery (to use its proper name), was an American pottery founded in Paducah, Kentucky, that flourished for most of its life in Los Angeles, California. In 1885, J. A. Bauer bought out Frank Parham’s Paducah Pottery in Paducah, Kentucky, a pottery whose main products were brown-glazed, hand-thrown wares including crocks and jugs. J.A. Bauer moved his family to Los Angeles in early 1909, ...