Considered the founding father of the Taxco silver renaissance, William Spratling trained a whole generation of silversmiths who would, with him, lift the craft of Mexican silver making to the first rank. And this piece shows how he has never been surpassed as a jeweler in this style. The style he set. Truly extraordinary how the ...
We are always very pleased with ourselves when get a Catalina piece in black. And that happens... not that often. This is a stunner. 9.5" tall, 6" diameter at base. SOLD Price on request.
The Fantasia plates usually depicted the flora and fauna of the rainforest, and here we have a wild card, an armadillo! A pair! This makes this plate extremely rare. Price on request.
19th Century Anglo-Indian chairs, pair. Quite astounding. Re-upholstered in beautiful blue gray fabric. (Part of set with sofa, F1045). Intricate yet comfortable, inlaid with ebony, bone and mother-of-pearl, a technique known as sadeli work.. Must be seen to really appreciate the scale of these incredible pieces. Chairs measure 31"w, 29"d, 48"h. Price on request. The ancient art ...
Original finish. Yes, branded. It really doesn't get much sweeter than this. Price on request.
A beautiful RARE Arts & Crafts style octagon footed mission vase in a glorious jade glaze. Kiln skip on bottom edge. Vase measures 9" tall. Call for pricing.
A super RARE set of three Bauer hat ashtrays, done in orange, jade and yellow glaze. Hats measure 3" tall x 4 1/2" diameter. Call for pricing.
1940s New Mexican tin repoussé vanity. A terrific folk art take on Deco with a little sci-fi thrown in. Vanity measures 30" tall x 40" wide x 16" deep. Call for pricing.
1870s wrought iron merchant sign done in the shape of an old hat. Great patina. This hat merchant's sign is a rare find. Sign measures 8" tall x 15" diameter. Call for pricing.
Rare and unusual Pacific squat oil jar: marked Pacific. Wonderful heavy cobalt glaze. No repairs or damages of any kind. Circa 1933. Oil jar measures 8" x 13". Call for pricing.
Pecos Bill is an American cowboy, apocryphally immortalized in numerous tall tales of the Old West during American westward expansion into the Southwest ofTexas, New Mexico, Southern California, and Arizona. Their stories were probably invented as short stories and a book by Edward S. O'Reilly in the early 20th Century and are considered to be an example of fakelore. Pecos Bill was a late addition to the "big man" idea of characters, such as Paul ...
Edwin Corle (1906 – 1956) was an American writer. "People on the Earth" He was born in Wildwood, New Jersey and educated at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his A.B. in 1928. For the next two years he was a graduate student at Yale University. In 1932 he married Helen Freeman in Ensenada, Mexico. He served in World War II, and in 1944 married Jean ...
W.L. White, They Were Expendable First Edition. Here is the first great story of our war as seen by the men fighting in it. Adapted into a 1945 film starring John Wayne. Jacket has slight edge wear. With a special inside back cover printing, "Buy United States War Bonds": Copyrighted by W. L. White 1942. William Lindsay White (1900–1973), ...
An incomplete set of seven Oxford Uniform Edition of Oscar Wilde's Essays, Criticisms and Reviews. The Oxford Edition is limited to two hundred fifty copies: This set is number two! This beautiful set of Illuminated Manuscript was published by A.R. Keller & Co. 1907, London and New York. Call for pricing.
Really superb double (two-sided) lectern made by Marshall Laird, gothic with baroque carvings, the whole in solid walnut, with a capacious cabinet as its base, basically hand carved and finished, almost no machining. Best remembered for his custom made furniture for many of the large Spanish Revival Homes that cropped up all over Southern California during the ...
This extremely rare survival must have come to us through a space-time portal: one of the original stage lights from the fabled (and enormous!) New York Hippodrome! The little chimney on the roof of the housing tells us that it started its life as an arc light and then was converted to electricity in the ...
"Remember the Maine!" And we did. And we still do. The sinking of the Maine in Havana harbor was a casus belli of the Spanish-American War and has stayed in our collective memory ever since. This extraordinary model is another example of the powerful pull maritime disasters have on our imaginations, as well as satisfying ...
A wonderful Papago (Tohono O’odham) Figural Basket in amazing condition. Basket measures 9" tall x 15" diameter. The Tohono O’odham are a group of Native American people who reside primarily in theSonoran Desert of the southeastern Arizona and northwest Mexico. “Tohono O’odham” means “Desert People.” Although they were previously known as the Papago, they have largely rejected this name (meaning literally “tepary-bean eater”), which was applied ...
19 volumes (cuadernos), #1 to 19, unbound in their original green paper covers, #1 missing some pages. All plates included. A seminal work of history combined with memoir of the life and times and works of Benito Juarez and the major figures of his period by his colleague, the author and statesman Justo Sierra. $450 Benito Juárez (Spanish ...
Sensational colors, terrific graphic, romantic allure, a storybook feel: all the hallmarks of Taylor Tiles. This Dancer is actually dancing, spinning her shawl around her, snapping her dress, one neat little foot revealed. Beautiful wrought iron frames the tableau. A dream of old California manufactured for the new dreamers. Taylor Tilery was founded by Eric Douglas ...
Really fine Batchelder lidded jar circa 1931-37. Ernest Batchelder, though best known for his unsurpassed tile work, also created other ceramic pieces of which this a very rare and elegant example. Price on request. Ernest A. Batchelder (1875–1957) was an artist and educator who made Southern California his home in the early 20th century. He is famous as a ...
Rare shape, repaired. 1920s. $1,200
Absolutely beautiful D & M Tile "Love Conquers All" Plaque on Iron Stand. Call for pricing.
1940s New Guinea Carved Wood Mask. Mask measures 29 x 15 x 10. Price on request.
1920s beautiful hand wrought bronze lampshade with Mica and Lion heads on four sides of the mica. Shade measures 8" x 13" diameter. Price on request.