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Antique Austrian Postcards: Lower Austria

December 29th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Austria, postcard, vintage postcard
We have added a new lane: Vintage postcards from old Lower Austria. All are scarce postcards, like this one:Greetings from Maria Enzersdorf:

China: Antique Jade with Monkey and Lotus Leaf.

December 14th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in chinese antiques, jade, scrimshaw
China: Antique Jade with Monkey and Lotus Leaf.China: Antique Jade, brown at the outer part, white at the centre. The colors have been used very well, making the brown a lotus leaf and the white a monkey with a peach. 20 x 36 x 15 mm. 13 gram.

1898: Canton Postcard. Paquebot Ligne N. to Wien

December 8th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Chinese postcard, postal history, vintage postcard
Imperial China 1898: „Greetings from Canton“. b/w postcard, depicting the wheel-steamer Han-Kow, boats and junks. Sent as postcard per Ligne N Paquebot Fr. No. 7 to Wien. Thge stamp most probably has been replaced, otherwise fine condition.

Old Advertising in Chinese. For German Paints Producer.

December 6th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in advertising, chinese antiques, lithograph
Fast Indigo Blue: Decorative vintage advertising print from old China, app. 1910.Lithograph, depicting Chinese men with pigtails in traditional costumes and a boy, as the paint to dyed textiles on a string.The inscription is in Chinese and in German. The company was: “Actien-Gesellschaft fuer Anilin-Fabrikation, Berlin”, their agent in China: Carlowitz & Co.Size: 5 x 3,8 inches ( 13 x 9,7 ). Fine

Art Nouveau, Authentic Object, Iridescent Vase.

December 1st, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in art nouveau, decorative, glass, vase
Iridescent Art Nouveau vase from app. 1900 as those were produced by Loetz. The vase is either Austrian or Bohemian.It comes fro the famous Dr. Heihs estate.Size: Diameter: 3,5 inches, height: 3,4 inches. Fine condition, no cracks or other faults.