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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.

Girl and 2 Teddies: Large Studio Photo from 1925

November 30th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in bear, photography, teddy, vintage photo
Cute studio photo, depicting a little girl and two teddy-bears, a white one and a black one.The photo has been signed by the photographer .The size of the actual photo is 6,5 x 9 inches ( 16,5 x 22 cm), including the matting it is: 8,5 x 12,5 ( 21,5 x 31 cm). Fine condition.

2 Antique Chromo Lithographs depicting Orders. 1898

November 19th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in chromo lithograph, decorative, history, militaria
Two ancient chromolithographs depicting “ The most important Orders “.We can see images of 65 orders and medals from all around the world, mostly European but also African or Asian.The larger chromolithograph is 12.1 x 9,8 inches ( vertical centrefold ), the smaller one is 6.2 x 9.8 inches.The lithographs are from 1898. Fine condition.

Antonietta Stella Autograph on Tinted Photo. CoA

November 12th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Autograph, memorabilia, opera
Antonietta Stella: Portrait Photo ( Studio Fayer, Wien) hand signed.The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.Size: 3,4 x 5,2 inches.Antonietta Stella is an Italian operatic soprano, one of the finest Italian spinto sopranos of the 1950s and 1960s, possessing a beautiful and ample voice, and particularly associated with Verdi and Puccini roles.

Antique China Seal. Shou Shan Stone, Scholar with Fan. 1893

November 5th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in chinese antiques, seal, wenfang si bao
Old Chinese seal, Qing Dynasty, 1893. The sides of the seal depict a scholar with a fan, followed by a huge bat.Very fine cutting of the actual seal: „ Ting Ying Jiang Yue “ – The Pavillon and the Moon are reflected in the River.Beautiful Shou Shan stone in warm gray tones. The pale gray part well used to depict the Scholar.The artist’s name is engraved at the side of the seal, Bai Shi.0,7 x 0,7

Japanese Kids in Litter. Tinted Albumen Photo, 1880s

October 23rd, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Japan, photograph, vintage photo
Antique Japan Photograph: Albumen photo, thin paper, fixed on paper with small glue spots at he corners. The photo depicts two Japanese children, carried in a sedan by 2 men. 3,5 x 5,5 inches, sharp photo, fine condition, app. 1880.

Antique Japanese Albumen Photo. Amidaike Osaka. 10 x 8

October 14th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Albumen Photo, Japan, antiques, photography, vintage photo
Decorative, antique Japanese Albumen Photo, tinted, thin paper, fixed on paper with small glue spots at he corners. Fine condition. Text in plate: 345 Amidaike Osaka.app. 1880. The photo depicts Buddha statues at Amidaike temple.More Japanese Albumen Photos HERE

Antique Chinese Brush Washer and Spoon. Porcelain

September 24th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in chinese antiques, porcelain, wenfang si bao
Lovely old, white porcelain brush washer, actually a water dipper with spoon to add water on the ink stone for grinding the ink. It is in shape of a toad.There is a red wax seal at the bottom, stating that it is antique. It has been certified by a Chinese authority in the 1970s.Size; 2,5 x 1,4 x 1 inches.

China, Agate Snuff Bottle, attractive Structure.

September 16th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in chinese antiques, snuff bottle
Beautiful, Chinese Agate snuff-bottle with Jade stopper and spoon.2,2 x 4 x 1,2 inches. 224 gram.The snuff-bottle is app. 100 years old, the stopper has been added laterNice structure of the stone, somehow resembling a landscape. Very fine condition.

Emil Scaria CdV. Photo by Luckhardt.

September 14th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in CdV, history, vintage photo
Austrian bass Emil Scaria (1838 - 1886) made his début (1860) in Budapest as Saint-Bris (Les Huguenots). He made appearances in Dessau, Leipzig, and Dresden.In 1863 he appeared with the Leipzig Opera; in 1864 he was working in Dresden. He was engaged by the Vienna State Opera in 1872.From 1873 until his death Scaria was engaged at the Vienna Hofoper. While in London performing a Ring Cycle he