[Art Deco] Halabala, Jindrich (1903-1978). Furniture sample set

Czechoslovakia, ca. 1930. Tubular steel, wood, artificial leather, bakelite. Sofa: height 13 cm, length. 25 cm. Two armchairs: height 9 cm, width 9 cm. Table: height 8 cm, diameter 14.5 cm.

[Batavian revolution and patriots] Two items: (1) Miniature portrait medallion of Hendrik Danielsz. Hooft (1716-1794)

Cast gypsum in relief, ca. 4 x 3 cm. (oval), ca. 1787. In orig. frame w. annotation in ballpoint verso. Hendrik Danielsz. Hooft was an Amsterdam regent who became mayor of the...

[Bindings] Etui in whale skin leather with silver clasps and silver medaillons

First half 19th cent. Notebook (13 x 7.5 cm) covered in whale skin leather, in book form, w. four silver clasps decorated with (Dutch) lions, and tiny pencil to open and close...

[Chinese porcelain] Six (rare) various sm. bowls and cups

(1) Porcelain bowl, Ø 11.3 cm and height of 4.3 cm. The inside glazed in green, the outside glazed in turquoise blue and w. two lightly incised dragons, China or possibly Korea,...

Dutch ship model

Hand-made and hand-painted, early-mid 20th century. 94 x 24 x 91 cm. Fine workmanship illustrating characteristic features of Dutch shipbuiling of the time.

[Freemasonry] Master Mason's Certificate

Utrecht, 1878. Vellum. With the original bronze seal (?) affixed to the lower left corner, identical in type to those used on contemporary Master Mason's Certificates issued by...

[Italy] Pendant showing the Goddess Diana in relief, ca. 1500

Bronze, 4.9 x 3.4 cm (oval), Italy. After an antique gemstone model (pierced for suspension). The online Catalogo Generale di Beni Culturali lists an example identical to this...

Lochner, Stephan (ca. 1400 - ca. 1453) (after). The adoration of the Magi

and other scenes. Chromolithograph altar triptych in colours and gold by C. Schultz, consisting of 5 panels (three visible when opened, 2 when closed), the central panel measuring...

[Maritime] Four Dutch ship models

Hand-made and hand-painted, early/mid 20th century. (1) Holland IJm 314, 57 x 16 x 81 cm. (2) Ship in bottle, Zuderzee Botter, ca. 1900, 23 x 13 cm, by Jan Bakker. (3) "F. 2360",...

[Maritime] Three Dutch ship models

Hand-made and hand-painted, early-mid 20th century. Sizes: (1) 80 x 21 x 81 cm. (2) 59 x 10 x 58 cm. (3) 78 x 21 x 60 cm. Detailed workmanship, showing traditional Dutch shipbuilding of the period.

[Maritime] Two Dutch ship models

Hand-made and hand-painted, early/mid 20th century. (1) "V.D. 24", 95 x 25 x 100 cm. (2) "MD 12", 80 x 17 x 75 cm. Meticulous workmanship, illustrating characteristic Dutch shipbuilding techniquies.

[Maritime] Two Dutch ship models

Hand-made and hand-painted, early to mid-20th century. (1) 84 x 24 x 80 cm. (2) 70 x 20 x 80 cm. Fine craftmanship of Dutch model shipbuilding of the period.

[Maritime] Two models of Dutch 'botter' fishing vessels

Ca. 1930-1950. Both with hand-made and hand-painted wooden hull with finely applied details including rudder, leeboards, rigging, and hand-stitched canvas sail. Length approx....

Rotating tabl- top bookcase

Wood, 31 x 31 x 21 cm, w. metal label "F. Soennecken, Bonn", early 20th cent.

Saint Martin of Tours sharing his military cloak with a crippled beggar

Polychrome sculpture after a medieval example, probably wood pulp, height 38 cm. In the tradition of Spanish devotional sculptures.

Schrettegger, Johan (1764-1843). Equatorial sundial and compass

Brass, 7 x 7 x 7 cm (octagonal), signed "Johan Schrettegger in Augsburg", in the orig. board box. The hook for closing the box loose but preserved. The old ownership entry "A Nijenhuis...

[Sinterklaas] Three statues: (1) Figure of Sinterklaas, a tub with children at his feet

Probably made of hand-painted wood pulp, with brass staff, height 44 cm, stamped "Arte Olotense, Olot" on the reverse. Early 20th cent. In very good condition. -and 2 other statues...

Stereo slides

Switzerland, unpublished, [before] 1966-1975. Large collection of colour stereo slides, in uniform trays and boxes, preserved in two leather suitcases. With the original stereo...

[Textile] Dutch needlework sampler 1797

48.5 x 51.5 cm, dated 1797 at the top. Dec. w. mills, flowers, figures, buildings and crowns within floral border, framed. With some holes, stains and vague folds, faded.

Vedette regulator wallclock

71 x 33 x 18.5 cm (h. x w. x d.). Mahogany case w. inlaid portions of palissander veneer and ornament in relief at the top, the Vedette timepiece itself is set behind looking glass,...

Velocipede toy horse tricycle

France, late 19th-cent. Painted wood and wrought iron and leather saddle. W. hand crank mechanism turning the rear wheels. H. 72, w. 50, l. 80 cm.

Writer's travel kit

Paris, ca. 1920. Portable red board case (28 x 17 x 14 cm), covered in maroon paper w. gilt title "Papeterie", brass lock. Contains miniature globe, by "L.N. et K.", multicol....