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    Currently viewing Decorative arts (101)
    Henry II style miniature walnut vasselier. Incredible intricate detail throughout. Paneled doors. Top cabinet rests on turned vase style supports. Original leaded glass with deep blue jewels in upper cabinet doors. Circa 1870. France.
    Henry II Style French Vasselier (1008)
    		 Early 20th century copper, country milk cans and milk bucket. All authentic and dated with brass insignias. Circa 1920. Agentina.
    Copper, Country Milk Cans (1042)
    		 Handmade, authentic Winnebago Basket. Multicolored, Traditional weaving.
    Winnebago Basket (1071)
    		 Rare 1930s Apache Pinepitch Basket coated with pine sap to carry liquids.
    1930s Apache Pinepitch Basket (1072)
    		 1940s Chippewa Sweet grass Baskets with lids. Perfect Condition.
    1940s Chippewa Sweet Grass Basket (1073)
    1940's Chippewa Sweet grass Baskets with lids. Perfect Condition
    1940s Chippewa Sweet Grass Basket (1074)
    		 Genuine Skookum Doll.Leather shoes, Eyes facing right.
    Genuine Skookum Doll (1075)
    		 A fascinating architectural relic from 19th century France, these cherubs have witnessed history unfold.
    French Hand Carved Stone Putti (1078)
    		 Vintage Miniature Chair used by Carson Pirie Scott, Chicago State Street Store for display
    Vintage Miniature Chair (1087)
    		 Cast Iron Mechanical Bank given as a promotion for debut of Aramis Cologne about 35 years ago. Comes with original box.
    Cast Iron Mechanical Bank (1089)
    Vintage Wooden Chinese Basket. Decorative carving
    Vintage Wooden Chinese Basket (1090)
    		 Lovely China cake plate stands on a raised pedestal that is approximately 3in tall. Pink roses are centered in the middle and around the rim. It reads, I knew you were coming so I bought a cake.
    Vintage China Pedestal Cake Plate (1091)
    		 3 Antique Fishing Bobs
    3 Antique Fishing Bobs (1092)
    		 An Original cast Iron Boston Bull Terrier Dog Door Stop with an old flat screw to hold it together.
    Cast Iron Boston Bull Terrier Dog Door Stop (1094)
    		 1930s English Baby Food Plate Warmer. Hand painted kittens on porcelain Silver base.
    1930s English Baby Food Plate Warmer (1101)
    Delicious, Decorative Glass strawberry and chocolate ice cream sundaes from Carson Pirie Scott State Street Store, Chicago. Used for display.
    Decorative Glass Ice Cream Sundaes (1104)
    		 Chinese vase
    Chinese vase (1105)
    		 Vintage chairs used for display at the Carson Pirie Scott State Street Store Chicago.
    Vintage Display Chairs (1138)
    		 Vintage chairs used for display at the Carson Pirie Scott State Street Store Chicago.
    Vintage Display Chairs (1139)
    		 Vintage chairs used for display at the Carson Pirie Scott State Street Store Chicago.
    Vintage Display Chairs (1140)
    Vintage Hand painted porcelain serving dish with 4 flower holders.
    Vintage Hand Painted Porcelain Serving Dish (1144)
    		 Vintage Ashtray of Chicago's Water Tower.
    Vintage Ashtray of Chicago's Water Tower (1147)
    		 Apple paperweight
    Apple paperweight (1148)
    		 Glass Heart Paperweight
    Glass Heart Paperweight (1149)
    		 Vintage Italian, Gold, Glass Vase
    Vintage Italian, Gold, Glass Vase (1154)
    Hand Carved Tribal Mask
    Hand Carved Tribal Mask (1177)
    		 Chinese Hand painted plaque symbolizing Family Unity
    Chinese Hand Painted Plaque (1183)
    		 Refurbished Pipes, including Dunhills. Unique hand carved stand with American Eagle.
    Refurbished Pipes, including Dunhills (1197)
    		 1800s, Napoleon III Style. Made by compressing wet paper and then heating it. Black with little gold stars.
    Paper Mache Serving Tray (1234)
    		 Chalkware, RCA Nipper Dog, Felt Bottom
    RCA Nipper Dog (1251)
    An antique alabaster bust of a woman, with a serene face, beautifully articulated ringlets and flowers at the bust line.
    Alabaster Bust of Woman on Stand (1253)
    		 A pair of silver plate candelabras, each having four elaborately scrolled arms with acanthus mounts for a candle, all projecting off of a central stem with an additional candle socket. Each holds five candles total. Unmarked.
    Pair Silver Plate Candelabras (1255)
    		 A footed metal senser or goblet, featuring elaborately cast putti, crosses, acanthus leaves and crests.
    Metal Senser Goblet (1264)
    		 A life sized, terra cotta dog. Beautifully carved to resemble hound, laying in wait, with a dark brown patina to the whole. Unsigned.
    Realistic Terra Cotta Dog Sculpture (1266)
    		 Chalkware, RCA Nipper Dog.  Holds a Record
    RCA Nipper Dog Chalkware (1267)
    An antique flower shop sign, reading Leverence's Flowers in cursive letters on a glass plaque. The letters are gilt gold and adorned with hand painted flowers. Two chains attach at the top for easy hanging.
    Vintage Flower Shop Sign (1268)
    		 Solid barrel Skeleton and hollow barrel keys. Brass and Steel. Some go back to the 1800's Brass $20, Steel $15(big) Steel small $10
    Solid Barrel Skeleton and Hollow Barrel Keys (1274)
    		 An Art Deco object, featuring a reclining, semi-nude woman in a voluminous hat, cast in brass and affixed to a marble base; finished on one side. This object could be used atop a table, as a bookend, or even as a doorstop.
    Art Deco Reclining Woman (1275)
    		 A vintage, painted concrete statue of Pinocchio, having a worn, shabby chic patina. Purchased in Buenos Aires.
    Shabby Chic Concrete Pinocchio (1279)
    		 A silver plate centerpiece, having a columned pedestal base and holding a hand etched round glass dish. German, unmarked.
    Silver Plate and Etched Glass Centerpiece (1283)
    A drawing of a nude woman, executed in burnt sienna pencil. The woman is depicted drawing a cloak over herself, and the image is inscribed, signed illegibly and dated 1939. Matted and mounted into a simple gilt wood frame.
    Antique Nude Drawing (1300)
    		 An antique expressionist watercolor painting, featuring an abstracted landscape of mountains and a small dwelling below. Unsigned, mounted to board and fixed in a gold gilt frame.
    Antique Nude Drawing (1301)
    		 Vintage Rice Scoop used by the same family in China for many years.
    Vintage Rice Scoop (1333)

    Boxes

    Spanish Wooden Box. Pleasing decorative inlay.
    Spanish Wooden Box. (1097)
    		 Trinket Box, Signed
    "Hickok" Trinket Box (1134)
    		 Vintage Steed Celluloid Jewelry Trinket Box. Gold Crown.
    Celluloid Jewelry Trinket Box (1135)
    		 Small Chest purchased in Uruguay but of European origin.! Having a Painted Top and front Panel with Rinceaux Type Design. Lovely Painting of 18th Century Bedchamber applied to front.
    European Hand Painted Box (1199)
    		 Small Chest with Exceptional Herring Bone Marquetry of three different Woods, Ornate and unusual metal side handles, Escutcheon.
    Austrian Marquetry Box (1202)
    An antique cherry wood box, having ornate, geometrically carved sides, raised on four square feet, silk lined and featuring a hand carved profile of a woman in a headdress to the top.
    Antique Carved Cherry Box (1302)
    		     

    Chalkware

    Vintage chalkware. Nude blonde
    Vintage chalkware. Nude blonde. (1093)
    		 Vintage Chalkware Scottie dog
    Vintage Chalkware Scottie Dog (1098)
    		    

    Limogne

    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay (1109)
    		 Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay (1110)
    		 Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay (1111)
    		 Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay (1113)
    		 Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay (1114)
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay (1115)
    		 Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay (1116)
    		 Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay (1117)
    		 Vintage Limoges
    Vintage Limoges (1118)
    		 Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay (1119)
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay (1120)
    		 Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay (1121)
    		 Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay (1122)
    		 Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay (1123)
    		 Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay (1124)
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay (1125)
    		 Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay (1126)
    		 Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay
    Vintage Limoges Found in Uruguay (1127)
    		 Noritake Hand painted Coffee Cups(11) Saucers(8) and 6.5
    Noritake Cups, Saucers, and Plates (1129)
    		 Vintage limoges box on 4 gold legs
    Vintage limoges box on 4 gold legs (1303)
         

    Miniature Paintings

    Mini paintings. All hand painted and held in beautiful frames. European. Some are signed.
    Miniature Paintings (Various) (1208)
    		 Mini paintings. All hand painted and held in beautiful frames. European. Some are signed.
    Miniature Paintings (Various) (1209)
    		 Mini paintings. All hand painted and held in beautiful frames. European. Some are signed.
    Miniature Paintings (Various) (1211)
    		   
         

    Paintings

    Art Institute trained Chicago artist specializing in still life. Grapes in carved bowl. Patterned wallpaper and draped table. Artist framed.
    Still Life of Grapes in Carved Bowl (1175)
    		 Oil on canvas. Circa 1800, Adirondack Style with amazing gold gilt frame.
    Adirondack Style Oil Painting (1185)
    		 A large antique oil painting, featuring a woman and her suitor on a garden stroll, executed on canvas, signed G. Vanderelst and set into a simple gilt wood frame.
    Large Pastoral Oil Painting (1280)
    		 An antique French reverse painted glass portrait of a woman, rendered exquisitely in a flowing dress and holding a musical instrument. The image is signed illegibly, features a black and gold border, and is set into an elaborately carved wood frame. A unique and alluring addition to any collection.
    Antique French Painted Glass Portrait (1281)
    		 An exquisite antique oil painting, executed in the Art Nouveau style, featuring two lovers embracing. Signed and initialed illegibly and bordered by a wide swath of antique tapestry, the whole set into a carved wood frame.
    Art Nouveau Oil Painting with Tapestry Border (1282)
    An antique oil painting, featuring a lovely still life of two canaries at the edge of a water dish, with a bouquet of blue flowers in the foreground. Signed illegibly, painted on board and mounted in a wood frame.
    Antique Oil Painting of Birds (1317)
    		 An antique expressionist watercolor painting, featuring an abstracted landscape of mountains and a small dwelling below. Unsigned, mounted to board and fixed in a gold gilt frame.
    Antique Expressionist Landscape Painting (1318)
    		 An antique oil painting, featuring two women encouraging a young child to take its first steps.  The setting and clothing are provincial, the style vaguely Dutch, and the piece is signed illegibly, stretched on canvas, and mounted in a lovely gilt frame.
    Antique Oil Painting (1335)
    		   

    Tapestries

    A hand woven tapestry, featuring ladies and a gentleman socializing on the veranda of a country estate; mountains and a Palladian terrace seen in the distance. Stretched and mounted into a beveled wood frame.
    Hand Woven Framed Pastoral Tapestry (1299)
    		 A large tapestry, executed in sepia tones and featuring a pastoral scene. Finished with a gold cord trim.
    Pastoral Tapestry (1342)
    		    

    Prints

    Jules Erbit Pin Up Prints from the 1940s. All framed with red mattes.
    Jules Erbit Pin Up Prints (1155)
    		 Jules Erbit Pin Up Prints from the 1940s. All framed with red mattes.
    Jules Erbit Pin Up Prints (1156)
    		 Jules Erbit Pin Up Prints from the 1940s. All framed with red mattes.
    Jules Erbit Pin Up Prints (1157)
    		 Lovely Prints found in the 1950s in a Doctor's office
    1950s Prints (1179)
    		 Jules Erbit Pin Up Print. Ink Blotter has unprinted banner on bottom for logo or advertisement.
    Jules Erbit Pin Up Print (1186)
    1940s Pin up Art of a Sultry Calendar girl by Jules Erbit
    1940s Pin Up Art by Jules Erbit (1187)
    		 Original hand colored Engraving, England William Jardine, The Naturalists Library, LoveBird 1839
    Original Engraving by England William Jardine (1188)
    		 Original hand colored Engraving, England William Jardine, The Naturalists Library, LoveBird 1839
    Original Engraving by England William Jardine (1189)
    		 Rare Original French Lithographs 1884 Illustration Horticole
    Rare Original French Lithographs (1193)
    		 Rare Original French Lithographs 1884 Illustration Horticole
    Rare Original French Lithographs (1194)
    Rare Original French Lithographs 1884 Illustration Horticole
    Rare Original French Lithographs (1195)
    		 Rare Original French Lithographs 1884 Illustration Horticole
    Rare Original French Lithographs (1196)
    		 Prints by the famous Uruguayan artist Carlos Paez Vilaro
    Carlos Paez Vilaro Prints (1304)
    		 Prints by the famous Uruguayan artist Carlos Paez Vilaro
    Carlos Paez Vilaro Prints (1305)
    		 107 Year old antique map by Tunison.  Printed in 1901.  This is a beautiful map of Chicago.  Great detail, individual street names, buildings and other landmarks.  
    107 Year Old Chicago Map by Tunison (1339)
    Antique 2 sided map of the Chicago Railway Terminal
    Antique 2 sided map of the Chicago Railway Terminal (1340)
    		 Antique 2 sided map of the Chicago Railway Terminal
    Antique 2 sided map of the Chicago Railway Terminal (1341)