Posted in glass, tagged antique, Antiques, art decó, bimini, glass, Josephine Baker on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a wonderfull and colourful set of art deco cocktail glass from the Bimini Werkstatte Glassworks in Vienna (Austria) in the 1930s. There are eight cocktail pick birds (one bird is missing) in a mercury stork. The pieces are all hand-blown glass. Like all Bimini objects this one is unsigned.
The Bimini Glass
The Bimini Glass [...]
Posted in Clothing & Accessories, tagged antique, Antiques, art decó, Auguste Renoir, bakelite, Collectibles, collection, hat pin on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I love this yellow butterscotch bakelite hat pin! It’s carved in the pretty geometric art deco shape and is in fabulous condition.
My Hat Pin Collection
The Bakelite
Bakelite was invented in 1907 by Dr. Leo Hendrik Baekeland, a Belgian chemist, known as the “Father of Plastics”. Baekeland’s bakelite was made of phenol and [...]
Posted in Art, tagged "festival of lights", antique, Antiques, art decó, Chanukah, Hanukkah, Israel, Judaica, Ludwig Wolpert, Menorah on October 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Unique artisan brass Hanukkah lamp Menorah, in Ludwig Wolpert style, Israel, C. 1950.
Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert (1900-1981)
Sculptor and designer of Jewish ritual objects.
Born in 1900 in Hildesheim, Germany, to a traditional Jewish family. From 1916 until 1920 he studied sculpture in Frankfurt-am-Main’s Kunstgewerbeschule, School for Arts and Crafts.
After several years of independent work as a [...]
Posted in porcelain, tagged antique, Antiques, art decó, Japan, japanese, porcelain, Taisho, teapot on August 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This is an art deco teapot made in Kyoto, Japan with banded decoration. In the bottom has a red stamped mark: “IDEAL IRON STONE CHINA SK KYOTO TOKICO.”
Date c. 1925, Taisho period (1).
(1) Taisho (1912–26) Period in Japanese history corresponding to the reign of the Taisho emperor, Yoshihito (1879–1926). During this period the art [...]
Posted in Collectibles, tagged antique, Antiques, art decó, compact, Houbigant, Marie-Antoinette, Napoleon, vintage on August 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This compact box is pure art deco. The interior is fitted with a pair of rouge pots, two original puffs, the mirror and one lipstick case.
Period 1900-20
Marked HOUBIGANT
Houbigant – Collectibles
Houbigant mark
Jean-Francois Houbigant opened his first shop at 19 Faubourg Saint-Honore, Paris, in 1775. Named “The Flower Basket” (1), the shop originally sold wig powder, [...]
Posted in porcelain, tagged antique, Antiques, art decó, japanese, Nippon, porcelain on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a beautiful hand painted cup and saucer set by Nippon. There are gilded moriage decorations and beading on both pieces.
Style: Art Deco – Unmarked
Age: C late 19th – early 20th century
Nippon Porcelain
Nippon is not the name of the manufacturer as many think, but rather the country of origin. Today, Nippon items are among [...]
Posted in Jewelry, tagged antique, Antiques, art decó, Cleopatra, Egypt, Egyptian, Elizabeth Taylor, Jewelry on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excavations in the 1800’s created an interest in Egyptian style in Victorian era jewelry. The Art Nouveau jewelry makers utilized Egyptian motifs; winged scarabs are a beautiful example, often with wings of translucent plique a’jour enamel. Discovery of King Tut’s tomb in the 1920’s made Art Deco jewelers interested in re-creating the style. In the [...]
Posted in Collectibles, tagged art decó, Collectibles, compat, vintage on March 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is a watch-winder compact with a very intriguing mechanism and a screw-in section in the bottom to hold the powder in place.
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