Published by Currier & Ives in 1870, this print, “Wild Duck Shooting/On the Wing,” is a lithograph with hand coloring on paper. It is Conningham 6671. A small  More »

Published by Currier & Ives in 1870, this print, “Wild Duck Shooting/On the Wing,” is a lithograph with hand coloring on paper. It is Conningham 6671. A small folio print, the image size is 8 3/16” x 12 7/16”. Margins are greater than 3/4” except for the 11/16” top. The print has very light toning with very few scattered fox marks. There is also an unobtrusive center crease. The image is sharp, clear and bright. It is framed in a period frame with acid-free backing. Frame is missing some veneer. My father was a collector of Currier & Ives and this beautiful print is from his estate collection. It would be a wonderful addition to anyone’s collection.   « Less

Early silk embroidery landscape of girl with her dog c1800. Measures 12.5 inches by 10.5 inches. Very good condition in original or of the period frame. Shipping extra.  More »

Early silk embroidery landscape of girl with her dog c1800. Measures 12.5 inches by 10.5 inches. Very good condition in original or of the period frame. Shipping extra. Connecticut residents and buyers picking up in Connecticut add 6.35% state sales tax. Buyers outside the USA are responsible for any taxes,tariffs or customs that might apply. *** If you wish to see examples of similar items we have sold and/or appraised please go to our affiliate site www.OneofaKindAntiques.com and click the Archives / Homepage logo ***   « Less

Henry Rankin Poore The Wood Gatherers landscape oil painting c1900. Frame measures 29 x 39 inches. The painting 20 x 30 inches. Bio from AskArt.com Born in Newark, New  More »

Henry Rankin Poore The Wood Gatherers landscape oil painting c1900. Frame measures 29 x 39 inches. The painting 20 x 30 inches. Bio from AskArt.com Born in Newark, New Jersey, Henry Rankin Poore became a painter of rural landscape subjects, fox hunting, portraits, and animals. He has been described as a "spirited and versatile artist, able to paint on diverse themes and noted for his sporting pictures as well as genre and landscape paintings." (Zellman 544) He was raised in California and planned to study for the ministry. However, the art exhibition section of the 1874 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia re-directed his goals. In the early 1880s, he traveled to New Mexico and Colorado, and was the first American artist to have a painting published with a reference to the Taos Pueblo. This depiction was a burro train leaving the Pueblo and is recorded as being done in 1882. His mining illustrations of Colorado from that same trip were published in Harper's Weekly. In 1888, he is listed as having been in Taos again. To insure his art training, he studied at the National Academy of Design in New York for a year and then with Peter Moran at the Pennsylvania School of Fine Arts. He became a popular painter during this time of dogs, hunting and western mining, and made enough money from his art sales to study at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1883. That year until 1885, he studied in Paris with William Bouguereau at the Academie Julian and was also in Paris again in 1892 following a foxhunting and sketching trip to England. In 1890, he became a special agent for the United States Census Bureau to illustrate the "Report on the Condition of Fifteen Pueblos of New Mexico in 1890." Collaborating with him were artists Peter Moran, Julian Scott, Gilbert Gaul and Walter Shirlaw. Henry Rankin Poore was a long-time active artist in Philadelphia, and from 1890, taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. During this period, he turned his painting subjects to more ordinary genre---humble persons going about everyday life. This work has been described as being similary to that of the Barbizon painter Jean Millet (1814-1875). Poore also became part of the Art Colony at Old Lyme, Connecticut where, to get his rural landscape subjects, he constructed a portable studio drawn by oxen. He then created pictures of the oxen pulling farm laborers on hay carts. He lived at the end of his life in Orange, New Jersey where he died in 1940. Shipping extra. Connecticut residents and buyers picking up in Connecticut add 6.35% state sales tax. Buyers outside the USA are responsible for any taxes,tariffs or customs that might apply. *** If you wish to see examples of similar items we have sold and/or appraised please go to our affiliate site www.OneofaKindAntiques.com and click the Archives / Homepage logo ***   « Less

George Arthur Hays landscape sheep painting on canvas c1900. The frame measures 42 inches by 29 inches, the painting measures 24 x 36 inches. Very good condition. George  More »

George Arthur Hays landscape sheep painting on canvas c1900. The frame measures 42 inches by 29 inches, the painting measures 24 x 36 inches. Very good condition. George Arthur Hays (1854-1945) sheep landscape oil painting. Bio from RogerKingFineArts.com. George Arthur Hays (1854-1945) is one of Rhode Island's most popular 19th-century artists. He was born in Greenville, New Hampshire and spent his adult life in Providence, keeping a studio at the Woods Building on College Street. Hays was a member of the Providence Art Club, where he exhibited from 1888 to 1940, the Society for Independent Artists, the Copley Society, and the Providence Water Color Club. Self-taught, Hays painted in oils and watercolors and is best known for tranquil landscapes featuring cows and sheep. Records indicate that he painted scenery for "Keith's Circuit," and for Boston's Park Theatre in 1887. His works have an enduring charm that have endeared them to generations of collectors, and his penchant for depicting grazing livestock, whether singly or in flocks, in bucolic settings, seemingly never flagged. Stylistically, Hays' works seem to derive their inspiration from the Barbizon School and French animal portraiture, an offshoot of the Barbizon tradition that dignified work animals, imbuing them with a sense of patient endurance and uncomplaining service. Hays often created companion paintings, one of sheep and another of cows, but rarely combined the two animals within the same composition. Shipping extra. Connecticut residents and buyers picking up in Connecticut add 6.35% state sales tax. Buyers outside the USA are responsible for any taxes,tariffs or customs that might apply. *** If you wish to see examples of similar items we have sold and/or appraised please go to our affiliate site www.OneofaKindAntiques.com and click the Archives / Homepage logo ***   « Less

Peldean Court folk art hand painted wood pub sign from the English country side,19th century. Original painted surface depicting a man sitting in a chair, his dog at his side  More »

Peldean Court folk art hand painted wood pub sign from the English country side,19th century. Original painted surface depicting a man sitting in a chair, his dog at his side and a tankard of ale in his hand. Measures 46 x 35 inches,3 inches thick. Shipping extra. Connecticut residents and buyers picking up in Connecticut add 6.35% state sales tax. Buyers outside the USA are responsible for any taxes,tariffs or customs that might apply. *** If you wish to see examples of similar items we have sold and/or appraised please go to our affiliate site www.OneofaKindAntiques.com and click the Archives / Homepage logo ***   « Less

Large Chinese export porcelain vase or cane stand circa 1880. Traditional painted decoration features three 5 toed dragons chasing flaming pearls across the sky. Measures  More »

Large Chinese export porcelain vase or cane stand circa 1880. Traditional painted decoration features three 5 toed dragons chasing flaming pearls across the sky. Measures 20.5 inches high, 9 inches wide at center, 6 inches across the top, with a 4.75 inch opening.   « Less

A gorgeous antique entry doorknob set in the “Baltic” pattern by Barrows. This design was produced from about 1900 until sometime in the 1920’s. It  More »

A gorgeous antique entry doorknob set in the “Baltic” pattern by Barrows. This design was produced from about 1900 until sometime in the 1920’s. It features a fourfold doorknob design with looped leaves and vines reminiscent of a Celtic knot; the plates are ornamented with scrolls, acanthus leaves, and a bellflower garland. The hardware has a gorgeous patina with verdigris. This entry set includes a pair of doorknobs with the connecting spindle, a mortise lock with lock cylinder, and two doorplates. The larger door knob is 2-1/2” diameter and 2-3/8” deep; the smaller knob is 2-1/4” diameter and 2-1/4” deep. The lock has an approx. 2-3/4” backset, and its faceplate is 6-7/8” by 1-3/16”. The exterior doorplate is 2-5/8” by 11-3/4”, and the interior plate is 8” by 2-1/16”. The lock cylinder has some roughness around the outside edge (and can very easily be replaced if you wish); everything else is in good shape. NDKS155-RW   « Less

Japanese Meiji period ikebana double sided bamboo basket circa 1880. Measures 11.5 inches across, 5 inches high and 8.5 inches across inside. Superb original condition with  More »

Japanese Meiji period ikebana double sided bamboo basket circa 1880. Measures 11.5 inches across, 5 inches high and 8.5 inches across inside. Superb original condition with rich old reddish brown patina.This item is on display in our gallery at Clock Tower Antiques Center and can be seen in-person by visiting 824 E Main Street Branford,CT 06405. For hours of operation visit: http://www.ClockTowerAntiquesCenter.com Shipping extra. Connecticut residents and buyers picking up in Connecticut add 6.35% state sales tax. Buyers outside the USA are responsible for any taxes,tariffs or customs that might apply. *** If you wish to see examples of similar items we have sold and/or appraised please go to our affiliate site www.OneofaKindAntiques.com and click the Archives / Homepage logo ***   « Less

Amazing antique cast iron door hardware sets by Reading Hardware, in the “Malden” design from their 1910 catalog. The doorknobs feature a fivefold acanthus leaf  More »

Amazing antique cast iron door hardware sets by Reading Hardware, in the “Malden” design from their 1910 catalog. The doorknobs feature a fivefold acanthus leaf design with beading; the door plates feature an elegant, curvy design ornamented with crisply cast volutes and acanthus leaves. Each doorknob measures 2-1/4” in diameter and 2-1/4” deep; the backplates measure 2-1/2” wide overall and 9-1/8” tall. Each set includes a pair of plates and a pair of knobs with the connecting spindle and set screws (enough hardware for one door). THE PRICE LISTED IS FOR EACH SET; THERE IS 1 SET AVAILABLE. NDKS156-RW   « Less

Mid Century Danish Modern teak and chrome towel rack c1960. Excellent original condition. Measures 25 inches wide, 35.5 inches to the top of its back, 15.5 inches deep, 9.5  More »

Mid Century Danish Modern teak and chrome towel rack c1960. Excellent original condition. Measures 25 inches wide, 35.5 inches to the top of its back, 15.5 inches deep, 9.5 inches in between the rods, which are set at 15 and 27.5 inches from the floor. This is Danish Modern design at its best.   « Less