Beautiful Tiffany Studios two tier paper rack in pine needle etched metal and green Tiffany produced Favrile glass. Exceptional early piece with the Tiffany produced deep to  More »

Beautiful Tiffany Studios two tier paper rack in pine needle etched metal and green Tiffany produced Favrile glass. Exceptional early piece with the Tiffany produced deep to med. green striated green glass rather that the later and more common white/green striated glass. All original smooth dark bronze patina and glass with little sign of use. The rack measures 6.25" high and 10" wide and is marked on the base Tiffany Studios New York 1008.   « Less

Decorative Pair of Silver Coasters with decorative border, Diameter:4 1/4". LifestyleAntiques.com is the web site where one can shop on line or if you are in the area we  More »

Decorative Pair of Silver Coasters with decorative border, Diameter:4 1/4". LifestyleAntiques.com is the web site where one can shop on line or if you are in the area we are an antique dealer in Summerland, California just 3 minutes south of Santa Barbara. Specializing in European Antique Furniture and our accent is antique lighting for your home, or office with handmade parchment shades adorning the selection of unique lamps. We specialize in Decorative Arts and French furniture as well as antique furniture from Spain and Italy, you will find the shop warm and inviting.   « Less

Antique Carved Two Swan Interlacing with wings carved as a Heart, this unique Cigarette holder with a Gold band makes a wonderful gift. L:3.5" D:almost 3/4".  More »

Antique Carved Two Swan Interlacing with wings carved as a Heart, this unique Cigarette holder with a Gold band makes a wonderful gift. L:3.5" D:almost 3/4". LifestyleAntiques.com is the web site where one can shop on line or if you are in the area we are an antique dealer in Summerland, California just 3 minutes south of Santa Barbara. Specializing in European Antique Furniture and our accent is antique lighting for your home, or office with handmade parchment shades adorning the selection of unique lamps. We specialize in Decorative Arts and French furniture as well as antique furniture from Spain and Italy, you will find the shop warm and inviting.   « Less

Mid 18th Century Large American Tin Candle Molds, the larger one: there are 30 molds for candles, H:10 1/4" W:6 3/4" and 9.5" including handle, D:9".  More »

Mid 18th Century Large American Tin Candle Molds, the larger one: there are 30 molds for candles, H:10 1/4" W:6 3/4" and 9.5" including handle, D:9". Candles were used to lighted most American homes, public buildings, and streets until gas (1820s) and kerosene lamps (1850s) replaced them. Women in each family made many kinds of candles, from the common, made from tallow, to the expensive, made from beeswax. They also used a variety of other materials, such as bear grease, deer suet, bayberry, spermaceti, and well-rendered mutton fat. Every autumn, they filled leather or tin boxes with enough candles to last through the winter. To make candles, women first prepared wicks from rough hemp, milkweed, or cotton spun in large quantity. Then they under-took the lengthy task of dipping or molding several hundred candles by hand. With the examples of these two Candle Molds, both are in good condition and have a decorative handle. LifestyleAntiques.com is the web site where one can shop on line or if you are in the area we are an antique dealer in Summerland, California just 3 minutes south of Santa Barbara. Specializing in European Antique Furniture and our accent is antique lighting for your home, or office with handmade parchment shades adorning the selection of unique lamps. We specialize in Decorative Arts and French furniture as well as antique furniture from Spain and Italy, you will find the shop warm and inviting.   « Less

Antique Copper Bed Warmer with Turned Wooden handle, with some wear, H:45" Diameter of Warmer with chasing detail: 12 1/4". Copper was one of the first metal mined  More »

Antique Copper Bed Warmer with Turned Wooden handle, with some wear, H:45" Diameter of Warmer with chasing detail: 12 1/4". Copper was one of the first metal mined and crafted by man, and has been the most important one in the oldest times of history, because it was available in great quantities and was initially extractable almost at the surface of ground. In addition, it was suitable to craft weapons and tools, art objects and ornaments. The first copper works were made by cutting, curving and hammering with a stone stroker on a stone anvil. The old blacksmiths made an important discovery: metal hardens under prolonged hammering, but can be brought back to its initial ductility by heating (re-cooking process) with no change in shape. Many ancient objects were manufactured through alternate cycles of hammering and cooking, with a final hammering to obtain the necessary hardness. Throughout history Copper continued to be used mainly for household objects. Working techniques remained almost unchanged over the centuries, while the shapes were continuously improved to fit with the evolution of lifestyle. Its properties, discovered and appreciated by our ancient ancestors, are still very much in vogue in today's use and function of practical cookware and decorative use. LifestyleAntiques.com is the web site where one can shop on line or if you are in the area we are an antique dealer in Summerland, California just 3 minutes south of Santa Barbara. Specializing in European Antique Furniture and our accent is antique lighting for your home, or office with handmade parchment shades adorning the selection of unique lamps. We specialize in Decorative Arts and French furniture as well as antique furniture from Spain and Italy, you will find the shop warm and inviting.   « Less

1920's Pin Cushion for Sewing with the French Woman Porcelain torso mounted with the cushion as the skirt of circular lace. H:6" Diameter of cushion  More »

1920's Pin Cushion for Sewing with the French Woman Porcelain torso mounted with the cushion as the skirt of circular lace. H:6" Diameter of cushion skirt:4.5". LifestyleAntiques.com is the web site where one can shop on line or if you are in the area we are an antique dealer in Summerland, California just 3 minutes south of Santa Barbara. Specializing in European Antique Furniture and our accent is antique lighting for your home, or office with handmade parchment shades adorning the selection of unique lamps. We specialize in Decorative Arts and French furniture as well as antique furniture from Spain and Italy, you will find the shop warm and inviting.   « Less

English Silver Wine Coaster E. 20th Century, with one hallmark and the word England stamped into the rim of the wine coaster, H:1 3/4". LifestyleAntiques.com is the web  More »

English Silver Wine Coaster E. 20th Century, with one hallmark and the word England stamped into the rim of the wine coaster, H:1 3/4". LifestyleAntiques.com is the web site where one can shop on line or if you are in the area we are an antique dealer in Summerland, California just 3 minutes south of Santa Barbara. Specializing in European Antique Furniture and our accent is antique lighting for your home, or office with handmade parchment shades adorning the selection of unique lamps. We specialize in Decorative Arts and French furniture as well as antique furniture from Spain and Italy, you will find the shop warm and inviting.   « Less

Late 18th Century Glass Wine Funnel, used for pouring of wine from bottles to jugs and decanters. H:6" From the Harvey Frey Collection in England and in good condition.  More »

Late 18th Century Glass Wine Funnel, used for pouring of wine from bottles to jugs and decanters. H:6" From the Harvey Frey Collection in England and in good condition. LifestyleAntiques.com is the web site where one can shop on line or if you are in the area we are an antique dealer in Summerland, California just 3 minutes south of Santa Barbara. Specializing in European Antique Furniture and our accent is antique lighting for your home, or office with handmade parchment shades adorning the selection of unique lamps. We specialize in Decorative Arts and French furniture as well as antique furniture from Spain and Italy, you will find the shop warm and inviting.   « Less

L. 18th C. Wine Decanter with delicate grape motiff

L. 18th C. Wine Decanter with delicate grape motiff   « Less

Decorative Italian Polychromed Painted Wood Barometer probably from 1920's to 1930's, in the style of the 19th Century Barometers, H:36" W:14.5". The  More »

Decorative Italian Polychromed Painted Wood Barometer probably from 1920's to 1930's, in the style of the 19th Century Barometers, H:36" W:14.5". The history of the word barometer was derived from the Greek word "baros", meaning weight, and the Greek word "metron", meaning measure. The barometer, an instrument used to measure air pressure and it was in early 17th century Italy there were many Italian scientist independently working on the principal's of a vacuum and air pressure, however, it was a young scientist by the name of Evangelista Torricelli that first detailed his experiments with what became known as the barometer. The barometer utilizes the principal of a vacuum to measure the weight of the air. For a simple explanation of a vacuum,such as an example just consider your everyday use of a straw to sip water. The illustration of the premise is with your sucking, which removes the air out of the top of the straw, causes a vacuum near the top of the straw, and with the help of the outside air pressure, the water rises within the straw to fill this partial vacuum. Even if you stop sucking on the straw, the liquid will not fall as long as you maintain a seal of this partial vacuum at the top of the straw. It has been noted that the first publicized working barometer, dating back to 1643, has been credited to Evangelista Torricelli. Torricelli had been familiar with, and studied the writings of Galileo, just before Galileo's untimely death in 1642, and used those findings to help him construct the first barometer. Though Galileo is recognized as the first to experiment with a water type vacuum apparatus in early 1642, his primary objective was to simply ratify the "vacuum theory", and he did not extrapolate his findings to deduct that changes in the weather correspondingly caused air pressure fluctuations. Torricelli was first to notice that air pressure changes, related to weather changes, indeed caused the water level to rise and fall. Then later around 1670 that the new marketeers of barometers began producing and selling barometers as a weather instrument to be used in private homes. By the latter part of the 17th century many clock makers, furniture makers, and opticians began to become involved with detailed and magnificent ornate cabinetry and designs of these newly relished barometers. Historically, it was that for the next two hundred years, the mercury barometer became in vogue and to possess one was the symbol of great nobility. Apparently being in vogue there were records indicating over 3,500 registered barometer makers between 1670 and 1900. Today, it is a rarity to even discover a working mercury type barometer, as most were destroyed or replaced by the current day "aneroid type" barometer. Around the year 1840, a Frenchman by the name of Lucien Vidie introduced the first mechanical, or aneroid barometer, which replaced the use of mercury with a metal vacuum disc, with mechanical arms and a pointer, to measure the air pressure. Aneroids became increasingly popular due to their lower cost and their ease of transporting them from location to location. They eventually replaced mercury type barometers by about 1900. This Italian Barometer is a fine example of carved polychromed painted fluted and floral designed case.   « Less