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This delicately wrought French ivory
carving, dated 1802, shows heavenward angels and cherubs delivering
the cross of Christ, surmounted by the Crown of Thorns. At the top of the
scene is the dove of the Holy Spirit.
7.5" x 4.75"
ivory, multi-color
This utterly charming Victorian photo case shows a nostalgic American
farm scene, complete with a farm boy chasing a butterfly.
It symbolized the pride in farm life of mid 19th century America.
6" x 5"
multi-color
This plump little cherub is taken from a Victorian memorial
in Perthshire, Scotland, an area of rolling hills and glistening trout
streams.
6" x 5"
greystone
This ornamental plaster piece was once used to
decorate a stately Scottish home. The neoclassical style
developed around the turn of the 19th century. The Grecian
draped model languidly pours water in this example of the style.
15.5" x 6.5"
ivory, multi-color
This intricately carved lid of an antique
English box depicts a scene of reveling cherubs and reflects the
Victorian passion for angels and opulent detail. The scene
itself is a little Bacchus feast with rollicking little angels
partaking of the fruit of the vine and other naughty pursuits.
The carving is so detailed that a faint bas relief of a
village church steeple can be seen in the background.
5.25" x 3.25"
ivory, pink
These Classical Greek lovers were immortalized
here by the Pre-Raphaelite artist, Edward Burne-Jones for the
1896 edition of the Kelmscott Chaucer. Shakespeare also
wrote a play about them as did Bocaccio. The work was
published by William Morris, himself a noted designer of the
time. The style and subject matter, like all work done by
the Pre-Raphaelites, rejects the modern age and all it stands for
and looks back with nostalgia to medieval times which were viewed
as a purer age with people more honorable and objects and
surroundings untouched by the ugliness of mechanization and
industrialization.
6.75" x 5.25"
brown/green, blue/green
These merrily frolicking women are from a Burne-Jones engraving
in the Kelmscott Chaucer and part of the Romance of the Rose
tale, a most popular novel in medieval times. The Kelmscott
Chaucer was published by the famous designer William Morris.
7" x 5.5"
brown/rose/green, blue/mauve/green
This exquisite 19th century photo case
depicts the Monymusk Reel, a famous Scottish dance. Bagpipes and
agrarian tools, symbolizing prosperity, are also shown. The
village of Monymusk is a quaint place in the Aberdeen region of
Scotland, famous for the ancient St. Mary's Church and the
Monymusk Reliquary, a fabulous Celtic artifact which once held
relics of St. Columba.
5" x 4"
ivory, multi-color
This charming relief of three music-making
cherubs is taken from an original Victorian furniture decoration
in copper.
5.5" x 5.5"
ivory, pink
This grinning gargoyle is taken from a turn of
the century Bethlehem, PA., building. Many such faces were
carved on ancient Gothic cathedrals to ward off evil spirits and
this tradition was taken up in the Victorian age when a Gothic
Revival style of architecture was popular.
7" x 6"
greystone, walnut woodtone
The trumpeting angel, symbolizing the most
famous archangel, heralds the coming of Christ. Carved in
a charming primitive style, the original dates to 1860.
6.5" x 4.5"
greystone
A Victorian lady sits amongst a backdrop of
romantic Gothic ornament including shield and lance, reflecting a
fervor for all things medieval at the last quarter of the 19th
century. The copper embossed original was a dramatic
ornamentation on a piece of furniture.
8.25" x 8.25"
multi-color
The original, an exquisite antique American
picture frame made around the time of the Civil War, features a
Classical portrait and delicate carvings of grapes and flowers.
10" x 7.25"
multi-color
This elegant 19th century antique depicts a
beautiful woman in the flowing style and natural setting that
typifies the "New Art" that rebelled against the
ornateness of the age.
11.75" x 8.75"
multi-color
This Civil-War era daguerreotype case
depicts a small version of the charming portrait of the Calmady
sisters by British painter Sir Thomas Lawrence. Early photographs
were delicate and it was the style to carry portraits in these
decorative cases, made of the first plastic-like casting
material. The original cases are now highly sought after by Civil
War collectors as many have patriotic and Civil War themes.
4" x 3.5"
pink, ivory
Inspired by a Victorian furniture
detail. Angels and cherubs were popular decorative ornaments in
the opulent Victorian age.
5.5" x 2.5"
multi-color
Taken from an ornate Victorian firescreen,
the legendary griffin, half lion, half eagle, has symbolized
guardianship since medieval times and has also been a popular
heraldic device.
9" x 5"
greystone
This lovely Civil War-era case shows meticulously carved seashells
which were a popular decorative element of Victorian times. The
cases held the first photographs, called daguerreotypes.
4" x 3.5"
pink multi-color
From an antique Irish decorative wood carving, the lion has long
been a symbol associated with royalty, courage and strength. Lions
are often placed at entranceways as guardians.
6.5" x 4.25"
walnut woodtone, greystone
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