This is a striking and unusual gilded bronze picture frame executed in an elegant neoclassical style. The shaped-rectangular frame has an outer border comprised of bands of beading and abstract leaf motifs, and a circular, inner border of reeding accented at intervals with leaves and with an inner band of delicate beading. The top of the frame features a central portrait medallion of a woman surrounded by a starburst design and flanked on each side with an abstracted leaf. These designs are s... Click for details

This is an exquisite large-size gilded bronze gallery picture frame with three openings: a rectangle in the center flanked on each side with ovals. The frame is rectangular with an extended arch in the center of the top. The outer border is comprised of bands of neoclassical designs with a large size anthemia and scroll pattern. Each opening is framed with a simple border comprised of a band of leaves and a band of beading. The beige silk background is accented with ribboned laurel wreaths i... Click for details

This is an elegant gilded bronze picture frame executed in a refined neoclassical design. The border of the frame is comprised of an inner and outer band of beading with a central band of laurel garland. The top of the frame is accented with a magnificent central floral wreath, flanked on the side with a flaming torch and bundled arrows all gathered in a furling ribbon bow. The fabric-covered back of the frame has a loop for hanging and a hinged stand that is covered with matching fabric. Th... Click for details

Here is a charming and unusual table bell in sterling silver and mixed metal by premier American silversmiths, the Gorham Manufacturing Company. Representing the exoticism of the Japanese taste in the 19th century, this lovely bell features a deeply hammered surface that truly sparkles. A dragonfly, a crane, and bamboo and reed motifs have been applied in mixed metal to the bell’s body, and are accented with granulated mixed metal balls forming a realistically modeled landscape. The handle i... Click for details

This is a most attractive gilded bronze picture frame decorated with an assortment of neo-classical motifs set against a grey-green silk background. The inner and outer borders have each been decorated with a subtle design of overlapping leaves which also continue around the curved top. Each of the 4 interior corners has been highlighted with a be-ribboned laurel wreath, and to the left and the right of the picture opening a graceful young maiden with upswept hair and a flowing Greco-Roman rob... Click for details