Pair Antique
Pair Antique
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PAIR OF RARE LAYING DOWN Antique Staffordshire SPANIEL DOGS – WHITE AND RUSSET $85.00 |
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Antique English Pair of Crown Ducal Pottery Floral Vase $362.00 |
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Antique Pair – Man and Woman Staffordshire Spill Vases $79.99 |
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Pair signed antique Staffordshire Lamb Sheep Spaniels quill holders $89.00 |
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Pair Rustic Antique Bennington GLAZED ‘SPATTER WARE’ Custard Cups $60.00 |
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Pair of Antique Majolica Wedgwood Basketweave Border Plates, 9″ Diameter $12.49 |
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ANTIQUE PAIR WOOD & SONS ‘SHERATON’ DOUBLE GOURD VASES $109.76 |
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PAIR-Large Antique French Faience PORCELAIN COUPLE FIGURALS-SIGNED-MINT $150.00 |
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Stunning Pair Antique Frie Onnaing French Majolica Urns Green with Floral Design $198.00 |
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Antique French pair of small faience dishes c1940 Sarreguemines France $79.00 |
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Large Pair of Antique Staffordshire Pekingese Mantle Dogs – Estate -EXC – NR! $100.00 |
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ANTIQUE PAIR ST DENIS FRENCH HANDPAINTED EWERS-PITCHERS-JUG-STAFFORDSHIRE COLOR $650.00 |
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Pair of Enchanting Antique Staffordshire ‘Little Girl‘ Spill Holders C 1860 $62.71 |
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PAIR OF BRETBY ART POTTERY CHINESE MAN WITH MONKEY ANTIQUE VASES $78.39 |
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Pair of antique oriental Bretby vases – Henry Tooth $76.84 |
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A Pair of Antique Blue/White Delft Lion Candlesticks.19th Century. Unusual. $211.71 |
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Huge pair 15.5″ Antique Victorian Staffordshire Pottery spaniel dogs circa 1860 $5.50 |
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Antique Pair of French Faience Veuve Perrin HP Scenic Ewers $99.99 |
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Two Antique Delft Blue 9″ Plates Matching Pair Boch Belgium Sail Windmill Early $25.00 |
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PAIR Antique Bohemian Green Glass Crystal Lustre Lamps $139.00 |
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PAIR of Antique Art Nouveau Royal Dux Amphora Turn-Teplitz Vase Circa 1905 $200.00 |
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PAIR of Antique Art Nouveau Porcelain Vase #2 $20.00 |
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PAIR of Antique Art Nouveau Porcelain Vase #1 $20.00 |
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A wonderful antique pair of Porceleyne Fles ewers 1888 $699.00 |
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PAIR Antique Vtg Roseville Art Pottery Foxglove Candleholders 1149 GREEN 1 1/2″ $39.99 |
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PAIR Antique Vtg Roseville Art Pottery Mock Orange Candleholders 951 GREEN 2″ $39.99 |
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PAIR Antique Vtg ROSEVILLE Art Pottery IXIA Candleholders 1125 PINK 2″ $39.99 |
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PAIR Antique Vtg ROSEVILLE Art Pottery WINCRAFT Candleholders 252 BLUE 2″ $39.99 |
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PAIR Antique Vtg ROSEVILLE Art Pottery Magnolia Candleholders 1156-2 1/2″ BROWN $39.99 |
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PAIR Antique Vtg ROSEVILLE Art Pottery Freesia Candleholders 1160 BROWN 2″ $39.99 |
Antique Lamps – In Cassolette Style
Prior to the development of modern sanitation etc, hygiene was poorly understood and certainly received very little attention. The air was full of “smells” from a multitude of sources and one of the most interesting descriptions comes from that indefatigable diarist, Samuel Pepys.
He speaks of his late 17th century London childhood, with London under a constant cloud of sooty smoke from open fires, brewers and dyers, soap makers and salt boilers, the smoke from their chimneys covering everything with sooty grime.
He records how “wall hangings, pictures and clothes turned yellow and brown like leaves in autumn” and “winter under vests, sewn on for the season against the cold, were the colour of mud by the time spring arrived”!!
John Evelyn, that other great diarist and contemporary of Samuel Pepys, also made a special note in his diary in August 1653 writing that “he was going to experiment with an annual hair wash”!
Throughout history and certainly into the early 20th century, offensive smells were a real problem within every house, given that there was usually a large family, apprentices, maids and animals all contributing, plus cooking and dirty linen, kept for the monthly wash! Not to mention chamber pots, which were emptied into the yard or street!
By the middle of the 18th century efforts were being made to deal with this vast problem, although more on a household level rather than on the level of public works. We must remember that society was heavily classified and it was the wealthy end of society who were the innovators, simply because they could afford it.
However, it was the stylish French, who designed an elegant, 18th century solution i.e., the cassolette, simply described as a vase, with a perforated cover to emit perfumes. But, of course, nothing designed for the wealthy, 18th century house was ever simple.
A Very Pretty pair of early 20th century,French, Regency style, cassolette accent lamps. The cassolettes, (originally perfume burners), supported on fine tripods of cast bronze, the legs, with cloven feet, the capitals terminating in classical heads. The tripods on polished stands, mounted on square, cream, marble bases. The cassolettes and square bases in polished cream marble, the marble with iron-red inclusions.
These are a very classic pair of cassolette accent lamps,
retaining all the elegance of this shape,
virtually unchanged for the past three hundred years as used in Europe.
The origins of the style, however,
going back to classical Greece, circa 500 B.C
Circa 1910 Overall height (including shade) 15″/38cm
Lady Hesston leaves us an insight via a note sent to Mathew Boulton, one of the great English designers of the 18th century. She had lent Boulton her perfume burners, or cassolettes as a model, from which he designed his examples. After a time she urged him for their return by explaining, ”my friends reproach me that I do not regale their noses with fine odours after entertaining their palates with soup and ragouts”. It was the custom for cassolettes to make their entry with dessert and chase away the smell of dinner.
At this time, cassolettes were burners, which were lit and slowly burned to produce a beautiful perfume. Many and varied were the “recipes” for the pastes burned in them. By example:- a base of fine charcoal with equal parts of grain musk, ambergris, seeds of the vanilla pod, attar of roses and orris powder, with enough gum acacia to work the whole together into a paste.
As the 18th century moved through the 19th century, conditions improved with the advent of sanitation and electricity.
By the early 20th century the cassolette had lost its original function, but was retained, no doubt to its formal style, finally appearing as an elegant lamp.
The Antique & Vintage Table Lamp Co specialise in antique table lamp lighting with an on-line range of over 100 unique, antique and vintage table lamps on view.
Lamps are shipped ready wired for the U.S, the U.K and Australia.
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About the Author
Maurice Robertson, principal of The Antique and Vintage Table Lamp Co , has had a lifetime’s association with Antique Porcelain and pottery,with his commercial experience spaning a period of 40 years,including as a valuer to the Australian Government’s Incentive to the Arts Scheme. His long experience with antique ceramics and glass also includes dealing with leading museums and numerous international private collections. He has extended his ceramics expertise into the quality table lamps seen on the company’s site, he is well known to local and international interior designers who have included many of his table lamps in their projects and has also supplied items of national interest to the official Sydney residence of the Australian Prime Minister.
how much a pair of antque clippers are worth?
i have a pair of antique clippers from the utica knife and razor company they date back to 1924-1935. i’m wondering if anyone could tell me how much they would be worth?
they are silver manual clippers before electric. i have the box also they are called a “bob jr.”
clippers? what kind of clippers? be more specific.
Pair KPM Porcelain Figurine statues.
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