We’ve been updating our catalogue with new arrivals at the galleries – and there are so many exciting items it was difficult to narrow down our Friday Finds. (We love the Peridot offerings at Brian Stewart too!) Here are a few favorites:
Carnelian and Gold Medusa Cameo Brooch
Front view of Medusa carved carnelian set into Gothic 18k style gold brooch. Carnelian and gold, England, 1850-60’s. [ Hartley Brown LLC | Gallery #50 | 917.623.9550 | hartleybrownllc@aol.com ]
Antique Meissen Porcelain Nodding Figure
Antique Meissen porcelain figure of nodder after a model by J. J. Kandler. Beautifully executed and hand painted, hands, head, and tongue are mechanical and move. Largest example made by Meissen. Porcelain, Germany, first half of 19th century. [ Alexander’s Antiques | Gallery #43 & #85 | 212.935.9386 | alex@alexantiques.com ]
Fine Pique Tortoise Shell with Gold Inlay
Fully fitted, probably French, 18th century. [ Suchow & Seigel Antiques | Gallery #81 | 212.888.3489 | asuchow@nyc.rr.com ]
French Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood and Vernis Martin Vitrine by François Linke
François Linke, Index # 76. One mount signed F. Linke. The ‘green registers’ in the Linke Archive title this model ‘Grande vitrine Louis XV 3 corps bois de Violette Panneaux Vernis Martin’, and record that four were made with vernis Martin panels and four with marquetry panels. This cabinet almost certainly pre-dates 1900 when Linke’s name gained greater celebrity with his award winning Stand at the Paris Exposition Universelle of that year. The model is thought to have been conceived as early as the 1880s, but is only first recorded in Linke’s registers in 1902 for a vernis Martin example, painted by Carl Guilbert on for a fee of 150 French francs: just over twice the cost of the marquetry versions. [ Solomon Treasure | Gallery #64 | 917.686.9732 | solomon7272@gmail.com ]
Art Nouveau Plique a Jour and Gold Ring by George Le Tureq
A gold chiseled on a coat of clear plique a jour enamel subject of a young maiden in a long dress blowing in the wind. Attributed to George Le Tureq, illustrated in H. Veuer, La Bijouterie Francoise, page 648. Gold and plique a jour enamel, France, circa 1900. [ Hartley Brown LLC | Gallery #50 | 917.623.9550 | hartleybrownllc@aol.com ]
Visit the Manhattan Art & Antiques Center to peruse the collections of these galleries: Hartley Brown LLC (Gallery #50), Alexander’s Antiques (Gallery #43 & #85), Suchow & Seigel Antique (Gallery #81) and Solomon Treasure (Gallery #64) – and the many other galleries here at The Manhattan Art & Antiques Center.
We’re at 1050 2nd Avenue (at 56th Street) and are open Monday to Saturday from 10:30AM to 6PM and Sunday noon – 6PM.
