European Antiques & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Austrian, cold painted bronze eagle and pink marble cuff link tray. The gilt bronze eagle shows nice, intricate detail and stands with wings spread, head downed. The cold painted technique involved color application to Viennese cast pieces that...

ARTIFACT: 1857 Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee ornately decorated enameled iron beaker. The beaker shows, four images. The Queen as a young girl on one side with the year: "1837" beneath and on the other, a beautifully aged Queen Victoria with...

ARTIFACT: This is an antique single candlestick from Czarist Russia. The candlestick is heavy and is in brass with a square, footed pedestal. It dates to the mid-nineteenth century. VINTAGE: Circa mid- to late 19th century. SIZE: Approximately 10"...

ARTIFACT: This is an antique spun brass tray from Czarist Russia. The tray is in brass and has a maker mark on the front. VINTAGE: Circa mid- to late 19th century. SIZE: Approximately 9-1/4" in diameter and 3/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful late 19th century sperm whale tooth corkscrew. VINTAGE: Circa late 19th century SIZE: Approximately Tooth: 4-1/8" x 1-3/4"; Corkscrew: 3-1/8" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Sperm whale tooth, steel MARKINGS: None. ITEM...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1870's-80's French .950 silver cased, monogrammed Egg Cup & Spoon by Boyer-Callot. Egg cup rests inside a light pink satin monogrammed case initialed "E.M.B". The etched details are exquisite on the egg cup and spoon and...

ARTIFACT: Stunning, cased, monogrammed 1888 London Sterling ceramic lined Christening Cup & Spoon Set. The case is lined with a gorgeous aqua satin and navy velvet. The saucer sits in first with a small disc of satin and velvet to then set the cup upon,...

ARTIFACT: Lovely, late 19th century ivory stag carving from Konigssee, Bavaria. The exquisitely detailed stag stands on a patch of grass and cobble stone, atop a rocky promontory that reads: "KONIGSSE" along the base in carved and painted...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful, exquisitely carved late 19th century Lion of Lucerne in antique ivory. The Lion Monument in Lucerne, Switzerland was designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen in the 1820's carved in beautiful relief detail into sandstone rock above a pond. The...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1900 miniature stein transfer-decorated with the Nationaldenkmal in Berlin and the Statue of Wilhelm the Great. The stein is made of stoneware and the original pewter lid remains intact, the surface glaze has cracked with age...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful late 19th century German medical student skull stein by Saxony maker Potschappel. The lidded stein is beautifully sculpted and intricately painted with contour and shadowing details showing high-gloss glaze accents on the teeth. The...

ARTIFACT: Great 1860's - 1870's German 1 liter, lidded stein from the Lowenbrau “Keller” in Munich. The lid features a griffin-like creature in nicely raised detail and surrounding it reads: “AKTIEN BRAUEREI ZUM LOWENBRAU MUNCHEN”. The stein reads:...