Applied Art auctions
PHOTOCHROMS. An album of Swiss landscapes. Photochrom Zürich [before January 1, 1894]. An album measuring approximately 38 × 28 cm, containing 26 original photochromes on 13 pages, mounted two per page (one on each side), in decorative, gilded frames. Views of Switzerland. Prints signed within the composition “P.Z.” [Photochrom Zürich] and bearing gilded inscriptions. Original luxury bi...
Hutsul jug, wood decorated with pyrography and bells, height 28 cm; one bell is missing, but this does not affect the overall appearance of the item.
polychrome wood; 30.5 x 26.5 x 10.5 cm. Western Europe (France, Germany?), early 19th century. The consoles are in an antique gold color; the bodies consist of an openwork composition, at the center of which is a deeply carved shell motif and symmetrical, S-shaped volutes decorated with acanthus leaves and flowers; the top features a smooth, semicircular shelf with an edge adorned with a serra...
varnished wood, bone, mother-of-pearl; 60.5 x 36 cm (each panel); signed on each panel at the bottom; Japan, second half of the 19th century Two decorative rectangular panels forming a single unit, featuring an appliqué of bone carvings depicting twigs, flowers, and birds, as well as elements of bone and mother-of-pearl. Condition: bone loss in many places.
bronze, stone; diameter 12 cm; height 7 cm; marked on the back: BRACIA / ŁOPIEŃSCY Poland, Warsaw, 20th century A business card holder in the form of a round, slightly recessed bowl, with a semi-relief bust of Mephistopheles on the rim.
Office ashtray, designed by Vladislav Urban, "Rosice" Glassworks, 1960s, pressed glass, dimensions: 20 x 13 x 5 cm, small chip on the corner.
Zakopane Master Workshops, "Sumak" kilim titled "The Odd Bird," wool, dimensions 98 x 26 cm, label on the back.
Heart, Mats Jonasson, Maleras, Sweden, crystal, height 5.5 cm, signed on the bottom, sticker, display-quality condition.
bronze; length: 25.5 cm; marked on the upper part of the blade: P. Tereszczuk Austria-Hungary, Vienna, early 20th century Letter opener with a blade tapering downward and a handle shaped like a woman’s head. Dedication on the blade: Den Liebenschwuerdigen Schwestern / Tennis Club Pirna
Green ashtray, designed by Rudolf Jurnikl, Bohemia Glass, dimensions: 6 x 12 cm, in display-quality condition with the manufacturer's tag.
wood, gilding, mirror panel; 95 x 56 cm; mirror: 53 x 40.8 cm. Western Europe, 19th/20th century. A rectangular mirror set in a decorative frame featuring richly carved acanthus leaf motifs at the top and bottom.
wood (heather?); 5 x 13 x 12.3 cm; marked on the bottom: BIAŁOWIEŻA / NATIONAL PARK / BY A. RAK Poland, 20th century An ashtray shaped to imitate the structure of a tree trunk when viewed from the front; on the side and back panels, a geometric depiction of a bison and a bear in a primeval forest setting; the top is smoothly polished, with a round recess for ashes and two grooves to hold a c...