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CREWEL WORKED FOUR PANEL SCREEN Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Furnishings: Pre 1930 item# 750916 (stock# 7957)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $3,250.00
A 20th century hand made crewel work screen with four 24" panels 76" in height. Speaks for itself- an especially energetic design with bold design features. Maybe done in the 1930s, but retaining bright colors which makes the bold design stand out with great distinction.

Adirondack Rocking Chair Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Furnishings: Furniture: American: Pre 1980 item# 721864 (stock# 7283)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $450.00
This is not an antique, but is well made and stamped as having been made in Quebec, Canada. An Adirondack style rocking chair made from twigs/branches with bark on, probably beech, on and light wood. Comfortable to sit in! 48" high. RL*

Checkerboard In Reverse Painted Glass Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Glass: Italian: Pre 1980 item# 721846 (stock# 6784)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $375.00
A wonderfully colorful reverse painted checker board, apparently an imitation of a mineral "Pietra Dora" piece, with a wood frame, 15 1/2" square. Pietra Dura, Italian for "hard stone" is the art of inlaying marble with other precious and semi-precious minerals and stones. Some contend this to have been Italian in origin. RL*

Tole Painted Tobacco Box Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Metals: Pre 1980 item# 721837 (stock# 7149)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $375.00
A most entertaining tobacco box, about 3" X 5" with several amusing looking gentlemen smoking away. Although there is significant chipping and wear, this artifact seems to have survived these years without anyone cleaning, or touching it up. RL*

Swirled Glass Scent Bottle Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Ceramics: Pre 1980 item# 721480 (stock# 7122)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $220.00
A small interesting collectible teardrop shaped scent bottle, 2 1/2" in length x 1 1/2" wide x 3/8" deep. The gold "crown" and stopper are probably later, the glass being a swirled hand blown example with flaked gold, dark blue, orange and off white.

Enamel Snuff Box Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Enamel: Pre 1980 item# 721478 (stock# 7179)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $390.00
An English enamel snuff box about 2 5/8" across. This is plain and straight forward enamel decoration with florals against a white background in a oval shaped box. Plain on the inside of the box. The boxes were sometime used for pills, but we think more often for make-up patches or snuff. In good condition. RL*

A Rare American Folk Art Mortar And Pestle Holder Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Mixed Media: Pre 1980 item# 721476 (stock# 7282)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $425.00
We have yet to see such an unusual example of folk art. A carved wood hanging holder for a mortar and pestle, 12" in height. The mortars (this one is cast brass with damage to the lip were used in the kitchen to grind up herbs and potions. RL*

Bead Decorated Swagger Stick Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks: Pre 1980 item# 721468 (stock# 7391)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $245.00
A swagger stick 26" long with brightly colored bead decoration all over in a swirling pattern reaching from top to bottom. The meshed bead work fits tightly over the stick's surface, which might be wood. Slightly bulbous at the top, more pointed at the bottom. Swagger sticks were ordinarily associated with uniformed military officers or officials and one of the original purposes of the swagger stick was to help keep the officers from putting their hands in their pockets. This does not a ...click for details

CARVED ANIMAL THEME BOOKENDS Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Organics: Wood: Pre 1930 item# 721467 (stock# 7721)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $150.00
A pair of carved solid walnut plaques featuring a beaver on one and a squirrel on the other. These may have started out as carved plaques or the like, although they would make interesting bookends. 5 1/2" square each. Priced for the pair. Really do not know the age, but sure to be 20th century. RL*

Victorian Ebonized and Gold Leaf Bracket Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Furnishings: Accessories: Pre 1940 item# 721466 (stock# 7140)
click for details		Gordon S. Converse and Co. 610.722.9004 $450.00
A ebonized and gold leaf decorated bracket. Many of these were made to show off a large mantel clock, with an inside shelf surface of 18 1/2" X 11" (18" high), but we've seen them used for all kinds of other functions. Victorian or Edwardian, late 19th century or early 20th Century,

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