Curiosities

A 19th Century silver albumen photograph of the Taj Mahal, India.

A large 19th Century Japanese blue and white Imari charger, Meiji Period circa 1860.

A late 19th Century Mappin Brothers trophy in the form of a drinking goblet from the Aldenham Grammar School, England.

A Vintage Maté coconut cup made in South America circa 1920 on later custom steel stand.

A late 19th Century silver on copper basket, England. Overall height with handle up is 11" high.

A curious mounted Asian gilt wood vase, possibly Chinese circa 1870, custom steel stand later.

An 18th Century or earlier fragment of a Fang Mask. The Fang are people from Gabon, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.

A Vintage silver plate lemonade mixer or muddler, American.

An early 20th Century French pottery "Cigale" or cicada wall pocket meant to bring good luck to a home.

An early 20th Century Napalese Shiva Nataraja on later custom steel stand circa 1900.

An abstract painting by H. Krell, post war scholar, artist and teacher in San Francisco and the bay area, circa 1950.

A Chinese Han Dynasty green glazed pottery wine jar, circa 200 BC - 200 AD.

An 18th Century Italian engraving by Piranesi from this Antiquities edition, 18th Century.

A Chinese watercolor of trees

An early 19th Century English black and white engraving titled "Elephant Capture" circa 1820.

A 19th Century oval painted box, with a red painted inside, possibly German, painted later.

A small Ottoman fighting shield, 17th Century on later custom steel stand.

A silver Russian Kovash, footed bowl, circa 1900.

A landscape of a mountain behind a field of yellow by influential artist and scholar Krell circa 1950.

A 19th Century German picture word game or Rebus. 

Large and brilliant study of a coastal arch bridge in blues by Krell, circa 1950.

Rembrandt etching done by Francesco Novelli, Italy circa 1770.

An Antique bronze Ekonda, Democratic Republic of Congo, anklet on later custom steel stand.

A still life of jars and pots in browns and yellows, by B. Krell (signed upper right) wife of influential artist and scholar Krell circa 1950.