Showing posts with label Finds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Finds. Show all posts

2/3/11

Passion for...



MY Lion via




A View




Detail




A full bookcase




Puppets




Distressed Leather
 


Display




Drama




A Throne




Candlelight




Home Office




Love Forever




Duets




Conversation




Ambiance




Religious Objects




Retablos












1/31/11

An Emperor, weekend finds and.. nutmeg

I always like the fresh smell of nutmeg in cakes, desserts... in the house. My recent obsession is crushed nutmeg in small bowls around the pied-à-terre. So when i started reading this morning about Napoleon Bonaparte's preference for noix de muscade, i got very excited...






 

Antique Brass Napoleonic Medallion


Early 19th century Powder Horn found in Paris


Early Beveled Hand Mirror carved from one piece of wood


Back


Square Brass Box Decorated with Semi-Precious Stones


Early Victorian Match Safe


Rare Arcimboldo Book in its original dust jacket


Rare 1947 Edition of The Secret Life of Salvador Dali


    

Crushed Nutmeg in Marble Bowl










All photos by me in the pied–à–terre




1/28/11

Old fashioned workout...

                                            


                               
                              


 

Today's finds.... vintage dumbells






                                        
                                               

1/27/11

Treasures of the week...



Mid 19th century surface gauge
                                        
                                    

                                              

19th century lion fragment on a custom stand
                                 



Early Victorian display domes
                                        
                                        


18th century articulated Santo with glass eyes on a custom stand
                                           




Heavy chandelier from Belgium