Venetian Splendor

 

Fulvio Bianconi for Venini, 'Con Fiamma' (with flame) obelisk, c1948. H. 12 inches. Made by Venini & C. Clear glass, orange inclusions. Marked: venini murano ITALIA.

  From a private German collection.

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Giant Giraffe

The largest Italian hand made ceramic animal we have seen just joined our zoo. Dating to the 1960s and 30 inches tall by 28 inches wide.

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Helen Beling Ceramic Sculpture

The artist Helen Beling (New York, 1914-2001) was once prolific on the art scene, working with sculptors such as Jacques Lipchitz, exhibiting at the Metropolitan and Whitney museums in New York, and finding home for her works in some of the most established collections in the country. She worked in a variety of media including clay, stone, bronze, stainless steel and a material she called Belplast, revolutionizing the medium with her forms and process.
 Our ceramic sculpture dates to the 1950s/60s and is 22 inches tall.

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Abstract Crystal

A deeply cut and faceted 1960s Kosta Boda vase designed by Vicke Lindstrand. 8 inches tall.


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Afro Deco

A masterful bronze Art Deco sculpture by Franz Hagenauer (Austrian, 1906-1986).  In the style of one of Man Ray's most famous photographs, Kiki with African mask.
The sculpture is 7.5 inches tall including the marble base.

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Kinetic Marble

A sleek, streamlined mid century white and gray marble, sail-like abstract sculpture that swivels on a black marble base. Unsigned and 26 inches tall.

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Peking Please

A 1920s cut and polished Art Deco Chinese Peking Glass vase. This rare and beautiful rich yellow example is 14 inches tall.



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Murano Infinite Loop

An Achimede Seguso abstract glass sculpture on a frosted base from the 1960s. The sculpture is two feet tall and retains the original Seguso label.

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Barbini Blockbuster

A luxurious and large, Alfredo Barbini, Murano lamp circa 1950. Lots of bubbles and lots of gold will make this the focal point of your elegant living room. We're showing it with the original ivory silk and velvet ribbon shade. A new shade of your choice will be included with purchase.
48 inches to the top of the shade.


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Bronze Age

A selection bronze Art Deco Swedish vases from GAB and Svm. Part of a private Swedish collection we recently acquired.


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Ladies Please

Continuing with another three Just Andersen 1940s disko metal classical Art Deco nudes, just acquired from a private Swedish collection. The tallest beauty is 18.5 inches and extremely rare.


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Grand Gunnar

The largest piece of Rörstrand artist's studio ceramic we have ever had the pleasure of offering. This monumental mid century floor vase is from the hand of Gunnar Nylund and is 22 inches tall.

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Art Nouveau Now

 An Art Nouveau ceramic vase from Belgium circa 1910. Made by the Faiencerie de Bouffioulx factory.Tall and beautiful at 18 inches.

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Danish Modern Duo

A matching pair of nineteen inch tall, white cased glass decanters with teak stoppers designed by Jacob Bang, for Danish glassmaker Kastrup. This pair dates to the 1950s. In 1965 Kastrup was purchased by and merged with Holmegaard.

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Gerd Bøgelund goes Green

A luminous stoneware vase by Gerd Bøgelund for Royal Copenhagen from the late 1960s. 5.5 inches tall.

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Saxbo Vase

Abeautiful mid century hares fur glazed vase by Eva Staehr Nielsen for Danish studio Saxbo.
Four inches tall.

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Pietra Dura Pair

Pietra Dura (hard stones) is an Italian technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished colored stones to create images or designs. Pietra dura was first developed by the Ancient Romans and
since the 16th century Rome and Florence have been well known for the revival of this craft. Many luxurious objects were purchased as grand tour souvenirs well into the 20th century.
 Our spectacular and large, 22 inch tall, pair of black marble obelisks are inlaid with many types of marble and semi-precious stones. They date to the last quarter of the 19th century.

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Gold Leaf

A black and good crackle glazed Italian dish by Elbee, dating to the 1950s and 12.5 inches in length.

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In Vogue Down Under

We recently had the pleasure of working with Jonathan Adler on one of his client's homes in Sydney.
 The apartment was just featured in Vogue Living Australia along with a wonderful collection of mid century cased glass purchased from The End of History.

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Venus De Murano

A large and classically beautiful Murano glass venus figure by Italian glass artist Loredano Rosin,  (1936-1991).
 Deep olive green glass infused with 24k gold and areas of scavo, a technique of making the glass look 2000 years old with acid. This figure dates to the 1960s and she is 26 inches tall.

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Still in Sweden

Another wonderful piece of Swedish studio ceramic art, this time by Henning Nilsson for Höganäs
from 1958. This green and deep red richly glazed 6 inch tall vase is also from the same Swedish collection we've been featuring over the last few days.

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More from Sweden

Another one of the fantastic pieces by Carl Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand from the 1950s that we just aquired from an important Swedish collection. Marvelous tones of warm browns make this hares fur glaze studio vase a small masterpiece.

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Another Stålhane Stunner

Once again, small is beautiful. This perfect little mid century vase by Carl harry Stålhane for Rörstrand is only just over 5 inches tall but has a big visual and tactile impact. Fresh from an important Swedish collection.

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Small Wonder

A beautiful mid century vase, 3" by 3", by Liisa Hallama, for Arabia.

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Just Three

Recently acquired from a private Swedish Collection, we are pleased to present 3 Disko Metal sculptures by Just Andersen from the 1930s/40s.The tallest is just over 9 inches.
 It was Disko Bay in Greenland that inspired the name for the special metal mixture that Danish silversmith Just Andersen invented, disko metal. He took the recipe with him to the grave, so although we don’t know the precise mix that made up the alloy, we do know that it included certain proportions of lead, tin and antimony.

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Exhibition Piece

A beautiful small bowl by Carl Harry Stålhane from his studio at Rörstrand. This piece dates to the 1960s and, as indicated by the signature, was clearly made for an important exhibition of one of a kind studio pieces. 6 inches in diameter.

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Orange Equine

An Aldo Londi for Bitossi mid century horse, in one of the rarest colors. 10.5 inches tall.

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Windows to Our World

We just changed our windows to showcase our huge collection of German mid century porcelain with 24k gold decoration.

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Cover Model

We had the great pleasure of providing Steven Gambrel, http://www.srgambrel.com, with many of the accessories for one of his recent Manhattan projects, published in and on the cover of the September issue of Elle Decor. On the cover various bowls and vases from us.

More vases and bowls from The End of History.

My favorite rosewood sculpture of all time finds a good home! http://theendofhistoryshop.blogspot.com/2013/09/spectacular-sculpture.html

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