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#1 Italian Micromosaic Tree Scene
Large trees, a classic temple structure, garden flowers, and pools of water form the intricate and detailed scene on this oval micromosaic. The mosaic is set in a large oval black glass mounted in metal. Est. selling price is $400-600.
#2 Etched Steel Castle
Acid etched blued steel features a scene with flag flying atop castle towers, a man in a boat, and a tree branching over the water. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#3 Manor Scene Painting Under Glass
Under glass gouache painted scene on natural material depicts a large manor house in a pastoral landscape. Early 19th century. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#4 Kinne Moon and Tree Enamel
Cobalt enamel creates a striking contrast with the silver tree and pearlized moon on this large button from the studio of the late Kevin Kinne. Signed and dated on the reverse “2008 KK.” Est. selling price is $100-200.
#5 Weeber Nest with Eggs
Three paint speckled eggs rest in the brown nest of coiled and twisted celluloid for this Marion Weeber design. Applied celluloid bubble shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#6 Medium Rabbit Micromosaic
A white rabbit stands on his haunches on this Italian micromosaic in quality-marked (14K) and touchmarked mount. (Tiny opening on back was the jeweler’s heat-release vent.) Est. selling price is $200-400.
#7 Aluminum Mushrooms Couture
Gilded aluminum mushrooms crafted in France in the late 1940’s from unused war machinery by Font Guyot, likely for a couture house. See examples of this in Loic Allio’s book, “A Button Odyssey.” We had a similar aluminum swan button in the last auction. Cast self slab shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#8 18th-C Mourning with Monogram
A finely detailed scene in sepia within an octagonal border on natural material features a monogram, garland wrapped pole, an empty arrow sheath suspended from a tree, and a building in the distance. A circlet of gold stars on dark rust color borders the scene. Mounted under glass with a copper rim and copper reverse. Est. selling price is $400-600.
#9 18th-C Landscape
A tree on a rocky knoll is reverse-painted on the lens, and backed by a landscape of rocky outcrops, mountains, and sky. Note the two little white-walled villages in the distance. Est. selling price is $400-600.
#10 Realistic Arita Ladybug
Realistic ladybug in Arita porcelain sports two orange dots, one on each wing. Backmarked JAPAN. Self shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#11 Beetle on Sheet Overlay
Hand-painted enamel-fired insect on sheet overlay glass. Fancy prong setting in the gilt metal mount. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#12 Gaumond Garden
A bright-eyed yellow bird and its two hungry newly hatched youngsters are nestled in a lavish garden in this gorgeous paperweight by artist Mary Gaumond. Signed and dated 2014. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#13 Basket By Hope
On a large basketweave-patterned, wooden sew-thru button, artist Hope Boltz added painted details to create the effect of a flower basket. Signed along with the dedication “To Sister.” Est. selling price is $30-60.
#14 Bird on a Branch Matte Enamel
Lovely and large matte enamel of a bird, with wings upraised, either just landing on the branch or taking off. Pink blooms on leafy branches encircle the bird. Steel jeweled border in the gilt metal. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#15 Robin Engraving
A red-breasted robin perched on a branch on natural material by scrimshaw artist Wahaba. Her signature W is on the front lower right. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#16 Lacy Glass Quartet
Four Div. I lacy glass including a scarce small oval, a small silver and black design, a medium with faux looped cord design, and a triploid clover design with bands of silver. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#17 Lily-of-the-Valley Watch Crystal
A square watch crystal design with lily-of-the-valley reverse painted over a pearl chip and mica background. By artist Nancy DuBois. Signed ND and dated 1996 on the reverse. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#18 Drum and Stage Satsuma
A da-daiko drum, used for Bugaku dance performances with Gagaku (Japanese court music), is shown on a decorated platform (stage) on this old Satsuma ceramic as a blooming cherry tree fills the air with snow petals. See similar examples in Satsuma Buttons and Buckles by Nishida and Allen, p. 263. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#19 Shell Cameo Scene with Steels
Large cameo carved shell depicts a female figure, structures, and trees. Prong mounted in brass with a border of cut steel jewels. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#20 Two Orchids and a Mum
Three magenta blooms on three black bodied Arita porcelains include two orchids and a chrysanthemum. One orchid button is rectangular shaped. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#21 Arita Butterflies
Two Arita porcelain buttons: a realistic shaped butterfly and a square shape decorated with two butterflies and purple blooms. Both are backmarked. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#22 Aurora Lacy Glass
A lovely and unusual Div. I lacy glass with pink and white back paint features metallic blue and gold luster on the front wavy molded surface creating an aurora effect. Reverse silver paint is essentially intact. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#23 Deluxe Pastoral Painting
A charming early to mid 19th century gouache painting under glass of a shepherdess and her admirer in a pastoral setting. Painted in 18th century style on natural material. Set in silver with a silver rope border. Est. selling price is $400-600.
#24 Rose Basket
Gorgeously painted Rococo watercolor on natural material under glass, basket of roses with a blue bow. Tooled gilt rim and brass back. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#25 Abalone Butterfly in Silver
Brilliantly colored abalone shell inlay fills the surface of this silver realistic butterfly. Backmarked MEXICO ALPACA. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#26 Realistic Arita Mum Blossom
Lovely magenta shading on the many petals of this realistic chrysanthemum bloom in Arita porcelain. Backmarked TK within a circle. Self shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#27 Amethyst and Green Jewel
A center row of green pastes and nine amethyst pastes embellish this openwork design in copper with faux filigree stamping from the late 19th century. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#28 Limoges Butterfly
Foil-embedded butterfly. Textured foil shape fired onto cobalt-enameled base, with colored enamels fired onto foil. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#29 Morning Glories Japanese Enamel
A beautiful Japanese repoussé silver and enamel button featuring three colors of morning glory blooms and varying shades of foliage. Elongated silver shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#30 Coralene Glass Irises
Coralene glass overlay on Victorian milk glass depicts iris blooms. Gilt rim has one very wee nick at about 12:00. Originally from the Jane Ford Adams (JFA) collection. Four-way brass shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#31 Iris Satsuma Triangle
Rare triangle shape with purple iris on this medium Satsuma. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#32 Steel Sickle and Wheat
A beautifully detailed brass cut-out sheaf of wheat embellished with a steel sickle shape and steel jewels on the border for this openwork design. The sickle and sheath were oft used resurrection symbols in the Victorian age. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#33 Bridge and Tower Micromosaic
Exquisite and very fine micromosaic scene with stone bridge and tower set within a red glass border. Note how the water under the bridge shows the reflection of the bridge’s arches. Gold mount with quality pinch mark on the shank. Shown in “Buttons” by Epstein and Safro, pg. 125. Est. selling price is $400-600.
#34 Dorchester Pottery
Americana schoolhouse or country church transfer scene on glazed stoneware from the Dorchester Pottery Works near Boston, MA. Designed and signed by Knesseth Denisons. This family run company, founded in 1895, continued operating until 1979, long past other commercial New England potteries had closed. Knesseth Denison was an artist employed by the company during the 50s. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#35 Small Bird Enamel Duo
Two choice small enamels with bird designs. An early one-piece white enamel with colorful handpainted bird and raised border scrolls has a rolled rim and counter-enameling. A blackbird silhouette scene is over a basse taille background of peach sky and blue water. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#36 Brooks Thistle
A perky thistle design in pink and greens handpainted on light blue casein by the mid-century English artist couple, Edith and Alan Brooks. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#37 Morning Glories Enamel
Lovely openwork enamel of morning glories climbing above and beyond a fence to the beautiful border of blued cut steel jewels. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#38 Georgian Goldstone Jewel
From the Georgian era of the late 18th and early 19th century comes this striking goldstone button with sparkling outer paste border and multiple pastes forming a flower center. Silver mount with silver shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#39 Thistle Jewel
Fabulous Victorian-era paste jewel with colorless, emerald-green, and amethyst pastes in silver or silvered mount. Est. selling price is $400-600.
#40 Goodyear Pansies
Rare pictorial rubber sew-thru depicting a ring of pansies or violets. Backmarked “Novelty Rubber Co.” in embossed letters. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#41 18th-C Threadwork
A three-color radial wound threadwork pattern bordered by a fourth color of maroon silk thread is formed over a thin wood disk for this late 18th century design. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#42 Motiwala Filigree Birds
Handmade gold-plated silver filigree from the Motiwala company of India features two love birds together on a branch. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#43 Pietra Dura
Five white petals, a dark center, and the leaf form a Black-eyed Susan of the vining variety. Large oval pietra dura (stone inlaid in stone) in a handsome silverplated mount. Est. selling price is $400-600.
#44 18th-C Octagonal Copper
Handsome octagonal copper with gilded inner border features beautiful hand wrought chasing and two overlapping squares forming an eight-point star within the octagonal shape. Est. selling price is $400-600.
#45 Etched Parrot on Steel
Large and lovely steel in mint condition with acid etched and gilded parrot resting on a leafy branch. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#46 Lacy Glass Duo
Two medium clear glass Div. I lacy buttons. One has a four-leaf clover design with teal coloring and no reverse paint. The other has orange back coloring and fully intact silver reverse paint. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#47 Jeweled Peacock Eye
Beautiful domed peacock eye glass jewel with foil background prong set in brass with a border of paste jewels. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#48 Pearl Peacock with Pearl
Fabulous carved Bethlehem pearl featuring a peacock with fully fanned tail embellished with a real pearl cabochon. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#49 Orange Enamel Liberty
A Liberty & C. rare orange colored enamel on silver Arts and Crafts. Backmark L&C, CYMRIC with Birmingham city mark and date mark of 1902. Characteristic Liberty & Co. silver shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#50 Foil Eye Black Glass Ball
Small Division I black glass ball with inset foil peacock eye with interesting striping color in amber and gold. Brass loop and plate shank. Est. selling price is $10-30.
#51 Peacock Feather Habitat
A real peacock feather encased under glass and rimmed in copper by H.G. Wessel. Reverse signed HGW with wire shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#52 Peacock Shibayama
Modern Shibayama in natural material features a relief inlay peacock display in other natural materials including the bird’s fabulous carved iridescent abalone shell tail. Engraved and tinted detail for the grasses and flower bloom. A stress crack at 5:00 on the rim continues a bit on the reverse. Self peg shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#53 Peacock Eye Gay 90s
A peacock eye centers the design of this openwork Gay 90s with a border of ribbons and leaves. From the late 19th or early 20th century. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#54 A Swan and an Iris
Fabulous Art Nouveau era button featuring a gilded swan and an iris on the darkened metal. The foliage of the large iris bloom and the swan’s wing shape the border. The button is also found with a shell background and was made for French designer Jacques Doucet, who created designs for actresses of the time, including Sara Bernhardt. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#55 Arts & Crafts Enameled Silver
Large enameled silver design by William Hair Haseler, who formed a partnership in the 1890s with Arthur Liberty and launched their Cymric silver line. This button features beautiful aqua and teal colored enamel and a center pearl. Backmarked W.H.H. with Birmingham city and date mark of 1906. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#56 Lavender Eye Jewel
Lavender foil eye jewel design under glass mounted in brass with paste jewel border decorated with tiny brass bead extensions. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#57 Comma Arts & Crafts Enamel
Unusual Arts and Crafts silver with enameled “commas.” London city and maker’s hallmarks on the front with date mark for 1903. (Additional info since catalog printing: Maker was Florence and Louisa Rimmington, a niece and aunt collaboration.) Est. selling price is $200-400.
#58 Arts & Crafts Plique
Plique a jour enamel flowers glow from a hand-cut & hand-engraved silverplated armature. Est. selling price is $600-1500.
#59 Peacock Eye Steel Velvet Back
A prong mounted peacock eye jewel centers this cut-steel jewel design backed with black velvet. Other steel jewel velvet backs can be seen BBB PL 29-1 and 2. The velvet has lost much of its nap. Painted silvered reverse with brass loop shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#60 Related Bird Pair
Two medium porcelains feature a different pair of birds on each. Transfer designs with handpainted detail. Gold luster rims. Self shanks. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#61 Rabbit Watch Crystal
This oval shaped watch crystal by artist Nancy DuBois features a reverse painted rabbit against the pearl and mica chip background. Reverse is signed and dated NB 1996. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#62 Tole Dish Shape
Black lacquered metal dish shape engraved and painted with a long-legged bird and birdhouse structure. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#63 Lady in Red Bonnet
Painted porcelain portrait of a pretty lady wearing a red bonnet is prong mounted on brass and applied to a steel back with a border of spindle shape steel jewels interspersed with round steel jewels. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#64 Fruit and Flowers
Three medium buttons include a red bakelite raspberry, a Weeber celluloid of lilac blooms, and a wood with ivoroid escutcheon of grapes and foliage. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#65 Birds, Nest, and Eggs
This medium brass features two birds at their nest with eggs against an engraved tole darkened background. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#66 Miniature Portrait Gallery
Ten small enamel portraits mounted in brass borders and one diminutive enamel portrait, all unique. The buttons come mounted on an antique postcard of the drawing room of the International Eastern Star Temple in Washington, D.C. One portrait wears a veil in her hair. Several wear hats, including one with a wide brimmed reddish hat and jacket to match, who is the only fellow in the group. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#67 Wax Resist Lily of the Valley
A bone button with a delicate wax resist image of lily-of-the-valley on the sepia dyed background. Gilt finish applied to enhance the image. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#68 Georgian Porcelain
Hand-painted Continental porcelain with hand-painted purple asters. Paste-jeweled pin-shank with silvered dome-shaped shank plate. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#69 Jeweled and Enameled Iris
Large and deluxe openwork enameled iris with a glittering border of paste jewels in the silver or silvered metal quality framework. Est. selling price is $400-600.
#70 Sunflower French Tight
This eight-sided French Tight features a sunflower on a bamboo trellis against a textured background. Four steel jewels embellish the design. Reverse backmarked T.W.&W HM PARIS BREVETTE. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#71 A Tulip and a Lily Aritas
A realistic shaped tulip bloom and a blue glazed rectangle with a lily, both in Arita porcelain. Both are backmarked. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#72 A Potted Iris
A large brass featuring a potted iris in relief, by Faith Strobel. Signed F.S. on the reverse. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#73 Elegant Carnation
This pretty openwork brass features a silver painted carnation and paste jewels embellishing the border. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#74 Black Glass Jewel Gay 90’s
A faceted black glass jewel tops this openwork brass decorated with both steel jewels and four small black glass jewels. Paint finish applied on the outer border. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#75 Jeweled Related Pair Portraits
Two pretty lady lithograph portraits set under glass and framed with a border of paste jewels on these oval buttons. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#76 Small Wedgwood Domed Medallion
This Wedgwood jasperware with dome shape features a daisy petaled medallion and roped rim design. Backmark WEDGWOOD. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#77 Georgian Five Hole Natural Material
Early five hole polished bone with turned rings from the late 18th or early 19th century. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#78 Portrait Transfer Porcelain
A transfer portrait on a rectangular porcelain button with hand painted scrolls around the border. Signed and dated on the reverse JB 91. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#79 Velvet Back Steel Cup
Brown velvet backing for this conventional brass design mounted in a steel cup. Steel jewels, including a spindle shape, embellish the brass. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#80 A & C Turquoise Spindle
Spindle shaped turquoise gemstone mounted with stylized prongs in the yellow metal mount on this Arts & Crafts era button. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#81 Pottery Group
Four pinshank Norwalk pottery buttons sized small to medium, and one small purple toned glazed pottery of unknown origin. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#82 Garnet, Enamel, and Seed Pearls
A fine early 19th century deluxe silver or silvered metal openwork design with garnet jeweled center, aqua enamel on the spokes, and tiny seed pearls inset in the border. Heavy wire U shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#83 18th-C Ice Skaters
A playful and humorous 18th century painting under glass of three boys skating on the ice. One appears to be shivering in the effort, one plays with his shadow, and perhaps the other is catching sunbeams as they make their way around the ice. Gilt copper rim. Est. selling price is $600-1500.
#84 18th-C Royal Copenhagen
Large 18th century white pierced porcelain button made by the Royal Copenhagen factory. Reverse shows backmark of three wavy blue lines and four-way self shank. Est. selling price is $600-1500.
#85 Verbal Cat Livery
A hard to find image of a cat on a domed brass livery button, belonging to the Southerland family, with a motto “Without Fear.” Backmarked SIMPSON & SON, 63 SOUTH AUDLEY ST., LONDON. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#86 Porcelain Seasons Set
Set of four porcelains with transfer and hand-painted rural seasonal scenes. The buttons are still attached to a portion of the original French store card. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#87 Blue Burwood Penguin
Burwood penguin with original blue paint finish. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#88 Shell in Metal
A star-shaped escutcheon of cut steels embellishes carved grey oyster set in metal with a true rope-twist border. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#89 Winter Sport Scene Enamel
A rare square enameled button of a winter scene depicting two figures, one seated on a sled. Shown BBB PL 245-16. Steel jewels frame the scene along with an outer border of twisted wire. Est. selling price is $600-1500.
#90 Tingue Duo
A black glass octagonal hexagonal (!) tingue and a red glass square tingue. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#91 Etched Shell
Double flower blooms against the “most finely-lined etched background ever” on this iridescent shell. Two-hole sew-thru. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#92 Oval Turquoise Inlay
Quality button of turquoise stone inlaid within a silver wire design, not the typical matrix. Unmarked silver reverse with silver shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#93 Hamm Wood with Celluloid
Large Henri Hamm wood design with circles of red celluloid inset and pinned to the wood. Brass loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#94 Gilded Engraved Shell on Shell
A lovely white shell on dark shell overlay, both with gold filled engraving. Steel jewels border the diamond shape white shell. Two-hole sew-thru. Est. selling price is $10-30.
#95 Old Beadwork
Old beadwork featuring tiny glass beads sewn all over the surface with colors creating a butterfly design. The button is constructed of a silk fabric covering a metal mold. Reverse shows silk gathered fabric and the brass wire loop shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#96 Turquoise Spindle Lacy Glass
Lovely and rare Div. I spindle shape turquoise lacy glass. Inner back paint gives the glass a green color. Both gold paint and silver luster enhance the surface design. Four-way brass shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#97 Day and Night Glass in Metal
A floral brass button with both white glass and black glass insets. The white glass is finished with aurora luster. Est. selling price is $10-30.
#98 Fleur de Lys Gay 90s
Four fleur de lys bracket a green over pink glass cabochon with embedded foil in an openwork Gay 90s highlighted with diamond and peridot pastes. Late 19th or early 20th century. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#99 Georgian Kite Fliers
Early 19th century decoupage and watercolor city scene with two figures flying a kite. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#100 Glass Owl Head in Brass
A caramel glass owl head in relief mounted in yellow metal rim and gilded reverse. Pink glass eyes and painted detail enhance the owl. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#101 Gin Bari Butterflies
Exquisite butterfly decorated Gin Bari enamel mounted in silver with a scalloped rim. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#102 Burwood/Syrocco Dragon
A fierce dragon in molded wood composition. Inserted metal loop shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#103 Georgian Golden Cockerel
Gold and silver form a detailed image of a golden cockerel crowing at the morning sun. From the late 18th or early 19th century. Early swaged-in shank. Est. selling price is $600-1500.
#104 Gin Bari Morning Glories
A beautiful Gin Bari enamel featuring two morning glories in different colors. Mounted in silver with a silver shank. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#105 Early Silver Jewels
Two small early silver repoussé buttons. One is set with a sparkling green jewel (possibly peridot gemstone) in a beaded bezel mount and marcasite border. The other is centered with a clear paste, possibly quartz. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#106 V.I. Group
Five small to medium Vegetable Ivory buttons including a molded pinwheel design with paste center, a stenciled tile pattern, a hexagon with inset pearl center, a molded triploid pattern sew-thru, and a stenciled daisy scene whistle shank. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#107 Carved V.I. with Brass and Steel
A deeply carved Vegetable Ivory decorated with a brass cross escutcheon and center prong-mounted faceted steel jewel. Est. selling price is $10-30.
#108 Paper Mache Rebus
“I Love You” states this oval paper mache Rebus pictorial originating from Russia. Handpainted, beautifully lacquered, signed and dated 2004 on the reverse. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#109 Horse French Tight
A large and desirable French Tight depicting a horse gazing over a fence. Nice detail. Brass reverse with self shank. Backmark SOLIDAIRE BTE. S.G.D.G., A P & CIE PARIS. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#110 Silver Jensen Horse Head
Small sterling silver button with a horse head designed by Danish silversmith Georg Jensen. Backmarks DENMARK with Georg Jensen logo marks and silver quality marks. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#111 18th-C Screen Face
A fine copper mesh screen decorates the surface of this 18th century button. Rimmed in gilt copper, the button has a coiled thread reverse. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#112 Golden Horse Bimini
This large modified spindle shaped Bimini glass features a golden horse on the gilt finished “thumbprint” depression. Backplate with backmark MADE IN ENGLAND with potted tree logo. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#113 18th-C Pastoral Battersea Enamel
Here is a most desirable enamel, the superb pastoral cow scene from the Battersea factory. This late 18th century painted enamel on copper with counter enameled back depicting two cows in a meadow is framed with gold rococo scrolls on the pink border. Est. selling price is $1500-3000.
#114 Jeweled Horse
A stallion, perhaps a Lipizzan, in legs-off-the-ground gallop is enameled on black glass claw-set in metal (one claw gone). Openwork scalloped border of cut steels. (One wee chip near the glass rim at 11:00.) Est. selling price is $100-200.
#115 Small Black Glass Pictorials Group
Five small Div. I aurora lustered black glass pictorials including a leaping stag and dog, an elephant, a lion head, two birds perched on a bird house, and a rat eyeing a turnip. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#116 Artic and Other Carvings
A group of natural material carvings, most of northern Artic origin. Included are a polar bear head with carved self loop shank, a rectangular carving of a walrus on an ice floe with self shank, a realistic seal with brass loop shank, a realistic elephant with brass loop shank, a large realistic lion with self shank, and two large polar bear face trim pieces (trim hole attachment in the ears). Est. selling price is $100-200.
#117 Black Stallion Portrait
A black stallion’s portrait, beautifully painted by Russian artist V. Romanov on this large wood with lacquer finish. Two rings of coppery gold luster decorate the border. Signed and dated 2002 on the reverse. Also backmarked with the Golden Cockerel logo. Wire shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#118 18th-C Silver Sporting Horse
A rare 18th century large Sterling silver sporting button featuring a finely engraved horse. The reverse is marked E.R. with an additional backmark. Heavy gauge shank. Est. selling price is $1500-3000.
#119 DuBois Cow
Nancy Dubois’ engraved and gilded pinna shell, embellished with silver wire. The back is signed, dated & numbered (1 of 5), and the cow is quoted: “Mooooooo.” Est. selling price is $100-200.
#120 Work Clothes Group
Six small to medium verbal work clothes buttons including Liberty Denver, Klink, Our Wheeler, Big B Brand, Fincks Red Bar, and The Lark. Wobble and stationery loop shanks. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#121 A Butterfly and a Tulip
Natural horn with butterfly and tulip flower inlay in pearl, silver, and brass. Inserted brass loop shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#122 Turquoise Studded Peasant Silver
Interesting peasant silver with alternating rows of petal shaped bands and bezel mounted blue and green turquoise jewels around the circumference while a single jewel crowns the top. 19 jewels in all. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#123 Peasant Silver Dangles
Pierced silver cup with chased handwork design and wire scrolled border. A chain and flat disk dangles from each scroll. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#124 Peasant Silver Duo
Two peasant silver including a two-part dome with wire filigree, turquoise jewels, and paint decoration. Also, a heavy silver Maltese design with attached toggle. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#125 Big Salt Glazed Swirlback
A rare medium salt glazed black glass swirlback. Brass wire loop shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#126 Dancing Doll Animated Studs
This pair of brass rimmed under glass studs feature “jiggling” dancing figures. The cut paper dolls with a unique wire and nail stud mechanism are thought to have been made in 18th-C France and later utilized in these late 19th-C studs, according to an article by Peggy Ann Osborne, NBB October 1987, p. 137-139. The dolls’ foil dresses have fallen to the background over the years, and they now dance in their underpinnings. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#127 Jester Head Steel Cup
Jester head with original tint applied to a textured background and steel cup with faceted rim decoration. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#128 Clown and Dog
Colorful emaux peints enamel of a little dog leaping thru a hoop held by a clown in a colorful Harlequin costume. Est. selling price is $200-400.
#129 Circus Seal Under Glass
Circus performing seal is the feature of this watercolor and ink illustration by artist Tim Miller. Under glass with silver rim and silver reverse. Signed on the reverse APACHE with symbol and .925 quality mark. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#130 Unicycle Rider
Silver or silvered metal design features a female rider on her one-wheeled velocipede equipped with a front lantern and . . . an unrecognizable “bell and whistle” at the back end. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#131 Big Niello Fan
An openwork border and a pair of Siam dancers decorate this pretty silver fan. Quality marked. Est. selling price is $30-60.
#132 Asian Tumbler
A young girl performs her gymnastic stunt on this engraved carving in natural fossilized material. Five colors of tint were used to accentuate the engraved areas. Self peg shank. Est. selling price is $100-200.
#133 Handpainted Ballet Dancer
A lacquered wood painting from a Russian artist features a dancing ballerina. Gold curtains and stage set the scene. Signed and dated ‘96 on the lower right front. Inserted wire U-shank. Est. selling price is $60-100.
#134 Head of an Asian Woman
Flat silvered brass disk features the high-relief head of an Asian woman, her hair decorated with a steel fan-shaped comb. Est. selling price is $30-60.
