Laotian Woman Bronze Head Bust by Thanh Le NGuyen
A unique item from the Vietnam war era featuring a Laotian woman bronze bust sculpture made by Nguyen Thanh Le that was presented as a gift in September 1969 to Brigadier General Homer K. Hansen by Major General Tran Van Minh, commander of the VNAF (South Vietnam Air Force). Nguyen Thanh Le was a Vietnamese artisan, graduate of the Bien Hoa Fine Arts School, who sold her sculptures and other works of art to mainly military personnel from a shop on Thu Do Street in the former Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City. These works later found their way to the US and France as military personnel went back home.
This Laotian woman bust of a young woman shows her beautiful features, unique hair style and ornate earrings.
Dimensions:
Height: 31 cm (12.20 inches)
Width: 9 cm (3.54 inches)
Weight: 5.4 Kg (11.90 lbs)
November 4th WW1 Memorial Plaque By Egidio Boninsegna
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November 4th is celebrated and commemorated in Italy as the end of World War 1, the day of Armistice at Villa Giusti. Italy lost in WW1 over 500,000 soldiers. This rare bronze plaque was sculpted by one of Milan's most famous sculptures in the early to mid 20th century: Egidio Boninsegna. The memorial plaque depicts an angel carrying to a tomb a half-draped male soldier accompanies by his mourning wife and two children bidding him a final farewell and another man holding the ends of the drape. Both the angel and the fallen soldier show deep, hollowed-out eyes, indicating the suffering and grief caused by the war. The angel is sitting on a slab with the writing Ignoto Militi, the unknown soldier. In the background is a great memorial tomb complete with fluted columns and another frieze of mourning figures. The artist Egidio Boninsegna is best known for the creation of numerous tombs for the Monumental Cemetery and the Musocco Cemetery in Milan. He also sculpted the monument dedicated to the Milanese painter Filippo Carcano in 1915.
This November 4th Italian memorial cast bronze plaque is rare in this excellent condition. It is fastened to a heavy wooden frame.
Dimensions:
Height: 48 cm (18.9 inches)
Width: 39 cm (15.35 inches)
Weight: 7.4 Kg (16.31 lbs)
Hella Car Headlight Desk Lamp
A unique and one of a kind industrial desk lamp made of brass and a headlight made by the Hella car lighting company in Germany. The desk lamp is with a nice and rough finish and patina just like we like it.
On the glass the writing is: E1/4414/Hella/4-77606/Made in Germany
This industrial lighting style desk lamp works and is fitted electrically with a type C 2.5 amperes power plug with on/off switch button. This can easily be changed to your local electric system by any electrician.
Dimensions:
Height: 41 cm (16.14 inches)
Base width: 24 cm (9.44 inches)
Lamp diameter: 16 cm (6.30 inches)
World War One Trench Art Knives Set
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A set of World War 1 trench art knives made by American, British, German and possibly French or Belgium soldiers between 1914-1918 during the constant bombardments across the trench lines.
This unique set includes the following items from top to bottom as shown in the photos:
British Trench Art Knife From The First World War
American World War One Trench Art Knife
Trench Art Knife From WW1 1914
German World War One Trench Art Knife
German Trench Art WW1 Knife
These are all unique and one of a kind items.
American World War One Trench Art Knife
An American trench art knife or letter opener from World War 1 made of a metal fragment, probably from an artillery round. The US entered the First World War three years after it began and declared war officially on April 6th, 1917. This American trench art knife has the following writing on its blade: "Kill The German To Keep Our Freedom".
Length: 21.5 cm (8.46 inches)
Trench Art Knife From WW1 1914
A trench art knife or letter opener made in 1914 probably during the siege of the fortified city of Namur in Belgium between August 20-25, 1914, when German and Austro-Hungarian forces fought and defeated the defending Belgium and French forces. Like many other trench art items this knife is made of an artillery shell fragment which can be seen from the ridges in the handle. On one side of the ricasso "1914" is etched and on the other side "Namur" is etched, hence associating this trench art knife to the time period of the siege.
The knife length is 17 cm (6.70 inches).
German Trench Art WW1 Knife
A German trench art WW1 knife made by a soldier from a shell fragment of an artillery round showing a small section of the copper driving band. The trench art knives in which the artillery shell copper driving band has been incorporated in the design of the knife make them very desireable with collectors of militaria trench art. These were very popular souvenir items during the First World War and during the post war battle field tourism boom.
On the blade is the slogan: Mein Blud Fur Mein Ehre (My blood for my honor)
In the German cross: Ich Bin Treu (I am loyal)
On the handle: Ich Helfe Dir Weiter (I will help you further)
Length: 21 cm (8.26 inches)
Double Headed Wooden Horse On Wheels
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A folk art double headed wooden horse on wheels that twists and reveals two compartments in the horse's base.
A beautiful piece of hand carved wood made most likely in India for a child in the early 20th century.
One of the horse heads is a bit cracked and the piece shows its overall age of a hundred year old item.
Dimensions:
Height: 45 cm (17.71 inches)
Width: 64 cm (25.20 inches)
Shoulder width with wheels: 26 cm (10.23 inches)
Indonesian Kris Dagger Wooden Masterpiece
A beautiful masterpiece of wood work on this Indonesian Kris dagger with a mythological god on the hilt and other mythological faces and decorations on the scabbard. This Kris dagger has the characteristic wavy blade and the distinctive blade-patterning achieved through alternating lamination of iron and nickelous iron (pamor) originating from a meteor. The hilt-to-blade fitting is made of copper or brass with some jem-like rocks.
Dimensions:
With scabbard: 64 cm (25.20 inches)
Without scabbard: 49 cm (19.30 inches)
Elliott Brothers Instruments Set
A unique collectible from the Victorian era in England. This is an Elliot Brothers charting instruments set in a mahogany wood box which belonged to G.B. Chalon. His name appears on a small plaque on the box and on some of the instruments inside. The instrument set which was used either for nautical map charting, mathematics or engineering drawing includes what we think are all of the original items with a lift out tray. This charting set includes ivory handles on some of the instruments especially the protractor (ruler) which is all in ivory. The ivory protractor, marked: Elliot 449 Strand London, is therefore presumably made after the company moved to their Strand St. location in about 1867. The two slots in the protractor were for a ribbon so that the naval officer or other user could wear it round his neck.
This is a fantastic antique Victorian era collectible for those who love scientific or nautical/naval/maritime items.
Dimension: 19 cm x 9.5 cm (7.48 inches x 3.74 inches)
Singing Bird Mechanical Box By MMM Germany
A unique and mesmerizing piece of old world craftsmanship at its best. This singing bird mechanical box is made by MMM (Mechanische Musikwerke Manufaktur) of Triberg Germany, the company that purchased the Karl Griesbaum company that specialized in these items from 1905-1980. MMM continues to make the singing bird boxes with the same tools and techniques since 1990. The box is made of plated silver or alpaca silver (nickel silver).
The mechanism of this singing bird music box is all made by hand and is completely mechanical without any use of speakers or electronics. Comes with the wooden box case.
DO NOT FORCE THE LID TO OPEN OR CLOSE. IF YOU MOVE THE BUTTON AND NOTHING HAPPENS OR IT STOPS IN THE MIDDLE IT NEEDS TO BE WINDED UP WITH THE KEY.
Dimensions:
Big Box:
Height: 7.5 cm
Width: 14.5 cm
Depth: 10.5 cm
Singing Box:
Height: 5.5 cm
Width: 10.5 cm
Depth: 7.5 cm
Charleston Rice History Commemorative Plaque
This plaque commemorates the first successful rice planting in the Charleston South Carolina colony in the 1670's starting the rice growing culture of the South known as Madagascar gold. The plaque was approved by the Historic Commission of Charleston South Carolina. The plaque is attached to a thick slice of an olive tree trunk.
Dimensions:
Metal plaque:
Height: 40.5 cm (15.94 inches)
Width: 30.5 cm (12 inches)
Wood plaque:
Height: 70 cm (27.55 inches)
Width: 64.5 cm (25.39 inches)
Weight: 18 kg (39.68 lbs)