Friday, July 22, 2011

These are a few of my favorite things part 1

Cupid presenting a rose to a butterfly c 1802

"These are a few of my favorite things" Most of the items are in major museums and a few lesser items I have been lucky to acquire over the years, enjoy.

17th century painted panels in Frencch chateau


Charles X painted panel "Night"

Jacob Petit Paris porcelain incest burner   

Corner of a 18th century French ceiling

18th century collage portrait of a New Orleans Free people of color

18th century fan celebrating the marriage of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI

Detail of 18th century fan celebrating the marriage of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI

Detail of 18th century fan celebrating the marriage of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI

Detail of 18th century fan celebrating the marriage of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI

Detail of 18th century fan celebrating the marriage of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI

Detail of 18th century fan celebrating the marriage of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI

Fine 18th century boiseries panel

My 18th century Sentimental jewelry of French Drag Queen

18th c Green & Gold church altar Brignoles Fr

Fine 18th century Sèvres Vase



My Heart shaped 18th c Old Paris tray


18th c snuff box

My 18th century Paris porcelain coffee can painted with bugs and butterfly's





Canova Angel

Creole pointing at watermelon

A Antebellum New Orleans full tester baby bed

Marie Antoinette's cameo and ruby bracelet

My pair of Empire Paris porcelain bird plates

1820's Old Paris cabinet plate with "free woman of color"

1820's Old Paris porcelain tray painted with a reserve of "Paul & Virginia"

Jacob Petit Paris porcelain bottle in the shape of a crown

1830's portrait of a French boy with a dog

My Jacob Petit Paris porcelain clock of a Turkish Santana



My 1840's Louis Philippe style Old Paris cigar ashtray

My pair of 1840's Asian inspired Paris porcelain vases



My pair of 1840's Asian inspired Paris porcelain vases



My 1850's Mississippi oil painting

My 1850's Old Paris porcelain & gold pendent




My 1850's Old Paris porcelain & gold portrait brooch



My 1850's French citrine & gold stick pin



A Empire colored engraving of a angel

A collection of Classical Paris Porcelain

Louis XVI and family in the Temple


 
The "Angel of Truth" ca 1817 Facade of the First Unitarian church Baltimore, MD



Antoine Jacques Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville of New Orleans 1833


Antoine Jacques Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville of New Orleans 1833

Antonio Canova in his studio with Henry Trseham & Plaster model for his sculpture of cupid awakening Psuche

Daedalus and Icarus by Charles Paul Landon 1799