Artifactual History Appraisal

MAY 6, 2020

GLASS DECORATIVE ITEMS AND TABLEWARE/BARWARE: A. How to photograph so an expert can see: Cut glass versus pressed – hard to see in photos. Shoot a close up of bottom, there, look for these features: Pontil mark, which is where the glass blower would have attached his blow rod. Look for a fraction or number. Provenance Paint?

Appraiser/appraisal 130

Appraiser/appraisal Antiques and Decorative Arts Photography Glass 130

Invaluable

MARCH 26, 2025

Repetitive patterns made their way into Gothic-era stained glass, like the western rose window of Chartres Cathedral. Leonardo Da Vinci – Hombre Vitruviano, Lithograph. Almost concurrently Christian art and architecture also began to rely on these sacred shapes to c ultivate harmonious creations in line with the universe.

Maker/Artist 52

Maker/Artist Prints Lithographs Paintings 52

Invaluable

APRIL 28, 2025

What started from the homes and studios of a radical group of artists and designers in 1860s England would prize beauty above all else as they sought to escape the ugliness and materialism of the Industrial Age. Whistler, Nocturne in Blue and Gold: Old Battersea Bridge, color lithograph, c.

Antiques and Decorative Arts 40

Antiques and Decorative Arts Furniture Maker/Artist Textiles 40