http://www.aileenminor.comNewly Listed Antique Inventory from Aileen Minor. Antique American Classical Furniture, Curtain Pins, Tiebacks, Garden Antiques, and Decorative Antiques.enCopyright 2009Pair of small baskets of stone fruit, cast stone with decorative marble aggregate, in an interesting design. Early 20th century. 11 inches high, 13 inches wide.
Dated: Early 20th C.
Price: $1200 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1303All ProductsUnusual and charming diorama of a country house and garden, gouache with real moss and foliage applied and windows of isinglass, in original three inch gold leaf frame and glass with original wood backboards. 19th century. 20 1/2 inches H. and 28 3/4 inches W.
Dated: 19TH C.
Price: $650 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1302All ProductsPair of unusual hexagonal cast stone planter pots with aggregate decoration, old patina. 9 1/2 inches high, 14 1/2 inches wide. English, early 20th century. Pair.$550.
Dated: Early 20th C.
Price: $550 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1301All ProductsSet of four lattice design round planter pots, cast stone, 13 inches high and 13 inches wide.These are an unusual design. English, early 20th century. Sold as a set of four for $1200. the set.
Dated: Early 20th C.
Price: $1200 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1300All ProductsLion head wall fountains, two available, square form with lion head, plumbed with copper pipe for fountain from lion's mouth. English, early 20th century. 12 inches high, 11 1/2 inches wide. $295. each.
Dated: Early 20th C.
Price: $295 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1299All ProductsBeautiful antique 19th century cast iron garden bench in the Passion Flower pattern labeled in casting on the seat Kramer Bros. Dayton, Ohio. This design is one of the early beautiful botanical designs exactly depicting a passion flower vine. This curved bench measures 34 inches high, 39 inches wide and 28 inches deep. The arms terminate in bird heads.
Dated: late 19th century
Price: $3000 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1298All ProductsRare pair of swan benches, cast iron swans with wood slat seats, 19th century. A beautiful graceful swan design with excellent detail to the casting. An example of this bench is in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum's garden antiques.
Dated: Mid 19TH C.
Price: $11000 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1296All ProductsAntique cast iron jockey hitching post on square base in original old painted red and white silks, late 19th or early 20th century. 47 inches high. American.
Dated: late 19th or early 20th C..
Price: $2200 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1295All ProductsLarge Scottie dog doorstop, heavy cast iron painted silver, with collar, circa 1920. 11 inches high, 6 inches deep, 3 1/2 inches wide. $250.
Dated: circa 1920
Price: $250 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1294All ProductsLarge wirework compote, round with rolled edge on pedestal base. 19th century. 9 inches high and 12 inches wide. $$195.
Dated: 19TH C.
Price: $195 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1293All ProductsAntique cast iron boot scraper mounted in large stone block. This would be placed near an entry door with the block of stone mostly buried exposing the scraper or the block could simply be placed near an entry door.
Dated: Early 19th c.
Price: $650 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1292All ProductsCharming and unusual cast iron gnome figure,a frontal casting, with original paint. This would be perfect focal point in a cottage garden. 27 inches high, 14 inches wide, and 6 inches deep. $750.
Dated: 19TH C
Price: $750 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1291All ProductsAntique cast iron 'Double Scotties' door stop in original paint. 7 inches high, 8 3/4 inches wide, 3 inches deep. $135.
Dated: C.1920
Price: $135 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1290All ProductsAntique cast iron horse doorstop in old black and white paint, by Hubley Mfg. Co. 10 inches high, 11 inches wide.$175.
Dated: C. 1020
Price: $175 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1289All ProductsPair of cast iron sitting greyhounds, painted white and black, with collars, on rectangular bases. 29 1/4 inches high, 7 1/2 inches wide, on bases 9 1/2 inches deep and 8 1/2 inches wide. Unusual. Pair $950.
Dated: 20th C.
Price: $950 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1285All ProductsAntique patinated brass sundial mounted on antique square column with round base of cast stone. The dial reads 'GROW OLD ALONG WITH ME THE BEST IS YET TO BE' with the figure of Father Time. 40 inches high, 18 inch wide base. The dial is 11 7/8 inch diameter. $375.
Dated: Early 20th C.
Price: $375 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1284All ProductsUnusual golf ball form sprinkler, aluminum, circa 1950. 9 inches high, 11 inches wide, and 7 inches deep. $95.
Dated: C. 1950
Price: $95 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1283All ProductsAntique setter dog weathervane, flattened full bodied copper, but complete, old patina. 31 inches wide. 14 inches high, 31 inches wide. $650.
Dated: Early 20th C.
Price: $650 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1282All ProductsLarge reclining whippet, in cast stone with crushed marble aggregate, lead collar, resting on plinth, antique. 21 inches high, 40 1/4 inches long, 13 1/4 inches deep. $2500.
Dated: Early 20th C.
Price: $2500 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1281All ProductsRare large cast iron cow with fence and grass doorstop, and with remains of old paint. 9 1/2 inches high and 16 inches wide. Circa 1920. $295.
Dated: C. 1920
Price: $295 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1280All ProductsHorse doorstop in original brown and black paint, mfg. by Hubley Co. circa 1920. 11 inches high, 12 inches wide. $235.
Dated: C. 1920
Price: $235 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1279All ProductsAntique cast iron horse head hitching post,19th century, with well defined musculature, ears, mane, eyes, nostrils and mouth, with bar between neck and chin, over decorative collar on fluted high post. 60 1/2 inches high, 6 inches wide. $1500.
Dated: 19TH C.
Price: $1500 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1278All ProductsUnusual carved marble flower with centered snail in marble block, architectural key stone. Perfect focal point for small garden. 17 1/2 inches high, 17 1/2 inches deep and wide. 19th century. $550.
Dated: 19TH C.
Price: $550 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1276All Products'Narcissus', basket of flowers in footed container, original paint, Hubley (266). 7 1/2 inches high, 7 inches wide. $195.
Dated: circa 1920
Price: $195 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1275All ProductsRare antique cast iron tree surround or seat in a beautiful anthemion or stylized palm leaf pattern, circa 1900. This bench provides unusual seating around a tree. This four piece seat or bench has been professionally cleaned, primed and repainted a soft green and is in beautiful condition. The four sections bolt together to form a circular seat. The opening in the center is 24 inches wide. The height of the back of the seat is 31 inches with the seat measuring 18 inches deep. The total width of the tree surround is 60 inches.
Dated: 1900-1920
Price: $3000 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1273All ProductsCharming antique mahogany high post doll bed, painted brown, with original mattress, two sheets and two pillow with two pillow cases, and the tulip pattern quilt. Posts with acorn finials. 13 inches high, 20 inches long, and 10 1/2 inches wide. $125.
Dated: late 19th or early 20th C..
Price: $125 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/furniture/inventory_details.cfm?item=1271All ProductsAntique cast iron doorstop depicting the 'Lion of Lucerne', a stone sculpture in Lucerne, Switzerland designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820. It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution., when revolutionaries stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris, France. Enscribed on base of door stop 'HELVETIORUM FIDEL AC VIRTUTE', To the loyalty and bravery of the Swiss. $350. f
Dated: late 19th or early 20th
Price: $350 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1270All ProductsAntique aluminum weather vane depicting golfer and picnic table with directionals. $450.
Dated: C. 1930-40
Price: $450 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1269All ProductsHeavy wrought iron garden arm chair with scroll back and arms, mesh seat and 'penny' feet, with custom cushion. Circa 1950. $395.
Dated: C. 1950
Price: $395 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1268All ProductsUnusual antique cast iron boot scraper, with scraper decorated with classical drape over oval fluted shell base, heavy weight. 19th century. 11 inches high, shell base 14 inches by 10 inches.$450.
Dated: Mid 19TH C.
Price: $450 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1267All ProductsAntique garden statue of St. Francis, terra cotta colored cast stone with light mossy surface. St Francis is holding a dove and has an egret at his feet. Very pleasing casting. 22 inches high, 8 inches wide. $95.
Dated: Early 20th C.
Price: $95 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1265All ProductsPorcelain convoluted bowl with black matt exterior and white interior. Labeled on bottom of bowl. 6 inches high, 6 3/4 inches wide. Mid 20th century. $75.
Dated: 20th century
Price: $75 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1263All ProductsUnusual and fine pair antique wrought iron and brass andirons with intricate leafage design with brass pine cone finial. Even the feet have fold leaf decoration. Heavy weight. Andirons are from the Gieskie Mansion, Baltimore, MD. 25 inches high, 21 inches deep. $550.
Dated: 19TH C.
Price: $550 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1261All ProductsFine antique 19th c. high brass and wire fireplace screen or fender, heavy weight, 24 1/2 inches high, 42 inches wide, and 12 inches deep. Fender from the Gieskie Mansion, Baltimore, MD. $695.
Dated: 19TH C.
Price: $695 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1260All ProductsAntique cast iron Curtain Pattern garden bench, labeled in casting Wm. Adams Fdy. 960 N. 9th St. Phila. Dated in casting 1916. 37 1/2 inches high, 46 inches wide. Has good surface of white paint over the original galvanizing coating. This pattern is a beautiful combination of Rennaissance Revivial and Gothic design patterns.
Dated: 1916
Price: $1900 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1259All ProductsRare pair of Woodbury Urns, two part, with lobed bowls with boldly cast classical lion's head handles with rings, cast with the urn, sitting on original hexagonal pedestals, 1860-1870, American. These urns were also called VENETIAN in some foundry catalogs. 39 1/2 inches high, bowl 19 inches wide, base 19 inches wide.
Dated: Circa 1860-70
Price: $7500 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1257All ProductsAntique set of six blown green glass wine glasses, English Regency, early 19th century. 5 1/4 inches high, 2 1/2 inch wide foot. Set $700.
Dated: Early 19th c.
Price: $700 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1251All ProductsRare set of six blown green glass flowers with gilt decoration mounted on large gilt brass leaves, antique curtain pins or tie backs, last half of 19th century. Original gilding and mounting hardware. Set of six pins $950.
Dated: second half 19th century
Price: $950 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/curtain-pins/inventory_details.cfm?item=1249All ProductsAntique classical form garden urn, large cast stone with granite mosaic exterior, early 20th c. Formerly in the garden of the Gieske Mansion, Catonsville, Maryland. A beautiful sculptural accent piece. 39 inches high and 23 inches wide. $950.
Dated: Early 20th C.
Price: $950 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1248All ProductsFour antique garden benches, cast stone with aggregate, three part,tops with egg and dart borders, mossy surface, supports in form of corbel scrolls. The tops are signed and dated on reverse side "MILLER NELSON INC. 1920" These benches were formerly in the rectory garden of St. Michaels'Church, Baltimore which is now closed.19 inches high, 59 1/2 inches wide and 20 inches deep. Four available. Each $1500. Shown supporting pair of cast stone dragon sculptures. See inventory item number 13668.
Dated: 1920
Price: $1500 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1247All ProductsPair of antique cast zinc flame finials painted white with round bases, and encircled with leafage decoration, circa 1900. These solid zinc architectural pieces are unusual and decorative. 12 inches high, 3 1/2 inches wide at base. Pair $225.
Dated: C.1900
Price: $225 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1246All ProductsAntique gilded shell, wall hung, heavy cast zinc, Italian, circa 1920. 12 inches high, 32 inches wide, and 14 inches deep. $395. Unusual piece to use indoor or outdoors. $395.
Dated: Early 20th C.
Price: $395 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1245All ProductsAntique brass and steel fireplace shovel, with brass finial and steel shaft and flared shovel with pinwheel openwork design cutout. 29 inches high. Shovel 5 inches wide. Late 19th century. Professionally polished. $60.
Dated: 19TH C.
Price: $60 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1244All ProductsAntique brass and steel fireplace tongs with large turned brass finial, shaft peened through finial, heavy weight, professionally polished. Early 19th century. 31 inches H. $75.
Dated: Early 19th c.
Price: $75 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1243All ProductsEarly 19th century fireplace tongs with large turned brass finial with multiple turnings, steel shafts peened throuh finial, traces of old black paint on shafts, heavy weight. 31 1/2 inches H. Professionally polished. $110.
Dated: Early 19th c.
Price: $110 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1242All ProductsUnusual solid brass door knocker in form of putter and golf ball. 5 inches H. 4 inches wide and 1 1/2 inches deep. $295.
Dated: circa 1940
Price: $295 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1240All ProductsTwo antique artist palettes, 'floated' in orange wood frame on black ground, circa 1900-1930, American. one 14 inches by 18 1/4 inches and the other 15 inches by 18 1/2 inches. Two framed palettes $675.
Dated: C. 1900-1930
Price: $675 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/fine-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1239All ProductsAntique brass and iron fireplace tongs, with turned brass finial, iron shafts, early 19th century. 25 inches high. $65.
Dated: Early 19th c.
Price: $65 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1238All ProductsExceptional set of ten mahogany gondola dining chairs derived from the 'chaise gondole' of the French Restauration style of 1815-1830, with a continuous stile and rail curvaceous construction and slip seats. Circa 1830. New York. Possibly by Joseph Meeks and Sons. Mahogany, beautifully figured mahogany veneers, with chestnut and poplar secondary woods. 33 inches H. 19 1/2 inches w. and 17 1/2 inches D. Similar gondola chairs are part of the furnishing of the Red Room of the White House. Ref: THE AMERICAN CHAIR by Robert Bishop, # 521. SOLD
Dated: c. 1835
Price: $ USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/furniture/inventory_details.cfm?item=1234All ProductsAntique copper and glass ceiling light, with leaded glass panels, electrified, weathered green patina, circa 1920. 9 1/2 inches high, 4 1/2 inches wide. $125.
Dated: circa 1920
Price: $125 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1232All ProductsAntique brass, steel and marble fire tool holder with turned brass finial and hooks for tools, steel shaft attached to antique marble square block base, scored to catch tools. 19th century. $700.
Dated: 19TH C.
Price: $700 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1231All ProductsSet of antique brass and steel fireplace tool set, tongs and shovel with 'banded ball' brass finials, circa 1830. Heavy weight, 31 inches long each tool. Early fire tool sets had only tongs and shovels. Later when coal was used pokers were added to sets. Set $675.
Dated: early 19th c.
Price: $675 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/decorative-arts/inventory_details.cfm?item=1230All ProductsUnusual pair of beige terra cotta sphinxes on plinths, with Egyptian-style headdresses, in old beige paint. Late 19th or early 20th c. 19 inches H. 29 inches W. and 9 1/2 inches D. In ancient Egypt sphinxes were mythological creatures symbolizing power and vigilance, represented as a lion with a woman's head. In classical Greece sphinxes were given a woman's head and breasts, and wings. The sphinx was regarded by the Greeks as a repository of wisdom. Pair $4000.
Dated: late 19th or early 20th
Price: $4000 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1227All ProductsPair of antique cast iron demi-lune architectural pieces with decorative pattern of scrolls and flowers, traces of old blue-green paint. 19th century American. Each 21 inches high, 38 inches wide with side tab. Pair $425.
Dated: 19TH C.
Price: $425 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1222All ProductsAntique cast iron French garden pump, with wrought iron handle, 19th century. Has remains of old paint. 42 inches high, and 10 inches wide. $450.
Dated: 19TH C.
Price: $450 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1221All ProductsAntique rolled steel garden arm chair with vertical straps ending in curled crest, shaped seat and arched stretchers. Large size, very heavy, in old white paint. Late 19th century American. $650. 37 1/2 inches high and 21 inches wide at the arms.
Dated: late 19th century
Price: $650 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1209All ProductsElaborate antique demilune form wirework plant stand with three tier curling wirework, painted light green. Late 19th century, American. 49 inches high, 33 inches wide, 20 inches deep. $575.
Dated: late 19th century
Price: $575 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1202All ProductsPair of antique carved white marble pedestals with leaf and floral carving in high relief, four sections, 19th century. 48 inches high, 13 1/2 inch square base. These unusual pedestals could be displayed in garden settings or interior rooms.
Dated: 19TH C.
Price: $2500 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1192All ProductsAntique iron and glass Wardian Case or terrarium. Floor model in three sections: the top with with clear glass with a heavy iron frame and finials, sitting over a glass and iron planting compartment sitting on an iron legged frame with shelf below. Circa 1900-1920. Wardian Cases were invented in the 1800's by Dr. Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward to allow for the overseas transportation of delicate plant species. During the Victorian age these glass enclosures were very popular. Inside a Wardian case vapor from leaf transpiration and the evaporation of water from the soil condensed on the glass and fell to rewet the soil, creating a humid junglelike envirorment. The closed case kept the air moist, the temperature moderate and blocked drafts. 48"H. 14 1/2 inches square. Ref: "Wardian Cases: Adornments for Homes of Taste" by Richard R. Iversen, The Magazine Antiques, July 2006
Dated: Early 20th C.
Price: $450 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1191All ProductsAntique round wire-work plant stand with intricate patterned border at the top, and scrolled and curled wrought iron legs ending in curled feet. In the 19th century machines were invented to extrude wire that was first used for fencing and then fanciful wire-work garden items such as plant stands,chairs and gazebos which became very popular for use in interiors and exteriors in the Victorian period. The foundries featured them in their catalogs along with cast iron urns and seating. This is a heavy round wire plant stand of that period. The round form is unusual. It has been stripped, primed and repainted a light green. 32 inches high 27 1/2 inches wide. $575.
Dated: 19TH C.
Price: $575 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1184All ProductsCarved marble garden bench with double lion supports, circa 1900, from the Edward A. Schmidt house "Weltvreten" in St. David's, PA. 18 1/2 inches high, 69 inches wide, and 22 inches deep. Helene Marie Schmidt was heir to the Schmidt Brewery, Philadelphia. See item #13684 for matching lion marble bench which varies only in width.
Dated: CIRCA 1900
Price: $6000 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1160All ProductsImpressive carved white marble garden bench, circa 1900, with double seated lion base, from the Edward A. Schmidt house "Weltvreten" in St. David's PA. Incised mark by carver on top of lions. Beautifully carved with decorative border on top and fine detail to the carving of the lions. 18 1/2 inches high, 60 inches wide and 22 inches deep. Helene Marie Schmidt was heir to the Schmidt's Brewery, Philadelphia, PA. See inventory # 13683 for matching lion marble bench which varies only slightly in width.
Dated: CIRCA 1900
Price: $6000 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1159All ProductsPair of dramatic and fanciful antique cast stone dragon sculptures with fine detail highlighted with aggregate stones, weathered mossy patina and resting on cut corner plinths. Found in Main Line Philadelphia estate. Good size for display. 14 1/2 inches high, 39 inches long, 11 inches deep. The year 2012 is the Year of the Dragon in the East Asian calendar. Dragons are powerful creatures born from fantasy and in every culture became a symbol for prestige and protection. SOLD
Dated: early 20th century
Price: $4500 USD
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]]>Newly Listed Antique Inventoryhttp://www.aileenminor.com/garden-antiques/inventory_details.cfm?item=1146All ProductsSet of four large cast stone planting pots decorated with black stone and crushed white marble aggregate and floral swags with ribbons. This is an exceptionally large and dramatic old set measuring 29 1/2 inches high and 22 1/2 inches wide. The square base measures 14 inches square. Circa 1900. This type of decoration was often used in the Philadelphia area using finely crush coal and fine marble chips to give contrast and sparkle in the decoration of garden pots of all designs. These four large pots would be dramatic placed in four corners of a garden or corners around a pool, each with a large plant or decorative tree.
Dated: early 20th century
Price: $6900 USD
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