Aesthetic Movement Teapot with Seashell MotifsWelp, there it is: The most unusual, glorious antique teapot Ive ever seen. It is pure Aesthetic movement extravagance, with heavy nods to the natural world every place you look. A seashell sits atop the lid with another beneath the mascaron on the side. Cranes are a classic Aesthetic movement motif, borrowed from Japanese design. The handle looks like a branch of coral and the spout is the gaping mouth of a grotesque. Because its lovely, seafoam

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The professional framing job is contemporary

the thorny rose

Displays beautifully and will definitely fool your guests

The hair would have been hers

Mid-19th century calling card case made of black lacquer with inlaid silver scrollwork and mother of pearl and a clasp similar to the photo cases of the same design

this sapphic romance was first published as “A Place for Us” in 1969

The loops set into the inside lid are for crochet hooks & other small tools

An explicitly erotic tale of several young women & their “debauched” lives

Memorial assemblages could include casket ornaments like plates or handles

Measures about 15” tall in an elegant arch shape

mid-19th century devotional card of St