CAVALIER ANTIQUES
Robert Ray IV, 400 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA, 22314 571-225-7722 email:robert@cavalierantiques.us
Tiger maple slant top desk with drawers circa 1750-1800, exposed dovetails on top of case, curvaceous interior, good sized, family reports was from an historic home in Somers, Connecticut, typical wear and repairs. Tiger maple with chestnut for a secondary wood is consistent with Connecticut, 42 3/4 inches tall, 37 1/4 inches wide, 19 inches deep, 32 3/4 inches deep with desk open.
Appears to be a Tang Dynasty (618–907) low-temperature earthenware glazed pottery horse and rider tomb figure, rider's clothes are green, white saddle and light brown horse with repairs. Repairs to the base, the horse’s legs, riders head and horse’s ears. The horse has a glaze chip on a foreleg.
PILOT-NAMIKI: Five Fans Maki-e and Raden Fountain Pen by Shogo, 1930s
Oil painting of chickens, signed Baldassarre DeCaro, (Naples, 1689- 1750). The painting is dark, with apparent little cleaning or overpainting. Outer frame dimensions: ~32*26 1/2 inches