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A Fine Mélange: Decorative Arts & More from Around the World

  • Live Online Auction: Sunday, May 7, at 10:30 am PDT
  • Online Preview: Through May 7

Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to offer an online sale of over 425 lots featuring decorative arts and more from around the world. This "Fine Mélange" comes from numerous sources, collections and estates. Dating mostly from the 1700s – 1900s, here are just some of the diverse items this sale includes, by type or country: 

  • Lamps & lights:  Including from Tiffany Studios, Van Briggle and others 
  • Glass:  Pressed, molded, Bohemian, colored, satin quilted
  • European porcelain:  Tableware, figurines
  • Copper and brass items:  Pans, candlesticks
  • Pewter:  Ice cream molds, tea and coffee pots, flagons, chargers
  • Steiff:  Menagerie of stuffed animals
  • Textiles:  Needlework samplers from the 1700s and 1800s, vintage American hand-made quilts
  • Stoneware:  Jugs, crocks, salt box
  • Decorative arts:  Hand-colored prints and map, papier-maché boxes and tole trays
  • Wooden items:  Duck decoys, boxes, chest
  • American folk art:  Vintage and contemporary
  • Small furniture:  Clocks, children’s chairs, mirrors, tables, footstool
  • Automobile mascots:  From 1909 onward, and the collectors' related printed materials
  • Reference books:  On china, molds, pewter, ceramics and more
  • Napoleon-related items:  Books, engravings, other antique books
  • Memorabilia & ephemera: 1932 Olympics, various World’s Fairs and Expositions, vintage postcards
  • Artwork:  Several portraits
  • Toys & toy guns
  • Sunken treasure from the Hoi An Hoard: Vietnamese ceramics from the 14th-15th centuries
  • Other:  Dirk Van Erp serving dish
  • From England:  Staffordshire pottery, Toby jugs, English ceramics, molded pitchers & mugs, Royal Doulton figurines
  • From France:  Limoges plates, inkwell, decanter, porcelain boxes
  • From Germany:  Art Deco bookends, a Dresden planter, porcelain figurines, dessert service
  • From China:  Carved soapstone roosters, snuff bottle, jade items, Wucai jar, blue and white export porcelain, table-top stands
  • From Japan:  Imari ware, bronze bowl

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