INTERESTING CALIFORNIA STUDIO POTTERY 3.25"x9" Studio Pottery Bowl, multi technique, 4 sculpted Inca like heads with gilt tropical background. Deep sea blue/green glaze. Signed, Angela of Calif. USA
Manufacturer: Angela of California  

PLAYERS TOBACCO ALBUM OF FILM STARS, 1935 2nd series, collected by J. Caudy 1935-36. Included by J. Caudy 1935-36. Included in players medium navy cut cigarettes, an Irish cigarette popular in the 30's. Complete album, 49 portraits. Some of my favorites are, Wallace Berry, Lew Ayres, Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colburt, Jackie Cooper, Delores Del Rio, and my favorite, Mae West. There are many many more, your chance to be surprised. Good condition.
 

MONUMENTAL EKEBY ART DECO CHARGER W/NUDE 19"Dia. with a 9" Deco tropical medallion with a basking nude. 1930's, incised Ekeby, very rare item.
 

BUTTERSCOTCH BAKELITE CABINET HANDLES 8x1" Fancy cut, heavy, butterscotch bakelite wardrobe, armoire, or cabinet handles. Includes standoff levelers & skeleton keyhole covers.
 

VERY RARE ART DECO PORCELAIN BOUDOIR LAMPS 4.75x5x3.75" A super rare & highly styled, pair of probably French 1920's semi opaque porcelain boudoir lamps. Took me 20 years to find the mate. Very Deco, pristine condition.
 

DECO EGYPTIAN REVIVAL KING TUT BKNDS 8.75x6.25x3.5/8" or 22.5x16x9.5cm Onyx & marble. Clearly the most amazingly high styled decorative art piece i've ever had. Egyptian Revival, sparked by the discovery of King Tut in 1922 by Howard Carter. Made to mimic the death mask discovered in Tut's tomb. (See last picture) Truly museum pieces. Unsigned, but carved by a master in the league of Chiparus. An authentic period piece that dates from the 1920's. Very heavy, around 15lbs each.
 

Beautiful Panamanian Bakelite Box, Scrimshaw 4 x 4 x 1.5" A fine Tigery striped organic Bakelite box, with some of the prettiest catalin i've ever seen. It's cedar lined, has a bronze clasp, ivorina inlay top with pseudo scrimshaw lake scene, ivorina bottom. Note the carefully crafted butterscotch corners. Probably a cigarette humidor.
 

Keramis Keralouve Deco Desk Piece 23.5 x 9.5 x 11.5 cm. Very Art deco five compartment desk piece, possibly cig holder. Excellent condition.
 

Blue Sparton 557 Walter Dorwin Teague Iconic Blue Mirrored, Sparton #557, probably the most desirable of Art Deco symbols to date. This one works just fine, is 97.5% original, (a few capacitors replaced) & beside a couple age spots, is in amazing original condition.

The Sparton Company was founded in 1900 as the Withington Company in Jackson, Michigan by Philip and Winthrop Withington. William Sparks became a partner a few years later, and they changed the name to the Sparks-Withington Company. By 1909, they were using the trade name "Sparton", using the first three and last three letters of their company name, inspired by the "Spartan" of ancient Greece. One of their first major products was an all-electric car horn in 1911. Radio production was added to the company in 1925. After 1930, Sparton also became involved in the manufacture of electric household appliances. It was during this time that they contracted with the pioneer of American Industrial Design, Walter Dorwin Teague.

Walter Dorwin Teague (1883-1960) was an industrial designer whose accomplishments include the "Brownie" Camera, Steinway pianos, Steuben glassware, Corning Glass and more. He designed Texaco Service Stations of the 1930's and 40's, with their white porcelain exteriors and striking red "Texaco Star". He designed for Boeing and the Metropolitan Museum. He and his sons designed the Marmon V-16 automobile. And he designed four exquisite blue-mirror and chrome radios for The Sparton Company; the Sparton 506 "Bluebird" and the Sparton 1186 "Nocturne" in 1935, the Sparton 557 "Sled" in 1936, and the Sparton 558 "Sled", with added tone control, in 1937. They were also all made in a "peach" colored mirror, though far fewer were sold, making those the rarest of all today. Like all radios made by Sparton after 1930, these Teague radios did not sell well, partly due to their price and partly due to the Depression. The Sparton "Sled" and "Bluebird" sold for around $40 to $45 at a time when the average US weekly income was about $30. The large floor-sized "Nocturne" sold for a whopping $350 to $375, about the price of a new car. That, and the fact that they are made almost entirely of glass, explains their scarcity today.

The Cobalt Blue-Mirror, or "Galena" Blue Mirror that is found on the case was patented by William Peacock, Jr. in 1930, and was created by applying a film of lead sulphide (galena) to the surface of the glass. Unlike later blue-mirror, which pales in comparison, reflections in Cobalt Blue Mirror cast a purplish tint. It was only produced for a short time in the 1930's, and when found in good condition, can add even more to the radio's value.
Manufacturer: Sparton  

Bronze Deco Chambellan Medallion Award Overall Size 12.5x18.75"
Art Deco Bronze Plaque, by sculptor and metalworker, Rene Paul Chambellan (1893-1955), commemorating the "Lammot Dupont Safety Award," given to Sunolin Chemical Company in 1979. Known for his contributions to major architectural works from the Art Deco period, Chambellan's sculptures and metalwork prominantly decorate numerous iconic New York City buildings, including Rockefeller Center, the Chanin building, Radio City Music Hall, and the New-demolished RKO Roxy Theater. He is also known for creating medals and medallions, such as the Caldecott and Newbery awards.