{"title":"Wall","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaintings, etchings, watercolors, and prints — European and American, 17th century through the mid 20th. Portraits, landscapes, marine and sporting scenes, most in period or period-appropriate frames. Chosen for quality of execution, strength of subject, and the particular presence a painted surface brings to a wall.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"quietly-atmospheric-late-19th-century-unsigned-oil-on-board-landscape-still-lake-with-conifers-in-a-period-acanthus-and-foliate-gilt-frame-14-23-in","title":"Late 19th Century Lake with Conifers Landscape, Oil on Board, Period Gilt Frame","description":"\u003cp\u003eHang this where you want the day to slow down — a still lake ringed by conifers under a soft, breaking sky, birds skimming the water, the kind of hushed, light-filled wilderness the late-19th-century American painters chased. Set in a period giltwood frame as much of the era as the picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOil on board, it belongs to American landscape painting of the later 19th century, when artists favored quiet water, dense treelines, and atmospheric light over narrative incident. The piece is unsigned and undated, so the American attribution and the late-century date rest on style rather than documentation — the restrained palette of greens, browns, and grays and the wide horizontal format are the period markers to read. In a period giltwood frame with acanthus and foliate carving. 14 x 23 in. framed. 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The grey-green palette and loose, confident handling place it in the broad Romantic landscape tradition of France, Belgium, and the Low Countries in the second half of the century. It is signed at lower left, but the signature is not legible enough to identify the artist, so it is carried as a signed work by an unidentified European hand rather than attributed to a name. It is held in a period ornate gilt frame that shows significant losses to the gilt-gesso ornament. Oil on panel, 14.5 x 22 in. framed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46960819011737,"sku":null,"price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/barbizon2_cream.jpg?v=1791471934"},{"product_id":"carole-mallory-oil-canvas-autumn-river-landscape-american-impressionist","title":"Carole Mallory Oil, Autumn River Landscape, American Impressionist","description":"\u003cp\u003eHang this where you want a wall to come alive — autumn foliage blazing against a cerulean sky, big and immediate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e49(h) x 36.5(w) inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA bold and luminous American Impressionist autumn landscape — golden and amber foliage blazing against a cerulean sky, a dark river winding through the foreground, birch trunks catching the light. Painted with confident, energetic brushwork and a vivid palette that fills a room. Signed lower right Carole Mallory — a Pennsylvania-based artist with roots at Temple University's Tyler School of Art. Large in scale and immediate in impact. The kind of painting that stops you. In a simple oak float frame. Blue sticker and tag on verso suggest prior exhibition or gallery history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46961413718169,"sku":null,"price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/carolemallory_cream.jpg?v=1791472233"},{"product_id":"antique-british-school-oil-canvas-sheep-highland-hillside","title":"Antique British Oil, Sheep on a Highland Hillside, 19th Century, Ebonized Frame","description":"\u003cp\u003eA flock drifting across a Highland hillside — the romantic, rugged Britain the Victorians couldn't get enough of.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA genuine 19th-century British animal study in oil on canvas, a flock of sheep gathered on a rocky Highland hillside beneath a heavy, cloud-filled sky, with cattle in the distance. The wool and the dark, atmospheric ground are worked with real confidence, in the Victorian tradition of British animal painting that prized livestock rendered with the seriousness of portraiture. It is unsigned and carried as British School; the resemblance to painters such as Ansdell and Cooper is a stylistic likeness, not an attribution to a named hand. A London colorman's stamp on the verso supports the British origin and the period of the canvas, though it identifies the supplier rather than the artist. Housed in an ebonized frame with gilt liner, a classic Victorian presentation. 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The handling is loose and atmospheric in the Barbizon-influenced landscape tradition that flourished roughly 1880–1920, the palette held to deep greens, warm browns, and pale sky tones. It is unsigned, so the attribution is stylistic and the origin (American or European) is undetermined; the surface is now heavily darkened by aged varnish. The verso carries the label of Baker Street Gallery and Framers, Media, Pennsylvania, documenting a regional framing history. Oil on board in a period gilt cove frame with scrolled and floral ornament, 6.25 x 10 in. framed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46968319115417,"sku":null,"price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/barbizon_cream.jpg?v=1791471754"},{"product_id":"antique-american-oil-painting-sunset-river-landscape-watermill","title":"Antique British Pastoral Oil, River Watermill at Sunset, Late Victorian, Framed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA watermill glowing at sunset — the vision of an older, slower England the Victorians romanticized even as it vanished, ready to hang where you want a little nostalgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small genuine late-Victorian British pastoral in oil on board, figures tending sheep on the left bank and a watermill with a red-tiled roof tucked among trees at right, reeds and lily pads at the river's edge, the calm water catching the pink and peach of a sunset sky. The handling is soft and luminous in the academic pastoral tradition that ran through the second half of the Victorian era. It is unsigned and carried as British School; the trees frame the view and the river opens the middle distance in a formal, confident composition. A decorative period landscape with quiet domestic appeal, in a later frame. Oil on board, about 12.75 x 11.75 in. framed (board approx. 8 x 10 in.).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46968539938969,"sku":null,"price":210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/hudsonriverschool_cream.jpg?v=1791472060"},{"product_id":"elva-levy-oil-board-tree-study-texas-artist","title":"Vintage American Oil on Board Tree Study | Elva Levy Mid-Century Texas Modernist Listed Artist","description":"\u003cp\u003eA tree, reimagined with a modernist's eye — fresh, regional, unbothered by the coastal art world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned lower left \u003cem\u003eElva Levy\u003c\/em\u003e — the documented Waco, Texas painter (1910–1994), listed on askART and best known for mid-century abstract work. A member of the Texas Fine Arts Association, Texas Water Color Society, and Southwestern Watercolor Society, with exhibitions at the McNay Art Museum, the Witte Museum, and Laguna Gloria, and multiple purchase prizes from the Texas Watercolor Society annual exhibitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA single tree, rendered in thick impasto in warm golds and olive greens against a luminous ochre ground. Levy spent most of her career on abstraction; here she stopped and painted a tree. The result is quietly compelling — a figurative subject treated with the same structural conviction she brought to her abstracts. Unframed, on board.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Board 12 × 6.5 in., unframed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good. Board sound. Paint surface with age-appropriate wear; minor surface marks consistent with age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46968951996569,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/solitarytree_cream.jpg?v=1791472655"},{"product_id":"french-oil-board-provencal-landscape-olive-trees-g-fauly","title":"Signed Provençal Landscape, Olive Trees and Mountain, Oil, French School c.1910","description":"\u003cp\u003eOlive trees, a dusty path, a mountain beyond — a pocket of Provence in broken plein-air color, the south of France that Cézanne's followers chased.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Provençal landscape, oil, of a dusty path through scrubland with gnarled olive trees in the foreground and a rocky mountain peak beyond, worked in broken plein-air brushwork and a Mediterranean palette of ochre, sage, dusty rose, and cerulean. The handling sits in the early-20th-century southern-French landscape tradition that followed Cézanne's Provence through a generation of regional painters. It is signed lower right, read as \"G. Fauly\"; the name does not resolve to a documented artist, so the attribution rests on the signature as read, not on an identified hand. The subject, palette, and brushwork place it in the French School of roughly 1900–1930. Oil, 8.5 x 10.5 in., unframed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46969220530329,"sku":null,"price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/provencal_cream.jpg?v=1791472514"},{"product_id":"willem-van-den-berghe-dutch-coastal-landscape-oil-board","title":"Antique Dutch Oil on Board, Coastal Landscape, Attributed W.J. van den Berghe","description":"\u003cp\u003eThatched cottages low in the dunes under a wide Zeeland sky — a quiet stretch of Dutch coast that carries its own history on the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn antique Dutch coastal landscape, oil on board, showing thatched farm cottages low among the dunes under a wide gray-gold Zeeland sky. The verso carries an old Dutch label, \"Domburgsch Landschap door W.J. van den Berghe, overleden te Middelburg in 1901,\" attributing it to the Middelburg painter Willem Jan van den Berghe (1823–1901) — a landscape and animal painter trained at the Antwerp Academy, whose oils on panel still appear at Dutch auction. The label is posthumous, almost certainly written by family or the estate, so the attribution rests on that period inscription rather than a front signature; the work is unsigned on the face. This is the 19th-century W.J. van den Berghe, not the Dutch Golden Age painter Christoffel van den Berghe of the same city. 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The composition follows the classical alpine tradition that dominated European landscape painting from the 1840s through the 1890s, when painters working the Swiss, Austrian, and Bavarian regions produced some of the most sought-after landscapes of the Victorian era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe handling is the work of a trained hand — atmospheric perspective, controlled palette, the quiet confidence of a painter who knew his subject. Housed in a substantial period gilt frame with acanthus leaf and scrollwork molding, intact and strong. 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The ochre, deep-blue, and silvery-green palette belongs to the Grand Tour landscape tradition that drew British and Continental painters to Italy and the Riviera through the 19th century. It is unsigned and not attributed to a named hand; the painting is competent and decorative, the appeal as much in its scale and warm presence as in the brushwork. It is housed in a substantial period deeply carved gilt-composition frame with acanthus and foliate ornament, a strong feature in its own right. Oil, 21 x 28 in. framed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46972760981657,"sku":null,"price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/medittcoastal_cream.jpg?v=1791472098"},{"product_id":"sporting-oil-canvas-english-pointer-pheasant-p-reitin","title":"Sporting Oil, English Pointer \u0026 Pheasant, Signed P. 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Surf breaks against a red-brown headland, the rock built in structured knife and brush work, the sea in translucent greens with scumbled foam, the warm tone of the paper left to carry the fog. The attribution rests on seller documentation and a period verso label from the collection of F.M. O'Brien, the noted Portland antiquarian bookseller, reading \"oil on paper by Harrison Brown\"; the verso also records cleaning and mounting by conservator Morton C. Bradley, Arlington, Mass., 1981. Indistinctly signed lower left. 13.5x11, in a giltwood frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProfessionally cleaned and mounted by conservator Morton C. Bradley (Arlington, Mass.) in 1981 per verso label; the paper is laid down and stable, in a gilt frame with scattered wear and losses. The signature is present but abraded and not independently legible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46991016525977,"sku":null,"price":695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/surf_cream.jpg?v=1791464996"},{"product_id":"l-j-wenner-1942-clay-road-pennsylvania-landscape","title":"L.J. Wenner Pennsylvania Landscape Oil, \"Clay Road,\" Signed 1942","description":"\u003cp\u003eA small Pennsylvania landscape from November 1942, \"Clay Road, Near Easton, Pennsylvania,\" signed and dated lower right by L.J. Wenner, an Allentown painter then serving with the U.S. Army at Fort Myer, Virginia. The autumnal Lehigh Valley: a country road curving between dark cedars, a white farmhouse behind the tree line, an ochre-leaved tree at center against the deep evergreen mass, the distant blue ridge beyond. A typed period label on the verso records the title, location, date, size, and Wenner's Allentown address and military unit, numbering this his piece #12. The work belongs to the Lehigh Valley regional landscape tradition around Walter Emerson Baum. Original period gilt frame. Board 12 x 16 in.; framed 14 x 17.5 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46994676220057,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/land2_cream.jpg?v=1791469301"},{"product_id":"edward-moran-attributed-moonlit-marine-oil-on-board","title":"American Marine Oil, Moonlit Sailing Vessel, Signed Moran, Late 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eA lone sailing vessel on a moonlit sea — the hushed drama of the American Tonalist moonlight tradition, in a period gilt frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLate 19th century American marine oil on board, signed lower right \"Moran.\" A single-masted sailing vessel silhouetted against the path of moonlight on a quiet sea, the moon low above the horizon, a soft bank of cloud breaking the dark sky. The composition follows the conventions of the American Tonalist moonlit marine tradition — broad sweep of dark water lit by the gold reflection from the moon, the boat held in silhouette against the lighter horizon, atmospheric handling thinned to softness across the upper field. The \"Moran\" signature does not match the documented signing patterns of Edward Moran (American, 1829–1901), who consistently signed with his first name or initial; the signature could relate to Edward Percy Moran (1862–1935) or another late 19th c. American painter named Moran. Further research recommended for attribution. Period gilt-composition frame with foliate ornament. 19 × 25 in framed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46994734219417,"sku":null,"price":1295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/seascape_cream.jpg?v=1791402732"},{"product_id":"antique-british-oil-portrait-gentleman-mid-19th-century-exeter-house-frame","title":"Victorian British Oil Portrait of a Gentleman, Royal Warrant Frame, c.1840-1860","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young gentleman in a red-draped coat, gazing out of the Victorian dark — a substantial period portrait in a royal-warrant giltwood frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mid-19th-century British oil portrait of a young gentleman in three-quarter profile, dark coat with a red drape across the shoulder, against a dark ground in the formal Victorian convention. Unsigned, so the c.1840–1860 date rests on costume and style; the hand is unidentified. The canvas was relined in an earlier conservation and the paint film is stable, with the surface notably darkened by old varnish, especially in the background and coat. The substantial period giltwood frame retains two verso labels: the Exeter House (Strand, London) carver and gilder's label citing a royal appointment, and an ownership label inscribed \"Property of Capt. C. Noel Wilson.\" Oil on canvas, 39 × 34 in. framed, good condition; would benefit from cleaning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034545701017,"sku":null,"price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/portrait_cream.jpg?v=1791471842"},{"product_id":"antique-english-fruit-still-life-oil-on-canvas-signed-c-1900","title":"Antique English Fruit Still Life, Oil on Canvas - Signed, c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrapes, pears and a ripe peach on a mossy bank — a warm, dark-ground still life with the glow that suits a dining room or kitchen wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA signed fruit still life in oil on canvas, English school, late 19th to early 20th century. Grapes, pears, a peach and an apple rest on a mossy bank beneath a turning vine leaf, painted in the warm, dark-ground naturalism popular across this period. The handling is loose and confident, with ripe impasto on the fruit and a fine craquelure across the surface consistent with age. The reverse carries a London colourman's stamp, indicating an English-prepared canvas, and retains its keyed wooden stretcher. Signed in red at the lower right; the signature is not fully legible. Presented unframed, canvas measures 20 by 16 inches, with minor surface grime and light wear in keeping with its age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48264296956057,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/floralstilllife_newphoto_cream.jpg?v=1791474597"},{"product_id":"antique-american-tonalist-landscape-oil-trees-and-figures-signed-c-1890-1910","title":"James Cantwell American Tonalist Landscape Oil Painting, Signed, c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eTall trees dissolving into a silvery haze — a signed American Tonalist landscape that trades detail for mood, by a documented Syracuse painter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn American Tonalist landscape in oil on canvas by James Cantwell (American, 1856–1926), signed \"Jas. Cantwell\" lower right: tall slender trees over a clearing with small figures and grazing animals, a pink-flowering sapling at left, dissolving into a hazy, silvery sky. A Syracuse painter who studied under Thomas Moran and worked alongside Henry Ward Ranger's Tonalist circle, Cantwell painted in exactly this low-keyed, atmospheric idiom — the American answer to the Barbizon school, prizing mood and soft light over detail. A verso label from a Syracuse, New York dealer and framer matches the artist's lifelong home. Oil on canvas in a period giltwood frame; framed about 22.5 in. high × 31 in. wide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48267050483865,"sku":null,"price":1100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/cantwell_landscape_cream.jpg?v=1791561606"},{"product_id":"jean-le-pautre-etching-allegory-of-painting-putti-17th-c-french-baroque","title":"Jean Le Pautre Etching, Allegory of Painting, Putti, 17th C French Baroque","description":"\u003cp\u003ePainting sits at her easel inside an oval, and the whole world crowds in around her: putti tumbling through acanthus scrolls, river gods sprawled at the corners, a garland passed hand to hand overhead. An original etching designed and etched by Jean Le Pautre (1618-1682), the ornamaker whose Baroque vocabulary furnished the Louis XIV interior and whose plates are held by the Metropolitan Museum. Signed in the plate \"I. le Potre In. et fecit\" and carrying the Paris address of the printseller Le Blond, a la Cloche d'Argent, rue St Denis. Le Blond issued Le Pautre's plates from about 1651, a century before the Jombert collected edition that accounts for most surviving impressions. Etching on laid paper, 11.8 x 8.7 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote dir=\"auto\" class=\"ml-2 border-l-4 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.1)] pl-4 text-text-300\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eStains and a vertical center fold running the full height of the sheet, with light overall toning and small nicks and losses at the edges and corners. An old ink inscription and pencil notations on the verso.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e France (Paris) · \u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 17th century · \u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11.81 x 8.66 in (30 x 22 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48349830086809,"sku":null,"price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/229597837_2_x.webp?v=1784723751"},{"product_id":"jean-le-pautre-etching-roman-history-scene-ceiling-design-french-baroque","title":"Jean Le Pautre Etching, Roman History Scene, Ceiling Design, French Baroque","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eA Roman triumph staged in miniature. A laureate portrait rides aloft in a laurel wreath, borne by figures who lean out of the drapery above; below, victors press forward while captives and trophies pile at the base. The whole thing sits inside a deep coffered architectural frame heavy with garlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eIt was never meant to hang on a wall. This is a working design for a ceiling compartment, drawn by Jean Le Pautre (1618-1682) for the plasterers, gilders and painters who built the Louis XIV interior. Sheets like this were the pattern book the trade worked from, and Le Pautre's designs are held today by the Metropolitan Museum and the Getty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eSigned in the plate \"le Pautre fecit,\" with \"auec priuil\" for the royal privilege and the address of the Paris publisher P. Mariette, and numbered N.3 in the lower margin. Mariette issued Le Pautre's ceiling suites in the 1650s and 1660s, which places this well before the Jombert collected edition of 1751 that accounts for most surviving impressions. An old hand has pencilled a French note in the margin identifying it as a ceiling angle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eEtching on laid paper, unframed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: 9 × 7 in (sheet)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrigin: France (Paris) · Date: 17th century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStrong, dark impression with crisp line and good contrast, on lightly toned laid paper with narrow margins. A small tear at the lower edge below the platemark, and old pencil annotations in the lower margin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48349901455513,"sku":null,"price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/229597830_2_x.webp?v=1784725177"},{"product_id":"charles-bradley-american-1925-2001-ink-and-watercolor-opulent-interior","title":"Charles Bradley (American, 1925-2001) Ink and Watercolor, Opulent Interior","description":"\u003cp\u003eInk and watercolor architectural interior illustration by Charles Nelson Bradley (American, 1925-2001), most likely depicting a room at Ca' d'Zan, the Ringling winter residence in Sarasota. Bradley served in World War II, attended Ringling College of Art on the GI Bill, joined the faculty in 1956, and led the Interior Design Department from 1965 until his retirement in 1976. The composition renders an opulent paneled room in striking turquoise and gilt — coffered ceiling, carved overmantel, deep niches displaying ceramics, Chippendale chairs on an aubusson carpet, and a chinoiserie screen at right. Unsigned. Sight 8⅝ × 14⅜ in; framed under glass to 15¾ × 20¾ in with gilt cove molding and double mat. Verso bears Jessica's of Sarasota framing label. Attribution per Sarasota Estate Auction April 19, 2026 written description.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eimage appears clean and bright under glass with strong color retention in the blues and gilt; mat is clean, no visible foxing, no toning visible to camera. Frame intact with light gilt wear consistent with age; verso paper backing intact, original hanging wire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48889088114841,"sku":null,"price":445.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/opulentinterior_newphoto_cream.jpg?v=1791473963"},{"product_id":"antique-continental-floral-still-life-in-urn-oil-on-canvas-19th-c-gilt-frame","title":"Antique Continental Floral Still Life in Urn, Oil on Canvas, 19th C., Gilt Frame","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Continental floral still life in oil on canvas: a full pyramidal cascade of roses, peonies, tulips, hollyhocks and mixed blooms rising from a yellow-ochre footed urn against a near-black ground, with a secondary fall of flowers below. The composition works in the Dutch and Flemish Old Master tradition of Jan van Huysum and Rachel Ruysch, carried into the 19th century by Continental followers. Unsigned, so the attribution rests on style rather than documentation. A verso inscription reads \"Fairy Glen, Bettws-y-Coed, North Wales\"; as that names a Welsh landscape unrelated to this floral subject, it most likely reflects earlier reuse of the canvas or stretcher. Oil on canvas in an ornate period gilt frame, 29.5 x 25 in. framed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood. Canvas unrelined on original stretcher; no major restoration visible. Heavy aged varnish has darkened the composition significantly — conservation cleaning would lift the palette dramatically. Minor surface losses and abrasions at corners and edges of canvas. Period gilt frame in good condition with light losses to gesso ornament along edges, typical of age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48889791938713,"sku":null,"price":1650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/floral_urn_stilllife_angled_v2.jpg?v=1791556476"},{"product_id":"antique-american-watercolor-allegorical-figure-with-wreath-gilt-frame-c-1820","title":"Antique American Watercolor, Allegorical Figure with Wreath, Gilt Frame, c.1820","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn early American watercolor on paper depicting an allegorical female figure in classical dress, holding a laurel wreath and an olive branch, standing before a landscape of cypress trees and rolling hills. Painted before 1830 by Louisa Welch Pettibone, per family tradition recorded on the mat backing. Descended in the family of Drew Bronson (Brimfield, MA), later in the collection of John O. Curtis (1936–2024), former Curator of Architecture at Old Sturbridge Village. Watercolor on paper, in a period gilt frame with early glass. Frame 18¾ × 15¾ in.; sight 15½ × 12½ in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMinor tear, light spotting, and toning to the paper, consistent with age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48912043606169,"sku":null,"price":425.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/wc_cream.jpg?v=1791464363"},{"product_id":"attrib-j-meadows-british-pair-portrait-miniatures-mr-and-mrs-scavaffee-1836","title":"Attrib. J. 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Light surface dust and possible spotting at upper edge of the lady's miniature warrant in-hand inspection. Lady's verso retains original velvet backing; inscribed paper label torn at one corner but fully legible.  Provenance: Inscribed paper label on verso of the lady's miniature reads \"Mrs. Scavaffee \/ June 27th 1836 \/ painted by J. Meadows.\" Previously sold at Freeman's Auction, Philadelphia, April 28, 2025, lot 122.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50542531805337,"sku":null,"price":795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/mini_pair_cream.jpg?v=1791472803"},{"product_id":"joseph-marius-avy-garden-statue-in-autumn-woodland-1906","title":"Joseph-Marius Avy \"Garden Statue in Autumn Woodland,\" 1906","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 1906 oil on canvas by Joseph-Marius Avy (French, 1871–1939): a classical statue on a stone pedestal in a formal autumn woodland, held in a giltwood frame. Avy was a Belle Époque Salon painter, trained in Paris under Léon Bonnat and a regular exhibitor at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1900 to 1933; this is a small garden study rather than one of his larger figural compositions. The attribution is documented, not stylistic: the work is signed and dated \"Jm. Avy '06.\" Read the autumnal copper-and-amber palette and the loose, painterly handling as period markers. Oil on canvas in a giltwood frame, 24 × 21 in. framed, good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanvas sound with age-appropriate craquelure. Some surface dirt and toning. Displays well as found. Period pine stretcher on verso.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599098609817,"sku":"VHA-0002","price":795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/avy_garden_statue_cream.jpg?v=1791558606"},{"product_id":"antique-19th-c-barbizon-style-oil-on-board-river-marsh-ebonized-frame","title":"Antique 19th C. 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Displays well as found.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599098675353,"sku":"VHA-0003","price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/VHA-0003_barbizon_marsh_cream.jpg?v=1791563039"},{"product_id":"antique-victorian-miniature-marine-watercolor-sailing-lugger-mahogany-frame","title":"Antique Victorian Miniature Marine Watercolor, Sailing Lugger, Mahogany Frame","description":"\u003cp\u003eA miniature marine watercolor depicting a fishing lugger running under full russet sail in a choppy sea, crew at work, a second vessel visible in the haze beyond. The lug rig was the simple, low-cost sail common to 19th-century inshore working boats on the English and French coasts. Unsigned, with no documented provenance; the precise rigging and assured, economical handling are consistent with Victorian-era marine watercolors, though the date and origin remain a style-based judgment rather than a documented fact. Watercolor on paper, set within a deep period mahogany frame with gilt liner, 2 in. deep. 10.5 × 10.5 in. framed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSheet sound with minor age toning, no significant losses or foxing to the watercolor itself. Original backing paper is torn and water-stained in places; this affects the backing only, not the artwork, based on the photos. Frame has natural age and wear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599098839193,"sku":"VHA-0004","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/VHA-0004_cream.jpg?v=1792871968"},{"product_id":"antique-french-oil-on-board-river-landscape-with-castle-ruins-signed-c-1920","title":"Antique French Oil on Board, River Landscape with Castle Ruins, Signed, c.1920","description":"\u003cp\u003eA French plein-air river landscape in oil on board: castle ruins on a rocky promontory above a calm reflecting river, a small classical pavilion at the water's edge, trees framing the view, the sky worked in loose, impressionistic strokes. The board carries a Unis France maker's mark (format 6F, 41 × 33 cm), a French collective trademark registered in 1916, which dates the support to the early 20th century rather than the 19th. It is signed lower right but the signature is illegible, so the artist is unidentified; the French origin is documented by the board's mark. Oil on a Unis France board, unframed, 13 × 16 in., good condition with a small area of damage at upper left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoard sound and stable. Surface with age-appropriate patina. Unframed. Small defect on upper left side.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599100248217,"sku":"VHA-0006","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/VHA_rivercastle_cream.jpg?v=1791464626"},{"product_id":"currier-ives-hand-colored-lithograph-hudson-river-fanny-palmer-19th-century","title":"Currier \u0026 Ives Hand-Colored Lithograph, Hudson River, Fanny Palmer, 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eA hand-colored lithograph, \"The Scenery of the Hudson, View Near Anthony's Nose,\" designed by Frances Flora Bond \"Fanny\" Palmer (American, 1812–1876) and published by Currier \u0026amp; Ives, New York — a documented image (Gale Research, Currier \u0026amp; Ives: A Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 2, No. 5817). The view looks down the Hudson Highlands from a wooded ledge, sailing vessels on the river below and the cliff of Anthony's Nose beyond. Held under glass with a cream mat in a period walnut-finish frame. Hand-colored lithograph, 14½ × 20 in. sight, 21½ × 26 in. framed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaper sound; hand-coloring intact and unfaded; cream mat with minor age toning; frame with honest wear; glass intact. No tears, foxing, or restoration noted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599100313753,"sku":"VHA-0009","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/VHA_hudsonriver_cream.jpg?v=1791465234"},{"product_id":"early-19th-c-english-folk-watercolor-ulswater-cumberland-period-frame","title":"Early 19th C. English Folk Watercolor, Ulswater Cumberland, Period Frame","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn early 19th-century English amateur watercolor of Ullswater, the Lake District lake in historic Cumberland, hand-lettered \"ULSWATER CUMBERLAND\" across the lower image. The view follows the Picturesque convention of the Lake District tourism boom: a sailboat, two small figures in period costume on a foreground promontory, a crag at right, and blue mountains with a small ruin beyond. The handling is amateur, in the schoolgirl watercolor tradition of the period, likely copied from a published topographical print. The period spelling \"Ulswater\" was current c.1790-1830, consistent with an early-19th-century date. Watercolor in a period black and gilt frame, 10 x 12 in. framed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatercolor sound on its paper support. Heavy foxing throughout the sky and lighter passages — age-honest but visible. Paper browned with age toning. Image and composition fully legible; hand-lettered title intact. Period stained wood frame in fair condition with edge wear, finish loss, and old verso paper backing torn at edges.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599101296793,"sku":"VHA-0015","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/VHA_ulswater_cream.jpg?v=1791465257"},{"product_id":"american-watercolor-theorem-zinnia-passion-flower-bouquet-c-1830-1860","title":"American Watercolor Theorem, Zinnia Passion Flower Bouquet, c. 1830-1860","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerican watercolor theorem painting of a romantic floral bouquet: a deep red zinnia at center, a purple passion flower, a pink lily, blue bellflowers, blue forget-me-nots, and trailing foliage against a cream ground. The theorem technique combines cut paper stencils for the flower and leaf shapes with hand-painted shading, a popular American schoolgirl art form practiced roughly 1815-1860 and revived in the early 20th century. The crisp stencil edges and consistent fill are characteristic. No signature visible. Set in a small period gilt cove frame with bead inner trim, the gilt heavily worn with strong period character. Frame 8.75 by 5.75 inches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe theorem presents brightly with strong color retention across all floral elements and clean cream paper ground showing only light age-toning, sealed behind glass with the original or early wood backing. The period gilt cove frame is heavily worn with rubbed gilt exposing bole and gesso along the edges and corners, the patinated surface adding meaningful period character that suits the folk art origins of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599101362329,"sku":"VHA-0017","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/theorem_cream.jpg?v=1791472857"},{"product_id":"american-folk-art-watercolors-pair-landscapes-proudfit-family-c-1850","title":"American Folk Art Watercolors, Pair, Landscapes, Proudfit Family, c.1850","description":"\u003cp\u003eA pair of mid-19th century American folk art watercolors, c. 1830-1860, with documented family provenance from Constantine, Michigan. One depicts a pastoral valley with livestock and a split-rail fence; the other a lakeside landscape with two figures beneath tall trees. Painted in the schoolgirl\/amateur folk watercolor tradition of 19th-century female academies across the American Northeast and Midwest, with Picturesque conventions: orange sky, blue-green foliage, composed Romantic landscape. The verso of one bears an inscription attributing them to \"grandmother Proudfit,\" dated Constantine, Michigan, 1925; a typed 1965 note traces the family locally. Also bears a Harcourts Gallery, San Francisco label. 17 x 20.25 in framed each.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGood. Paper surface stable on both works, colors holding well in both, no major tears or losses visible. Period frames intact. Verso inscription on one and 1965 research note legible. Some minor toning consistent with age. Ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599101493401,"sku":"VHA-0018","price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/VHA-0018_proudfit_pair_cream.jpg?v=1791564490"},{"product_id":"charles-hunt-after-w-j-shayer-age-brighton-coach-hand-colored-engraving-1867","title":"Charles Hunt after W.J. Shayer, Age Brighton Coach, Hand-Colored Engraving, 1867","description":"\u003cp\u003eHand-colored engraving after the painting by William Joseph Shayer (1811–1892), engraved by Charles Hunt (1803–1877), with the publication line \"London Published 1867 by R. Dobson, Strand.\" Four grey horses gallop a blue-and-red coach along an open road, passengers atop and a dog alongside — the celebrated pre-railway London-to-Brighton run. The hand-coloring sits on the surface in the period manner. Giltwood frame, 20 × 26 in. framed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGood overall consistent with age. Some toning and foxing to paper consistent with period. Hand coloring bright and intact. Frame — silver and gilt with inner gilt edge — shows appropriate wear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599101591705,"sku":"VHA-0019","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/VHA_agecoach2_cream.jpg?v=1791465209"},{"product_id":"vintage-french-oil-on-board-willow-landscape-signed-h-thevenot-loire-1963","title":"Vintage French Oil on Board, Willow Landscape, Signed H. Thévenot, Loire 1963","description":"\u003cp\u003eA vintage French landscape, oil on canvas board, of a willow in full silvery leaf against a brooding grey sky, the foreground meadow worked in warm greens and autumn golds. Signed H. Thevenot in red lower right and carrying the artist's verso label naming Honore Thevenot of 30 bis Avenue Gambetta, Roanne (Loire), titling the scene \"Saule dans la Vallee du Renaison (Loire)\" - a willow in the Renaison valley, the river that runs through Roanne. The label records an award at a Vichy salon in 1963. A verso inventory number (338) suggests the painter kept a numbered catalog. Thevenot is not widely recorded; the attribution rests on the front signature and his label. Oil on canvas board, 18 x 13 in., unframed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood overall. Some surface crackle consistent with age. No visible paint loss. Unframed — canvas is tacked and structurally sound.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599101886617,"sku":"VHA-0027","price":345.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/willow_cream.jpg?v=1791471815"},{"product_id":"the-royal-mail-coach-hand-colored-coaching-engraving-large-format-gilt-frame","title":"The Royal Mail Coach, Hand-Colored Coaching Engraving, Large Format, Gilt Frame","description":"\u003cp\u003eA large coaching print, \"The Royal Mail Coach\" titled in the lower margin, four horses at full gallop drawing the mail coach with a royal cypher, passengers atop and a red-liveried guard sounding the post horn. The galloping mail coach was a staple subject of the British coaching-print tradition, issued by houses such as Pollard, Fores, and Ackermann and reproduced well into the 20th century. The publication line is hidden under the frame edge, so the engraver, publisher, and printing method are unestablished, and whether this is a period hand-colored aquatint or a later reproduction cannot be determined while framed. 23 × 33 in. framed, distressed silver-gilt frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGood overall consistent with age. Some toning to paper. Hand coloring intact and bright. Frame — silver and gilt — shows appropriate wear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599101984921,"sku":"VHA-0030","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/VHA-0030_cream.jpg?v=1791469461"},{"product_id":"original-pencil-drawing-stone-urn-jardin-du-luxembourg-signed-dated-1987","title":"Original Pencil Drawing, Stone Urn, Jardin du Luxembourg, Signed Dated 1987","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original pencil drawing of one of the great stone urns of the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, the ram's-head handles, floral crown, and layered stone plinth rendered with careful, architectural observation. The Jardin du Luxembourg and its classical statuary have drawn artists for generations, and this is a hand-drawn study of one of its best-known urns, an original work on paper, not a reproduction. Signed with a monogram and dated 1987 at lower right, and inscribed in the artist's hand \"Jardin de Luxembourg \/ for Dottie \u0026amp; Phil.\" The monogram is not legible enough to identify the artist, so it is offered as an accomplished original drawing by an unidentified hand. Framed under glass with a double mat, 19.5 x 15.25 in. framed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing clean and bright. Mat and frame in good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599102017689,"sku":"VHA-0033","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/VHA-0033_cream.jpg?v=1791469081"},{"product_id":"end-of-the-hunt-color-print-after-j-f-herring-sr-ny-graphic-society-framed","title":"End of the Hunt, Color Print After J.F. Herring Sr., NY Graphic Society, Framed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA large framed color reproduction print, \"End of the Hunt,\" after the sporting painting by John Frederick Herring Sr. (1795-1865), the composition engraved by John Harris and here reissued by the New York Graphic Society. The scene shows the close of the chase: scarlet-coated riders converging, hounds milling, horses pressing together under brilliant autumn trees, with a stream and gate at the right. The margins carry \"PAINTED BY J.F. HERRING, SENR,\" \"ENGRAVED BY J. HARRIS,\" and a New York Graphic Society copyright, which identify it as a 20th-century American reproduction of the British sporting original rather than a period engraving. Strong large-format decorative presence, well matted under glass in a wood frame. 22 x 28.5 in. framed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGood overall. Some toning consistent with age. Colors bright and intact. Frame — dark walnut with gilt inner edge and double mat — presents well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599102115993,"sku":"VHA-0034","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/VHA-0034_cream.jpg?v=1791465287"},{"product_id":"signed-oil-birch-trees-and-stream-wooded-landscape-h-v-walti-1922-gilt-frame","title":"Signed Oil, Birch Trees and Stream Wooded Landscape, H.V. Walti 1922, Gilt Frame","description":"\u003cp\u003eA moody original woodland landscape in oil on canvas, slender birch trees rising from a rocky bank above a dark stream, with dramatic clouds breaking through the canopy, worked in confident painterly brushwork. It is signed and dated \"H.V. Walti 1922\" at lower left, and the artist labeled the canvas himself on the verso, \"Original \/ H.V. Walti \/ 1922\" — unusually complete documentation for a work of this kind. No biographical or market record has been traced for the artist, so it is offered as a well-documented original by an unrecorded early 20th-century hand; the surname may point to Swiss or German origin. House\u003cimg\u003ed in an ornate acanthus-and-foliate gilt frame, a strong feature in its own right. Oil on canvas, 21 x 24 in. framed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanvas sound with age-appropriate toning. Some surface dirt. Frame intact with gilt in good overall condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599102279833,"sku":"VHA-0036","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/VHA-0036_cream.jpg?v=1791471688"},{"product_id":"antique-french-beaded-glass-flower-composition-bisque-blooms-giltwood-frame","title":"Antique French Beaded Glass Flower Composition, Bisque Blooms, Giltwood Frame","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn antique French beaded-glass flower composition, fleurs en perles de verre, with a central bouquet of bisque porcelain blooms on caramel velvet in a carved giltwood oval frame, circa 1900. Perles de verre was a French parlor and convent craft from the mid-19th century into the early 20th: white glass seed beads worked over copper wire, made as memorial pieces, votive offerings, or sentimental gifts; here the technique reads in the wired seed-bead leaves and the beaded oval border. The hand-formed unglazed bisque flowers are a refinement that places the piece above plain all-bead examples. Unsigned and undocumented, so the French origin and the date rest on materials and technique, not a mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGilt is worn through to the red bole at the carved high points and the caramel velvet ground shows light toning, consistent with age. A vertical split runs through the wood frame at the base — visible on both the face and the verso — while the beaded sprays and bisque blooms appear intact.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599102345369,"sku":"VHA-0039","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/beadedflower_cream.jpg?v=1791464929"},{"product_id":"antique-english-berlin-plush-work-floral-panel-roses-and-bird-black-ground","title":"Antique English Berlin Plush Work Floral Panel, Roses and Bird, Black Ground","description":"\u003cp\u003eA large mid-Victorian Berlin plush-work floral panel, roses and a long-tailed bird worked in deep carved relief on a black wool ground, in a later silver-gilt frame. Berlin work was the dominant domestic needlework of the mid-1800s; in its plush form, loops of dyed wool were packed dense across the canvas and then sheared and carved like topiary into flowers in real relief, seen here in the petal-by-petal carving of the central red rose. The high relief, the scale, and the perched bird place it in the upper tier of the category, above common flat tent-stitch pictures. The needlework is period; the silver-gilt frame is a later replacement, circa 1920s to 40s. Unsigned, so the English origin and mid-century date rest on technique, not a mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlush stitch and tent-stitch work in excellent condition for the age. Carved relief on the major roses, the bird, and the hydrangea-form blossoms intact and dimensional, with no significant wear to the high points and rich original color throughout — the difficult full reds, pale creams, and deep greens all sound. Black wool ground sound, not faded. Faint moth tracking in upper-left ground area on close inspection (disclosable, stable, not visible at viewing distance). Frame is later, a c. 1920s–40s silver-gilt finish with significant honest gilt-loss to the moldings, decoratively complementary, structurally sound. Verso shows period black cotton dust cover, work mounted on its original wood strainer, brass D-ring hangers in place\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599102541977,"sku":"VHA-0040","price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/woolwork_newphoto_cream.jpg?v=1791474165"},{"product_id":"antique-berlin-woolwork-oval-panel-bird-and-flowers-on-black-ground-gilt-frame","title":"Antique Berlin Woolwork Oval Panel, Bird and Flowers on Black Ground, Gilt Frame","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn antique Berlin woolwork oval panel, a large bird perched among peonies, roses, and trailing vines in polychrome wool tent-stitch on a black ground, in a later gilt oval frame under glass. Berlin work was the dominant mid-19th-century domestic needlework, charted square by square from published patterns; the deep black ground seen here was the most prized convention of peak Berlin work, roughly 1850 to 1880, throwing the warm reds and creams forward. This is the flat tent-stitch form, not the carved plush variant. The verso keeps an early 20th-century alligator-paper backing and an Andersen Galleries, Chicago framer's label, documenting an American reframing; the needlework is unsigned, so its country of origin is not established.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tent-stitch needlework is intact with warm color, showing only minor fading and light soiling, displayed under glass. The later gilt oval frame has surface wear and a crack, and the verso retains its embossed alligator-paper backing — cracked across the top — with an Andersen Galleries, Chicago framer's label.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599102574745,"sku":"VHA-0041","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/woolwork_cream.jpg?v=1791402788"},{"product_id":"antique-victorian-shellwork-picture-frame-two-band-conch-and-periwinkle-round","title":"Antique Victorian Shellwork Picture Frame, Two-Band Conch and Periwinkle, Round","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn antique Victorian shellwork picture frame, a round two-band design with an outer wreath of gilt-painted conch and spindle shells and an inner ring of periwinkles and topshells around a red silk velvet matt and a glazed center. Shellwork was a parlor and seaside-souvenir craft of the late 19th century, worked from packets of sorted shells and printed patterns; small frames, boxes, and roundels were the common forms, made for sweethearts and as holiday mementoes. The shells are real, set in two graded bands, the verso retaining a faux-bois paper backing and original cord lacing. The craft was produced in port towns on both sides of the Atlantic, and this example carries no mark, so a specific country of origin is not established.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcellent for age. No shell losses to either the outer conch band or the inner periwinkle band; both bands tightly intact and in original arrangement. Velvet matt retains rich original red colour with no fading or wear. Gilt finish on the shells has softened to a pale tarnished tone — honest period patina. Original glass clear and sound. Verso construction untouched, with original jute-cord stability bracing and original brass hardware.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599102673049,"sku":"VHA-0042","price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/shellwork_cream.jpg?v=1791464903"},{"product_id":"antique-victorian-pressed-fern-composition-faux-grained-wood-frame-round","title":"Antique Victorian Pressed Fern Composition, Faux Grained Wood Frame, Round","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn antique Victorian pressed-fern composition under glass, a spray of natural ferns and small flowers on a stamped cream ground in a round turned wood frame, faux-grained to imitate figured rosewood, with a turned finial hanger. These framed pressed botanicals belong to the late-Victorian fern craze, pteridomania, when collectors went on fern forays to gather and press native specimens, then mounted them as parlor decorations and souvenirs of country walks. The ferns here are real pressed specimens, not a printed fern lithograph, set against a printed decorative border. The piece carries no mark; the fern craze was strongest in Britain but the work was made across Europe and America, so a firm country of origin is not established.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGood for age. Pressed ferns and flowers stable and intact; subtle natural fading to a soft tea-stain palette of ochre, sepia, and dusty rose. Glass clear and sound. Frame retains its original faux-grain painted finish — honest age-toning, no losses; turned hanger-finial original to the piece. Verso shows period construction with nail-tacked back panel, untouched.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599102738585,"sku":"VHA-0043","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/fern_cream.jpg?v=1791464873"},{"product_id":"antique-framed-botanical-watercolor-blue-flowers-on-red-velvet-gilt-frame","title":"Antique Framed Botanical Watercolor, Blue Flowers on Red Velvet, Gilt Frame","description":"\u003cp\u003eA small framed botanical watercolor, blue flowers on green stems and leaves freely painted on cream paper, set behind a steep red silk velvet bevel matt in a gilt relief-cast frame of leaves and fruit. Small framed florals like this belong to the late-19th-century tradition of domestic botanical study, when amateur watercolor painting was a common parlor pursuit and small floral compositions were framed as gifts and wall ornaments. The hand is fresh and direct, the blue blooms and broad green leaves laid in with confident washes rather than the printed key-line of a colored plate. Unsigned, so the painter is not named; the gilt frame is worn to the red bole at the corners, with a plain wood verso and faint pencil inscriptions on the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small Victorian botanical study of a flowering borage — Borago officinalis — set into an exceptional cast brass rose-and-leaf frame with a deep red velvet matt. The botanical subject, finely hand-coloured with the characteristic star-shaped blue flowers, prominent black anthers, and bristly leaves of the species, was likely lifted from one of the popular illustrated botanical serials of the early-to-mid Victorian period (Loudon, Maund, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, or a kindred publication, c. 1830–1860).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599102771353,"sku":"VHA-0044","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/botanical_velvet_cream.jpg?v=1791565025"},{"product_id":"vintage-european-impressionist-oil-spring-blossom-landscape-figures-unsigned","title":"Vintage European Impressionist Oil, Spring Blossom Landscape, Figures, Unsigned","description":"\u003cp\u003eA decorative European impressionist-style oil, a spring landscape of blossoming fruit trees along a path with yellow forsythia in the foreground and small figures strolling under the canopy. The paint is handled in the broken, plein-air manner of academic impressionism, the blossoms built up in real impasto; the visible brushwork is consistent with a competent hand-painted original. The work is unsigned and undated, so the Continental-school attribution is a reading of style, not a documented fact, and the date can only be estimated to the first half of the 20th century. Oil on board per the seller; the support is not confirmable from photos. Framed in a mid-20th-century pale grey-washed reeded wood frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoard sound. Some surface wear and minor losses to backing paper. Displays beautifully as found. Frame in good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599102902425,"sku":"VHA-0060","price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/VHA-0060_cream.jpg?v=1791471884"},{"product_id":"antique-american-plein-air-oil-river-landscape-inscribed-swick-early-20th-c","title":"Antique American Plein Air Oil, River Landscape, Inscribed Swick, Early 20th C","description":"\u003cp\u003eA small American plein-air landscape in oil, spring trees in fresh yellow-green leaf along a sunlit path beside still water, the far bank dissolving into soft haze, worked in a lavender, gold, and green spring palette. The painting is on Devoe artists' canvas board, the verso retaining the printed Devoe of New York label with a cursive 'Swick' written across it. That name is an inscription on the supply label, not a signature on the front, so 'Swick' as the artist is a reasonable guess but unverified; no listed painter of that name with an established market was found. The Devoe canvas board points to the early 20th century rather than the 1800s. Visible brushwork is consistent with a genuine hand-painted oil. In a simple gilt wood frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanvas sound. Surface wear consistent with age. Displays well as found.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67599102967961,"sku":"VHA-0061","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/test_cream.jpg?v=1791462856"},{"product_id":"antique-british-hand-colored-engraving-victorian-thames-barge-london-river-scene","title":"Antique British Hand-Colored Engraving, Victorian Thames Barge London River Scene","description":"\u003cp\u003eA small Victorian hand-colored engraving of a Thames sailing barge under full brown sail, the London skyline sketched lightly behind. Titled London Barge within the image and Thames Barge below. Original hand coloring and period ink border rules are intact.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67612947447961,"sku":"VHA-0107","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/VHA-0107_cream.jpg?v=1792871968"},{"product_id":"antique-silk-needlework-picture-urn-of-flowers-dated-1821-federal-framed","title":"Antique Silk Needlework Picture, Urn of Flowers, Dated 1821, Federal, Framed","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo centuries ago a young woman signed this in silk — a classical Adam-style urn of flowers worked in polychrome floss and chenille on ivory silk satin, dated 1821 in the stitching and monogrammed \"JM\" in a spangled oval cartouche at the urn's belly. Pictures like this were the graduation pieces of the female academies of the Federal and Regency era — Litchfield, Westtown, Mary Balch's in Providence, and their English counterparts — where needlework was the proof of an accomplished education. The confident classical drawing of the urn and disciplined long-and-short stitch mark this as academy work of real quality. In its original giltwood frame under glass. 17 × 12 in. framed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSilk ground and primary embroidery intact with light, even toning; scattered silk degradation and fabric splits in the upper portion, and some flattening to the chenille work. Original giltwood frame with rubbing and small losses consistent with age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valley House Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67613093200025,"sku":"VHA-0126","price":425.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/files\/VHA-0126_cream.jpg?v=1792871968"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/1270\/1593\/collections\/0_IMG_6951.jpg?v=1779632117","url":"https:\/\/valleyhouseantiques.com\/collections\/wall.oembed?page=2","provider":"Valley House Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}