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American Art Glass: Smith Brothers Vase with Bird on Branch, ca.1870s-1900
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Item number: 18521913
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Number of visits: 251
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Item description:
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This is an art glass piece from our collection that we are offering for auction--a beautiful cylindrical vase hand-decorated by the Smith Brothers. It has a bird perched on a flowering branch, against a mauve, rust and black background; there are gold accents throughout the painting of the bird, branches and flowers, as well as a gold rim. The pontil is smooth.
In 1871, Alfred and Harry Smith worked with the Mount Washington Glass Company and were in charged of the decorating shop. They began the production of a fine quality line of decorated glasswares, which was to continue until the end of the century. They eventually leased the building from Mount Washington after their first three years of work there and worked independently, continually decorating fine glass pieces. A number of pieces were signed but most of their wares appear to have been unmarked. See photos.
DIMENSIONS: Height 8"; Diameter 3.5"
CONDITION: EXCELLENT!
CHECK & MONEY ORDER PAYMENT ADDRESS & SHOP ADDRESS (open 10-5:30 Monday thru Saturday)
Andries van Dam
914 Market Street
Camden, South Carolina, 29020
USA
To the best of our knowledge, all items sold are original and are NOT reproductions.
Andries Fine Art & Antiques is a well established firm with over 30 years experience in the fine art trade. Over half of our customers are repeat buyers!.
If there is ever any concern about an auction lot , CALL US FIRST (803-432-0850). We´ll find the answer to your question.
(Buyers, again; IMPORTANT!, please read: Help us serve you better & faster. The number one error from buyers is a lack of any identification auction ID number being included along with payment or question! This error in communication will GREATLY hold up your item or answer getting to you in a timely manner.) |
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Conditions of sale:
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Delivery Method:
Shipping after payment
Shipping costs:
Paid by the buyer
Places:
Seller's country, Europe, North America, Central America, South America, Asia, Africa, Oceania
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Payment
Cash, Bank transfer, Postal money order, Domestic check (seller's country), Visa, Eurocard/Mastercard, American Express, MoneyBookersWallet : 
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SHIPPING INFORMATION: ALL ITEMS WILL BE SHIPPED BY USPS PRIORITY MAIL OR FEDEX INTERNATIONAL OR DOMESTIC. SOUTH CAROLINA BUYERS HAVE TO PAY 6% SALES TAX.
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Message from the member Vandam:
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PLEASE CALL US AT 803-432-0850 FOR ANY QUESTION ABOUT ANY ITEM!!
ANDRIES SPEAKS FLUENT ENGLISH, DUTCH AND GERMAN.
SHIPPING INFORMATION: ALL ITEMS WILL BE SHIPPED BY USPS PRIORITY MAIL OR FEDEX INTERNATIONAL OR DOMESTIC. SOUTH CAROLINA BUYERS HAVE TO PAY 6% SALES TAX.
ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD "AS DESCRIBED"--PLEASE ONLY BID IF YOU ARE SERIOUS! PLEASE CONTACT US FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 803-432-0850
DEALERS AND INTERIOR DESIGNERS ARE WELCOME!
Andries Van Dam has three decades in the Fine art business. He has sold and advised on items sold/placed to the major museums & auction houses throughout the world. At one point he had his own antique TV show in the Columbia,SC Area for four years. The current Andries Van Dam Antiques & Fine Art, Inc. Art Gallery & Museum is located now in Camden, South Carolina. Andy's range of detailed knowledge goes from African Art, Eskimo/Indian Art, Glass, classic oil Paintings, Silver, all the way to Japanese and Chinese Arts. Objects of all these cultures are on display (and all are for sale) in his 6,000 sq. foot gallery/museum. Andy's global network of "pickers" and contacts makes it possible for him to get those rare and exciting objects on a regular basis. So much so that the inventory is always different. What makes Andy's art gallery so different from most galleries, is that it is so non-elitist. Most galleries frown upon customers who don't want to spend thousands of dollars. At Van Dam Fine Art & Antiques there are fine art works priced at hundreds. In addition museum quality works are priced at thousands. And also there are those one of a kind items that defy descriptions. Hanging on wall after wall of the sprawling gallery of Andries Van Dam in Camden are extraordinary art works by European master painters from centuries past - along with masters not quite so well known, but masters in their own right. The works represent every genre the mind's eye can fathom; artifacts from the antiquities, priceless porcelain from the Far East, carved masks from Africa, silver form the world's mines, canvases and other textiles treasured for generations. As a collection they rival many in museums; indeed, public museums are among Van Dam's repeat clients. Such museum-quality paintings, though, would not be for sale in a museum as they are at the Holland native's gallery. But with all the masterfully painted art to tempt patrician and plebian alike, and all of it for purchase, art is not Van Dam's leading commodity. Although the art provides tangible evidence of his wisdom and love of art, it is the intangible that he lists as his most precious inventory. "Trust," says Van Dam, "is really what I sell, and it takes precedent over everything else." His ethic, coupled with years of experience as an art lover and dealer, is the backbone of this trust, his success is predicated on it, and he holds steadfast to the responsibility that comes with it. But he doesn't shoulder it alone. When it come to verifying that a painting is all that meets the eye, Van Dam is backed by solid art information published in a collection of European dictionnaires that one of his mentors persuaded him to invest in when he first ventured into the art world decades ago. Detailed in these books, one to represent each of the art-important European countries are pedigrees of paintings printed somewhat like encyclopedia listings. "They are known as provenances," explains Van Dam, "and they answer the questions a potential art purchaser should want to know." Van Dam adds a provenance that includes biographical and professional information about the artist in a bound portfolio for every significant painting he has to offer. But, perhaps more important to a potential purchaser, a provenance verifies a painting's chain of custody, including prices at which the work sold in the past. With this information, a potential purchaser can see how the painting has increased in value over the years. Only the most discerning art dealer would take to task the information found in a dictionnaire, but Van Dam has in the past and it has paid off. By comparing encyclopedia-type listings found in one country's dictionnaire with a comparable listing in another country's dictionarre, he has occasionally been able to solve an artistic conundrum such as who really painted a particular work of art. When there is any question, he cross refrences what has been published in the trade, then checks it out further with any of a number of experts revered in the arts RKD arena, experts with whom he has become friends over the years. "I really want to dispel the myth there is nothing in the South," says the European art dealer who chose South Carolina as home years ago. "I am on a crusade to prove to people they can have fine art by a well-known artist for no more than some charge for a crude imitation. Then, if they ever need or want to sell it, they've got something." That customers have "something" that is validated in the provenance Van Dam puts into the hands of art buyers when they leave his museum-like gallery with their new treasure."
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Information on the sale
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Price:
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$ 350.00
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Wallet :
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| Starting date: |
Sat 6th Jan 2007 22:25:54 (GMT+1.0) |
| Ending date: |
Sun 24th May 2009 16:25:28 (GMT+1.0) |
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Information on the seller
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Vandam [100% (45x)]   |
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United States / South Carolina |
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| Seller checked: |
Yes |
| Member since: |
Sat 4th Nov 2006  |
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American Art Glass: Smith Brothers Vase with Bird on Branch, ca.1870s-1900 on sale on Delcampe (ending date: Sun 24th May 2009)
American Art Glass: Smith Brothers Vase with Bird on Branch, ca.1870s-1900 is on sale in the category Other collections > Art & Antiquities > Glass & Crystal. Please verify if this item is sold through an auction or as a fixed price sale. Buyer of American Art Glass: Smith Brothers Vase with Bird on Branch, ca.1870s-1900, see also the ratings the seller got from other members.
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