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My friends David and Suzanne are having their spring arts & crafts auction this weekend. Here is their online catalog--and below are links to the lots that dilated my irises:

LIBERTY & CO. Hammered pewter travel clock with enameled face.

EMILE GALLE Mahogany music cabinet with four inlaid panels depicting trees, flora and a landscape, carved with animal legs, leaves and dragonflies.

EMILE GALLE Tall cameo glass vase patterned with red peony blossoms, ca. 1900.

EMILE GALLE Cameo glass vase patterned with blossoms in shades of purple, partly fire-polished, ca. 1900.

LIBERTY & Co. Five Cymric silver buttons, each embossed with a ship against an orange enameled sky. In original leather-covered box.

ZSOLNAY Owl figurine, "Ketupa Ceylonensis," covered in red glaze.

TECO Vase reticulated with narrow folded leaves in matte green glaze.

TECO Gourd-shaped vase covered in matte green glaze.

TECO Beaker-shaped vase with four buttressed handles covered in matte green glaze.

GRUEBY Bulbous vase with buds alternating with curled leaves under frothy matte glaze.

GRUEBY Tall vase with yellow buds alternating with leaves under a fine matte green glaze.

GRUEBY Fine and large vase with ivory buds alternating with leaves under a rich matte mustard glaze.

WELLER Unusual vase with beetles under a sheer glossy green and purple glaze.

PERSIAN NAHARAND Area rug in floral pattern.

PESHAWAR SERAPI Room-size rug with geometric floral pattern in rust-colored pattern.

A. E. JONES (1879-1954) Hammered silver jar and cover with applied cruciform decoration with turquoise ceramic cabochons..

MARBLEHEAD Barrel-shaped vase decorated by Arthur Baggs with stylized flowers in charcoal on a rich, dark green speckled ground. Tight opposing lines to rim.

Anyone see anything they like? Post a link!

~W