Top Design Picks from the Owner of the Most Curious Shop in SoHo

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  A German silver-gilt roemer-form beaker, Samuel Becker, Braunschweig, circa 1590. Estimate $7,000–9,000.

  "To think that this is from around 1590 and that someone actually used it. It has incredible history."
  
  

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  A large Dutch giltwood Stadtholer's chair, mid-18th century. Estimate $7,000–10,000.

  "This chair is like a sculpture. I usually like more understated things, but the scale is just – wow."
  
  

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  "I love Wedgwood. These early pieces are very detailed and quite beautiful."
  
  
  
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  A🎃 rare pair of W🃏edgwood black jasper dip bough pots , circa 1790. Estimate $2,000–3,000.
  
  
  
  168开奖🍒官方开奖网站查询:A Wedgwood black jasper di🅷p vase and cover , late 18th / early 19th century. Estimate $1,000–1,500.
  
  
  
  168🐼开奖官方开奖网站查询:A pair of Wedgwood black jasper dip candlesticks , 19th century. Estimate $500–700.
  
  
  
  168开奖官方开奖网♌站查询:A Wedgwood black and white jasper 'Portland' v🉐ase , 19th century. Estimate $2,000–3,000.
  
  

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  Thornton, Robert. The Temple Of Flora, Or Garden Of Nature, Being Picturesque Botanical Plates Of The New Illustration Of The Sexual System Of Linnæus. London: For The Publisher, 1799 (I.E., 1798–1807). Estimate $90,000–120,000.

  "The illustrations in this book are so majestic. They get better and better and better on every single page. You get lost in the pictures."
  
  

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  "Who wouldn't want these? Look at all the detail that someone took the time to do by hand. They're beautiful."
  
  
  
  
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  A French varicolor gold jewel box with crowned diamond monogra�ඣ�m, circa 1860 . Estimate $22,000–30,000.
  
  
  
  A gold and grisaille enamel Eastern market snuff box, Swiss or German, cir🌼ca 1830 . Estimate $14,000–18,000.
  
  
  
  A varicolor gold and agate snuff𝓀 box, probably German, mid 19th century . Estimate $8,000–12,000.
  
  

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  A pair of Italian Rococo brass-mounted blue decorated and gilt tooled vellum coffers on stands Venice, mid-18th century. Estimate $30,000–50,000.

  "First of all, I love the colour of these Venetian trunks. I like almost anything Venetian – it’s one of the cities that I know very well. I go at least once a year."
  
  

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  A gold, enamel and rock crystal figure of Emperor Maximilian I, probably German or Austrian, late 19th century. Estimate $40,000–60,000.

  "When I see something like this, I wonder about the person who took the time to make it out of gold and do all of the enamel work. Maximilian must mean a lot to them."
  
  

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  A pair of Austrian silver-gilt, enamel and gem-set ewers, attributed to Hermann Ratzersdorfer of Vienna, circa 1880. Estimate $8,000–12,000.

  "I would love to have these, they’re incredible. The bases are so detailed."
  
  

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