Antique Bronze Ornate and Flourish Key Hole Antique

Antique Bronze Ornate and Flourish Key Hole AntiqueBronze Ornate and Flourish Key Hole

Internal iron prongs (mounting tabs) suggesting attachment to a base or canopy

small historic town near Rhone Valley

gilt edges

1800s Land Contract

Transformed Boccaccio-style tales into French verse (celebrated verse tales)

Late Victorian or Edwardian Carved Oak Biscuit Barrel (1890-1910)

Late 19th to early 20th C watercolor or gouache on paper

Dried stony coral - related plate/leaf coral

Romanticized Architectural Capriccio Scene - likely Italian - inspired by Grand Tour-era neoclassicla ruins and stage-like chiaroscuro effects

White Single Branch Coral (Thick)

Delicate layering in mountains and handling of light greens and warm pinks is typical of Alpine watercolors of the 1880-1920 period

then part of the Holy Roman Empire)