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Painted Tin Ceiling Medallion

C 1900 32” tall 32” wide

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Plaster Leaf

Decorative wall ornament made from a real leaf.

1) Approximately 16” by 23"

2) Approximately 19” by 20 ½”

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European Gilt Wood Frame

Europe
c 1800
Small carved gilt wood frame; finish is quite distressed.

Condition
Good
Measurements
Height: 25 1/2
Depth: 1 in.
Width/Length: 21 in.

Location
Piranesi Antiques
2104 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
USA
Phone: 504-523-2000
E-Mail: PIRANESI@NOCOXMAIL.COM
Specifications
Number of items: 1
Materials/Techniques: Carved, gilt wood

Ref. #2.29AR10.09

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Set of 4 Framed Vintage Italian Botanicals

Italy
Vintage
Set of 4 botanical specimen collections consisting of pressed and dried ferns, leaves and flowers. The plants are displayed as flower arrangements in urns hand painted to look like red marble surrounded by a similar border; there are also hand written notations as to the names of some of the plant material. The c 1920 distressed painted wood frames complement the arrangements.

Condition
Good. The frames are C1920. The age of the actual specimens is not known.
Measurements
Height: 19 in.
Depth: 2 1/4
Width/Length: 15 1/4

Location
Piranesi Antiques
2104 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
USA
Phone: 504-523-2000
E-Mail: PIRANESI@NOCOXMAIL.COM
Specifications
Number of items: 4
Materials/Techniques: Dried and pressed plants. Paint, ink paper, wood and glass.

Ref. #5.25SA3.10

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Grape hod

France
19th century
Tin grape hod of the type used by grape pickers in France. This one is painted red and decorated with the coat of arms of Haut-Medoc portraying a noble red stag.

Condition
Good
Measurements
Height: 20"
Second Height: 25"
Depth: 13 3/4"
Width/Length: 24 1/2"

Location
Piranesi Antiques
2104 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
USA
Phone: 504-523-2000
E-Mail: PIRANESI@NOCOXMAIL.COM
Specifications
Number of items: 1

Ref. #2.32SA9.09

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Engraving by Francisco Piranesi

Italy
C.1780
Engraving of the tomb of Pope Pius VI, flanked by two male caryatid columnar figures, with the large classical pedimented front of the Roman Pantheon in the background. The engraving is by Francisco Piranesi, son of Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

Condition
very good, recently re-framed
Measurements
Height: 31 1/2"
Width/Length: 39 1/2"

Location
Piranesi Antiques
2104 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
USA
Phone: 504-523-2000
E-Mail: PIRANESI@NOCOXMAIL.COM
Specifications
Number of items: 1
Materials/Techniques: engraving, framed with French matting
Creator: Francisco Piranesi

Ref. #AR 34.6.7.05

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Oil Painting still life "Nature Morte"

France
c. 1890
Still life oil painting by Leon Charles Huber, a talented Parisian painter of still lifes and animal subjects. Huber trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and was a frequent exhibitor at the Society of French Artists after 1880.

Condition
very good
Measurements
Height: 14 1/4"
Width/Length: 17 1/4"

Location
Piranesi Antiques
2104 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
USA
Phone: 504-523-2000
E-Mail: PIRANESI@NOCOXMAIL.COM
Specifications
Number of items: 1
Materials/Techniques: oil paint on canvas, gilt finished frame
Creator: Leon Charles Huber

Ref. #5.LsS.9.07

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Engraving of Title page by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Italy
18th century
Engraving of the title page of the Edition of the "Magnificent Architecture of Rome", created by Piranesi for the Society of the Royal Academy of Antiquarians in London.

Condition
very good, recently re-framed
Measurements
Height: 26 3/4"
Width/Length: 20"

Location
Piranesi Antiques
2104 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
USA
Phone: 504-523-2000
E-Mail: PIRANESI@NOCOXMAIL.COM
Specifications
Number of items: 1
Materials/Techniques: engraving, Framing with French matting
Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Ref. #AR34.3.7.05

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Small tole wall mounted fountain

France
c. 1810
Small, wall mounted tole fountain in two pieces with decorative painted neo-classic upper boarder designs and central landscape scenes. The upper piece is 11" tall, 9 1/2 " wide and projects out from the wall 4 1/2" when mounted; the lower piece is 3 1/2" deep, 13 3/4" wide, and projects out from the wall 8 1/2 " when mounted.

Condition
fair, decorative use only, having no practical use for water
Measurements
Height: 11"
Second Height: 3 1/2"
Depth: 13 3/4"
Width/Length: 9 1/2"

Location
Piranesi Antiques
2104 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
USA
Phone: 504-523-2000
E-Mail: PIRANESI@NOCOXMAIL.COM
Specifications
Number of items: 2
Materials/Techniques: painted tole metal

Ref. #87.L.4.04

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Pair of Paintings

France
c. 1850-1880
Pair of small pastoral landscape paintings in the Barbizon School style. One of the paintings measures 18" wide and 13" tall, without the frame; its companion piece is sightly smaller, measuring 18" by 12" tall.

Condition
good, the paintings are not framed, and have been recently cleaned.
Measurements
Height: 12"
Second Height: 13"
Width/Length: 18"

Location
Piranesi Antiques
2104 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
USA
Phone: 504-523-2000
E-Mail: PIRANESI@NOCOXMAIL.COM
Specifications
Number of items: 2
Materials/Techniques: oil paint on canvas

Ref. #1.HSand.4.07