Enamel Advertisements & Signs

HATFIELD, PA — Five works by one of the greatest exponents of the intricate art of cloisonné enamel are included in Alderfer Auction’s Collectors sale on Wednesday, July 24 and Thursday, July 25. The four vases and one lidded koro, each signed by the Kyoto workshop of Namikawa Yasayuki (1845-1927), carry modest individual estimates of […]

Enamel and Copper Tryptic by Phoebe Anna Traquair EDINBURGH, UK – This enamel and copper triptych is the unmistakable work of Phoebe Anna Traquair (1873-1936), an important member of the Arts and Crafts movement in Edinburgh and the first woman to be given honorary membership in the Scottish Royal Academy, in 1920. She is considered […]

Monumental French Bronze and Enamel Vases DANIA BEACH, Fla. — Leading the Autumn’s Arrival auction at Akiba Galleries on September 12 was this spectacular pair of French bronze and enamel vases of a type shown at the 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle. The 2ft 1in pair on polished slate bases combine the talents of two giants of late 19th-century French decorative arts, […]