Landscapes by American painter Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925). Various collections. Mostly with trees, one with just water.
Family portraits by American painter Eastman Johnson. Living from 1824 to 1906 he studied art in Düsseldorf, The Hague and Paris. One of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Art glass vases, these all being Art Déco and made by Degué who used a sandblasting method to decorate monochromatic vessels with graphic devices and designs. French, made in Paris.
More pretty flowers. These from 1855, taken from “Flora of the Colosseum of Rome.” Written by Richard Deakin MD, it was published in London by Groombridge and Sons.
Watercolors of Saint Petersburg by Russian watercolorist Vasily Sadovnikov. Living from 1800 to 1879, (1800-1879), he was a leading Russian master of perspective painting. Painted many interiors too.
Ecclesiastical gold and silver. French, made in Paris. Gothic Revival. Placide Poussielgue-Rusand, goldsmith (1824-1889).
A selection of black and white drawings of designs based on flowers from Frank Steeley’s 1903-1904 “Nature Drawing and Design” which was published in London. Art Nouveau.
Designs to copy when you get tired of drawing ordinary doodles while the teacher is talking about boring things. All of them taken from A. Desaint’s “Ideas & Studies in Stencilling & Decorating” which was published in 1927 by C. Griffin & Company in London.
Colored sketches and drawings, designs for Minton & Company tableware. ca. 1950. These probably done by Reginald Haggar who designed for Minton. From the Minton Archive, Stoke-on-Trent, England. ID #MS1950
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