Spectacular English sterling Art Nouveau mirror with a robust floral repoussé design and original beveled glass. Made by Henry & Albert Batson in London in 1902, it stands 13 1/4 inches tall and is 8 3/4 inches across at the widest point. It retains its original backing, stand and velvet covering.

Softcover. Clean, tight, unread; minor foxing at top of cover. Crease (in the making) at bottom left of first few pages. This is a superb copy of the early Down East Magazine edition.

Beautifully bound in green half-leather with green buckram, ribbed spine, bright gilt titles and spine decorations. This is the 1914 edition published by T. N. Foulis of London, Edinburgh & Boston with 12 tipped-in color illustrations by Edmund J. Sullivan. You will be very pleased with this copy.

Antique blown glass topette from an old French bar holding three doses or portions. Each ring represented a dose, or one drink, of absinthe, which was diluted with water, often poured over a sugar cube, before drinking. The bar patron was charged for however many doses he or she consumed. This topette was hand blown in heavy lead glass and has a nice partially polished pontil on the bottom. This one is 4 inches tall and dates from about 1900 or earlier...

Rare antique glass from a French bar used to serve absinthe. This style is known as an East glass because it was supposedly used in the East of France, in areas around Lyon. This is a heavy, hand-blown glass with a polished pontil. It has a dose mark marking the level to which it was filled with absinthe. Water was added to the liquor, making a cloudy drink. I personally like the glasses with dose marks because you can be sure they were used for a drink like absinthe to which water was added...

This butter pick in Wallace's highly regarded Art Nouveau Violet pattern dating from 1904 is in excellent condition, monogrammed with letter "M." Length is 5 7/8 inches. Price includes free First Class Mail shipping in the USA.

Two rows of elaborate piercing highlight this superior oval sterling mustard pot with its elegant body, pierced thumbpiece and urn finial. It retains its cobalt blue liner. It is fully marked on the base (the maker's mark is upside down in the photo) and marked on the underside of the lid with a lion passant and the maker's mark, which is faint. Overall length (including handle) is 4 1/4 inches and height is 3 1/4 inches. Weight, without glass liner, is 3 troy ounces and 12 pennyweights...

The Story of the Great Commercial Era of the City by James Duncan Phillips. Number 194 of 225 large paper copies signed and numbered in original slipcase. Blue paper boards backed in white buckram cloth (some foxing) and paper label on spine. Partially unopened. A very nice copy. Free Media Mail shipping on this item.

Antique blown glass topette with original stopper from an old French bar holding three doses or portions. Each ring represented a dose, or one drink, of absinthe, which was diluted with water, often poured over a sugar cube, before drinking. The bar patron was charged for however many doses he or she consumed. This topette was hand blown in heavy lead glass, has a nice polished pontil on the bottom. This one is 5 1/4 inches tall to the top of the stopper, and dates from about 1900 or earlier...

Antique blown glass topette with original stopper from an old French bar holding two doses or portions. Each ring represented a dose, or one drink, of absinthe, which was diluted with water, often poured over a sugar cube, before drinking. The bar patron was charged for however many doses he or she consumed. This topette was hand blown in heavy lead glass, has a mark from the pontil on the bottom. This one is 4 3/4 inches tall to the top of the stopper, and dates from about 1900 or earlier...

Antique blown glass topette with three rings from an old French bar. Each ring represented a dose, or one drink, of absinthe, which was diluted with water, often poured over a sugar cube, before drinking. The bar patron was charged for however many doses he or she consumed. This topette was hand blown in heavy lead glass, has a nice polished pontil on the bottom and also has some of the characteristics one finds in hand blown pieces...

Rare antique blown glass topette with ten rings from an old French bar. Each ring represented a dose, or one drink, of absinthe, which was diluted with water, often poured over a sugar cube, before drinking. The bar patron was charged for however many doses he or she consumed. This is an unusually large one; those holding 10 doses are quite rare...