Hartman Rare Art, Inc.

A family-owned business since 1927

For over 77 years, the Hartman Family and our associates have consistently worked to provide quality antique merchandise to our customers at competitive prices. Should you have any questions about the pieces we feature on this website or if you would like to inquire further about a specific item, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Our gallery is located in midtown Manhattan and easily accessible on the second floor. Please note the entrance to the building is on 53rd Street between Park and Madison Avenues. We are open to the public Monday to Friday from 10:00AM until 4:30PM.

 

The European Decorative Arts encompass a stunning array of brilliantly crafted enamel, carved ivory, rock crystal, metalwork, glass and ceramic items that reflect the myriad styles and tastes of the continent through the centuries. At Hartman Rare Art, Inc., we regularly offer pieces from France, Germany, Austria and Italy as well as from many other European countries.

The care and precision with which most of these pieces were made is truly exceptional, and we have chosen to highlight a few of the more extraordinary pieces in our collection.

We also offer a smaller variety of English and American Decorative Arts from the early 20th century. A few of the English and American Decorative items we offer are shown.

If you are interested in the Decorative Arts, by all means browse through our English and Continental silver sections.

Set of 4 Austrian Painted Crystal Tazzas by Lobmeyer

This set of 4 crystal tazzas was made in Austria during the late 19th century by Lobmeyer. The tazzas are circular form and each features a shallow bowl set atop a pedestal form support. The upper and lower rims plus the centers feature painted scroll motifs in polychrome enamel. The rims are gilt. Each tazza measures 4.75 inches diameter and 2.25 inches height at the rim.

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Price: $3,200.00

Viennese Enamel Quatrefoil Form Box with cover

This delicate enameled, covered box was crafted in Vienna during the late 19th century. The box is quatrefoil shape and ornamented with two gilt scroll form handles, a gilt rim and gilt rooster-form finial on the cover. The exterior body is painted with figural landscape scenes featuring people playing music and socializing amidst a wooded pasture. The interior is painted with scroll motifs and delicately painted lutes and guitars. The box measures 6.5 inches length and 3.25 inches height.

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Price: $3,500.00

Set of 12 English Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Dishes

This fine set of 12 dishes was crafted by the English porcelain company, Derby. The dishes each measure 10 1/8 inches diameter and feature a white central panel surrounded by elaborate borders of blue enamel and gilt scrollwork. Each dish is marked on the underside of the base with the Royal Crown Derby mark.

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Price: $12,000.00

European Rhodochrosite Table Clock with Gilt Mounts

This beautiful table clock was made in Europe during the late 19th/early 20th century. The clock mechanism itself is set to a shaped rectangular plaque of rhodochrosite that stands upright, care of a folded metal stand mounted to the back. The clock mechanism is set to the center surrounded by gilt mounts featuring molded garland, ribbon and cornucopia decoration. The borders are adorned with an applied band of garland decoration. The piece measures 8 5/8 inches height.

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Price: $5,300.00

Silver, Painted Ivory and Enamel Box

This fine European Box was made in 1880 and features a central panel of painted ivory with a scene depicting the Virgin Mary with a servant surrounded by animals of symbolic relevance. The box features a finely enameled border on the cover and also enamel decoration on the sides. On the interior, one sees that the underside of the ivory panel has been etched and inked with a scene similar to that on the opposite side. The interior of the box is gilt. The box measures 5 3/8 inches length by 3 3/4 inches width and 1 inch depth.

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Price: $4,600.00

Viennese Silver and Enamel Elephant Clock

This finely enameled Viennese clock was made during the late 19th century. The clock face itself is oval form, though this is set above the back of a silver elephant that stands atop an elaborately enameled plinth. This lovely piece measures 7 1/8 inches height.

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Price: $6,000.00

Moser Green Glass Vase with Etched Tulip Decoration

This exquisite Art Nouveau vase was crafted by Moser, a glass artist from the Czech Republic during the early 20th century. The vase is a bulbous rectangular form and features a fine gradation in color from absolute colorless at the base to fine chartreuse at the rim. The exterior surfaces are carved and etched with large tulips in bloom. The vase has a scalloped rim. This piece measures 13.25 inches height.

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Price: $2,700.00