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Toupie Feet Derived from the French word for top (as in a child’s toy spinning top), toupie feet are turned top-shaped forms having a larger turning in the middle, narrowing to a small radius turning at the bottom which forms the foot. Reference note by p4A editorial staff, 05.09. The Meissen Marcolini Period The Marcolini period of Meissen manufacture takes its name from Count Camillo Marcolini, Prime Minister of the German kingdom of Saxony, where the Meissen factory was located, who was also named director of the Meissen works in 1774, a position he held until 1814. Marcolini perfected the Neo-Classical style of Meissen forms and decoration introduced by his predecessor and its products are highly valued and sought after. Meissen products from [...] Click here to continue reading. Axel Salto (1889-1961) Considered one of the most important designers of ceramic art in Denmark. Salto worked primarily for Royal Copenhagen, which produced his designs from the 1930s until after his death. he is best known for his glazes and pottery displaying organic “grooved”, “budding” and “germinating” sculptural relief. His talents produced works in the graphic arts, jewelry and textiles. Salto won numerous awards during his careerincluding the Gran Prix at the 1951 [...] Click here to continue reading. Connoisseurship Lesson: Gate-Leg Tables American homes in the Pilgrim Century and early Colonial periods were most often quite modest in both size and furnishings. A typical household might have a bedstead, table, wardrobe and several benches or chairs. The heavy use of this furniture frequently resulted in substantial wear. This was especially true of early tables, which saw heavy use in a wide variety of functions. For this reason it was common for their [...] Click here to continue reading. Connoisseurship Lesson: Butterfly Tables In the decades following the great celebration of American’s Centennial in 1876 there was a resurgence of interest in American material goods of all types from the Colonial and Federal periods. Interest in early furniture was particularly strong, led by such entrepreneurs as Wallace Nutting. One of the most favored forms from this early period was the butterfly table, a smaller side or tavern table, usually with canted-legs and stretchers, [...] Click here to continue reading. The Henry Keck Stained Glass Studio Henry Keck (1873 to 1956) was the son of a German woodworker who moved his family to the United States when Henry was a small child. By 1890, when Henry was seven, he was apprenticed to Louis Comfort Tiffany, learning the basics of stained glass work. Keck quickly moved beyond the mechanics of glass work and began a more artistic pursuit of the craft. After classes in New [...] Click here to continue reading. Artiodactyla Order Artiodactylae was one of several animal groups to arise in the Eocene or Pleistocene epoch. It included such even-toed, hoofed mammals as pigs, deer, sheep, camels, hippopotamuses and goats. American National & The Gendron Wheel Company The American National Company of Toledo, Ohio was established circa 1925 and together with the Toledo Metal and Gendron Wheel Companies produced a variety of pressed steel goods including large toy cars and trucks, pedal cars, tricycles, and ride-on children’s toys. Toys were labeled and sold under a variety of recognized trade names including American National, Toledo, Gendron, Pioneer, Skippy, Reliance, Hi-Speed, Hi-Way, Blue Streak and Sampson. [...] Click here to continue reading. Franz Arthur Bischoff, 1864 to 1929 An Austrian by birth, an American by naturalization and a master ceramic decorator by trade, Franz Arthur Bischoff made a fateful visit to California in 1900. He was thirty-six, and the climate and scenery so captivated him that he initiated what was to be a major change in his life–from being a celebrated East Coast china painter to becoming a masterful Western landscape painter. He was twenty-one when [...] Click here to continue reading. Chateau Margaux From an auction note by Serena Sutcliffe M.W., Head of Sotheby’s International Wine Department: “Chateau Margaux is the most imposing building of all the First Growths, its neo-classical elegance reflected in the sheer aristocratic bearing of the wines. The superb scent of Margaux fascinates – so alluring, so complex and so giving. The Mentzelopoulus regime wines are unerringly consistent in quality, often topping the charts against the toughest opposition. There is weight [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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