Robert J Riesberg Antiques Inc.

              Fine 17th, 18th, and 19th Century Antiques                                

 


  This charming painting of ducks is in oil on canvas with a gilt molded frame. Done with quick, talented brush strokes this piece captures a moment of solitude in nature. Probably German and signed in the lower right, image 25 1/2" by 19'. $3850. Please email for more detailed images of this exciting work.  

           

    

 
    This English early 19th century sofa table has a banded top over two drawers on a trestle base with reeded saber legs. In an excellent small size, the mahogany has good color and polish with brass pulls and brass cast paw feet. Minor restorations. W. 51", d. 20", h. 29". $1225.
 

 An oval top painted Regency sewing table, circa 1810 has detailed floral decoration and ribbons on a black ground. The shallow case with keys is supported on slender arched legs sweeping broadly to the ground and terminating in spade feet with x-form stretchers. The top lifts to a central storage bag redone with silk pleats. H. 29", w. 19", d. 13"  $ 1195.



    Tasting of Flora and the country green,
    Dance, and Provencal song, and sunburnt mirth!
    O, for a beaker full of the warm South.
                               -John Keats, 1795-1821


   Start a garden early in spite of the cold with this promising group. A set of five late 18th or early 19th century floral prints, hand colored in good detail with identification in the lower margins. All re-framed recently in gilt leafage lined frames with soft green moldings with gilt touches. Ready to hang and enjoy.  Each 20" by 16". overall. $600 the set.

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 Details of our early floral prints.  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

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Signature on oil of ducks, lower right.