SOLD Scarce, Morandi-esque, Pre Civil War Washington Smith, Greenwich Village, NYC Octagonal Stoneware Bottle composition dolls and one watercolor landscape that

and one watercolor landscape that looks to me like Mt

Light folds to a few corners

and I believe the wire crank handle may have had a bulb/bead at the end of it

This absolutely stunning hand-wrought hammered aluminum tray/charger features exquisite low relief renderings of all of the signs and names of the zodiac in low relief on its face

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SOLD Scarce, Morandi-esque, Pre Civil War Washington Smith, Greenwich Village, NYC Octagonal Stoneware Bottle composition dolls and one watercolor landscape thatThere is a great antique store I frequent in downtown Cohoes, NY, near Albany; this stoneware bottle has been sitting atop the front counter there for a bit and has struck me anew with its beauty every time I've visited, time and again making me think of a Morandi still life. On my latest visit, I gave in. It's an unusual one for its faceted, eight sided form, an early example of a pressed stoneware bottle from what I've learned, and was produced by W