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Message:: [QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 4183818, member: 5170"]I'll be indisposed for a few days, so I thought I'd present another tour. The staircase in our house is 2 1/2 stories. When we first moved in, we refinished and renovated the spindles and most of the treads, and it took us 30 straight days! Errr.....Needless to say, the twists and turns afford us a few places for our favorite antiques, so here goes.... This walnut pier mirror dates to 1875 and was made in the U.S. Midwest. It's behind our front door. the early 20th Century vase consists of 3 fully articulated dolphins cradling Waterford glass.[ATTACH=full]334263[/ATTACH]Beginning our journey up, there are 3 John Demartelly lithographs climbing with us on our left. He was a Midwest regionalist who worked in Missouri and Michigan. He was good friends with Thomas Hart Benton:[ATTACH=full]334264[/ATTACH]At the top of the first flight of stairs is the landing/foyer for the first floor. To the right is a robust Berkey & Gay walnut parlor table ca. 1875-80, supporting a ca. 1890 aesthetic movement bride's basket by James Tufts, founding family of Tufts University in Boston, an Ansonia Monarch clock ca. 1890 from New York, and an aperitif set ca. 1920 on a Mexican silver tray. There is a walnut shelf with a stag's head and ebonized decoration ca. 1885 to the right.[ATTACH=full]334268[/ATTACH]To the left is a heavy walnut "silver dust" mirror ca. 1870 along with a Berkey & Gay parlor table ca. 1880. Both have been in the family since they were made. A recent Waterford vase sits on the table top. There is a ca. 1930 cast-iron Boston Terrier on the floor.[ATTACH=full]334269[/ATTACH]To the right is a Berkey & Gay (notice a theme here?) coat tree, which appears in their 1880 catalog. On it are a Schneider vase ca. 1925, 2 mourning purses and a shawl, and a number of colored glass parade canes from glass making guilds in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan ca. 1890-1920. There are cast-iron Scotty dogs from Hubley ca. 1930 and a runner from ca. 1920 on the floor.[ATTACH=full]334270[/ATTACH]Climbing the stairs to the second floor landing, ahead of us is an aesthetic movement pier mirror ca. 1885 from New England. To the left is an 1880s clock with an English case and a U.S. movement. To the right is a stained glass window from a demolished local church ca. 1900. On the mirror's marble shelf is a large brilliant cut glass vase and a roundel made by John Hammon Miller in Hannibal, Missouri, for a curtain tieback which we no longer have. There's a grasshopper on the window sill next to a small Miller vase.[ATTACH=full]334271[/ATTACH]Crossing to the right is a Maxfield Parrish print of "Daybreak" from 1924 in its original frame, sanctioned by Parrish himself. To the left is a ca. 1900 plant stand with a 1940s McCoy vase and a contemporary vase beneath. On the wall is a recent abstract by Des Moines, Iowa artist Chris Vance.[ATTACH=full]334272[/ATTACH]On the second floor is a rosewood etagere made by J. and J. Meeks in New York in the 1850s. It has a wave clock from France ca. 1890 signed "Rancoulet," a Pairpoint vase dated 1888, figurines by Royal Copenhagen and Lladro, a painted blue glass biscuit barrel ca. 1890, a Wavecrest "Egg Crate" biscuit barrel, paired vases from 1936 by Muller Freres, France, Japanese ivories, American Brilliant Cut pieces, and a Legras bud vase. There are canes in a McCoy umbrella stand ca. 1900, and an 1880s child's rocker has a Howdy Doody figure from 1948 with a favorite book.[ATTACH=full]334274[/ATTACH]Across the stairwell from the etagere is a French tapestry ca. 1870 depicting the Tree of Life. The Lion of God slumbers in the tree roots.[ATTACH=full]334279[/ATTACH]And finally, here is a mahogany "whatnot" with Ms. G's collection of Beatrix Potter figurines. There are ALOT of them! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[ATTACH=full]334285[/ATTACH]To be continued......[/QUOTE]

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