Decorative Arts

Does the hardware on the front of the home have to match?

I have a Victorian rowhome in Philly and will be painting our door black and I have a pewter handle set..should I go with a matching outdoor light or black iron lamp.

i think the pewter light would better because to much black the other way

Antique English Victorian pewter scroll edge easel picture

Lise Pewter Cloak/Cape Clasp – 1.75 Long x .75 Tall $3.50 TP30 – Lise Clasp Size: 1.75″ x .75″ Solid Pewter. This clasp excellent for light cloaks/capes and jackets. Great for Medieval, Renaissance, Gothic, Victorian, Edwardian, Colonial, Civil War or almost any period….

Valle Pewter Cloak/Cape Clasp – 2.5 Long x 1.1 Tall $4.75 TP70 Valle Pewter Cloak Clasp. Sizes: 2.5″ x 1.1″. Solid hand cast jeweler’s quality pewter imported from Norway. Suitable for medium to medium-heavy cloaks. Great for Medieval, Renaissance, Gothic, Victorian, Edwardian, Colonial, Civil War or almost any period. Hand cast in Norway by the artist; this solid pewter jewelry is of the highest quality of level of detail. This is the quality of jewelry…

Alchemy Gothic~ ALCHEMIST’S POTION BOTTLE ~Polished English Pewter Flask-Imported-AAF52 $99.00 Does it contain love potion or fatal nostrum? “What is Poison to one, may be Elixir to another”. Brilliantly polished and based on a Victorian Apothecary potion bottle, this ornately embossed 2½ fl.oz. flask acts as both temptation & warning. Features a fully 3D modelled Death’s Head cap with “DRINK ME” on the reverse & a translucent “Poison Blue” enamelled coffin with crossbones. Beautiful workm…

Antique Pewter Doorbell Button $23.00 Visitors to your home will be impressed when you install this stylish push-button doorbell. Features a rugged die-cast construction with an antique pewter finish. The push button has a long-lasting LED light. Includes coordinating finish screws….

Checkolite Delta Victorian 2-Light Vanity …

Delta H712NN Valve Handle Traditional Porcelain Handle – H712…

Victorian Style Filigree Onyx Hue Cabochon Barrette $16.00 If vintage jewelry style is your thing, then this 1928 barrette is just for you. Small hearts, flowers, plants, and ornate designs can all be found with the antiqued silver tone Filigree metalwork. It leads up to the large black hand set cabochon. Sure to be a favorite in your collection….

Antique Victorian Place Chair Place Card Holders Miniature antique Victorian placechairs are great for holding placecards at wedding receptions, bridal showers and corporate parties. Available in pewter, gold, and colored epoxy finish….

The Bohemian Gothic Tarot with Book(s) $39.95 Vampires, werewolves, phantoms and creatures of the night contribute to the extraordinary atmosphere of these cards. Voted “Deck of the Year” in 2007 and on the “Top Ten Decks of All Time” list last year, The Bohemian Gothic Tarot is darkly luscious and has a wicked sense of humour. Combining beautiful artwork with great usability, it’s a deck that reads eloquently, especially when you need t…

Beaded ”Victorian” Vintage Style Evening Clutch …

Modern Bookbindings – Their Design And Decoration $27.94 MODERN ENGLISH BINDING WITHIN the last five-and-twenty yeara there has been a marked revival in every de partment of applied art. The influence of William Morris, whose efforts in all the accessories of house decoration were for some time only recognized by the few, has now spread to all classes. No longer con- fined to the houses of the rich or of those who profess the cult of aesthetics, it is to be found with more or less of travesty in country rectories and suburban viIlas, catered for by the enterpriging tradesman on the monthly hire system. To those who remember vividly the early Victorian surroundings of the home and their prevailing ugliness, the complete change which has taken plae has hardly yet ceased to be a source of wonder. Nothing remains the same from mall-paper to coal-box, from bedroom to kitchen, all has suffered a sea change. In any examination of the pre- sent condition of the artistic crafts and the promise they present of future development on a sound basis, one cannot fail to observe that the effort to promote taste has pene- trated to the commonest objects of daily use. The thought that finds expression in decoration has gone to salt-cellars and buttons as well as to carpets, cabinets and books. Some industriea too, that may almost be said to have died out for lack of appreciation, have been revived on new lines and taken up by the public with enthusiastic approval. The use of enamel in jewellery and in combination with wrought metal may be mentioned as an instance of this, as tveU as the inlaying of cabinet work not only with coIoured moods, but with pewter, ivory and pearl. The spell of conventioa once broken, the imagination of the craftsman has found relief in flying to the furthest distance from models that were till recently his only guide. This freedom, when restrained by genuine artistic feeling, has given in many cases excellent resu1t.a but in the majority of cases the sole achievemelt has been an eccentricity thaf shows few signs

Napa Forge 19007 5 Piece Victorian Toolset- Brushed Pewter $199 English-language edition,Pub by Napa Forge

The Primer Of American Antiques $27.94 A comprehensive catalogue of American Antiques illustrated with text drawings. Invaluable to the amateur or professional antiquarian. Contents Include: Preface; Foreword by Charles Messer Stow; Seventeenth-Century Furniture; Seventeenth-Century Press and Court Cupboards; Seventeenth-Century Chests; William and Mary Furniture; Queen Anne Furniture; Chippendale Furniture in America, 1725-90; Block-Front Furniture; Adam Furniture; Hepplewhite Furniture; Pioneer and Cottage Furniture; Introduction to American Federal Furniture; Federal Furniture of Sheraton Influence; Federal Furniture of Directoire Influence; Federal Furniture of Greed-Revival Influence; Federal Furniture by Phyfe and His Peers; Post-Federal and Pre-Victorian American Furniture; Victorian Furniture; Dual-Purpose Furniture; Spool Furniture of 1815-65; Philadelphia, Stick, or Windsor Chairs; Fancy Chairs for the People; Rocking Chairs; Buffet or Corner Chairs; Mirrors; Cast-Iron Furniture; Children’s Furniture and Toys; Scientific Antiques; Early American Silver; Sheffield Plate; American Pewter Ware; Painted Tin, Japanned Ware, and Tole; Woodenware; Early Blown Glass; Glass Bottles and Flasks; Sandwich Glass; Pressed Glass; Old Glass Paperweights; Lighting Fixtures and Lamps; Candlesticks and Candle Fixtures; Historic Staffordshire China and Pottery; Lowestoft or Oriental Export Porcelain; Liverpool Ware; Gaudy Dutch and Pennsylvania Tulip Pottery; American Samplers; Floor Coverings; Hooked Rugs; Engraved Prints and Pictures; Currier & Ives Lithographs; Other American Lithographers; Miniature, Profile, and Silhouette Portraits; Primitive or Pioneer Paintings; Art-Instruction Books and Drawing Books; Firebacks; Ten-Plate, Six-Plate, Five-Plate, and Franklin Stoves; American Victorian Period Stoves; Ironwork; Ship and Other Models; Clocks; Scrimshaw Work; Paper Cutwork; Paper Dolls; Weather Vanes; Jackknife Sculpture and Carving; Daguerreotype Cases; Illustrated Merchandise Catalogues; Trade Cards