- PETER BLAKE (BRITISH, B. 1932), BABE
PETER BLAKE (BRITISH, B. 1932), BABE RAINBOW Screenprint in colors on tin, 1968, edition of 10,000, Dodo Designs, printed to edges, depicting a female wrestler in the center, title below, rainbow border, (4) corner holes for hanging, information about the artwork and artist on verso.
- After George Edwards (British, 1694-1773)
After George Edwards (British, 1694-1773) \"Dodo Bird\", hand-colored engraving, London, 1803, sight 7-1/2\" x 5\". Glazed, matted and presented in a faux-grained mahogany frame.
- George VI Carved and Antique-Gilded
George VI Carved and Antique-Gilded Wood Looking Glass, in the English Rococo style of Thomas Johnson (1714-1778), second quarter 20th century, the cresting modeled as a giltwood \"dodo\" bird, h. 35-1/2\", w. 18\".
- George V Highly Carved Oval Giltwood
George V Highly Carved Oval Giltwood Looking Glass, in the style of Robert Adam (English, 1728-1792) first quarter 20th century, the cresting modeled as a garlanded Antique vase flanked at either side by a giltwood dodo bird holding a husk garland n its beak, h. 48\", w. 32\".
- 4 OLD JAVA TEXTILES4 old Java textiles:
4 OLD JAVA TEXTILES4 old Java textiles: breastcloth ("kemben"), hand-drawn batik tulis, soga dyes; woman's breast cloth ("kain dodot"), indigo-dyed commercial cotton using "tritik" technique, Central Java; "kain panjang", silk batik tulis with metal braiding "rembang tana kiat" pattern; and woman's shoulder cloth with fertility pattern with branches and tendrils made for Chinese market, North Coast Java. Ranging in size from: 21'' x 90'' (53 x 229 cm) to 20'' x 96'' (51 x 244 cm). Provenance: Apsara Arts of Asia. Please Note: There Are No Hidden or Confidential Reserves in this Auction; All Acceptable Bidding Commences at the Online Start Price.
- PORCELAIN PALMISTRY HANDPorcelain Palmistry
PORCELAIN PALMISTRY HANDPorcelain Palmistry hand, by Dodo Designs, England. [11 inches high; Base: 7 x 4 x 1 3/8 inches]. In good condition.
Condition:
In good condition.
- RICHARD BAWDEN, LINOCUTS, DODO AND DANDY
RICHARD BAWDEN, LINOCUTS, DODO AND DANDY DODORichard Bawden (English, b. 1936) Two colored linocuts Dodo and Dandy Dodo each signed Richard Bawden lower right, the first numbered 26/85 and the second 31/85 dimensions of largest 13 3/4 x 22 1/2in (35 x57cm)Provenance: Property from a Private Collector, Hollywood, California.
- FOSSILIZED OREODONT MERYCOIDODON CULBERTSONI
FOSSILIZED OREODONT MERYCOIDODON CULBERTSONI SKULLNorth America, Western United States, South Dakota, Scenic, Upper Brule Formation, Oligocene, ca. 28.1 million to 23 million years ago. A fossilized upper cranium and lower mandible from a prehistoric oreodont with most of the teeth intact! A bar has been added to the jawbone for mounting on a stand to create an open mouth pose, but currently the upper fits comfortably on the lower in a resting position. The teeth are an interesting high crown shape; pointy and triangular, and their name translates to "mountain tooth" and these mammals were herbivores, roaming the prehistoric North America grasslands in herds grinding up the plants with their "mountainous" teeth. Size (upper): 7" L x 4.75" W x 2.75" H (17.8 cm x 12.1 cm x 7 cm)
Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection
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#172128
Condition:
Professionally prepared and restored. Restoration and infill to gaps and fissures, repairs to tooth crowns, with some chips and losses. Loss to orbit bone left side. Wooden bar added to mandible for support on stand.
- LETTERS TO LEDOUX REFERENCING WORLD
LETTERS TO LEDOUX REFERENCING WORLD IIVarious personal letters mentioning World War II, dating from 1936 - 1941.
Includes 1936 letter from D. Nelson mentioning music, going to Germany, and the Olympics; 1940 invitation from the Tolstoy Foundation to attend performance by the Don Cossack Chorus; compilation of personal letters 1939-1941 from Elfie von Kahler; 1939/1940 letter from 'DoDo' in Manila mentioning Douglas L. Oliver [anthropologist who was in Solomon Islands 1938-1939 and fellow Harvard graduate 1934] and wife Eleanor and their first born son, and mentions of war preparations; 1939 letter from Theo Stephens mentioning soldiers with envelope; and a 1941 letter from Louis Pierre Ledoux's father mentioning World War II.
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1930's
Material: Paperwork
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
- Strickland (HE) & Melville (AG), The
Strickland (HE) & Melville (AG), The Dodo and its Kindred or the History, Affinities and Osteology of the Dodo, Solitaire and other extinct birds of the Islands Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Bourbon, London, Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1848, 4to, 15 plates with a duplicate of plate 2 bound in, Errata, 12 pages of Advertisements, in original publisher's embossed and gilt tooled cloth, bookplate and label for the author Hugh Edwin Strickland 1853
- DODO BIRD SCULPTURE, CAROL GENTITHES
DODO BIRD SCULPTURE, CAROL GENTITHES (SEAGROVE, NC) Hand-built with mixed porcelains, matte glazed head, tail feathers, and feet, inset glass eyes, a collage of transfers on white ground, signed in black marker on the underside of a foot.
- A HANDWOVEN SAVONNERIE-STYLE CARPETA
A HANDWOVEN SAVONNERIE-STYLE CARPETA handwoven Savonnerie-style carpet, Second-quarter 20th Century Wool on cotton foundation, with floral designs on ivory field and mauve borders 216.5" L x 143" W Provenance: Estate of actress Nora Dodo Denney Dimensions: 216.5" L x 143" W Provenance: Estate of actress Nora Dodo Denney