Antique Cultural Artifacts, Fine and Decorative Arts

Hudson Estate Sales is proud to announce an extraordinary auction, featuring a selection of cultural artifacts, fine and decorative arts and antique heirlooms that exemplify the finest artistry across the globe.

Highlights include luxury brands:
• Lalique
• ...view more Limoge
• Baccarat
• Jensen
• Tiffany
• Steuben
• Minton
• Dansk

Up for auction are artifacts linked to traditions and ancient world cultures. These ceremonial and ritualistic objects transcend their intended function with their artistry and emotional power:
• Navajo, Quechua and Zapotec hand-loomed textiles
• Tibetan Buddhist Zanpar molds
• Mali ceremonial headdresses
• Norwegian ale bowl
• Chinese Foo-dog/dragon architectural fragment

This collection features items that bring an elevated aesthetic to every-day needs:
• Danish vintage cookware
• Finnish China by Arabia
• Antique 19th century American colored glass tumblers
• Antique Federal dresser mirror
• Danish sterling silver box by Georg Jensen
• Antique Cantonware hand-painted coffee set
• Antique Pink Lusterware from Staffordshire

Objects to celebrate special occasions:
• Boxed set of Lalique glasses
• Antique Tiffany silver serving spoons
• Moser Roemer stemware
• Silver Julep cups
• Antique 1840s English flint glass and Pennsylvania Swirl Glass
• Antique 19h century hand-blown stemware
• Luxury antique dinner plates by Limoge and Minton
• Steuben candelabras

Also up for auction are items that nourish the heart and mind:
• Hand-pulled intaglio prints by Julius Block, Arthur Piza, Hiroaki Lars Bo
• Antique map and etching of ancient Rome
• Miniature leather-bound set of Shakespeare plays, published 1867
• 1950s-60s Holiday Chapbooks with poetry by Robert Frost, signed

What these auction items all have in common is: they were made by human hands, one at a time, using age-old techniques, by makers who share a supreme commitment to quality, tradition and functional beauty.

This auction promises to attract collectors, historians, and connoisseurs alike with its blend of historical and cultural significance and exquisite craftsmanship. This exceptional event offers a rare opportunity to acquire significant cultural objects from around the world that preserve the stories, technical expertise and design developed over past generations for future generations.

Items in this auction have descended to and collected by the a distinguished Hudson Valley family. He was a physics professor and the scion of a New England whaling family; she was a hand-weaver and the daughter of a poetry professor. Their blended intellectual and artistic backgrounds can be seen in many of the objects, which celebrate the practical in the artistic—and the artistic in the practical.

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