12/24/11, added one more piece

http://tinyurl.com/7gmwpao Belgian Flemish Pottery of a Bobbin Lace Work Figure Statue c1900
Size: ~5″ tall
Starting Price: $375.00
Auction ends: Dec 24, 2011 04:41:50 PST
Seller: Ebay seller cesareureka, Antwerpen, Belgium
Comments: A medium-height Vande Voorde Flemish Pottery lacemaker.  Good strong colors, with the ‘flame’ streaking that Brugge is known for. Openwork chair, and well definied details. Looks like a little firing mark on the bottom of the back of the chair, otherwise very good condition.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/7mk7m6k FANTASTIC LARGE PIECE OF 19THC SILK BLACK CHANTILLY LACE MUSEUM QUALITY 1
Size: 18″ x 155″
Starting Price: $375.00 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: Dec 24, 2011 07:02:41 PST
Seller: Ebay seller seltmeister, simmerath, Germany
Comments: 18″ is wide for a Chantilly piece, more are found around the 12″ width. At just about 13′ in length, this is a good, collectible piece. The design repeat is fairly narrow but shows good complexity with arches, swags, and flowers. The seller has a some good closeup of the stitches which helps a lot in identifying handmade Chantilly. It’s probably a Belgian piece, but hard to tell unless you can properly judge a deep black color and the thread fineness. I don’t see any condition problems from the photos, and the seller doesn’t mention any, so it is difficult to judge the whole condition.

  Best offer of $249.99 accepted.

http://tinyurl.com/7smu6qh antique m o p and lace fan silver and gold inlay
Size: 9.75″ Folded length, 17.75″ wide when open.
Starting Price: 25.00 GBP with reserve
Auction ends: Dec 24, 2011 14:37:26 PST
Seller: Ebay seller gertjanvanveghel2009, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Comments: A Brussels Duchesse fan with ornamented mother of pearl sticks. Three Point de Gaze inserts, no raised work, and simple ornamentation. There’s some tears in the needlelace ground. The lace looks a bit yellow, other photos are whiter, so difficult to judge the color of the lace. The sticks appear to be in very good condition.

122.00 GBP, 4 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/89zzdqc JULES VERWEST – BELGIUM – OLD LADY IN TRADITIONAL COSTUME MAKING BOBBIN LACE
Size: 22.5″ x 25.25″ without frame.
Starting Price: $425.00
Auction ends: Dec 25, 2011 16:13:06 PST
Seller: Ebay seller quicart, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Comments: Portrait of a Belgian lacemaker. Jules Verwest (Aug 25, 1883 – June 1, 1957) was born in Ghent. Look him up on Wikipedia or http://julesverwest.blogspot.com/, he started young and won many awards. As with listings like this, buyer beware, contact the seller to assure yoursef that this is original. Seller says the frame is new, and condition is very good. I don’t know that much about oil painting condition. It is a lovely image.

   No bids.
Relisted as #140669193808, $650.00 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer.
Sold on 4/30/12 for $450.00.  I had it reframed.

http://tinyurl.com/7t4yrbp ANTIQUE LACE- LOVELY BRUSSELS DUCHESS LACE HANDKERCHIEF
Size: ~13.5″ square
Starting Price: $150.00
Auction ends: Dec 26, 2011 11:14:20 PST
Seller: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: A high quality Brussels Duchesse handkerchief edge, no cloth center. Fine with me.  The bobbinlace is elaborate and dense with good raised work. I love the trail of needlelace jours winding midway around the piece. Seller cites some age stains, but condition of the lace looks very good.

   Sold for $150.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/7enqdf6 ANTIQUE LACE-FINE ALENCON LACE FLOUNCE
Size: 6.75″ x 101″
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Dec 26, 2011 14:26:28 PST
Seller: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: I’ve been talking with Maria a lot about this piece and she kindly appended some of my comments to the listing. I look at this and see Belgium, not France. Here are a few key items:
The jours look more Belgian than French, especially the little concentric circles of knots used as a filler along the lower border.
The clothwork is a bit too open – actually Alençon did that in the later 19th century to try and speed up the work, but this looks more like the open single twist point de gaze technique.
There don’t seem to be any picots anywhere, which would be very atypical of Alençon, or Argentan. (after looking at some closeups that Maria sent, there seem to be a few looped picots in the filling rings – a Belgian technique).
But what bothers me the most  is the treatment of the little tendrils off the flowers, see how they are buttonholed on both sides of the trace. That’s a definite Belgian characteristic.
Maria sent me some closeups of the ground, see the bottom of the listing for more comments.
It is a very  interesting piece, and appears to be in good condition. Just a little fraying the ground in a few places.

   $148.50, 3 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/7ngo5xt Victorian Hand Made Chantilly Black Lace Scarf 58 inches long
Size: 6.5″ x 58″
Starting Price: $225.00 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: a little less than 4 days
Seller: Ebay seller avivb, New England, United States
Comments: A narrow Chantilly scarf with naturalistic flowers and leaves. It has a silk backing that looks easily removable. You never know how stable silk material actually is. Hopefully this has kept the condition quite good. It is a delicate design and good technique, might be a French piece. It has the ‘greyish’ appearance that the fine French thread would produce.

   Best offer of $175.00 accepted.

http://tinyurl.com/7k4up5d SOUVENIR DE COGNE-COSTUME-VALLE D’ AOSTA-TOMBOLO-LAVORO-MESTIERI-ARTIGIANATO-FPN
Size: not given
Starting Price: 9.99 EUR
Auction ends: 27 dic 2011 12:43:49 CET
Seller: Ebay seller antichitaecollezionismotrento, Italy
Comments: Someone should buy this great image.  I can’t figure out how to pay for it. Rare, I’ve never seen it before.

   Sold for 13.49 EUR, 2 bidders.