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Antique Glass | American Brilliant Period Cut Glass | Tiffany Glass | Antique Art Glass ~ M.S. Rau A

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Antique Silver | Antique Furniture | Antique Porcelain | Antique Glass ~ M.S. Rau Antiques

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Company Information | History | Over 100 Years ~ M.S. Rau Antiques

[from About Us]
...!     Bill Rau is a member in good standing with the following associations: American Society of Appraisers New Orleans Royal Street Guild American Cut Glass Association The Wedgwood Society of Boston The Wedgwood Society of New York The Cufflink Society Music Box Society... Read More »

Glossary of Antiques Terms - Antiques Glossary ~ M.S. Rau Antiques

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.... The value of an antique depends upon its authenticity, beauty, age, rarity and condition. Apothecary jars Cylindrical or oval shaped covered jars either of glass or china, designed for the storage of medicinal herbs....... Exotic woods, iridescent glass, silver and gems provided the medium for the period's exquisite creations. Ash A highly figured hardwood having a variety of shades from a grayish hue to deep brown... Read More »

The official weblog of M.S. Rau Antiques » M.S. Rau Blog

...In » Create Account Shopping Bag 1-866-306-7926 Antiques Furniture Silver Clocks Porcelain Glass Canes Objets d'Art Lighting Music Boxes Scientific......elegant note, we have this George III Silver Inkstand by the preeminent silversmith Paul Storr. Although the three cut glass jars set upon an elevated pen tray once served as an inkwell, quill stand....... If doré bronze is more to your taste, however, than you may appreciate this opulent turn-of-the-century inkwell.  This fine antique desk accessory retains its original clear glass insert and its top is set... Read More »

Antiques and Fine Art Client Testimonials ~ M.S. Rau Antiques

[from About Us] 09/11/2009
...% guarantee made working with Bill Rau and his staff a pleasure.” —Bob Coffman   Rau Pieces Highlight Cut Glass Collection......“I have purchased many unique pieces of cut glass from M.S. Rau for over 20 years now, and have had the pleasure of doing business with both Bill Rau and his father, Joe... Read More »

Rau Antiques Mobile Web Site

...Rau Antiques Mobile Web Site Antiques Fine Art Jewelry Antiques Furniture (226) Silver (184) Clocks (47) Porcelain (283) Glass (191 ) Canes (131 ) Objets d'Art (105) Lighting (80 ) Music Boxes (20) Scientific & Medical (27) Various (141) Home About Us Contact Us... Read More »

Bill Rau ~ M.S. Rau Antiques

[from About Us] 03/16/2009
....   Today, Bill serves as President of the Royal Street Guild, and is a member of the Wedgwood Society of New York and Boston, the American Cut Glass Association, the National Association of Watch... Read More »

Rau Antiques Mobile Web Site

...Rau Antiques Mobile Web Site Antiques Fine Art Jewelry Category Featured Items Partner's Library Desk from S. J. Waring and Gillows Item 29-3253 Rare Pair of Venetian Blackamoors Item 29-3241 Importan... Read More »

America’s Artistic Pioneer–Louis Comfort Antique Tiffany ~ M.S. Rau Antiques

[from Resource Library] 01/21/2011
...., but it is his personal triumphs in glassmaking that garnered the artist his highest recognition. Though Tiffany first started his experiments with stained glass in 1875, it was not until 10 years later that he opened Tiffany Glass Company, which was later changed to Tiffany Studios in 1900....... By that time, he was already the leading art glass producer in the country, serving wealthy New Yorkers and commissioning massive windows for Mark Twain, Cornelius Vanderbilt and even the White House....... Due to Tiffany's ability to create incredible details in his windows using solely the qualities of his unique glass, a technique displayed in this striking Tiffany Figural Window, these masterpieces... Read More »

The official weblog of M.S. Rau Antiques » 2012 » October

...In » Create Account Shopping Bag 1-866-306-7926 Antiques Furniture Silver Clocks Porcelain Glass Canes Objets d'Art Lighting Music Boxes Scientific......Celebration of Color: Beautiful Baccarat Vases October 20th, 2012 | posted by James Gillis Baccarat Opaline Glass Vases Cartouche Windows with Decorative Enameled Flowers The beauty of Baccarat takes so many forms.......  Under the reign of Napoleon III, the use of opaline glass – an opaque and colorful decorative glass often accented with gilding... Read More »

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The official weblog of M.S. Rau Antiques » Daniele

...In » Create Account Shopping Bag 1-866-306-7926 Antiques Furniture Silver Clocks Porcelain Glass Canes Objets d'Art Lighting Music Boxes Scientific...... exceptional fine art, outstanding furniture, decorative glass, [...] Posted in M.S. Rau Blog | No Comments »... Read More »
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Swirling Silver: ART NOUVEAU ANTIQUE METALWORKERS REVELED IN VINES, LEAVES, FRUIT AND THE HUMAN FIGU

[from About Us] 12/05/2012
...Métro arches, Tiffany & Co.'s leaded-glass peony lamps, and pastel-washed posters of maidens with long flowing hair all come to mind....... Ornamenting silver with semi-precious stones, glass, and etching was also popular. The seminal moment of the Art Nouveau period was the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, where 51 million people took in the glass, ceramics, textiles, furniture, posters, jewelry, metalwork....... The gallery has a number of examples of the period's fashion of blending glass with silver, such as an intaglio cut-crystal powder jar with a sterling silver lid of two-dimensional full-bloom roses... Read More »

The official weblog of M.S. Rau Antiques » 2011 » August

...In » Create Account Shopping Bag 1-866-306-7926 Antiques Furniture Silver Clocks Porcelain Glass Canes Objets d'Art Lighting Music Boxes Scientific......to his friend General Ismay To learn more about these paintings, and other items of Churchilliana in M.S. Rau Antiques’ collection, click here. Posted in M.S. Rau Blog | No Comments » The Glass Master......designers and sculptors during the Art Deco period, and glass aficionados and amateur collectors alike the world over continue to marvel at the grace, magnificence and authenticity of his creations. René... Read More »