Big Ben Antiques Gallery - Bahrain

Vintage hand-blown Murano-style art glass vase, commonly recognized for its signature mid-century Italian design elements.

Design Features

Material & Craftsmanship: It is a piece of handcrafted art glass, styled after traditional Venetian techniques from the island of Murano.

Aesthetics: The vase features a translucent turquoise-blue bulbous body detailed with vertical, stylized canes or stripes in yellow and dark blue/black.

Shape: It has a classic flared, undulating neck that sits atop a wide, rounded base and ends in a wide clear-glass circular foot.

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Egermann Bohemian Crystal Jumbo Ho**ah Base, hand-crafted in the Czech Republic.

Key Characteristics

Function: It is a high-end replacement glass base (or "vaso") designed for plug-in style shisha/hookah setups.

Material: True Bohemian crystal finished with 24-karat gold filigree decorations.

Shape & Dimensions: This specific bulbous, heavy-bottomed silhouette is known as the Jumbo style, which usually measures approximately 26 cm to 30 cm in height and provides excellent stability for large hookahs.

Color: Dark amethyst purple / midnight black with gold-leaf accents.

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Vintage French Bouillotte-style candelabra table lamp crafted from solid brass.

Key Characteristics

Design Origin: Inspired by late 18th-century French lighting used during the card game bouillotte.

Structure: Features a central baluster-turned brass column rising from an oval dished base designed to catch wax.Candelabra Arms: Two distinct S-scroll candle-style arms flank the central stem.Shade: Fitted with a pleated cream fabric empire lampshade.

Vintage African tribal musician figurine from the Decorolla Art Collection.

The piece is crafted from polyresin and features a stylized, slender African woman playing a traditional stringed instrument. It is finished with a distinct black skin tone, a long metallic silver gown adorned with geometric tribal patterns, and matching silver accents on her jewelry and hairpiece. The entire sculpture is mounted on a sturdy oval black pedestal base that displays the gold-script brand label.

These statues were highly popular decorative accents for tabletop and shelf displays.

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Original mid-to-late 20th-century seascape oil painting on canvas, signed by the artist in the lower right corner. It depicts rolling turquoise and cerulean ocean waves crashing onto a sandy beach under a soft, overcast sky with seagulls in flight.

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Equine oil painting featuring a stylized portrait of an Arabian horse, signed by the artist J. Mai.
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"Spoilt for Choice" by the British artist Beryl Cook.

The piece depicts a character in a white jumpsuit trying on various colorful high-heeled shoes.

Beryl Cook is known for her distinctive, humorous style featuring exaggerated figures in everyday scenes.

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"Accordion Player" by the renowned British artist Beryl Cook.

Artist: Beryl Cook (1926-2008), known for her humorous, plump, and lively depictions of pub scenes and city life.

Subject: The artwork features a cheerful man wearing a beret and a striped shirt playing an accordion.

Format: This is a framed, open-edition print commonly sold by authorized distributors.

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Framed art print of "A Street in Biskra, Algeria" (1908) by the Italian Orientalist painter Gustavo Simoni.

The scene depicts traditional craftsmen working in a covered marketplace (souk) and is characterized by its warm color highlights.

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