Kitchen

Antique and vintage items make wonderful kitchen accessories, as many were hand crafted by artisans who took great pride in crafting items used for every day purposes. These include items used to prepare food such as sweet meat and other food molds, coconut cutters and graters, spoons and chopstick and other wall mounted holders. Teapots add character to any kitchen.

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  • Antique Carved Coconut Grater/Fruit Cutter, India (9225D-UKH) $250

    $250.00
    H: 5.125″  W: 21.5″  D: 9″ | FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030

    Hand carved coconut cutters like this were commonly used in India and Thailand to facilitate the difficult task of extracting all parts of the coconut that were routinely used in these cultures. Carvers took pleasure in creating unique and functional folk art tools with local artistic motifs. Long since discontinued, this carving with its warm and rustic feel would be a special decorative addition to any style kitchen and an interesting conversational piece.

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  • Antique Carved Sweetmeat Confection Mold, China (3214A-BKE)

    $475.00
    H: 5.625″  W: 27.875″  D: 9.75″ | FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030

    This exceptionally crafted and beautiful footed confection mould  was most probably a marriage gift from a wealthy family to the newly wed as seen its symbols.  It is elaborated and ornately decorated in vibrant reds and gilt with many auspicious symbols for fidelity, fertility and happiness with lotuses and pods filled with seeds, bats, paired fish and intertwined vines. 

     

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  • Antique Enamel Yixing Stoneware Teapot, China (1152B-PAR) $365

    $365.00
    H: 2.375″    W: 6.25 ”    D:  4 ”    | FREE SHIPPING!

    This delicate antique Yixing teapot is unusually shaped with a  loop handle, short spout, flaring rim, small flat cover and small loops below its rim that indicate it may have been used to suspend oil or soy sauce rather than serve tea. Its charm is enhanced by its free hand-painted colored enamels with circular panels containing fanciful and bright floral and leaf decorations.

  • Antique Iron Water Kettle (Tetsubin), Lotus Knob, Japan (2007TOK) $295

    $325.00
    H: 8.625″  W: 7.5″  D: 6.5″  | FREE SHIPPING!

    Japanese cast iron Tetsubin tea kettles have been prized for their health benefits and zen simplicity since they were introduced 400 years ago. This elegant antique Meiji era kettle has a scalloped top, curved handle, rounded spout and contrasting textures and simple designs on its lid which is topped by a lotus shaped knob. This kettle would enhance any kitchen décor and be a wonderful gift for any tea lover. As with any antique, however, it is suitable for decorative use only.

  • Antique Porcelain Cat Teapot, China (16944B-TLE) $145

    $145.00

    This charming antique white glazed porcelain figurine is a cat teapot with a raised paw with removable head for pouring liquid into the vessel and long sinuous tail as a handle to pour liquid from the opening at the end of the paw. The hand painted design is whimsical and colorful with a thin ribbon-like blue collar and a dangling ornamental bow with black accents defining the face, ears, head and paws.

     

  • Antique Shiwan Lotus and Frog Wall Pocket, China (19302JAL) $285

    $285.00
    H: 8.25”  W: 6.75”  D: 3.5” | FREE SHIPPING

    Wall pockets remain a very common decorative element in Asian homes. In China, they are used to hold chopsticks and flowers to bring good fortune to a space where the family gathers. With a hole in the back for hanging on a wall, this wall pocket is great addition to enhance a kitchen’s  coziness and feng shui and is a wonderful wedding gift.

  • Antique Shiwan Stoneware Wall Pocket Chopsticks Holder, China (16031A TLK) $115

    $115.00
    H:  6.75″    W: 4.875 ”    D: 2.5 ”    | FREE SHIPPING!

    Decorative every day Shiwan ware pieces are recognized for their fine craftsmanship, vivid expression, and colorful apple-green and drip glazes. Shiwan potters mixed waste materials with local and inexpensive clay – one of the earliest artistic forms of recycling. Although overshadowed by imperial porcelain, in past decades appreciation for these wares has grown A similar piece is in the exhibition Shiwan Ceramics at the Chinese Cultural Foundation of San Francisco catalogue. Shiwan chopsticks holders are unique kitchen accessories, especially as  wedding gifts.

  • Antique Shiwan Stoneware Wall Pocket Chopsticks Holder, China (16966A-PAL) $115

    $115.00
    H: 7.375″    W:  5.125″    D:  2.5″    | FREE SHIPPING!

    Decorative utilitarian Shiwan ware pieces are recognized for their fine modeling, vivid expression, and colorful apple-green and drip glazes.  As significant accessories in Chinese homes, chopsticks were commonly stored in wall pockets with a hole for mounting. Covered with auspicious symbols, they were often part of a bride’s dowry as “chopsticks” is a pun for “speedy arrival of sons.” It can hold utensils, dried flowers, and other objects and is a unique wedding gift.

     

  • Antique Shiwan Stoneware Wall Pocket Chopsticks Holder, China (16966B PAL) $115

    $115.00
    H: 7.375″  W: 5.125″  D: 2.5″ | FREE SHIPPING!

    Decorative utilitarian Shiwan ware pieces are recognized for their fine modeling, vivid expression, and colorful apple-green and drip glazes.  As significant accessories in Chinese homes, chopsticks were commonly stored in wall pockets with a hole for mounting. Covered with auspicious symbols, they were often part of a bride’s dowry as “chopsticks” is a pun for “speedy arrival of sons.” It can hold utensils, dried flowers, and other objects and is a unique wedding gift.

  • Antique Two Sided Sweetmeat Confection-Mold, China (3562BLE) $425

    $425.00
    H: 15.125″  W: 14.875  D: 1.25″

    This beautiful intricately hand carved, decorated and red lacquered confection-mold with carved indentations on both sides was probably an wedding gift for a wealthy family filled with auspicious symbols –  5-petal plum blossoms with vines and seeds are wishes for good fortune, prosperity, long life and many sons.  IT would make a unique wedding gift for a lucky couple.

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  • Antique/Vintage Porcelain Cat Teapot, Chinese Republic (16944A-WLE) $135

    $135.00
    H: 5.5″    W: 3 ”    D: 3.375 ”    | FREE SHIPPING!

    This charming white porcelain cat teapot has a removable head, a long sinuous tail  handle, and an opening at the end of its paw to serve tea. The hand painted design is whimsical and colorful featuring a thin ribbon-like gold collar and dangling ornamental bow and black accents and pink strokes that define the face, eyes, ears, head and paws.

  • Antique/Vintage Porcelain Cat Teapot, Chinese Republic (17022B-ZLK) $130

    $130.00
    H: 7”  W: 6.5”  D: 3.625” | FREE SHIPPING!

    This glazed white porcelain cat teapot with a raised paw, like most vessels in this genre, has a removable head, a long sinuous tail handle and a raised paw as a spout. The hand painted whimsical and colorful design includes a thin ribbon-like blue collar and an impressive dangling ornamental bow with black accents that define the face, ears, head and paws,
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