It’s Hunting Season at* Houston Antiques Art + Design Show

Laurence Anderson of Made in France, in her booth.

Maybe it's because I'm still in love with John Alexander's egret painting at McClain Gallery's opening two nights ago, but I loved this Aubusson fragment framed, circa 1780-1800, at Made in France (Houston).

Dianne Josephs in her booth, Atelier Fifteen-O-Five.

Portuguese lettuce ware, set of six vintage leaf plates $180, cabbage tureen with eight lidded bowls $780, at Atelier Fifteen-O-Five (Houston).

More from Atelier Fifteen-O-Five: Large vintage bird cage on stand, $2,700.

Miniature 5- piece rattan set, 1890, $295 at Butler & Butler (Sarasota, FL)

At the Past Era booth, Marion Glober.

Carved lava-rock necklace from the 1800s, depicting Greek gods. At Past Era Fine Antique Jewelry (Houston).

At Sonny Ideker Bookseller (Alpharetta, GA)

Twelve-piece set of Fornasetti Eve, 1954, $6,000, at Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge (White Plains, NY).

Designer Ed Harris, Josie & Fred Nevill; the Nevills own Antiques of River Oaks.

Two-foot-tall bronze bust of Napoleon as a young boy, from a deaccession at Rienzi. "Still short but not yet fat," describes Fred Nevill. We love Fred. Antiques of River Oaks (Houston).

Also from Antiques of River Oaks, a stunning hideaway tobacco table, which shuts and locks.

Eye popping display at Glen Manor Galleries (Shakespeare, Ontario, Canada).

David Lackey in his booth, David Lackey Antiques.

Stunning armorial china at David Lackey Antiques booth (Houston).

A vignette at The Lush Life booth (Dallas).

A vignette at The Lush Life booth (Dallas).

Majolica oyster plates at Monique's Antiques (Dunkirk, MD).

Sienna marble model of the ruin of the Temple of Vespasian, 1875, $12,750. From a collection of models, at Manor House Antiques booth, (Knoxville, TN).

Tagua nut carved ivory insects at Really Good antiques (Panama City, Panama).