New on the avenue, Quester Gallery at No. 279 specializes in 19th- and 20th-century maritime art; prices start at $5,000 and can exceed $100,000. James Marenakos and daughter Ann Bilby started the business 25 years ago in Stonington, Connecticut; new partner Michael Florio helped facilitate their expansion to Greenwich. Of note is the oil-on-canvas “American Steam-Sail Ship ‘Star of the South’ Passing American Full Rigged Ship at Sea” by James E. Buttersworth, an American 19th-century master. Quester also offers superb China Trade pieces, such as a stand-up, blonde camphor-wood campaign secretary with decorative brass drawer handles ($16,500).

At Quai Voltaire Antiques, No. 378, owner Guy Flichy and general manager Jean Francois Beliste showcase sophisticated pieces, some handcrafted for 18th-century French royalty. Prime examples include a Louis XV mirror topped with a royal coat-of-arms ($35,000) and a rectangular leather-tipped desk stamped “Pierre II Migeon, Master” in 1736 ($128,000). Typical prices range from $2,500 to $8,000, but one recent piece sold for $200,000.

At Henri-Burton French Antiques, No. 382, owner Anne S. Satterthwaite specializes in French country antiques, including armoires, farm tables and 19th-century gold-leaf mirrors. Many of her ornate, plain and classic mirrors are showcased in her Madison Avenue shop in Manhattan. Among the carved-pine armoires from Normandy, one ornately hand-carved example with doves and lovebirds ($12,000) was made around 1840 as a wedding gift. On view is a mid-18th-century wild-cherry bench that originally stored salt under the seat ($2,600).

Guild Antiques, No. 384, was founded in 1978 by Regina and George Rich. This location (and its two Madison Avenue showrooms) specializes in 18th- and 19th-century English antiques, Chinese porcelain and accessories. Collectors will find a number of mahogany furnishings, including a circa 1790 chest-on-chest ($8,950) and a circa 1840 double-door bookcase with a glass top and paneled doors ($6,400). The assortment of accessories includes a circa 1860 gilt mirror ($1,495), a Chinese porcelain famille rose vase ($1,995) and occasional country pieces, like an infant’s high chair.

Ronald J. Cavalier Jr. moved his gallery to Greenwich in 1993 from Stamford, where he established the Stamford Sculpture Walk. Cavalier Galleries and Sculpture Garden, No. 405, sells paintings and representational bronze sculptures by Jane De Decker, Bruno Lucchesi, Gary Price and Karen Petersen, both here and on Nantucket. The gallery exclusively represents the major American still-life painter Ken Davies, whose oil-on-board “Pantry Cupboard” is $38,000. “Inspiration,” a show by Glenna Goodacre that displays 40 studies from the Irish Memorial (at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia) opens here on October 29, and across the street at No. 396, the new exhibition space features contemporary photography.

GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT CHECKLIST

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(Area code 203 unless otherwise noted)

► B&D Johnson Antiques, L.L.C.
122 E. Putnam Ave.
618-0009

► Cavalier Galleries and Sculpture Garden
405 Greenwich Ave.
869-3664

► Church Street Antiques
77 Church St.
Eclectic collection of antiques.
661-6309

► Consignments & Antiques
189 Greenwich Ave.
Furnishings, chandeliers, accessories and art.
661-8777

► Donald A. Rich Interiors & Antiques
23 W. Putnam Ave.
661-6470

► Eggplant & Johnson
58-A William St.
Decorative furniture, pottery, china, glassware and jewelry.
661-5335

► Estate Treasures of Greenwich
1162 E. Putnam Ave.
English furnishings.
637-4200

► Flinn Gallery at Greenwich Library
101 W. Putnam Ave.
Produces six of its eight annual exhibits at the Greenwich Library.
622-7900

► French Country Living
34 E. Putnam Ave.
18th-century armoires and commodes, plus custom-made reproductions.
869-9559

► The Greenwich Gallery
2 Greenwich Ave. (6 W. Putnam Ave.).
622-4494

► Greenwich Oriental Art
7 E. Putnam Ave.
629-0500

► Guild Antiques
384 Greenwich Ave.
869-0828

► Henri-Burton French Antiques
382 Greenwich Ave.
661-8529

► Kolodny Gallery
12 Laurel Ln.
19th- and early 20th-century Russian, European and American art. By appointment only.
622-7310

► Layton Antiques
115 Mason St.
661-0066

► Lois Richards Galleries
54 Greenwich Ave.
661-4441

► Louis Louis
30 W. Putnam Ave.
Consoles, buffets and desks in Louis XV/Louis XVI styles.
629-1792

► Meserve Coale Gallery
16 Greenwich Ave.
Masters of Impressionism, post-Impressionism and modern art by artists such as Renoir, Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso and Frankenthaler.
661-9857

► Michael Kessler Antiques
44 W. Putnam Ave.
661-1212

► Provinces de France
22 W. Putnam Ave.
629-9798

► Quai Voltaire Antiques
378 Greenwich Ave.
618-9777

► Quester Gallery
279 Greenwich Ave.
629-8022