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Period: 19th Century
19th Century Dutch Miniature Secretaire Cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
19th century miniature secretaire cabinet made from Oakwood.
Decorative object, can be used as jewelry/letter box.
Originates Netherlands, dating, circa 1800
Category
Dutch Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Oak
Chinese 19 th C Workshop-Scaled model with 17 polychromed figures.World exhibit
Located in Leuven , BE
The Diorama was in a private collection for more than 20 years and is said to have been exposed at the China Exposition 1902 in Copenhagen.This group of Chinese polychromed-decorate...
Category
Chinese Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Terracotta
Regency Satinwood Miniature Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A good quality late Regency Period, 19th century, satinwood miniature chest of attractive small proportions having well figured and crossbanded top, over three drawers with original turned wooden knobs, raised on elegant original splayed feet with shaped apron.
A chariming little 19th century miniature chest of drawers, which is shallower than most and therefore attractively proportioned. It also boasts beautifully figured satinwood veneers which have retained an excellent colour and patina. This would probably have been made as a travelling salesmans...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Satinwood
Georgian Mahogany Miniature Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Good Quality And Charming Early 19th Century Mahogany Miniature Chest, Having Well Figured Top Over Three Long Drawers With Original Brass Knobs And Boxwood Inlaid Escutcheons, Over Elegant Shaped Apron With Original Splayed Bracket Feet.
There is regular debate over whether miniature furniture was made as an apprentice piece, which is when a craftsmen who was looking for a job at a workshop would create something to showcase their talents. Or whether it was made as a travelling salesmans sample piece, which is when a few items were produced as scale models but a well established workshop as a form of physical catalogue in advance of a travelling salesman’s road trip around the country, for him to use to try and fill his order book with full size counterparts.
We believe that this particular little Georgian Miniature Chest was probably made as an apprentice piece, due to the relative simplicity of it, combined with the exceptional execution, which maybe suggests that somebody was very much trying to impress somebody else. It is also slightly unusual in form, which again suggests it was made more as a one off item with a specific purpose, as opposed to a scale model of other items.
It is certainly a charming piece of antique miniature furniture...
Category
English Georgian Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Victorian Painted Pine Miniature Apprentice Chest of Drawers
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive and charming late 19th century Victorian
painted pine miniature chest having two short drawers and
two long drawers with original porcelain knobs raised
on elega...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Pine
Miniature 19th Century Oak Kitchen Windsor Chair
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A delightful late 19th century miniature oak
kitchen Windsor armchair having attractive
turned decoration to back, seat, legs
and supports
(A most unusual and charming item of ...
Category
English Country Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Oak
Antique Mahogany Childs Wellington Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A delightful mid-19th century mahogany childs size Wellington
chest of five long drawers with locking pilaster raised on
original plinth base.
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Nautical Musical Automaton, circa 1860
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique French Nautical Automaton, likely from Marseilles, circa 1860, a glass domed diorama with windmills and cottages on hillside, overlooking harbor with ship rocking on waves to...
Category
French Folk Art Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Clay, Glass, Paper
Orientalist Nuremberg Late 19th Century, Arab Lead Sculpture
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Orientalist Nuremberg Late 19th Century, Arab Lead Sculpture
Beautiful polychrome Nuremberg lead sculpture. Arab warrior seated on a camel, clad in robes and holding a rifle in his ...
Category
Other Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Lead
Small Decorative Carpenter's Sample Secretary, Sweden circa 1800's
Located in Round Top, TX
This unique small decorative item served as a "carpenter's sample" to share with customers prior to ordering a full size secretary. Note the size of 24" wide x 27" high.
All the pain...
Category
Swedish Country Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Miniature French Sedan Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Charming miniature vitrine in the style of a Sedan chair. Very rare and unique piece to display a favorite item from your collection..
Category
French Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Miniature Salesman's Sample of Neoclassical Inlaid Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Miniature salesman's sample of cabinet with two doors and four drawers. Beautifully made with inlaid banding details. Would make a sweet little Jewelry box for keepsakes.
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany
Small Cast Iron Sewing Machine 1890 Junker & Ruh Art Nouveau Germany
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Small Cast Iron Sewing Machine 1890 Junker & Ruh Art Nouveau
Category
German Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Metal
Indian Inlaid Table Top Cabinet
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine early 19th Century Indian bone inlaid padouk miniature secretary, Monghyr, the two doors inlaid with flowers, vines and birds opening to reveal a fall front writing surface, the...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Bone, Padouk
19th Century French Wooden Decoration On Metal Stand
Located in High Point, NC
This 19th Century French Wooden Decoration on Metal Stand exemplifies classic craftsmanship and the timeless appeal of antique decor. The wooden structure features two intricately tu...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Metal
1800s Fire Ladder Wagon Salesman's Sample
Located in Peekskill, NY
I have very little background on this item. I call it late 1800 but could be as late as 1910 because it may be a model of a very early self propelled ladder truck. I spent some time ...
Category
English Industrial Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Turnbull Novelty Kitchen Scale
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a 19th Century Turnbulls Novelty Kitchen Scale. It depicts a gilt cast iron scale with a brass graduated ounces and pounds plate at the right side of the decorated with scrol...
Category
American Victorian Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Iron
19th Century half mode of steam ship New York
Located in Martlesham, GB
A fabulous quality 19th Century half model of the steam ship "New York", originally called "City of New York", British built for the Inman line launched on the 15th March 1888. Cir...
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Walnut
Regency Mahogany Miniature Table Cabinet
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Good Quality And Charming Early 19th Century Regency Period Mahogany Miniature Table Cabinet, Having Rectangular Top Over Superbly Figured Panelled Doors, Enclosing Four Concealed Long Drawers, Raised On Elegant Original Turned Feet.
This attractive little piece of Regency miniature furniture, as the name suggests, was probably made as a simple stand alone cabinet to be placed on top of a table top type surface. Alternatively it may have been specifically made as a travelling salesmans sample piece of furniture. Whichever its original purpose it is incredibly useful for modern day living however and we think it could be used to hold a wide variety of different day to day items.
The mahogany veneers have been very carefully chosen to ensure that they are well figured and this results in a very decorative item. Overall the quality of construction is also excellent and it has clearly been made in a well respected workshop.
As with all items which we offer for sale this antique table cabinet...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany
Pair Rouge Marble ‘Grand Tour’ Models of Ruins Celebrating the Corinthian Order
Located in New York, NY
A Large and Incredible Pair of Rouge Marble ‘Grand Tour’ Models of Ruins Celebrating the Corinthian Order, Most Probably Attributed To The Workshop Of Benedetto Boschetti. The fist ...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Marble
Late 19th Century Pennsylvania Miniature Walnut & Pine Paneled Chest of Drawers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Late 19th century miniature two-drawer chest of drawers.
With paneled sides and turned feet and knobs.
Cosisting of Walnut with a pine secondary and nail construction.
Fo...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Walnut, Pine
Miniature Doll-Size French Provincial Stained Fruitwood Antique Armoire Cabinet
Located in Shippensburg, PA
MINIATURE DOLL-SIZE STAINED FRUITWOOD ARMOIRE
Probably French, circa 1880-1910
Item # 403FPM02P
A very well-made doll-size miniature armoire from the turn of the century, the armoir...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Steel
Hand-PaintedAstucco Arch Scale Model with Photo and Velvet Frame
Located in Marbella, ES
Hand-PaintedAstucco Arch Scale Model with Photo and Velvet Frame
Category
Spanish Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Stucco
Antique French 19th Century Jewelry Box Flap Door Miniature Wood Cabinet
Located in Firenze, IT
This beautiful French late 19th century chest of drawers in black ebonized wood and cherrywood reproduces with perfect proportions in scale a miniature cabinet with three drawers and an upper flap door that opens to reveal a white marble top and an oval mirror inside, nice hand carved band on top with geometrical pattern and molded base.
The black lacquered wood creates a wonderful contrast with the beautiful honey-colored wood grain. Despite its convenient size, extremely detailed, this chest of drawers is equipped with a white Carrara marble top and a small mirror that make it even more special and useful.
The model of a piece of furniture was originally created by cabinet makers to show their skills to the customer and to present the sample of the furniture which would then have been produced on a larger scale. These commode miniatures, along with other specimens, were displayed in the craftsman's workshop to serve as examples to aid the potential client in making a selection. Some also think that these little chests were used as doll and puppets...
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Metal
A Pair of ‘Grand Tour’ Models of Ruins Celebrating the Corinthian Order
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Large Pair of Giallo Antico Marble ‘Grand Tour’ Models of Ruins Celebrating the Corinthian Order, Attributed To The Workshop Of Benedetto Boschetti.
The Temple of Castor and Pollu...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Marble
Elegant English miniature chest of drawers in walnut burl from Mid-19th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant English miniature chest of drawers in walnut burl from Mid-19th Century.
Perfect as a jewelry or collector’s box.
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
English Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Walnut
Set of 6 Rare French 19th Century Antique Doll Carriages
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Bought in the south of France this set of antique doll carriages are an enchanting collection with wooden handles, original paint, and working wh...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Metal
A Fabulous Pair of Late 19th Century Hand Made Miniature Wooden Cannons
Located in Dublin, IE
A fabulous and unusual pair of finely hand carved late 19th Century wooden cannons of miniature proportions for interior display and would be stunning situated on either side of a la...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Edwardian Diminutive Post Box, Early 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The oak box with brass Royal Georgian plaque on top, pick up times on the front. The brass lock and key affixed to the door.
Category
English Edwardian Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass
Early 19th c.Medical Teaching Device- Shadowboxed Wax Fetus Models c.1800-1850
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Two early 19th century British wax models of a fetuses with attached placenta. Used as a medical teaching device. Numbered and attached to a velvet background. In a sealed woo...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood, Velvet
French Louis Philippe Style Miniature Armoire or Wall Cabinet
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century Century French Louis Philippe style miniature armoire or sample cabinet, hand-crafted of solid walnut with a mirrored door and dovetailed drawer. Interior has one adjustable shelf (replaced). Working lock and key. Chestnut as a secondary wood. Mirrored door with drawer below. All original and well constructed. May be used as a kitchen wall cabinet...
Category
French Louis Philippe Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
Very Rare English Antique Sterling Silver Monkey Pepper Pot - London 1881
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1881, this charming and very rare, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Pepper Pot, is modelled as a Monkey.
The pepper pot measures 2.75"(7cm) tall, by 1.25"...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Miniature Mahogany Bow Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive and elegant mid-19th century mahogany miniature
bow fronted chest having well figured top above two short and
two long drawers raised on elegant splay feet.
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Miniature English Mahogany Bow Front Hepplewhite Chest - Circa 1820's
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Antique Miniature Commode. English, Mahogany, Bow Front, circa 1820's in a Hepplewhite Style. 14.5" W x 7.75" D x 13.75"H. Good antique condi...
Category
English Hepplewhite Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century, French Faience Enameled Chinoiserie Table Top Cabinet
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century, French Faience Enameled Chinoiserie Table Top Cabinet. A very fine french enameled cabinet with chinoiserie decoration to the exterior and a white enamel to interior. G...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Hand Carved Black Forest Deer's Head Hat & Coat Rack 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning and rare Black Forest wall mounted carved deer's head hat and coat rack with glass eyes and with branch and leaf decoration,...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Miniature Iron Maiden of Nuremberg
Located in Hanover, MA
Miniature "Iron Maiden" in blackened cast metal attached to its original round wood base. The front doors are pin-hinged and open to reveal pointed spikes. At base of doors is printe...
Category
German Gothic Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Iron
Antique Miniature English Mahogany Chest Sheraton Style Chest - Circa 1850's
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Antique Miniature Commode. English, Mahogany, circa 1850's in a Sheraton Style with glass knobs. 12" W x 8.5" D x 15.5"H. Good antique condit...
Category
American Sheraton Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany
Miniature 19th Century Victorian Figured Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th c. Charming antique miniature chest of drawers. The chest has a marble top. The case is figured mahogany, with four stacked drawers, the ...
Category
English Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Marble, Brass
Early Victorian Mahogany Candle Riser In The Form Of A Games Table
Located in Essex, MA
With tilt top with checkerboard inlay on a turned support and tripartite base and bun feet.
Category
English Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany, Maple, Rosewood
Spanish Baroque Sunburst Mirror Miniature in Gold Leaf Gilded Wood
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique Spanish Baroque carved giltwood sunburst mirror with crest. Spain, 19th century.
This lovely collection mirror has a carved frame covered with gesso and gold leaf finishing....
Category
Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Gold Leaf
A mushrooms models: Agaricus Campestris, Germany 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
A model for pharmacy of mushrooms. Specimen Agaricus Campestris, Made out of paper machè watercolored. Rectangular wooden black base with moss and hay. Germany circa 1890.
Category
German Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Walnut Miniature Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Good Quality Late 19th Century Walnut Miniature Chest, With Crossbanded Decoration Top Top, Over Five Long Drawers With Replacement Turned Brass Knobs And Crossbanded Decoration, R...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Wax Flower Basket Still Life Under Oval Glass Dome II
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Victorian Wax Flower Basket Still Life Under Oval Glass Dome II
USA, Circa 1880
An exquisite testament to Victorian artistry: a stunning wax flower ...
Category
American High Victorian Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Glass, Wood
Biedermeier Walnut Miniatur Chest of Drawers
Located in Darmstadt, DE
The miniature or model chest of drawers dates back to the Biedermeier period and was made with walnut veneer on a softwood body. The chest of drawers is in very good restored conditi...
Category
German Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Walnut, Softwood
Scottish Miniature Burl Wood Chest of Drawers, 1863
Located in Savannah, GA
A Scottish miniature chest of drawers in burled wood.
Drawer inscribed on underside with maker’s name:
“E.B. McGowan; Bank St, Wigtown; 17th Fe...
Category
Scottish Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Victorian Wax Flower Still Life Basket Under Round Glass Dome I
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Victorian Wax Flower Still Life Basket Under Round Glass Dome I
USA, Circa 1880
A glimpse of the opulent world of the 19th century with this captivating...
Category
American High Victorian Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Glass, Wood
Early Life Sized Anatomical Display, Jean Antoine Houdon
Located in Peekskill, NY
This striking plaster anatomical models is a half and half in the style of Jean Antoine Houdon. It shows the skeleton on one side and muscular layer on the other. The bust is full si...
Category
Unknown Industrial Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Plaster
Collection of 9 Folky English Victorian Brass Shoe and Boot Mantel Ornaments
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A collection of 9 brass shoe mantel ornaments.
Each in the form of a lady's boot or shoe.
Some with applied buttons and etched decorations.
Most ...
Category
American Victorian Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass
Miniature Wooden Cabinet from Nineteenth-Century France
Located in High Point, NC
This highly eclectic piece takes influences from baroque to gothic to empire styles, sporting oriental reminiscences. This small cabinet is a product of a time when Europe started to...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Collection of Treen Kitchenalia, Butter Marker This is a great little Collectio
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Collection of Treen Kitchenalia, Butter Marker
This is a great little Collection of Treen Kitchenalia, a Butter Marker, this has a naive cow carving, a lemon squeezer and a turned sycamore egg cup
A good set for the collector, a bit of historical wood worm on the butter Stamp...
Category
Folk Art Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Sycamore
Miniature Antique Empire chest of drawers
Located in Ballard, CA
exquisite exemple of a miniature sample of an empire chest made by a "Compagnon" most likely this was for the mentor to judge the ability of his pupi...
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French Empire Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Mahogany Miniature Chest Of Drawers
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Lovely little mahogany miniature chest of drawers from the 19th century from England
chest of drawers with a double drawer in the top and the bottom drawer with the plinth integrated...
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British Victorian Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany
A perfect almost unworn pair of period 19th century hand made leather baby shoes
Located in London, GB
A perfect almost unworn pair of period 19th century hand made leather baby shoes.
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Leather
Pair 19th Century Decorative Desktop Signalling Cannons
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Pair 19th Century decorative desktop cast iron signalling cannons set on carriages with working wheels.
Category
English Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Iron
19th Italian Century Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Nude Narcissus
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Italian Grand Tour bronze of Narcissus standing and gazing at his reflection after the ancient Roman original excavated at Pompeii in 1862, now at the Archaeological Mus...
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Classical Roman Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Bronze
Small Grand Tour Pietra Paesina (Ruin Marble) Bronze Mounted Plaque or Curio
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Grand Tour plaque or curio.
With a pietra paesina or ruin / ruiniform marble form plaque mounted in a gilt bronze frame with an integral bail...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Stone, Marble, Bronze
Antique Dutch Country Store Tin Plate “Klompen” Mold C1880’s
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Country Store Dutch Tin Plate “Klompen” Mold C1880’s
Measures- 5''H x 13''W x 3.75''D
Category
European Antique 19th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Tin
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