1820s Models and Miniatures

Antique Miniature Commode. French, circa 1820's marble top Empire commode with bronze mounts. 19" W x 11.25" D x 14.75"H. Very Good antique c...

A Swedish 19th Century Biedermeier 3-drawer chest and writing desk with drop down top and a series of small drawers inside. Original antique wooden handles...

Pocket Globe Lane, London, between 1817 and 1833 The globe is contained in its original case covered with black leather. Diameter: globe 2.75 in (7 cm); case 3.26 in (8.3 cm). Weight: 0.28 lb (128 g) State of conservation: almost excellent. It has some slight abrasions and some signs of use. The globe is made up of twelve printed paper gores aligned and glued to the sphere. Two pins are inserted on the poles. In the North Pacific Ocean, above the Tropic of Cancer, the globe bears a cartouche with the inscription: LANE’S Improved GLOBE LONDON and, under cartouche J. Mynde Sc[ulpsit] On the globe, much of central Africa is empty and the great lakes Tanganyika and Victoria are not marked (Europeans would begin to explore the area after 1858). Australia is still called New Holland (the new name would be introduced in 1829); Tasmania is listed as an island (Matthew Flinders circumnavigates it in 1798). The routes of Cook's and Anson's various voyages are plotted; on the island of Sandwich, between Guinea and Mexico, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the place and date of Cook's killing are reported. The antipode of London is marked in the south of New Zealand. The pocket globe was made between 1817 and 1833. The reconstruction of the history of this dating is due to Elly Dekker (E., Dekker, Globes at Greenwich, Oxford 1999, pp. 128-129). Around 1757 James Ferguson...

A rectangular micromosaic plate representing a river landscape. This plaque depicting a river on whose left bank is a gnarled tree; on the right bank a peasant stands in front of a r...

Fine wax relief Napoleon Bonaparte France, circa 1830, in the old frame Monogrammed lower left.      

Francis Joseph I (18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, King of Croatia, King of Bohemia, and monarch of many othe...

Staffordshire pottery Yorkshire money box which features Mexborough chapel, with the box owners name, 'MIRIAM WINN', printed on the front. Flanked by two figures standing either side...

Rectangular top over two over three drawers flanked by spiral columns, bracket feet. Turned wood knobs.

This delightful French Restauration period doll bed would make an elegant addition to a young one's playroom or an ideal bed for a small dog. Mahogany with lemonwood inlay, on origin...