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Silver-gilt Austro-Hungarian Sword with Islamic Style Engravings
Located in London, GB
Silver-gilt Austro-Hungarian Sword with Islamic Style Engravings
Austro-Hungarian, 20th Century
Sword: Width 99cm, depth 17cm
Case: Height 8cm, width 109...
Category
20th Century Austrian Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Russian Cloisonné Enamel and Silver Gilt Egg
Located in London, GB
Russian cloisonné enamel and silver gilt egg
Russian, 20th Century
Height 7cm, diameter 5cm
The complex technique of cloisonné enamelling is ...
Category
20th Century Russian Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Enamel
1 Volume. Samuel Pepys, Diary 1660-1669.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Samuel Pepys, Diary 1660-1669. Bound by Riviere & Son in full green morocco with gilt-tooled detailing on the covers and raised band spine. The cover also displays a multi-color inlay figure. All edges gilt with gilt-tooled dentelles and marbled endpapers. Edited by O.F. Morshead with 60 illustrations by Ernest H...
Category
Early 20th Century English Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
4 Volumes. Sloane, William M. Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Sloane, William M. Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte. Bound in 3/4 red morocco, cloth boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, marbled endpapers, colored frontispieces ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Polished Oak Barograph and Barometer by Negretti & Zambra, London
By Negretti & Zambra
Located in Norwich, GB
Edwardian polished oak cased barograph with bevelled glass panels.
Brass base plate stamped ‘Regent, Jewelled movement supporting the ten vacuum chambers linking the ink pen pointer ...
Category
1930s English Edwardian Vintage Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Signed 19th Century Mahogany and Brass Telescope on Custom Oak Wall Mount
Located in San Francisco, CA
An English mahogany and brass single draw telescope made and signed by William Bruce, Kings Head Court Shoe Lane London, circa 1830. This handsom...
Category
1830s English Georgian Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Jean-Michel Frank by Leopald Diego Sanchez (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
pp Text by Leopold Diego Sanchez. "A testimony of rigour and timelessness that today make us think that more than a decorator, Jean-Michel Frank is a precursor, who, starting with a ...
Category
20th Century Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
European Carved Oak Coat Of Arms
Located in Essex, MA
Well carved cartouche with three central roundels under a jousting helmet and crown.
Category
Mid-19th Century European Renaissance Revival Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Sterling Silver Folding Opera Glasses - Antique Victorian (1895)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of sterling silver folding opera glasses; an addition to our Victorian silverware collection.
These exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver folding opera glasses have a circular form with a plain rectangular bridge.
The eye pieces and lenses are encompassed with plain circular frames, conjoined with swept bridges.
Each pair of lenses are hinged to a plain frame ornamented with the numerals 1 to 5, accented with a sliding focus dial.
The central frame is further embellished with a hinged fingerpiece, accented with a lobed terminal.
Such impressive and high quality examples are rare to the market.
Condition:
These antique Victorian opera glasses...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Army Metal Petrol Can
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
An original WWII ex-military war department 2 gallon petrol can complete with original brass screw CAP. The gasoline can has been repainted at some stage, t...
Category
1940s British Vintage Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
2 Volumes. Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron. Translated by John Payce. Bound in full brown morocco with ornate gilt-tooling on the covers and raised band spine. Top edges gilt. Wate...
Category
Early 20th Century American Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Fishing Picture, Sporting in the Scottish Isles, Salmon Fishing, William Heath
By William Heath Wilson
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Salmon fishing lithograph by William Heath.
An early rare hand coloured salmon fishing lithograph by William Heath, originally done as a set of four. This singular picture is entitled 'Sporting In The Scottish Isles' with secondary title 'Salmon Fishing', 'Drawn on stone by William Heath, from sketches taken by him in the Islands of Islay'. Framed in maple frame with glass. Published April 21st 1835 by Rudolph Ackermann.
The other three pictures in the set are Grouse Shooting...
Category
1830s British Sporting Art Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Persimmon Wood Small Head Golf Club, Driver by R. Forgan
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Robert Forgan Wood Golf Club.
A good small head persimmon wood driver with hickory shaft by Robert Forgan & Son of St Andrews. The club head stamped 'R. Forgan'. The club has an old ...
Category
1910s Scottish Vintage Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Hickory
Gilbert Poillerat Maître Ferronnier
By François Baudot, Karl Lagerfeld
Located in CA, CA
Published by Éditions Charles Moreau, 1998
Text by François Baudot, preface by Karl Lagerfeld.
The distinctive designs of Gilbert Poillerat may be regarded as part of the Art D...
Category
1990s French Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Dining Table Made from a 19th Century Ship's Steering Wheel
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A dining table made from a 19th century ship's steering wheel, upon an antique binnacle with bronze feet, English, circa 1850.
With a modern glass top.
Category
1850s English Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Art Nouveau cast Iron dinner gong
Located in Cheshire, GB
Art Nouveau cast Iron dinner gong the decorative Fram with flower heads and scrolling decoration. Supporting the original brass gong, together with beater.
Dimensions
Height 33.5 Inches
Width 26.5 Inches
Depth 12 Inches
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
$1,639 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Marquetry Wall Barometer and Thermometer
Located in London, GB
Victorian marquetry wall barometer and thermometer.
English, 19th century
Measures: height 98cm, width 25cm, depth 7cm.
This elegant piece is a fin...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Brass and oak table gong
Located in Cheshire, GB
Brass and oak table gong supported by a scroll mount and flanked by Corinthian columns on an oak base and scroll feet.
Dimensions
Height 29.5 Inches
Width 25.5 Inches
Depth 10 Inches
Category
Early 20th Century British Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
$2,282
13 Volumes. Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Works.
Located in New York, NY
13 Volumes. Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Works. Standard Library Edition. Bound in 3/4 blue morocco and marbled boards. The raised band spines display gilt-tooled detailing. The top ed...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
$1,500 / set
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Bear and Ragged Staff Vesta Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English sterling silver vesta case modelled in the form of the Bear and Ragged Staff; an addi...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Leather Football 'winner'
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage 12 Panel Leather Soccer Ball.
A great vintage No.5 leather football ball with twelve guaranteed hand sewn leather panels. The ball stencilled 'WINNER' and has a lace-up slit ...
Category
20th Century British Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Walnut cased Barograph
Located in Cheshire, GB
John Trotter walnut-cased Barograph, having five beveled glazed removable lid, and a drawer below to house the charts. The mechanical eight-day movement is housed in the drum, fitted...
Category
Early 20th Century British Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
$2,132 Sale Price
20% Off
British Painted Coat Of Arms
Located in Essex, MA
Well painted crest with rich colors. With Latin inscription 'Tenax Propositi' . Translates as Tenacious/Firm of purpose. Framed.
Category
1820s English Georgian Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Vintage Intaglio Polo Glass Pin Tray
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Intaglio Polo Glass Pin Tray.
A small glass pin tray with intaglio images of polo players set into the base, which have then been painted. The sma...
Category
1930s Vintage Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
English Victorian Silver and Ebonised Wood Watch Walking Stick
Located in London, GB
English Victorian silver and ebonised wood watch walking stick
English, Late 19th Century
Height 92cm, diameter 4cm
This late Victorian walking stick...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
2 Volumes, Campan, Jeanne L.H. Memoirs Of The Private Life Of Marie Antoinette.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes, Campan, Jeanne L.H. Memoirs Of The Private Life Of Marie Antoinette. With Illustrations. Bound in full orange morocco, ornate gilt on covers and spines, top edges gilt, ra...
Category
Early 20th Century American Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Walnut Cased Barograph
Located in Cheshire, GB
Walnut Cased Barograph, having five glazed removable lid. The mechanical eight-day movement is housed in the drum, fitted with a seven-day chart that covers one full rotation of the ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
$1,962 Sale Price
46% Off
Late 19th Century Arts & Crafts Style Silver Mounted Walking Stick
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century Arts & Crafts style silver mounted walking stick
English, 1893
Height 90cm, diameter 3.5cm
Expertly crafted in 1893, this antique walking stick embodies the es...
Category
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Silver
Miro Artigas: Ceramics. Catalogue Raisonne 1941-1981 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
If you think of one of the greatest artists of modernism, Joan Miró, you immediately have some of the characteristic motifs of his painting or graphics present in your mind's eye. L...
Category
20th Century Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Taxidermy Waterbuck, Skull Mount
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Big Game Taxidermy, Waterbuck.
This prepared big game trophy skull mount is of a Water Buck, it may not be antique but it is very impressive. The taxidermy ...
Category
1940s Ugandan Vintage Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone
Women of Design, Contemporary American Interiors, Forward by Andree Putnam
By Beverly Russell
Located in CA, CA
Published by Rizzoli first edition, 1992
Women of Design profiles thirty two women who have dominated the world of interior design, included are photographs of some of their finest ...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Style Photography, Framed Alpine Ski Photograph, The Lift
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage style Photography, framed Alpine Ski Photograph, the lift.
'THE LIFT', a modern framed and mounted black and white photographic image after an original 1930s skiing photogra...
Category
1930s British Sporting Art Vintage Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Wood
Vintage Equestrian Hunting Print, Snaffles, Charles Johnson Payne
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Charles Johnson Payne Hunting Print, The Stonefaced 'Narrer-back'.
A rare hand coloured Snaffles lithograph entitled The Stonefaced 'Narrer-back'. The image is of two huntsm...
Category
20th Century British Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
Lonsdale Library Book, Hounds and Dogs
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hounds & Dogs, Lonsdale Library Book.
One of the volumes from Lonsdale Library, Hounds & Dogs, their care, training & working. The book with over one hundred illustrations.
The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, Editors The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, Sir Theodore Cook & Mr. Eric...
Category
1940s English Sporting Art Vintage Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Smooth Face Left Handed Golf Club, Lofting Iron
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Early left hand hickory golf club.
This early large head hickory shafted lofting iron has a smooth face, hickory shaft and the remains of the original sheepskin grip. This is a fine...
Category
1890s British Sporting Art Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Medieval Egyptian Mamluk Brass Tray Stand with Silver Inlay
Located in London, GB
This exceptionally beautiful and rare silver-inlaid brass tray stand dates from the medieval period, when the Mamluks ruled Egypt and Syria (1250-1517). The Mamluks originated as slave-soldiers, who served the Muslim caliphs and Ottoman Empire. With time, the Mamluks became a powerful military caste, and they managed to take control and establish themselves as rulers of certain areas within the Abbasid caliphate. The Mamluk dynasty commissioned great works of art and architecture, particularly in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, which was described in the 14th Century as ‘the centre of the universe and garden of the world’ (Ibn Khaldun, 1382).
This tray stand is of biconical form, with a raised central band and flared base and rim. It is decorated with scrolling vines, overlaid with Thuluth inscriptions and roundels. On the lower body, the roundels contain floral motifs, and in the upper, stylised depictions of birds. The Thuluth inscriptions praise the patron, referring to him as ‘The High authority, the Lordly, the Possessor’, and ‘the learned’. The underside of the rim is engraved with a heraldic medallion, possibly the patron’s symbol.
In the middle ages, when this piece was made, this item would have stood in a grand interior, supporting a tray full of fruit and fine food. The owner of this lavish piece which still bears traces of its original silver inlay would likely have been an Amir (prince) or some other important figure who was close to the Sultan in the Mamluk court.
Mamluk tray...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Islamic Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Silver
10 Volumes. Giuseppe Verdi, The Great Operas.
Located in New York, NY
10 Volumes. Giuseppe Verdi, The Great Operas. The Verdi Edition. Bound in 3/4 morocco (various colors) and silk boards bordered in gilt-tooling. The spines display variously colored ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
$6,500 / set
Large and Imposing Regency Nautical Chair Made for the Alliance Assurance Comp
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large and imposing Regency nautical chair made for the Alliance assurance company, the rectangular leather covered back, padded arms and seat surmoun...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Wood
Pair of Chinese Hardstone, Jade and Cloisonné Enamel Flower Tree Models
Located in London, GB
Pair of Chinese hardstone, jade and cloisonné enamel flower tree models
Chinese, 20th Century
Height 24cm, width 18cm, depth 10cm
This pair of charming Chinese models depicts flower trees and is crafted from a large array of high quality materials.
The flower trees are crafted from jade as well as other hardstones. The leaves are rendered from deep green jade, making the multi-coloured flowers beautifully stand out. The stigma on each flower is represented by several round beads. Some flowers also include additional twisted metal spring detailing. From the metal tree trunk extends a number of wire branches covered in thread. The execution of the models is outstanding as it creates a trompe l ‘oil effect tricking the observer into believing the model is real.
Both models are displayed in vivid cloisonné enamel planters...
Category
20th Century Chinese Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Jade, Metal, Enamel
Antique Smooth Face Cleek, Golf Club
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Smooth Face Cleek, Golf Club.
This early hickory shafted iron has a smooth face, original hickory shaft, that has been shortened, and later polished leather grip. This is a f...
Category
1880s British Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Lacquered Edwardian Style Novelty Faux Book Spine Waste Paper Basket
Located in London, GB
A lacquered Edwardian style novelty faux book spine waste paper basket
English, 20th century
Height 22cm, diameter 23cm
This quirky and curious piece is a English, early 20th ce...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Resin, Wood, Lacquer
Rolfe's Angling Sketches, Fishing Picture, Not Long Caught.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Rolfe's Angling Sketches.
An extremely rare colourful fishing lithograph after Henry Leonidas Rolfe (1823 - 1881) 'Rolfe's Angling Sketches, Not ...
Category
1850s British Sporting Art Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Embroidery with Hebrew Inscriptions
Located in London, GB
Antique embroidery with Hebrew inscriptions
Continental, late 19th century
Measures: Height 91cm, width 87cm
The wall hanging is crafted from...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Textile
19th Century English Oak Miniature Presentation Wheelbarrow
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century oak presentation wheelbarrow
Commemorating the Great Western Railway Extension
The presentation wheelbarrow carved from oak with finely carved ivy leaves and ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Fine Pair of 19th Century English Barrel Bronze Cannon on Oak Carriages
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Fine pair of mid-19th century English bronze cannon with tapering 41" barrels and flared muzzles, the top of each breech engraved with the family crest o...
Category
1850s English Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Dimple Pattern Golf Ball Mould.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Two-Part Dimple Golf Ball Mould.
An interesting un-named dimple pattern golf ball mould. The steel moulds with locating slots to ensure the correct alignment of the pattern, ...
Category
1930s British Vintage Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
French Onyx and Enamel Miniature Table Cabinet
Located in London, GB
This elegant dressing table cabinet uses precious materials on a delicate scale, resulting in a piece that is both practical and luxurious.
...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Enamel, Bronze, Ormolu
Dunhill Lizard Skin 'Giant' Lighter, circa 1950
By Alfred Dunhill
Located in London, GB
An unusual silver plated Dunhill 'Giant' table or desk lighter with Lizard skin covering to the body; circa 1950. The 'Giant' lighter was first seen in t...
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1950s British Vintage Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
1 Volume. Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Poetical and Dramatic Works.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Poetical and Dramatic Works. Cambridge Edition. Bound in 3/4 tan calf and marbled boards. The Raised band spine is gilt-tooled with red and green ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Alpine Ski Photograph, 'Haircut Sir', Taken from 1930s Original
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage, antique Alpine Ski photograph.
'HAIRCUT SIR', a new mounted black and white photographic image after an original 1930s skiing photograph. Prior to being a recreational activity skiing was purely a means of travelling from A to B through the snow, it only started to become the sport it is today in the mid-1800s. The price displayed is for the mounted photo only.
Image size 40cm x 25.5cm = 15 ½" x 10".
The alpine photograph...
Category
1930s English Sporting Art Vintage Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Victorian sterling silver travelling communion set made in 1894
By Henry Wilkinson & Co.
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1894 by Henry Wilkinson, with pieces also made by Walker & Hall, this handsome, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Travelling Communion Set, is in the Goth...
Category
1890s English Gothic Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Alpine Ski Photograph, 'Quersprung' Taken from Original 1930s Photograph
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Alpine Ski photograph.
'QUERSPRUNG', a new mounted black and white photographic image after an original 1930s skiing photograph. Prior to being a recreational activity skiing was pu...
Category
1930s British Sporting Art Vintage Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Set of Four Pig Sticking Prints, Lithographs
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Set Of Four Pig Sticking Lithographs.
A very good, framed set of four pictures of an old and rare subject 'Pig Sticking'. The rare pictures are after Alb...
Category
1850s European Sporting Art Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Nova 1955-1975 - David Hillman, Harri Peccinotti 1st Edition 1993
Located in CA, CA
Published by Pavilion Press 1st edition 1993
Nova 1965–1975 celebrates one of the most influential magazines in history. Known as ‘the thinking woman’s magazine’ Nova was a British ...
Category
1990s Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Very Fine Gilt Bronze, Cloisonné Enamel and Porcelain Holy Water Stoup
Located in London, GB
A very fine gilt bronze, cloisonné enamel and porcelain holy water stoup
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 54cm, width 34cm, depth 9cm
This b...
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Late 19th Century French Renaissance Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Vintage Glass and Sterling Silver Match Striker / Paper Weight
By John Grinsell & Sons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage George VI English sterling silver and glass match striker; an addition to our ornamental collection
This exceptional vintage sterling silver and glass match striker has a globular form.
The surface of the glass body is embellished with a serrated texture which composes a match striker.
The upper portion of this example of vintage silverware retains the original, plain hallmarked sterling silver mount which continues to line the match receiver; this solid silver lining indicates the high quality of the piece.
By virtue of its size and weight, this versatile match striker could be utilised as a paperweight.
Condition
This vintage glass and silver match striker mount is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition.
The piece has been professionally polished and is in presentation condition.
The glass body is in perfect condition.
Full hallmarks struck to the surface of the mount are clear.
Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this vintage match holder...
Category
20th Century English Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
French 18th Century Gold Mounted Walking Stick
Located in London, GB
French 18th century gold mounted walking stick
French, 1769
Height 116cm, diameter 3cm
Dating back to 1789, this walking stick exemplifies the remarkable craftsmanship of 18th cent...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Gold
A Napoleonic era bone prisoner of war model of the 40-gun frigate ‘Creolian’
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Napoleonic era bone prisoner of war model of the 40-gun frigate ‘Creolian’, the three masted barque with a planked hull, finely detailed with a carved poop deck and a female figurehead, intricate black thread rigging and a black plaque stating in gilt, Creolian. In the original glazed wooden case with a painted background of a sunset over a bay with ships on the horizon. French, circa 1800.
Provenance Ivan Roll Amis, d. 1 July 1970
Richard Henry Allen Amis, CBE, thence by descent
During the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815), large numbers of French soldiers and marines were taken prisoner. To help pass the time and generate a small income, they would make a variety of objects—including ship models—from simple, easily-sourced materials such as bone and wood for sale at local markets. Typically, the models were not made to scale and tools were limited, making the quality and attention to detail in this work even more remarkable. To realise a good price at market, the models were often named after famous ships of the time. It may well be that this ship was the ‘Créole’, a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy. She served in the Brest squadron, took part in Ganteaume’s expeditions of 1801 to Egypt, and was involved in the French acquisition of Santo Domingo (also known as the Era de Francia) and briefly detained Toussaint Louverture...
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19th Century French Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone, Wood
Antique Italian Silver Travelling Crucifix
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique 1800s Italian silver travelling crucifix; an addition to our religious silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Italian silver travelling crucifix has been crafted with an oak wood back.
The impressive cross design is ornamented with a cast and applied figure of Jesus Christ, surrounded by angel and putto designs, all below the plaque bearing the initials 'INRI'; (Latinate 'INRI', Greek 'INBI') pertains to 'Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews'.
This antique silver crucifix...
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Early 1800s Italian Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Pair of English Bronze Signal Cannon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine pair of English bronze signal cannon, the tapering 36 inch two stage barrels set upon original mahogany carriages with bronze fittings and ...
Category
1850s English Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
$72,564 / set
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