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The Life & Work of Thomas Chippendale, Set of 2 (Books)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Two brown cloth covered volumes in similar slipcase with gilt titles which was published to mark the bicentennial of Thomas Chippendale's death.
Volume 1 is the text and covers - Chi...
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18th Century Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Suit of 16th Century Style Armour
Located in Cheshire, GB
A suit of 16th century style armour, the helmet with pierced visor, raised comb applied and twist border collar, two-piece breastplate with medial ridge, twist border shoulder plates...
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19th Century British Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Two Limoges Enamel Paintings Including Portrait of Henry VIII
By Hans Holbein
Located in London, GB
These exquisite portrait plaques were made in the French town of Limoges, which is renowned for the fine quality of its enamel wares. The panels have been painted with oval, half-length portraits of British Tudor monarchs...
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19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
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Enamel
The Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Bound in Leather and Cloth
Located in San Francisco, CA
An attractive leather bound set of the poetic and dramatic works of Robert Browning (1812-1889) published in 1906 by Houghton Mifflin and Company, New York and Boston. Top edges gilt...
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Early 20th Century American Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
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Leather, Paper
L'univers Lalanne: Collection Claude & Francois-Xavier Lalanne, Sotheby's (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is the superb and rare catalogue which was produced by Sotheby's for the sale of the collection of husband and wife Claude & Francois-Xavier Lalanne. 568 pages with 274 lots for...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Serrurier-Bovy: From Art Nouveau to Art Deco by Jacques-Gregoire Watelet (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Serrurier-Bovy was a Belgium born Architect and Furniture designer who has been credited as being one of the founding fathers of the Art Nouveau style. This book is a photographic do...
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Late 19th Century Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
19th Century French musical automaton clock
Located in London, GB
This fine, antique mantel clock is constructed in ebonised wood by the renowned Parisian maker of automata, Xavier Tharin (French, active mid 19th Century). The clock face is set onto a curled, stylized pediment atop the clock case. The face is of white enamel, featuring black Roman numerals and signed 'Tharin a Paris', and is bordered in beaded ormolu. The pediment in which the face is set is decorated with ormolu mounts of stylized acanthus leaf form. The pediment is set onto a rectangular frame of ebonised wood, inside which is set a musical automaton...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Refracting Mahogany Telescope Signed Watkins, Charing Cross
Located in Norwich, GB
Refracting mahogany telescope signed ‘Watkins, Charing Cross’, C.1810
The telescope retains it's original mahogany carrying case.
Jeremiah Watkins ...
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19th Century British Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Marcel Baugniet - 2 Exhibition Catalogues (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The first is a 32 page catalogue which was published in a very small number of only 50 copies in 1942. Text is in French and includes 19 black and white photographs and one page of s...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Arredamento Mobli Ambienti (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Rare Italian furniture, lighting and interiors books. 668 black and white illustrations and 14 color plates showing the work of Arteluce, Paolo Buffa, Chiesa Pietro...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Le Luminaire et Les Moyens Declairages Nouveaux by Guillaume Janneau (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A very good hard backed portfolio which contains 50 plates by many of the masters of Art Dec design and in particular - lighting. Published 1929/30 by Moreau of Paris. There is a bri...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Contemporary Danish Furniture Design (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book as you may see from the main image; is termed "a short illustrated review" - which describes the work of some 120 Danish Furniture Designers and is accompanied buy 520 illu...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Georg Jensen: Holloware The Silver Fund Collection Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
by David A. Taylor & Jason W. Laskey
This book presents hundreds of pieces of Jensen holloware which are taken from The Silver Fund's collection. The...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Italian Walnut Scale Model of a Clipper
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This highly detailed and unusual scale model is partially planked on one side to reveal the interior structure. There are hinged panels in the sides which open to afford a glimpse of the interior. The whole is raised on two supports upon a shaped plinth base.
Italian, circa 1880.
Provenance
Provenance: By repute King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and gifted to Duke of the Abruzzi thence by descent until sold in 1973 to Arnaldo Ruschioni.
The present model represents a clipper, or fast sailing vessel, first introduced in the early 19th century. The clipper was outfitted with three high masts and a large number of sails, designed to carry small loads of profitable cargo quickly over long distances. The present clipper model was constructed in the third quarter of the 19th century and was formerly owned by collector and naval model...
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1880s Italian Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Luminaire Moderne by Guillaume Janneau (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a beautiful portfolio with 48 loose plates showing designs (probably dating from the mid-late 1920s) for Art Deco lighting by such as - Edgar Brandt, Schenk and Sons, Jean Pe...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pan Am Boeing 707 Model Aircraft, circa 1958
Located in London, GB
An exceptional large scale vintage fiberglass and resin composite promotional model of a Boeing 707 in Pan Am’s iconic livery on original steel and cast iro...
Category
1950s American Vintage Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Iron
19th Century Antique Children's Carriage
Located in London, GB
A Children’s Painted Calèche
Modelled on a full-sized barouche, this fully functional children’s carriage was either goat- or dog-drawn. The fram...
Category
19th Century English Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Steel
Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome, First Edition First Issue, 1911
Located in CA, CA
Edith Wharton. Ethan Frome. Published by Charles Scribner & Sons, New York 1911. First edition.
This is the novel that sealed Wharton's success as a n...
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1910s American Vintage Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
3 Liberty, Arts & Crafts Annual Selling Exhibition 2004/5/6 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
We have on offer three soft covered catalogues from Liberty of their Annual Selling Exhibition "Arts & Crafts 1850-1950" from the years 2004, 2005 and 2006. The 2006 is slightly diff...
Category
20th Century Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Wegner 100 YEARS Auction Catalogue 2014 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Very clean inside and out. Text in English. This is a sale catalogue for an auction held in Copenhagen at Bruun Rasmussen...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Oak Cased Stick Barometer and Thermometer
Located in Cheshire, GB
Late 19th century oak cased stick barometer and thermometer by J Hicks of London with engraved scales contained in oak case having shaped and moulded p...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
La Plante et Ses Applications & Les Fleurs Et Leurs Applications Decoratives
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a 2 volume box set of books, the individual titles of which are - La Plante et ses applications ornementales sous la direction by M.E.Grasset and Les Fleurs et leurs applicat...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Verner Panton: The Collected Works by H Horsfeld & M Remmele (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This hard back book is an important monograph on Verner Panton who was considered to have been one of Denmark's most influential furniture and interior designers of the second half o...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"Green Frog Service" - Book about an Imperial Russian Dinner Service
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is number 111 from the limited edition of 1,000 copies. The first 25 are special leather bound copies, a further 25 were for collaborators on the publication, the next 350 were reserved for subscribers and 650 were for general sale. Therefore we know that this was one of the subscribers copies. With green cloth covers in a green slipcase with an embossed frog motif to the front. 424 pages with over 350 large detailed illustrations, 60 color plates and more than 1000 reference illustrations. This magnificent dinner and dessert service was the crowning achievement of the great English potter Josiah Wedgwood who made it between 1773-1774 as a commission from the Empress Catherine...
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Late 18th Century Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Thomas Chippendale's: The Gentleman and Cabinet Makers Director 1754 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A beautiful facsimile copy of what is probably the most famous book ever on the subject of furniture.
This book is a facsimile of the Chippendale society's own fine copy. Despite i...
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18th Century Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Silver Golfing Match Safe, Vesta Case
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Golf Vesta case
A round antique silver golfing match safe with striker on the bottom. The match holder is embossed with a golfing scene of a male golfer in his back swing watched by...
Category
Early 1900s English Sporting Art Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Large and Extremely Rare Terrestrial Globe by Newton
By Newton Globes - Planer & Newton
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large and extremely rare 24-inch terrestrial globe by Newton
Our most magnificent and rare globes were a pair of 24-inch Newton globes.
These too were updated in 1852 (terre...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Signe Sornay by Alain Marcelpoil, Annik Beras Sornay & Olivier Lassalle (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Published in 2010, this is the much anticipated book on the life and career of Signe Sornay, with text in English and French. The book was published by Galerie Alain Marcelpoil who a...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Georg Jensen Silversmithy: 77 Artists, 75 Years (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This catalogue was published on the occasion of an exhibition organised and held at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC. With 147 pieces illustrated, company ...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Public Appearances 1987-1991, Snowdon (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a wonderful collection of photographs taken by Lord Snowdon, who was one of the great portrait photographers of the 20th century. International fi...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Miniature Bow Fronted Chest, c1830
Located in valatie, NY
This handsome little oak chest has many of the same details of its larger counterparts. The bow fronted conforming top sits on three bowed drawers all with original brass pulls and e...
Category
19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Valuable Artistic Property Belonging to the Estate of the Late Stanford White
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is the "Supplementary Sale" Catalogue of Valuable Artistc Property belonging to the Estate of Stanford White which took place on November 25th, 26th and 27th 1907 - Consisting o...
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Early 20th Century Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage, Antique Alpine Ski Photograph, Davos Parsenn
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
'DAVOS, PARSENN', a new mounted black and white photographic image after an original 1930's skiing photograph. Black & white alpine photos are the perfect addition to any home or ski lodge, so please do check out our other ski photos...
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20th Century Swiss Sporting Art Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Golf Poster, Coq Sur Mer, De Haan, Belgium, 1897
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique golf poster.
A large continental advertising poster for Coq sur Mer, De Haan, Belgium, 1897. The image is in a faded condition, but this is an ext...
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1920s Belgian Sporting Art Vintage Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Arne Jacobsen by Tobias Faber (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Arne Jacobsen is today probably best remembered for his chair and furniture designs but he was primarily an architect and that had been his training. This book deals mainly with the ...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Albert Collection: 500 Years of British and European Silver (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A hardback book in cloth covers with dustjacket in very good condition. A unique collection of more than 700 pieces of British and European silver with each object being catalogued and specially photographed for this publication, making it a significant work of reference. Great names from Paul Storr and the royal goldsmiths Robert Garrard, Philip Rundell and Benjamin Pyne to leading Heugenots John Hugh le Sage, David Willaume...
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18th Century and Earlier Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Style Photography, Framed Alpine Ski Photograph, The Race
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Style Photography, Framed Alpine Ski Photograph, The Race.
'THE RACE', a modern framed and mounted black and white photograph after an original 1930's skiing photograph. The...
Category
1930s British Sporting Art Vintage Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Wood
Brass Surveyors Level by Troughton & Simms, London
By Troughton & Simms London
Located in Norwich, GB
Brass Surveyors Level by Troughton & Simms, London
Sixteen inch extending telescope with original lacquer finish and spirit level.
The compass ha...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Novelty Billiard Clock
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Novelty Billiard mantel clock.
A rare and very unusual novelty mantel clock, the base being a miniature billiard table. The drum-shaped clock case has a 6 cm porcelain dial fronting...
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1890s British Sporting Art Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Antique Leather Pot Bellie Fishing Creel
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Pot belly leather fishing creel.
A fine example of an early 19th Century leather pot bellied fishing creel with leather shoulder strap. The brass hinged...
Category
Early 1800s British Sporting Art Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique Sterling Silver Havdalah Box / Spice Box, London 1912, Joseph Zweig
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1912 by Joseph Zweig, this Antique Sterling Silver Havdalah Box, or Spice Tower, is of a traditional Eastern European form. The Havdalah box measures 9.75"(25...
Category
1910s English Baroque Vintage Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique George I Sterling Silver Tobacco Box
By Edward Cornock 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional antique early Georgian English sterling silver tobacco box; an addition to our smoking related silverware collection
This dine antique George I sterling silver tobacco box has a plain oval rounded form.
The surface of the box is plain and embellished with fine engraved circular motifs and leaf decoration to the cover hinge.
The flush hinged hallmarked cover is ornamented with the contemporary engraved inscription ‘Richard Smart’ to the centre, in addition to a simplified engraved shell and scrolling leaf design to the shaped thumbpiece.
This impressive Georgian tobacco box has an exceptional color and patination.
This antique tobacco box...
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1720s English Georgian Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
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...
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20th Century Austrian Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Mappin & Webb Ltd Art Deco Style Sterling Silver Cigarette Box
By Mappin & Webb
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver cigarette box in the Art Deco style; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection.
This exc...
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1960s English Art Deco Vintage Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Victorian Sterling Silver and Erotica Enamel Vesta Case
By B&S, Birmingham 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and erotica enamel vesta case; an addition to our range of collectable silver cases
This fine antique Victorian sterling silver vesta case has a plain rectangular form.
The body of the case is ornamented with a fine and impressive rectangular enamel panel depicting a nude female character amidst her scattered clothing on the bank of a river, lined with trees and foliage.
The case is fitted with a plain hallmarked hinged cover with incorporated thumb piece.
This impressive silver vesta case has a serrated panel/match striker to the underside.
The posterior surface of this impressive vesta is plain and unembellished.
Condition
This antique vesta case...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Victorian Aneriod Wall Barometer
Located in Norwich, GB
Victorian Aneriod Barometer with gilded and chased outer casing mounted on a mahogany board.
Beautifully engraved silvered dial with seven weather indications, the scale reading f...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Large Antique Nef Model in Repoussé Silvered Metal
Located in London, GB
This nef, made of silvered metal, takes the form of a galleon. A nef is a table ornament, usually made of precious metal such as silver, that takes the shape of a ship. This nef has ...
Category
19th Century European Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Silver
Captain Hood’s Gold and Hardstone Armorial Fob Seal
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The openwork gold fluted pendent mount is channel set with an oval cornelian seal engraved with the coat of arms and crest of Hood with the arms of Periam in pretence for Captain Alexander Hood RN (1758-1798) who married Elizabeth Periam of Butleigh. English, circa 1790.
Captain Hood (1758-1798) was a cousin of Samuel Hood, Viscount Hood, and of Alexander Hood, Viscount Bridport. His younger brother was Sir Samuel Hood who captained Zealous at the Battle of the Nile...
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1790s English Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Anglo-Indian Art Deco Silver Presentation Casket
Located in London, GB
This Anglo-Indian silver casket is inscribed on a central panel to the front with the following: 'Presented to / Mr. A. L. Guildford, B.Sc. M.I.E....
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Art Deco Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Vintage Black & White Golf Photograph
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Late Victorian golf photograph.
A sepia toned late Victorian Colonial golf photograph of a group of male golfers, the group containing a few children. The gentlemen are wearing an assortment of clothing, some in caps, some in bowler hats, a couple with top hats, one gentleman wearing a military uniform with medals. The golf clubs they are holding are early wooden scared head long nose hickory clubs, the sort made by the great Scottish clubmakers like Tom Morris, Willie Park, Alex Patrick, Charlie...
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1890s European Sporting Art Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
William Bateman I Antique English Sterling Silver Snuffer / Pen Tray
By William Bateman I
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An excellent, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver snuffer/pen tray made by William Bateman I; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique George III sterling silver snuffer tray has a plain rectangular form with rounded corners.
The surface of this fine example of antique silverware is plain and unembellished.
The raised rounded border is embellished with an impressive vertebrate band of stylized floral, bud and foliate ornamentation, all on a matte background.
The rim of the tray is encompassed with an exceptional applied gadroon decorated border accented with a floral motif to either side and a scrolling leaf decorated design to each corner.
The underside of this impressive Georgian snuffer tray bears the silversmith's centre punch mark in addition to the full hallmarks pertaining to the renowned London silversmith William Bateman I.
Condition
This antique silver candle snuffer...
Category
1810s British George III Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Edwardian Art Nouveau Style Set of Six Sterling Silver Buttons
By Robert Friederich 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive set of six antique Edwardian English sterling silver buttons made in the Art Nouveau style - boxed; an addi...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Vintage Style Ski Photography, Framed Alpine Ski Photograph, Scheidegg
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Style Ski Photography, Framed Alpine Ski Photograph, Scheidegg.
'SCHEIDEGG', a modern framed and mounted black and white photogr...
Category
1930s British Sporting Art Vintage Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Wood
Edwardian Golf English Sterling Silver Vesta Case
By George Houston
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver vesta case with golfing interest; an addition to our sports related silverware colle...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Walnut Games Compendium
Located in London, GB
The ‘Royal Cabinet of Games’ by Charles Henry, 22 King Street, Manchester, constructed in figured walnut with coromandel edging, enclosing various games including chess, backgammon &...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Mahogany Cased Barograph
Located in Cheshire, GB
Mahogany cased barograph, having five glazed removable lid, and a drawer below to house the charts. The mechanical eight-day movement is housed in the drum, fitted with a seven-day c...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
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
Unusual Continental Bisque Porcelain Automaton Figure
Located in London, GB
Unusual bisque porcelain automaton figure
Continental, circa 1900
Measures: Height 57cm, width 21cm, depth 21cm
This unusual doll takes the form ...
Category
Early 1900s European Antique Antiques Associations Members Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain, Fabric
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