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Diary In Silver And Art Deco Enamels
Located in Madrid, ES
Diary In Silver And Art Deco Enamels
Elegant diary in solid silver and enamel from the art deco
Category
1920s Antique Diaries
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Large Welsh Turned Treen Sycamore Diary Bowl
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A mid-19th century turned sycamore diary bowl.
The bowl has a wonderful color with an untouched
Category
Mid-19th Century Welsh Antique Diaries
Materials
Sycamore
Fanny Burney, Diary & Letters of Madame D'arblay, in a Full Leather Binding 1854
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: BURNEY, Fanny - Madame D'arblay.
Title: Diary and Letters of Madame D'arblay
Category
1850s British Antique Diaries
Materials
Leather
H 6.69 in W 4.5 in D 1 in
Fall Front Mahogany Clerk's Desk, America, Circa: 1850
Located in Alexandria, VA
to keep journals, diaries and even your laptop. This desk is made of mahogany with pine secondary
Category
Mid-19th Century American Early Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Mahogany, Pine
La ritirata del Friuli - Rare Book Illustrated by Ardengo Soffici - 1919
By Ardengo Soffici
Located in Roma, IT
La ritirata del Friuli - note di un ufficiale della Seconda Armata. Diary of the author Ardengo
Category
1910s Surrealist Antique Diaries
Materials
Paper
H 7.68 in W 5.52 in D 0.79 in
‘Lard’ Antique Dairy Table
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
1880. This is just one of a series of similar diary tables we are selling sourced from an English
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Stoneware
Carlo Giuliano Renaissance Revival 18K Gold and Emerald Brooch
By Carlo Giuliano
Located in New York, NY
not appear in Augusto's extensive diaries. Instead, he may have been trained in Alessandro
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Diaries
Materials
Emerald, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
‘Milk’ Antique Dairy Table
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
1880. This is just one of a series of similar diary tables we are selling sourced from an English
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Stoneware
‘Cream’ Antique Dairy Table
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
1880. This is just one of a series of similar diary tables we are selling sourced from an English
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Stoneware
‘Lancashire’ Antique Cheese Table
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
’ circa 1880. This is just one of a series of similar diary tables we are selling sourced from an English
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
‘Stilton’ Antique Cheese Table
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
’ circa 1880. This is just one of a series of similar diary tables we are selling sourced from an English
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Stoneware
‘Sage Derby’ Antique Cheese Table
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
’ circa 1880. This is just one of a series of similar diary tables we are selling sourced from an English
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Stoneware
Palais Royal Aide-de-Memoire, French, circa 1830
Located in New York, NY
Purse revealing diary and pen in the interior.
Category
1830s French Antique Diaries
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Charles DICKENS. David Copperfield. FIRST EDITION IN MONTHLY PARTS A PERFECT SET
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
pieces in the "Lett's Diaries for 1850" H&C state they are "of varying quantity".
CONDITION: 6 spines
Category
1840s British Antique Diaries
Materials
Paper
H 9 in W 6 in D 0.1 in
A bay hunter in a landscape
By Charles Towne
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
London in the late 1790's, where he was noted in Farrington's "Diaries", and it seems likely that it was
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Antique Diaries
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape
By Arthur Dove
Located in London, GB
colours and form are felt intuitively.
In a diary entry for August 5, 1942, Dove sets his intentions to
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Diaries
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Antique William Worcester Churchill (1858 - 1926) 4 Drawings, 1908 signed 'WC'
Located in Norton, MA
October 2, 1908, in Rosemond Coolidge's Diary at the Museum School, Boston, for Philip Leslie Hale. Sign
Category
18th Century English Antique Diaries
Materials
Canvas, Wood
H 14.5 in W 28.5 in D 0.5 in
Rare Gold and Enamel Presentation Pocket Watch with Portrait of Naser Shah
Located in New York, NY
Europe in 1873, he recorded his travels in a diary which was later translated into several languages
Category
19th Century Swiss Antique Diaries
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Edward Lear, Extensive Greek or Roman Landscape, Temple, Ruins, British Art
By Edward Lear
Located in Greven, DE
drawings and kept a diary of his experiences and impressions. Many years later, Lear’s travelling companion
Category
19th Century Romantic Antique Diaries
Materials
Watercolor
Edward Lear, Extensive Greek Italian Landscape, Antique Ruins, Campagna di Roma
By Edward Lear
Located in Greven, DE
drawings and kept a diary of his experiences and impressions. Many years later, Lear’s travelling companion
Category
19th Century Romantic Antique Diaries
Materials
Watercolor
Oil Painting by Thomas Fallon Marshall "Mrs Pepys Adopts The Latest Fashion"
Located in Mere, GB
on canvas. No. 106 scene from Pepys Diary 2/3/1669.
Dimensions unframed 26 x 37 inches
Dimensions
Category
19th Century Antique Diaries
Materials
Oil
Rare Gold and Enamel Presentation Pocket Watch with Portrait of Naser Shah
Located in New York, NY
travels in a diary which was later translated into several languages. During that trip, Queen Victoria
Category
19th Century Swiss Antique Diaries
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Vintage Golf Book, F.g. Tait, a Record, by J.l. Low
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Golf Book, F.G. Tait "A Record, Being His Life, Letters And Golfing Diary".
A very well produced
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Diaries
Materials
Paper
Riders and dogs on a country path
By Charles Towne
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
1790's, where he was noted in Farrington's "Diaries", and it seems likely that it was here that his
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Canvas, Oil
New England Sunrise, 1910 by Lockwood DeForest (American, 1850-1932)
Located in New York, NY
of his oil sketches, as to create a visual diary of his travels. Lockwood’s profession as a landscape
Category
Early 20th Century Hudson River School Antique Diaries
Materials
Oil, Board
Hudson Highlands by Lockwood DeForest (American, 1850-1932)
Located in New York, NY
the place of his oil sketches, as to create a visual diary of his travels. Lockwood’s profession as a
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Antique Diaries
Materials
Oil, Board
Dusk Forest Scene, Catskills by Lockwood DeForest (American, 1850-1932)
Located in New York, NY
of his oil sketches, as to create a visual diary of his travels. Lockwood’s profession as a landscape
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Antique Diaries
Materials
Oil, Board
Lovely Japanese 18/19th c Edo Scroll Kano Osanobu Nihonga Painting Mountain
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
by his father to perform various public tasks for the Kanon School. He kept a diary for 36 years
Category
18th Century Edo Antique Diaries
Materials
Silk
H 61.03 in W 11.62 in D 0.04 in
19th Century genre portrait oil painting of a girl with a writing slate
By Charles Sillem Lidderdale
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
diaries, account books and notebooks are held by the Victoria & Albert Museum in their National Art
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 33.5 in W 26.5 in D 3.25 in
Marble Bust of a Young Lady as Flora by John Adams-Acton
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
. The sisters’ diaries are preserved in the Historical Collections department. of Bromley Library and
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Diaries
Materials
Marble
Brass Mounted Georgian Campaign Dressing Table Box Gentleman's Necessaire C.1795
Located in Incline Village, NV
likely utilized for personal effects, jewelry, money, and letter writing, and diary entries.; note the
Category
1790s English Georgian Antique Diaries
Materials
Silver, Silver Plate
H 5.5 in W 11 in D 8.75 in
Set of Three Early 20th Century English Copper Funnels
Located in Chicago, IL
diary, with fantastic sculpture forms. These would be beautiful displayed down the center of a table, on
Category
Early 1900s British Folk Art Antique Diaries
Materials
Copper
Star
Located in New York, US
devoted to drawing from an early age. (When he was ten years old, his mother noted in her diary that ‘Kira
Category
1920s Antique Diaries
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
1830 Watercolor and Gouache Painted Vignettes of Eastern Entertainers
Located in Savannah, GA
Eastern Entertainers taken from diary of G. Copeland 1830."
Perhaps a rememberance from a grand tour, the
Category
1830s English Grand Tour Antique Diaries
Materials
Silk, Glass, Paint, Paper
Mid Century Landscape Oil of Ludlow Castle Shropshire and distant Clee Hills
Located in ludlow, GB
. Thornton's Diary of an Art Student of the Nineties was published the year before his death, and his memorial
Category
Early 20th Century Color-Field Antique Diaries
Materials
Oil
Mid Century View of Bridgnorth Shropshire oil painting of river and tower
Located in ludlow, GB
Burlington Magazine in 1921. Thornton's Diary of an Art Student of the Nineties was published the year before
Category
Early 20th Century Color-Field Antique Diaries
Materials
Oil
Les Ecrits Erotiques de Stendhal - Illustrated by Fagus (G. Faillet) - 1928
Located in Roma, IT
printed by Louis Chevasson. The volume is dedicated to the erotic texts, letters and diaries collected by
Category
1920s Antique Diaries
Materials
Paper, Photogravure
H 9.65 in W 7.68 in D 0.4 in
"20 hrs. 40 mins. Our Flight in the Friendship", Signed by Amelia Earhart, 1928
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
's "The Fun of It." A third book, "Last Flight," was published posthumously and consisted of diary
Category
1920s American Art Nouveau Antique Diaries
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
H 8.75 in W 5.88 in D 2.13 in
1S Shell
By Edward Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
the time and who often featured shells in her paintings. Weston wrote in his diary of seeing these
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Diaries
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lewis Carroll - through the Looking-Glass. 1872 First Edition Presentation Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
on 24 June 1866 in his diary, noting "we saw the pretty little Joanna", later that year (30 July
Category
1870s British Antique Diaries
Materials
Leather
H 9 in W 6 in D 1.5 in
Louis XVI Period Secretary 18th Century
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
activities and letter writing, as well as providing storage for collectors’ items, documents or diaries in
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Diaries
Materials
Bronze
2S Shell
By Edward Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
her paintings. Weston wrote in his diary of seeing these shells in her studio, stating that that he
Category
1920s Antique Diaries
Materials
Silver Gelatin
2S Shell
By Edward Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
her paintings. Weston wrote in his diary of seeing these shells in her studio, stating that that he
Category
1920s Antique Diaries
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Folio of 6 signed etchings and engravings by Edgar Holloway
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
diary of his family, friends and travels and include a remarkable series of etched self portraits made
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Antique Diaries
Materials
Etching
A Highly Important Empire Period Rosso Antico Chimneypiece with Portrait Reliefs
Located in London, GB
in either Florence or Rome. Ker’s diary entry for 17th October 1793 is interesting as it reveals that
Category
Early 19th Century English Empire Antique Diaries
Materials
Marble
H 48.82 in W 66.93 in D 12.01 in
17th Century Saint Ignatius Italian School Adoration Oil on Canvas Brown Orange
Located in Sanremo, IT
noteworthy are the Autobiography and the Spiritual Diary.
The style of this undoubtedly Emilian painting is
Category
Late 17th Century Italian School Antique Diaries
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 58.67 in W 48.82 in D 0.79 in
1800s Antique French, Figural, Carved Oak, Stepback, Glazed Doors Bookcase
Located in Austin, TX
written by Anna Mum Diary!
Wear and imperfections commensurate with being moved, age and use.
150t23
Category
19th Century French Other Antique Diaries
Materials
Oak
19th Century landscape oil painting of fishing on the River Usk near Brecon
By Thomas Baker of Leamington
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
inches
Provenance: Details of this painting & a sketch are listed in the artist’s diary, no 333.
This
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 23.5 in W 29.5 in D 2.5 in
Portrait of a Young Boy Carrying a Fruit Basket, 18th Century Oil on Canvas
By Sir William Beechey
Located in London, GB
knighthood Joseph Farington's Diaries give many accounts of Beechey's relations with the royal family during
Category
18th Century English School Antique Diaries
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Herding cattle through a wooded river landscape
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
became a visual diary of his encounters with nature's majesty. His depictions of Alpine peaks and sun
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Diaries
Materials
Oil
Sailor’s Ball
By Margrete Levy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
children.
Her first child inspired her to the children's book Fregnes's Diary from his birth to his 2 Year
Category
1920s Art Deco Antique Diaries
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1900s Louis Vuitton Monogram Cabin Trunk
By Louis Vuitton
Located in London, GB
a visual diary, mapping out the trunk's journey through the decades, across continents, oceans, and
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Diaries
Ukrainian Dancers By Edgar Degas
By Edgar Degas
Located in New Orleans, LA
of Saturday, July 1, 1899 [English ed., Growing up with the Impressionists: The Diary of Julie Manet
Category
19th Century Impressionist Antique Diaries
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Cardboard
Albrecht Dürer 16th Century Old Master Engraving The Sudarium Of Saint Veronica
Located in Nottingham, GB
his diary of the journey to the Netherlands. On two occasions in August of 1520 he gave impressions
Category
16th Century Antique Diaries
Materials
Paper
Free Shipping
H 9.85 in W 12.6 in D 0.79 in
Guy De Maupassant, Sur L'eau with Illustrations by A.Le Petit. Kieffer Binding
Located in Middletown, NY
Naturalist writer Guy de Maupassant (1850 – 1893), the diary of a nine-day cruise along the Côte d’Azur.
Category
Early 20th Century European Antique Diaries
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 7.75 in W 6.13 in D 1 in
2.8 X 2.2 METER SAMUEL PEPYS 1666 STYLE LIBRARY BOOKCASE DRAWERS PART OF SUiTE
Located in GB
Anniversary of the Great Fire of London, which Pepys so famously recorded in his diary.
This year also marks
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Glass, Oak, Pine
H 112.8 in W 88.78 in D 21.07 in
London : A distant view of the city from the south with a herdsman and cattle
By Charles Towne
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
1790's, where he was noted in Farrington's "Diaries", and it seems likely that it was here that his
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Canvas, Oil
2.8 X 2.2 METER ANTIQUE SAMUEL PEPYS 1666 STYLE LIBRARY BOOKCASE PART OF SUiTE
Located in GB
recorded in his diary.
This year also marks the 350th birthday of Pepys’ first two bookcases, or ‘presses
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Glass, Oak, Pine
H 113 in W 88 in D 20.08 in
2.8 X 1.6 METER ANTIQUE SAMUEL PEPYS 1666 STYLE LIBRARY BOOKCASE PART OF SUiTE
Located in GB
of London, which Pepys so famously recorded in his diary.
This year also marks the 350th birthday of
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Glass, Oak, Pine
H 112.41 in W 65.16 in D 23.23 in
A Surrey Common - Pre-Raphaelite landscape watercolour by George Price Boyce
Located in London, GB
nature. His diaries are a valuable source of information on the Pre-Raphaelites. Boyce exhibited at the
Category
1860s Pre-Raphaelite Antique Diaries
Materials
Watercolor
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An assortment of antique diaries is available on 1stDibs. Finding the perfect Old Masters, Impressionist or Post-Impressionist examples of these works for your space is difficult — today, we have a vast range of variations and more on offer. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Antique diaries available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes brown, gray, black, blue and more. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but Charles Towne, Evelyn de Morgan, Winston Churchill, Jacques Emile Blanche and Thomas Baker of Leamington produced especially popular works that are worth a look. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and canvas.
How Much are Antique Diaries?
Antique diaries can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $4,495, while the lowest priced sells for $175 and the highest can go for as much as $3,250,000.