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Ascetic Practices of Brahmins in India: Rituals of Penance & Spiritual Authority
Ascetic Practices of Brahmins in India: Rituals of Penance & Spiritual Authority

Ascetic Practices of Brahmins in India: Rituals of Penance & Spiritual Authority

Located in Langweer, NL

Bottom Right Panel: - French Text: "Deux BRAHMINs et la famille des Soudras, nommes JOGUIS dansant autour de la Vache la plus sacrée l’Indien qui font l'objet de la pénitence, ils...

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1720s Antique Font

Materials

Paper

American Mahogany and Brass Ship Binnacle, Riggs & Brothers, Phila. Circa 1880
American Mahogany and Brass Ship Binnacle, Riggs & Brothers, Phila. Circa 1880

American Mahogany and Brass Ship Binnacle, Riggs & Brothers, Phila. Circa 1880

By Riggs & Brothers

Located in Charleston, SC

American mahogany ship binnacle with a brass-mounted dome helmet, internal dry compass by Ritchie of Boston, flanking removable burners with the original fonts and resting on an octa...

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1880s American American Empire Antique Font

Materials

Brass

Large Map of Castile's Southern Realms - Granada, Andalusia, and Murcia, 1652
Large Map of Castile's Southern Realms - Granada, Andalusia, and Murcia, 1652

Large Map of Castile's Southern Realms - Granada, Andalusia, and Murcia, 1652

Located in Langweer, NL

The map is intricately detailed, featuring the names of many towns and geographical features in a dense, script-like font. The boundaries of each region are outlined in colored lines...

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Mid-17th Century Antique Font

Materials

Paper

Antique Boxed Fruit Set Spoons, Nutcrackers, Grape Scissors Hukin & Heath 19th C
Antique Boxed Fruit Set Spoons, Nutcrackers, Grape Scissors Hukin & Heath 19th C

Antique Boxed Fruit Set Spoons, Nutcrackers, Grape Scissors Hukin & Heath 19th C

By Hukin & Heath

Located in London, GB

The marks below (spread-winged bird into a circle with H&H into squares, conjoined circles or 'Old English' fonts) don't correspond and could be attributable to Hukin & Heath only pr...

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1880s English Victorian Antique Font

Materials

Silver Plate

1885 Rookwood Aesthetic Movement High Victorian Perfume Bottle form # 61
1885 Rookwood Aesthetic Movement High Victorian Perfume Bottle form # 61

1885 Rookwood Aesthetic Movement High Victorian Perfume Bottle form # 61

By Rookwood Pottery Co.

Located in Mobile, AL

It is marked 1885, 61 and W. Rookwood's font, Form # 61 and the use of W to indicate white clay are well known to Rookwood collectors and have been identified in most publications c...

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1880s American Aesthetic Movement Antique Font

Materials

Pottery

DOVES PRESS - Lucrece - Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece - LIMITED EDITION
DOVES PRESS - Lucrece - Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece - LIMITED EDITION

DOVES PRESS - Lucrece - Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece - LIMITED EDITION

Located in Middletown, NY

In 2013, the designer Robert Green began to create a more polished digital version of the Doves type and in 2015, after searching the riverbed of the Thames near Hammersmith Bridge w...

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Early 20th Century English Antique Font

Materials

Leather, Paper

Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson, with Preface by Thomas Carlyle
Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson, with Preface by Thomas Carlyle

Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson, with Preface by Thomas Carlyle

Located in Middletown, NY

In 2013, the designer Robert Green began to create a more polished digital version of the Doves type and in 2015, after searching the riverbed of the Thames near Hammersmith Bridge w...

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Early 20th Century English Antique Font

Materials

Gold Leaf

DOVES PRESS: Dramatis Personae by Robert BROWNING
DOVES PRESS: Dramatis Personae by Robert BROWNING

DOVES PRESS: Dramatis Personae by Robert BROWNING

Located in Middletown, NY

In 2013, the designer Robert Green began to create a more polished digital version of the Doves type and in 2015, after searching the riverbed of the Thames near Hammersmith Bridge w...

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Early 20th Century English Antique Font

Materials

Leather, Paper

Antique Church Altar Table
Antique Church Altar Table

Antique Church Altar Table

Located in Forney, TX

Please note, at the time of writing this, we have a similarly styled baptismal font likely from the same church available. We here at Lynx Hollow Antiques absolutely love religio...

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19th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique Font

Materials

Pine, Paint

Red Cross Banner with Whimsical Lettering, ca 1917 - 1918
Red Cross Banner with Whimsical Lettering, ca 1917 - 1918

Red Cross Banner with Whimsical Lettering, ca 1917 - 1918

Located in York County, PA

Displayed behind the actress who plays Clara Barton, founder of the Red Cross, it has the same text at the top and in the middle, though the fonts are not quite as strong, but along ...

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Early 20th Century American Antique Font

Materials

Cotton

Antique Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Decorative Bowl with Morning Glory Motif
Antique Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Decorative Bowl with Morning Glory Motif

Antique Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Decorative Bowl with Morning Glory Motif

Located in New York, NY

There is a monogram reading "HLJ" hand-hammered scrolling font in the oval center of the piece. While this is a perfectly functional bowl- ideal for storing small valuables, candies ...

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Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Font

Materials

Sterling Silver

18th Century Galician Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
18th Century Galician Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah

18th Century Galician Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah

Located in New York, NY

The side panels fitted with two servant lights, fronted by a row of eight oil fonts. Scholars theorize that these Polish Chanukah Lamps that bear two servant lights (as opposed to th...

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Mid-18th Century Polish Antique Font

Materials

Brass

18th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
18th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah

18th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah

Located in New York, NY

The side panels fitted with two servant lights, fronted by a row of eight oil fonts. Scholars theorize that these Polish Chanukah lamps that bear two servant lights (as opposed to th...

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18th Century Polish Antique Font

Materials

Brass

18th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp
18th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp

18th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp

Located in New York, NY

The side panels fitted with two servant lights, fronted by a row of eight oil fonts. Scholars theorize that these Polish Chanukah lamps that bear two servant lights (as opposed to th...

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Mid-17th Century Polish Antique Font

Materials

Brass

American Unique Hand Decorated Adirondack "Sail Boats" Desk, 1900
American Unique Hand Decorated Adirondack "Sail Boats" Desk, 1900

American Unique Hand Decorated Adirondack "Sail Boats" Desk, 1900

Located in South Burlington, VT

A large scale hand crafted and hand incised and painted one-of-a-kind fall font desk in an Adirondack manner. It is hand painted and pyrography on wood, 1900.

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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Font

Materials

Wood

Arts and Crafts Style Lipp Grand Piano Inlaid Germanic Folklore Motifs
Arts and Crafts Style Lipp Grand Piano Inlaid Germanic Folklore Motifs

Arts and Crafts Style Lipp Grand Piano Inlaid Germanic Folklore Motifs

Located in Leeds, GB

The Lipp name is inlaid in a simple serif font. It is flanked by inlaid Norse symbols. The fylfot symbol, a four legged cross, is associated with fire and lightning and is holy to Th...

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Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Antique Font

Materials

Mahogany

18th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp
18th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp

18th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp

Located in New York, NY

The side panels fitted with two servant lights, fronted by a row of eight oil fonts. Scholars theorize that these Polish Chanukah Lamps that bear two servant lights (as opposed to th...

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Mid-18th Century Polish Antique Font

Materials

Brass

Alfred De Vigny, LES DESTINÉES, Illustrated, Signed and with Original Drawings
Alfred De Vigny, LES DESTINÉES, Illustrated, Signed and with Original Drawings

Alfred De Vigny, LES DESTINÉES, Illustrated, Signed and with Original Drawings

Located in Middletown, NY

The poet was moved by what his correspondent wrote about the great Romantic painter Girodet: "I believed," he notes,"To hear him speak and see him again; you have made me feel again ...

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Late 19th Century French Antique Font

Materials

Gold Leaf

19th Century Silvered Bronze Athénienne Jardinière by Ferdinand Barbedienne
19th Century Silvered Bronze Athénienne Jardinière by Ferdinand Barbedienne

19th Century Silvered Bronze Athénienne Jardinière by Ferdinand Barbedienne

By Ferdinand Barbedienne

Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

From being for example an inspiration for the baptismal font of Napoléon’s son in 1811, this model was the inspiration to many highly skilled makers throughout the 19thcentury such a...

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19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Font

Materials

Marble, Silver Plate, Bronze

Interesting Old Map of the Nw Coast of America and the Ne Coast of Asia, ca.1772
Interesting Old Map of the Nw Coast of America and the Ne Coast of Asia, ca.1772

Interesting Old Map of the Nw Coast of America and the Ne Coast of Asia, ca.1772

Located in Langweer, NL

The mythical voyages of De Fuca, d'Aguilar and De Font were still very much in evidence in contemporary cartography, as were concepts of a NW Passage, the Sea of the West, River of t...

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1770s Antique Font

Materials

Paper

18th Century Spanish Baroque Period Christ Crucified Altar Sculpture
18th Century Spanish Baroque Period Christ Crucified Altar Sculpture

18th Century Spanish Baroque Period Christ Crucified Altar Sculpture

By Juan De Mesa

Located in Forney, TX

If you're interested in other examples, including important Buddhists, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, and other religion items, architectural salvaged, ornamental church / temple / mosqu...

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18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Font

Materials

Iron

"Rally Freemen!..." Civil War Recruitment Broadside
"Rally Freemen!..." Civil War Recruitment Broadside

"Rally Freemen!..." Civil War Recruitment Broadside

Located in York County, PA

A CIVIL WAR RECRUITMENT BROADSIDE FOR THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA, COMPANY F, DESIGNATED AS THE 187TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY, ESCORTED LINCOLN'S BODY WITH PHILADELPHIA'S 1ST CITY...

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1860s American Antique Font

Materials

Paper

Large 19th Century French Bronze "Prince Hamlet & the Gravedigger, Shakespeare"
Large 19th Century French Bronze "Prince Hamlet & the Gravedigger, Shakespeare"

Large 19th Century French Bronze "Prince Hamlet & the Gravedigger, Shakespeare"

By Thiebaut Freres

Located in Tarzana, CA

In 1860, Victor Thiébaut realized his first Parisian work: the fonts of "Agriculture" and the "Work" of Gumery.

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1860s French Napoleon III Antique Font

Materials

Bronze

Cuzco School Baptismal Dish
Cuzco School Baptismal Dish

Cuzco School Baptismal Dish

By Spanish Colonial (Peruvian)

Located in New York, NY

They were intended for ecclesiastical use as baptismal fonts, as well as for domestic use as decorative pieces placed on top of furniture.

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18th Century Old Masters Antique Font

Materials

Silver

View of St. John’s Cathedral, Antigua
View of St. John’s Cathedral, Antigua

View of St. John’s Cathedral, Antigua

Located in New York, NY

The tower was rent from the top to the bottom; the north dial of the clock precipitated to the ground with a dreadful crash; the east parapet wall of the tower thrown upon the roof o...

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19th Century Old Masters Antique Font

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Italian Cast Brass Four Burner Lucerne Oil Lamp Antique 1850
Italian Cast Brass Four Burner Lucerne Oil Lamp Antique 1850

Italian Cast Brass Four Burner Lucerne Oil Lamp Antique 1850

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

Cast brass four with 4 wick burner Lucerne oil lamp with four hanging wick tools, an adjustable under-font collection dish, and a loop carrying handle at the top of the rod.

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1840s Italian Baroque Antique Font

Materials

Brass

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