Antique Letters

Below LONDON it has the letters F C M . At the lower base it has a four character hall mark type mark like the ones found on Silver.

When opened, the interior reveals an olive green lined fitted interior with several partitions designed for storing letters and smaller documents. To the front lip is the makers sign...

Designed for weighing letters and small parcels up to 24 ounces, this functional desk accessory embodies the refined utility of late 19th- and early 20th-century British craftsmanshi...

Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1866 Etching on Chine collé with engraving mounted to cream laid paper with an uknown, partial watermark bearing the letters "ST," 5 3/4 x 9 3/8 inches (147 x...

The figure of God the Father is replaced by the Hebrew letters of the divine name, YHWH, while numerous additional details enrich the domestic intimacy of the scene.

A printed note explains that "The official names of Railway Stations are all engraved in a special character, thus, Clayton; except where indicated by the name of the town being in b...

These types of objects were used to store documents, letters, and writing implements, and were highly valued both for their functionality and the complexity of their decoration.

This unusual glass panel depicts three stunning examples of heraldic motifs: a red stag to the top left and hands holding a sword to the top right below a monogram of the letters E, ...

The rectangular top showcases a whimsical Scagliola finished scene of hanging horns, a roulette wheel, letters, playing cards, a butterfly, travel postcards, and additional gambling ...

Hundreds of surviving drawings, letters, and diary entries document Dürer’s travels through Italy and the Netherlands (1520–21), attesting to his insistently scientific perspective a...

Hundreds of surviving drawings, letters, and diary entries document Dürer’s travels through Italy and the Netherlands (1520–21), attesting to his insistently scientific perspective a...

The reverse glass gilded letters now protected with a new wooden backing. 

The vase is in excellent condition and hand signed in script letters as well in molded block letters .

A mirror is fitted within the lid, together with a cleverly concealed compartment suitable for letters and personal correspondence. Below, a pair of doors opens to reveal four indiv...

All are marked with the letters JB. There is no other manufacturer whose finishing techniques remain as durable as Jennings Brothers.

The top with green in capital letters. Measures: Height ca. 5 in. Items purchased from David Sterner Antiques must delight you.

This was a diplomatic practice aimed at self-promotion or the consolidation of alliances: Cristoforo Roncalli was one of the official painters of the Roman Curia, and donating one of...

There is a very small maker's mark to the bale which unfortunately we have been unable to attribute to a particular jeweller, however the letters inside the cartouche appear to be 'A...

Just like this pendant, an enamelled flower ( a white violet) covers one side of the center, while the other side shows the letters A and M intertwined with a heart and cross.

For your consideration, antique letterpress wood type printing blocks traditionally used for poster and large-format printing. The letters appear backward because letterpress printin...

The Detroit Princesse Marianne is the Princess Marianne Strait, which separates Frederik Hendrik Island, now Yos Sudarso Island, from the south coast of New Guinea in what was then D...

Figure 2 shows the pistachio tree, Pistacia vera, with rounded leaves and a hanging bunch of reddish nuts, and the kernel shown in and out of its shell at the letters a, b and c belo...

Havre Dorey is Dorei or Doreh Bay, on the Bird's Head peninsula of western New Guinea, near the modern town of Manokwari; the plate letters it in the older French form. Doreh Bay was...

Nouvelle Irlande is New Ireland, now a province of Papua New Guinea, and the harbour carries the name of Philip Carteret, the British navigator who passed through these waters in the...

The youth in a velveteen jacket is from the mansion and is come for the squire’s letters, and a boy with a board filled with fine fish completes the group.

The worn stamp includes the letters "Walt…" and "Anne…"; the lettering is only partly legible.

The hinged domed rear section is fitted with  twin inkwells and well, before a hinged velvet lined writing slope opening for letters Complete with the original working Bramah lock a...

While famous for interior domestic scenes featuring figures reading letters, sewing, or interacting, he also painted colorful French and British coastal scenes, landscapes, and trave...

The Rooster is signed in moulded block letters R.Lalique and France in hand written script letters.

L'isle des Kanguroos is Kangaroo Island, off the coast of South Australia, which the plate letters in the older French form; Port Jervis is probably Jervis Bay in New South Wales, th...

Souraki is an older French form and it has not been securely matched to a modern place name, so the sheet is offered as the plate letters it rather than under a modern identification.

This would be a lovely place to store old love letters and keepsakes. Or maybe just a place to hide the myriad of remotes we seem to need now.

This unique diamond shaped tile has an unknown monogram incorporating the letters ‘S’ and ‘A. The coronet signifies rank of non-reigning members of the royal family and peers.

The underside reportedly bears a crowned underglaze mark incorporating intertwined letters. The precise factory attribution remains uncertain, although the form, decoration and mark ...

A satin-covered central divider separates the interior into two practical compartments, providing space for jewelry, watches, keepsakes, letters, or other precious personal objects. ...

Original antique drink advertising poster for a raspberry flavoured alcoholic bitter aperitif drink made with herbs and fruit infused in alcohol and water - Cordial Campari Liquor - ...

Originally made for the storage of letters, documents, or papers, its generous proportions also make it an attractive decorative object for a contemporary interior.

Its gently rounded form and fitted lid are characteristic of fubako, boxes traditionally used for storing or carrying documents, letters, and scrolls. A finely presented example of ...

Kenyon, who had thought he might be a lifelong bachelor, realized that he was in love with Louise, but he did not express his feelings for some time. They wrote long letters to each ...

Dimensions Nautilus centerpiece and stand (one) Height: 10 inches (25.4 cm) Width: 12½ inches (31.8 cm) Depth: 8 inches (20.3 cm) Sauce tureens, covers and stands (two), each Height...

This impression on japon paper was printed in 1875 (before letters were added) and published in Paris for a deluxe edition of L'Art.

The signature is hand written in block letters .

Hung in a kitchen or hallway, it would make unusual storage for keys, letters or other small everyday items. It could also be used in a bathroom for toiletries, in a study for statio...

The work is signed in the bottom right hand corner but the letters are mostly illegible. The painting is framed in an ornate historic wooden frame that had been painted gold.

The harmonious proportions and clean, sculptural lines exemplify the sophisticated aesthetic of the French Art Deco period.  6 lights outside, 3 inside, to be relectrified with your...

One chair bears a fire-branded crown above the letters WD, the mark of the British War Department, identifying it as Crown property.

The compartments are the perfect size for letters and small documents, the front panel simply pulls down with a light pull and clicks back into location.

The compartments are the perfect size for letters and small documents, the front panel simply pulls down with a light pull and clicks back into location.

The compartments are the perfect size for letters and small documents, the front panel simply pulls down with a light pull and clicks back into location.

The subject is shown with dishevelled hair, as if he had just been hit by a gust of wind that ruffled his hair and bent the corner of the sheet music, revealing some letters in capit...

Featuring beautifully patinaed hand painted panels, the main panel shows the interlocking letters A and M which form a single monogram, a Marian symbol, which stands for the Latin ph...

On returning to Montreal, he quickly became an influential member of the city's art community and in 1890, for the purpose of "social enjoyment, and the promotion of arts and letters...

These are separate Arabic letters whose definitive meaning is not established. 29:2 “Do people suppose that they will be left to say, ‘We believe,’ without being tested?”

Hints on Practice by Mr LA Godfree (Leslie Allison Godfree; 1885-1971), with the scenarios and subtitles edited by Mr Stanley Doust, the tennis critic of the Daily Mail, and some sce...

Visible fragments include the words or letters "WHIT…..DO", "ngton", "ctu", "Footba", and "of e", together with part of a tennis racket head showing the stringing pattern.

Passepartout included (40 x 60 cm). Titled in capital letters on the lower margin "La dame au manteau".

To the back is a raised "paymaster" style gallery hutch designed for sorting letters, postcards, and bills. It includes multiple vertical slots, horizontal slots, and two small centr...

This lovely Victorian fob seal personal charm is centred with a translucent chalcedony with engraved name John – a beautiful intaglio, preserving the quiet romance of handwritten l...

The generously proportioned open-front pocket was designed to organize letters, newspapers, or documents while serving as an eye-catching decorative element.

In his only signed painting, the Portrait of a Man in the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin, his name is proudly inscribed in full in block letters at the bottom center, "Alesand...