Antique Mercantile

The low, spreading skyline, active river traffic, and visible windmills reflect the city’s dual identity as a historic mercantile centre and a working harbour. Prints from the Stanfi...

His attire and presentation suggest a member of the educated or mercantile elite, possibly from an urban environment in the Low Countries.

An antique 4 lb mercantile balance by Bayliss & Co of Birmingham, England.

The Elbe River and nearby coastal landscapes are shown with clarity, while the dense network of towns illustrates the highly developed mercantile culture of northern Europe during th...

A French hand blown dome used for covering cheese or pastries, most likely for display in a mercantile shop. We believe this item to be in good antique condition considering its age,...

It serves as a historical record of Portland’s mid-19th-century prosperity, capturing the lifestyle of the city's mercantile elite just prior to the Great Fire of 1866, which would a...

Figures stroll along the terraces and garden paths, suggesting the refined and leisurely lifestyle associated with Canton’s mercantile elite. The arrangement of buildings, water, bri...

Both the scale and the quality of the panel are suggestive of the mercantile classes of northern Europe, as works of this kind were popular amongst wealthy merchants of the low count...

Nel corso dell’Ottocento la società si distinse per la produzione di sestanti, ottanti, bussole, barometri e strumenti di precisione destinati alla marina militare e mercantile brita...

Set into the geometric-shaped base is a complete set of graduated brass counterweights, housed in recessed compartments with inscribed labels—evidence of this piece’s original functi...

Recovered from a historic mercantile interior near Salamanca, the piece has been gently conserved, not refinished—allowing its natural oxidization, patina, and honest surface wear to...

The map therefore documents the transition from mercantile empire to fully structured colonial state.

Jack Tar era l’espressione inglese comunemente usata e riferita ai marinai della marina mercantile e della Royal Navy nell’epoca in cui l’impero britannico era ai massimi splendori.

The contrast between Christ’s serene presence and the mercantile setting illustrates the transformative call to discipleship.

After a successful period of operation as part of Mitchell’s fleet, the vessel was advertised for sale ‘in consequence of the dissolution of partnership’ in the Shipping and Mercanti...

Scholarly commentary on that piece attributes it to either Turkey or Italy, and the catalogue notes that it reflects “striking evidence of the mutual influences and close connections...

Vintage Industrial mercantile large Wolfe Bros Folck's Roller Mills copper stencil.

Piece is from an old mercantile in Southern Washington State. Shelves are possible.

Dimensions: Height 112 cm / 44 1⁄4" Width 13 cm / 5 " Depth 4.9 cm / 2" Provenance The Royal Montrose Mercantile Golf Club, was sold on behalf of the club to raise funds for club h...

Plate 107 moves forward to the 12th and 13th centuries, with an elegant ensemble of scholars, merchants, noblemen, and women in more fitted garments, distinctive veils, and decorativ...

A large 19th century rustic Victorian era industrial general store counter tin bin tea / coffee dispenser - mercantile retail display with beautifully aged distressed patina.

Mannequin used by tailors and mercantile retailers in Paris, manufactured by Stockman, circa 1910-1920.

The Crowninshields were a prominent naval and mercantile family. Hannah's father, Benjamin Crowninshield, was most well known for captaining the first voyage of the first oceangoing ...

Sir David Murray began to study art at the Glasgow School of Art in the evenings while working days in the mercantile business. He gained the confidence to pursue art as a full-time ...

His father was himself a well-known historical painter who transitioned to art later in life after working a mercantile job. Growing up in an artistic household on Howland Street, Fi...

The views here are divided into two sections: the first, of places of worship, entertainment, and residences; the second, of mercantile and financial establishments. It was originall...

Parrish was engaged in mercantile pursuits until he was 30, when he applied himself to art, studying for a year with a local teacher.

Parrish was engaged in mercantile pursuits until he was 30, when he applied himself to art, studying for a year with a local teacher.

Keywords: Late Victorian era craftsman old fashion original general store counter country fair farm tool machine machinist agriculture machinery agricultural industry heavy-duty coff...

Bricher moved to Boston in 1851 to seek employment, and worked as a clerk at a mercantile house while painting part-time. As an artist, Bricher was largely self-taught, but may have ...

This print not only serves as a personal record of van der Lijn but also as a historical document that connects to a broader narrative of Dutch colonial history, exploration, and the...

In 2020, the St. Louis Mercantile Library wrote that: "Ackermann excelled in the creation of landscape and architectural engravings.

In 2020, the St. Louis Mercantile Library wrote that: "Ackermann excelled in the creation of landscape and architectural engravings.

The Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway was a single stretch of train tracks running between North Wales and Shropshire, serving the mineral trains which left from the mining town of Wrexh...

Most early Japanese lacquer arrived in the west through the Portuguese mercantile companies but this changed by around 1630 when most of the trade between Europe and Japan was conduc...

In 2020, the St. Louis Mercantile Library wrote that: "Ackermann excelled in the creation of landscape and architectural engravings.

In 2020, the St. Louis Mercantile Library wrote that: "Ackermann excelled in the creation of landscape and architectural engravings.

In 2020, the St. Louis Mercantile Library wrote that: "Ackermann excelled in the creation of landscape and architectural engravings.

In 2020, the St. Louis Mercantile Library wrote that: "Ackermann excelled in the creation of landscape and architectural engravings.

In 2020, the St. Louis Mercantile Library wrote that: "Ackermann excelled in the creation of landscape and architectural engravings.

In 2020, the St. Louis Mercantile Library wrote that: "Ackermann excelled in the creation of landscape and architectural engravings.

According to the race report in the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette published on 11th August 1877 Miranda finished second, 43 seconds behind Corinne, but won the race by virtue of he...

Finished on all sides, today this most distinctive work of art would make for an incredible farmhouse kitchen island, media console, credenza, sideboard server - buffet, commercial d...

In 2020, the St. Louis Mercantile Library wrote that: "Ackermann excelled in the creation of landscape and architectural engravings.

In 2020, the St. Louis Mercantile Library wrote that: "Ackermann excelled in the creation of landscape and architectural engravings.

This lithograph is a visual study into the everyday life of the educated or mercantile class during the medieval period, highlighting the clothing choices that were both practical an...

In 2020, the St. Louis Mercantile Library wrote that: "Ackermann excelled in the creation of landscape and architectural engravings.

In 2020, the St. Louis Mercantile Library wrote that: "Ackermann excelled in the creation of landscape and architectural engravings.

Polena raffigurante una figura femminile con i capelli sciolti e una cintura che le stringe la vita; è stata scolpita in legno di tiglio, nome scientifico Tilia, un legno molto usato...

It was popular among the elite and mercantile class of people, due to its excellent material and intricate carvings.

In 2020, the St. Louis Mercantile Library wrote that: "Ackermann excelled in the creation of landscape and architectural engravings.

He married in October that year and for health reasons immediately embarked for San Francisco, where he set up his studio in the Mercantile Library Building. In November 1869, the ...

Louis, rose to wealth through international commerce, sugar refining, oil drilling, fur trading, mineral mining, saw milling, mercantile, manufacturing, railroads, real estate and ri...

A contemporary of the renowned master Duncan Phyfe, Lannuier, like him, made fashionable gilded card tables, marble-topped pier tables, bedsteads, and seating furniture for wealthy c...

Surely the proximity of the Brescia mines and the Brembana Valley favored the development of this type of paintings, as evidenced today by the studies of Linda Borean who records the...

The endeavour is to show as real a spiritual existence, never to be endorsed by science or have the benefits of mercantile credit. Yet our space/time world does not exist in vacuo.

One of the two inlays depicts a coastal landscape scene with figures busy in mercantile activities: some follow the transport of goods on boats with outstretched sails, while others ...

Throughout the first half of the nineteenth century he made Neoclassical furniture for the social and mercantile elite of New York, Philadelphia, and the American South where he was ...

Louis (1870); the St. Louis Mercantile Library (1871, 1872); the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition (1872); the Chicago Interstate Industrial Exposition (1874, 1876); and the Louisvill...

In both works the cloths spread out, some pots in terracotta with ornamental plants, the branch of a green plant that climbs the tower, as well as the inhabitants intent in their mer...