Antique Name Plate

One plate features a crowned white hound encircled by a baroque gilt cipher resembling the letter “H,” possibly referencing the French royal House of Valois or a noble family whose n...

The scene really captures everything his paintings were loved for which as any art buff will inform you, is what your always looking for The painting is signed to the bottom right c...

This was the beginning of the Mappin & Webb name. The plate is original. Trent Antiques has been a respected name in antiques for over 30 years with a large collection of period fu...

Each vine is shown life-size with its fruit, foliage and tendrils, and each is named in the plate’s trilingual caption in Latin, French and German.

Technique: Original hand-colored copper engraving Publisher: Friedrich Justin Bertuch / Industrie-Comptoir Publication: Bilderbuch für Kinder Place: Weimar, Germany Date: 1807 P...

Historical Context This is the plate on which the species was first made known to science: Columba holosericea was described by Temminck in Les Pigeons in 1809, and the plate stands ...

Savigny, a young zoologist attached to the commission and a specialist in invertebrates, wrote the sections on birds and several other groups; the drawings for the bird plates were m...

When folded tightly against the front of the body, the claws partly conceal the crab’s face, giving rise to the charming English names “shame-faced crab” and “bashful crab.” Bertuch...

He found little sympathy from a press unwilling to cross an imperial favorite and republished his text separately between 1813 and 1815; taxonomists have since credited the new speci...

Temminck found little sympathy from a press unwilling to cross an imperial favorite and republished his text separately between 1813 and 1815; taxonomists have since credited the new...

The collection includes the following species, identified by their historical Latin names and corresponding English descriptive names: Polypodium latipes – Broad-Stalked Polypody Fe...

He found little sympathy from a press unwilling to cross an imperial favorite and republished his text separately between 1813 and 1815; taxonomists have since credited the new speci...

Temminck found little sympathy from a press unwilling to cross an imperial favorite and republished his text separately between 1813 and 1815; taxonomists have since credited the new...

At the bottom center is the artist's name, stamped on a golden plate.

The plates depict named French and Italian actors and actresses in character in full-length, offering a vivid record of 18th-century performance and costume; a few captions include s...

In the following years, Berger worked with the master printers Emiliano Sorini and Marjorie Van Dyke to pull impressions from Rembrandt’s original copper plates. The aptly named Mill...

The sheet contains Plates V and VI, illustrating Teboe Ardjoeno, named after Mount Arjuno in East Java, and Teboe Mangis idjo, a deep green sugarcane variety, with idjo reflecting hi...

Titled and inscribed with the artist's name within the plate. On paper. Image size: 18 x 12.5cm.

It is particularly well known for its elegant shape, complex seasonal plumage changes, and long central tail feathers that give the species its English name. The three plates presen...

Le Chene des Roches (Oak tree growing among Rocks) Etching, 1861 Signed in the plate lower right (see photo) Printed by Delatre, Paris, on chine applique Final state iii/III, as pub...

The dial bears the makers name. The back plate is stamped with the model and serial number as well as a Helvetia head.

Havell also retouched Lizars' original efforts, adding aquatint to the engraving, and on those ten plates the Havell name appears alongside that of the Scottish engraver's.

Plates bearing named dedications are particularly desirable, as they situate the work within its original social and historical context.

Printed in 1926 on Montgolfier wove paper in an edition of 1260 for "Le The du Capitaine Sogoub" and published in Paris by Au Sans Pareil. The artist's name is sometimes spelled Gont...

Printed in 1926 on Montgolfier wove paper in an edition of 1260 for "Le The du Capitaine Sogoub" and published in Paris by Au Sans Pareil. The artist's name is sometimes spelled Gont...

Printed in 1926 on Montgolfier wove paper in an edition of 1260 for "Le The du Capitaine Sogoub" and published in Paris by Au Sans Pareil. The artist's name is sometimes spelled Gont...

This etching was realized after a drawing by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)  Dimensions 27.5 x 39, sheets. 35.3 x 53.5 cm. With the names i.d. Plate. Behind Passep. glued. Stronge...

The series illustrates the stages of a thoroughbred’s life, following the narrative of the popular ballad of the same name. This plate, titled In Training (Plate 2), shows the young...

Havell also retouched Lizars' original efforts, adding aquatint to the engraving, and on those ten plates the Havell name appears alongside that of the Scottish engraver's.

Engraver Edward Gower’s name appears on several plates, attesting to the quality of the mapwork.

Havell also retouched Lizars' original efforts, adding aquatint to the engraving, and on those ten plates the Havell name appears alongside that of the Scottish engraver's.

The print is engraved by Desmares, as indicated by the signature "Desmares, Sc." beneath the Latin name. This plate was published in Paris by Panckoucke around 1825 as part of the r...

A detailed inscription with both artists names can be seen in plate to the lower edge, either side of a decorative emblem.

The table dates from the 19th century, and is fitted with an original manufacturer's plate bearing the name of the renowned Cannes furniture makers “Galeotti Frères”, who operated fr...

Havell also retouched Lizars' original efforts, adding aquatint to the engraving, and on those ten plates the Havell name appears alongside that of the Scottish engraver's.

The artist has inscribed their name and date in plate at the lower edge, along with an inscription in Italian with the artist's dedication.

This is the lower half of the complete original map, finished with hand colouring. The artist's names are engraved in plate at the lower left underneath the scale bar.

Each elegant statue is raised on a stepped pedestal with an Ormolu base plate and their names carved and gilded on the rounded front.

Jupiter is indicated by its own symbol and the satellites each by their own name, engraved on the upper plate. France circa 1840.

In mahogany, it features a brass-plated railing. The name "Carlton House Desk" takes its name from the London residence of the future George IV, for which Goerge Hepplewhite designed...

The white crest contrasts sharply with the darker shades of its head and back, drawing attention to the unique feature for which it is named. Below the image, the text 'Le Moucherol...

The title 'Le Tyran Gris', 'Tyrannus griseus. pl. 46', provides the French name for the species, along with a historical Latin name and the plate number within the series.

Text volume: pp. frontispiece, xii, 534, [16] ads; Plates vol.: pp. title page and 34 folding plates.

., with the engraved frontis portrait plate, with Shelley's name misspelled "Shelly".

Beneath the illustration, the title 'Le Jaseur du Cédre', 'Bombycilla cedrorum. pl. 57' provides the bird's French and Latin names, and the plate number within the publication.

They are labeled in German with both common and scientific names, and appear to be plates from 'Naturgeschichte der Vögel' by Dr.

The painting is contained in a beautifully cast bronze doré frame with the sitter's name engraved on the back plate. Sir George Douglas was 2nd Baronet of Springwood Park and the hus...

The caption 'La Collurie ardoisée' and 'Lanius ardoisecus pl. 51' indicate the French common name and the plate number, suggesting it belongs to a larger series.

This model was made from a plate kept at Sceaux Museum. Historical: In December 1700, King Louis XIV decided to give his farewell to his little son the Duke of Anjou, recently kin...

Each illustration is highly detailed, showcasing the textures and patterns of the leaves, indicative of the expertise and care that went into creating these botanical illustrations. ...

This species also has a narrow, elongated body but is distinguished by a more pronounced, segmented appearance with armor-like plates, as the name "scutatus" suggests, which means "s...

Published as Serie di Mascheroni Cavati dall’antico che per la prima volta escono in luce intagliati in rame opera utile a professori ed amatori delle belle arti. Plates are letter...

Below the image, the French title 'Le Moucherolle gris', along with 'Musciapa grisea. pl. 34', identifies the species and plate number. The names 'Pretre pinx', 'Langlois sculp

Despite the retailer's name on the plates, the caliber architecture, exquisite finishing, and serial number sequences are definitively authenticated as Vacheron Constantin work.

Cannetille work involves the use of thin wires of metal, usually gold, which is coiled into various shapes like rosettes, beehives, pyramids, and scrolls, sometimes welded onto thin ...

"Henbury Hall" is actually incorrectly misnamed; its correct name is "Hanbury Hall". "PLATES, Drawn and engraved by J.

Cannetille work involves the use of thin wires of metal, usually gold, which is coiled into various shapes like rosettes, beehives, pyramids, and scrolls, sometimes welded onto thin ...

Cannetille work involves the use of thin wires of metal, usually gold, which is coiled into various shapes like rosettes, beehives, pyramids, and scrolls, sometimes welded onto thin ...

StThis kind of silver plate vessle was named "hollowear" by its inventor, James Stimpson, a noted Baltimore inventor.

Original title, Kunnungam- Ville en Chine, print on plate on higher center. Author name print on plate on lower left.