The Poison Tree - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s
By Vincenzo Tenore
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph hand watercolored. Belongs to the Series "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration o...
Lithograph
Original Antique Botanical Chromolithograph of Poison Arrow Vine, c.1880
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Original Antique Botanical Chromolithograph of Poison Arrow Vine, c. 1880 Description: A remarkable original antique botanical chromolithograph depicting Strophanthus dichoto...
Paper
2 Large 19th Century Clear Glass Pharmacy Poison Bottles
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
2 Large 19th Century Clear Glass Pharmacy Poison Bottles These are 2 very large bottles, they are 6” in diameter and one is 14” high , the other is 13” high, and one has the no 80...
Glass
The Rat Poison Peddler, Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - The Rat Poison Peddler, Year: Of Original 1632, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 5.5 x 5 inches, Size: 13 x 11 in. (33....
Etching
Antique Gold & Silver, Victorian Rose Diamond Enamel Poison Ring, Circa 1900
Located in Brighton, GB
Antique Diamond Enamel Poison Ring 9ct Gold & Silver Circa 1900 A striking and rare example of late Victorian ingenuity and ornamentation, this circa 1900 poison ring features...
Diamond, Gold, 9k Gold, Silver, Enamel
Georgian Snake Poison Locket Pendant Mourning Garnet Antique Gold 1800 Rare
Located in New York, NY
The following is a description of poison rings: A poison ring or pillbox ring is a type of ring with a container under the bezel or inside the bezel itself which could be used to h...
Garnet, Gold, 14k Gold
1820 Nordic Life Love Death Poison Pin Enamel 18K Gold / 1.36gr
Located in SE
Old Nordic Poison pin. Three symbols in one : Flower for Life, Heart for Love and Cross for Faith / or Death.
18k Gold, Enamel
Tibetan Ceremonial Sash with Thirteen Ornamental Bronze Heads, 18th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
The heads apparently represent the three poisons of lust, hate, and delusion). We have not seen another piece quite like it.
Metal
$2,750
After Henry Wallis (1830-1916) - Late 19th Century Oil, The Death of Chatterton
Located in Corsham, GB
Now in the collection of the Tate Britain, Wallis’s painting depicts the tragic death of the poet Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), who took his own life at the age of seventeen by pois...
Oil
Antique Sterling Silver Mounted Coconut Bowl by Artificers Guild, 1928
By Artificers Guild
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Note: Coconut cups were popular in the late 15th and early 16th centuries as it was believed that the shell of the coconut would act as a natural defence against poison. The shells s...
Sterling Silver
French 18th Century Faience Blue & White Apothecary Jar Now Mounted as a Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
the large and shapely krater-form urn (21.5" to top of ceramic) with short neck above a bulbous body flanked by lion mask handles over a waisted mid-section tapering to the base; fab...
Faience
$8,365Sale Price|20% Off
Queen Sofonisba Portrait Nuvolone Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
This is a theme much favoured in Baroque painting for its high dramatic potential, emphasised here by the depiction of the woman immortalised in the moment when the poison begins to ...
Oil
$2,047Sale Price|20% Off
Deposition Atala De Roussy-trioson Paint Oil on canvas 19/20th Century French
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Although the two have managed to flee their respective families in pursuit of their love, Atala is bound from birth by a vow of chastity, and prefers to ingest poison, which soon lea...
Oil
Antique Gouache Painting ‘Seated Venus & Cupid’ 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Her name is identical to the Latin noun Venus (sexual love); the Latin word venenum (poison or venom) is also related, originally meaning ‘love potion’.
Canvas, Wood
German Botanical Plates, Wildflowers & Medicinal Plants, Stuttgart c.1890
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate 52 introduces more arboreal and exotic subjects such as Mahogany, Pistachio, Poison Ivy, Horse Chestnut, and Maple. Plate 53 continues with species including Holly (Ilex), Spin...
Paper
Untitled (King seated on his throne, with ladies and children)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Some [bear] the worst poison, for which treacle or other art is good. And when I was there, it was said that the Jews had sent poison into the wells and meant to kill the Christians ...
Woodcut
Antique French Folk Art Mixed Media of Napoléon & Son, Circa 1850
Located in COLMAR, FR
Interesting fact: The caption beneath the scene notes that Napoleon’s son, Franz, was “empoisonné” (poisoned), echoing a popular 19th-century conspiracy theory of the time.
Paper
French Saint Benedict 18 Karat Yellow Gold Medal Charm Pendant
Located in London, GB
A French 18 karat (18K) yellow gold charm pendant designed as a medal depicting Saint Benedict in a gothic frame with a cross and dove to the left, and a poisoned cup with serpent en...
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Rare Antique Chinese Qing Carved Coconut Bowl Tea Cup
Located in Hyattsville, MD
These cups were considered rare and valuable, with the Chinese believing that both coconuts and silver could detect poison. Beautiful executed hand-carved wood with metal sheath lini...
Coconut
Ancient Roman Fragment with Damnatio ad Bestias
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Although there were emperors, such as Caligula, who used this death penalty for all kinds of criminals indiscriminately, the Roman penal code dictated that the damnatio ad bestias wa...
Marble
A Large Safavid Celadon Pottery Vase, 17th Century
Located in London, GB
of bulbous form on a short splayed foot with waisted neck and strap handles, the rim of waisted form, decorated in a cream slip on a celadon ground with large sprays of leafy fronds ...
Porcelain
$716Sale Price|25% Off
Italian Majolica Apothecary Jar Table Lamp, Renaissance Revival
By Amitābha Studio, Cantagalli, Deruta
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
First formulated by Andromachus, court physician to the Emperor Nero, theriac was prescribed for nearly two thousand years as a universal antidote — against poison, plague, spasms, c...
Brass
Ancient Roman Head of General Drusus the Younger in Marble
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Shortly afterwards he was assassinated, in AD 23, “by a criminal agreement between his wife Livilla and Sejanus”, according to Suetonius; Lucius Aelius Sejanus, Tiberius' confidant a...
Marble
$3,950
Chinese Coconut Cup
Located in New Orleans, LA
An elegant floral design encircles the entire cup, while the interior is fully lined with silver. In addition to the poison detecting powers attributed to coconuts, the Chinese belie...
Coconut
"View of St. Petersburg"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
She also worked extensively in watercolour (Italy, France, Spain, Holland), abandoning oil painting after being poisoned by paints and turpentine. She taught at the Institute of Phot...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Antique Large Continental Sterling Silver Mounted Coconut Cup
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Note: Coconut cups were popular in the late 15th and early 16th centuries as it was believed that the shell of the coconut would act as a natural defense against poison. The shells s...
Silver, Sterling Silver
English Sterling Silver Mounted Coconut Cup
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Note: Coconut cups were popular in the late 15th and early 16th centuries as it was believed that the shell of the coconut would act as a natural defence against poison. The shells s...
Silver, Sterling Silver
Georgian Garnet Rose Cut Diamond Fly Locket Pendant Necklace Antique Gold 1800
Located in New York, NY
This is a very rare museum quality antique Georgian to Victorian Garnet and Rose Cut Diamond Fly Insect Pendant Locket with a small Locket opening in which to place a treasured memen...
Garnet, Diamond, Gold, 10k Gold
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau "Libations" Pâte de Verre Glass Vase
By Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
Located in New York, NY
The word Libations then takes a dark connotation. By drinking the poison, Amoun is offering his life to Cleopatra as a goddess incarnate.
Glass
Antique Silver Mounted Coconut Cup, Europe, Circa 1820, Elegant Design
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Note: Coconut cups were popular in the late 15th and early 16th centuries as it was believed that the shell of the coconut would act as a natural defense against poison. The shells s...
Sterling Silver
Pre-Prohibition Fortune's Buffet ROG Mirror Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
"Bonded whiskies" met the requirements of the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897, meant to contract the widespread adulteration, watering down, and, in some cases, poisoning of whiskies bei...
Brass
Émile Gallé "Ombelle" Side Chair
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
Another plant of the same family la grande Cigüe', Conium maculatum, is the source of the poison that filled Socrates' deadly cup, hemlock.
Cane, Walnut
Émile Gallé "Ombelle" Side Chair
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
Another plant of the same family la grande Cigüe', Conium maculatum, is the source of the poison that filled Socrates' deadly cup, hemlock.
Cane, Walnut
19th Century Lacquered Tea Cups
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The silver lining was used to determine if poison was present in the tea, thereby causing the silver to turn color. 19th Century Wood: Hongmu Origin: Beijing
Hardwood
$9,200
Pomo Basket
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
The materials used are California sedge, nut pine, black rooted sedge, Sitka willow, Douglass spruce beaked hazel, California flax, red fir, poison oak, bracken, bullrush, nutmeg, Or...
Willow
Émile Gallé "Ombelle" Side Chair
By Émile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
Another plant of the same family la grande Cigüe', Conium maculatum, is the source of the poison that filled Socrates' deadly cup, hemlock.
Cane, Walnut
$3,450
Feathered Pomo Basket
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
The materials used are California sedge, nut pine, black rooted sedge, Sitka willow, Douglass spruce beaked hazel, California flax, red fir, poison oak, bracken, bullrush, nutmeg, Or...
Shell, Willow, Feathers
Antique Silver Mounted Coconut Cup with Nautical Scenes, Circa 1890
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Note: Coconut cups were popular in the late 15th-early 16th centuries as it was believed that the shell of the coconut would act as a natural defense against poison. The shells shape...
Silver
Rare Chinese Celadon Glaze Dish 14th Century Museum Quality Large Decorated
Located in Sweden, SE
Perhaps, precisely because of this similarity, it was believed that celadon also possesses supernatural qualities—for example, if poisoned food were placed in a celadon dish, it woul...
Ceramic
Antique Print – Javanese & Dayak Weapons, Spears, Kris & Ceremonial Arms – 1860
Located in Langweer, NL
Surrounding him are carefully illustrated examples of regional arms: – Sipet (blowpipe) with poisoned darts, characteristic of the Dayaks of Borneo – Mandau, the iconic Dayak headhu...
Paper
Antique Stained Glass Window of St John & Dragon
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
As the story goes, John was asked to test the power of his faith by drinking from a poisoned cup. The Saint drank from the chalice and was unharmed.
Lead
Original Antique Movie Poster Morfinisten The Morphine Takers Drug Addiction
Located in London, GB
Original antique movie poster for the 1911 short film The Morphine Takers / Morfinisten directed by Louis von Kohl and starring Lili Beck, Alfred Cohn and Vera Fjelstrup features a w...
Paper
Rare Baroque 17th Century Gold & Rock Crystal Devotional Reliquary Ring
Located in Firenze, IT
The peculiarity of this ring, which distinguishes it from the type of poison rings, lies in the use of rock crystal, a material widely used in the religious field for its symbolic pr...
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gold, Yellow Gold
Victorian Sterling Silver Coconut Cup by Various Makers, 1873, UK
By Various Makers
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Note: Coconut cups were popular in the late 15th and early 16th centuries as it was believed that the shell of the coconut would act as a natural defense against poison. The shells s...
Sterling Silver
1852 Botanical Lithograph of Atropa Belladonna (Deadly Nightshade)
Located in Langweer, NL
Known for its highly toxic alkaloids such as atropine and scopolamine, Belladonna has been historically used in traditional medicine, cosmetics, and even poisons. The engraving highl...
Paper
$34,960Sale Price|20% Off
Portrait of Lady in Silver Dress - Dutch Old Master art portrait oil painting
By Willem Wissing
Located in Hagley, England
Wissing himself died in 1687, possibly poisoned by a jealous rival. His studio workshop was continued by van der Vaart.
Oil
$2,500
1920's Gelatin Silver Print by Tina Modotti of a Mural Fresco by Diego Rivera
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
Though it has never been proven, it is said that due to her covert activities, she was poisoned by the Russians.
Paper, Silver Gelatin
$2,500
1920's Gelatin Silver Print by Tina Modotti of a Mural Fresco by Diego Rivera
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
Though it has never been proven, it is said that due to her covert activities, she was poisoned by the Russians.
Paper, Silver Gelatin
Large Staffordshire Portrait Bust of Queen Caroline, RARE, England, circa 1820
By Staffordshire
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Though her marriage to the playboy prince was an unhappy one she was a popular member of the Royal family and her sudden death in 1821 was met with national feelings of grief and eve...
Pottery
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
Large French Old Paris Apothecary 'Extrait Belladone' Jar, Now as a Lamp
By Old Paris
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The drug also holds a place in literature and folklore for its associations with poisoning, love potions, and witchcraft. This apothecary jar lamp is a truly unique and thought-provo...
Porcelain
$2,500
1920's Gelatin Silver Print by Tina Modotti of a Mural Fresco by Clemente Orozco
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
Though it has never been proven, it is said that due to her covert activities, she was poisoned by the Russians.
Silver Gelatin, Paper
$2,500
1920's Gelatin Silver Print by Tina Modotti of a Mural Fresco by Diego Rivera
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
Though it has never been proven, it is said that due to her covert activities, she was poisoned by the Russians.
Silver Gelatin, Paper
17th century etching black and white figurative character print expressive
By Jan Gillisz van Vliet
Located in Milwaukee, WI
For example, this image of a rat catcher from 1632 is directly related to Rembrandt's "The rat-poison peddler" of the same year, though van Vliet has infused it with humor: the peddl...
Etching
Swiss Chest richly carved, Riedmatten family, framed by two Holy conversations
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
The priest tells him, "If you want me to believe in your god, I will give you poison to drink, and if it does not harm you, then your god is the true God."
Wood, Walnut
Provincial Silver Mounted Coconut Cup c1790
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
They saw a revival of interest in the late 18th century when it was believed that the nut itself would soak up impurities of indeed poisons in wines. The Bargello Museum in Florence ...
Silver
$149Sale Price|20% Off
Old Hand-Colored Print Showing Different Frog Species
Located in Langweer, NL
Rainette a tapiries - Hyla tinctoria (Blue poison-arrow frog from Surinam / Guiana) 3. Pipa commun - Pipa vulgaris (Surinam toad) 4.
Paper
Italian Mirror Frame with English Chromolithographic Floral Prints - 04
Located in Prato, Tuscany
In the past, it was used to poison arrows and weapons. Despite this, the tree also symbolizes resurrection and the continuity of life.
Mirror, Wood, Paper
Victorian Silver and Glass Rare Poison Bottle
Located in Stamford, CT
Victorian solid silver skull and bones poison bottle. Skull and Bones memento mori solid silver skull on the front of the bottle.
Glass
Unavailable
Antique Poison Locked Ring in 10 Karat
Located in Houston, TX
Antique poison locked ring in 10k, solid rose and yellow gold.
Agate, 10k Gold
Antique French Green Glass Skull and Crossbones Poison Bottle
Located in Antwerp, BE
Hand blown French Belle Epoque green glass bottle with hand made applied decoration in lead. An unusual and interesting find circa 1918
Glass
Antique Nikolai Chair, circa 1920
Located in Freiburg, DE
Material: Oak cleaned and oiled, poison-free woodworm treatment.
Oak
Unavailable
H 35.83 in W 25.6 in
Original Antique Movie Poster Morfinisten The Morphine Takers Drug Addiction
Located in London, GB
Original antique movie poster for the 1911 short film The Morphine Takers / Morfinisten directed by Louis von Kohl and starring Lili Beck, Alfred Cohn and Vera Fjelstrup features a w...
Paper
Yekuana Tribe Ceremonial Weapons for Initiations
By Yekuana Tribe
Located in Bedford, NY
1- CACIQUE MACANA - BOLIVAR,AMAZONAS-$750.00...2.YEKUANA TRIBE CHIEFS VERA WOOD HAMMER $1250.00...YEKUANO ARMA- UPPER ORINOCO RIVER AMAZONAS VENEZUILA $700.00...4-POISON DARTS AND...
Unavailable
H 8.35 in W 5.6 in
Portrait of Antoine Dreux d'Aubray by Jean Frosne - Engraving - 17th Century
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
.]' - Interesting portrait of Antoine Dreux d'Aubray, who was poisoned by his own daughter. In 1666 father Antoine Dreux d'Aubray was poisoned by his daughter, Madeleine-Marguerite d...
Engraving
Scarce Medieval Gold Garnet Ring Antique 13th Century Talisman Signet Ring
Located in London, GB
Lapidaries (Medieval books on the magical and curative powers of gemstones) index the abilities of garnets to protect against poisons, plague, and even ward off nightmares. Cabochon...
Garnet, 22k Gold
Rare Spanish Silver Bernegal, circa 1650
Located in GB
A fine and rare Spanish silver Bernegal, a form of drinking vessel with handles and lobed edges to the top of the bowl, which would have been passed around the table; the central spi...
Silver
19th Century Vintage Historic Mixed Metal Bishop Ring
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The engraved lid hinges to reveal a secret compartment at the top, (often termed a Poison Ring) which is lined with red velvet.. This papal ring weighs approximately 78grams and is 1...
Mixed Metal
Antique Victorian Turquoise Serpent Ouroboros Brooch
Located in Sale, Cheshire
They've been associated with both poison and medicine, guardianship, and vengeance/vindictiveness.
Turquoise, 15k Gold
Chinese Blue and White Clobbered Jar
Located in Sheffield, MA
Rare and refined blue and white Kangxi “clobbered” jar with carved lid, very finely painted and parcel gilded in iron red, cobalt blue and poison green, decorated with four shield sh...
Unavailable
H 6.25 in W 6.5 in D 3.25 in
Fine Quality Pair of French Bronzes of Socrates and Leon of Salamis
Located in Suffolk, GB
Socrates, the Classical Greek philosopher was believed to be one of the founders of Western philosophy and was sentenced to death by hemlock poisoning. Leon of Salamis, a historic...
Marble, Bronze
Unavailable
H 14.18 in W 9.61 in D 0.04 in
Kuniyoshi, Ukiyo-e, Japanese Woodblock Print, Ghost Story, Oiwa, Kabuki Theatre
By Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Located in London, GB
The unfortunate Oiwa is being mistreated by her evil husband, Iemon, who wants to divorce her and marry the daughter of his wealthy neighbour Kihei. As the poison takes effect, Oiwa ...
Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut
Unavailable
H 17.72 in W 11.93 in D 0.04 in
Maria Sibylla Merian - D. Stoopendaal - Yellow mombin plum blue butterfly Nr.13
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in EINDHOVEN, NL
YELLOW MOMBIN PLUM AND BLUE Here again the constitution of the two diagonals, one made up of the fruit cluster and the two delicate blue butterflies, the other made up of the branch ...
Paper
Ancient Carved Amethyst Crown Flower Bead Necklace with 22k Gold
Located in Bloomington, IN
The milky white sap of the bush is toxic, making it an appropriate offering to Shiva who is able to ingest all poisons and transmute them into ambrosia. The sap has been used as an a...
Amethyst, 22k Gold
Unavailable
H 10 in W 3 in D 3 in
Large Mixed Collection of Forty-Four 19thC-20thC Glass Apothecary Bottles
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
A notable example is Moles Poison of which we cannot find another comparable example.
Blown Glass
Victorian Natural Untreated Red Spinel Rare Secret Locket Ring
Located in Napoli, IT
This very unusual Victorian ring attracts for beauty of the mount and mesmerizing Blood Red to the stone further than secret hidden compartment to the crown Amazing pierce work to t...
Spinel, 14k Gold
Ancient White Chalcedony Tairona Beads, Frog Pendant, and 20k Gold Beads
Located in Bloomington, IN
They have variously been used as poisons for blow gun darts and also to produce states of altered consciousness.
Chalcedony, Gold
Unavailable
H 14.18 in W 9.65 in D 0.04 in
Yoshitoshi Tsukioka, Ghost, Japanese Woodblock Print, Ukiyo-e, Kimono, Yūrei-zu
By Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Located in London, GB
Oiwa's husband's lust for another woman drives him to poison her, so that he can be free to marry his new love interest.
Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut
Das Einhorn
By Karl Frederich Vollrath Hoffman
Located in Florham Park, NJ
A symbol of purity and grace, the powder from the unicorn’s horn was said to have qualities that would heal the sick and change poisoned water to drinking water. While some attribut...
Engraving
Unavailable
H 9.26 in Dm 7.8 in
Kashan Black and Turquoise Pottery Ewer with Moulded Cockerel Head, Iran
By Kashan
Located in London, GB
The image of the bird on the spout of a drinking vessel carries a symbolic association, with particular significance as a poison-averting force (see: Ernst J. Grube). Painting in ...
Ceramic
Saint Jacques at Clavijo battle
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Among the best known who suffered from these persecutions (of which Corenzio was in fact the main organizer), there was first Annibal Carracci in 1609, then, around 1630, the Cavalie...
Canvas, Oil
Pair of Figures of Damo
Located in New York, NY
Having survived five poisoning attempts, Damo never returned to his native India.
Porcelain
Typical Strong Design Art Nouveau Gold Necklace with Mistletoe Motive, 1900s
Located in Antwerp, BE
It was considered to bestow life and fertility; a protection against poison; and an aphrodisiac. Norsemen offer us a beautiful symbolic myth about mistletoe.
Pearl, Oriental Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Unavailable
H 25.6 in W 20.08 in D 0.79 in
Historical Portrait of Beatrice Cenci, Italian Painting, Mid-18th Century Oil
Located in Rome, Italy
Twice the attempt failed: the first time an attempt was made to suppress it with poison, the second with an ambush by local brigands.
Canvas
Unavailable
H 8.27 in Dm 3.55 in
Rare Antique Set of X10 Pharmacy Bottles Apothecary Glass with Gold Leaf
Located in Great Britain, Northern Ireland
Tags: Apothecary, bathroom accessories, poisons, medicines, cabinet trinkets, sweetie candy jars, aromatherapy, curiosities, drugs, herbal remedies.
Glass
Poison Door
Located in Peekskill, NY
The hand carved skull and cross bones plus the word poison have a wonderful naive quality.
Wood
"Poison" Mortar, Bronze, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Mortar in bronze "of poison", 16th century. Mortar made of bronze in its color with figurative decoration on the front: two confronting birds bite fruit from a basket on one side; ...
Bronze
Ebonised Poison Cabinet, circa 1910
Located in Gloucester, GB
Ebonized poison cabinet, circa 1910. - Made from pine - Panel door with original wooden knob - Original lock and key - Original cast iron skull and crossbone - German, circa ...
Pine
Antique Yellow Gold Signet Poison Ring
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 1910 14k Yellow Gold Signet Ring with hinged top Poison compartment. The top of the ring measures 9/16 X 1/2 inch and has a deep Signet Crest, nice thick solid construction and...
14k Gold
Antique 22k Gold & Diamond Poison Ring
Located in San Francisco, CA
Adorned throughout with over 40 table and rose-cut diamonds, totaling approximately 2.40 carats, it holds a secret compartment to hold poison or snuff. Simply unscrew the top diamond...
Diamond, 22k Gold
A Georgian Sapphire Diamond Poison Ring
Located in Firenze, IT
The bezel shaped as a hinged cluster set with an oval cut sapphire and rose cut diamond revealing a small secret compartment, to a foliate trifurcated shoulders, mounted in silver an...
Diamond, Sapphire, Sterling Silver, Yellow Gold
Late 18th Century Italian Gold Poison Ring
Located in Firenze, IT
On the inside there is a compartment for poison with a skull enamelled with multiple colours, the conditions of the enamels are excellent.
Gold
Bronze Poison Mortar 'with pestle', 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Poison mortar with mace. Bronze. Century XVI. Small mortar with mace made of bronze, decorated with a band of vertical shapes that resemble leaves rather than ribs and this one with ...
Bronze
Late 18th Century Enamel Gold Poison Ring
Located in Firenze, IT
Ring composed of a plant design decorated with white, blue and black enamel with a flap compartment. The frame with palmette decoration is in 18K yellow gold. Size. 6 1/2 Gross weigh...
Gold, Enamel
Very Rare Victorian Gold, Enamel & Emerald Poison Ring
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The top of the ring opens to reveal a hidden compartment that was used to conceal poisons. One of the finest versions of a poison ring we have ever acquired.
Emerald, 18k Gold
1.0 Carat Ruby Diamond Yellow Gold Poison Ring
By Luigi Ferrara
Located in Naples, IT
This ring is made of 14K yellow Gold. This is a poison ring inspired by Renaissance Style. Size ITA: 15 Size USA: 7 1/4 We're a workshop so every piece is handmade, customizable and ...
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold
Marcus & Co. Egyptian Revival Emerald Gold Poison Ring
By Marcus & Co.
Located in New York, NY
An antique Egyptian Revival poison ring, surmounted by a faceted lozenge-shaped emerald and flanked by stylized sphinxes, in 18k gold.
Emerald, 18k Gold
Late 18th Century Gold Four Compartment Poison Ring
Located in Firenze, IT
It is a type of rings that was used, presumably, to administer the poison in a discreet way, in fact, the four central petals are provided with a hinge that allows them to be easily ...
Gold, 18k Gold
Poison Bracelet Antique Yellow Gold with Fine Engraving
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Incredibly finely detailed engraving, beautifully articulated links and a secret compartment concealed at the back side of the substantial, three-dimentional centerpiece. Decorated l...
18k Gold
Art Deco Egyptian Revival Poison Swivel Scarab Motif Ring
Located in New York, NY
An Art Deco Egyptian Revival poison swivel ring in the form of a scarab, in 18k gold.
18k Gold
Late 18th Century Enamel Gold Poison Ring Circa 1790's
Located in Firenze, IT
Ring composed of a plant design decorated with white, blue and black enamel with a flap compartment. The frame with pierced decoration is in 18K yellow gold. Size : 7 1/4 Gross weigh...
Gold, Enamel
Antique 18 Karat Yellow Gold Monogram Signet Poison Hidden Compartment Ring
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed as a signet style ring with an oval face engraved with script initials 'M S Y' Face is hinged and opens to reveal a "poison" compartment Inside of cover is inscribed 'Dad'...
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Sold
H 23.23 in W 16.54 in D 0.04 in
Original Antique WWI Poster Wear Gas Mask Poison Gases Giftgasen Tragt Gasmasken
Located in London, GB
Original antique World War One health and safety propaganda poster - Protect yourself from poison gases Wear gas masks! / Schutzt Euch Vor Giftgasen Tragt Gasmasken!
Paper
Sold
H 26.38 in W 8.27 in
Saint Catherine and Saint John, Two Polyptych Wings, Flemish School, 16th Cent.
Located in Firenze, IT
The saint holds the chalice with the serpent, referring to the poisoned drink rendered harmless by the sign of the Cross.
Oil, Wood, Wood Panel, Board
19th Century mahogany apothercry cabinet circa 1840
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th Century mahogany apothercry cabinet with secret poisons compartment circa 1840
Mahogany
19th Century mahogany apothecry cabinet
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th Century mahogany apothecry cabinet with secret poisons compartment, circa 1840
Mahogany
Early 19th Century French Roques Botanical Engravings
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A history of powerful substances and poisons from the plant kingdom by the eminent botanist and medical doctor Joseph R.
Paper
Arts & Crafts Oak Framed Embroidery
Located in Petworth, GB
Arts & Crafts Embroidery ‘Queen Eleanor Gives The Poisoned Cup To Fair Rosamond’ Silk on Linen In a large Arts & Crafts oak frame with copper hand cut nails Circa 1900 ...
Linen, Silk, Glass, Oak
Pair of English opaline glass table lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of English poison-green opaline glass oil lamps with vase shaped center having egg and dart bronze edge and opaline glass base.
Sold
H 14.18 in W 18.12 in
After Angelica Kauffman - Watercolour, Queen Eleanor and King Edward
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate watercolour study depicting the story of Queen Eleanor sucking poison from King Edward's arm. After the work of Angelica Kauffman.
Watercolor
Early 19th Century Cased Bezoar Curiosity Natural History Museum Specimen
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Velvet interior A Bezoar is a hard stone gradually formed from an indigestible object which has become trapped in the gastrointestinal Bezoars had value because they were believed ...
Velvet, Glass, Softwood
Sold
H 82 in W 108 in D 3 in
After Alexander Cabanel, a Monumental Palace Size Painting of Cleopatra Testing
Located in Long Island City, NY
After Alexander Cabanel French, 1823-1889 Cleopatra testing poison on prisoners A monumental oil on canvas painting.
Paint
Small Bronze Mortar, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Poison mortar. Bronze. Century XVI. Mortar made of bronze with a circular base, mouth exvased towards the outside and cylindrical body decorated with a relief of birds, human figur...
Bronze
Early 19th Century Large Bezoar Curiosity Natural History Museum Specimen
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A Bezoar is a hard stone gradually formed from an indigestible object which has become trapped in the gastrointestinal Bezoars had value because they were believed to have the power...
Brass
Late 19th Century Cased Bezoar Curiosity Natural History Museum Specimen
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A Bezoar is a hard stone gradually formed from an indigestible object which has become trapped in the gastrointestinal Bezoars had value because they were believed to have the power...
Natural Fiber, Softwood, Glass
$1,800
H 22.25 in W 21.5 in D 1.5 in
Bust of a Man Wearing a High Cap, The Artist's Father
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Rembrandt Van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669) Title: Bust of a Man Wearing a High Cap, The Artist's Father Year: 1630 Medium: Etching Paper: Verge paper Image (plate mark) size: ...
Etching
$18,850
H 15.75 in W 14.5 in
17th century etching Rembrandt biblical scene crucifixion figures
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Rembrandt's print 'Christ Crucified Between Two Thieves: an oval plate' is one of the most captivating of the artist's oeuvre. Etched to an oval rather than a rectangular plate and t...
Paper, Etching, Printer's Ink, Drypoint
$650
H 14 in W 11 in
Self-Portrait, Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Self-Portrait, Year: of Original: 1634, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 5.5 x 4.5 inches, Size: 14 x 11 in. (35.56 x ...
Etching
$16,903
H 4.18 in W 6.11 in D 0.04 in
The Archangel Raphael Leaving Tobias' Family - Etching by Rembrandt - 1641
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Roma, IT
The Archangel Raphael Leaving Tobias' Family is an etching by Rembrandt executed in 1641. This etching is a proof of the 3rd state (of 4) before of the diagonals on the ground at the...
Etching
The Windmill by François Vivares, after Rembrandt
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Middletown, NY
Engraving on cream laid paper, 8 x 5 7/8 inches (202 x 149 mm), trimmed at the platemark. Adhered at each corner to a small sheet of archival laid paper. Horizontal edge loss at the ...
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching
$1,500
H 4.75 in W 4.13 in
Christ and the Woman of Samaria Among Ruins by James Bretherton after Rembrandt
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Middletown, NY
Bretherton, James (After Rembrandt van Rijn). Christ and the Woman of Samaria Among Ruins. London: c 1775. Etching on light cream laid paper, 4 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches (120 x 105 mm), ...
Handmade Paper, Etching, Laid Paper
$9,425
H 19 in W 20 in
17th century etching Rembrandt landscape house trees field sky cow
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This piece is from a collection of originally designed etchings with drypoints by Rembrandt. It is printed on Ingres D'arches off-white laid paper. The prints are the sixth and final...
Etching
$27,978
H 7.29 in W 8.67 in D 0.04 in
Peter and John Healing the Cripple at the Gate... - Etching by Rembrandt - 1659
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Roma, IT
Etching, excellent proof of II state on IV, before the retouching of the ground and the vault on the right, margin line. Ref. Bartsch, Hollstein 94; Hind 301; New Hollstein 312; Sto...
Etching
$19,584
H 4.93 in W 4.06 in D 0.04 in
The Beheading of St. John the Baptist - Etching by Rembrandt - 1640
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful proof of I state on III before the white space under the sword is covered. Without Margins. Very good condition. Ref. Bartsch 92; Biörklund 40-B; Hollstein (White and Bo...
Etching
$1,200
H 4.75 in W 3.5 in
Joseph Racontant Ses Songes, Old Masters Heliogravure by Rembrandt van Rijn
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Joseph Racontant Ses Songes (B37), Year: 1878 (of original 1638), Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 4.75 x 3.5 in...
Etching
$4,600
H 16.5 in W 12.5 in
La Mort de la Vierge (B99), Heliogravure by Rembrandt van Rijn
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - La Mort de la Vierge (B99), Year: 1878 (of original 1639), Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 9.25 x 7.5 in. (23.5 x 19.0...
Etching
$1,300
H 5 in W 4 in
Jacob Pleurant La Mort de Son Fils Joseph (B38), Heliogravure by Rembrandt
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Jacob Pleurant La Mort de Son Fils Joseph (B38), Year: 1878 (of original 1633), Medium: Heliogravure, Size: ...
Etching
$750
H 14 in W 15 in
Christ Appearing to the Apostles, Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Christ Appearing to the Apostles, Year: Of Original 1656, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 6.5 x 8.25 inches, Size: 14 ...
Etching
Jan Six, Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Jan Six, Year: of Original: 1647, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches, Size: 18 x 15 in. (45.72 x 38.1 c...
Etching
$78,500
H 19.5 in W 15.5 in D 1.13 in
Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher by Rembrandt Van Rijn
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rembrandt van Rijn 1606–1669 Dutch Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt) 235, state 2/2 Bartsch 280 Printed by Rembrandt Signed and dated "Rem...
Paper, Etching