Antique Scribe

To supplement his livelihood, he also worked as a torah scribe. In time, his craftsmanship gained prestige, both local and international.

A watercolor rendering of the image was painted on the underside of the cabochon and an oil and diamond dust mixture was used along with up to 250 scribing tools to carve the design ...

Photogravure frontispiece by Alvin Langdon Coburn. New York: Charles Scribers' Sons, 1907 - 1918.

Published in New York by Charles Scriber's Sons in 1905. Americana, fine bindings and collected sets, first edition, single volume, sporting.

Fact, in their [the humanists] view, needs to be filled out with opinion, and it is the duty of the historian, in the absence of scribes and witnesses, to infer human intention and t...

A STANDING FIGURE OF AN EGYPTIAN SCRIBE, SIGNED ON THE BASE PICAULT (EMILE LOUIS PICAULT,1833-1915) COLD PAINTED AND RICHLY PATINATED.

A late 19th century Chinese faux bamboo rosewood scholar's or scribe's tray. The tray has a turned and carved faux bamboo rosewood edge and is lifted on a pierced carved scrolling...

Fine Yew wood scribe comprised of 3 pieces, each stamped D. BUSHELL.

Anglo- Indian tall scribes desk made of solid teak. Top lifts up to reveal compartment for document storage.

Elegant small cherry jam scriban and solid elm. Model of evolution of a flap on the top rack and a front door. Louis XV movement on the sides and on the door, and through fret fe...

This charming picture is painted with oil on a copper panel and is painted in the Manner of the Seventeenth Century Dutch artist Gerrit Dou. Dou painted masterfully, creating small b...

Early 19th century Asian scribe's chair features hand carved skirt and back detailing, and mortised joints.

Of typical form, decorated in gold inlay to either side, with undulating vegetal motifs and flowerheads.

Beautiful, large clay pot with subtle scribing.

Handsome pair of Chinese Han vases. Scribed bands with terra cotta glaze .

Edwardian mahogany kidney shaped desk having a black leather scriber and single drawer raised on tapering legs with castors

An astounding hand scribed bronze pen holder and ink well from one of my Parisian excursions.

Solid oak bureau having two drawers below a fall front opening to reveal fitted interior with a leather scriber raised on turned legs of a shaped stretcher.

Taisho period 1910-1920s black lacquer hibachi with inlaid mother of pearl with gold gilt scribed phoenix kirin (dragon horse). Copper lined.

A very nice example of a walnut veneer low boy with a quartered top which is also featherbanded and crossbanded. Drawers are scribed and hardware is original.

Large oak desk with single central drawer, flanked either side by three drawers, set below a carved oak top with leather scriber. Raised on bobbin turned supports.

Solid oak bureau having two drawers below a fall front opening to reveal, fitted interior with a leather scriber raised on turned legs of a shaped stretcher.

Pair of French Walnut LXIV Style Fauteuils of the os de mouton style, with scribe lines to the legs, arms and stretchers, reupholstered.

The fall opens to reveal a fitted interior and leather scriber.

Solid oak 18th century style desk having a green leather scriber above five drawers with a central kneehole section,panelled sides and a joined base.

Painted and gilt Italian Vitrine from the Marche Reigon of Italy.Curved sides on upper and lower case with scribed decoration and gilt. Interior shelves scalloped with gilt edges in ...

Please notice the idealized face of the scribe with his flowing wig and collar and armband.

The top has an olive green leather scribe with gilt tooled border. Three draws along the top all with locks.

An exceptional and all original red Vuittonite canvas 'Malle Auto' (car trunk) by Louis Vuitton, circa 1906, with all brass binding, corners, latches and studs, with brass looped han...

The top has the original red leather scribe with tooled border. Three draws along the top all with locks.

Mid Victorian golden oak cylinder top cupboard bureau.The cylinder top lifts into the rear of the bureau revealing an interior arrangement of pigeon holes,drawers and a pull forward ...

Louis XV style carved gilt-wood mirror, having the original beveled and etched glass mirror plate below a porcelain plaque, which is probably Sevres, depicting a romantic scene of th...

The top has the black leather scribe with faint tooled border. Three draws along the top all with locks.

This board is particularly appealing because of the eccentric placement of the checker squares, the visible scribe lines and the undoubtedly original 'patch' in the upper right corne...

Tapered lags, scroll corbels at front and sides and 2 drawers for storage. Hand made with scribe dovetail to drawers. Lots of personality and character to this antique, primitive sty...

Victorian burr walnut davenport desk having a green leather scriber with four drawers to the right hand side and four dummy drawers to the left.Behind the writing surface there is a ...

Antique oak coffer, kist, or trunk, antique furniture, Scotland, 1910, B1944 Scotland, 1910 Solid oak Original finish Triple-panel top Three vertical panels to the front The ...

This birch log was hand shaped into a hollow cylinder and then fitted with a finely worked bottom piece that was scribed to match the grooves on the interior that were left from the ...

The quarter-sawn top with a naively scribed game to one end, having lines and crudely numbered spaces - perhaps a homemade version of shove ha’penny or similar.

Finest fretwork over gold foil, scribed pen work. Superb condition, circa 1815.

Antique elm and yew Windsor armchair, Scotland 1830, B2281 Scotland, 1830 Solid yew and elm Original finish The back has arching hoops with scribed edge line The central splat...

LOUIS VUITTON, Circa 1914 Splendid Louis Vuitton Monogram Courrier/Mail Trunk with Stencil, Solid Brass Hardware, Central Lock Numbered 033094, 3 Wood Front Reinforcements, Metal Han...

Antique armchair, Victorian Elm chair, bow back Windsor armchair, Scotland, 1820 Scotland, 1820 Solid yew and elm Original finish The chair has arching hoops with scribed edge ...

Bearing the Vuitton London Bond Street and Rue Scribe addresses to each side of the lock, number 020991.

Carries inside a trunk-shaped label of the house marked LOUIS VITTON 289 Oxford Street, Regent Circus, London, rue Scribe in Paris, numbered 12475 and carries a stamp of the house in...

The legs feature egg and reel turnings and are united by a tapered H-stretcher with decorative scribe lines. The arms exhibit characterful, almost scrolled terminals which are very t...

We have had the top face of the pedestal scribed by a stone mason to accept the plate in the fashion that was intended.

Signature: "LOUIS VUITTON, 1 rue Scribe Paris/lille, 34 rue Faidherbe/Nice 4 jardin Public, 149 new Bond Street, London".

The chamfered straight legs are also finely scribed with lines from top to bottom. This type of small table were often created to hold the kettles when beside a chair. .

The rectangular top, quarter veneered, feather and cross banded with a scribed caddy top edge. Below an arrangement of one long over two pairs of three short feather banded, quadrant...

A sheet of prepared vellum was folded and lined for the text and musical notes by a scribe. After the words and music were added, the initials and rubrication were applied.

They are beautifully done with scribe marks, etc. Note the well-developed turnings on the legs.

Faux bamboo legs with turned H stretchers supporting shield-shaped solid seats, with scribe line and original gold painted decoration.

The solid elm seats with the scribe line running around the edge, and the fish tail shape to the rear, with a pair of spindles that join the back to the seat, this gives the chair ex...

Interior is original, clean and fresh with extremely minimal signs of usage. Original label (Rue Scribe) intact. Original basket present. We believe this trunk to have been made ...

Note also that the Chapter 26 in roman numerals is incorrectly marked as 16 (XVI) instead of 26 (XXVI), a scribal error that is not so unusual.

The interior is exceptionally clean with cream-colored linen interior and label reads: "l. Rue Scribe Paris Louis Vuitton 149 New Bond St London" and numbered: 165030.