Antique Script

Tents and smoke fill the valley between the two groups. The script caption reads: "Victor-Amédée roi de Sardaigne, enfermé dans sa capitale avec les débris de son armée; autorisa Co...

The English title, in a flowing script, reads "Habit of a Count of Flanders and protector of the Dutch in 1582."

The English title is engraved in script below the image: "The Play-house Habit of King Richard the 3d."

The English title is engraved in script below the image: "Habits of English Ladys, in the Years 1735(a) 1745(b) 1755(c)."

The English title is engraved in script beneath the image: "Habit of the Governor of the Low Countries for the King of Spain in 1576."

The English title is engraved in script below the image: "Habit of King Charles the 1st. in 1630" Beneath it, in smaller italic letters, is the French caption "Le Roi Charles I

The English title is engraved in script below the image: "Habits of English Gentlemen, in the Years 1735(a) 1745(b) 1755(c)."

The English title is engraved in script below the image: "An Undress of the Dutchess of Portsmouth, in 1666" Beneath it, in smaller italic letters, is the French caption "Un Deshabil...

The English title is engraved in script below the image: "Habit of Comus, in the Masque of Comus."

Several drawers and corresponding areas of the carcase retain period pencil numbering in Georgian script, providing a fascinating surviving detail of the original cabinetmaking proce...

Case: Later case, not original to the pistols; the lid lining features the gold-stamped Gothic-script inscription "M.Z.Z. Szulc". Accessories are absent.

This piece features hand-inked large-format Gregorian chant notation with Latin text in Gothic script. The plainchant is created on vellum displaying natural graining, puckering, and...

Each base is marked with a blue underglaze crescent and script Flight mark. MEasure: Cup height ca. 2 3/4 in Cup diameter ca. 2 1/2 in.

Its considerable scale, heavy black script, widely spaced musical notation, and strongly contrasting red staves allowed a group of singers to follow the chant simultaneously.

The scene is framed by a finely hand-painted inscription in old German script expressing wishes of love, friendship, harmony and happiness.

Dimensions Height: 10 inches (25.4 cm) Width: 5 inches (12.7 cm) Marks Pattern number “1227” painted in red script on the base Provenance Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge Condit...

The Historical Erasure: Crucially, the final line of the official slogan—which originally read "Le Roi" (The King)—has been aggressively scraped away from the glaze, leaving an evoca...

Arabia Deserta and Arabia Felix, the Sinus Gangeticus, the Oceanus Indicus, Calicut, Bantam, Borneo and Macao are all named, and Arabic script appears on the plate in the Blaeu manne...

Decorated with the Ottoman coat of arms, Arabic script, and a floral border. A beautiful collector’s item for enthusiasts of tobacco antiques, Ottoman memorabilia, vintage advertisin...

The fine wool and saturated dyes highlight the remarkable detail in the central portraiture and script.

The complex border structure is a masterpiece of symbolic design, featuring vertical panels interspersed with circular medallions and script, possibly Tibetan or Mongolian, adding la...

It is set with a rich red carnelian stone which has been carved with a Heraldic coat of arms and initials in fancy script, the initials appear to be IP or PI. The coat of arms featu...

On the sturdy cardboard backing, which is framed together with the mirror glass and was presumably added during an earlier restoration, there are transport labels dating from around ...

The top line reads "July” and possibly “1890" or “1896.” The main script best reads as "Edith Gordon." Below the name, there are fainter, partially obscured markings that look like "...

Their angular serifs and compressed proportions are characteristic of Gothic textualis (blackletter), the formal script that dominated monumental and ecclesiastical inscriptions in l...

Dimensions Length: 7 inches (17.8 cm) Width: 3 inches (7.6 cm) Height: 1¾ inches (4.4 cm) Marks The numeral “47” painted in puce script on the underside of the base. Provenance Ear...

In verso displays handwritten "Little Orphant Annie" with additional faded script below. A wonderful example of a treasured piece of historic Americana folk art.

Marked with a crown, script T, and lion passant for Sheffield England.

One base signed with incised script "D" for Dihl or Dagoty. Good condition.

Comparable Spanish Franciscan and Dominican choir books employ five-line red staves, rounded Gothic script, red rubrics, and decorated cadel initials in closely related forms.

Dimensions: Diameter: 7 5/8 inches (19.4 cm) Height: 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) Marks: Painted in puce script beneath a crown: “Flight & Barr / Worcester / Manufacturers to their Majesties,”...

The clock is surmounted by an elegantly dressed lady seated on a cushioned chair with a footstool, holding a theatrical script entitled La Chercheuse d'Esprit, Acte II.

The base is expertly engraved with the initials 'CB' in a sophisticated script. Whether as a functional tool for sealing wax or as a distinguished desk accessory for a collector of f...

Dimensions Cup height: 2¾ inches (7 cm) Cup width across handle: 5 inches (12.7 cm) Saucer diameter: 6½ inches (16.5 cm) Marks Pattern number “No 440” painted in puce script on the ...

Elevating the carpet into a historical document, the border system features a continuous sequence of elongated, lobed cartouches meticulously inscribed with flowing Persian script. W...

The upper body features bold inscriptions in large calligraphic "Thuluth" script, rendered in a continuous frieze in cobalt blue and outlined in ivory against a lustrous background o...

The botanical name of each specimen is inscribed in script on the reverse, as intended for a service on which every dish carried a different flower.

The surfaces are adorned with raised script motifs and animal roundels, while vibrant red coral-coloured and turquoise blue cabochons embellish the necks, adding contrast and richnes...

The interior showing a vivid pink surface, the underside of the base showing hand painted factory marks in script.

Beautifully handwritten in period script across a substantial sheet of paper, the manuscript retains its striking red wax seal, an important and particularly decorative feature.

Although they imitate ancient script, the hieroglyphs on these tourist pieces were often decorative rather than textually accurate.

It is engraved on the underside with the script cipher "CSJ," along with an impressed inventory or pattern number.

The reverse side displays a under-drawing in black chalk or graphite with associated script that depicts the names of two supposed artists and a connoisseur's opinion of the potentia...

The sheet is titled in an ornamental gothic-script banner as a design for a school building in Limburg, the place name set in the same decorative lettering.

A ribbon banner in the lower margin names the church of Saint Johannes, with a place name lettered beneath it in ornamental gothic script. The facade is in brick with stone dressing...

The decoration to the enamel panel incorporates black script displaying, in an envelope style, ‘Paul E.

This set features a textured black paint finish with a wreath pattern and English script No. 7. These are perfect sculptures that would make a fantastic elegant centerpiece on a con...

A brass alms pan, the central medallion depicting The Annunciation surrounded by a band of script. With punched decoration and a rolled edge.

Rather than pursuing naturalistic modelling, the artist emphasizes decorative harmony and narrative clarity, transforming the intimate scene into a symbolic evocation of cultivated l...

The plaque is signed in red script at the upper right “Ceccherini,” the signature extending with an underlined flourish.

The bracelet retains its integrated box clasp, discreetly incorporated into one of the medallions. A hand-engraved script monogram on the reverse preserves a trace of its original ow...

A fine English period George I large secretary bureau escritoire - or scriptor - of patinated walnut from the 18th century.

The painting features Clare's signature in his characteristic red script, "OLIVER CLARE / 92" clearly visible in the lower right-hand corner.

The underside bears the script signature “Daum,” the Cross of Lorraine, and “Nancy France.”

The vertical composition and script style suggest a traditional inscription of a philosophical or auspicious nature, related to concepts such as virtue or harmony.

Below the bird, the vernacular name is written in red ink in a neat Roman hand, “Kanra,” set between short dashes; a further inscription in Devanagari script lies beneath the mat. “K...

The reverse is titled Spiderwort in iron-red script above the painted mark SPODE. The subject is the Virginian spiderwort, Tradescantia virginica, figured in the third volume of Will...

The inscription is executed in graceful Persian Nasta'liq script, one of the most celebrated styles of Islamic calligraphy, while delicate floral scrollwork fills the surrounding fie...

The largest platter and both smaller platters bear the iron-red printed script “Chamberlain & Co” mark above “155 New Bond Street”.

Particularly interesting are the gilt cartouches containing Persian-style script, together with hand-painted figural decoration that may suggest the pair was originally produced as a...