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Madame Knip Crowned Pigeon Engraving, Columba Coronata, from Les Pigeons
Madame Knip Crowned Pigeon Engraving, Columba Coronata, from Les Pigeons

Madame Knip Crowned Pigeon Engraving, Columba Coronata, from Les Pigeons

Located in Downingtown, PA

Dimensions Frame height: 28¾ inches (73.0 cm) Frame width: 21¾ inches (55.3 cm) Frame depth: 1¼ inches (3.2 cm) Sight height: 20¾ inches (52.7 cm) Sight width: 13¼ inches (33.7 cm) ...

Category

Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Script

Materials

Paper

Antique Moroccan Fez Hand-Carved Ceramic Vase with Arabic Calligraphy
Antique Moroccan Fez Hand-Carved Ceramic Vase with Arabic Calligraphy

Antique Moroccan Fez Hand-Carved Ceramic Vase with Arabic Calligraphy

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

The richly textured surface is entirely hand-incised with elegant Arabic script, inspired by the architectural decoration found throughout the Islamic world.

Category

Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Antique Script

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century Royal Vienna Porcelain Cabinet Vase Depicting Ruth
19th Century Royal Vienna Porcelain Cabinet Vase Depicting Ruth

19th Century Royal Vienna Porcelain Cabinet Vase Depicting Ruth

By Royal Vienna Porcelain

Located in London, GB

The underside bears the painted title "Ruth" in script, the Royal Vienna shield (beehive) mark in underglaze blue, a gilt inventory or pattern number, and a small gilt rose mark, wit...

Category

Late 19th Century Austrian Neoclassical Revival Antique Script

Materials

Porcelain

Regency Gold: Spode Porcelain Vases in Pattern 967
Regency Gold: Spode Porcelain Vases in Pattern 967

Regency Gold: Spode Porcelain Vases in Pattern 967

By Spode

Located in Downingtown, PA

Dimensions Height: 6¼ inches (15.9 cm) Diameter: 4½ inches (11.4 cm) Marks Each painted beneath in iron-red script, Spode 967, for the factory and the pattern number.

Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Script

Materials

Porcelain

Chanel Vintage Gold Medallion Long Coco Silhouette Necklace
Chanel Vintage Gold Medallion Long Coco Silhouette Necklace

Chanel Vintage Gold Medallion Long Coco Silhouette Necklace

By Chanel

Located in Bellevue, WA

Beautiful vintage Chanel gold CC medallion station necklace 100% authentic The necklace is hallmarked "Chanel" and "Made in France" "C" and "R" Made in France Gold-Plated Very good c...

Category

Early 20th Century Antique Script

Materials

Gold

Madame Knip Green Imperial Pigeon Engraving, Colombe Muscadivore Mâle
Madame Knip Green Imperial Pigeon Engraving, Colombe Muscadivore Mâle

Madame Knip Green Imperial Pigeon Engraving, Colombe Muscadivore Mâle

Located in Downingtown, PA

Dimensions Frame height: 28¾ inches (73.0 cm) Frame width: 21¾ inches (55.3 cm) Frame depth: 1¼ inches (3.2 cm) Sight height: 20¾ inches (52.7 cm) Sight width: 13¼ inches (33.7 cm) ...

Category

Early 19th Century French Georgian Antique Script

Materials

Paper

Madame Knip Nicobar Pigeon Engraving, Colombi-Galline à Camail, Les Pigeons
Madame Knip Nicobar Pigeon Engraving, Colombi-Galline à Camail, Les Pigeons

Madame Knip Nicobar Pigeon Engraving, Colombi-Galline à Camail, Les Pigeons

Located in Downingtown, PA

Dimensions Frame height: 28¾ inches (73.0 cm) Frame width: 21¾ inches (55.3 cm) Frame depth: 1¼ inches (3.2 cm) Sight height: 20¾ inches (52.7 cm) Sight width: 13¼ inches (33.7 cm) ...

Category

Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Script

Materials

Paper

Madame Knip Cloven-Feathered Dove Engraving, Colombe Vlouvlou, Les Pigeons
Madame Knip Cloven-Feathered Dove Engraving, Colombe Vlouvlou, Les Pigeons

Madame Knip Cloven-Feathered Dove Engraving, Colombe Vlouvlou, Les Pigeons

Located in Downingtown, PA

Dimensions Frame height: 28¾ inches (73.0 cm) Frame width: 21¾ inches (55.3 cm) Frame depth: 1¼ inches (3.2 cm) Sight height: 20¾ inches (52.7 cm) Sight width: 13¼ inches (33.7 cm) ...

Category

Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Script

Materials

Paper

Antique Portuguese Medallion 19k Yellow Gold 1st Communion Religious Charm
Antique Portuguese Medallion 19k Yellow Gold 1st Communion Religious Charm

Antique Portuguese Medallion 19k Yellow Gold 1st Communion Religious Charm

Located in Torrance, CA

Crafted in Portuguese 19k yellow gold, the beautiful devotional medallion features hand engraved script to the outer edge "primeira comunhao lembranca dhmu" that translates roughly "...

Category

Late 19th Century Portuguese Victorian Antique Script

Materials

Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold

Botanical Prints by Sir Joseph Paxton from The Magazine of Botany
Botanical Prints by Sir Joseph Paxton from The Magazine of Botany

Botanical Prints by Sir Joseph Paxton from The Magazine of Botany

Located in Downingtown, PA

The plant name is inscribed in cursive script below the image, with the lithographer’s credit “S.

Category

Mid-19th Century English Country Antique Script

Materials

Paper

Antique Tibetan Runner – Imperial Yellow Wool with Dragon & Auspicious Symbols
Antique Tibetan Runner – Imperial Yellow Wool with Dragon & Auspicious Symbols

Antique Tibetan Runner – Imperial Yellow Wool with Dragon & Auspicious Symbols

Located in Norwalk, CT

Hand-knotted from high-quality wool, it features rich Buddhist symbols, including the Eight Auspicious Symbols and Tibetan script. The design includes a traditional Lishui border, re...

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Antique Script

Materials

Wool

Page from The History of Rama, Java
Page from The History of Rama, Java

Page from The History of Rama, Java

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Page from The History of Rama, Java Gold and colors on uncoated paper, 19th century Unsigned (as usual) This document is an illuminated manuscript page from the Ramayana, a major anc...

Category

Early 1800s Other Art Style Antique Script

Materials

Ink

Fine Viennese Enamelled and Gilt Glass Beaker, Stephansdom, c.1830
Fine Viennese Enamelled and Gilt Glass Beaker, Stephansdom, c.1830

Fine Viennese Enamelled and Gilt Glass Beaker, Stephansdom, c.1830

Located in London, GB

The view is titled in gilt script to the lower border, Domkirche zu St. Stephan, and flanked by further vignettes of Viennese streets, divided by slender gilt Gothic pilasters.

Category

Early 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Script

Materials

Glass

Early 20th Century Japanese Bronze "Rats Eating Pumpkin" Okimono by Itsumin
Early 20th Century Japanese Bronze "Rats Eating Pumpkin" Okimono by Itsumin

Early 20th Century Japanese Bronze "Rats Eating Pumpkin" Okimono by Itsumin

Located in London, GB

The surface has wonderful colour and detail and is signed in Japanese script ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Height: 17 cm ...

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Script

Materials

Bronze

Pair Of 18thC English Hand Painted King George II & King George IV shields
Pair Of 18thC English Hand Painted King George II & King George IV shields

Pair Of 18thC English Hand Painted King George II & King George IV shields

Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Each shield is surmounted by a painted royal crown beneath a curved banner bearing the monarch’s name in Gothic script, one reading “George II” and the other “George IV”.

Category

18th Century British Other Antique Script

Materials

Wood

Painted Iron Folk Art Circus Trunk for D. Beer, c.1925
Painted Iron Folk Art Circus Trunk for D. Beer, c.1925

Painted Iron Folk Art Circus Trunk for D. Beer, c.1925

Located in Savannah, GA

The body decorated with oriental man, red horse, blue elephant on front and sides with foliate motifs in blue, "ROYAL CIRCUS" script on front—possibly Great Royal Circus (Madhuskars).

Category

1920s Folk Art Antique Script

Materials

Steel

19th Century European Romantic Moonlit River Landscape Oil Canvas Signed
19th Century European Romantic Moonlit River Landscape Oil Canvas Signed

19th Century European Romantic Moonlit River Landscape Oil Canvas Signed

Located in Stockholm, SE

IHNEN" (the letter "I" was often rendered as "J" in period German script). Retains an original vintage gallery label on the stretcher: "KUNSTSALON KRONE HAMBURG / GLOCKENGIESSERWALL ...

Category

Late 19th Century Realist Antique Script

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

19th Century Dated Persian Qajar Tinned Copper Ewer Ablution Basin Set, 1878.
19th Century Dated Persian Qajar Tinned Copper Ewer Ablution Basin Set, 1878.

19th Century Dated Persian Qajar Tinned Copper Ewer Ablution Basin Set, 1878.

Located in Vero Beach, FL

The ewer's handle features hand-engraved cartouches in Persian script: Left Cartouche: Inscribed with ownership details.

Category

Late 19th Century West Asian Moorish Antique Script

Materials

Copper, Tin

Large Victorian 1887 Carved Date Stone Architectural Garden Ornament
Large Victorian 1887 Carved Date Stone Architectural Garden Ornament

Large Victorian 1887 Carved Date Stone Architectural Garden Ornament

Located in Llanbrynmair, GB

The carved 1887 numerals are deeply evocative of the period, with a graceful hand-cut script that gives the piece an especially elegant quality.

Category

1880s Welsh Victorian Antique Script

Materials

Stone, Sandstone

A Very Fine Art Deco Porcelain Vase by Pinon Heuze for Sevres, Circa 1930
A Very Fine Art Deco Porcelain Vase by Pinon Heuze for Sevres, Circa 1930

A Very Fine Art Deco Porcelain Vase by Pinon Heuze for Sevres, Circa 1930

By Pinon Heuze

Located in Ottawa, Ontario

Signed on the body in gilt script ‘Pinon Heuze’, the underside of the base bearing manufacturing notations in gilt text.   

Category

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Script

Materials

Porcelain

Burmese Kammavaca Lacquer Manuscript, c.1880
Burmese Kammavaca Lacquer Manuscript, c.1880

Burmese Kammavaca Lacquer Manuscript, c.1880

Located in Savannah, GA

Long rectangular panels elaborately decorated in shwe zawa technique with intricate gilded floral scrolls, foliate motifs, and geometric borders on deep red ground over black underla...

Category

1880s Burmese Antique Script

Materials

Lacquer

Rare 1920–1921 Kentucky School Signature Quilt – Cedar Top Schools
Rare 1920–1921 Kentucky School Signature Quilt – Cedar Top Schools

Rare 1920–1921 Kentucky School Signature Quilt – Cedar Top Schools

Located in Amsterdam, NY

This extraordinary 1920–1921 Cedar Top Schools signature quilt from Kentucky was created for an African American school community during the era of segregated education and preserves...

Category

1920s American Antique Script

Materials

Cotton

19th Century American Letter Fragment and Copper Coins, Federal Style
19th Century American Letter Fragment and Copper Coins, Federal Style

19th Century American Letter Fragment and Copper Coins, Federal Style

Located in Queens, NY

American (19th Cent) fragment of antique paper with handwritten script and numerical calculations framed in a burgundy mat above two copper coins in a blue mat mounted in a gold wood...

Category

19th Century American Federal Antique Script

Materials

Copper

English Imari Japan Pattern Porcelain Dessert Service, Waterlily, Hammersley (77
English Imari Japan Pattern Porcelain Dessert Service, Waterlily, Hammersley (77

English Imari Japan Pattern Porcelain Dessert Service, Waterlily, Hammersley (77

By Hammersley

Located in Downingtown, PA

Composition Five dessert plates Pair of dishes One dish, possibly originally the top of a tazza Dimensions Dessert plates: Diameter: 8 inches (20.3 cm) Height: 1½ inches (3.8 cm) Pa...

Category

Late 19th Century Regency Antique Script

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Kodaiji Maki-e Lacquer Kyarabako Incense Box, Momoyama Period
Japanese Kodaiji Maki-e Lacquer Kyarabako Incense Box, Momoyama Period

Japanese Kodaiji Maki-e Lacquer Kyarabako Incense Box, Momoyama Period

Located in Austin, TX

The interior of the lid features a beautiful waka poem about a moonflower, masterfully inscribed on shikishi paper in refined and flowing kana script. Saite koso / hito ni towarure...

Category

16th Century Japanese Edo Antique Script

Materials

Copper

18th Century English Oak Queen Anne Armchair with Vase Splat Back
18th Century English Oak Queen Anne Armchair with Vase Splat Back

18th Century English Oak Queen Anne Armchair with Vase Splat Back

Located in Essex, MA

The generously proportioned seat has been newly upholstered in a tasteful fabric with classical script and motif detailing, complementing the chair’s historic character while offerin...

Category

Mid-19th Century Queen Anne Antique Script

Materials

Walnut

Antique Pair of Persian Calligraphic Brass Vases, Qajar
Antique Pair of Persian Calligraphic Brass Vases, Qajar

Antique Pair of Persian Calligraphic Brass Vases, Qajar

Located in Nottingham, GB

Rather than functioning as simple inscriptions, the script forms an integral part of the decorative scheme, woven into the overall design alongside scrolling foliage and geometric bo...

Category

19th Century Antique Script

Materials

Brass

Arabic Islamic Calligraphic Brass Charger with Mixed-Metal Inlay
Arabic Islamic Calligraphic Brass Charger with Mixed-Metal Inlay

Arabic Islamic Calligraphic Brass Charger with Mixed-Metal Inlay

Located in Nottingham, GB

At the centre sits a circular medallion inlaid with Arabic calligraphy in thuluth script, executed in silver and copper. Surrounding this central medallion are six smaller roundels t...

Category

Late 19th Century Antique Script

Materials

Brass, Copper

Late 19th Century Gilded Burmese Devotional Figure in Carved Wood
Late 19th Century Gilded Burmese Devotional Figure in Carved Wood

Late 19th Century Gilded Burmese Devotional Figure in Carved Wood

Located in Nottingham, GB

The base bears inscriptions in Burmese script, providing further context and authenticity to the piece.

Category

Late 19th Century Antique Script

Materials

Wood

Doris Leslie Blau Indian Antique Floral Oversized Warm Tan Carpet - c. 1900
Doris Leslie Blau Indian Antique Floral Oversized Warm Tan Carpet - c. 1900

Doris Leslie Blau Indian Antique Floral Oversized Warm Tan Carpet - c. 1900

Located in New York, NY

The wide main border is especially noteworthy, featuring elongated cartouches inscribed with elegant calligraphic script in Persian or Urdu, likely poetic or religious verses.

Category

Early 1900s Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Script

Materials

Wool

Large 19th C Islamic Engraved Copper Water Vessel with Quranic Calligraph
Large 19th C Islamic Engraved Copper Water Vessel with Quranic Calligraph

Large 19th C Islamic Engraved Copper Water Vessel with Quranic Calligraph

Located in Nottingham, GB

The entire surface is richly engraved in horizontal bands of ornament and Arabic calligraphy. Elegant thuluth script encircles the neck, shoulder and lower body, interspersed with fi...

Category

19th Century Antique Script

Materials

Copper

17th century Turkish Ottoman Silver Karabela Sword Sabre 16th century Mamluk
17th century Turkish Ottoman Silver Karabela Sword Sabre 16th century Mamluk

17th century Turkish Ottoman Silver Karabela Sword Sabre 16th century Mamluk

Located in Ottawa, ON

The back of the blade is engraved along the spine with a narrow rectangular panel featuring Arabic script and an arabesque pattern along the cutting edge, and similar décor on the ri...

Category

16th Century Turkish Islamic Antique Script

Materials

Silver, Steel

Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Bacchus Figure, England, 1860-80
Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Bacchus Figure, England, 1860-80

Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Bacchus Figure, England, 1860-80

By Staffordshire

Located in Downingtown, PA

Markings: Painted Mark: A distinct red script digit "3" on the underside. (Such numbers are often potter's tally marks or size indicators within a series).

Category

Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Script

Materials

Pottery

Lacquered Coffee Table
Lacquered Coffee Table

Lacquered Coffee Table

By Gracie

Located in Greenwich, CT

A sleek black lacquer coffee table by Gracie and Co. incorporating 19th or early 20th Century Japanese lacquer panels depicting lakeside scenes of cranes and bamboo in gold, with two...

Category

Early 1900s Japanese Antique Script

Materials

Lacquer

Botanical Print by Sir Joseph Paxton from The Magazine of Botany
Botanical Print by Sir Joseph Paxton from The Magazine of Botany

Botanical Print by Sir Joseph Paxton from The Magazine of Botany

Located in Downingtown, PA

The plant name is inscribed in cursive script below the image, with the lithographer’s credit “S.

Category

1840s English Country Antique Script

Materials

Paper

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Honorary Membership Certificate, 1882
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Honorary Membership Certificate, 1882

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Honorary Membership Certificate, 1882

Located in Langweer, NL

The recipient's name has been entered by hand in elaborate period script, accompanied by original signatures of Academy officers and an embossed institutional seal.

Category

Late 19th Century American Antique Script

Materials

Paper

Antique Rare Pair of Tuscan Antiphonal Illuminated Leaves on Vellum 15th-16th C
Antique Rare Pair of Tuscan Antiphonal Illuminated Leaves on Vellum 15th-16th C

Antique Rare Pair of Tuscan Antiphonal Illuminated Leaves on Vellum 15th-16th C

Located in Doha, QA

Each leaf features hand-drawn red staves with distinctive square Gregorian chant notation, accompanied by elegant Gothic script in Latin. The scale of the notation reflects their ori...

Category

16th Century Italian Gothic Antique Script

Materials

Animal Skin

Custom Framed Antique Swedish Herbariums, Set of 4
Custom Framed Antique Swedish Herbariums, Set of 4

Custom Framed Antique Swedish Herbariums, Set of 4

Located in Pearland, TX

Handwritten names in lovely Latin script. Specimens include zigzag clover, milkwort, and more.

Category

1910s Swedish Antique Script

Materials

Wood, Giltwood, Paper

Antique 19th Century Russian Icon Egg Tempera Gilded St. Pelagia St. James 1860
Antique 19th Century Russian Icon Egg Tempera Gilded St. Pelagia St. James 1860

Antique 19th Century Russian Icon Egg Tempera Gilded St. Pelagia St. James 1860

Located in Portland, OR

Painted with egg tempera on limewood, depicting two saints, each titled in cyrillic script. The border having raised gilded and polychrome geometric and floral decoration.

Category

1860s Russian Other Antique Script

Materials

Gold Leaf

Custom Framed Antique Swedish Herbariums, Set of 2
Custom Framed Antique Swedish Herbariums, Set of 2

Custom Framed Antique Swedish Herbariums, Set of 2

Located in Pearland, TX

Handwritten names in lovely Latin script. Specimens include purple orchid and wild pansy/Johnny Jump Up.

Category

1910s Swedish Gustavian Antique Script

Materials

Wood, Paper

Custom Framed Antique Swedish Herbariums, Set of 2
Custom Framed Antique Swedish Herbariums, Set of 2

Custom Framed Antique Swedish Herbariums, Set of 2

Located in Pearland, TX

Handwritten names in lovely Latin script. Specimens include chive blossom flowers and bird vetch.

Category

1910s Swedish Antique Script

Materials

Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paper

Pair of Italian Maiolica Pharmacy Albarelli
Pair of Italian Maiolica Pharmacy Albarelli

Pair of Italian Maiolica Pharmacy Albarelli

Located in Atlanta, GA

Each Albarello is hand-painted in a traditional polychrome palette of cobalt, saffron, ochre and green, featuring foliate bands, floral sprigs, and Gothic-script pharmaceutical inscr...

Category

19th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Script

Materials

Earthenware

"Thumb and Finger" Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain Floral Urn
"Thumb and Finger" Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain Floral Urn

"Thumb and Finger" Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain Floral Urn

By Chamberlains Worcester

Located in Downingtown, PA

The pattern name derives from the distinctive shapes of the painted leaves and petals, which were thought to resemble the impression of a thumb or finger. Markings: Script: Marked i...

Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Script

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Martin Hall & Co. English Silver-Plated Tea And Coffee Service
Martin Hall & Co. English Silver-Plated Tea And Coffee Service

Martin Hall & Co. English Silver-Plated Tea And Coffee Service

Located in Prato, Tuscany

At the center of every item, a decorative cartouche frames the letter “I” rendered in an Old English script. The entire service is crafted in exceptionally high-quality silver plate.

Category

Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Script

Materials

Silver Plate

Antique 19thC Russian Orthodox Egg Tempera Painted Icon St Nicholas of Myra 1820
Antique 19thC Russian Orthodox Egg Tempera Painted Icon St Nicholas of Myra 1820

Antique 19thC Russian Orthodox Egg Tempera Painted Icon St Nicholas of Myra 1820

Located in Portland, OR

The saint is depicted holding an open gospel written in cyrillic script, with a liturgical reading from the Gospel of Luke, above St.

Category

1820s Russian Baroque Antique Script

Materials

Gold Leaf

Rare Spode 'Willis Thatch'd House' London Trial Pattern Platter, circa 1810
Rare Spode 'Willis Thatch'd House' London Trial Pattern Platter, circa 1810

Rare Spode 'Willis Thatch'd House' London Trial Pattern Platter, circa 1810

By Josiah Spode

Located in Kinderhook, NY

The Victoria & Albert Museum in London has but one example from Willis's in the form of a very used 'creamware' plate dated circa 1800 with 'Willis Thatch'd House' at centre in t...

Category

Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Script

Materials

Ironstone

Folk Art Embroidered 1800s Primitive Crazy Quilt  Exceptional initialed Textile
Folk Art Embroidered 1800s Primitive Crazy Quilt  Exceptional initialed Textile

Folk Art Embroidered 1800s Primitive Crazy Quilt Exceptional initialed Textile

Located in Amsterdam, NY

It is initialed "V & J" and "L & J" with the embroidery in Spencerian-style script, reflecting the penmanship universally taught in American schools during the nineteenth century Un...

Category

Late 19th Century Antique Script

Materials

Cotton

Royal Chelsea Porcelain Tea Cup & Saucer Art Deco Blue Gold & White, England 194
Royal Chelsea Porcelain Tea Cup & Saucer Art Deco Blue Gold & White, England 194

Royal Chelsea Porcelain Tea Cup & Saucer Art Deco Blue Gold & White, England 194

By Chelsea Porcelain

Located in Clifton Springs, NY

The set is marked with black underglaze backstamps on both cup and saucer and decorator mark/numbers in gold in script overglaze on the cup. The backstamp, Royal Chelsea England with...

Category

Early 20th Century English Art Deco Antique Script

Materials

Gold

Custom Framed Antique Swedish Herbariums, Set of 12
Custom Framed Antique Swedish Herbariums, Set of 12

Custom Framed Antique Swedish Herbariums, Set of 12

Located in Pearland, TX

Handwritten Swedish and Latin scientific names in lovely script. Specimens include red sorrel, mountain everlasting, kidneyvetch/woundwort, Hare's-foot clover, Forget-me-not, wild ch...

Category

1910s Swedish Antique Script

Materials

Wood, Oak

17th Century Persian Islamic Sword Shamshir Attributed to Shah Abbas the Great
17th Century Persian Islamic Sword Shamshir Attributed to Shah Abbas the Great

17th Century Persian Islamic Sword Shamshir Attributed to Shah Abbas the Great

Located in Ottawa, ON

The outer side has two gold-inlaid cartouches enclosing a beautiful, high-quality calligraphy inscription in Nasta'liq script. The upper cartouche is inscribed Bandeye Shah Velayat A...

Category

17th Century Turkish Islamic Antique Script

Materials

Silver, Steel

Pair of Islamic Architectural Ornament Prints, Konya Mosque Inscriptions, 1924
Pair of Islamic Architectural Ornament Prints, Konya Mosque Inscriptions, 1924

Pair of Islamic Architectural Ornament Prints, Konya Mosque Inscriptions, 1924

Located in Langweer, NL

Raymond, Constantinople (Istanbul), 1924 Keywords: Islamic Art, Islamic Architecture, Ottoman, Seljuk, Seljuk Architecture, Konya, Turkey, Alaeddin Mosque, Alaeddin Camii, Anatolia...

Category

Early 20th Century Turkish Antique Script

Materials

Paper

Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Lidded Jar in the Qing Style
Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Lidded Jar in the Qing Style

Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Lidded Jar in the Qing Style

Located in Wichita, KS

A Chinese famille rose porcelain jar featuring traditional phoenix and peony decoration with calligraphic script to the reverse. The palette reflects classic Qing dynasty motifs, exe...

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Export Antique Script

Materials

Porcelain, Wood, Paint

Pair of Antique Rare Tuscan Antiphonal Manuscript Leaves on Vellum 15th-16th C
Pair of Antique Rare Tuscan Antiphonal Manuscript Leaves on Vellum 15th-16th C

Pair of Antique Rare Tuscan Antiphonal Manuscript Leaves on Vellum 15th-16th C

Located in Doha, QA

Each sheet is meticulously hand-inscribed in rich black ink with traditional Gothic script and square Gregorian chant notation on distinctive red four-line staves.

Category

16th Century Italian Gothic Antique Script

Materials

Animal Skin

18th/19thC Mongolian Buddhist/Astrological Book w/ Profuse Color Illustrations
18th/19thC Mongolian Buddhist/Astrological Book w/ Profuse Color Illustrations

18th/19thC Mongolian Buddhist/Astrological Book w/ Profuse Color Illustrations

Located in Ukiah, CA

The pages contain numerous finely executed drawings, each rendered with exquisite detail, accompanied by meticulously written script clearly produced by a master scribe for ceremonia...

Category

18th Century Mongolian Antique Script

Materials

Paper

Ulysses S. Grant Signed Presidential Appointment, Dated March 25, 1873
Ulysses S. Grant Signed Presidential Appointment, Dated March 25, 1873

Ulysses S. Grant Signed Presidential Appointment, Dated March 25, 1873

By Ulysses S. Grant

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

  The document is partially printed in formal script, and completed by hand in black ink. The document reads in full: “Ulysses S.

Category

1870s American Victorian Antique Script

Materials

Paper

Art Nouveau Bronze Cherub on Cloud Mounted on Marble Socle by Emannuel Villanis
Art Nouveau Bronze Cherub on Cloud Mounted on Marble Socle by Emannuel Villanis

Art Nouveau Bronze Cherub on Cloud Mounted on Marble Socle by Emannuel Villanis

By Emmanuel Villanis

Located in San Diego, CA

Villanis's signature appears incised on the base, consistent with his flowing Art Nouveau script. The figure displays finely rendered details in the wings, curls, and an anatomical m...

Category

Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Script

Materials

Marble, Bronze

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