Antique Spices

His tenure was significant for the efforts to strengthen Dutch control over the spice trade and to consolidate the VOC’s power in Southeast Asia. 4.

Historical and artistic context Centers and naves of tables are attested in France from the Middle Ages in order to present spices and other condiments brought from distant lands aro...

The VOC during this period was engaged in the lucrative spice trade and was also expanding its territorial control. 5.

This scene depicts the Queen of Sheba visiting Solomon, the third King of the united Israel, to satisfy her curiosity about the tales she had heard about the King’s wisdom and magnif...

Antique Map Moluccas titled 'Les Isles Moluques'. Rare map of the Spice Islands made after a map engraved by Pieter van den Keere and published in the 1628 edition of the Mercator At...

Made of sterling silver and hand-engraved with gargoyle faces, these cufflinks are sure to add some spice to your look! These open-mouthed gargoyles would make just the perfect addi...

The Moluccas, known as the “Spice Islands,” were the world’s primary source of cloves and nutmeg, making this region the strategic target of Portuguese, Spanish, and later Dutch colo...

Old map showing Ambon, in the Moluccas Islands, better known as the Spice Islands. Ambon was the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company(VOC) from 1610 to 1619 until the foundin...

European traders used the coins to buy precious materials from the Gulf and northern Africa which it desired – commodities such as spices, coffee, gum Arabic, indigo, pearls, and tor...

The VOC was a powerful trading entity that played a crucial role in the global spice trade and colonization in Southeast Asia. 2.

The Ottomans sold wheat, spices, raw silk, cotton and ash (for glass making) to the Venetians, while Venice provided the Ottomans with finished goods such as soap, paper and textiles.

The purpose of the expedition was to bring back spices, and was a huge success. Van Neck returned to Indonesia once more, but on that journey lost three fingers during a battle with ...

(The Moluccan Islands, Maluku, Moluccas, Spice Islands, Indonesia.) Extremely rare in this edition.

Decorative map of the Maluku Islands, also known as the Moluccas or the Spice Islands. Inset of the island of Bachian (Batjan) in an elaborate frame as well as a Moluccan couple in t...

The VOC was primarily concerned with trade, both in terms of importing valuable commodities like spices, silk, and porcelain to Europe, and exporting European goods to Asian markets.

These shavings were then combined with spices and enclosed in betel leaves to create the stimulant-rich paan.

His parents were affluent spice and tea merchants who were able to finance his early interest in painting and travel.

Beautiful large map of the (Spice) islands of Oceania. Depicting Papua, Timor, Ceram, Gilolo and many more.

These shavings were then combined with spices and enclosed in betel leaves to create the stimulant-rich paan.

Old map of the Moluccas. The famous Spice Islands, the cornerstone of the Dutch trading Empire in the East Indies throughout the 17th Century, is the focus of this exquisite map.

The bilingual cartouche—French and Dutch—reflects the plate’s origin for a Dutch readership fascinated by VOC trade routes and the spice islands in the mid-18th century. Coastal pla...

In the kitchens of the 'well-to-do' they were predominantly used for 'grinding' spices and making new flavours. But by doctors and pharmacists they were used for mixing ingredients f...

The newly proclaimed Dutch Republic sought independence from their Spanish rulers, establishing their own trade routes around the world. The treasures, spices and goods brought back ...

50245 Antique Turkish Sivas Rug, 04'03 x 06'06. With warm spice-tones and lovingly rustic appearance, this hand knotted wool antique Turkish Sivas rug embraces English Manor style.

Detailed copper engraved map of Celebes (Sulawesi, Indonesia), showing Makassar, which was the most important trading city of eastern Indonesia in the sixteenth century. Makassar tra...

Detailed copper engraved map of Celebes (Sulawesi, Indonesia), showing Makassar, which was the most important trading city of eastern Indonesia in the sixteenth century. Makassar tra...

The tray has four legs with a volute shape, decoration that is repeated at the ends of it, and two architectural forms on the larger sides, just where the stands of the spice makers ...

It covers India, Indochina, China, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, the East Indies or Spice Islands, New Guinea, and parts of the western Pacific.

They traded exotic Asian goods such as spices, textiles, porcelain, and silk. When the Shimabara uprising of 1637 happened, in which Christian Japanese started a rebellion against th...

His father was from a prosperous family and owned several vineyards and a commerce in cooking utensils and spices near Pisa. He began his apprenticeship in Rome in the studio of the...

Queen Anne mahogany spice box on bracket feet with tombstone panel door.

Large turn-of-the-century German 800 silver figural spice box. A bird grips a gnarly branch with scaly talons.

Pair of German 800 silver pheasants, ca 1920. A rooster and hen, each with hinged wings, long overlapping tails, closed beak, and wary stare. An on-guard couple standing on scaly tal...

; by family descent until sold at: Bill Spicer Auction, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, 26 January 2011; where acquired by a dealer who consigned it to: CRN Auctions, Cambridge, Ma...

A mixture of finely powdered tobacco, herbs, and spices, snuff was introduced to China in the 17th century by Western diplomats.

Vintage Spice cabinet. Primitive wood spice cabinet with three drawers.

Georgian mahogany spice cabinet with fan inlay on the top and front door corners, brass handles, 9 drawers with with bone pulls, labeled contents and original key.

Late 19th Century hanging spice cupboard with two fielded panel doors. Very pretty deep walnut color and patination.

mahogany spice rack

Sterling silver (no hollow mark) middle eastern style spice cellar with vermeil wash in bowls

This beautiful glazed storage jar was used to transport vast quantities of spices from Cochin in South West India along trading routes.

A Very Fine Green Painted Spice Chest with eight drawers and a finely scrolled backboard.

With Primitive engine turned detailing solid turned yew wood.

17th century lidded Anamese spice dishes (seven available priced and sold separately).

The condition appears very clean and bright without damage or repairs. The spice tower is approx. 3 1/2" and weighs 47.2 g.

Rare Charles II oval silver spice or sugar box on four curved feet, the hinged cover with coiled serpent finial, by Robert Cooper.

Chinese Chinoiserie spice cabinet 18th century. On 18th century Dutch silver gilt stand.

These boxes housed spices such as cinnamon, cloves, black pepper and nutmeg.

Sterling silver Judaica Besamin spice box featuring flower and bird, stamped 925.

An antique Konstantin Lakovlevich Pets, Russian silver Judaica Besamim tower. Jewish herb tower, so-called Besamim with three music-making rabbis as foot. Unique object in bea...

Swedish spice cabinet with 18 drawers some still having numbers and text of different spices.

Six silver circular and partly fluted gilt-lined trenchers or spice dishes, one by Robert and Samuel Hennell, London, 1814 and five by Robert Dicker, London, 1870.

18th Century English Spice Box with Interior Drawers

17th-18th century Franco- Flemish spice/salt box, with lift up lid over a rectangular body set on four turned feet, all-over wheel carvings, oak body with pine secondary wood, old va...

18th century English sterling silver hoof candlesticks Maker P. Spicer & sons Leamington Birmingham silver mark.

A stylish and extremely rare example of a early 20th century spice tower. The central spice compartment is cube designed with intricate filigree walls for decoration and has a hinged...

Charming small hand painted wood shelf with delft columns. This is made to be hung on the wall and the underside is also painted. The wood portion is painted to imitate the delft c...