Antique Spices

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.

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

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.

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

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 ...

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...

Covered vessels of this general form could serve a variety of domestic purposes, including the storage of tea, tobacco, spices, sweets or other precious household goods.

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...

Sloping hinged lid designed for storing coarse salt (gros sel) and a small bottom drawer with turned knob, traditionally used for fine table salt (sel fin) or valuable pepper and spi...

Sloping hinged lid designed for storing coarse salt (gros sel) and a small bottom drawer traditionally used for fine table salt (sel fin) or valuable pepper and spices. Waxed finish....

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