Antique Tombstone

Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" This is a lovely painting depicting the silver boom years in Tombstone, Arizona, known as the wildest town in the west.

Sailor/Anchor themed decorative tombstones, a great addition to any room. Available 2 pairs.

For a comparative example that lacks this tombstone development, see attached example in black and white below.  

Pair of 19th century tin candle sconces with crimped tombstone shaped top and crimped drip pan. Excellent condition.

The three lower panels are fielded panels with the traditional "tombstone" curved shape. Both ends are paneled, as is the back.

Note the magnificent shell on the tombstone door. The Claw and ball feet are fully developed with beautiful shells.

Very fine federal cherrywood tall case clock, having a molded swan neck pediment with applied brass rosettes, above a step molded tympanum centering a tombstone glass door flanked by...

A rare English brass and iron traveling alarm lantern clock by Edward Blowers, Beccles (near Norwich)(lived: 1701 -1762) This is an early 18th century type of lantern clock with an ...

While austere in concept, this clock has all of the embellishments, with a highly-defined tombstone door, chamfered edges, and a high bonnet above the works.

The crest follows a traditional tombstone motif and the chair finials are beautifully turned.

Over time, it gained consideration thanks to its association with hunting, while appearing as a pet in pictorial representations. It is present on tombstones at the feet of the decea...

This wonderful dressing mirror has a wonderful molded Rococo form and a mellow historic surface. The tombstone-from mirror has a raised burled veneer crest with half round molded fr...

‘This ‘headpiece’ was originally inserted into a matching rectangular recess, cut into a tall stela (like a narrow quadrangular pillar), to form a tombstone plus ‘formal’ portrait. F...

During the later part of his service he joined the Directorate of Graves Registration and Enquiries (forerunner of the Imperial War Graves Commission, later Commonwealth War Graves) ...

The wood is first growth and with the tombstone drawer, it is somewhat earlier. The legs are beautifully modeled and delicate in nature.

(The only difference between this desk and ours is that our desk has a more desirable tombstone prospect door.)   

The cartouche is above a tombstone-form dial door that is framed with molded colonnettes with brass capitals and bases.

Twenty years before his death, he carved his own tombstone, "an angry lion with green glass eyes".

Malta has a long history of mosaic marble techniques going back to 1530 onwards when elaborate tombstones were commissioned. Later when Malta was under British rule from 1800 the mar...

He was buried on the 21st in the old churchyard at Glasnevin, where the following inscription may still be read upon his tombstone: "Here lieth George Grattan; He was pre-eminently s...

In 1890 they acquired the Kunstanstalt für Galvanoplastik München, which specialized in electrotyping and electroforming of large and small statues for buildings, fountains, tombston...

The skill of inlaying marble was gained in the 17th century when the Knights of St John decorated the interior of their church with marble tombstones, which were intricately decorate...

Attilio is moreover described, in the epitaph on his father's tombstone, as a "genius of painting", which the almost total ignorance of his corpus does not allow us to judge.

This crest is above a flat tympanum with book-matched mahogany panels and a mahogany cross-banded tombstone-form dial door. The door opens to a finely painted oversized fourteen inc...

A rare English Queen Anne tombstone form black lacquered chinoiserie decorated Pier mirror with two-part beveled glass and carved gilt edges.

This wardrobe features a "tombstone" front with beautifully decorated Handles and brass pulls.

This wardrobe features a "tombstone" front with beautifully decorated Bow Handles on each panel.

This 18th-century Georgian tombstone mirror secretary desk is a striking example of refined craftsmanship, combining both functionality and beauty.

A collection of four undertakers tombstone samples for prospective customers. One is cast in plaster, the other three examples in carved sandstone.

Large and unusual Queen Anne tombstone form pier mirror with églomisé frame and decoration and a gilded molded edge.

18th century double tombstone top walnut display cabinet on stand --wonderful patina wood figuring --original glass and finish --trumpet legged base --wonderful moderate height...

Flower motif inlaid on the top and drawer faces, tombstone panels on the sides and chevron pattern around the top.

English cast iron and brass serpentine coal grate with tombstone back, centered Adam urn, flanking brass finials, coal basket, hand chased skirt with flanking cranes, centered urn, d...

Bouret received commercial and critical success during his lifetime, notably being commissioned to sculpt the tombstone bust of the popular French novelist and fellow bronze sculptor...

This pair of Late 19th Century wooden doors have tombstone arched raised panels above conforming squared lower panels.

18th century Welsh oak cabinet form low dresser, the molded top over two tombstone panel doors flanking flight of four graduated drawers having mahogany banding, standing on molded b...

CARVED EAGLE ON A CIRCULAR PLAQUE, IN A VOLUPTOUOUS AND WHIMSICAL STYLE, WITH WINGS REMINISCNET OF THOSE ON TOMBSTONE ANGELS, 3rd QUARTER 19th CENTURY Diminutive, hand-carved eagle ...

Exceptional William & Mary period circa 1700 walnut floral marquetry chest of five drawers, two top, three graduated below, all with floral polychrome marquetry reserves and side...

Rare early 18th Century William and Mary period walnut fall front bureau, the overhanging fall front section in feather banded and richly grained burl walnut veneer, the interior hav...

This handsome Lincolnshire piece has two banks of three drawers flanking a central cupboard having a tombstone panel door. Those drawers and door are cross banded in mahogany with a ...

English oak from that period is in a class by itself .The door design is called a tombstone door, the drawers slide effortlessly, and if you really ever want to know the true age of ...

An evocative Romantic scene depicting a young man seated upon a tombstone, an open book resting on his knee as he gazes thoughtfully at a grave.

Signed "B Vizier Dublin", the 8 day brass movement strikes a bell on the hour above a tombstone panel waist door, all resting on a raised panel plinth base.

The shepherd is wearing a woven hat and holding a shepherd's staff that is resting on a stone bearing an inscription in Greek. The tombstone has a partial inscription, also in Greek.

The interior of the desk is handsomely detailed with a tombstone panel prospect door flanked by half round Roman Doic pilasters surmounted by urn finials.

This example is exceptional for incorporating not only the glass but the distinctive "tombstone" shape so typical of the Queen Anne period and so out of keeping with English Adam, He...

The hood with reverse breakfront profile over column cornered doors with applied wavy molding, the tombstone door with bog oak and holly inlaid star and bullseye window, the base wit...

Born on April 16, 1833 in Paris, France, Bouret received commercial and critical success during his lifetime, notably being commissioned to sculpt the tombstone bust of the French no...

The shepherd is wearing a woven hat and holding a shepherd's staff that is resting on a stone bearing an inscription in Greek. The tombstone has a partial inscription, also in Greek.

Built in two parts, the upper has a pair of blind doors with inset tombstone panels that open to a tidy shelved interior.

Boston, seconds dial, moon phase and docked tall ship in arch, tombstone form glazed beveled glass waist door with carved radiating fan top, full-length fluted columns, eight-day bra...

Hand-crafted from warm, honey-toned wood, the chest features a distinctive slanted "tombstone" lid and is elevated by dramatic, hand-carved lion paw feet that lend it a powerful, aut...

A powerful architectural object, this Fine shrank with tombstone door panels was crafted of solid cherry primary woods, probably in Pennsylvania during the last quarter of the 18th c...

Bouret received commercial and critical success during his lifetime, notably being commissioned to sculpt the tombstone bust of the popular French novelist and fellow bronze sculptor...

Oak with mahogany cross banding on three well molded floating tombstone panels and the two drawers beneath the panels.

The lower portion has a pair of tombstone raised panel doors, the recess highlighted with an ivory paint, these opening to reveal a second pair of shelves.

Quintette of floating tombstone panels along the back; simple molded crest rail.

Medial decorated frieze comprised of 2 felt lined drawers, over pair of tombstone floating panel doors flanked by pilasters over plinth base.

Made of black walnut, with a wonderfully dovetailed case, the top section has two arched, tombstone, glazed doors, followed by a base with two drawers over two doors.

A good Chippendale two-part linen press cabinet from the Mid-Atlantic States circa the 1780s, it features a dentil-molded crown over tombstone doors that open to reveal a shelved int...

Tiffany adjustable bronze lamp base, stamped "Tiffany Studios, New York, 7984", circa 1915. The base was acquired with its current Tiffany Style stained glass shade with Dragonfly mo...

This beautiful english arm sofa has a modern twist, with its single bench cushion, and beautiful curved apron sides. It’s upholstered in a Linen Velvet Performance fabric. Shown in...

Top condition and pure elegance Art Nouveau vase. For the collectors of museum quality and condition Art Nouveau ceramics. This stunning Art Nouveau vase is decorated with the mos...

A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...

Tiffany Studios Art Glass and Bronze Dogwood Table Lamp Dogwood Band table lamp New York, USA, c. 1910 Leaded glass, Patinated bronze Height: 21.5 Inches X 16 Inches Diameter (55 × 4...

Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas / Memento Mori bust in solid marble from late 19th century. White Carrara marble skull combined with masterfully carved hood & robes all from...

Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...

Antique Brown Floral English Axminster Rug Made in Axminster, Devon, Great Britain, circa 1760 (George III) Provenance: Baron Guy de Rothschild 29' 10" x 17' 11" (909.32 x 546.10 cm)

Beige and Pink Floral Design English Axminster Rug Made in England, circa 1800 Set on a soft cream ground, the design centers on a richly detailed polychrome floral bouquet. It is e...

Ernesto Valabrega for Studio Vittorio Valabrega, decorative fireplace mantel, lacquered wood, plaster, glass, iron, Italy, 1930s This striking decorative fireplace mantel, presumabl...

This Louis XVI style paneled room is composed of two shelves and cupboards with double doors made of wood painted in light green in the 20th century. They frame a Louis XVI period m...

This lamp is a elegant testament to the classic Tiffany Studios design. Crafted in early 20th century, this lamp is evocative of the Art Nouveau style that Tiffany lamps are known fo...

Italian Venetian Grotto (19th cent.) silver gilt rocker with carved seashell seat & back and seahorse sides (att: Pauly et Cie, Venice)

Exquisite Rotunda Structure Kiosk Copper & Carved Stone Bench Seating Columns . Monumental Exquisite refined work King Charles X Period Rotunda rotundus building structure with a...

Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)

Ceramic Side Table Small - Geometric Shape Designed by Project 213A in 2023 Hand-sculpted ceramic side table with a geometric shape made in Project 213A's in-house ceramic workshop ...