Antique Trains

A celebrated naturalist, author, and field ornithologist, William Emerson arrived in California in 1870 by wagon train from his rural home amid the prairies outside Chicago, Illinois.

Life & Career Apprenticeship & Early Years: Trained under the celebrated bronzier Claude Galle (1759–1815), from whom he acquired expertise in fine chasing, mercury gilding, and ...

The liveliness of the line, combined with the economy of means, suggests an experienced hand, well-trained in anatomical observation and gestural drawing.

The workshops of the Daum brothers, Auguste (1853-1909) and Antonin (1864-1930), trained some of the great names of Art Nouveau like Jacques Gruber, Henri Bergé, or Almaric Walter Sc...

Deaf and mute from a young age, he trained at the Academy of Bruges and later in Antwerp.

Born in The Hague in May 1676, van der Hagen trained within the strong Dutch tradition of marine painting that had flourished during the seventeenth century.

Probably born in Warwickshire, he is thought to have trained in London, possibly under the history painter John Wyck, whose continental background helped shape Wootton’s early style.

He was a Czech Industrial designer, writer and educator. Halabala trained to become a cabinetmaker in his father workshop, in 1920 he finished his practical studies at the United Woo...

Created in France circa 1920, the work relates to the oeuvre of Émile Joseph Nestor Carlier (1849–1927), a respected French sculptor trained at the École des Beaux-Arts who exhibited...

Born in Florence into a prominent family of sculptors, Romanelli trained in Italy before establishing an international career.

Svensson’s work reflects both continuity and change. While he was trained within the established Höganäs craft tradition—producing functional objects such as vessels, jugs, and house...

William Scott London, 1848 – Cannes, 1918 View of the Squero di San Trovaso in Venice Oil on canvas 26 x 43 cm (33 x 51 cm framed) Signed lower left "William Scott" Located and dated...

Born in 1881 in Château-Thierry, Charles Schneider trained in Nancy, a major center of the Art Nouveau movement, and later in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts.

Charles JACQUEMOT (Tours 1879 - Tours 1945) Peaches and Almonds Oil on canvas Signed lower left 27 × 46 cm Very goog condition  After studying science, Charles Jacqu...

Charles Raphaël Peyre trained under Alexandre Falguière and Antonin Mercié, and exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon, becoming a member in 1900.

Andersen began working with metal in the early 1920s, having been trained as a sculptor. His early designs were inspired by the Art Deco style, but he soon developed his distinctive ...

Born in Placerville, California, McCormick trained at the San Francisco School of Design and became known for her luminous depictions of Monterey’s historic adobes, coastal landscape...

Jean-Hegesippe VETTER (1820-1901) Presumed Self-Portrait, circa 1850 Pencil, pen, and ink wash on paper 18 x 13 cm Born in Paris in 1820 to parents from Alsace, Jean Hégésippe Vette...

Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843) Pierre-Philippe Thomire was the most prominent bronzier of the First French Empire, renowned for setting the highest standard in neoclassical and...

The rectangular case with molded edges, with 4.5 inches enameled dial with Roman hours and Arabic quarters framing a minute train-track, set within a cast gilt brass mask depicting E...

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William Drummond Young (1854–1924) was a distinguished Scottish portraitist and photographic pioneer who became the visual biographer of late Victorian and Edwardian Edinburgh. Origi...

He was a Czech industrial designer, writer and educator. Halabala trained to become a cabinetmaker in his father workshop.

Pietro Galter, a Venetian painter trained at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice, specialized in seascapes and lagoon views, often featuring fishing or commercial boats, shimmering...

Eugène Galien-Laloue (1854–1941) was one of the most accomplished painters of modern life in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century France, celebrated for his ability to captur...

As with all items which we offer for sale the chairs have been inspected by our highly skilled, trained antique furniture restorers to ensure they are in tip top condition and ready ...

As with all our items this table has been attended to in our worksops by our highly trained, skilled, traditional antique furniture restorers, before being offered for sale, meaning ...

It consists of going and striking trains, as well as alarm. The going train has an English lever escapement with hairspring balance and regulation, all mounted on a gilt brass platfo...

He sought highly skilled foreign workmen to train his American workers and hired George Wilkinson, a premier designer and workshop manager, from England.

Andersen began working with metal in the early 1920s, having been trained as a sculptor. His early designs were inspired by the Art Deco style, but he soon developed his distinctive ...

Jamar's strong leaning towards French influences supports conjecture that he may have been trained, if not brought up on the Continent. By 1819 he was at 29 Wardour Street and advert...

In the 1920s, the French railway companies and regional tourism boards invested in striking artistic campaigns to fill their trains with wealthy travelers. This poster was part of th...

Richard Aurili (1834–1914) was an Italian sculptor and modeler, trained at the Accademia dell'Arte de Florence and Paris.

This dual influence would remain central to his artistic development. He trained at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, where he received a rigorous academic education grounded i...

Her career began as a costume designer before she became known as a pre-eminent sculptor. She was trained in both Berlin and Paris. The work is signed.

The scenes depict a military march with cavalry, armed soldiers and covered wagons accompanying a baggage train through a rocky landscape opening towards a distant view under a lumin...

He was a Czech industrial designer, writer and educator. Halabala trained to become a cabinetmaker in his father workshop, in 1920, he finished his practical studies at the United Wo...

After briefly staying in Paris and Florence, the Chapmans settled in Rome, where their father trained Conrad and his brother John Linton for careers in art.

Giuseppe Zais ranks among the most celebrated landscape painters of the eighteenth-century Venetian school, known for his bucolic scenes populated by stylised figures of shepherds, f...

Born in Paris in 1794, Morel was trained by his lapidary father and maternal relatives in the metal trades, later studying under renowned sculptor Henri Duponchel.

My run, where never danger lurks, is With Jorrocks and his deathless train - Pigg, Binjimin and Arterxerxes! February - Coursing - Most men harry the world for fun - Each man seeks ...

This tea caddy comes with a fully functioning lock and key, plus has been cleaned and traditionally waxed polished by our highly skilled and well trained specialist antique furniture...

Sweden, circa 1932. Einar Luterkort was trained as a sculptor at École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Accademia de Belle Arti di Roma in Rome and Kungliga Konsthögskolan in Stockholm.

As in other export studios, much of the work was carried out by trained assistants under the master’s name. Pith, sold in the West as “rice paper,” is not paper at all but the pith ...

Though never an official member of the Impressionist circle, Raffaëlli exhibited alongside them at the urging of his friend Edgar Degas in 1880 and 1881. Trained briefly under Jean-L...

Maurice Asselin (1882–1947) He was a french painter, watercolourist and printmaker born in Orléans, trained under Fernand Cormon at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris.

In Paris he continued his studies at several important private academies, where he trained under notable French painters including Raphaël Collin, Gustave Courtois, and René-Xavier P...

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Tucker initially trained and worked as an architect, earning his degree from Columbia University’s School of Mines in 1888 and practicing with the firm Mc...

It is precisely this restraint that gives the work its strength. Henningsen was trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and later continued his studies in Par...

Wendel. 84 Wendel was born in Midway, Ohio, and trained at the McMicken School of Design where he met and befriended Joseph DeCamp.

Alongside these, he found poetry in the ordinary: train stations, quiet streets, walkers, and humble interiors filled with simple folk.

Designed by Just Andersen, trained at the Royal Danish Academy, it showcases his mastery of metalwork and his ability to blend timeless form, material presence, and modernist craftsm...

Thomas Phillips RA was born in 1770 in Dudley. He was trained in the art of glass making, moving to London in 1790 to work on the stained-glass windows of St George's Chapel, Windsor.

Emmanuel Villanis, although born in France in 1858, spent his childhood in Italy, the country of origin of his family, and trained in sculpture at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts ...

A key figure in the Realist movement, she combined scientific observation with a grand scale traditionally reserved for historical or mythological subjects. Trained by her father, th...

Maurice did poorly in school, but convinced his parents to send him to the École des Beaux-Arts in 1901 to train as a painter under French painter, Fernand Cormon.

He spent the winter in Paris or in the summer in Carolles, and trained students. In 1894, he and his son Jacques were domiciled at n°4 rue Coëtlogon in the 6th arrondissement of Par...

Encouraged by his shoemaker father, he showed a real talent for drawing from a very young age and attended the Germain Pilon school, then the Bernard Palissy school, where he trained...

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They are a his and hers pair as mentioned so they are slightly different sizes and finishes to the carving, this was quite common For those of you that are unaware of Howard &a...