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Antique Wooden Ruler

Large 24 Piece Antique Mechanical Drafting Set & Original Fitted Metal Case
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
wooden rulers and various compasses and dividers of differing sizes and configurations. The set comes in
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Early 20th Century German Edwardian Antique Wooden Ruler

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Metal

Mauchline Wooden Postal Ruler and Paper Folder with Beach & Cliffs, Cromer
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very rare Scottish Mauchline wooden postal ruler and paper folder decorated with a scene of the
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Mid-19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Wooden Ruler

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Sycamore

Large 19th Century Wooden Architect's Ruler from Late 19th Century England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th-century large wooden architect's ruler with a rich tawny color and understated coffee-toned
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Wooden Ruler

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Wood

Hardwood Ruler for Hudson Engineering NJ by Geiger Bros Newark US, Ca 1920
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a wooden desk ruler promoting the Hudson Engineering Co. who were based in Hoboken, New
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Early 20th Century American Antique Wooden Ruler

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Wood

Boho Chic Style NACRE and Wooden Inlay Liberty & Co Table
By Liberty & Co.
Located in London, GB
capital, the rulers encouraged its citizens to work with mosaics. When the Umayyad Mosque was constructed
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Early 1900s Syrian Bohemian Antique Wooden Ruler

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Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood

Wooden Head of an Ooni of Ile-Ife, Yoruba People, Nigeria, circa 1930s
By Yoruba People
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Wooden head of an Ooni of Ile-Ife, Yoruba People, Nigeria, circa 1930s. The Ooni is the
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Antique Wooden Ruler

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Wood

Wooden Head of a Wife of an Ooni of Ile-Ife, Yoruba People, Nigeria, circa 1930s
By Yoruba People
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Wooden head of a wife of an Ooni of Ile-Ife, Yoruba People, Nigeria, circa 1930s. The Ooni is the
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Antique Wooden Ruler

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Wood

Flemish School, Painting of Madonna and Child, Oil on Panel, Framed
Located in Leuven , BE
an earthly ruler. In the iconography of Western art, when Christ himself holds the globe, he is
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17th Century Belgian Antique Wooden Ruler

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Paint

Antique Gilt Carved Head Sculpture – Alexander The Great
Located in Lincoln, GB
beautifully carved wooden head, adorned with a rich gilt finish that has developed a stunning patina over time
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18th Century Antique Wooden Ruler

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Giltwood

Memento Mori Late 17th Century Faux White Marble Child Skull Figure Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
then painted to imitate the white marble. The sculpture has a gilded wooden base finely engraved with a
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Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Wooden Ruler

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Terracotta, Giltwood

Antique Stained Glass Window of St Edward
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
gentle and devoted ruler. Edward spent almost half his life in Normandy; here he made a vow of chastity
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Wooden Ruler

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Lead

Antique Stained Glass Window of St Edward
Antique Stained Glass Window of St Edward
H 45.87 in W 18.31 in D 0.4 in
Chinese Polychrome Jade Emperor Altar Figure, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This 18th-century carved wooden figure likely depicts the Jade Emperor, the supreme monarch of
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Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Wooden Ruler

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Wood

Saint Michael Archangel López 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Spanish school
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
rulers. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The painting is completed by a lacquered wooden frame and is sold with
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18th Century Old Masters Antique Wooden Ruler

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Oil

An Indian part-gilt silver-clad ceremonial sceptre or mace with a tiger’s head
Located in Amsterdam, NL
(ceremonial mace) with a tiger's head stands out as an unparalleled example. It has a wooden base, clad with
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Late 19th Century Indian Antique Wooden Ruler

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Silver

Philip V King Spain Louise Savoy Queen Gobert Paint Oil 18th Century Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
rulers Philip V of Bourbon (Versailles, 1683 - Madrid, 1746) King of Spain, with Maria Luisa of Savoy
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18th Century Old Masters Antique Wooden Ruler

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Oil

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Stonemason's Mallet
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional and one-of-a-kind wooden mallet commemorates the marriage of Queen Victoria and
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Wooden Ruler

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Wood

Portraits King Louis XV Queen Gobert Paint Oil on canvas old master 18th Century
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
to identify the sitters of this charming pair of portraits in the rulers of France, namely Louis XV
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18th Century Old Masters Antique Wooden Ruler

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Oil

The Torture and Martyrdom of Jesuit Priests in a Dramatic Baroque Engraving
Located in Langweer, NL
lies on a wooden bench, possibly Father Nicolaus Oudoenus, showing signs of pain as he is being
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1680s Antique Wooden Ruler

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Paper

Allegory of Politics, Myth of Hercules and Cacus. Late 16th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
Wooden Panel Product Description: This painting, executed using the ancient technique of oil on wooden
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18th Century and Earlier Renaissance Antique Wooden Ruler

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Wood, Oil

John Taylor Pen & Watercolor Self Portrait, Albany NY c1805-06
Located in Milford, NH
, supplied with paper, quill and inkpot, ruler, pencil, and name card, busily occupied in writing out a fair
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Early 1800s American Folk Art Antique Wooden Ruler

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Lacquered wood sculpture Buddha Shakyamuni Laos, Birmania
Located in Milano, IT
magnificent masterpiece of spiritual artistry was born—an extraordinary Seated Burmese wooden crowned Buddha
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Early 1800s Burmese Anglo-Indian Antique Wooden Ruler

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Wood

Lacquered wood sculpture Buddha Shakyamuni Laos, Birmania
Lacquered wood sculpture Buddha Shakyamuni Laos, Birmania
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H 15.36 in W 5.52 in D 3.15 in
Charles X Style Pair Of French "Antique Master" Chairs In Wood And “Cuoio”
Located in Prato, Tuscany
the Napoleonic Empire (1814) is often called "Charles X" because it was under this ruler that it took
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Mid-19th Century French Charles X Antique Wooden Ruler

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Leather, Oak

South East Asian lacquered wood Buddha, 19th century
Located in Milano, IT
magnificent masterpiece of spiritual artistry was born—an extraordinary Seated Burmese wooden crowned Buddha
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Early 1800s South Asian Anglo-Indian Antique Wooden Ruler

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Wood

The Citadel, Cairo. 19th Century American Orientalist Framed Watercolor Painting
By Edwin Lord Weeks
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
against Crusaders. It was further developed by subsequent Egyptian rulers, being the seat of government in
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Antique Wooden Ruler

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Paper, Watercolor

A Set of Six Bust Portraits of Beauties - Jidai Kagami (Mirror of the Ages).
By Yoshu Chikanobu
Located in London, GB
reinstatement of the emperor as ruler and underwent rapid westernization. He worked both with traditional
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1890s Other Art Style Antique Wooden Ruler

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Wood

The King's Camelopard
Located in Amsterdam, NL
royal favourite, commanding audiences among rulers as well as fascinated crowds. She even inspired a
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1820s Naturalistic Antique Wooden Ruler

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Gold

The King's Camelopard
The King's Camelopard
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H 14.49 in W 10.99 in D 0.04 in

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Vintage Industrial Straight Edge Ruler
Located in Oakville, CT
Vintage Industrial, straight edge ruler.
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20th Century American American Craftsman Antique Wooden Ruler

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Metal

Antique Industrial Straight Edge Ruler
Vintage Industrial Straight Edge Ruler
H 0.75 in W 72 in D 3.25 in
Antique Technical Drawing Set, German, Architect, Cartography, Wichmann
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique technical drawing set. A German, architect's or cartographer's instrument case by Wichmann, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1920. Quality, 14-piece inst...
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Early 20th Century German Edwardian Antique Wooden Ruler

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Nickel

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Ming Dynasty Wooden Guanyin
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Upon leading a victorious rebellion against the foreign Mongul rulers of the Yuan Dynasty, a
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique Wooden Ruler

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Wood

Antique Ming Dynasty Wooden Guanyin
Ming Dynasty Wooden Guanyin
H 48 in W 23 in D 24 in
Portrait of a Maharaja - 19th century figurative painting, Indian noble in white
Located in London, GB
) unframed; 16 x 13 1/2 in (41 x 35 cm) framed This late-nineteenth century portrait of an Indian ruler is
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Late 19th Century Other Art Style Antique Wooden Ruler

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Gold Leaf

After Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian 1526-1593). After Vertumnus (1591)
Located in Sydney, NSW
the favourite court painters to the Habsburg rulers Maximilian II and Rudolph II. He painted works for
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16th Century Old Masters Antique Wooden Ruler

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Metal

Sleepwalker
Located in Roma, RM
walking on a wooden plank set up like a small bridge to cross the watercourse, moving smilingly and
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1840s Academic Antique Wooden Ruler

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Oil

Sleepwalker
Sleepwalker
H 90.56 in W 70.87 in
Carved Black Basalt Stele of Vishnu Pala Period, 11th or 12th Century
Located in London, GB
. Presented on a modern black-painted wooden stand. The Pala were an imperial dynasty from Bengal, East
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15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Wooden Ruler

Oil Portrait King Henry VII After Holbeins Tudor Dynasty Mural Whitehall Palace
By (After) Hans Holbein The Younger
Located in Leicester, GB
on the front of rostrum/but not shown in our version) directing praise at the two male rulers
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Antique Wooden Ruler

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Oil

Large 19th Century Wooden Architect's Ruler from Late 19th Century England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large 19th century wooden architect's ruler with brass edges from late 19th century England. Ruler
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Wooden Ruler

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Wood

1940's Architect's Drafting Table - Midcentury Wooden & Iron Metal Base
Located in Dorchester, GB
working piece with great pull system. It moves up and down as well as surface tilting and ruler that
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Early 20th Century British Industrial Antique Wooden Ruler

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Metal

1850 Vintage Drawing Instruments Set sold by Papeterie Henri Eloy in Peronne
Located in Milan, IT
Elegant box of compasses made in the mid-19th century. Wooden box with brass hinges, complete with
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1850s French Antique Wooden Ruler

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Metal, Brass

Hunting Lodge Lions Head
Located in London, GB
became ruler of Tyrol, and transformed it from a fortress into a palace. He was the mastermind behind the
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Late 19th Century Swiss Folk Art Antique Wooden Ruler

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Wood

Hunting Lodge Lions Head
Hunting Lodge Lions Head
H 17 in W 13 in D 9 in
1820s Rare Cittelli Milan Brass Wood Praetorian Tablet Antique Surveyor Tool
Located in Milan, IT
fixing screws, telescope diopter with ruler and sights, level, plumb line, square, recall whistle
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1820s Antique Wooden Ruler

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Brass

Late Romanesque Madonna "Sedes Sapientiae"
Located in Wien, Wien
holds an orb in his hands, emphasizing Christ’s status as ruler of the world. The facial physiognomy of
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Wooden Ruler

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Wood

Late Romanesque Madonna "Sedes Sapientiae"
Late Romanesque Madonna "Sedes Sapientiae"
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H 25.79 in W 11.82 in
Victorian Cruet Elkington in Silver Plate with Very Interesting Crest
By Elkington & Co.
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Clan Macnaghten is amongst the Scottish clans who claim descent from the early Pictish rulers of the
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Wooden Ruler

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Silver Plate

Large Meissen Figurine 'King August III In Roman Harness' by J.J. Kaendler, 1924
By Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and impressive porcelain statuette: Like all Baroque rulers, Augustus the Strong and his
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Early 20th Century German Baroque Antique Wooden Ruler

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Porcelain

19th Century French Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Forney, TX
work surface to 77 inches; above a solid wooden case fitted with four drawers, including bankers box
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Mid-19th Century French Restauration Antique Wooden Ruler

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Leather, Mahogany, Oak

19th Century Gilt Bronze Jewel Casket Box by Tahan
Located in London, GB
produce furniture, but also small articles, such beautiful wooden boxes and Fine bronze jewelry caskets
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1870s French Antique Wooden Ruler

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Ormolu

Simón Bolívar’s Inca Quero
Located in New Orleans, LA
highly decorative wooden examples were made through the early colonial period, most of which are now held
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Other Antique Wooden Ruler

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Wood

Simón Bolívar’s Inca Quero
Simón Bolívar’s Inca Quero
H 6.5 in W 6.25 in D 7.13 in
Monumental Advertising Ruler
Located in Round Top, TX
Extra large American mid-century wooden ruler created for use as a store display prop.
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Early 20th Century American Antique Wooden Ruler

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Wood

Monumental Advertising Ruler
Monumental Advertising Ruler
H 72.5 in W 9 in D 0.75 in
19th Century Handmade Wooden Mortise Gauges, circa 1800s
Located in San Francisco, CA
About A pair of all wooden Mortise gauges with adjustable wooden thumb screws used to slide the
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19th Century American Victorian Antique Wooden Ruler

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Wood

Early 20th Century French Wooden Tilting Architect's Drafting or Drawing Table
Located in Haarlem, NL
This unique very heavy industrial wooden fully tilting architect's drafting table was a pretty
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1920s French Antique Wooden Ruler

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Iron

Boho Chic Style 20th Century Mother of Pearl and Wooden Inlay Liberty & Co Table
By Liberty & Co.
Located in London, GB
capital, the rulers encouraged its citizens to work with mosaics. When the Umayyad Mosque was constructed
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Early 1900s Syrian Moorish Antique Wooden Ruler

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Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood

Portrait Of Cosimo I de' Medici (1519-1574) Grand Duke Of Tuscany TITIAN
Located in Blackwater, GB
, Florentine noble and Tuscan ruler. Presented in a dark wooden frame with inscription plaque. Provenance: A
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16th Century Antique Wooden Ruler

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Canvas, Oil

Antique 19th Century Travelling Box, Writing Slope, circa 1860
Located in Greven, DE
, Historicism circa 1860 Dimensions: H x W x D: cm x cm x cm Description: Rectangular wooden box veneered
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1860s Belgian Antique Wooden Ruler

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Birdseye Maple

Mantle Mantel Table Chiming Clock Paws Feet Empire, Austria, Vienna
By Viennese Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
attached to rectangular platter having feet shaped as balls. The wooden clock's chest is based on four feet
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1810s Austrian Empire Antique Wooden Ruler

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Brass

Rare 17th Century Fruitwood Torcheres
Located in Dallas, TX
This is rare and stunning pair of hand carved wooden statues holding cornucopias, which also serve
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18th Century and Earlier Belgian Antique Wooden Ruler

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Fruitwood

Rare 17th Century Fruitwood Torcheres
Rare 17th Century Fruitwood Torcheres
H 27.5 in W 12 in D 7.13 in
Charles X Style French Chair "Antique Master" In Wood And “Cuoio”
Located in Prato, Tuscany
"Charles X" because it was under this ruler that it took on more pronounced characteristics. Charles X
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Mid-19th Century French Charles X Antique Wooden Ruler

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Leather, Oak

Antique French Louis Philippe Period Flame Mahogany Small Games Table
Located in Forney, TX
featuring hand cut dovetail joinery, wooden keyhole escutcheon, working lock and original skeleton key
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1830s French Louis Philippe Antique Wooden Ruler

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Mahogany

A Group of Six Bust Portraits of Beauties - Jidai Kagami (Mirror of the Ages).
By Yoshu Chikanobu
Located in London, GB
reinstatement of the emperor as ruler and underwent rapid westernization. He worked both with traditional
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1890s Other Art Style Antique Wooden Ruler

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Wood

Maria Theresa Empress Van Meytens 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Flemish Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
the European rulers: thanks to a series of modern reforms in the name of enlightened absolutism she
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18th Century Old Masters Antique Wooden Ruler

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Oil

A Pair of Bust Portraits of Beauties - Jidai Kagami (Mirror of the Ages).
By Yoshu Chikanobu
Located in London, GB
emperor as ruler and underwent rapid westernization. He worked both with traditional subjects, such as
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1890s Antique Wooden Ruler

“Monaco“
By Pieter Franciscus Peters
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful and historic oil painting on wooden panel of the Prince’s Palace in Monaco by the well
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1860s Academic Antique Wooden Ruler

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Board, Oil

Empress Maria Van Meytens Portrait Paint Oil on canvas Old master 18th Century
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
and against the opinion of the European rulers, made the empire a modern and competitive state thanks
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18th Century Old Masters Antique Wooden Ruler

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Oil

Yoshu Chikanobu, Four Bust Portraits of Beauties, woodblock prints, signed, 1896
By Yoshu Chikanobu
Located in London, GB
emperor as ruler and underwent rapid westernization. He worked both with traditional subjects, such as
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1890s Antique Wooden Ruler

Henri Matisse - The Saint Michel Bridge - Original Etching
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
markedly taller and more polished than the stocky, cocky Catalan, was then ruler of the turbulent Paris
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1920s Modern Antique Wooden Ruler

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Etching

Vegetables
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
markedly taller and more polished than the stocky, cocky Catalan, was then ruler of the turbulent Paris
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1920s Modern Antique Wooden Ruler

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Lithograph

Vegetables
Vegetables
H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 0.04 in
After Henri Matisse - Blue Nude
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Catalan, was then ruler of the turbulent Paris avant-garde art scene. The two were said to have always
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1920s Abstract Impressionist Antique Wooden Ruler

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Lithograph

18th Century, Venetian Wood Mirror Lacquered with Chinoiserie
Located in IT
for chinoiserie reached its peak in the West, in Venice, undisputed ruler of the Mediterranean Sea, a
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Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Wooden Ruler

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Wood

Rare Example of "The Game of War" Circa 1890
Located in Glamis, Angus
, the other side in red; two inset wooden trays, rulers and measuring squares, steel callipers, two
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19th Century British Antique Wooden Ruler

A Louis XIV style gilded sun burst mirror from France c.1890
Located in Houston, TX
A Louis XIV style gilded wooden frame featuring two layers of sun burst rays enclosing a circular
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19th Century French Antique Wooden Ruler

Early 20thC French Wax & Composition Shop Display Mannequin c.1910-25
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
eyes, the whole as a young boy with a characterful face, composite body and articulated wooden arms, to
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1910s French High Victorian Antique Wooden Ruler

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Composition

18th Century Italian Carved Wood Mannequin Bust of a Lady
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
opened King Tut’s tomb in 1923, he discovered an armless, legless, wooden torso, made exactly to the
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Wooden Ruler

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Glass, Softwood

Early 19th Century Italian Carved Wood and Papier-Mâché Mannequin of a Lady
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
, wooden torso, made exactly to the pharaoh’s measurements, standing next to the chest that held the
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Wooden Ruler

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Twine, Plaster, Softwood

VR Antique French Palais Royal Napoleon Era Necessaire, 36+ pc
Located in South Coast, CA
-scraper (erasure), a folding ruler and the dip cap for an ebony snuff bottle, as well as the handle for
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Wooden Ruler

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Steel

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Antique Wooden Ruler For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique wooden ruler you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and hardwood, every antique wooden ruler was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the antique wooden ruler you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique wooden ruler made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Baroque — is very popular. Yoruba People and Elkington & Co. each produced at least one beautiful antique wooden ruler that is worth considering.

How Much is a Antique Wooden Ruler?

Prices for an antique wooden ruler can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $159 and can go as high as $39,413, while the average can fetch as much as $3,777.
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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Antique wooden bowls were used in either storing or serving food. Wooden bowls were also preferred for bread making, as the wood held the heat that was generated by the fermenting yeast. You’ll find a variety of antique wooden bowls from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.