Embalming Antique
Three Vintage Embalmed Crocodiles, First Half of the 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Group of 3 impressive vintage embalmed crocodiles, measures: length cm 95, 100 and 110, first half
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Early 20th Century African Embalming Antique
Materials
Alligator
Tee's Eternal Rest: The Embalmed Chief of Otaheite or Tahiti, circa 1800
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "Tee's Eternal Rest: The Embalmed Chief of Otaheite"
Description: This engraving, after a
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Early 19th Century Embalming Antique
Materials
Paper
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H 8.27 in W 10.63 in D 0 in
1910 Renouard Training School for Embalmers New York City Graduating Class Photo
Located in Garnerville, NY
A veritable who's who of turn of the 20th Century embalmers. These fine career men depicted in
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1910s American Arts and Crafts Embalming Antique
Materials
Glass, Oak, Paper
H 19.5 in W 23.5 in D 21 in
Mourning the Chief: Engraving of The Morai at Otaheite, now called Tahiti, 1817
Located in Langweer, NL
embalmed and preserved after death." It depicts a traditional practice in Otaheite (Tahiti) where the
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1810s Embalming Antique
Materials
Paper
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H 7.88 in W 10.44 in D 0 in
A Marine Specimen a Sickle Pomfret Fish, Italy 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Taxidermy marine natural Wunderkammer specimen, embalmed sickle pomfret (Familia: Bramidae. Genus
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1870s Italian Embalming Antique
Materials
Brass
A Marine Specimen a big Stingray Fish, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Taxidermy marine natural Wunderkammer specimen, embalmed Stingray (Raja Clavata). The Specimen is
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1870s Italian Embalming Antique
Materials
Brass
Marine Specimen a Sickle Pomfret Fish, Italy, 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Taxidermy marine natural Wunderkammer specimen, embalmed sickle pomfret (Familia: Bramidae. Genus
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1870s Italian Embalming Antique
Materials
Brass, Bronze
The Adoration of the Magi", school of Frans I FRANCKEN (1542-1616)
Located in PARIS, FR
; incense is linked to religious ritual, to the sacredness of the Child; myrrh, associated with embalming
Category
17th Century Dutch Louis XIII Embalming Antique
Materials
Canvas
Adoration of the Magi, School of Frans I Francken
Located in PARIS, FR
embalming, thus with the death, the Passion, and the Resurrection of Christ.
Beautiful carved and gilded
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16th Century Dutch Renaissance Embalming Antique
Materials
Canvas
Decorative Antique Print of Tomb Objects from Egypt, 1773
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled print depicting various tomb objects including a sarcophagus, statues and an embalmed bird
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18th Century Embalming Antique
Materials
Paper
19th Century David Livingston Memorial Relic Heart Buried Beneath 1873
Located in Lowestoft, GB
District), near the edge of the Bangweulu Swamps in Zambia. His body was embalmed and his heart was buried
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Mid-19th Century Zambian Embalming Antique
Materials
Hardwood
Key-West Dove /// Ornithology Bird John James Audubon Shorebird Flowers Plant
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
. Did ever an Egyptian pharamacopolist employ more care in embalming the most illustrious of the
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1840s Victorian Embalming Antique
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Antique Map of Egypt and the Nile River with Sphinx, Pyramids, Etc, c.1720
Located in Langweer, NL
cataracts, the Sphinx, pyramids, various antiquities, scenes of embalming, and ancient furnaces. Source
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18th Century Embalming Antique
Materials
Paper
H 24.41 in W 21.07 in D 0 in
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Beautiful Taxidermy Onagadorie Rooster
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Beautiful taxidermy Onagadorie rooster.
Onagadori is a chicken breed from the prefecture of Kochi in Japan that, due to the presence of the Gt gene, does not rarely lose tail and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Embalming Antique
Materials
Feathers
Antique French Directoire Buffet Sideboard Serving Table, 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is an elegant antique French Directoire ormolu mounted flame mahogany marble topped buffet, dating from Circa 1840.
It features a striking serpentine galleried inset white C...
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1840s French Directoire Embalming Antique
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pre-17th Century Extremely Rare & Complete Elephant Bird Egg, Madagascar
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
An extremely rare elephant bird egg, completely intact. The Elephant Bird, formally categorised as Aepyornis Maximus, is an enormous flightless bird native to Madagascar. Standing as...
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Early 17th Century Malagasy Embalming Antique
Materials
Eggshell
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19th Century Monumental Black Marble Antique Fireplace Surround
Located in Made, NL
Monumental Louis XVI black marble mantle in excellent condition. A true masterpiece.
The carving is of such a high quality showing the true art of the stonemason.
This is an one of a...
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Late 19th Century Belgian Louis XVI Embalming Antique
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
Fine Taxidermy 5 Meter Nile Crocodile by Sinke & Van Tongeren
By Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
KING OF THE MUSEUM
Since we started, we always wanted to make a very large crocodile. Wishful thinking, we thought it was. But now we were able to do so. We were lucky we could obta...
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21st Century and Contemporary European Victorian Embalming Antique
Materials
Animal Skin
‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No. 1. Art Print Photo by Sinke & Van Tongeren
By Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
The third series of photographs by fine Taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren.
After observing and analysing so many 17th century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series ...
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Early 17th Century Dutch Renaissance Embalming Antique
Materials
Paper
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Wattled Jacana 'Jacana Jacana' Taxidermy, Cites NL
Located in Leuven , BE
Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana ) is also called Jesus Bird because it can "walk " on the water. The jacanas (sometimes referred to as lily trotters) are a group of tropical waders in ...
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20th Century French Embalming Antique
Materials
Organic Material
Ancient American "Human Effigy" Stone Pipe, Woodland Period
Located in South Burlington, VT
Early American Pre-Historic Human Effigy stone pipe, woodland period, 2500 BP
Formerly in the Harold French collection, Amboy, Indiana (photo)
All stone carvings from America's ea...
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15th Century and Earlier American Embalming Antique
Materials
Stone
Chinese Antique Hand-Carved Stone Figure of Buddhas' Kasyapa
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, an authentic antique hand-carved and hand-painted limestone temple figure of the venerable lohan, Kasyapa.
This beautiful Buddhist sculpture will bring serenity and timeless ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Embalming Antique
Materials
Limestone
‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No. 4. Art Print Photo by Sinke & Van Tongeren
By Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
The third series of photographs by fine Taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren
After observing and analysing so many 17th century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of ...
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Early 17th Century Dutch Renaissance Embalming Antique
Materials
Paper
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Late 19th/Early 20th Century Carved Jade Mythical Bird Carving
Located in Hudson, NY
This nicely carved bird figure is done in an 18th-century style but is from the very late 19th century to early republic period. The stone is a soft mellow celadon green with dark br...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Embalming Antique
Materials
Jade
Antique Print of the Pinzgauer Horse by O. Eerelman, 1898
Located in Langweer, NL
This print was part of the Dutch edition of "Paardenrassen Kunstalbum", a portfolio with 41 lithographed plates based on paintings by Eerelman, which depict different breeds of draft...
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Late 19th Century Embalming Antique
Materials
Paper
Japanese Rare Large Old Kappa Folk Art Garden Stone Water Deity
Located in South Burlington, VT
Rare one-of-a-kind hand carved sculpture
Japan a rare large old hand carved stone Kappa folk art garden water deity or river child- protector for children along waters’ edge. Kappa ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Embalming Antique
Materials
Stone
Celebrate American Poultry with this Taxidermy Silver Laced Wyandotte Rooster
Located in New York, NY
This Taxidermy Silver Laced Wyandotte Rooster with Open Wings, a remarkable representation of the historic American Wyandotte breed developed in the 1870s and named in honor of the i...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Victorian Embalming Antique
Materials
Feathers
H 20 in W 27 in D 20 in
Chinese Antique Daoist Sculpture, Hsuan Tien Shangti
Located in South Burlington, VT
Important Chinese antique Daoist sculpture of the "Emperor of the North Pole", Hsuanwu or Hsuan Tien Shangti, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), hand-carved and painted sandstone. A purposely...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Embalming Antique
Materials
Sandstone
Antique Print of the Irish Horse by O. Eerelman (1898)
Located in Langweer, NL
This print was part of the Dutch edition of "Paardenrassen Kunstalbum" , a portfolio with 41 lithographed plates based on paintings by Eerelman, which depict different breeds of draf...
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Late 19th Century Embalming Antique
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Paper
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Tab. 2.' - The embalmed corpse of a Native American child, holding art [...].
By Cornelis Huijberts
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
: arterial embalming using a secret recipe. Using this method he created a Cabinet, a museum in five rooms
Category
1740s Embalming Antique
Materials
Engraving
Thyme in 18th Century Garden Landscape by Matthaeus Merian
By Matthaeus Merian
Located in New York, NY
ornamental uses. People have used thyme throughout history for embalming and as a source of a naturally
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1710s Northern Renaissance Embalming Antique
Materials
Engraving
Tab. I.' - Fig. 1: a jar in which part of a lower jaw with cheek tissue [...].
By Cornelis Huijberts
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
: arterial embalming using a secret recipe. Using this method he created a Cabinet, a museum in five rooms
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1740s Embalming Antique
Materials
Engraving
Tab. V.' - Fig. 1-2: two stones (gall or kidney) [...].
By Cornelis Huijberts
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
preservation of specimens: arterial embalming using a secret recipe. Using this method he created a Cabinet, a
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1740s Embalming Antique
Materials
Engraving
Fredericus Ruysch med. Doctor anatomiae [..]- Portrait of Frederick Ruysch [...]
By Jan Wandelaar
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
1664. Ruysch devised a new method of preservation of specimens: arterial embalming using a secret
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1740s Embalming Antique
Materials
Engraving
Ontdekking der Klap-Vliesen, in de Water- en Melkvaten […].
By Cornelis Huijberts
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
. Ruysch devised a new method of preservation of specimens: arterial embalming using a secret recipe. Using
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1740s Embalming Antique
Human-Headed Canopic Jar Lid, New Kingdom, XVIII dynasty
Located in Paris, FR
. The canopic jars were used to place the vital organs of the dead after the embalming and mummification
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15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Embalming Antique
Materials
Clay
Pair of Third Intermediate Period Painted, Wooden Panels
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
embalmers during the Third Intermediate Period represents the apogee of their craft. Never before and never
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15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Embalming Antique
Materials
Wood
19th Century Mummy In a Box, "Mumia Vera" the Miracle Cure Medical Scientific
Located in Lowestoft, GB
, fibres from bandages, wrappings and embalming material to for fill the demand.
A very interesting
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Late 19th Century French Embalming Antique
Materials
Natural Fiber
Early Winter Evening
By George Renouard
Located in Buffalo, NY
embalming fluid and was moderately wealthy during this time period. As a result, it afforded George a life
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1920s American Impressionist Embalming Antique
Materials
Board, Oil
Country Landscape in Late Fall
By George Renouard
Located in Buffalo, NY
. Renouard’s father became well known for his invention of a type of embalming fluid and was moderately wealthy
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1920s American Impressionist Embalming Antique
Materials
Board, Oil
Country House at Night
By George Renouard
Located in Buffalo, NY
East Side of New York. Renouard’s father became well known for his invention of a type of embalming
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1920s American Impressionist Embalming Antique
Materials
Board, Oil
Country Home in Winter
By George Renouard
Located in Buffalo, NY
. Renouard’s father became well known for his invention of a type of embalming fluid and was moderately wealthy
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1910s American Impressionist Embalming Antique
Materials
Board, Oil
Head of Anubis
Located in London, GB
. Initially, he was known as the god of the underworld but later he became associated with the embalming
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15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Embalming Antique
Materials
Wood
Antoine Wiertz, Portrait Mother and Child, Oil on Canvas, Framed
By Antoine Wiertz
Located in Leuven , BE
. His remains were embalmed in accordance with Ancient Egyptian burial rites and buried in a vault in
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19th Century Belgian Embalming Antique
Materials
Paint, Canvas
Bronze Portrait- "Dog Stretching" (Dogue s'étirant) Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910)
By Emmanuel Fremiet
Located in SANTA FE, NM
to embalming.
Fremiet proved to be a tireless worker and a steadfast researcher. This determination
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Embalming Antique
Materials
Bronze
Stoneware Mask by Rupert Carabin
By François-Rupert Carabin
Located in New York, NY
deceased was too damaged to display, and embalming was no longer a sufficient method of repair.
This
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Embalming Antique
Materials
Ceramic
A Day on Fire Island
By George Renouard
Located in Soquel, CA
. Renouard’s father became well known for his invention of a type of embalming fluid and was moderately wealthy
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1920s Impressionist Embalming Antique
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Ancient British Iron Age Celtic, Stone Carving of a Human Head
Located in London, GB
within Celtic warrior society, asserting that a Celt would not sell the embalmed head of his enemy for
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18th Century and Earlier English Embalming Antique
Antique Cast Iron Enamel Embalming Table
Located in Norwalk, CT
This interesting piece will definitely spark many conversations.
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Embalming Antique
Materials
Iron
Marine Specimen a Taxidermy Piranha Fish, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Taxidermy marine natural Wunderkammer specimen, embalmed Piranha fishes (Serrasalmus Brandtii). The
Category
1870s Italian Embalming Antique
Materials
Animal Skin, Fruitwood
A Marine Specimen Trigger Fish, Italy 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Taxidermy marine natural Wunderkammer specimen, embalmed trigger fish. The Specimen is stuffed and
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1870s Italian Embalming Antique
Materials
Brass
19th Century Anglo-Indian Pair of Carved Wooden Spice Urns
Located in Dallas, TX
cinnamon and pepper, and in East Asia with herbs and pepper. The Egyptians used herbs for embalming and
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Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Embalming Antique
Materials
Rosewood
Beach Houses in a Row
By George Renouard
Located in Buffalo, NY
embalming fluid and was moderately wealthy during this time period. As a result, it afforded George a life
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1920s American Impressionist Embalming Antique
Materials
Board, Oil
Canopic Vase, France, 19th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
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During ancient Egypt, during embalming, the viscera of the dead were removed from his body.
They were
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19th Century French Egyptian Revival Embalming Antique
Materials
Metal
Ancient Roman Signet Ring, 2nd-3rd Century AD
Located in London, GB
amalgamation of Anubis, the Egyptian jackal-headed god of embalming, with Hermes, the Greco-Roman messenger god
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15th Century and Earlier Unknown Embalming Antique
Materials
Yellow Gold
Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Vase, 1500 BC
Located in London, GB
embalming process of Ramesses' son Merneptah (1213-1204 BC.)
Provenance:
From the Nikos Paschalis
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15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Embalming Antique
Materials
Alabaster
Letter from Giuseppe Garibaldi - 1878
Located in Roma, IT
, embalmed, was buried in the family cemetery, near the White House, under a boulder of rough granite
Category
1870s Modern Embalming Antique
Materials
Paper, Ink
19th century French Bronze of a seated Cat, cast in Paris France
By Emmanuel Fremiet
Located in Woodbury, CT
various embalmers across Paris. This was all of his training to give him the exact measurements and to be
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1870s Victorian Embalming Antique
Materials
Bronze
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Antique Victorian Oak Cigar Humidor Box, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Sumerians used cedarwood oil as a base for paints, and ancient Egyptians used it in embalming practices
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1870s English Victorian Embalming Antique
Materials
Brass
Embalming Set by Collin, circa 1850
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Thanatopraxis set for the preservation of bodies after death. Complete with lacquered brass syringes, tips and accessories, presented in a varnished mahogany case. Marked: "Collin" i...
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1850s French Embalming Antique
Black Ibis and Sacred Ibis from "Description de l’Égypte..."
By Jacques Barraband
Located in New York, NY
noted that the embalmers had apparently been serving “truths deeper than mere facts of natural history
Category
19th Century Realist Embalming Antique
Materials
Engraving
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Embalming Antique For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic embalming antique available at 1stDibs. A embalming antique — often made from animal skin, metal and wood — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect embalming antique — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A embalming antique is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in industrial styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one embalming antique that is appealing in its simplicity, but John James Audubon and Matthaeus Merian produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Embalming Antique?
Prices for a embalming antique can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $225 and can go as high as $4,270, while the average can fetch as much as $2,518.
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