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1775 A Dictionary of the English Language
By Samuel Johnson
Located in Bath, GB
. 'A History of the Language' and 'An English Grammar' are prefixed. Volume I includes letters A-K
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Antique 1770s British Books

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Paper

1786 A Dictionary of the English Language
By Samuel Johnson
Located in Bath, GB
, and worked on it single-handedly. 'A History of the Language' and 'An English Grammar' are prefixed
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Antique 1780s European Books

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Paper

Antique Map of France with a Nice Cartouche of a Distance Scale, c.1756
Located in Langweer, NL
distance scale. Originates from 'A New Geographical and Historical Grammar (..)', by Thomas Salmon
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Antique 18th Century Maps

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Paper

SUBLIME PAIR OF ANTIQUE VICTORiAN THOMAS CHIPPENDALE ORNATELY CARVED SIDE CHAIRS
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in GB
cabinetmaker in London, designing furniture in the mid-Georgian, English Rococo, and Neoclassical styles. In
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Antique 1880s English High Victorian Side Chairs

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Velvet, Hardwood

Reclaimed Large Trapezoid Opaline Pendant Lights By Falks
By Falk Stadelmann
Located in Nottingham, GB
trapezoid pendant lights, salvaged from an all-girls grammar school in Manchester. English made circa
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Vintage 1940s British Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass

Extremely Large 6' 7" Anglo-Indian Ebonised Hardwood Centre Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Exhibition in his Grammar of Ornament published in 1856 and the floral work on this table is very much in
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Antique Early 1900s Center Tables

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Hardwood

Original Thomas Chippendale George III Hardwood Architect's Work Desk Table
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in GB
Architects writing table or desk A very fine, highly collectable and rare piece of English Georgian
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Antique 1780s English George III Desks and Writing Tables

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Hardwood

Rare Pair of Thomas Chippendale Period 1760 Embroidered Chairs Ornately Carved
By Thomas Chippendale Jr., Thomas Chippendale
Located in GB
the mid-Georgian, English Rococo, and Neoclassical styles. In 1754 he published a book of his designs
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Antique 1760s English Georgian Side Chairs

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Upholstery, Hardwood

Early 19th Century Regency Derby Pair of Vases
By Crown Derby
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Leverhulme (19 September 1851 – 7 May 1925) was an English industrialist, philanthropist, and politician. In
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Antique 19th Century English Regency Porcelain

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Porcelain

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Located in Montréal, CA
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19th Century English Olivewood and Brass Inlaid Cabinet
By Town & Emanuel
Located in London, GB
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Early English watercolour, Figures and cattle by a river
By William Payne
Located in Harkstead, GB
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Located in Montréal, CA
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Important Antique Earliest Recorded English Windsor Chair by Kerry Evesham 1793
Located in Portland, OR
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19th century English cottage landscape with mother and child feeding chickens
Located in Woodbury, CT
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Antique Pair English Console Side Demilune Painted Satinwood Tables after Seddon
By Seddon
Located in Dublin, Ireland
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19th century English landscape with Oak and Yew trees on a pathway by a stream
Located in Woodbury, CT
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Antique English Victorian garden oil painting of a lady reading a love letter
Located in Woodbury, CT
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1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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English Antique Oak Drum Top Library Table by William Freeman of Norwich
By William Freeman
Located in London, GB
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Original 1750s Antique Botanical Print of Hippocrepis - Gardener’s Dictionary
Located in Montréal, CA
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Located in Big Flats, NY
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Large English Chippendale Gainsborough Armchair, mid-18th Century
By Wright & Elwick
Located in London, GB
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Located in Portland, OR
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Located in York County, PA
of a 1779 book that is believed to be the first purely English grammar ever written and published in
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Located in York County, PA
page of a 1779 book that is believed to be the first purely English grammar ever written and published
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By Benjamin Williams Leader
Located in Dublin, IE
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By Nigel Coates
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A very rare Vinaigrette made in Birmingham in 1843 by Nathaniel Mills.
Located in London, GB
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By Falk Stadelmann
Located in Nottingham, GB
pendant lights, salvaged from an all-girls grammar school in Manchester. English made circa 1940 by
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Antique Medium Opaline Tulip Pendant Lights by Falks
By Falk Stadelmann
Located in Nottingham, GB
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By JAMES STARK (1794-1859)
Located in London, GB
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Located in Valladolid, ES
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Located in valatie, NY
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Located in Nottingham, GB
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"After Chinese Design" Blue and White Cube Vase
Located in New York, NY
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Located in Minneapolis, MN
Hearding Grammar and Highschool in Aurora, Minnesota. The school was named after the superintendent of the
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Renaissance Plate LXXVIII, 1868
By Owen Jones
Located in Houston, TX
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H 13.25 in W 9.25 in D 0.01 in
Byzantine Plate XXVIII, 1868
By Owen Jones
Located in Houston, TX
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H 13.25 in W 9.25 in D 0.01 in
Pompeian Plate XXV, 1868
By Owen Jones
Located in Houston, TX
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Pompeian Plate XXV, 1868
H 13.25 in W 9.25 in D 0.1 in
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