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Sterling Silver and Coral Rattle Whistle
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver baby rattle and whistle has a bulbous shaped form
Category

1870s English Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Automaton The Whistler by Phalibois
Located in London, GB
Rare Automaton Whistler by Henry Phalibois, with papier-mache character head modeled with puckered
Category

Early 1900s French Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Satin

18th Century Staffordshire Blue and White Glazed Dog Whistle
Located in Stamford, CT
A rare and utterly charming English Staffordshire blue and white glazed ceramic dog whistle
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Late 18th Century English George III Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Ceramic

Summer landscape by Whistler's French artist friend Delâtre, Barbizon connection
Located in Norwich, GB
An atmospheric landscape in the last glow of the evening sun by a rare 19th Century master
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Late 19th Century Barbizon School Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Barges, Dordrecht
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Fairlawn, OH
impressions of this image. VERY RARE Provenance: Frederick Keppel & Co. with their costing code "FX" verso
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19th Century Impressionist Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Etching

The Little Putney
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in New York, NY
James Whistler, The Little Putney, 1879, etching and drypoint, signed with the large butterfly
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

DRURY LANE RAGS
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Portland, ME
Whistler, James A. M. DRURY LANE RAGS. Way 21. lithograph, 1888. Edition of only 15. Signed with
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1880s Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Lithograph

Battersea Morn (also Battersea Dawn)
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in New York, NY
James Whistler (1830-1903), Battersea Morn (also Battersea Dawn), drypoint, 1875, Kennedy 155
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1870s Impressionist Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Drypoint

Penny Passengers, Limehouse
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in New York, NY
James Whistler (1834-1903), Penny Passengers, Limehouse, 1860. Etching and drypoint, signed in
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1860s Impressionist Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Gabled Roofs
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in New York, NY
James Abbot McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), Gabled Roofs, lithograph, 1893. Reference: Chicago (Spink
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1890s Impressionist Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Lithograph

THE BEGGERS - possibly unique state example
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JAMES ABBOTT McNEILL WHISTLER (1834 – 1903) THE BEGGARS 1879-80 (Glasgow 190 x/xvii
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1880s American Impressionist Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Etching

The Mill, Amsterdam, 1889
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in New York, NY
James Whistler (1834-1903), The Mill, 1889, etching and drypoint, signed in pencil with the
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1880s Impressionist Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

The Venetian Mast
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Storrs, CT
rare image, printed in black ink on fine laid paper. Signed with the butterfly in the image and
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1870s American Impressionist Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

The Master Smith
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Storrs, CT
proofing paper. Monogrammed with the butterfly in the stone. A fine impression of this extremely rare
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Lithograph

THE LITTLE COURT - CLOTH FAIR
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Portland, ME
Whistler, James A. M. THE LITTLE COURT CLOTH FAIR. Spink 22. Lithograph, 1887. A lifetime
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1880s Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Lithograph

"A Venetian Canal" lithograph 1905
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the pastel). The lithography was executed by Whistler's friend and fellow
Category

Early 1900s Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Lithograph

"The Blue Girl" lithograph 1905
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the pastel). The lithography was executed by Whistler's friend and fellow
Category

Early 1900s Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Lithograph

"Bead-Stringers, Venice" lithograph 1905
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the pastel). The lithography was executed by Whistler's friend and fellow
Category

Early 1900s Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Lithograph

"The Old Marble Hall, Venice" lithograph 1905
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the pastel). The lithography was executed by Whistler's friend and fellow
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Early 1900s Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Lithograph

"The Purple Cap" lithograph 1905
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the pastel). The lithography was executed by Whistler's friend and fellow
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Early 1900s Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Lithograph

"The Sweet Shop" printed in 1905
Located in Henderson, NV
rare deluxe portfolio. Printed on smooth wove paper, the image measures 4 1/4 x 8 inches (110 x 204 mm
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Early 1900s Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Offset

"The Sun-Cloud" printed in 1905
Located in Henderson, NV
rare deluxe portfolio. Printed on smooth wove paper, the image measures 4 1/2 x 8 inches (114 x 204 mm
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Early 1900s Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Offset

"The Convalescent" printed in 1905
Located in Henderson, NV
rare deluxe portfolio. Printed on smooth wove paper, the image measures 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (200 x 135
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Early 1900s Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Offset

Rare Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Victorian Wicker Conversation Gossip Chair
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
woven backs, braiding, brass leg caps, cane seats and every imaginable bell or whistle. Somehow it has
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Late 19th Century American Victorian Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Wicker

Rare Webb/Stevens & Williams Hand Blown Centerpiece/ Epergne w/ Green Canes
By Thomas Webb & Sons
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Webb it has all the bells and whistles of an exceptional piece. It arrives in a fitted custom order box
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19th Century British Art Nouveau Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Moonlit Houseboats at Greenbrae Lagoon- Rare Nocturnal L/S, Charles Rollo Peters
By Charles Rollo Peters
Located in Soquel, CA
"Houseboats in Moon Light", a rare early 20th century tonalist nocturnal harbor landscape scene at
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1910s Tonalist Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Linen, Oil

Maud Stumm Pair of original 19th Century Ladies Golf Watercolors
Located in San Francisco, CA
Maud Stumm: 1866-1935. Fabulous pair of rare antique watercolors by the listed American artist Maud
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1890s Realist Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Watercolor

Blaise Bontems Musical Automaton Singing birds and Clock under glass dome
Located in Leuven , BE
commanded prices of £12, or £18 for rarer specimens featuring a clock (refer to D. Roberts, Mystery, Novelty
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19th Century French Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Metal

19th Century Heywood Bros. and Wakefield Co. Natural Wicker Swivel Piano Chair
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Savannah, GA
This fanciful Victorian wicker swivel piano chair has all the bells and whistles of the most
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1890s American Late Victorian Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Metal

Man By a Radiator.
By Clifford Isaac Addams
Located in Storrs, CT
paper. A fine impression of this rare image. Signed, annotated 'A imp 3rd st 2 only' in pencil. Housed
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Early 20th Century American Modern Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Thomas Jeckyll made by Barnard Bishop & Barnard. An Anglo-Japanese Brass Fender
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
Thomas Jeckyll, made by Barnard Bishop and Barnard. A rare Anglo-Japanese brass fender with pierced
Category

Late 19th Century English Anglo-Japanese Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Brass

Matching Pair Woodward Articulated Machinist's Wall Lights
By Woodward Machine Co.
Located in Peekskill, NY
have all the bells and whistles. We have just acquired a nice collection of these rare industrial
Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Aluminum

Baines Football Trade Card, Yorkshire Amateurs Play Up
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Baines football trade card, Yorkshire Amateurs play up. A rare circular football trade card in the
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1910s Sporting Art Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Paper

The Workshop (Stirling)
By Sir David Young Cameron, R.A.
Located in Storrs, CT
paper. Trimmed to the plate along three sides, à la Whistler. A rare state of this very scarce work
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Early 20th Century Modern Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Aesthetic Phase Pre-Raphaelite Movement Late 19th Century. Sanguine Red Chalk
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
of Charles Augustus Howell through whom she met Algernon Swinburne, Whistler and Dante Gabrielle
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Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Water and Ice
By Paul Bernard King
Located in Lawrence, NY
tonalist pieces we have ever seen. Just as a reminder: Whistler was a tonalist painter. Tonalism has been
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1910s Tonalist Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Oil

Roses in a Copper Bowl
By Soren Emil Carlsen
Located in Greenwich, CT
This elegant and rare still life of red roses is by one of America's finest still life artists. It
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1890s American Realist Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early Tonalist Landscape -- California Coastal Live Oaks William Schneider 1915
Located in Soquel, CA
rare landscape completed during his trip with his artist brother to California in 1911. This small
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1910s Tonalist Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Linen, Oil

Standing Male Nude (recto) Study of the Head of the Standing Male Nude (verso)
By William Merritt Chase
Located in Fairlawn, OH
And Exhibitions: Pisano D8, reproduced p. 183 Rare. Chase did relatively few drawings, probably no
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1870s American Impressionist Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Graphite

Exceptional Musical Clock with Complications and Painting by L. V. Fouquet
By Louis Vincent Fouquet
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A rare complicated music clock behind a fine oil on canvas painting of the Quai De Brancas In
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Mid-19th Century French Charles X Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Canvas

Keying Up - The Court Jester
By William Merritt Chase
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, illustrates the rare 1st state, this being a 2nd state before any other the engraved title and Chase's name in
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1870s American Impressionist Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Etching

"Autumn Landscape, " Theodore Wendel, American Impressionist, Giverny, France
By Theodore Wendel
Located in New York, NY
Munich Academy and they became known as "The Duveneck Boys." Duveneck, Chase, Whistler, Twachtman and
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

Night Life at the Moulin Rouge
By Henry Somm
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Whistler or Monet, they also clearly anticipate the future work of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Although
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Late 19th Century French School Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Ink

Maurice Lobre (1862 -1951) The snack
By Maurice Lobre
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
reflets sur les meubles rares, de la lumière prisonnière des miroirs, des laques et des cuivres polis
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1880s French School Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wareham Bridge
By Seymour Haden
Located in Missouri, MO
younger brother-in-law, James Whistler, at the Haden home in Sloane Street in 1855. A press was installed
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1870s Other Art Style Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Etching

Shere Mill Pond
By Sir Francis Seymour Haden, R.A.
Located in Missouri, MO
printmaking was invigorated by his much younger brother-in-law, James Whistler, at the Haden home in Sloane
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Etching, Drypoint

E W Godwin An Important Anglo-Japanese Bookcase Painted by Henry Stacy Marks
By Edward William Godwin
Located in London, GB
Edward William Godwin (1833-1886) for William Watt, a rare and important Anglo-Japanese walnut
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Late 19th Century British Anglo-Japanese Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Walnut, Paint

Victorian Sterling Silver Propelling Pencil, Whistle and Pen Knife by Thornhill
By Walter Thornhill & Co 1
Located in London, GB
A rare and unusual sterling silver combination propelling pencil, whistle and pen knife. Fashioned
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1880s British Late Victorian Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Silver

The Lime Burner
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Wellesley, MA
the details: Etching, 1859, Kennedy 46, Rare 1st State, Laid Paper. Signed & dated in the plate
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Late 19th Century American Realist Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Etching

Rare View of the Capitol at Washington D.C. by Joseph Pennell
By Joseph Pennell 2
Located in Alexandria, VA
1800 etchings and lithographs. His style was strongly influenced by James Whistler, and his technique
Category

Early 20th Century American Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Paper

Diminutive Satinwood Hepplewhite Style Tambour Secretaire
Located in Providence, RI
rare pattern. For a small-scale highly decorative piece of case furniture, it has all the bells and
Category

19th Century American Hepplewhite Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Satinwood

Louis Kronberg Original Dance Ballerina Oil Painting On Board Signed Artwork SBO
By Louis Kronberg
Located in Bloomington, MN
, which gives the viewer a sneak peek at his rare vision, values and desires. This oil painting, titled
Category

1870s Impressionist Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Oil, Board

Early 20th Century Stitched Leather Fireman's Helmet
Located in Chicago, IL
Very rare, museum quality early 20th century American stitched leather "patent smoke protector
Category

Early 1900s American Industrial Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Leather

A rare Whistle Vinaigrette, George Unite, Birmingham, 1879
Located in London, GB
The Vinaigrette is finely modelled as a whistle and is chased all over with detailed scroll work
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19th Century English Rare Antique Whistle

Rare Bradley and Hubbard Whistling Jim Iron Doorstop
By Bradley & Hubbard
Located in Garnerville, NY
The rare largest example of the Whistling Jim doorstop by Bradley and Hubbard. Excellent original
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1920s American Rustic Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Iron

Rare Victorian 9ct Gold Working Whistle Pendant Charm
Located in St Helens, GB
throughout. English made. Novelty whistle. Condition ; Excellent. Very crisp example. Clean gold, crisp
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19th Century British Victorian Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Gold

Rare Imari Porcelain Whistle, Arita, Japan, c. 1690, Edo Period
By Arita
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Rare Arita porcelain bird whistle, Japan, c. 1690, Edo Period. Taking the form of a reclining boy
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17th Century Asian Edo Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Imari Porcelain Whistle, Arita, Japan, c. 1690, Edo Period
Rare Imari Porcelain Whistle, Arita, Japan, c. 1690, Edo Period
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A very rare Bosun's Whistle made in Birmingham in 1856 by Hilliard & Thomason.
Located in London, GB
The "Bote Swayne" is referred to as blowing his whistle as early as the beginning of the 16th
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Mid-19th Century English Rare Antique Whistle

Antique Silver Whistle, Birmingham 1899 Joseph Adelman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Rare antique silver whistle, Birmingham 1899 Joseph Adelman. The whistle of plain cylindrical form
Category

Late 19th Century English Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Sterling Silver

French Bronze Spelter Figure by Siffleur "The Little Whistling Boy", circa 1890
Located in London, GB
Petit Sifleur (the little whistling boy) stamped at the base Siffleur. A rare example in this form
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1890s French Art Nouveau Rare Antique Whistle

Materials

Spelter

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