Shakespeare Antique

A set of 6 illustrations to Shakespeare's "Midsummernights dream". Complete set in the original boards with description in four languages, published in Leipzig, ca.1855.

The genre quality and readily understandable character of such paintings allowed the viewer to associate the figures with a specific time and place, thus enhancing the relevance of t...

Set of 4 out of 250 original engravings by Thomas Ryder; Hamlet, Midsummer Nights Dream, 2 King Lear. Set can be split in pairs.

Measures 23mm across x 26mm down x 35mm down including loop. Shakespeare seal measures 14mm across x 20mm down.

Shakespeare's works span a variety of genres, including tragedy, comedy, history, and romance.

The top has a view of Shakespeare's birthplace. The interior of the tunbridge ware cabinet features four drawers each with a different inlaid pattern on the front, with four matchi...

British School. "The Dramatic Works of Shakspeare", print of copper engraving published by John Boydell (1791-1801) London. Painted by J. Hoppner R.A.; engraved by R. Thaw, Engrave...

American Philadelphia Centennial frosted colorless pressed and acid-etched glass bust of William Shakespeare by Gillinder Glass Works, Philadelphia.

The works of William Shakespeare enjoyed a renewed popularity in 18th-century Britain.

An extremely rare oak muscular “Shakespeare” armchair, designed by Edward William Godwin (1833-1886) and made by William Watt, circa 1881, with inset semi-recessed original castors t...

British School "The Dramatic Works of Shakspeare", print of copper engraving published by John Boydell (1791-1801)London. Glazed and handsomely matted and framed en suite with three ...

Blue and white transferware wall plate by Samuel Hancock & Sons decorated with a central portrait of William Shakespeare, the border with various associated views and his signature, ...

Rare tabletop or hanging Art Nouveau/Arts & Crafts oak tabletop bookcase with three patinated brass panels including a faerie and death in shallow relief with quotes from Shakespeare...

First Part of "King Henry the Fourth, Act II, Scene IV,"British School "The Dramatic Works of Shakspeare", print of copper engraving published by John Boydell (1791-1801) London. Pai...

However, he is most know for his later pieces that were almost always depictions of characters taken from the plays of William Shakespeare such as his painting entitled Kate from “Th...

'Garrick in the Character of Richard III' A mezzotint portrait by Samuel William Reynolds after the portrait of David Garrick by Nathaniel Dance, published in London by Colnaghi i...

Magnificent gilt bronze stamp representing Ophelia, character from Shakespeare's famous play "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark", more commonly referred to by the abbreviated ...

Nous n’avons toutefois pas pu relier nos dessins à un décor, une édition de la tragédie de Shakespeare ou un programme de théâtre ou d’opéra ; il semblerait donc qu’il s’agisse de pr...

Polychrome decoration inspired by William Shakespeare's ‘Hamlet’. It has a unique design with a rectangular shape and a curved spout delicately decorated with gilded details.

Polychrome decoration inspired by William Shakespeare's ‘Hamlet’. It has a unique design with a rectangular shape and a curved spout delicately decorated with gilded details.

Scene possibly depicts Shakespeare's burial.

"Romeo and Juliet" is a tragic play by William Shakespeare about our two young lovers from feuding families in Verona.

Wonderful engraving on wove paper after Daniel Maclise "Mavolio" (United Kingdom/Ireland; 1806 – 1870) depicts a scene from Shakespeare’s As You Like It, Act 3, scene 3.   

A candidate emerges from the Biblical story of Cain and Abel for several points: (A) while not specified in the Bible, early medieval Christian traditions begin to record and depict ...

The central area depicts a hand painted scene from Shakespeare's Othello. Royal Vienna beehive mark to the underside base.

Composition créée pour la promotion d'une représentation d'Hamlet (Shakespeare) à Londres.

This is an Art Nouveau period English poster for a production of the Shakespeare play Othello. This poster was printed by S Co Ltd, Stafford & Co Ltd, Netherfield, 1920s.

Salmson regularly exhibited his work at the Salon in Paris from 1859 and worked on numerous commissions including statues of Shakespeare, Hamlet, Rubens and as in this case Van Dyck.

A fine English pearlware pitcher molded in relief with "Shakespeare The Poet" in the front, the "Miser" on one side and the "Spend-Thrift" on the other, Pratt colors

The painting depicts the scene in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act II, scene 2.

Mark Antony possibly after Michael Vandergucht's illustrations for Shakespeare.

From a Shakespeare play: the bear scene. A man is chased by a bear in a coastal setting and storm.

Shakespeare’s plays were used as sources for works of art in many different ways.

A love letter Adolphus M.Madot 1852-1864 studied at the RA. painted Shakespeare. Oil on panel, 10 x 8" signed verso. All of the items that we advertise for sale have been as accura...

Hamlet, Act I, Scene IV, written by William Shakespeare, after the painting by Henry Fuseli (1741-1825) commissioned by the London master publisher, John Boydell, for his Shakespear...

She was best known for her performances in dramatic roles, particularly in plays by William Shakespeare and William Congreve, and she was widely regarded as the greatest tragic actre...

This nicely cast figure depicts Sir John Falstaff, the portly fictional comic character created by William Shakespeare, in traditional dress, with makers mark to the back ‘F.Goldsche...

A good quality Victorian silver and enamel heart shaped pill box, the cover set with a blue enamel viaduct and the date 1894 between an engraved quote from Othello by William Shakesp...

According to popular tradition, Queen Elizabeth I (reigned 1558-1603) was greatly taken with the Falstaff character when he first was introduced in Shakespeare’s Henry IV. She ordere...

Taking their name from short poems that were literary exercises in Elizabethan England and much cited by Shakespeare, posies were commonplace sentiments often inscribed in rings.

Hamlet, Act I, Scene IV, written by William Shakespeare, after the painting by Henry Fuseli (1741-1825) commissioned by the London master publisher, John Boydell, for his Shakespear...

There are a pair of bronze figures of Shakespeare and Milton, on matching fluted marble bases.

They find mention in the plays of William Shakespeare, such as Hamlet and the Merchant of Venice.

Garrick produced twenty-four of Shakespeare’s plays when he was manager of the Drury Lane Theatre, and, in 1769, organized the Shakespeare Jubilee at Stratford.

He also painted five Shakespearean works for the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery and six for the Irish Shakespeare Gallery.

It is unknown when the Russian bear was first used in the West but One of the Earliest usages of it was from William Shakespeare's Macbeth in Act 3, Scene 4. Where Shakespeare referr...

The success of the brewery enabled his son, Charles, to found and build the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in 1879, which incorporated an art gallery and library.

The ring depicts Ophelia, the young, doomed noblewoman at the center of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, written between 1599 and 1602.

., later Sir Fordham Flower, created the Royal Shakespeare Theatre for which he received his knighthood.

John Cawse’s striking painting from 1819 or 1820 presents an episode from William Shakespeare’s most nationalistic work, the history play Henry IV, Part I (Act II, Scene iv).

Such rings find mention in the plays of William Shakespeare, such as Hamlet and the Merchant of Venice.

Ewerbeck depicted the comely Ophelia from Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a style lovely in its precision, realism and thematic content.

Posy rings even feature in the plays of William Shakespeare, such as in Hamlet (III, 2, 162) “Is this a prologue, or the posy of a ring.”

The central panels feature sepia-tone scenes, possibly from Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'. The initials "C.P." and date "1809" on back.

the novels of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) and plays of William Shakespeare. His watercolor entitled “Touchstone, Audrey and William,” painted in 1839, is in the Victoria and Alber...

They find mention in plays by William Shakespeare, such as Hamlet and the Merchant of Venice and throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries posy rings enjoyed great populari...

Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called  « Disciple de Jésus Christ » (disciple of Jesus Christ)...

A beautiful edition of naval historian William James's detailed and richly illustrated history of the Royal Navy. A 'New Edition' of naval historian William James's impressive work,...

A beautifully bound nine volume collection of works by and about the Anglican educator and theologian Thomas Arnold, including first and early editions of his works. Uniformly bound...

Charles Dickens. The Works, in 18 volumes, London: Chapman and Hall, Limited. octavo 3/4 dark blue leather with marbled covers and end sheets, bound by Bayntun, Bath. Spine with rais...

Set of old religious books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are entitled « La France Protestante » (Protestant France...

10 vol. Edgar Allan Poe, The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Collector's Arnheim Edition, Limited Edition of 300 numbered and signed sets, no. 245/300. With additional material an...

A complete, eighteen-volume set of the collected works of John Dryden, the first Scott edition, uniformly bound in straight-grain morocco. The collected works of John Dryden, with n...

Set of 12 Frances Elliot novels published in Leipzig from 1872 to 1896. Quarter bound leather & faux tortoise hard board binding. Published by Bernhard Tauchnitz Leipzig from the Col...

Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...

French chess game in the thematic of Ancient Egypt. The chess pieces are in painted and waxed plaster, the board is in wood and the is also a display shelf. Each piece is charaterful...

AUTHOR: AUSTEN, Jane. TITLE: The Novels (Works) of Jane Austen. PUBLISHER: Edinburgh: John Grant, 1906. DESCRIPTION: THE WINCHESTER EDITION. 10 vols., 8-3/8" x 6-1/8", fron...

Snowy owl on driftwood mount. Life-size and realistic however made of white Imden farm goose feathers as a recreation. The beak and claws are sculpted from a resin material. 28"H x 1...

Antique Brown Floral English Axminster Rug Made in Axminster, Devon, Great Britain, circa 1760 (George III) Provenance: Baron Guy de Rothschild 29' 10" x 17' 11" (909.32 x 546.10 cm)

Milne, A.A. (Alan Alexander): Winnie-the-Pooh An Exceptionally rare copy of the FIRST TRADE EDITION of Winnie-the-Pooh signed by both the Author and the Illustrator, with Original ...

Each with a rectangular plate within a stiff leaf, entwined vine and fleur de lis carved surround, the cresting centred by an armorial shield for the Thorold baronets surmounted by a...

Large oil painting by C. Delort entitled ‘The Wedding, Fontainebleau’ French, Late 19th Century Canvas: Height 90cm, width 130cm Frame: Height 109cm, width 148cm, depth 7cm This s...

Exquisite antique portrait painting of a young fashionable woman. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 31H by 24L.

Cartier Louis Black Godron Ribbed Fountain Pen With 18ct Gold Nib, Onyx Cabochon & Cartier Box An elegant vintage Cartier Louis fountain pen, beautifully finished in a deep black ri...

Sculpture gilded peacock handmade in precious porcelain one by one, feather by feather. Each feather is unique. Made with shiny porcelain, hand-painted with 24-karat gold and preciou...

Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)