Small Antique Plate

The drawing is also signed in the stone with the artist's script signature at lower left. The plate shows the small, hardy cattle of Brittany in the northwest of France.

The signature is that of the French animal painter Olivier de Penne (Charles Olivier de Penne, 1831 to 1897). The plate shows the small, hardy cattle of Brittany in the northwest of...

No artist, lithographer or printer is named on the plate, and it carries no plate number. The figure stands on the plain paper of the page with no frame line, and the caption is prin...

No artist, lithographer or printer is named on the plate, and it carries no plate number. The figure stands on the plain paper of the page with no frame line, and the caption is prin...

The decoration is painted by hand throughout, with the small variations from plate to plate that hand work brings, and the fine white translucent body gives the colors great depth.

The series records the dress, manners and customs of the northern Netherlands in numbered plates, each a small scene within a ruled border, and many of the captions are a line of dia...

The signature is that of the French animal painter Olivier de Penne (Charles Olivier de Penne, 1831 to 1897). The plate shows the small, hardy cattle of Brittany in the northwest of...

Each plate pairs its figures with a short exchange in Dutch, sometimes in regional dialect, and in French, so the costume studies also read as small genre scenes.

At the top a large butterfly with sharply hooked, dark wings crossed by an orange band spreads across the page, and below it a big moth in rose and brown shows four yellow ringed eye...

The Seraglio was a source of endless fascination to European readers, a closed world of court and harem that travellers could see only from outside, and views such as this one appear...

Those columns flank a two-part mercury amalgam mirror plate, the smaller upper pane separated from the larger lower one by a reeded horizontal bar, with a beaded rail closing out the...

Italy, circa 1860 An unusual mid-nineteenth century Venetian glass mirror made for the ottoman export market, the original central rectangular plate with small scallop-cut edge fram...

Dimensions Larger Bowl: Height: 7.08 in (18 cm) Diameter: 9.45 in (24 cm) Weight: 1.344 kg (and 711 g for the silver-plated planter) Smaller Bowl: Height: 5.90 in (15 cm) Diameter:...

No artist, lithographer or printer is named on the plate, and it carries no plate number. The figure stands on the plain paper of the page with no frame line, and the caption is prin...

The present plate comes from the fourth volume of 1851. The plate can be framed on its own or hung in a small group with other plates from the work.

Sawoe was a dry island whose people depended heavily on the lontar palm, and it was known in the period for supplying men to Dutch service in the eastern archipelago. Plates from the...

No artist, lithographer or printer is named on the plate, and it carries no plate number. The figure stands on the plain paper of the page with no frame line, and the caption is prin...

No artist, lithographer or printer is named on the plate, and it carries no plate number. The figure stands on the plain paper of the page with no frame line, and the caption is prin...

James Sargant Storer was a leading engraver of small topographical plates in the early nineteenth century, known for his crisp and delicate line and his long association with antiqua...

No artist, lithographer or printer is named on the plate, and it carries no plate number. The figure stands on the plain paper of the page with no frame line, and the caption is prin...

No artist, lithographer or printer is named on the plate, and it carries no plate number. The figure stands on the plain paper of the page with no frame line, and the caption is prin...

No artist, lithographer or printer is named on the plate, and it carries no plate number. The figure stands on the plain paper of the page with no frame line, and the caption is prin...

The frieze holds two drawers fitted with brass hardware, one with a ring pull and one with a turned knob, and a small brass numbered plate is set into the side rail.

This is the sheet that ties the whole south of France together and it is therefore useful to a collector as a frame for the smaller provincial plates. The Rhone delta, the papal encl...

At the center is a carved shell and opposing scroll motif positioned directly beneath the mirror plate. Smaller leaves and molded curves extend outward from this central element and ...

Vertical nighttime winter landscape of farm buildings and rabbit prints in the snow by a small pond. Signed in plate H Pruett Share Invt-Aqft, lower right.

Kelly issued popular geographies, voyages and histories in weekly parts from the 1810s onwards, each illustrated with small engraved plates, and this view comes from that output; the...

Kelly was one of the most prolific London publishers of the period, issuing geographies, voyages and histories in weekly parts illustrated with small engraved plates, and this view b...

The little country of the Loudunois, an unusual subject for a seventeenth century atlas and one of the small regional plates that make the French volume of Blaeu interesting.

The near-square format suits smaller open hearths, where the plate shields the masonry behind the fire and radiates heat back into the room; it is equally handsome mounted as a wall ...

Paint marks and stains on the canvas tray. Scratches and a few small holes at the top of the central mast, probably from a lost plate.

Walker for Hobson's Fox-Hunting Atlas circa 1870, this antique fox hunting map of Leicestershire and Rutlandshire combines the two small adjoining counties on one plate and colours s...

The imprint reads "London, Pubd by Thomas Kelly, Paternoster Row", followed by a date that appears to be April 1817, although the day and year are not entirely clear in this impressi...

A 19th century Victorian Chinoiserie Triptych Mirror with gently foxed mirror plates inside a faux bamboo frame. In the closed position the mirrors interlock within the frame with a...

Working with live or freshly preserved specimens from aristocratic menageries - first those of the Duchess of Portland and later the Child family of Osterley Park - Hayes issued his ...

The base of each arm is topped by a small, silver-plated figurine in the round carrying a basket, inspired by Buddhist statuary.

Medland’s restrained monochrome treatment captures both the elegant proportions and watchful character of this small falcon. The plate was created for Charles Stonham’s important na...

Like Durham's, this sheet records a county whose boundary was fragmented into detached outliers, a feature the compilers thought worth a dedicated inset even on a relatively small co...

Complete examples retaining both their original cover and matching stand are considerably less commonly encountered than individual Arras plates and smaller tablewares. Dimensions: 1...

The mirror is designed with an elaborate temple-inspired crest rising above a small central mirror plate. The surrounding frame is extensively decorated with delicate hand-painted fl...

It traced the sitter's profile mechanically at life size, the tracing was reduced onto a small copper plate, and the plate was finished by hand in engraving and aquatint.

It traced the sitter's profile mechanically at life size, the tracing was reduced onto a small copper plate, and the plate was finished by hand in engraving and aquatint.

Charleston's peninsula between the Ashley and Cooper rivers is shown at the small scale the state plate allows. The Atlantic coastline runs in a shallow crescent along the bottom of ...

The two articulate handles were covered in rattan weaves and attached to the side of the baskets via artistically branch-embedment. There is a small bronze locker plate to secure the...

A repeating beaded border runs along the outer edge of the porcelain plate, while small gilt bronze rosettes are set at intervals around the perimeter.

Condition This ladies antique cocktail watch is exceptional quality, set with very high color graded diamonds displaying a fine white color and brilliance. There is a small ding to t...

Excellent etching depicting a female standing figure in a long elegant and ancient dress. The plate is very small but the figure of the woman is very refined.

The exceptionally delicate engraved network of veins in the wings is one of the most attractive features of this plate. Several smaller insects display extraordinarily elongated tai...

The boarded overhanging top retains its small original half-bead or plate bead running along the rear edge, while the original backboard also remains present.

It comprises a title page, the present frontispiece and 122 calendar plates. Each calendar plate contains four small oval scenes devoted to saints, martyrdoms, feast days or religiou...

Josiah Wedgwood renamed his version Queen's Ware after Queen Charlotte's patronage in 1765, and the Staffordshire and Yorkshire potteries turned out the same repertoire of shapes in ...

Published in 1894 within The Royal Natural History, this plate highlights smaller European species often overlooked in grand zoological works.

Platters of this scale were the most expensive pieces in a printed dinner service and were made in far smaller numbers than the plates, so that large dishes survive comparatively rar...

Condition Report: Original antique condition with age-related toning, scattered foxing, and minor handling marks consistent with early twentieth-century folio plates. Small marginal ...

The identity of the street seller becomes a vehicle through which the artist could transform his wife into something simultaneously specific and timeless. The plate’s ten states, sm...

The mirror is a very good size, with the original mirror plate. Small losses to some gesso at the edge.

The outer frame displays a most decorative lightly scalloped shape with rich sea shell reserves and floral rosettes separating the smaller original mirror plates. Above is the majest...

At the top of the piece, an urn overflows with laurel leaves that drape around the upper edges of the frame, suggesting abundance even in small proportions. The mirror plate is surro...

This edition is described on the title page as “Nouvelle édition augmentée, & enrichie de figures en taille-douce,” and includes engraved plates. Small format volume measuring 14 x ...

Slightly foxed mirror plate. Small areas of gesso loss. Height 46cm, Width 40cm, Depth 6cm Mirror Plate height 25cm, Width 18.5cm