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Rudyard KIPLING. Many Inventions. 1893 - FIRST EDITION - SIGNED !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: KIPLING, Rudyard.
TITLE: Many Inventions.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1893
Category
1890s British Antique Inventions
Materials
Fabric
Edison: His Life and Inventions by Frank L. Dyer and Thomas C. Martin, 2 Volumes
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Dyer, Frank Lewis and Thomas Commerford Martin. Edison: His Life and Inventions. New York: Harper
Category
1910s American Edwardian Antique Inventions
Materials
Fabric, Paper
$500
H 8.88 in W 5.63 in D 3 in
Antique Swiss Enamel and Gold Mountain Scene Brooch, Circa 1840
Located in London, GB
popularity declined with the invention of photography. The back is numbered 6 14.
Category
1840s Swiss Early Victorian Antique Inventions
Materials
Gold, Enamel
c. 1910 Frantz Premier Salesman Sample Vacuum Sweeper
Located in Dekalb, IL
Kirby's inventions, and through them, James Kirby developed a close relationship with the Scott Fetzer
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Inventions
Materials
Steel
Welbeck Park Belongs to the Marquis of Newcastle /// Equestrian Horse Old Master
By William Cavendish
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Newcastle" (Plate 38, Page 263)
Portfolio: Methode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser Les Chevaux (New Method
Category
1730s Old Masters Antique Inventions
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching, Intaglio
Antique Georgian Pinchbeek Long Guard Chain Snake Head Clasp
Located in Munich, Bavaria
period representing eternity in love and friendship. The material Pinchbeck was the invention of the
Category
1820s English Antique Inventions
Materials
Pinchbeck
Monseigneur le Marquis estant à cheval, pour Mônsrer la vraije assiette du Caval
Located in Bristol, CT
. 14 from the book 'Methode et Invention Nouvelle de dresser les chevaux'
Engraver: Lucas Emil I
Category
18th Century Antique Inventions
Materials
Paper, Engraving
$1,250
H 21.63 in W 27.13 in
Ancient Roman or Early Islamic Glass Flask, 1st–7th Century AD
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
the invention of glassblowing in the 1st century BC.
Formed from emerald or blue-green soda-lime
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Inventions
Materials
Glass
19th Century Patinated Spelter Figure of French Philosopher Blaise Pascal
Located in Dallas, TX
. His famous Pensées and invention of the early mechanical calculator, the Pascaline, secured his legacy
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Inventions
Materials
Spelter
$1,150
H 16.5 in W 8 in D 5 in
Antique Victorian Fireside Kitchen Cone Copper Ale Warmer Cider Muller English
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
, 18th and 19th centuries. Prior to this invention, they used a hot poker from the fire sticking it into
Category
Late 19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Inventions
Materials
Copper, Iron
$563
H 11.42 in W 13 in D 5.91 in
Art Deco Goblet by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
.
Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Metal
Art Deco 1920s Czechoslovakian Multi-Coloured Glass Vintage Pendant Necklace
Located in Skelmersdale, GB
since the invention of fashion jewellery. It's extremely suitable for meeting the ever challenging and
Category
1920s Czech Art Deco Antique Inventions
Art Nouveau Candlesticks by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise
Category
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Inventions
Materials
Metal
Wedgwood Powder Blue Cabinet Plate by Mabel Tatton
By Wedgwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
motif in Chinese art). The stunning design is placed upon a powder-blue ground, an important invention
Category
1910s English Art Nouveau Antique Inventions
Materials
Porcelain
Holophane Pair of French Art Deco Flush Mounts, 1920
By Holophane
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Verlys
The story of Holophane begins in 1822 with Augustin Fresnel’s invention of the Fresnel lens
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Metal
Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Pewter
Pedestal Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Metal
Antique Victorian Carter’s Patent London Mahogany Adjustable Bed Reading Table
By John Carter (Furniture)
Located in Glasgow, GB
(fl.1876-1886) specialised in the invention and construction of quality mechanical adjustable invalid
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Inventions
Materials
Brass
$2,322
H 29.14 in W 33.08 in D 16.93 in
Pedestal Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Pewter
Early 20th Century JW Wilson Salesman Sample Buggy Seat
Located in Dekalb, IL
. John W. Wilson explains his invention in his patent for 'Swing Seat for Drays' on April 7, 1898
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Inventions
Materials
Steel
Art Deco Bronze Plates made by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Bronze
Giambattista Piazzetta workshop (Venetian) - Set of six 18th century paintings
Located in Varmo, IT
18th-century carved and gilded wooden frames (not signed).
- The series derives from inventions by
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Antique Inventions
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,260
H 28.55 in W 24.61 in
Bronze Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Bronze
Sleeping Eros - Rome, 16th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
engagement with the creative imitation of antiquity. The motif became a paradigm of artistic invention
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Inventions
Materials
Carrara Marble
Mallard /// John James Audubon Ducks Waterfowl Bird Ornithology Lithograph Art
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
. Employing a new invention, the camera lucida, the images were reduced in size, rendered in intermediate
Category
1840s Victorian Antique Inventions
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
English Folk Art Book Box
Located in Chicago, IL
character. There’s a folk art sensibility in its invention—an object made less to impress than to delight
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Inventions
Materials
Oak
Elgin Gold Filled Art Deco Cushion Shaped Watch circa 1925
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
fees to Elgin for many of their inventions in watchmaking. Patek Philippe even used Elgin’s technology
Category
1920s American Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Gold-filled
Victorian 14k Gold Silver Two-Stone Diamond Earrings Old Mine Cut, Antique
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Period ended, and The Grand era began.
• Grand Victorian jewelry
After the incandescent bulb invention
Category
Early 1900s Unknown Victorian Antique Inventions
Materials
Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
$23,000 / set
H 0.75 in W 0.38 in
Art Deco 1920s Czechoslovakian Carved, Green and Black Glass Vintage Necklace
Located in Skelmersdale, GB
has been a prevalent feature of costume pieces since the invention of fashion jewellery. It's
Category
1920s Czech Art Deco Antique Inventions
Tall Candlestick Holders by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko
Category
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Inventions
Materials
Pewter
Sadeler Engraving after Maarten de Vos – Saint Michael and the Dragon, 16th C.
Located in Firenze, IT
original patina.
This burin engraving, based on the invention of the Flemish master Maarten de Vos
Category
17th Century Northern Renaissance Antique Inventions
Materials
Paper, Engraving
$354
H 11.03 in W 7.88 in
Candlestick Holders by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko
Category
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Inventions
Materials
Pewter
Composition with Two Kings and Two Franciscans
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
whose inventions circulated through prints. It speaks to Bellini’s talent for narrative compression
Category
16th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions
Materials
Pencil, Ink
Chimeric dressor
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This imposing walnut carved cupboard sideboard is a tour de force of artistic invention and
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Inventions
Materials
Wood
Antique German Toy Glass Marble Set 1910-1920s, in Original Leather Pouch
By Lauschaer
Located in Andernach, DE
pouch.
A true German classic, exported worldwide, also to the US.
The invention of the marble scissors
Category
1910s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Antique Inventions
Materials
Leather, Glass
$330 / set
H 1.5 in Dm 1.5 in
Circa 1900 original advertising poster for Moteur Cérès by Tamagno
Located in PARIS, FR
implying that this mechanized invention is now a natural extension of the traditional agricultural world
Category
Early 1900s Antique Inventions
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
$1,652
H 27.17 in W 19.69 in
View Venice Landscape Tironi 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
perspective inventions that can also be found in our scene, namely a peculiar revival of early 18th-century
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions
Materials
Oil
$14,574
H 28.35 in W 34.65 in
Brown Pelican /// John James Audubon New Orleans Ornithology Animal Bird Art
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
printed and hand-colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. Employing a new invention, the camera lucida, the
Category
1840s Victorian Antique Inventions
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Rare Original Thonet Settee with Cushions
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in High Peak, GB
Thonet (2 July 1796 – 3 March 1871) was a German-Austrian cabinet maker, known for the invention of
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Aesthetic Movement Antique Inventions
Materials
Bentwood
Venice Landscape See Tironi Paint 18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Water
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
inventions that can also be found in our scene, namely a peculiar revival of early 18th-century landscape
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions
Materials
Oil
$14,574
H 28.35 in W 34.65 in
Bas relief in stucco of Madonna with child by Antonio Rossellino, Italy ca. 1880
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Renaissance sculptor Antonio Rossellino count among his most popular inventions. Next to autograph works
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Inventions
Materials
Plaster
$1,770
H 37.41 in W 21.66 in D 1.97 in
Hammered Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is unknown, it
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Pewter
Monumental Bowls by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
.
Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Bronze
Battle Horsemen Landscape Graziani Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
armour and costumes of the combatants.
Both the invention and the stylistic qualities of the painting
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions
Materials
Oil
$10,922 Sale Price
20% Off
H 44.89 in W 58.27 in
A 19th Century French "Pagoda" Japonisme Inkwell
By Gabriel Viardot, Maison Marnyhac 1, Edouard Lievre
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
patent of invention for a “combined mosaic”: pieces of ivory, fixed on a wood panel, are used for the
Category
1870s French Japonisme Antique Inventions
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
A Louis XV Style Bureau de Dame
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
in 1730. This model of small secrétaire was an invention of BVRB, who designed it with smaller
Category
19th Century English Louis XV Antique Inventions
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Imperial Russian 14k Gold Bracelet Rose Cut Diamonds Antique Estate
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
jewelry
After the incandescent bulb invention in 1870s, diamond jewelry started thriving like never before
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Antique Inventions
Materials
Diamond, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold, Silver
$18,500 / set
W 0.38 in L 7.5 in
Exquisite Neo-Grec Ormolu & Champleve Enamel Jardiniere by Barbedienne & Sévin
By Louis-Constant Sevin, Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Queens, NY
artistic invention, the bronze mounts lending weight and permanence far surpassing purely ceramic or
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Inventions
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
$65,700
H 9 in W 18.5 in D 12 in
Pewter Jardinière by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Pewter
Victorian Barbazon School Landscape Oil Painting Cows and Calves in a Meadow
Located in ludlow, GB
invention of paint in tubes, the Barbizon artists could satisfy their desire to paint on site, leading the
Category
19th Century Barbizon School Antique Inventions
Materials
Oil
Whooping Crane /// John James Audubon Ornithology Natural History Wading Birds
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
invention, the camera lucida, the images were reduced in size, rendered in intermediate drawings by John
Category
1840s Victorian Antique Inventions
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Annunciation De Matteis Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17/18th Century Leonardo
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
-quality stylistic features, both from the point of view of compositional invention and from the point of
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions
Materials
Oil
$8,222 Sale Price
20% Off
H 46.46 in W 40.56 in
Vintage Handcrafted Rattan Carpet Beater Folk Art Decorative Wall Object
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
dust beater, traditionally used in Europe as a household cleaning tool before the invention of modern
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Antique Inventions
Materials
Rattan
Ruins Landscape Codazzi Paint Oil on canvas Old master 18th Century Roma Italy
By Niccolò Codazzi (Naples, 1642 - Genoa, 1693)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
an excellent model of this process.
In his architectural views and inventions he prefers a clear and
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions
Materials
Oil
$7,731 Sale Price
40% Off
H 21.66 in W 26.78 in
ANTIQUE CIR 1880 TAPESTRY DEPICTING WATTEAU-ESQUE FiGURES AFTER ANTOINE WATTEAU
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
the style and themes of Jean-Antoine Watteau, particularly his invention of the fête galante genre
Category
1880s English High Victorian Antique Inventions
Materials
Fabric
$2,523 Sale Price
20% Off
H 72.84 in W 72.84 in D 0.4 in
"Summer Picnic by the River" Joshua Shaw, American Atmospheric Genre Painting
By Joshua Shaw
Located in New York, NY
wanted to move to America to live for two years, so he could get a patent for his invention of a copper
Category
1840s Academic Antique Inventions
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Joshua Shaw"Summer Picnic by the River" Joshua Shaw, American Atmospheric Genre Painting, circa 1840
$5,000
H 23.5 in W 21.5 in
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