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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
Circa 1920 original poster for Chambéry Dolin
Located in PARIS, FR
images—just bold letters shouting a proud claim of invention and heritage.
The visual language is
Category
1920s Antique Inventions
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
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
A C Paris Breveté Brass Spring-Loaded Candle Lamps, Late 19th C.
Located in Lincoln, GB
marked "A C Paris BPVETÉ" (likely A C Breveté), signifying they were a patented invention from a
Category
19th Century French Antique Inventions
Materials
Brass
Pewter 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
Pewter
Antique Swedish Mangle Board Love Token with Carvings from 1785.
Located in Asaa, DK
linen before the invention of modern irons. Damp linen was wrapped around a roller and then the board
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Inventions
Materials
Beech
17th Century by Antonio Zanchi Prometheus Bound Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
stylistically and in terms of the compositional invention of the canvas, despite the fact that Prometheus
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Art Deco Diskometal Vase 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
Pedestal Pewter Vase 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
Pewter
Antique Danish Mangle Board Love Token with Stylized Horse from 1744.
Located in Asaa, DK
used to smoothe and press linen before the invention of modern irons. Damp linen was wrapped around a
Category
Mid-18th Century Danish Folk Art Antique Inventions
Materials
Oak
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
Amphora-Style Pewter Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Pewter
A Silver printed velvet kaftan or jacket by Mariano Fortuny Venice Italy C.1930
By Mariano Fortuny
Located in Toulon, FR
publisher of his famous gold and silver prints on cotton or velvet. He filed several patents for inventions
Category
1920s Italian Antique Inventions
Large Pedestal Pewter 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
Pewter
Antique Danish Mangle Board Love Token with Horse from 1754.
Located in Asaa, DK
and press linen before the invention of modern irons. Damp linen was wrapped around a roller and then
Category
Mid-18th Century Danish Folk Art Antique Inventions
Materials
Oak
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
Set of Pewter Candlesticks 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
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
Art Deco Diskometal Table Lamps 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 Diskometal Goblets 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
Metal
18th Century Italian Bozzetto 'Saint Paul on Patmos' c. 1720–1730 Terracotta
Located in Epfach, DE
were crucial to artistic conception, mediating between invention and final realisation. In the Baroque
Category
1720s Italian Baroque Antique Inventions
Materials
Terracotta
Victorian Engagement Ring 14k Gold Silver Old Mine Cut Diamond
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
.
Grand Victorian jewelry
After the incandescent bulb invention in 1870s, diamond jewelry started thriving
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Inventions
Materials
Diamond, Yellow Gold, Silver, 14k Gold
William IV Rosewood Breakfront Side Cabinet
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
International Inventions Exhibition in London in 1885. Through the Guild, Wilkinsons were able to attract an
Category
1830s English William IV Antique Inventions
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Pair 2ft Silver Plated Corinthian Column Table Lamps 20th Century
Located in London, GB
gives some tales about the invention of each of the Orders, but he does not give a hard and fast set of
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Antique Inventions
Materials
Silver Plate
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
Set of Pewter Bonbonnieres by Just Andersen, 1910s, 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
1910s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Pewter
Aristotle Phyllis Spranger 16/17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
against the pleasures of the flesh.
The iconography is taken from an invention by Bartholomäus Spranger
Category
16th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions
Materials
Oil
$9,716 Sale Price
20% Off
Early-Work Just Andersen Candlesticks, 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
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
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
Antique Victorian Silver Plated Corinthian Column Table Lamp 19th Century
Located in London, GB
practice in a practical fashion. He gives some tales about the invention of each of the Orders, but he does
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Inventions
Materials
Silver Plate
Early Table Lamp 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
Treasure Island [and] Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Illustrated, 1924-25
By Robert Louis Stevenson
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
hailed as the best tale of adventure in print. "The force of invention and vividness of narrative
Category
1920s American Late Victorian Antique Inventions
Materials
Fabric, Paper
![Antique Treasure Island [and] Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Illustrated, 1924-25](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/treasure-island-and-kidnapped-by-robert-louis-stevenson-illustrated-1924-25-for-sale/f_9097/f_479447521765398940106/f_47944752_1765398941207_bg_processed.jpg?width=240 "Treasure Island [and] Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Illustrated, 1924-25")
Perseus and Andromeda
By David Teniers the Younger
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
to Rubens’s invention but
unmistakably shaped by Teniers’s eye and hand.
Painted modelli connected
Category
1650s Old Masters Antique Inventions
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
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
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
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
17th century Flemish wooded landscape with castle and hilltop town.
Located in Firenze, IT
or an invention?
The answer falls between the two extremes. The structure of the town, the profile
Category
Early 17th Century Flemish School Antique Inventions
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Announcing Angel Gabriel Maratta 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
, both from the point of view of compositional invention and from the point of view of execution, and the
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions
Materials
Oil
$9,592 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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
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
2 Pairs of Wedgwood & Bentley Black Basalt Urns and Cassolette/Jars 18th Century
By Wedgwood & Bentley
Located in Katonah, NY
Wedgwood described it, was among his proudest inventions. In a letter to Bentley, Wedgwood said, “The Black
Category
1770s English Neoclassical Antique Inventions
Materials
Stoneware
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
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
Long-billed Curlew (City of Charleston) /// Ornithology John James Audubon Bird
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. Employing a new invention, the camera lucida, the images were reduced
Category
1840s Victorian Antique Inventions
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Great White Heron /// John James Audubon Ornithology Shorebird Key West Florida
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
Vue du Viviers (View of Viviers)
Located in London, GB
invention of ready-mixed tubes of paint. Deborne’s career indicates that he favoured this approach to art
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Inventions
Materials
Oil, Board
Venus Bacchus Ceres Paggi 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Mythologic
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
greedily grab the grapes.
In particular, we are looking at a very famous iconographic invention by the
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions
Materials
Oil
$11,834 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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
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
Susanna Old Men Religious Roma nschool 17th Century Paint Oiul on canvas Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
structure of the composition in fact recalls, albeit revisited, an invention of Annibale Carracci, while if
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions
Materials
Oil
$9,841 Sale Price
20% Off
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