Antique Inventions

Mathias Hipp was one of the first pioneers in developing an exceptional battery driven escapement clock.The German clockmaker Mathias Hipp 1813-1893 was a pioneer inventor and manufa...

An important early portrait medallion of Marc Antony in plain white jasper, probably predating the invention of the ‘dip’ process, which is why it is plain white.

Founded in 1908 the annual Ideal Home Exhibition is now called The Ideal Home Show showcasing household gadgets and inventions as well as gardens and home architecture designs held i...

This lighter was utilized in the 18th century before the invention of matches to produce a spark from the steel flintlock which lit tinder located in the brass storage area.

String barrels were a common requisite in homes and businesses throughout the 19th century, before the invention of sticky tape, all parcels were secured with string.

Ref: "Biedermeier ; The Invention of Simplicity" Exhibition catalog, Milwaukee Art Museum/ Albertina, Vienna, 2006/7 Section I-5, Illustration 6

These clocks were the first Pendulum wall clocks after the invention of the Pendulum by Christian Huygens, 1656. 

Marie Cuttoli, Myrbor et l'invention de la tapisserie moderne, by D.Paulvé, Paris, 2010, similar piece on the archive picture of the the office of Paul du Bousquet decorated by Pierr...

It is wool knot on wool warp and weft and is approximately 8.5 x 11 ft, with all natural vegetable dyes, made before the invention of modern chemical dyes. Often these are seen refer...

The 1890s saw one of the seven "bike booms," driven by a few new and revolutionary advances: mainly the invention of the safety bicycle with geared chain-driven transmission allowing...

It states: ‘I, Henry Howard Hanmer, of 30 Exchange Street East, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Cotton Broker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:...

A very similar table was exhibited at the Milwaukee Art Museum, as part of the exhibition, Biedermeier - Invention of Simplicity. This exhibition traveled to Vienna, Austria from whe...

H18"-seat H37" W 46" D 27"-max H 46 cm-seat H 94 cm, W 117 cm, D 69cm-max Michael Thonet (2 July 1796 – 3 March 1871) was a German-Austrian cabinet maker, known for the invention of...

Rudolf Diesel is also a great thermal engineer, connoisseur of the arts, linguist and social theorist. Diesel's inventions have three things in common: they deal with the transfer of...

Joseph Bramah was a true inventor in every sense of the word, patenting other very notable inventions like an improved flushing toilet, bank note printing press, and a hydraulic pres...

Ref: Biedermeier - The Invention of Simplicity, Exhibition catalogue, Milwaukee Art Museum / Albertina, Vienna, 2006/7 Section I-13 Illustration 11 (as a comparison)

These engravings are done on a block of silver inset into the cover so that you can get nice deep engravings without revealing the copper core of the cover. Before the invention of e...

Having dealt in Davenports for thirty years we have seen a decline in their value with the invention of desktop computers, emails and the decline of the written letter.

These Hague clocks were the first clocks with pendulum and verge escapement an invention of the Dutch scientist Christian Huygens, he invented the pendulum in 1656 and the first pend...

The excitement surrounding the invention of electricity created a unique moment in design, as the electrical work could be showcased in the piece.

Works such as the portraits of the Doria House and the Durazzo House are characterized by a pleasant “worldliness” and a refined invention of backgrounds, sometimes even sumptuous.

Very good proof impression (before lettering) of one of the best mezzotints Troost made after own invention. State: First state of 2. Reference: Niemeyer 369 P.

New styles of speaking, acting, dressing and living developed with the invention of new technology and ideologies, all of which affected the appearance of the jewellery.

It was in those days he would hold speeches to his colleges about this new invention called ‘Kintopp’ – Melcher was a great advocate of the moving pictures and proud member of the G...

He wrote a number of treatises on Horology, patented several inventions, and produced a great number of high quality watches.

Lit: Compare architectural design drawing of a baluster shaped table in: 'Biedermeier – The invention of simplicity' Exhibition catalogue, Milwaukee Art Museum/ Albertina, Vienna, 20...

The stunning display of inventions, works of art, and objects collected in distant lands was something of a precursor of a World's Fair.

After the invention of the rolling mill, which allowed thin malleable steel with an uniformly flat surface to be produced and the discovery in Germany of a tin plating process, Thoma...

Description: Interesting portrait with the portrait after invention of Rigaud and surroundings after Coypel.

signed Kyoto Kinkozan zo, and sealed Kinkozan zo Kyoto’s Satsuma: The painting technique used in Kyoto’s Satsuma-style ware is said to be the invention of the sixth generation Kinkō...

This very unusual and collectible French clock was one of the first clocks with verge escapement after the invention of Christian Huygens. Christian Huygens worked a lot with Isaac T...

., p. 129 and Harwood, The Furniture of George Hunzinger, Invention and Innovation in Nineteenth-Century America, pp. 142-143.

He produced prints after Goltzius, Abraham Bloemaert, Cornelis van Haarlem, Polidoro da Caravaggio, and his own invention. He made over 170 plates of which the last one was a history...

In exceptional condition, having never been exposed to the light, this landscape painting demonstrates many of the innovations in watercolour technique developed by William Payne (17...

Alexander Payne and James Zemaitis authors of “The Coffee Table Coffee Table Book” (Black Dog Publishing, 2003) came to the conclusion that the coffee table is a 20th century inventi...

Lit: Biedermeier – The invention of simplicity, Exhibition catalogue, Milwaukee Art Museum/ Albertina, Vienna, 2006/7 – Section I, Illustration 3 (as a comparison)

As the divine singer, he is the patron of poets, singers and musicians. The invention of string music is attributed to him. The clock is in excellent and perfect working condition.

The technique of bending wood while hot allowed for unusual effects - beautifully curved, twisted and round elements. Thanks to this invention, the furniture has become light and ope...

Pair of sculptures depicting sleeping lions. The model is an invention of Canova. Legend says that in 1767 Canova at the age of 10 made a lion with butter for a cake, it was a wing...

Disko metal is an alloy of lead and antimony, which was Andersen's own invention and named after the Disko Bay of Greenland, where he grew up.

By the 1850s , skirts expanded even further; creating a dome shape, due to the invention of the first artificial cage crinoline. The purpose of the crinoline was to create an artific...

By the 1850s , skirts expanded even further; creating a dome shape, due to the invention of the first artificial cage crinoline. The purpose of the crinoline was to create an artific...

By the 1850s , skirts expanded even further; creating a dome shape, due to the invention of the first artificial cage crinoline. The purpose of the crinoline was to create an artific...

In exceptional condition, having never been exposed to the light, this landscape painting demonstrates many of the innovations in watercolour technique developed by William Payne (17...

He is internationally known for his invention of the Pin Screen technique, an early form of stop motion animation, and Totalization, an image capture technique that involved filming ...

He is internationally known for his invention of the Pin Screen technique, an early form of stop motion animation, and Totalization, an image capture technique that involved filming ...

Glass and crystal have been a prevelant feature of costume pieces since the invention of jewellery. Easily accessible materials that can be formed into any shape.

Glass has been a prevelant feature of costume pieces since the invention of jewellery. An easily accessible material that can be formed into any shape and dyed any colour.

Considered by many to be a purely English invention, the Dumbwaiter was introduced around 1720 and, by the end of the 18th century, had been refined to this piece with delicate form ...

Glass has been a prevelant feature of costume pieces since the invention of jewellery. An easily accessible material that can be formed into any shape and dyed any colour.

The penschilder technique was thought to be the invention of Willem van de Velde I, however, it is very probable that it was developed independently in Delft and Amsterdam at the sam...

Depuis le règne de Louis XV jusqu'au Consulat, Georges Jacob produit une quantité incalculable de sièges, de toutes espèces et d'une grande richesse d'invention. stamped + invento...

The bankers were a particularly nervous about the invention as a machine for forgeries and counterfeiting.

According to Barry Harwood's "The furniture of George Hunzinger: Invention and innovation in 19th century America", p. 102, this interchangeability of parts is apparent in many of hi...

Glass has been a prevelant feature of costume pieces since the invention of jewellery. An easily accessible material that can be formed into any shape and dyed any colour.

A beautiful and exceptionally bright leather set of these collected major works of William Hickling Prescott. Complete in twelve volumes. A set of the major works of William H. Pr...

This is an antique book, Bones & I by George Whyte-Melville. An English language, bound novel, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. First published in 1868, Bones & I i...

19th century English hall stand made from oak. It is a lovely scalloped and shaped piece with five hooks for coats or hats and has a large umbrella or cane stand at the base. there a...

In the style of Meissen. Quinlong period. 1750. Stand and tureen base with minor restorations. European-inspired scenes. Platter diameter is 14". No cracks. No chips.

Vintage Acorn Coat Tree / Stand Overall Dimensions: 16 1/2" x 16 1/2" x 75" high Materials: Wood & Metal

Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called  « Life of Jean Wesley ». These beautiful books are perf...

A late 19th century Sèvres style parcel-gilt porcelain jardinière Finely painted with numerous colored flowers with green and gold trim, gilt ram heads on either side. In late ...

This set of 12 Coalport dinner plates feature an unusual color combination of a soft gray border decorated with a vibrant palette of brightly painted flowers. There are various combi...

Early 19th Century Beige Bessarabian Tapestry Woven Wool Rug Featuring an Adamesque central medallion set against a warm caramel ground, the composition is elegantly anchored by swa...

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)

Dodie Thayer Lettuce Ware Tureen, Cover and Stand, Jupiter, Florida, 1987 The tureen, cover and conforming stand are naturalistically modeled as a head of lettuce, hand-built in gla...

This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armour...

A Meissen porcelain ‘Gold Dragon’ pattern three-piece garniture. A Meissen porcelain reticulated three-piece basket Garniture and stands. Late 1800s, blue crossed swords marks ...

A William IV cabinet attributed to Town and Emmanuel Constructed in a strongly grained olivewood and dressed with gold brass inlays and an etched and engraved brass panel; rising fr...

Edgar Brandt. French Art Deco floor lamp on a wrought iron base, with mottled orange glass shade by Daum, 1920s. Measures: H 67.7 in.

Watercolor on paper mounted on masonite board with ornate gilt frame. Dimensions: (Board) H 13.5" x W 10"

English Oak Masonic tall case clock with brass Eagle finial over broken pediment, arched bonnet, fluted brass hood columns with upper secret drawer, hand painted decorative face, mas...