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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Enchanting Hemimorphite: Blue Stone Wonder from China
Located in London, GB
Immerse yourself in the captivating hues of this exceptional hemimorphite specimen from China. This unique piece showcases a mesmerizing gradient of colors, transitioning smoothly fr...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Quartz
Raptor Rib Fossil in Matrix // Late Cretaceous
Located in New York, NY
This authentic raptor rib fossil, preserved in its original matrix, hails from the iconic Lance Formation of Wyoming, a site renowned for its cache of Late Cretaceous dinosaur remain...
Category
American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
Derby Exceptional Pair of Porcelain Figures of the Garland Shepherds, ca 1765
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful pair of Derby figures called the "Garland Shepherds", made in about 1765. The pair is one of Derby's most famous figure pairs and it bears the catalogue number E2...
Category
English Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Spanish 17th/ 18th Century Hand Carved Wooden Baroque Angel
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful hand carved standing Baroque angel figure. Unique period piece with its original paint .
Spain, circa 1650-1750
Weathered. .
Measurement here below includes the wooden ba...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$880 Sale Price
44% Off
Antique Mail Carriage Strong Box, English, Oak, Security Chest, Early Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique mail carriage strong box. An English, oak security chest, dating to the early Georgian period, circa 1720.
Fascinating George I lock b...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Pair of 16th Century Italian Gilt Candlesticks
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A pair of Italian giltwood candlesticks from the 1500’s. This impressive hand-carved pair of candlesticks have stayed together for over 400 years. Gold and silver gilt is found on th...
Category
Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Giltwood
$4,200 / set
Period Rectangular Giltwood Italian Salvator Rosa Style Frame
Located in Roma, IT
Salvator Rosa last 17th century giltwood frame.
Internal measurements cm 24 x 32.5
Pure example of Italian Salvator Rosa gild wood frame of 17th century.
"Salvator Rosa" is the famo...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
7.5" Alethopteris Species Natural Tree Fern Fossil Specimen, 305 million yrs
Located in Warrenton, OR
7.5" Alethopteris Species Natural Tree Fern Fossil Specimen, 305 million yrs old apx.
This plant fossil specimen is unique and subtantial. In addition to the two large fern leaf fos...
Category
American Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Organic Material
$236 Sale Price
20% Off
Cabinet Set Six Imari Dessert Plates with Dragons 18th Century Turner's Patent
By John Turner
Located in Katonah, NY
This set of six plates, crafted by John Turner around 1795, features the exquisite Imari color palette of iron red, cobalt blue, and radiant gold. The color combination creates a vib...
Category
English Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Ironstone
Very old Iranian blue-glazed pottery bowl/12th century/Persia pottery
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This pottery was made around the 12th century, likely in the region around Iran.
In Japan, this type of pottery is commonly known as "Persian pottery."
In addition to polychrome-pain...
Category
Persian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
8.5" Polymorphopteris Species Natural Tree Fern Fossil Specimen, 305 million yrs
Located in Warrenton, OR
8.5" Polymorphopteris Species Natural Tree Fern Fossil Specimen, 305 million yrs old apx.
Discovered at Llewellyn Formation (PA)
Here is another gorgeous plant fossil specimen that w...
Category
American Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Organic Material
$228 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian 18th Century Carved Giltwood Neo Classical Style bird Ornament
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful handcarved giltwood bird ornament.
Made out of wood with later chalk restorations.
Italy circa 1780 . Weathered, losses and old repairs.
Measurements individual and includ...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$466 Sale Price
43% Off
Genuine Trilobite (Ptychopariida) Fossil on Matrix (17 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Ptychopariida is a large, heterogeneous order of trilobite containing some of the most primitive species known. The earliest species occurred in the second half of the Lower Cambrian...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Cement, Other
Memento Mori Late 17th Century Faux White Marble Child Skull Figure Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
This engaging sculpture of Memento Mori dated Late 17th Century, is part of a production of small terracotta figures for private use, which Giuseppe Maria Mazza, created throughout h...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta, Giltwood
18th Century German Hammered Copper & Brass Bread Box, Kitchen Utensil
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful antique 18th century German bread box. Perfect for decoration in your old country kitchen. The piece is in good used antique condition with patina and a view minor dents. S...
Category
German Biedermeier Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Copper
Dazzling Triangular Pyrite
Located in London, GB
This stunning piece of Pyrite from Peru, often referred to as "Fool's Gold," is a remarkable example of nature's craftsmanship. The specimen features a unique triangular shape that e...
Category
Mexican Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Quartz, Pyrite
Couple of Small Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Giltwood Candleholders
Located in Buisson, FR
Great pair of small wooden candleholders with their original gilding.
Very nice type candleholder and rare to find in a pair.
Italy, circa 1780-1800.
Weathered, small losses.
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
$679 Sale Price / set
42% Off
Korean antique black glaze pottery/Joseon period/15th-16th century/small vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a small black-glazed jar made in Korea between the 15th and 16th centuries.
White porcelain is famous in Korea, but this was a type of porcelain that was only allowed to be u...
Category
South Korean Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Small Wabi Sabi Antique Pottery Vase/"Echizen Ware"/Edo/1600s
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a Japanese Echizen ware pot.
It is "Echizenware".
Echizen is a historic kiln located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
(The Echizen kiln is marked with a red circle on the ma...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Korean antique pottery black glaze vase/15th-16th century/small bottle
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is black glazed pottery made in Korea from around the 15th to 16th century.
This era in Korea is called the Joseon Dynasty.
This black glazed pottery was only produced for a sho...
Category
South Korean Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Amethyst shell-like geode
Located in London, GB
Beautiful section of an amethyst geode, unusually thin in cross section and resembling a shell with gorgeous deep purple amethyst lining.
Origin : Artigas, Uruguay
Category
Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Pink Italian Stone Box
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage, polished rhodochrosite box with striking marbled veining in pink, black, and grey, topped with a smooth oval agate cabochon. The interior is lined in vibrant orange felt, wi...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Pair of 18th Century Italian Albarelli Jars
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon…
Dating to the 1700s, this pair of vibrant albarelli jars have two distinct portraits inset within ovals. The blue ground Italian jars have also been h...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$1,680 / set
Blue and White Arita Japanese Porcelain Printed Period Bowl, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing this lovely 19th century bowl. Printed.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Japanese Style: Imari
Decoration Type / Colour: Imari
Region of Origin: Japan
P...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$87 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian 17th Century Terracotta Olive Oil Jar with Yellow Glazed Spiraling Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian terracotta olive oil jar from the 17th century, with yellow glazed spiraling décor, raised motif and twisted lateral handles. Created in Italy during the 17th century, thi...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Matched Pair Split Ammonite Fossil Set Mineral Specimen
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Matched Pair Split Ammonite fossil mineral specimens
Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old
Measures: 5 x 4.25 x 0.5 in. / 13 x 10 x 1.5 cm
Height on custom d...
Category
Malagasy Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
French Louis XIV Messenger Box - Leather Wrapped Wood - France - 17th 18th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Magnificent Louis XIV period messenger box, late 17th early 18th century.
This pretty box is made of leather-covered wood decorated with copper nails on the front and top of the box....
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Leather, Wood
Dutch Delft Blue and White Charger De Witte Starre Factory Circa 1770
Located in Katonah, NY
This large Dutch Delft charger was hand-painted at the De Witte Starre* factory in Haarlem circa 1770.
The cobalt blue decoration is arranged in petal-like panels radiating from a ce...
Category
Dutch Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Delft
18th Century Large Wedgwood & Bentley Black Basalt Jar England Circa 1775
Located in Katonah, NY
This impressive black basalt jar, crafted by Wedgwood and Bentley at the renowned Etruria factory, embodies the refined simplicity of the neoclassical style.
The jar features an elon...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
18th Century oak longcase clock by james draycot wells
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
18th century oak longcase clock by James Draycot wells, circa 1790.
Excellent quality golden oak longcase clock. Second hand dial, date and baring the makers disc at the top.
Hood ...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Steel
Late 18th Century Liege Burled Walnut Tall Case Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
A stately late 18th century Belgian, Liege, tall case clock case having a period Black Forest clock workings with wooden enameled dial and hand-painted fruit decoration, the original...
Category
Belgian Black Forest Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Iron
$2,320 Sale Price
39% Off
17th Century Iron Lock & Key
Located in Huntington, NY
17th century lock & key. Probably form a large cabinet or a door.
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Italian Candelabra Rococo Sterling Silver Candlesticks Venice pair
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
2 Italian 18th century solid silver candlesticks altar Church candlesticks
Style: Rococo, Italian, Antique, Louis XV,
One of it can be converted to a candelabra
Each on a shaped cir...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Large Medieval 15th Century Religious Hand Carved Marble Sculpture Group
Located in Nottingham, GB
A large and rare second half of 15th century religious marble sculpture group, hand carved, mounted on bronze base for display. This sculpture group depicts the death of Saint Joseph...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Chinese porcelain Mai-ping form vase, c. 1775-1800
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Chinese porcelain mai-ping form vase with standing rim over a bulbous shoulder tapering to a flared foot. The overall decoration is finely executed cobalt blue delineation of the tra...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Extra Large 12.5 in Luminescent Ammonite Fossil, Jurassic Cretaceous Period #LP3
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Madagascar
Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old
Dimensions: 12.75 x 11 x 2.25 in. / 32 x 28 x 6 cm
Weight: 12 lbs 14 oz/ 5.85 kg
In this example, the complex...
Category
Malagasy Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Precious Stone
Large Pair of English Renaissance Repousse Brass Candlesticks.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Large Pair of English Renaissance Repousse Brass Candlesticks.
Seventeenth century English embossed brass candlesticks from about 1650. This rare pair of beautifully created candle ...
Category
English Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Genuine Hollardops Mesacristata Trilobite on Matrix (1.15 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Trilobites, an early arthropod relative of spiders, horseshoe crabs, and scorpions, preserved in this level of detail only occurred as a result of very sudden underwater landslides c...
Category
Moroccan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Cement, Other
Small Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Giltwood Candleholder
Located in Buisson, FR
Great small wooden candleholder with its original gilding.
Very nice type candleholder and rare to find.
Italy, circa 1780-1800.
Weathered, small losses and repair.
H:29cm W:16,5cm ...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$384 Sale Price
45% Off
Outstanding Quality Antique George III Oak & Burr Oak Brass Face Longcase Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality antique George III oak and burr oak brass face longcase clock by William Frening, Suning having an outstanding quality case with a long door, turned columns to ...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
18th Century French Porcelain Plate by Dagoty with Children at Play
By Dagoty
Located in Katonah, NY
Made circa 1785, this plate features a deep cobalt blue border that is beautifully gilded with a dramatic geometric pattern. The burnished gilt is a hallmark of Dagoty porcelains.
I...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Double Windowed Amethyst Geode with Agatised Borders and Rare Calcite Formation
Located in London, GB
The central element of this geode has been preserved with two windows
on each side, revealing gorgeous calcite formations sat on a blanket of
differentially tinted amethystine quar...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Candy Cable Car Dispenser No. 38, 2000
Located in Manzano, IT
Vintage Candy Dispenser
An authentic icon of the 1990s American aesthetic, this charming "Candy Cable Car Co." candy dispenser is an original Blackdog creation, made in the United S...
Category
Central American Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Carcharodontosaurus Tooth
Located in New York, NY
This genuine Carcharodontosaurus tooth is a prehistoric treasure from one of the most fearsome predators of the Cretaceous period. With its razor-sharp serrations and blade-like shap...
Category
Moroccan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Bone
18th Century German Grandfather Clock
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid 18th century walnut wood framed German 8-Day Grandfather clock. The tall case clock featured a dark walnut case with flared base, hood with half-columns and turned finials. Iron ...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
18th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Wood Statue of a Saint
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine Spanish Colonial statue of a male saint in carved and polychromed wood. The saint's face has a beatific expression and the eyes are made of gl...
Category
Philippine Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
16th Century Mary Magdalene in Polychromed Carved Walnut
Located in Meer, VAN
Mary Magdalene in Polychromed Carved Walnut 16th Century
Devotional figure in carved wood, depicting Mary Magdalene. Walnut, most probably Flemish and from the 16th century.
It de...
Category
European Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Walnut
Antique Gothic Carved Limestone Model of a Madonna or Venus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique limestone carving.
Modeled as a Madonna.
With her head slightly tilted, holding an orb in one hand, and with her other hand resting on her breast.
By repute ...
Category
Unknown Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Limestone
Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
Located in London, GB
A pair of monumental limestone sphinxes of Pharaoh Nectanebo I, from the processional avenue of the Serapeum of Memphis, 30th Dynasty, circa 379 - 360 BC.
The sphinxes of the Serapeum have captivated travellers since Roman times. However, despite their significance, they are conspicuously absent from the collections of most major museums. Indeed, their existence in private hands is so improbable, and their imitations so numerous, that the present sphinxes were assumed to be modern copies throughout their recent ownership history. Finally recognised and conserved after an extraordinary chance discovery at a garden furniture sale...
Category
Egyptian Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Limestone
Small antique Japanese pottery vase/14th to 15th century/"Shigaraki ware"
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is "Shigaraki ware".
Shigaraki is a historical kiln located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. (Shigaraki Kiln is marked with a red circle on the map.)
It is said to have originated in t...
Category
Japanese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Large Antique 18th Century Italian Sculptural Wooden Barley Twisted Pedestal
Located in Odense, DK
A striking hand-carved wooden sculpture, nearly 200 cm tall, with a twisted form that evokes organic movement and architectural rhythm. Painted in delicate layers of soft pink, green...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak, Wood
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Genuine Natural Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur Tooth (91 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Carcharodontosaurus (Dinosaur) tooth in a glass display box From Tegana Formation, North Africa.
Cretaceous Age 65 million years
Carcharodontosaurus is one of the longest and heavi...
Category
Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
Large Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Bowl Famille Rose Hand Painted C-1770
Located in Katonah, NY
This exquisite 18th-century Chinese export porcelain bowl was hand-painted during the Qianlong era, circa 1770, using colored enamels in the Famille Rose palette.
Pink peonies in ful...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Spanish 18th Century Marble Mortar
Located in Round Top, TX
A very charming 18th century mortar from the Catalan region in Spain. Beautifully carved from stone. A wonderful accessory piece for any kitchen, bathroom, or table top.
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Korean antique pottery vase / Goryeo dynasty / 13th to 14th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
There is a long crack that has been repaired.
Detailed images 14th and 15th.
There is no water leakage, but please refrain from leaving water in it for more than two days.
Also, be s...
Category
South Korean Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Pair of George III Cut Glass Girandoles
Located in Huntington, NY
A pair of George III cut glass Girandoles.
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$6,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Antique Jar "Tokoname" / Pottery Vases / 1600-1700s / Wabi-sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old Japanese pottery called Tokoname ware.
The glaze covers half of the piece, so its appearance changes depending on the angle from which you view it.
It's also unique in...
Category
Japanese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Large 18th Century French Louis XV Gilt Bronze Boulle inlaid Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
Very large (40 inch tall) ormolu bronze mantel clock from the Louis XV period with Boulle style inlaid brass and enamel decorations with original pendulum. By the Paris maker, Denis ...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
French 18th/ 19th Century Painting of Maria with Baby Jesus On Metal
Located in Buisson, FR
Very attractive painting of Maria with the baby Jesus. Painted on metal.
France circa 1800-1850
Weathered and small losses.
Category
French French Provincial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
$679 Sale Price
41% Off
18th Century Rare Terracotta Hand Carved French Biot Pot
Located in Miami, FL
This fabulous handmade terracotta pot originated in the Provençal town of Biot and was used to store olive oil. In perfect condition, the photos show the pot in sunlight.
These pots ...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
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