Odes and Sonnets Illustrades

G/227 - Elegant and simple torchon of garnets and pearls, but with a special gold clasp alla handmade. Pearls give light to garnets. It's new, never worn.

re. O/5567 - This is a collectible book.! By Peter Mark Roget, M.A., revised and enlarged by Samuel Romilly Roget, M.A. - London - Great Britain -

Uncommon Italian necklace with black agata and red jasper, set with a gold clasp. Length 54 cm. Clip cm. 3.50 x 2, with 7 mm. thick gold. A VERY GOOD price now for closing activiti...

Italian "torchon" round-neck necklace with tourmaline and citrine quartz. Mounted with gold (gr.4.25). Unique piece. ref. G/125 Wearable also...

Beautiful silver cigarette case (or personal business card holder), with initials in gold. Rare antique single piece.

nr. 9 books - owner Rolland - various titles and authors : Les maitres d'autrefois (Eugène Fromentin) - Petit Bob (GyP) - Voyage autour de mon jardin (Alphonse Karr) - Sans famille (...

1 Volume. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese. A lovely Cosway-style binding by Bayntun in full purple morocco with the upper cover set with a hand-painted portrait of Browning under glass, bordered in gilt. Both the front and back covers are bordered in intricate floral gilt detailing. Raised bands gilt with panels displaying ornate gilt floral detailing and label lettering in gilt. All of the edges are gilt with morocco and gilt turn-ins as well as watered silk...

AUTHOR: VERINEAU, Alexandre de, (Louis Perceau), (Gerda Wegener - illustrator). TITLE: Douze Sonnets Lascifs: pour accompagner la suite d'aquarelles int...

A wonderful jewelry box in gilt cast bronze by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997). From a small special series, the designer created circa 1945-55. on which some French poems were cast in relief on the cover. This box features a well-known love poem "Sonnet" by Félix Arvers (1806 – 1850), widely considered as one of the most romantic French poems written about unrequited love and longing. Three out of four passages are shown on the lid except the third one. The box is lined with cork. There is a line on the back from casting, commonly seen in the boxes of the series. Mon âme a son secret, ma vie a son mystère, Un amour éternel en un moment conçu Le mal est sans espoir, aussi j'ai dû le taire, Et celle qui l'a fait n'en a jamais rien su. Hélas ! j'aurai passé près d'elle inaperçu, Toujours à ses côtés, et pourtant solitaire. Et j'aurai jusqu'au bout fait mon temps sur la terre, N'osant rien demander et n'ayant rien reçu. Pour elle, quoique Dieu l'ait faite douce et tendre, Elle suit son chemin, distraite et sans entendre Ce murmure d'amour élevé sur ses pas. À l'austère devoir, pieusement fidèle, Elle dira, lisant ces vers tout remplis d'elle " Quelle est donc cette femme ? " et ne comprendra pas. A secret fills my soul, and a mystery fills my life, An eternal love conceived in an instant. As the scourge was hopeless, it remained wordless, And the one responsible was unaware of it. Alas! I lived close to her but without notice, Always by her side yet so lonely. And I shall have lived my days on this Earth, Not daring to ask for anything, obtaining nothing. Even though God made her gentle and tender, She goes her way, careless and oblivious To the sough of love rising...

Solid brass and cast iron Ship’s Porthole, early 20th century. Heavy original ship’s porthole, made in solid brass, cast iron and glass. This characteristic object shows a warm overall patina, revealing its age and history on the world’s oceans. The porthole has a glass door, lockable with two brass locks. A solid cast iron shutter...

A silver and bronze camel chest lock 19th century, North Africa, bought in Tunisia in the early 1960s directly from Nomads. The lock was used to lock valuables in chests which were then packed on camel caravans...

A ship's anemometer and aerovane originally mounted on the top of a container or large ship, where it would be connected to two dials on the bridge to indicating wind speed and direc...