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Technique: Carved
Antique Victorian Mahogany Inlaid Book Slide Bookcase Holder Nineteenth Century
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Extremely well-constructed English Victorian Bookslide of good size proportions, mid Nineteenth Century, of outstanding quality and condition. The adjustable base raised on a plai...
Category
19th Century Irish Victorian Antique Carved Books
Materials
Mahogany
French 19th Century Ebonized Duet Stand
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French ebonized duet stand made in the 1800’s. This antique was built for duet performances with back to back sheet music stands and adjustable brass candle holders. The functional...
Category
19th Century French Other Antique Carved Books
Materials
Brass
Danish 19th Century Wooden Folk Art Bible Box "Forget Me Not"
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-19th century wooden box designed to look like a Bible. Text engraved with monogramme.
The four words in the corners are quite cute and charming:
Danish: "FOR - GLEM - MIG - EJ"...
Category
19th Century Danish Folk Art Antique Carved Books
Materials
Wood
Rare Bookends, Humanized Ravens Carved in Wood Glass Eyes Enigmatic & Original
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Antique enigmatic Bookends, Humanized Ravens, Carved in Wood with Glass Eyes
It has a cylinder-shaped iron counterweight inside the books, to guarantee its stability.
Very special, they could be unique pieces or very difficult to find. They are old.19th century or earlier
Bookends. Humanized ravens, carved in wood with glass eyes
An iron cylinder is embedded inside the book as a counterweight.
They are exceptional pieces, they could be unique
They have the magnetism, of the mystery, of the enigmatic. They are very special
Anthropomorphic figures in the shape of a Raven, leaning on a stack of old books also carved in wood and polychrome
Enigmatic and overwhelming figures. They retain the smell of old books and wood.
I can imagine them in any old library...
Category
19th Century English Other Antique Carved Books
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Oak Book Stand
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This functional French antique is made of solid oak. Simply designed with a tilted surface for resting a book over a turned pedestal base with three splayed legs. Cleaned and polishe...
Category
19th Century French Other Antique Carved Books
Materials
Brass
19th Century Wooden Bible Box "Forget Me Not" with Secret Concealed Compartment
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
19th Century wooden Bible box "Forget Me Not" with secret concealed compartment
The four words in the corners are quite cute and charming:
Danish...
Category
19th Century Scandinavian Folk Art Antique Carved Books
Materials
Wood
Large Antique Photo Album with Wooden Carved Cover, Brienz ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Antique Photo Album with Wooden Carved Cover, Brienz ca. 1900
A lovely antique photo album featuring a lindenwood carved cover depicting a hunte...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Carved Books
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Book Ends with 11 Antique Books
Located in Dallas, TX
Nice Black Forest bear shaped book ends. This set also comes with a very fine set of 11 antique leather bound books. Would make an interesting gift!
Category
19th Century Swiss Antique Carved Books
Materials
Leather, Wood
French 18th Century Double Sided Lectern
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A stunning 18th century iron lectern from France. This would have been used on the altar to display a large bible during mass for the priest to read from. This is an instant conversa...
Category
18th Century French Other Antique Carved Books
Materials
Iron
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Located in Terrassa, Catalonia
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H 5.52 in W 2.17 in D 2.76 in
Antique Treasure Island Book, Robert Louis Stevenson, English, Late Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. An English, professionally bound literary classic, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1895 and later.
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Paper
H 7.29 in W 5.12 in D 1.19 in
Set of Italian Onyx and White Marble Bookends
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of white and black marble bookends, Italy circa 1960's. Wonderful addition to any home office seeking a classic or modern vibe.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Carved Books
Materials
Marble, Onyx
Antique French 19th Century Jewelry Box Flap Door Miniature Wood Cabinet
Located in Firenze, IT
This beautiful French late 19th century chest of drawers in black ebonized wood and cherrywood reproduces with perfect proportions in scale a miniature cabinet with three drawers and an upper flap door that opens to reveal a white marble top and an oval mirror inside, nice hand carved band on top with geometrical pattern and molded base.
The black lacquered wood creates a wonderful contrast with the beautiful honey-colored wood grain. Despite its convenient size, extremely detailed, this chest of drawers is equipped with a white Carrara marble top and a small mirror that make it even more special and useful.
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Carved Books
Materials
Carrara Marble, Metal
H 11.03 in W 10.24 in D 6.7 in
Miniature 19th Century Victorian Figured Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th c. Charming antique miniature chest of drawers. The chest has a marble top. The case is figured mahogany, with four stacked drawers, the ...
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Mid-19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Carved Books
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique Continetal Silver Ebonized Walking Cane Stick Late 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique continetal silver handled walking stick, circa 1870 in date
The striking stick features a silver Crutch handle which is engraved 'C J Stuilt' on a gentle...
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1870s English Antique Carved Books
Materials
Silver
H 32.68 in W 4.73 in D 1.19 in
17th Century English Jacobean Carved Oak Bible Box.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
17th Century English Jacobean Carved Oak Bible Box.
Period Jacobean solid dark oak bible box from the 17th century. The front is beautifully carved wi...
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17th Century English Jacobean Antique Carved Books
Materials
Wrought Iron
Mid-Century Hand Carved Alabaster Owl Sculptures with Glass Eyes Bookends 1950s
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful, meaningful, practical and decorative mid-century bookends.
Given the fact that owls are the international symbol for wisdom and learning, these are the perfect sculptures...
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Carved Books
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H 7 in W 3.1 in D 2.8 in
19th Century Folk Art Box With Inlaid Hearts
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century American folk art box with decorated with inlaid hearts, diamonds, triangles and shields. Possibly sailor made, this sweet little box was likely a valentine or keepsake ...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Carved Books
Materials
Wood
19th C Antique Chess Set Game Regency Shape with 96mm Kings in Pine Lidded Box
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good and complete handmade, hardwood chess set game of 32 pieces in a handmade pine box with a sliding lid, which we date to the turn of the 19th Century, Circa 1900.
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Late 19th Century British Régence Antique Carved Books
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Hardwood, Pine
H 3.4 in W 8.25 in D 4.6 in
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18th Century Italian Book Slant/Holder
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century. Italian book slant/holder. Retains a distressed old green paint and gilt finish. Good aged crackle. Unrestored.
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Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Carved Books
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
The Holy Bible, Standard Edition, Illustrated Family Bible, 1885
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
The “Standard” Edition of The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha, Translated out of the Original Tongues, Together with Cruden’s Complete Concordance… and Revised New Testament, with Many Other Important and Useful Aids to the Study of the Holy Scriptures, All Written to Increase the Interest in and Simplify the Study of the Word of God. Syracuse: Bible Publishing House, 1885. Standard Edition. Illustrated with steel and wood engravings and chromolithographs. Large quarto, with original full leather carved and gilded boards. Gilded edges and pewter clasps. Presented with a custom-made archival clamshell box.
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1880s American Late Victorian Antique Carved Books
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The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Illustrated, 1882
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
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1880s Canadian Antique Carved Books
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H 14.13 in W 11.75 in D 5 in
Antique Victorian Brass Inlaid Coromandel Library Book Trough Bookcase Holder
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally fine Quality Early Victorian English Well Figured Polished Coromandel Gentleman’s Library Adjustable Table Book Holder, firmly attr...
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19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Carved Books
Materials
Brass
H 7.5 in W 14.5 in D 6 in
Antique Oak Gothic Church Bible / Book Stand with Open Carved Text Laus Sit Deo
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique church or monastery bible stand with perfectly hand carved Laus Sit Deo text.
This beautifully hand carved Gothic bible stand dates from c...
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Late 19th Century Dutch Gothic Revival Antique Carved Books
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Oak
H 13.6 in W 15 in D 10.6 in
Brown’s Self-Interpreting Family Bible by the Rev. John Brown, Illustrated, 1890
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Brown’s Self-Interpreting Family Bible with Copious Critical and Explanatory Notes and Practical Reflections, by the Rev. John Brown of Haddington, and Ma...
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H 14.38 in W 12 in D 5.25 in
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Spanish hand carved wooden bookstand.
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Located in Dublin, Ireland
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Located in Dublin, Ireland
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Located in Dublin, Ireland
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