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Period: 19th Century
Cameo or intaglio, Lady. Glass. Possibly Italy, 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Cameo or intaglio, Lady. Glass. Possibly Italy, 19th century.
Profile of a woman with her hair gathered in a bun and adorned with a ribbon, following the usual way of representing ...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Glass
Colt Distributors Quill Letter to Governor Beginning of Civil War, 1861
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
This handwritten (it appears with quill) letter was addressed to the Governor of the state of Ohio in 1861- the beginning of the Civil War. Tyler Davidson, one of the major Colt distributors, is offering the Ohio Militia one to two thousand Colt Navy revolvers. They "can provide 100 per day at a cost of $22.50 each." This document from the files of Civil War General...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Other
Cameo or intaglio, Cupid guiding lions. Glass. Possibly, Italy, 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Cameo or intaglio, Cupid guiding lions. Glass. Possibly, Italy, 19th century.
You can see, in the foreground, a naked and winged child figure, Cupid (or Eros, god of love), guiding ...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Glass
Cast Iron Fire Engine Fire Marker
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Painted cast iron horizontal fire marker with a fire engine and initials "U.F." Similar one in the Fireman's Hall Museum. The Fire Association of Philadelphia managed an insurance co...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Iron
Antique Victorian Silver Wager Cups Modelled as a Lady & Gentleman in Costume
By Martin Sugar
Located in London, London
Carrying import marks for London in 1891 by Martin Sugar, this striking pair of antique sterling silver wager cups, are modelled as a gentlem...
Category
English Baroque Revival Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cameo or intaglio, male portrait. Glass. Possibly Italy, 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Cameo or intaglio, male portrait. Glass. Possibly Italy, 19th century.
Male profile with short hair divided into wavy locks reminiscent, for example, of portraits of Julius Caesar a...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Glass
19th Century Silver Gilt Presentation Casket Awarded to Alderman Abel Heywood
Located in London, GB
An Elkington & Company Silver Gilt Presentation Casket
Hall Marked for Birmingham, 1891 and the maker; the casket, in the Victorian Gothic manner, with cluster columns at the angles...
Category
English Gothic Revival Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Vermeil
5 Officers of the British Army Pictures
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
5 Officers of the British Army Pictures
5 Officers of the British Army Pictures of Military Uniforms on Horse Back These are 19th Century Prints framed and in nice condition for the...
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Iron Elevator Indicator Panel from The Fisher Building, Chicago, 1896
Located in Round Top, TX
A late 19th century cast iron elevator indicator panel from the famed Fisher Building designed and built by Daniel Burnham in 1896. The indicator de...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Iron
Original Buffalo Bill Cody, Chief Red Cloud, American Horse Photograph
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Authentic, original D.F. Barry photo (3 marks), 11" x 14". Noted on back "William Cody, left of him is Red Cloud and right of him American Horse. Photo ta...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Other
Rare 19th Century Spanish Solid Marble Wash Board for Washing Clothes Old Way
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely 19th century Spanish marble wash stand
A very good looking piece, made for washing clothes, now its...
Category
Spanish Victorian Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Marble
1802, Richmond “Gold Cup”, by Robert Adam, Paul Storr and Robert Makepeace
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This exceptional silver-gilt trophy was made by Paul Storr in 1802, by arrangement with the London retailer Robert Makepeace. It is in the form of a classi...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
SET OF SIX SPOONS AND LADLE IN PORTUGUESE SILVER 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
SET OF SIX SPOONS AND LADLE IN PORTUGUESE SILVER
19th Century
with relief and openwork decoration with 'Boar II' hallmarks of 833 milesimas, dated 1887-1937.
In original case.
Signs...
Category
Portuguese Baroque Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
French 19th Century Altarpiece with Central Intaglio and Decorated Repoussé
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French 19th century altarpiece with intaglio. This antique French altarpiece features an urn and floral motif, with a single intaglio set into the central top bouquet. This altarpi...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Large Pair of Signed 19th Century Relief Portrait Busts of Wellington & Napoleon
By Nathaniel Palmer
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome and impressive pair of relief portrait busts in copper depicting portrait busts of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) on the left, and Napoleon Bona...
Category
English William IV Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Copper
1815 Spanish Passport Hand Written on Paper
Located in Marbella, ES
1815 Spanish passport hand written on paper. Part of a large collection.
Category
Spanish Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
A Fine & Rare Sterling Silver Snuff Box Made For The Great Exhibition of 1851
By Foxall & Co.
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine and rare 19th century sterling silver snuff box made specifically for the Great Exhibition of 1851, held at the Crystal Palace in Londo...
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sullivan Designed Capital from the Chicago Stock Exchange
Located in Round Top, TX
A rare Louis Sullivan designed four-piece terracotta capital from the Chicago stock exchange, 1893, by the legendary firm of Adler and Sullivan.
Category
American Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century Fruitwood Mortar and Pestle
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th century fruitwood mortar and pestle. Lathe work, remnants of paint or dark stain. Original pestle included.
Period: First half of the 19th century
Origin: Eastern, US
Size: 5" ...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Fruitwood
Extremely Rare Copy of the Venezuelan Declaration of Independance, 1811
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Extremely rare copy of the Venezuelan Declaration of Independance 'Declaracion de Independencia de las Siete Provincias Unidas de Venezuela en Congreso de 5 de Julio de 1811'
By Lorenzo Lüthy (c. 1811-1877), printed in Philadelphia, Peter S. Duval, 1841.
Lithograph on laid paper, mounted in passepartout, H. 84 x W. 64.5 cm (with mount H. 96,5 x W. 77 cm.)
Large and extremely rare lithographed broadside Declaration of Independence of Venezuela by American immigrant...
Category
Venezuelan Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Caricature Napoleon III Bronze Statuette, Signed Ham Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Caricature Napoleon III bronze statuette, Signed HAM late 19th century.
Bronze sculpture of Napoleon III, surellymade after leaving France, 19th century. A satirical political commen...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Marble, Bronze
William Theed the Younger 1804-91 Marble Bust of William Ewart Gladstone 1868
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very finely carved marble bust of William Ewart Gladstone dated 1868 and signed W.Theed SC
William Theed was born in Staffordshire, his father, William Theed the elder being a sculptor and a craftsman at Wedgwood, known for his major work, Hercules and the Thracian Horses for one frontage of the Buckingham Palace complex. The younger Theed studied at the Royal Academy Schools, then worked for the sculptor E. H. Baily. Five years on, in 1826, he went to Rome, where he was to stay a total of 22 years, during that time working in the studios of Thorwaldson and John Gibson.
Returning to London in 1848, Theed enjoyed a good reputation, being a favoured sculptor of Queen Victoria, and was commissioned to produce many portrait statues, busts, and large monuments. He showed work in the 1851 Great Exhibition, and among other high points were a group for the Albert Memorial, and five standing figures on the Inland Revenue side of Somerset House, representing Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin.
Theed's statues may be seen in St Paul's (Henry Hallam), Manchester (Monument to Chetham in the Cathedral, Gladstone and Thomas Bright for the Town Hall, and James Watt in Piccadilly Gardens), Huddersfield (Robert Peel), Winchester (David Williams monument in the Cathedral), and Prince Albert statues for Grimsby, and in Australia in Macquairie Street, Sydney. He was also responsible for three of the portrait statues (Bacon, Locke, Adam Smith...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Marble
A Wooden Gavel Presented to Chebra Rofei Cholim Krakauer Society, New York, 1884
Located in New York, NY
A Unique Wooden Gavel, Presented to Chebra Rofei Cholim Krakauer Society in New York, 1884.
This wooden Gavel has a long baluster handle and a thick circular body with a dedicatory ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
A relic from the family of Bounty Mutineer John Adams: documented piece of Bark
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A relic from the family of Bounty Mutineer John Adams: An exceptionally rare documented piece of Bark Cloth from the Pitcairn Islands, with a fragment of paper pinned to it stating ‘Manufactured at Pitcairn’s Island, by the descendants of John Adams the Mutineer, from the bark of a tree.’
Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire
For similar examples see the collection of the British Museum (Oc1937,0308.1 and Oc1937,0308.2) each with the same handwriting as the example offered here, but signed ‘H. Porter’ and dated 1837 and another in the National Martime Museum, Greenwich.
John Adams (1767-1829)
John Adams (known as Alexander Smith) was the last survivor of the Bounty Mutineers, the disaffected crewmen, who, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the ship from their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and set him and eighteen loyalists adrift in the ship’s open launch.
After a sojourn in Tahiti, Christian, the remaining mutineers and some native Tahitians, mainly women forcibly abducted, left on 22nd September 1799 in search of safe haven. He then formed the idea of settling on Pitcairn Island, far to the east of Tahiti; the island had been reported in 1767, but its exact location was never verified. After months of searching, Christian rediscovered the island on 15 January 1790, 188 nautical miles east of its recorded position. This longitudinal error contributed to the mutineers’ decision to settle on Pitcairn in the hope they would be undetected. On arrival the Bounty was unloaded and stripped of most of its masts and spars, for use on the island. It was set ablaze and destroyed on 23rd January 1790.
Although the settlers were able to survive by farming and fishing, the initial period of settlement was marked by serious tensions among the settlers. Alcoholism, murder, disease and other ills had taken the lives of most of the mutineers and Tahitian men. John Adams, Ned Young, and Matthew Quintal were the last three mutineers surviving in 1799 when the thuggish Quintal, while drunk, reportedly threatened to kill the entire community if he could not have Fletcher Christian’s widow as his own consort, and in response Adams and Young lured him to Young’s house and killed him with a hatchet. Having taken effective control of the 19-member strong colony after the 1793 massacre, Adams and Young then turned to the Scriptures using the ship’s Bible as their guide for a new and peaceful society. As a result, Adams and Young embraced Christianity and taught the children to read and write using the Bible. Young eventually died of an asthmatic infection in 1800, but Adams continued his work of educating the women and children. The Pitcairners also converted to Christianity. The Pitcairners would later convert from their existing form of Christianity to Adventism after a successful Adventist mission in the 1890s.
The American sailing ship Topaz was the first to rediscover Pitcairn in 1808. Adams was eventually granted amnesty for the mutiny...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
19th Century Sioux Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux fully beaded moccasins. Red, yellow and blue on white background. Soft soled brain tanned hide.
PERIOD: Late 19th Century
ORIGIN: Great Plains ...
Category
American Native American Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Hide, Beads
19th Century Roman Plaquette with Faustina and Antoninus Pius
Located in Copenhagen, K
Very nice roman plaquette with inscription on it. The inscription says something with Diva Faustina and Antoninus. So it must be in reference or to coin...
Category
European Greco Roman Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese American Cypresswood or Hirohi ‘Walsh, Hall & Co, Yokohama’ Tea Chest
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Japanese Cypresswood or hirohi ‘Walsh, Hall & Co, Yokohama’ tea chest
Yokohama, 1862-1897, with inscription reading: Choicest Natural Leaf Yamashiro Tea, Packed by Walsh, Hall & Co, Yokohama
Measures: H. 53.5 x W. 61.5 x D. 41.5 cm
Including original wood box
The chest gold, silver and red lacquered on a black lacquer ground, the top decorated with an eagle sitting on a branch, looking at a small escaping bird, the front with a pheasant under a chestnut, one side with a cockerel amongst foliage, the back decorated with an argus pheasant...
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Fire Association of Philadelphia Fire Marker
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Fire Association of Philadelphia fire marker. Used primarily for advertising purposes, fire marks were used from 1752 to circa 1900. Going back to their e...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Iron
Palais Royal Letter Opener In Mother Of Pearl From The Nineteenth Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
A fine 19th century antique letter opener, Palais Royal, France, complete in mother of pearl Length 28cm Good condition with aged patina
Category
French Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Cast Iron Fireman Fire Marker
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Unique cast iron fire marker with fireman, horn blowing "FIRE", and hose. Used primarily for advertising purposes, fire marks were used from 1752 to circa 1900. Going back to their ...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Iron
Japanese Export Nagasaki Lacquer Box with the Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Japanese export Nagasaki lacquer tobacco box with the portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte
Edo-period, circa 1810
The box in black lacquer on copper, ...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Copper, Gold
19thC Timber Corner Cabinet, Oak From HMS Foudroyant, Lord Nelson's Flagship
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A 19th Century rare timber corner cabinet, made from the oak salvaged from the Foudroyant, Lord Nelson’s flagship. A lead glazed door with maker's copper plate for 'Goodall, Lamb & H...
Category
British Other Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Glass, Oak
Pair of miniatures, Ferdinand II of Portugal and Isabel II of Portugal.
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of miniatures in medallions, Ferdinand II of Portugal and Isabel II of Portugal. Cardboard, metal, glass. XIX century.
Pair of miniatures on cardboard that show the busts of a ...
Category
Spanish Neoclassical Revival Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal, Other
Clothing Press in Oak Wood, Holland, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Clothing press in oakwood, Holland, 19th century. On four turned legs (three of them secured with a straight chambrana) the press rises, with a drawer underneath. As it is a purely u...
Category
Dutch Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Oak
Ulysses S. Grant, Large Albumen Photograph on Card by Abraham Bogardus
Located in New York, NY
Grant, Ulysses S.
Large Albumen Photograph
Magnificent large albumen photograph of Ulysses S. grant by Abraham Bogardus.
An unusually large late (circa 1880) photograph of Grant, post-presidency, in formal dress, sitting and in partial profile. Mounted on thick card with the photographer’s credit and address (“A. Bogardus / 872 Broadway, NY”) on matte below the photo.
The photographer, Anthony Bogardus, was a photographic pioneer, described by the New York Times as “the best-known photographer in the United States” in his prime who took “the first photographs of Gen. Grant, Gen. Hancock, Samuel D. Morse, inventor of the telegraph; Horace Greeley, Henry Ward Beecher and other equally well-known men.”
The engravers Currier & Ives produced an engraving based on this photograph, calling it “the last and best taken of General Grant...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Portrait Mezzotint of Admiral Viscount Duncan
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This fine impression of the celebrated print engraved by mezzotint engraver John Raphael Smith after a painting by Henry Danloux shows the subject on the deck of a ship in the heat of the Battle Camperdown. It is framed in an ornate giltwood frame with a paper label on the reverse showing a coat of arms flanked by the inscription ‘Admiral Lord Viscount Duncan when Victorious off Camperdown, is by permission most humbly dedicated to the Hon. Miss Jane Duncan by her most obedient Servant H.P.Danloux London. Published by H. P. Danloux No 11 Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Giltwood, Paper
George III Silver Tray for Lt. Robert Chester
Located in New Orleans, LA
This fascinating George III silver tray is a work of skillful English artistry, intricately chased and engraved it represents a prestigious commemorative gift for service. The tray rests on 4 bracket feet with oval handles and a delightful gadrooned border. The tray is distinguished by a spectacular engraved inscription of unmatched quality that bears a presentation inscription. The inscription is surrounded by a laurel wreath border with arms, two coat of arms and flags, two of which bear the monograms for King George III and George Spencer...
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English George III Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
A pair of Glastonbury chairs made for the Pembertons of Durham
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Each of these oak Glastonbury chairs has a pointed back and a fixed rectangular seat. The shaped arms and X-frame legs are attached with protruding pegs, giving the impression of a c...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Oak
Victorian Wooden Scale Model Crane, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
Unusual large scale model of a late Victorian crane, circa 1880. Beautifully constructed in mahogany with brass binding and details and the original working metal winch and chains, a...
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
French Oak Spit Rack Holder for Roasting Jacks
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French Oak Spit Rack Holder for Roasting Jacks
This is a chunky country piece, it is made in 2” thick solid Oak and will hold 4 Spits
The Rack is in very good condition, it is ...
Category
Country Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Oak
Queen Victoria’s Silver Coffee Service by William Bateman & Daniel Ball
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Queen Victoria’s silver coffee service, by William Bateman & Daniel Ball, comprising a coffee pot and burner, a cream jug and a sugar basin, each...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
George III Punch Bowl Made of Oak from H.M.S. Royal George, 1802
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This turned commemorative oak bowl is of deep cylindrical form applied with a silver shield-shaped plaque inscribed ‘H.M.S. Royal George. (108 Guns) Capsised 29th Augst. 1782. This P...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Oak
Antique Early 19th Century English Crimping or Goffering Iron, circa 1840
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique early 19th century English crimping or goffering iron, Circa 1840.
Used to make ruffles, frills, flounces, and pleats in starched linen, the crimpling iron was first introduced in Italy in the early 17th century. Very popular from the Elizabethan era...
Category
Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass, Iron
19th Century Walla Walla Prison Horse Bit Collection
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Collection of seven Walla Walla prison made bits. All silver overlaid but unique from each other with various techniques and designs. In the 19th Century f...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Hide, Leather
19th Century French Cast Iron Scale
Located in High Point, NC
This cast iron scale was made in France, circa 1900. A household and marketplace classic, scales of these dimensions were commonly used to weigh fruits...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal, Iron
19th Century English Oak Miniature Presentation Wheelbarrow
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century oak presentation wheelbarrow
Commemorating the Great Western Railway Extension
The presentation wheelbarrow carved from oak with finely carved ivy leaves and ...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Oak
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brass and Enamel Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Brass Hanukkah lamp, Israel, 1950s. Enamel over brass. Marked on bottom, "made in Israel." The front scene depicts the Maccabees against Roman soldiers over the battle of Jerusalem. ...
Category
Israeli Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
19th Century Brown Brothers Cast Iron Boot Jack
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th century cast iron boot jack, with jacks on both ends and legs on both sides. Brown Brothers Foundry, patented May 18, 1869. 12" x 5". Collector's p...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Iron
Very Rare 1898-1914 British Patriotic Propaganda Doll of Lord Horatio Kitchener
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Wimbledon-Furniture
Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for auction this very rare circa 1898 to 1914 British Patriotic Propaganda Doll of Lord Horatio Kitchener.
If the face looks familiar he was the chap on the Your Country Needs YOU posters as pictured, these dolls are exceptionally collectable, they never come up for sale.
Description Large scale doll featuring bisque head, hands and feet; with a painted character head in the likeness of Lord Kitchener. Doll is supplied with an officer's cap made from khaki cotton drill, leather, gold braid and red felt on a thick card base. The tunic and knee-length breeches are also made from cotton drill and feature four patch pockets, with nickel-plated paper fasteners for buttons, real leather Sam Browne belt and holster, red felt collar tabs...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Fabric
19th Century Italian Marble Plaque of George Slaying the Dragon, C.1870
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour marble relief depicting St George slaying the Dragon.
England has always been one of the leading countries in terms of travelling and explori...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Marble
Antique Victorian Butterfly Skirt Lifter Dress Holder
Located in Chonburi, TH
Fyfe's patent first registered Sept 21st 1876, Pretty butterfly design skirt lifter.
Category
American Victorian Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
Pair of Marquess of Clanricarde De Burgh-Canning Carriage Badges
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Pair of Marquess of Clanricarde de Burgh-Canning carriage badges, each gilt metal armorial designed as the coat of arms de Burgh-Canning for Ullick John de ...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Count Gleichen’s shrapnel paperweight. Russian and English, 1854
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Count Gleichen’s Russian shell paperweight, the tooth shaped fragment of a Russian armament shell set above another of rectangular form both raised on a silver mount on an ebonized rectangular plinth, applied with a plaque reading ‘Two fragments of a Russian shell fired at Mr Fred Burne assist.t paymaster and Mr Henry Crave St John midshipman of H.M.S. Cumberland in Aug.t 1854 from Tsee Fort Bonarsund whilst conveying refreshments to the English camp – for their messmate – H.S.H. Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Midshipman landed with the Naval Brigade in 1854’. With a framed caricature of Count Gleichen inscribed Vanity Fair, London, July 5, 1884. Vice Admiral H.S.H Count Gleichen – the Queen’s Nephew.Russian and English, 1854.
The print has the following biography on the reverse and on the mount ‘His Serene Highness Prince Victor …. of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, is better known in England as Count Gleichen and as the Queen’s nephew. Born fifty years ago, he was sent to school at Dresden; but at the age of fourteen he conceived ideas not to be bounded within the confines of the small life of a German principality. So he ran away from school to go to sea, and his aunt the Queen of England, being informed of the fact, proposed to her sister to let her adventurous nephew become naturalised as an Englishman and enter the English Navy. This was accordingly done, and Prince Victor, as he was then called, was appointed to the Powerful on the Mediterranean Station, in 1848. He served in the Crimean War and in the operations in China he proved a popular officer and a good sailor-man, and was three times wounded in battle. In 1861 he married the daughter of Admiral Sir George Seymour, sister of the fifth Marquis of Hertford on which occasion it was that he put down his title of Prince and took up for future use that of Count. He became, in due course a Vice-Admiral, and in the meantime he also became a sculptor. It is in the latter art that he now mainly busies himself, and he has created many pleasing busts of his royal relatives and some works of greater pretensions than family portraits. An Alfred the Great, a Beaconsfield, and a Prince Imperial...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal, Silver
19th Century French Cast Iron Brazier
Located in High Point, NC
Muscular yet elegant, this cast iron brazier makes a unique antique centerpiece. Made in France in the 1800s, this piece would have originally been...
Category
French Rustic Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Iron
'Duchesse de Richmond' French Limoges Enamel Portrait Plaque
Located in London, GB
'Duchesse de Richmond' French Limoges enamel portrait plaque
French 19th century
Height 22cm, width 16cm, depth 2cm
This exquisite Limoges enamel plaque is based on a painting of the Duchess of Richmond by the 17th century French artist, Henri Gascar...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Naïve Coconut Shell “Bugbear” Powder Flask Carved as a Fish
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A naïve coconut shell “bugbear” powder flask carved as a fish with an open mouth surrounded by scales above a man hunting with a rifle and dogs, the underside plain, circa 1805.
“Bugbear” coconut...
Category
Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Coconut
Key Set 4 Gate Door Overall length 24cm, , 9.5" Diameter 10cm., 4"
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
An iron key ring with four massive keys
Overall length 24cm,, 9.5" Diameter 10cm., 4"
Each key Length 16cm., 6 1/2 in
Ring diameter 8cm., 3"
Category
English Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wrought Iron
Napoléon's Footbath by George Bullock
Located in New Orleans, LA
This amazing footbath was created for Napoleon Bonaparte. It was part of the toilet service to be used during his exile on St. Helena. Just before shipm...
Category
English Empire Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Porcelain
