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Period: 19th Century
Material: Brass
Victorian Oak Cased Set of Five Gongs
Located in London, GB
A Victorian oak cased set of five gongs, with beater.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
English 19th Century Brass Herbalist Scale with Central Column and Lyre Motif
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English brass herbalist scale from the 19th century, with column and lyre details, mounted on a wooden base. Used to measure herbs, this exquisite scale features a brass structure presenting a central column adorned with a capital topped with a lyre, supporting the two brass scoop...
Category
19th Century English Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Pair of American Brass Double Stacked Maritime Beacons Mounted on Bases. C. 1880
By Lovell Manufacturing Company
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of American brass double stacked maritime beacons with carrying handles, makers stamps, original red and blue 360 degree Fresnel lenses, and mount...
Category
1880s American American Craftsman Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Miniature of a Gentleman of the Biedermeier Period, Brass Frame, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Rectangular miniature painting of a gentleman in Biedermeier clothes, with brown curly hair in front of a grey background. Brass frame.
Category
19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Model of a Baling Machine by Roberts Liverpool, England
Located in London, GB
An impressive model of a press or baling machine. The carcase is in mahogany while the working parts are in brass and steel. The goods to be pressed or baled are loaded in to the black containers...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Steel
Neo-Greek Cigar Cellarette, C.G. Diehl, E. Frémiet & J. Brandely, Circa 1867
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare cigar humidor made in wood, with a front flap, discovering five sliding cane trays. Beautiful bronze and silver electroplated brass ornaments, such as the central niche decorated with a winged creature, surmounted on top of the cabinet with a feline. Resting on four tall legs joined by a stretcher decorated with a silvered pierced bronze incense burner.
The central relief of that cellarette for cigars, with that fantasy creature, is directly inspired from the one designed by J. Brandely for the front door of the Merovingian Cabinet made by Diehl in 1867, and now preserved at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Inv. 1989.197).
Arriving in Paris in about 1840 Charles-Guillaume Diehl (1811-1885) founded his cabinet making and decoration firm at 19 rue Michel-le-Comte in 1885. His workshops produced elegant little pieces of furniture in rosewood and thuja and novelties with bronze and porcelain embellishments (see « Les ébénistes du XIXème siècle »,D. Ledoux-Lebard, Ed. de l’amateur, 1982, p.164). It was his luxury boxes, however (liqueur cellarettes, cigar cabinets, games boxes, cashmere cases, jewelry cases) which assured Diehl’s renown (see « l’Art en France sous le Second Empire », Exposition Grand-Palais, Paris, 1979, p.133). Already rewarded with a bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1855 in Paris, he exhibited a jardinière with china columns and a liqueur cabinet at the Industrial Arts Exhibition in 1861.
In collaboration with the designer Jean Brandely (active between 1867 and 1873), Diehl renovated his decorative repertory and created astonishing pieces of furniture in the Grecian style which had a dazzling success at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1867, where his cabinets also won a silver medal. Certain motifs were so typical of Diehl’s work that they received extensive commentary by the art critic J. Mesnard in his book « Les Merveilles de l’Exposition Universal de 1867 » (vol. II, pp. 133 & 149). He writes of a table of which « the pendant bearing hooks and the fan shaped radiating motif which ornaments the entablature are engraved with love » (p. 133) and a jewelry case where « The head in fine Grecian style makes up the essential part of the fine gilt bronze ornementation » (p. 149).
For this Universal Exhibition of 1867, Diehl also formed a partnership with two famous sculptors : Emile Guillemin (1841-1907) who carved the relief for a mahogany sideboard with galvanic gilt bronzes (Orsay Museum, Paris, Inv. O.A.O. 992) and Emmanuel Frémiet (1824-1910) who executed the low relief for a cedar medal cabinet...
Category
1860s French Greek Revival Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Bronze
American Solid Brass Five Spoke Ringed Yacht Wheel, Circa 1870
Located in Hollywood, SC
American solid brass five spoke ringed yacht wheel with original brass hub, Late 19th century.
Category
1870s American American Empire Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Games Compendium Set
Located in London, GB
The domed case constructed in a well marked Coromandel, with protective brass guard strips, having a rising and lockable lid and a gated front, with a Satinwood interior, revealing t...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Stunning Gilt Bronze Gothic Table Clock w Earth Angel Sculpture by Devaulx Paris
By devaulx
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and wonderful antique clock from the early 1800s. Marked: S. Devaulx, Paris.
Having an impressive, stylish and sizable antique clock like this gracing your mantel piece or sid...
Category
Early 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Bronze
19th century Papier Mache Table Top Hinged Screen Butterfly and Bird Motif
Located in Savannah, GA
Unusual small size papier mache tabletop screen featuring hand painted flowers, a colorful bird and butterfly. Three brass hinged panels. Half round s...
Category
1860s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
French Gothic Revival Religious Artifact, circa 1880s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Catholic artifact, originally made to house a statue. Made of oak, clad in copper The Gothic style decor on the roof is made of brass.
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Copper
Pair of Anglo-Indian Copper and Brass Port & Starboard Ship Lanterns, Circa 1880
By Sachin Engineer Corporation
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of Anglo-Indian copper and brass port and starboard ship lanterns with the original Fresnel lenses, vented tops, stamped badges, carrying handles and rear sliding doors with han...
Category
1880s Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Copper
Charpentier French Victorian Brass Scale
By P. Charpentier a Paris 1
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian brass scale with 2 round trays on square wooden base (signed CHARPENTIER with hallmark)
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
English Mahogany Oval Sea Captains Leather Top Desk, Circa 1800
Located in Hollywood, SC
English mahogany oval sea captains desk with hinged leather top concealing two upper hidden compartments, single front drawer, original brasses, ebony...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Pair of Antique Brass Candleholders with Dolphin Handles
Located in Sheffield, MA
Rare pair of antique Regency period brass chamber sticks with handles in the shape of dolphins jumping out of stylized waves.
Measures: Width with handle 5.5 inches.
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
English Brass Bankers Balance Scale from the 19th Century with Circular Pans
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English brass bankers balance scale from the 19th century. Born in England during the 19th century, this elegant brass bankers scale features a centra...
Category
19th Century English Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
English Brass Urn & Marble Base Scale . Circa 1815
Located in Hollywood, SC
English brass scale with centered urn , feather pointer , brass pans, marble base , and terminating on brass ball feet. All original . Early 19t...
Category
1810s English George III Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Brass
Stunning Late 19th Century Campaign or Travelers Desk Attr. to Thomas Potter
By Thomas Potter
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique quarter-sawn, two piece oak campaign desk.
This may very well be the most beautiful and interesting campaign desk you will ever be able to acquire. The architectural design, the quality of the materials AND of the make, the combination of the striking colors and its overall look and feel is, in one word, awesome. We cannot think of a single company in existence in the world today who would put such an effort into creating one single and unique piece of furniture. We could have posted 30 images (which is not possible) and you still would not have seen all the fine details and 'gadgets' that make this desk the interesting and marvelous piece that it is.
Especially when displayed in the way it is in image one, it will make everyone want to stop and look at this desk. It simply is difficult not to want to. Used by a high ranked officer, this top of the line desk would have cost a small fortune and it would have been taken from one campaign posting to the next. The chest on top can be fully closed and it has a perfect working lock and key (all original). The perfect brass handles on either side makes the chest easier to carry. Never easy though, because it has got some significant weight to it. Apart from minor bending of the desktop (best seen when closed. . .see image7), an incomplete leather inside in the lid (see image 15) and a cracked, but glued white tile (for which we do not know the purpose. . .image 3), this piece is of museum quality.
The solid, tiger oak bottom half too is as stabile as the day it was made and it is in amazing condition. It comes with a mint drawer (both inside and out) and it too has a perfect working lock with the original key. The extra tier with the gallery of hand turned pillars makes this fine design open and spacious and it too is of wonderful quality and condition.
Some of the finest details are on the inside of the stationary box-like chest. It is the quality in the design, the workmanship, the expensive materials, the attention to detail, the completeness, the execution and, finally, the timeless beauty, that makes us believe that this desk could only have been made by Thomas Potter...
Category
Late 19th Century English Campaign Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
French 19th Century Brass Fabric Scale on Wooden Base by the Maison Piat
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French brass fabric scale from the 19th century with wooden base, from the Maison Piat. Created in Paris during the 19th century, this fabric scale, made of brass, is mounted on a ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
American Polished Steel and Brass Single Anchor Lantern, Circa 1880
Located in Hollywood, SC
American painted polished steel and brass single ship anchor lantern with original Fresnel lense, hoisting ring, protective cage, and original oil burner. Late 19th century Signed W...
Category
1880s American American Empire Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Steel
Victorian Brass & Wood Ship Binnacle
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian brass and wood ship binnacle with 2 red balls
Category
19th Century English Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Metal
Trussel of Brighton Clock and Barometer
Located in New York, NY
Handpicked by buyers Ann-Morris, Inc.
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Physics Teaching Wheel
Located in Santa Monica, CA
These educational wheels, with copper and black painted surfaces, were used by Physics teachers in the late 19th century.
Please note we have two of these wheels available. One i...
Category
19th Century American Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper, Brass
Victorian Mahogany Jockey Scale By Leuchars & Son
Located in New Orleans, LA
An excellent piece of horse racing history, this English jockey scale was specially crafted by Leuchars & Son of London. These handsome scales were used at English tracks to determin...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Quintante ottone firmato Robert John Keen Tower Hill & East Smithfield 1834/40
Located in Milan, IT
Quintante in ottone firmato Robert John Keen Tower Hill & East Smithfield London databile tra il 1834 e il 1840, sul coperchio una targhetta in ottone reca incise le seguenti inizial...
Category
1830s Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
A Very Rare and Fine Early 19th Century Telescope by Dolland London
By Dolland
Located in Dublin, IE
A very rare early 19th Century by Dolland, London, richly patinated mahogany and brass telescope, finely hand carved and of exceptional quality supported on a gorgeous brass and maho...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Cased Map or Chart Magnifying Glass by J P Cutts c.1870
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful Victorian brass map or charge magnifying glass complete with it's original brass case.
The lid of the case is signed by the maker using the anchor trademark together wit...
Category
1870s British Late Victorian Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Maco Braga Brass Apothecary Balance Scale
Located in San Mateo, CA
Brass apothecary style balance scale. This is marked J.A.L Portugal in numerous places. The scale retains all of it's original weights. The scale trays do not sit level without anyth...
Category
Late 19th Century Portuguese Victorian Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Maritime Telescope, English, Brass, Walnut, Ship, J. Sewill, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique maritime telescope. An English, brass and walnut mounted ship's instrument by J. Sewill, dating to the Victorian period, circa 18...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique 6 Drum & Bell Music Box by George Bendon, c. 1880
Located in London, GB
A fine quality antique music box made by George Bendon of Geneva, Switzerland in c. 1880.
The musical movement features 6 engraved bells struck by a delightful array of figurative ...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Steel
Cannocchiale in ottone e impugnatura in mogano messa fuoco a tre allunghi 1850
Located in Milan, IT
Cannocchiale in ottone con impugnatura in legno di mogano, messa fuoco a tre allunghi, completo di tappo e di linguetta parapolvere. Manifattura inglese della metà dell'800.
Lunghez...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Circa 1860-80 English Marquetry Inlaid Cribbage Board
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1860-80 marquetry inlaid cribbage board, English. Burl amboyna wood with walnut, satinwood, boxwood, kingwood & ebony raised on brass ball feet. As fine as they come! Pegs are ...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Placide Poussielgue-Rusand, Paris, -19th century
Located in Säffle, SE
PLACIDE-BENOIT-MARIE POUSSIELGUE-RUSAND (Paris 1824-1889 Paris)
Chalice
Placide Poussielgue-Rusand (1824-1889), was a gold & silversmith in Paris. He is known mainly for his litur...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Brass
19th Century French Gothic Free Standing Repousse Brass Church Crucifix
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful and intricate crucifix was created in France circa 1880. Coming from a small catholic chapel in France and built of brass, the cross stands on three small curved acant...
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Continental Grand Tour Brass Statue of Napoleon Bonaparte
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A nice quality continental Grand Tour brass figure of Napoleon Bonaparte standing on a column and dating from the 19th century. Made from solid brass the renowned French Military Lea...
Category
19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique English Brass Coddington Magnifying Glass c.1880
Located in Bath, GB
An unusual late nineteenth century Coddington magnifying glass made from English brass having been professionally polished.
Excellent condition measuring 3" x 1" x 1".
Item ID: 443...
Category
1880s British Late Victorian Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Quintante in ottone firmato Whyle Thomson & C. Galsogw della metà del XIX secolo
Located in Milan, IT
Quintante in ottone firmato Whyle Thomson & C. Galsogw, strumento di pregevole manifattura, databile attorno alla metà del XIX secolo.
Lo strumento è completo di ottiche e alloggiat...
Category
1860s Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Chinese Gnarled Boxwood Tobacco Pipe, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental Chinese pipe is beautifully sculpted with a long boxwood handle shaped to resemble a branch gnarled with knots and burls. Although its grand size recalls large bamboo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Brass
19th Century T Walker’s Patent Harpoon Ship Log a 1 London Antique Maritime Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Brass log in the shape of a harpoon, signed T. Walker’s Patent Harpoon Ship Log A 1 London, from the second half of the 19th century. It is an ancient nautical instrument, very rare and with a characteristic shape, which measured the distance and speed of a ship. He was thrown overboard and dragged behind the ship itself; rotating thanks to its propeller, it transmitted the number of revolutions made on itself to the three dials made on an enameled metal plate placed in the center of the log; the quadrants reported measurements in miles from 0 to 100 in tens, from 0 to 10 in units, from 0 to 1 in quarters.
The data was then read every hour to also derive the speed.
In good condition, fully functional and mounted on a custom-made brass wooden base. Length 50 cm – 19.7 inches, propeller width 14 cm - 5.5 inches, log body diameter 4,5 cm - 1.7 inches.
Shipping is insured by Lloyd's London; our gift box is free.
In the past centuries the attempt to measure the speed of the ships was especially hindered by the lack of tools for the measurement of time of sufficient precision: throwing a piece of wood into the sea from the bow of a ship and measuring the time it took to get at the stern, it was possible to obtain some information on the speed of the ship, but with many errors and inaccuracies.
The principle of mechanical patent log was shown to the Royal Society in 1699 by Robert Hooke, but the first model produced for commercial use was patented just in 1802 by Edward Massey, uncle of Thomas Walker, that succeeded him in business.
Thomas Walker patented his first Walker log...
Category
1860s Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
French Mother of Pearl Opera Glasses by LeMaire, Paris
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A beautiful pair of miniature binoculars, or opera glasses, crafted from brass and clad in iridescent mother of pearl inlaid panels. Dating from the late 19th century, these were mad...
Category
19th Century French Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Schoolmaster's Hand Bell, English, Brass, Lignum Vitae, Victorian, 1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique schoolmaster's hand bell. An English, brass and lignum vitae ringer, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Beautifully patinated hand bell, with dec...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Old Brass Hand Bell, Primary School Bell
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Old Brass Hand Bell, Primary School Bell
Great little piece one was school bell of calling the children in from break. It is made in solid brass and has a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
19th Century Antique Three Draw English Brass Telescope with Handle Leather
Located in Milan, IT
Brass telescope with leather handle, made at the end of the nineteenth century, focusing with three extensions. English manufacture of the second half of the 1800s. Maximum length 99...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
19th C Wax Anatomical Models Human Heart Growth Scientific Medical F.Ziegler
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very rare and compete collection of ten labeled wax models of the human heart, showing the fetal development form early in the fourth week, to complete fetal growth.
The hand colo...
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1890s Antique Brass Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
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