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Material: Hardwood
Vintage Golf Club, Walking Stick, Sunday Club.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Sunday Club, Golf Club Walking Stick.
A desirable walking cane with the handle in the shape of a golf club head. The gentleman's walking stick has a persimmon socket head han...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hickory
17th Century Flemish Carving of a Religious Figure
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique carving of a saint or martyr. 17th century Flemish hardwood carving. Wonderful wear and rich color.
Category
17th Century European Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage Wooden Mortar and Pestle, Italy
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wooden footed mortar and pestle hand turned and carved from one piece of dense fruitwood.
Handcrafted by artisan in Italy, vintage Mid-Century Modern hand turned wood Mortar and Pestle...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Organic Modern Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood
19th Century Noble Gilt wooden Family photo Frame, American History
Located in Delft, NL
19th Century Noble Gilt wooden Family photo Frame, American History
A gilded wooden family portrait frame with the Calhoun/Colquhoun family coat of arms. This portrait frame probably ended up in the Netherlands through the marriage of the American Julia Johnson Calhoun (1884-1970) in 1914 to Mr. Justinus Egbertus Hendericus baron van Nagell (1882-1963). The list contains three portrait photos of presumably members of the Calhoun family.
The American statesman John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) descended from a Scottish noble family with the name Colquhoun, who settled in the United States in the 18th century and achieved great prestige there. He started his career as a lawyer, married the daughter of an influential senator and was elected to the House of Representatives. After serving as Secretary of War, he became Vice President under President John Quincy Adams from 1825-1829 and then served a second term under President Andrew Jackson. This makes him one of only two American vice presidents to have served under two different presidents. His grandson, John Caldwell Calhoun (1843-1918), was a successful American businessman, landowner and managing director of the Baltimore Coal Mining and Railway Company. He married Linnie Adams, second cousin of US Vice President Richard Johnson. Their only daughter, Julia Johnson Calhoun (1884-1970), made her debut in New York and met mr. Justinus Egbertus Hendericus baron van Nagell (1882-1963), who was attached to the Dutch legation in Washington in diplomatic service. He descended from an old noble family from Westphalia, whose ancestor was first mentioned in 1385. In the 16th century, an ancestor settled in the Netherlands and in 1814 the family was included in the Dutch nobility with the title of baron. He grew up at Schaffelaar Castle in Barneveld and his father was mayor in this castle and he was also Grand Commander of the Knightly German Order. At the end of the 19th century, a real boom in marriages of wealthy American heirs to European nobility started. It was the 'Gilded Age', described in e.g., the books of Edith Wharton, in which millions of dollars crossed the Atlantic as a dowry. New money and European nobility bonded. One of the most famous marriages was that of Consuelo Vanderbilt to the English Duke of Marlborough. The Vanderbilt millions repaired the roof of Blenheim Palace and the gardens here were recreated in the French style. It prompted a visitor to remark: “American money has its use after all.”
The Van Nagell-Calhoun wedding became a real social event in the winter of 1914 at the start of the nightlife season – one newspaper ran the headline GAYETIES OF WINTER SOCIAL SEASON BEGIN THIS WEEK – and newspapers detailed all the details. The bridal staff included the Dutch Count Van Rechteren Limpurg and as witness for the groom was Jonkheer De Beaufort, who was secretary of the Dutch legation in Washington.
Baron Van Nagell had a glorious career in the diplomatic service, which over the years took him from Beijing to Washington and St Petersburg. Here he experienced the Russian Revolution in Saint Petersburg in 1917 up close. One evening he was sitting with company at a table in a restaurant. A waiter brought the bill to a group of Russian communists next to them. The bill did not like this, whereupon the waiter was shot dead. After Saint Petersburg, London, Bucharest, and Stockholm followed, where he finally became envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary.
The couple had three children: one daughter was born stillless and the only son and heir died in 1944 as a res. -2nd lieutenant pilot in the Royal Air Force over France. A second daughter married a jonkheer Clifford Kocq van Breugel...
Category
19th Century North American Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fruitwood
Large MCM Danish Viking / Norseman Teak Figure in the Style of Hans Bolling
By Hans Bolling
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool and well made mid-century Danish viking figure made of mixed woods, leather, rope, glass eyes and faux fur, circa 1950s. The figure could very well be a Bolling figure, b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Faux Fur, Wood, Teak, Walnut
Georgian 18th Century Elm Table Top Bureau
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Rare Mid 18th Century, George II Period Elm Table Top, Miniature, Bureau Retaining Exceptional Colour And Patina To Figured Timber Throughout, Having Fall Front Enclosin...
Category
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Elm
Lovely Set of 7 Scandinavian Wooden Woodpecker Corkscrews, 1960s
By Kay Bojesen
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Lovely Set of 7 Scandinavian Wooden Woodpecker Corkscrews + 2 WIne Corks, 1960s
Category
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Modernist Abstract Carved Hardwood Crucifix, Corpus of Christ Sculpture Cross
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautifully stylized, midcentury crucifix.
This handcrafted religious work of art shows us that Christ and what He stands for continuous to inspi...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood
Clitograph level by Jules Lefebvre, Paris
Located in London, GB
Clitograph level by Jules Lefebvre, Paris, France, circa 1870.
Rare tripod mounted model. With original tripod and case.
Steel frame marked: NIVEA...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Steel
Large & Impressive & Rare Bronze Corpus of Christ Crucifix by Jef Lambeaux
By Jef Lambeaux
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning and beautifully handcrafted, work of religious art, by sculptor Jef Lambeaux with mazing details and patina
Large bronze crucifixes are a rare find and to have been given the opportunity to purchase one of such beautiful quality and details more than made our day. The striking anatomy and the unique patina of this large Christ sculpture are truly marvelous and we could see this antique go...
Category
Late 19th Century Belgian Gothic Revival Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Folding Boxwood & Brass Shoe Size Measure, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century folding cobbler's boxwood and brass shoe size measure, for the French market.
With folding heel rest and slinging toe marker, with brass hinge.
Paris point shoe...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Boxwood
Tom Dunn, Long Nose Golf Club
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Scared Head Golf Club, Play Club, By Tom Dunn.
An elegant, prime example of a long nose golf club made by Tom Dunn of Wimbledon. The stained and polished beech-wood head in good orig...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Hickory
Solid Boxwood Extra Long Plow Plane c.1850
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Solid boxwood carpenter's wood plane with steel and bronze accents. Stamped "Krautz" on both sides.
CREATOR Possibly Casey Kitchel & Company.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c....
Category
19th Century Industrial Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Hermanos Calavera Jefe in Oiled Mahogany by Miguel and Ilse Silva for Wooda
Located in Omro, WI
These handsome but quirky brothers designed by Miguel and Ilse Silva for Wooda are the result of an engaging mix of personality, love, fun and mischievousness. Los Hermanos Calavera ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood, Mahogany, Maple, Oak
Saudi Arabian Camel Saddle with Camel Whip
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a rare Saudi Arabian Camel Saddle with it’s camel whip.
A real conversation piece from the mid-20th Century, circa 1960-1980.
Made of oli...
Category
20th Century Saudi Arabian Islamic Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
COLLECTABLE EST 1848 T&J ORME MANCHESTER ANTiQUE VICTORIAN SNOOKER SCOREBOARD
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this truly sublime, finest quality, hand made in England by T&J Orme of Manchester Est 1848 Snooker scoreboa...
Category
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood
Sanremo Game Compendium #2
Located in Milan, IT
Crafted using traditional methods of water-resistant saddle leather, this games compendium is a superb accent for a modern home. The exterior resembles a striking box with lid with an eye-catching pattern that can be used as a draughts board, while the bottom of the box features a backgammon board. The inside of the box reveals a precious set of boxwood chess pawns...
Category
2010s Italian Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Boxwood
FULLY RESTORED ANTiQUE VICTORIAN BURROUGHES & WATTS LONDON SNOOKER SCOREBOARD
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite fully restored Burroughes & Watts London Mahogany Snooker scoreboard
A truly stunning example of Victorian Snooker...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood
Hermanos Calavera, Traicionera in Walnut by Miguel and Ilse Silva
Located in Omro, WI
These handsome but quirky brothers designed by Miguel and Ilse Silva for Wooda are the result of an engaging mix of personality, love, fun and mischievousness. Los Hermanos Calavera(...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood, Maple, Oak, Walnut
Wall-Mounted Large Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Walnut Belgium
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Deco Style Barometer with Mercury Thermometer Weather Station Antique Decorative Cherrywood Wall Barometer Austria 1920s
Please don't hesitate to get in touch with any further q...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Scale Model Dropleaf Table Salesman Sample c. 1900
Located in Fraser, MI
Representational scale model drop-leaf table.
Plank construction on hinges, turned legs. with plywood crossmembers,
in cherrywood finish.
One plywood crossmember is missing.
Category
Early 1900s Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cherry
Altarpiece Representing The Annunciation, North of Portugal, circa 1600
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Exceptional altarpiece representing the annunciation circa 1600, fruitwood
rare altarpiece from the North of Portugal, unique due to its large size representing the scene of the annunciation, where the Archangel Gabriel (represented on the bottom left), sent by god (represented on the top left) announces to Marie (bottom right) that she will give birth to Jesus.
Very good state of conservation, carved on three panels
Dimension: Height 1m51
Width 1m03
Very nice colour and exceptional dimensions
Restorations of use
We placed the altarpiece on a red velvet base and a Spanish occasional...
Category
17th Century Portuguese Renaissance Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fruitwood
Vintage Folding Teak and Brass Yacht Ladder A superb stowable piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Vintage Folding Teak and Brass Yacht Ladder
A superb stowable piece in excellent antique condition
In quality thick solid teak with copper rivets and bra...
Category
19th Century Industrial Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Teak
Italian Wooden Gliedermann / Artist Mannequin
Located in Kastrup, DK
Large Gliedermann drawing mannequin in cherry wood. Italy c. 1950.
A Gliedermann is a wooden jointed mannequin, useful tool for learning to draw the...
Category
20th Century Italian Other Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cherry
Carved Wooden G.Tart Liege Antique Belgium Barometer with Thermometer, 1910s
By Black Forest
Located in Verviers, BE
Carved wooden G Tart Liege antique Belgium Barometer with Thermometer, 1910s
Unusual antique carved wooden barometer in a lovely carved case, working order.
With best Wishes, Geert...
Category
1910s Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fruitwood
Mid 19th Century English Games Compendium
Located in Chicago, IL
This beautiful maple and ebony compendium box has a hinged lid and a pair of front doors that swing open to reveal the boxwood and ebony hand-carved chess pieces. Each chess piece si...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone, Boxwood, Ebony, Maple
Hermanos Calavera Conquistador in Oiled Mahogany by Miguel &Ilse Silva for Wooda
Located in Omro, WI
These handsome but quirky brothers designed by Miguel and Ilse Silva for Wooda are the result of an engaging mix of personality, love, fun and mischievousness. Los Hermanos Calavera(...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood, Mahogany, Wood
Large Pair of Vintage Opera Puppets, Oriental, Figure, Mid 20th Century, C.1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large pair of vintage opera puppets. An Oriental, painted hardwood figure, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950.
Highly distinctive ro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood
Large Mid 20th Century Teak Ships Wheel A wonderful decorative piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large Mid 20th Century Teak Ships Wheel
A wonderful decorative piece, heavy and made in solid teak with Turned spindles radiating out from the centra...
Category
1960s British Colonial Vintage Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Teak
Safari Triple Game Box
By Giobagnara
Located in Milan, IT
This elegant game box is part of the Tosca collection, a limited edition series that boasts skilful craftsmanship and noble materials. The black nappa leath...
Category
2010s Italian Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
Antique Smooth Face Iron Golf Club by Willie Park of Musselburgh
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Early smooth face lofting iron by W. Park, Musselburgh.
A good early example of a 1880s smooth faced hickory shafted lofting iron by Willie Park, Musselburgh. The shaft is original ...
Category
1880s European Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Hermanos Calavera Diablo in Oiled Mahogany by Miguel and Ilse Silva for Wooda
Located in Omro, WI
These handsome but quirky brothers designed by Miguel and Ilse Silva for Wooda are the result of an engaging mix of personality, love, fun and mischievousness. Los Hermanos Calavera(...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood, Mahogany, Maple, Oak
19th Century English Molding Plane
Located in High Point, NC
19th century molding plane made from beech wood. The plane is stamped with the name MIKE. Imagine the moldings this plane was used to make.....
Category
19th Century English Industrial Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Beech
19th c. Varville & Son Plow Plane c.1870-1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Solid wood carpenter's wood plane with steel and bronze accents. Stamped on both sides.
CREATOR Varville & Son, York, UK.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1870-1900.
MATE...
Category
19th Century Industrial Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Steel
19th Century Antique Hardwood Inlaid Banjo Barometer
Located in Suffolk, GB
This is a 19th century antique hardwood inlaid banjo barometer with a thermometer and a 10' silvered dial, brass bezel with convex glass. It is a very...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood
Mid-Century Modern Brass Crucifix with an Hand Carved Teak Jesus Sculpture
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Mid-Century Modern brass crucifix with an hand carved teak Jesus sculpture, 1950s
Super elegant, very puristic and imposing
Switzerland.
Category
1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Terrestrial globe published by Ernst Schotte & co, Germany 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Terrestrial globe in watercolored paper, fixed with an inclined axis through a small brass arm, mounted on a black turned fruit wood base. Published by Ernst Schotte & Co. Berlin, Ge...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Hermanos Calavera Traicionera in Oiled Walnut by Miguel and Ilse Silva for Wooda
Located in Omro, WI
These handsome but quirky brothers designed by Miguel and Ilse Silva for Wooda are the result of an engaging mix of personality, love, fun and mischievousness. Los Hermanos Calavera(...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood, Maple, Oak, Walnut
Hermanos Calavera Traicionera in Oiled Mahogany by Miguel & Ilse Silva for Wooda
Located in Omro, WI
These handsome but quirky brothers designed by Miguel and Ilse Silva for Wooda are the result of an engaging mix of personality, love, fun and mischievousness. Los Hermanos Calavera(...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood, Mahogany, Maple, Oak
Mike Myron Nevelson Wood Sculpture, Son of Louise Nevelson
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Wood sculpture/cigarette lighter by Myron "Mike" Nevelson (1922-2019), son of Louise Nevelson, circa 1950.
Myron's work is seldom seen. This would be a rare example of his talent.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood
A 19th Century, French Dairy Cheese Press
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A 19th Century, French Dairy Cheese Press
This is an attractive press from France it is designed to press a small round cheese, like a Camembert it is made in fruitwood and it is in...
Category
19th Century Country Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Nutwood
George Bussey Automaton Caddie Golf Bag
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Caddie Golf Bag, George Bussey Automaton Caddie.
A wonderful example of an early auto caddy by George Bussey. This is a rare find indeed as very few of these bags have survived, and they are difficult to obtain. The caddie has a boxwood carry handle and the main body of the caddie is made of mahogany. The boxwood handle is attached to the oak legs via metal rods and a brass mechanism. With this clever design the legs will open out automatically when the lower end is placed on the ground, they will then fold back in when lifted up. The canvas & leather bag for golf balls and the half pencil bag to the bottom of the stand are the original bags (flap is a replacement). The caddie stand is stamped with Bussey's name on the brass mechanism, and on both legs. There is a brass embossed trade label "Geo. Bussey & Co., London (with the Bussey arrow logo)' pinned onto the caddie bag...
Category
1890s British Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Boxwood
Antique Apothecary Bottle Stand English Air Ministry Stamped, Early 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique apothecary bottle stand. An English, Air Ministry stamped stand dating to the early 20th century, circa 1920.
A rare su...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Beech
19th Century British Colonial Wood Counter Game
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Curious mechanical lottery apperatice that has a hardwood spinning canister with pine cap and spout, supported by two turned mahogany posts on a round wood base with ball feet. The p...
Category
19th Century English British Colonial Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Smooth Face Left Handed Golf Club, Lofting Iron
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Early left hand hickory golf club.
This early large head hickory shafted lofting iron has a smooth face, hickory shaft and the remains of the original sheepskin grip. This is a fine...
Category
1890s British Sporting Art Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Caucasian Walnut Bootjack, 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
Caucasian walnut bootjack, 1950.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Nutwood
Italian Artist's Mannequin from the 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
This elegant Italian artist's mannequin from approximately 1900 is a beautiful representation of craftsmanship from the 19th century. Crafted from solid fruitwood, it stands as a tes...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fruitwood
Rare 19th Century English Tunbridgeware Hair Pin or Slide
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING an EXTREMELY UNIQUE and RARE 19C British Tunbridgeware Hair Pin/Bobbin or Slide.
This slide is unlike any of it’s kind we have seen before, it is a VERY RARE survivor.
From circa 1860 – 80 and made in Tunbridge Wells, England.
Made of walnut with gorgeous marquetry inlay on the entirety of the front with classic Tunbridgeware micro-mosaic all over the front. The rear is walnut.
The marquetry inlay appears to be various different woods, namely, maple, walnut and satinwood.
Would have been worn in a Lady’s hair bun with the micro-mosaic facing forward.
This would have belonged to a VERY ELEGANT LADY in the mid to late 19th Century.
Tunbridge ware is a form of decoratively inlaid woodwork, typically in the form of boxes, that is characteristic of Tonbridge and the spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent in the 18th and 19th centuries. The decoration typically consists of a mosaic of many very small pieces of different coloured woods that form a pictorial vignette. Shaped rods and slivers of wood were first carefully glued together, then cut into many thin slices of identical pictorial veneer with a fine saw. Elaborately striped and feathered bandings for framing were pre-formed in a similar fashion.
There is a collection of Tunbridge ware in the Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery in Tunbridge Wells.
The famous makers of Tunbridge ware were in the Tunbridge Wells area of Kent; their most notable work was from circa 1830-1900.
Early makers of Tunbridge ware, in Tunbridge Wells in the mid-18th century, were the Burrows family, and Fenner and Co. In the 19th century, around 1830, James Burrows invented a technique of creating mosaics from wooden tesserae. Henry Hollamby, apprenticed to the Burrows family, set up on his own in 1842 and became an important manufacturer of Tunbridge ware, employing about 40 people.
Edmund Nye (1797–1863) and his father took over the Fenner company when William Fenner retired in 1840, after 30 years in partnership with him. Thomas Barton (1819–1903), previously apprenticed at the Wise factory, joined the Nyes in 1836, and worked as Nye’s designer; he took over the business in 1863 and continued there until his death.
In Tonbridge (near to Tunbridge Wells), George Wise (1703–1779) is known to have had a business in 1746. It continued with his son Thomas, and Thomas’s nephew George (1779–1869), who took over in 1806. In its early years the company made articles such as workboxes and tea caddies with prints of popular views; later items had pictures created from mosaics. Their workshop in Tonbridge, Wise’s Tunbridge Ware Manufactory, was next to the Big Bridge over the Medway; the building was demolished in 1886 to widen the approach to the bridge.
Tunbridge ware became popular with visitors to the spa town of Tunbridge Wells, who bought them as souvenirs and gifts. Articles included cribbage boards, paperweights, writing slopes, snuffboxes and glove boxes.
At the Great Exhibition of 1851, Tunbridge ware by Edmund Nye, Robert Russell and Henry Hollamby was shown; Edmund Nye received a commendation from the judges for his work. He exhibited a table depicting a mosaic of a ship at sea; 110,800 tesserae were used in making the picture.
The manufacturers of Tunbridge ware were cottage industries, and they were no more than nine in Tunbridge Wells and one in Tonbridge. The number declined in the 1880s; competent craftsmen were hard to find, and public tastes changed. After the death of Thomas Barton in 1903 the only surviving firm was Boyce, Brown and Kemp, which closed in 1927.
Marquetry was an old technique which was continued by Nye and Barton to create images such as birds or butterflies.
‘Green Oak’ as caused by the fungus Chlorociboria aeruginascens.
Stickware and half-square mosaic was invented by James Burrows in about 1830: a bunch of wooden sticks of different colours, each having triangular or diamond-shaped cross section, were tightly glued together; in the case of stickware, the resulting block was dried, then turned to form an article such as the base of a pincushion. For half-square mosaic, thin slices were taken from the composite block, and applied to a surface.
Tesselated mosaic, was a development by James Burrows of half-square mosaic; it was adopted by George Wise and Edmund Nye. Minute tesserae were used to form a wide variety of geometric and pictorial designs.
Many sorts of wood were used for the various colours; about 40 were in regular use. Only natural colors were used; green was provided by “green oak”, produced by the action of fungus on fallen oak. Designs for articles were often taken from designs of Berlin wool work.
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut
Antique Rare A&C Roycroft Smoke Stand, Stickley Era - W204
By Roycroft
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
ANTIQUE Rare A&C Roycroft Smoke Stand, Stickley Era
This is a great rare (first time we've seen one like it in more than 40 yrs!) Roycroft smoking stand from the early 1900s in goo...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Brass
American Vintage Model of a Speedboat 'Ricky-O'
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
American vintage model of a Speedboat 'Ricky-O' Well crafted in hardwood with numerous details, The stern is inscribed 'Ricky-O' with a blue bottom. C...
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Tobacco/Snuff Box In Carved Boxwood, 18th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Carved boxwood snuffbox Very beautiful old patina.
Finely carved with religious scene
Period 18th century.
5 x 9.3 cm, height 2.7 cm
Category
18th Century French Folk Art Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Boxwood
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Advertising Cabinet Leukoplast Beiersdorf, 1950s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Wonderful and rare Mid-Century Modern Vintage cabinet.
Striking German design from the 1950s.
Beech frame with original milk glass with decora...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1964 Ray Simpson Original Teakwood Tool Rake Grate
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Vintage Rake Tool Brush in Teakwood Modern Aluminum Grate
Stamped Ray Simpson Original 1964
22.13 long x 3.88 w x 1.25
Preowned original vintage co...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Reuge Swiss The King of Love Psalm 23 Hand Painted Russian Easter Egg Music Box
Located in Tustin, CA
Collectible, retired handmade and hand painted Reuge Swiss "The King of Love Psalm 23" Russian Easter Egg Music Box. From the Russian Reuge Limited Edition Collection of only 500 pieces made in the world. Russian egg is hand painted all around the egg and is nestled on a wood stand which holds an 18 note musical movement. Plays "The King of Love Psalm 23". The actual egg rotates when wound, as the music is playing, showcasing this stunning work of art from every angle.
Reuge Music...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Other Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood
Collection of Late 18th Century English Wax & Plaster Abbey & College Seals
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of four late 18th century replica wax seals, encased in plaster and housed in softwood boxes. They also retain their original pointed oval and circular hand written labe...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster, Boxwood
Lauro Malusi Table Lamp and Sculpture Olive Tree
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Table lamp and sculpture belonging to the famous Italian cellist.
Measures in cm: Statue cm 40 Lamp cm 82 Basis cm 18 x 18
Notes
Giovanni Lauro Malusi was born in Cervia on Ju...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Olive
Exceptional 17th Century Carved Wooden Statue of Saint Micheal
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Exceptional 17th century carved wooden statue of Saint Micheal, European probably from a church or rectory. Naturally patinated and ori...
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17th Century European Baroque Antique Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
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Hardwood
Bronze Waterline Model of the Submarine HMS Finwhale
Located in London, GB
A bronze waterline model of the Royal Navy porpoise-class submarine HMS Finwhale (SO5).
HMS Finwhale (S05) was the fifth Porpoise-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 21 July 1959 and first commissioned on 19 August 1960. During her first commission she went further under the ice than any other submarine at the time. She was recommissioned on 27 January 1964. In March 1965 on her second Arctic patrol she further eclipsed her first ice patrol, penetrating 95 miles into the ice.
The Porpoise class was an eight-boat class of diesel-electric submarines operated by the Royal Navy. This class was originally designated patrol submarines, then attack. They were the first conventional British submarines to be built after the end of World War II. Their design was, in many ways, influenced by the German World War...
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Mid-20th Century English Hardwood Collectibles and Curiosities
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Bronze
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