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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Material: Metal
King Henry VIII Genuine Signed Petition with Certificate of Authenticity
Located in Jersey, GB
- Rare document signed "Henry R" by one of England's most iconic monarchs in 1542
- Pristine condition
- Clear signature at head of page
- Exceptionally large (20" x 11.5"), oblong folio on vellum
- Previously stored in the Crown Office
King Henry VIII...
Category
16th Century Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Antique Miniature Portrait on Bone with Fitted Case 14-Karat Yellow Gold Brooch
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Dating from the late 17th century and done in the Federalist style, this finely detailed and well executed hand painted miniature portrait on bone of a period nobleman can be worn as...
Category
Late 17th Century American Federal Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Silver Chrism Vessel or Chrismarium, No Original Lid, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Crismera Silver in its color. 16th century. Cover not original.
Silver chrome in color with a circular foot decorated with an engraved composition of vegetable elements and a flat circular body with two "ese" handles with vegetal motifs and a small neck at the top covered with a lid topped by a ring (which it is not the original of the piece). The body has engraved, on the one hand, a cross on a pedestal with a shroud hung from it, all within an engraved frame; On the other hand, with a frame similar to that mentioned, appear the letters "ihs" (cristogram of ancient origin, already used in the Early Christian, which gave rise to varied etymologies and was adopted as a seal by San Ignacio...
Category
16th Century European Renaissance Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
John Bennett Georgian Barometer
By John Bennett
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional Georgian barometer by the leading London instrument-maker John Bennett strongly reflects the prevalent furniture style and archite...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
18th Century, German or Dutch Pipehead
Located in Copenhagen, K
Fantastic wood and brass pipe.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
American Chippendale Walnut and Mahogany Inlaid Miniature Chest, Circa 1770
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Chippendale walnut and mahogany graduated five-drawer miniature chest of drawers with satinwood string inlay, inlaid escutcheons, original brass knobs and terminating on bra...
Category
1770s American Chippendale Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
"Madonna with Child and Angels". Italy, 15th-16th Centuries
Located in Madrid, ES
Bronze in its color and gold, lapis lazuli, rock crystal, enamel.
In the centre of the work is presented, enthroned, the figure of Mary, with a mantel (fireplace) on her shoulders and hair and holding on her knees the child, who appears addressing one of the angels. The virgin is also sheltered by an ogee arch supported on turned columns, and raised visually by steps. This composition achieves a very striking contrast: the dark bronze figure, in contrast to the lapis lazuli background and the part of the arch and the outside of it, in gilded bronze. Under the steps there is a heraldic enamel shield with a key on an azure background. The angels, kneeling, are flanking this figure, and, appearing in dark bronze, visually share the "category" of religious figures with Mary, while their (lower) position gives more status to both the Mother and Jesus. The rest of the composition is completed with a delicate landscape: constructions and walls on mountains, clouds in the sky, plants, stones, etc. To the outside, another lapis lazuli frame is placed decorated in the corners with appliques, giving way to carved and polychrome wood. The lapis lazuli is a semiprecious stone already known in the seventh millennium BC., found in deposits from the Caucasus to Mauritania. From the end of the middle ages, it increased its export to Europe, its use being more frequent since then both to use it as a pigment in paintings after grinding it (giving rise to the finest and most expensive of the blues, and of the colors in many occasions), as for backgrounds of paintings, incrustations in works of art, jewelry and, a little later, in the well-known "hard stone works". The figure of Mary still shows an influence of Gothic models, although more European than Italian, along with elements that could already show a closeness to the Renaissance: although the nakedness of Jesus is already shown in Gothic works (Madonna with Angels by Fra Angelico ), the creation of space by playing with the cloth in front of Christ can be appreciated in more advanced paintings (Virgin with Child by Domenico Ghirlandaio, National Gallery of London); the presence of a powerful throne can be seen frequently in Italian Madonnas of the Quattrocento (and before), but not quite as presented here. As for the landscape, it is necessary to compare it, for example, with that of the fresco of the Condotiero Guidoriccio de Fogliano (Simone Martini, finished in 1328). This is a work of great technical and aesthetic quality, not to mention the materials chosen for its creation, comparable only to outstanding examples from around the world, such as those preserved in the Palazzo Madama in Torino (Italy), where the coral It also has an important role. It is essential to mention, also, works such as the plate of hard stones (lapis lazuli between them) with a relief of Mary with the Child in...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze, Enamel, Other
Spanish Arquebus, Salvador Cenarro, Madrid, 1761-1793
Located in Madrid, ES
Marks: In key, chamber of the cannon and trigger guard.
Date: between 1761 and 1793.
Author: Salvador de Zenarro. "Real Arcabucero".
Origin / Provenance: Madrid, Spain.
Material:...
Category
Late 18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Steel
17th Century Emaille de Limoges Plaquette, Depicting Maria Magdalena
Located in Esbeek, NL
Emaille de Limoges Plaquette, frame bronze with emaille.
Depicting Maria Magdalena,
17th century or earlier.
Category
Early 17th Century French Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Wrought Iron Grille, Spain, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Typologically, it is a partial architectural grating with an ornamental and defensive purpose at the same time. Likewise, it clearly shows some of the striking decorative and typolog...
Category
16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wrought Iron
18th Century Carved Wooden Angel
Located in Houston, TX
Carved wooden angel from Private Chapel in Provence. Wonderful detail in Angel's hair and draped dress. Figure is mounted on an iron stand.
Category
18th Century French Folk Art Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
18th Century French Reliquaries
Located in Dallas, TX
Set of three 18th century French Reliquaries.
Carved wood with metal repousse over the wood
Each piece contains the original Latin pages framed in o...
Category
Early 18th Century French French Provincial Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
King Henry VII Original Autographed Document with Certificate of Authenticity
Located in Jersey, GB
- Clearly signed "HR" by King Henry VII - the first monarch of the House of Tudor
- Dated 1499 and addressed to Sir Robert Lytton, Keeper of the Great Wa...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Lovely Multicolored Drop Necklace Pendant of Old Roman Glass '400 AD-500 AD'
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely multicolored drop pendant for necklace made from Roman glass (400 AD-500 AD) set within a custom 21-karat gold pendant with gold bead accents and 21-ka...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
French 18th Century Gold Leaf Barometer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Made of hand-carved wood in 18th century France, this barometer is elegantly covered in a variety of carved designs, all coated in gold leaf. A handled Grecian vase sits atop the ste...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
French Bronze Mortar, Early 17th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The mortar with fleurs de lys decoration.
Category
Early 17th Century French Baroque Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Copper and Brass Braisier or Serving Piece
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This rare eighteenth century copper and brass braisier hails from the city of Villedieu-les-Poeles, the French capital of copper artisans in Normandy, France. It boasts ornately wor...
Category
18th Century French Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Copper
Rare 17th Century Espada, Sword Rest Console
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very rare and exceptional espada or sword rest console magnificently crafted in hand-forged and tooled iron - from Sevilla, Spain. After a sword battle, the swords were placed on a...
Category
17th Century Spanish Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
French 17th Century Bible Stand, Lutrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
An outstanding 17th century Lutrin, Bible stand, book stand from the South of France. Expertly crafted in hand-forged iron. A stunning piece not only to d...
Category
Late 17th Century French Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Giant Mounted Gypsum Minerals Cluster from China
Located in London, GB
Giant Mounted Gypsum Minerals Cluster from China
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Italian 18th Century Relic Stand of Carved Wood & Silver Plate
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Italian relic stand from the 1700s! Made of carved wood with detailed silver plate decorating the front side of this wonderful relic stand with Lou...
Category
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate, Iron
Bronze Statue of Moses
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large scale cast bronze statue of Moses. Continental, late 18th-early 19th century.
Category
Late 18th Century European Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Dian Culture Large Gold Cuff, circa 2nd Century BC, Southern China
Located in Austin, TX
A large and impressive solid high karat gold cuff from the Dian Kingdom, circa 2nd century BC, modern day Yunnan Province, China.
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This striking cuff is crafted from hand hammered ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Giant Gypsum Crystal Cluster, China
Located in London, GB
Giant Gypsum Crystal Cluster, China.
The geologic mechanism that creates Lead and Silver provide the raw materials for crystals to form when oceans, rich in Calcium and Sulphate, go...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Other Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Miniature 3-Drawer Mahogany Bow-Front Chest, Mid-Atlantic, Circa:1795
Located in Alexandria, VA
This charming little chest was hand made as a cabinet maker's sample, or more likely as a toy chest for a very privileged little girl to keep her doll's clothes in. It was made in a ...
Category
Late 18th Century American Federal Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
18th Century French Carved Walnut Oratoire Prayer Kneeler Cabinet from Burgundy
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique fruit wood "Prie-Dieu" prayer kneeler was crafted in the wine region of Burgundy, France, circa 1780. The prayer chair with arched top over a stepped cornice, is dressed with a back panel decorated with a blessed crucifix. The cabinet features a slant front Bible stand with raised stop; lifting the top, it reveals inside storage usually used for bibles, rosaries, missals or other biblical items...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
17th-18th Century Edo Period Samurai Armor Sangu Parts, 'Haidate & Kote'
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Introducing a truly rare and remarkable item up for auction, we present the Rare Samurai Sangu armor parts, which include arms and thigh armor pieces. This extraordinary ensemble, marked with the unique identifier , originates from the mid Edo period, circa the 17th to 18th century.
While this set of armor has experienced the passage of time, it remains in fine condition, bearing witness to its historical significance. Please note that there are some rust issues present throughout, which only add to the authenticity and character of this exceptional piece. Additionally, the original silk fabric has largely deteriorated, as depicted in the accompanying photos.
Designed to fit a full adult size, this Samurai Sangu armor is a versatile addition to any historic samurai armor collection. The included arms and thigh armor pieces complete the ensemble, ensuring an immersive and comprehensive representation of traditional samurai warfare attire.
Weighing approximately 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds), this set strikes a balance between durability and mobility, allowing the wearer to move with ease while maintaining essential protection. It is essential to note that this item is sold in "as-is" condition, preserving its original state and historical integrity.
International buyers are responsible for any import duties, taxes, and charges associated with the purchase. It is recommended to consult with your country's customs office to determine the specific costs involved before placing a bid or making a purchase.
Own a rare piece of samurai history with this exceptional Rare Samurai Sangu armor set...
Category
Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Japanese Woodblock Prints, '1680-1938'
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Japanese woodblock print is a phenomenon with no Western equivalent, one where breathtaking landscapes exist alongside blush-inducing erotic...
Category
18th Century Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
17th Spanish Sculpture in Carved Silver Gild Wood Saint Michel, Castilia
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind Baroque Spanish St Michel sculpture. A museum piece !!
The artistic imprint shows the typical Castilian traces in the conception and interpretation of the subject. This allows us to frame the attribution to a close circle of the stela left by Gregorio Fernández (1576-1636) in the very recognized Castilian circle.
The artist responsible for the creation of this magnificent carving has undoubtedly been trained in the footsteps of Fernández in the Castilian Baroque context. He powerfully remembers the Archangel San Miguel preserved in the reliquary of the Church of San Miguel de Valladolid; belonging to the first third of the seventeenth century.
Both carvings show great parallels in the spatial conception, in the configuration of the cloths...
Category
1680s Albanian Baroque Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Spanish, 17/ 18th Century, Hand Forged Iron Village Cross on Carved Stone Base
Located in Buisson, FR
beautiful hand forged iron cross that once stood in the centre of a Spanish village.
Spain, circa 1650-1750. Weathered and small losses.
Category
17th Century Spanish Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Iron
Azurite on Custom Made Metal Base
Located in BAARN, UT
Azurite is a copper carbonate, usually found in combination with other copper minerals such as its much better known green brother malachite.
The mineral is full blue in color and is virtually opaque with a silky sheen.
Azurite usually forms in oxidation zones of copper deposits, where secondary to malachite other minerals such as chrysocolla and naturally solid copper can...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Congolese Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Agate Slice on Metal Base
Located in BAARN, UT
The slice is 2cm thick.
Agate is a largely translucent and variety of quartz and subvariety of chalcedony.
Agate consists mainly of chalcedony and sometimes in combination with v...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Brazilian Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Large Nepalese Gilt Bronze Stupa, 16th/17th Century, Nepal
Located in Austin, TX
A spectacular large Nepalese stupa, of cast and repousse gilt bronze or copper alloy, 16th/17th century, Nepal.
The magnificent stupa of traditional form, featuring a stylized lotus base supporting a large dome. A square structure, called a harmika, sits upon the dome. Each side of the harmika featuring engraved Buddha Eyes, also called Wisdom Eyes. Torana rise above each of the four sides.
A tall spire, known as a yasti, rises from the squareharmika. Attached to the yasti are a set of thirteen graduated discs, known as chatras, giving the spire a tapered form. The chatras represent Bhumi, or the foundations that support the path to enlightenment.
The spire is topped by another stylized lotus platform with a rising square pillar topped...
Category
17th Century Nepalese Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze, Copper
Late 18th Century Ukrainian Silver Spice Tower
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver and silver filigree spice tower, Ukraine, Lemberg (Lvov), circa 1780.
On solid square base. Made entirely of hand spun filigree. With four small flags decorating main...
Category
Late 18th Century Ukrainian Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
18th Century German Silver Hanukkah Lamp Menorah by Rötger 'Rudiger' Herfurth
Located in New York, NY
Decorated with Rococo cartouche enclosing a Menorah, the center tooled in a checker pattern by crowned double-headed eagle, supported by four rampant lions, has servant light.
Made i...
Category
Mid-18th Century German Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
16th Century Germanic Parcel-Gilt Silver Filigree Spice Container
Located in New York, NY
Ball shaped, separating into two halves, the central detachable band chased with a crown flanked by Hebrew blessing of spices on a zig-zag ground, between applied ropework bands, on ...
Category
16th Century German Renaissance Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
18th Century Habsburg Empire Parcel-Gilt Silver Filigree Spice Tower
Located in New York, NY
Silver filigree spice tower, Lemberg, Habsburg Empire, circa 1770.
Resting on four gilded ball-and-claw feet, this tall tower (13.5 inches in height), is one of a group of similarly...
Category
Mid-18th Century Ukrainian Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Scandinavian Mid-17th Century Bronze Iron, Dated 1646
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Scandinavian mid-17th century bronze iron, dated 1646.
Category
Mid-17th Century Scandinavian Baroque Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
George III Painted and Carved Wood Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Located in Essex, MA
Painted in a light blue and light maroon red.
Category
1780s English George III Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Framed Hand Colored Map of Persia by John Speed
Located in Essex, MA
Framed hand colored map of Persia by John Speed. Nicely matted.
Category
Late 17th Century English Antique Metal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
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