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Material: Wood
Exceptional Model of Schooner Wanderer
Located in Norwell, MA
Very fine antique model of the armed schooner "Wanderer". Nice patina to the scribed deck with a large swivel gun, cabins, helm, and a great crew carved in uniform. There are brass r...
Category
1930s North American Vintage Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Model of Yacht From the Early 20th Century
Located in Opole, PL
Model of Yacht From the Early 20th Century
We present you this true-to-life model of a yacht from the Interwar Period.
It is in particularly good condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Bentwood
$1,152 Sale Price
20% Off
Yacht Model of the Schooner Yacht Wanderer
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique ship model of the American schooner yacht Wanderer. The masts are rigged with deadeyes, pulleys, and standing and running rigging. The varnished deck carries two built up cab...
Category
1930s Vintage Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Vintage model of a Riva Aquarama Speedboat 3ft with Cream Interior 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an exceptional handbuilt model of the “Riva Aquarama”, a luxury wooden launch built by the Italian yacht builder Riva, dating from the late 20th century.
In production from 1962 to 1996, the Aquarama was the most famous of Carlo Riva’s luxury designs and has the reputation of being the Ferrari of the boat world. It takes its name from its wraparound windscreen, which is reminiscent of the Cinerama film format that was popular in the 1960s.
This impressive speedboat is built to scale 1;10 and mirrors the original model.. It has been beautifully polished to a fine gloss with chrome parts and real leather upholstery in a beautiful cream colour.
The model comes with its original stand.
It is of the highest quality and is ready to grace a special place in your home.
Condition:
In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 24 cm x Width 94 cm x Depth 30 cm
Dimensions in inches:
Height 9 inches x Width 3 feet, 1 inch x Depth 1 foot
The Riva Aquarama is a luxury wooden runabout built by Italian yachtbuilder Riva. Production of it and its derivatives (the Lungo, Super, and Special) ran from 1962 until 1996. The hull was based on the Riva Tritone, an earlier model speedboat by Riva, which in turn was inspired by the American Chris-Craft runabouts. The boat's speed, beauty, and craftsmanship earned it praise as the Ferrari of the boat world. The company was founded by Pietro Riva in 1842, and run by Carlo Riva through its 1969 sale to the American Whittaker Corporation.
The most famous of Carlo Riva’s designs...
Category
Late 20th Century Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Chrome
Antique Cornish Pixie Gong, English, Brass, Oak, Dinner Chime, Victorian, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Cornish Pixie gong. An English, brass and oak dinner chime, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Charming gong raised b...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass
Vintage Desk Model Airplane, Private Jet, Scandinavia, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A well-made mounted desk model of an aero plane/private jet. Professionally mounted on an oak stand. Unknown Scandinavian maker, circa 1970-1975. It’s made...
Category
1970s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Acrylic, Oak
$455 Sale Price
20% Off
Georgian Oak Miniature Chest of Drawers
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An extremely attractive and very good quality late 18th century, Georgian, oak miniature chest, having well figured rectangular top, over two short and three long drawers retaining original turned wooden knobs, flanked by elegant half turned columns, raised on elegant original shaped bracket feet.
A beautifully charming little piece of 18th century miniature furniture, constructed from rich, warm oak timbers which retain an exceptional colour and patina, it boasts original handles and feet. Almost certainly it was made as a sample piece of furniture originally.
There is regular debate over whether miniature furniture was made as an apprentice piece, which is when a craftsmen who was looking for a job at a workshop would create something to showcase their talents. Or whether it was made as a travelling salesman...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Oak
$3,248 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Trunk Jewelry Box in Mahogany by Tommaso Barbi Per Bottega Gadda-Mi
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid-Century Trunk Jewelry Box in Mahogany by Tommaso Barbi Per Bottega Gadda-Milano
About Tommaso Barbi
Tommaso Barbi is an Italian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in the...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Scratch Built Church Model
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century scratch built Church model
We share what we love, and we love this scratch-built pine model of a church. Hand carved detail with gla...
Category
Early 1900s British Folk Art Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Pine
Handmade Plank on Frame Ship Model, H.M.S. Pelican
Located in Woodbury, CT
A beautiful example of the craft of ship modeling, this sloop has all the details the original would have had and the model maker left the lower half of the hull exposed to reveal th...
Category
19th Century British Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Tulipwood
Northwest Coast Totem by Marlin Alphonse
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Colorful Alaskan three figure winged totem. Carved and painted by Marlin Alphonse. Noted on back "purchased by Brad and Hazel Ritter on board Royal Princes, Sitka, Alaska 1986. His name heavily carved on back.
PERIOD: 1986
ORIGIN: Alaska
SIZE: 13"H x 12"W x 3 1/2"D
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Cisco’s operates on old fashioned values – honesty and integrity, and all of our items are backed by our money back guarantee. We appreciate the opportunity to earn your business. Whether you desire assistance with a jewelry purchase, choosing a gift, identification, or even selling – we hope to be your trusted source.
Native American carvings & totems native American Indian native American totem poles n.
Category
1980s American Native American Vintage Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Cedar
Child's Pond Yacht
Located in Atlanta, GA
A charming early 20th-century English child’s pond yacht, featuring a rounded white-painted hull with visible age and wear that speak to its playful past an...
Category
20th Century English Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Metal
$2,350
Small 18th Century Georgian Mahogany Miniature Chest of Drawers
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Charming Small Late 18th Century, George III Period, Mahogany Minaiture Chest Of Three Long Drawers, With Boxwood Strung Decoration, Brass Handles And Elegant Original Splayed Brac...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany
$1,849 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Amethyst and Pearl Inlaid Walking Stick
Located in London, GB
Antique amethyst and pearl inlaid walking stick
Continental, Late 19th Century
Height 87cm, diameter 2.5cm
This superb European walking stick, crafted in the late 19th century, re...
Category
Late 19th Century European Belle Époque Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Amethyst, Metal
Antique Ship Model of the Bark Thalia
Located in Norwell, MA
Sailor's model of the sailing bark Thalia. The scribed and varnished deck carries cabins, hatches, wheel box with wheel, lifeboats, skylights, etc. Fully rigged with standing and run...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
French Velocipede or Child's Horse Tricycle from the 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine French velocipede or child's toy horse tricycle from the 19th century, featuring a body of carved wood with brushed steel face-plate and glass ey...
Category
19th Century French Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Steel, Iron, Brass
English Folk Art Church Model
Located in London, GB
Folk Art Church Model
We are proud to offer a wonderful example of a mid-20th Century folk-art church model. Built from scratch using various material...
Category
1940s British Folk Art Vintage Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Ship Model of the Whaleship Wanderer
Located in Norwell, MA
Primitive model of the American whaleship Wanderer of New Bedford. Details include a winch, whaleboats, hatches, companionways, barrels, tryworks, etc. Six whaleboats hang from davit...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Young America Clipper Ship 1853 Model Realistic Representation Large Sized
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques delighted to offer for sale this model of the Young America Clipper Ship, 1853
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it cov...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Cotton, Wood
19th Century FRENCH MODEL FIELD GUN / CANON
Located in TEYJAT, FR
19th Century FRENCH MODEL FIELD GUN
This model canon with a 10mm bored tube of 19cm in length is raised upon an oak carriage on cast iron and painted spo...
Category
19th Century French Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass
Victorian Mahogany Miniature Chest of Drawers
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming late 19th century mahogany minaiture chest, having rectangular top over two short and three long drawers, retaining original turned wooden knobs, flanked by rounded corner...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany
$1,536 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Ettore Sottsass Twenty-Seven Woods for a Chinese Artificial Flower Vase G
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Twenty-seven woods for a Chinese Artificial flower vase G by Ettore Sottsass,
edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995.
Limited edition of 12 signed and numered pieces, number 3 / 1...
Category
1990s European Modern Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass
$8,025 Sale Price
25% Off
Cased Model of the Topsail Schooner Eagle
Located in Norwell, MA
Well-built model of the coastal schooner Eagle with a copper sheathed hull, scribed deck, cabins, hatches, flags, barrels, etc. The Eagle was from Bath, Maine. Fitted to a custom dis...
Category
1970s North American Vintage Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Georgian Mahogany Miniature Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An attractive and good quality early 19th century Georgian
mahogany miniature chest having well figured top over
two short and three long drawers with later brass
lions mask knobs...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany
$3,297 Sale Price
20% Off
19th C Miniature Dutch Mahogany Display Cabinet
Located in Delft, NL
A 19th C miniature Dutch mahogany display cabinet, 104 cm high
A Dutch mahogany display cabinet made of 1 whole piece with 3 drawers and behind the glass door 2 shelves. The shelves are covered with velour. A piece of work by an apprentice furniture...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Model of an English Frigate
Located in Norwell, MA
Nineteenth century ship model of a British Royal Navy warship. Intricate stern and quarter galleries at the back, where the captain's quarters would be. Sturdily rigged with standing...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Mid-century Classroom Anatomical Teaching Respiratory Model c.1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original classroom anatomical educational model which splits in half to show the various organs and veins linked to the respiratory system...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Vintage Italian Burlwood Miniature Three Drawer Chest
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage miniature burlwood three drawer chest. A perfect little drinks table or book rest. All drawers are lined with green Florentine paper.
Category
20th Century Italian Louis XV Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Burl
19th Century Italian Renaissance Walnut Carved Miniature Blanket Chest or Coffer
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare and fine quality 19th century Italian Renaissance walnut carved miniature blanket chest or coffer. Fine carving in walnut wood on the fron...
Category
1830s Italian Renaissance Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
20th Century Wooden Hand Painted Caravel Ship Model with Leather Sails
Located in Sofia, BG
Large hand carved and hand painted caravel ship model standing on a base with three leather sails in fair condition. There are some missing pieces but the overall impression is quite...
Category
Early 20th Century French Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique English Gold Mounted Walking Stick
Located in London, GB
Antique English gold mounted walking stick
English, 1809
Height 91cm, diameter 2.5cm
This charming walking stick, created in 1809, is adorned with symbolic motifs.
At the top ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Metal, Gold
Regency Mahogany Miniature Chest of Drawers
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality Early 19th Century, Regency Period, Mahogany Miniature Chest, Having Well Figured Rectangular Top Over Three Long Drawers, With Replacement Brass Turned Knobs, Fl...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany
$3,297 Sale Price
20% Off
Display Model of a Russian Harbor Patrol Ship
Located in Woodbury, CT
Model of an Imperial Russian harbor patrol ship, Commander Bering (1905) modeled by G. Cheikhet. Carved and painted hull with brass strap-work, planked decks outfitted with detailed ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass
18th Century Walnut Miniature Bureau
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive and charming 18th century, George II Period, walnut and oak miniature bureau, having elegant inlaid decoration and original brasswea...
Category
Early 18th Century English George II Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Walnut
$3,523 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Ford Trimotor Desk Airplane Wooden Model, ca. 1925
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Ford Tri-motor desk airplane wooden model - ca. 1925.
Fantastic desk / counter airplane, made of polished wood and polished aluminium. Fully Restored and ready to display.
Some History:
The Ford Trimotor...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Aluminum
$3,600 Sale Price
30% Off
Miniature Bow Fronted Chest, c1830
Located in valatie, NY
This handsome little oak chest has many of the same details of its larger counterparts. The bow fronted conforming top sits on three bowed drawers all with original brass pulls and e...
Category
19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Oak
Georgian Mahogany Miniature Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A late 18th century mahogany miniature chest retaining good colour throughout, with rectangular top over four well figured long drawers having...
Category
Late 18th Century English Hepplewhite Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany
$2,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-19th Century Bird's-Eye Maple Simulated Miniature Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming mid-19th century simulated bird's-eye
Maple miniature chest of three long drawers
With original turned wooden knobs raised
On original plinth
(There is often debate ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Birdseye Maple
$2,147 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-19th Century English Walnut Miniature Chiffonier
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming 19th century Victorian walnut miniature
walnut chiffonier having mirrored back to superstructure
over shaped top and three cupboard doors with
mirrored panels
(This most unusual piece was almost certainly made originally
as a travelling salesman...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Walnut
$2,477 Sale Price
20% Off
Anatomical Plaque by New York Scientific Supply Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand painted, plaster, anatomical plate by New York Scientific Supply Co. depicting the musculature and circulatory systems of the face and head on a wood plaque.
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood, Plaster
Large Danish Maple and Mahogany Pond Yacht Ship Model
Located in Kastrup, DK
Large elegant wooden pond yacht ship model in maple and mahogany.
High quality, hand-built. Deck fitted with small screws.
Denmark 1920-1930....
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Other Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass
Fine Half Model of the Racing Yacht Atlantic
Located in Norwell, MA
This s a highly detailed “half model”, not just a “half hull”. The deck detail is extensive with planked deck, skylights with brass bars, row of turned brass portholes, stubbed masts...
Category
2010s North American Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Antique Shadowbox Diorama of Ship Models
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An impressive and unusual 19th century cased ship diorama displaying four ships at sea. A four masted schooner sets the background with a tug boat, two masted vessel and a steamship ...
Category
19th Century American Classical Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Vintage Monumental WWII American Wood Light Aircraft Carrier Made by Sailors
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this huge, Vintage WWII American wooden deck light Aircraft carrier, reputedly made by Sailors moored in the Solent...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
1940s Large Medical School Anatomical Heart Model
Located in Montclair, NY
A circa 1940s to mid 1950s large anatomical model of the human heart used to teach anatomy in medical school. Hand painted in multi color mat enamel with all the chambers and parts o...
Category
1940s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Rubber
Detailed Model of Dutch Sailing Ship From the 1930s-1940s
Located in Opole, PL
Detailed Model of Dutch Sailing Ship From the 1930s-1940s
A faithfully reproduced model of a vessel dating back to the Interwar Period of the 20th ...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
$756 Sale Price
20% Off
Museum-Quality, Fully Assembled Replica of Royal louis
Located in Eindhoven, NL
This is museum-quality, fully assembled replica of Royal louis
Master craftsmen using historical photographs, drawings or original plans meticulously h...
Category
2010s Central Asian Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany
Ship Model "Sovereign of the Seas" English Navy Warship in a Glass Case & Stand
Located in Stamford, CT
The Sovereign of the Seas, an early British "First-Rate Ship of the Line" was launched in 1637 and was the most magnificent ship of her era. She was ordered as a 90 gun but at launch was armed with 102 bronze guns at the insistence of the king. She was later renamed Sovereign, and then Royal Sovereign...
Category
20th Century American Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Metal
$3,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Builders Model of Royal Yacht Squadron Yacht Rys, Ceto
Located in Norwell, MA
Extraordinary original dockyard builders model of the royal yacht squadron vessel RYS CETO, a 130 ton diesel yacht owned by the Earl Fitzwilliam. ...
Category
1930s European Vintage Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Antique 1913 Model Touring Car and Driver Wooden Hand Painted Sculpture
Located in Plainview, NY
A meticulously crafted 1913 model touring automobile. The car model features a two-tone color scheme, predominantly black with red accents, which highlights its vintage allure. The...
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Commode Minature Long Walnut Maltese Cross Ebonised Fruitwoo
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
An exceptionally rare, museum quality Maltese, Neoclassical walnut chest of drawers with ebonised & fruitwood inlaid maltese cross on the top and drawer fronts
Maltese furniture of this period is exceptional reflecting the status and affluence of the island.
Given the size of the island relatively little Maltese furniture was made in comparison to Europe & American mainland.
Minature furniture is rare made either as a model or an apprentice's piece so it is extremely rare to find a minature piece from Malta bearing the Maltese cross.
This minature commode is highly original with beautiful proportions, ornamentation and patination.
The 'H' shaped top with a large centered inlaid Maltese Cross and a border of stringing. The breakfront fitted with three drawers each with stringing and inlaid six point stars centrally positioned behind the wooden knobs. The uprights with two continuous vertical bands of stringing ebonised and fruitwood from the top to the bottom of the drawers in walnut to match the front of the chest and then reverting to ebonising and fruitwood down the feet. Terminating in tapering feet. The panelled sides with a repeat of the double banding on the uprights and rectangular borders within the panels. The oak lined drawers with the original 18th century blue paper lining.
Measures: length 27 cm 10 1/2", height 24 cm 9 1/2", depth 20 cm 8".
Maltese Cross:
The Maltese cross is a symbol that is most commonly associated with the Knights of Malta (also known as the Knights Hospitallers...
Category
18th Century Maltese Neoclassical Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
19th Century American Country General Store Carpenter Model Trade Shop Display
Located in Forney, TX
A rare, unusual, and most charming diminutive hand-crafted Gold Rush era American country general store counter merchant desk.
Mid-19th century, United States, most likely commissi...
Category
19th Century American Industrial Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wrought Iron
French Sarreguemines Late 19th Century Miniature Sink with Pastoral Scenes
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French miniature sink from the late 19th century, with pastoral scenes and and removable basin. Created in the Moselle department located in current Northeastern France, this minia...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Other
Scale Half Model Of Americas Cup Yacht "Puritan"
Located in Norwell, MA
Carved woo half model of the 1885 America's Cup Yacht Puritan. The hull is painted white above the waterline and green below. There is a planked wood. mahogany deck, hatched, skyligh...
Category
2010s North American Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Georgian Miniature Oak Kneehole Desk
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Charming and Relatively rare mid 18th century, Georgian, oak miniature kneehole desk, having seven drawers with original turned brass knobs flanking central cupboard door with geometric inlaid decoration.
Often there is debate over miniature furnitures original purpose. Was it was made as an apprentice piece, which is where somebody who is looking for a job in a workshop would create something to showcase their talents, or was it made as a travelling salesman...
Category
Mid-18th Century English George III Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Oak
$2,747 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century French Boat Model of the SS Normandie
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Impressive early 20th Century French model of the French boat, the SS Normandie. Built in 1932 the Normandie was the fastest and largest passenger ship afloat of its era. This beauti...
Category
20th Century French Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Glass, Wood
19th Century French Agate, Lapis Lazuli and Gold Cane
Located in London, GB
19th century French agate, lapis lazuli and gold cane
French, 19th Century
Height 85.5cm, width 6cm, depth 2.5cm
This remarkable 19th century cane, crafted by skilled French ar...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Agate, Lapis Lazuli, Gold
Antique Mahogany Childs Wellington Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A delightful mid-19th century mahogany childs size Wellington
chest of five long drawers with locking pilaster raised on
original plinth base.
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany
$1,536 Sale Price
50% Off
Italian Mid Century Lacquer/Vellum Table Screen, Canaletto Style View of Venice
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian mid century Lacquer/Vellum table screen -Canaletto style view of Venice
Italy, Circa 1960s
A stunning diminutive work, in four parts beautifully ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Metal
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
Georgian Mahogany Miniature Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Good Quality And Charming Early 19th Century Mahogany Miniature Chest, Having Well Figured Top Over Three Long Drawers With Original Brass Knobs And Boxwood Inlaid Escutcheons, Over Elegant Shaped Apron With Original Splayed Bracket Feet.
There is regular debate over whether miniature furniture was made as an apprentice piece, which is when a craftsmen who was looking for a job at a workshop would create something to showcase their talents. Or whether it was made as a travelling salesmans sample piece, which is when a few items were produced as scale models but a well established workshop as a form of physical catalogue in advance of a travelling salesman’s road trip around the country, for him to use to try and fill his order book with full size counterparts.
We believe that this particular little Georgian Miniature Chest was probably made as an apprentice piece, due to the relative simplicity of it, combined with the exceptional execution, which maybe suggests that somebody was very much trying to impress somebody else. It is also slightly unusual in form, which again suggests it was made more as a one off item with a specific purpose, as opposed to a scale model of other items.
It is certainly a charming piece of antique miniature furniture...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Wood Models and Miniatures
Materials
Mahogany
$3,138 Sale Price
20% Off
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