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Place of Origin: British
Lucian Freud Illustrated Book the Equilibriad by Wm. Samson / Limited Edition
Located in Middletown, NY
THE EQUILIBRIAD by William Samsons with illustrations by Lucian Freud.
London: Hogarth Press, 1948. Limited Edition.
8vo, 8 5/8 x 5 5/8 in (220 x 140...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Antique Specimen Display Dome, English Taxidermy Showcase, Victorian, 1870
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique specimen display dome. An English, glass and ebonised pine taxidermy showcase, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1870.
Appealingly tall example, with a ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Pine
A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and its Vicinity by James Merigot
Located in Middletown, NY
A wonderfully illustrated collection of important Roman views.
Merigot, James
A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and its Vicinity ; Recently Executed From Drawings Made ...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Shakespeare. The London Prodigal - FOURTH FOLIO - 1685 - page 219-220.
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, William.
TITLE: The Works of William Shakespeare. (The London Prodigal) - page 219-220.
PUBLISHER: London: Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster and R. Bentl...
Category
1680s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Collection of 12 Original Golf Ball Boxes. Silver King, North Berwick etc.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Collection Of Vintage Cardboard Golf Ball Boxes.
A very nice decorative collection of twelve cardboard golf ball boxes. The boxes would have original...
Category
1920s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare 1920’s Dunhill Unique Lighter Mother of Pearl and Horn Lift Arm Working
By Dunhill
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful early Dunhill Unique Lighter with Mother of Pearl and Horn decoration. The Unique lighter series are special and this is a working beauty. The lift arm design works well ...
Category
1920s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Horn, Mother-of-Pearl
Antique English Pond Yacht from Leek, England on Original Stand c1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique English Pond Yacht purchased in the town of Leek, England over 25-years ago and just purchased from a serious collector. Pond Yachts date from the middle 1800’s and unfortuna...
Category
Early 1900s Country Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
An antique taxidermy Kea (Nestor notabilis)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, 19th century
Provenance:
Private collection, Belgium
The kea, indigenous to New Zealand’s Southern Alps, was considered a cunning trickster by the Māori. It is perceived i...
Category
19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Feathers
English Brass Nautical Ship Wheel Mounted with Yacht Binnacle on Rope Base, 1870
Located in Charleston, SC
English Brass Nautical ship wheel mounted on a solid brass pedestal with an yacht binnacle having a gimballed signed compass, circular six spoke w...
Category
1870s William IV Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Christie's - Wateringbury Place Parts I & II, Pair of Auction Catalogs, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
A copy of the auction catalogs for Christie's on-site sale at Wateringbury Place, Maidstone, Kent. This is both of the catalogs of the sale, the Principle Rooms, which was held on Ma...
Category
1970s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Ecclesiastical Encaustic Tile Panel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A set of four antique glazed encaustic 4 ¼ inch tiles (unmarked) together forming a decorative ecclesiastical tile panel depicting a cardinal moline cross within a quatrefoil with fl...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Clay
Vintage Oil Can
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Copper Force Feed Oil Can.
An automotive tin oil can. A fantastic piece of vintage motoring ephemera, the perfect gift for the motoring enthusiast. Who would have thought the...
Category
20th Century Industrial British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Camel sculpture attributed to Liberty London
By Liberty of London, Omersa
Located in Lugo, IT
Leather camel attributed to the Liberty atelier in London
Good condition.
Thank you
Category
1940s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin
Veronese's Drawings, A Catalogue Raisonné by Richard Cocke, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Veronese's Drawings. A Catalogue Raisonné by Richard Cocke. Published in London: Sotheby's Publications, 1984. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Paolo Spezapreda, known as 'Veronese...
Category
1980s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Original Antique Folding Map of Manchester, England, Dated 1793
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Superb map of Manchester and Salford
Folding map. Printed on paper laid on to the original canvas
Unframed.
Published by C. Laurent, 1793.
Free shippi...
Category
1790s Georgian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas, Paper
Antique English Georgian Sterling Silver Pocket Cigar Case
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This sterling silver and intricately engraved cigar case was made in London England in circa 1831, during the reign of King George IV. The top and bottom are both ornately engraved w...
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century British Royal Air Force Flying Training School Hand Painted Drum
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A well preserved 20th Century hand painted drum from the band of the flying training school of the Royal Air Force. Complete with the infamous motto "Per Ardua ad Astra" - through di...
Category
1970s Other Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Mahogany 19th Century Miniature Wellington Chest Of Drawers
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Attractive Late 19th Century Mahogany Miniature, Or Childs, Wellington Chest, Having Rectangular Top Over Seven Drawers With Original Turned Wooden Knobs, Enclosed By Hinged Pilas...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Treasure Island Book, Robert Louis Stevenson, English, Late Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. An English, professionally bound literary classic, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1895 and later.
Origin...
Category
1890s Late Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Hardy Split Cane Fishing Rod, The Perfection
By Hardy Bros.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
The "Perfection" Hardy Palakona Fishing Rod.
A beautifully 2 piece 8'6" split cane fly fishing rod by Hardy of Alnwick. The rod is in very good condition with the registration number...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bamboo
Antique Mounted Fishing Reel, English, Brass, Decorative, Travertine, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique mounted fishing reel. An English, mahogany and brass reel of sporting decorative interest and mounted on a travertine base, dating to the late Victorian period and later, circa 1900.
Of great appeal to the keen fisherman for decorative display
Displaying a desirable aged patina and in good order
Select stocks show fine grain interest and deep russet hues
Quality brass fittings throughout presents warm golden tones
Skilfully mounted upon a stout travertine plinth...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Monington and Weston Piano in Mahogany and Macassar Ebony
Located in Leeds, GB
Mid-Century Modern style, 1956, Monington and Weston upright piano. Cabinet made from a contrasting mahogany and macassar ebony case. Piano exempl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Macassar, Mahogany
"Blow Up" Original Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original film poster for Michelangelo Antonioni's mystery thriller staring Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings. This poster was printed to me used at London's
ABC Cinema it was also i...
Category
1960s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Set of two Copper and brass coaching horns
Located in Cheshire, GB
Set of two Copper coaching horns having brass banding and well-cast mouthpieces.
Dimensions
Height 5 Inches
Width 50 Inches
Depth 5 Inches
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
Arts & Crafts Edwardian Hand-Crafted Patinated Copper Lidded Communion Chalice
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish Arts & Crafts with Gothic elements Edwardian hand crafted patinated copper lidded communion chalice dating from the early 20th Century...
Category
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
Sporting Novels (5) by Robert Smith Surtees
Located in Middletown, NY
A collection of the Sporting Novels; Handley Cross; or Mr. Jerrocks's Hunt; Hawbuck Grange or The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq.; Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour; Ask Mamma or ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Further Interiors by Howard Phipps – WHITTINGTON PRESS
Located in Middletown, NY
Lower Marston: Whittington Press, 1992
Limited Edition.
4to, (10 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (265 x 190 mm); pp. 38 frenchfold, 15 wood engravings by Phipps printed in black, four with colori...
Category
20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique George III Period Square Piano by Beck
Located in London, GB
Antique George III period square piano by Beck
English, 1788
Height 81cm, width 148cm, depth 52cm
This elegant instrument is a square piano, a type popul...
Category
Late 18th Century George III Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Slimline Antique Display Dome, English, Glass, Ornamental Showcase, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a slimline antique display dome. An English, glass over ebonised mahogany specimen or ornament showcase, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890.
Slimline proportio...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Model of a racing yacht
Located in Cheshire, GB
Model of the Americas Cup Racing Yacht ‘America’, fully rigged over simulated plank deck with fittings, the hull pained black to waterline and gold beneath, on oak stand.
Dimensions
...
Category
Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Not to be Taken by Anthony Berkeley – First Edition with DUST JACKET.
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1938.
First Edition.
8vo. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (182 x 121mm); pp. 356 + iii. Grey cloth binding with black lettering, dampstain to the tail of the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
17th Century English Carved Oak Corbel “the Green Man”
Located in Vero Beach, FL
17th Century English carved oak corbel “The Green Man”.
Rare antique decorative architectural ornament of the enigmatic Green Man. Images and carvings ca...
Category
17th Century Renaissance Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Mid-Century Modern Pool Cues and Stand
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Pool cues and stand. Structure consisting of a circular base and an upper part with holes to hold the nine clubs in a vertical position. The stand is designed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Vintage Presentation Trophy Rowing Shield, Fitzwilliam House
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Cambridge University Fitzwilliam House Rowing Shield, 1950.
An original presentation trophy shield with calligraphy, college insignia and with a mock-up of the bow end of a boat. The...
Category
20th Century Sporting Art British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique Book, Religio Medici, Sir Thomas Browne, English Language, Dated 1915
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an an antique copy of Religio Medici by Sir Thomas Browne. An English language book, published by Macmillan & Co, London in the early 20th century, dated 1915.
A seventeent...
Category
Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Portable Copying Machine by James Watt & Co.
By James Watt
Located in New Orleans, LA
Considered the first step into the world of modern photocopying, the copying machine was among the first widely used devices to successfully produce an ex...
Category
18th Century Other Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Wall Mounted Brass Tiller Yoke
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century brass tiller yoke of opposed Kedge anchors, each with shackle and pulley, mounted on a shield shaped plaque.
Measures: Width 59 cm.
Height 21 cm.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
English Monumental Polished Steel & Bone Carving Set, Hallmarks S.H, Circa 1835
By Samuel Harwood
Located in Charleston, SC
English monumental polished steel carving set with inlaid eagle bone handles depicting E. pluribus unum motto. Stamped with Hallmarks in Silver S.H. Samue...
Category
1830s William IV Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver, Steel
Of Gardens; Four Books by Rene Rapin & John Evelyn the Younger
Located in Middletown, NY
RARE: John Evelyn the Younger's first book, rare first issue with title date 1672.
Rapin, René (1621-1687) and Evelyn, John (the Younger 1655 -1699), translator
Of Gardens; Four Boo...
Category
17th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Taxidermy Fox's Mask by Spicer of Lemington
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Fox Mask By Peter Spicer.
This prepared fox mask, fox head, is mounted on a good quality oak shield impressed to reverse 'P. Spicer & Sons, Leami...
Category
1920s Sporting Art Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin
Colen Hewer Cheshire Sterling Silver Cigarette Case
By Colen Hewer Cheshire
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Colen Hewer Cheshire sterling silver cigarette case.
Category
Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Rare English Nautical Globe with Armillary Sphere (1930) 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Rare English Nautical Globe with Armillary Sphere (1930) 20th Century
Good condition
magnificent globe, with a leather-covered wooden interior terrest...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Stephen HAWKING. Starmus. 50 Years of Man in Space - HAWKING THUMB PRINT SIGNED!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HAWKING, Stephen (forward) - Garik Israelian & Brian May (editors).
TITLE: Starmus. 50 Years of Man in Space.
PUBLISHER: UK: Canopus Publishing Ltd., (Starmus), 2014.
DES...
Category
2010s British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Late 19th Century Original Painted Green Faux Marble Dog Canine Kennel
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming painted wooden dog kennel with pitched roof standing on styled feet.
The original green painted body, with a faux marble painted pediment and red roof. The pediment als...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
The Life of Napoleon; A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos - ILLUSTRATED
Located in Middletown, NY
Combe, William (Dr. Syntax), & George Cruikshank
The Life of Napoleon; A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos
London: T. Tegg, 1817. George Cruikshank. First Edition, Second Printing...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
Very Large George III Rosewood Gallery Magnifying Glass
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A very large George III rosewood gallery magnifying glass, the circular glass within a rosewood frame, the baluster handle screwing into a brass bra...
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rosewood
Large Antique English Silver Plated Military Photograph / Picture Frame c.1910
Located in Bath, GB
A large and grand silver plated photograph frame with military / Royal Artillary interest dating to c.1910.
The top of the frame is mounted with a gilded Royal Artillary cap badge...
Category
1950s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
Miniature Antique English Apprentice Model Salesman Sample Drop-Front Bureau
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and handsome English Arts & Crafts period miniature oak bureau from the early 20th century with nicely aged patina.
Exquisitely hand-crafted in England over a century ago, e...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Pair of English Victorian Bespoke Leather Boots with Wood Trees
Located in Barcelona, ES
Bespoke Medium Tall Gentleman leather boots. Handcrafted by the shoemaker Poulsen Skone & Co. England, 19th century.
Interesting for collectors or ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Wood
1927 Garden Ornament by Gertrude Jekyll and Christopher Hussey Book
By Gertrude Jekyll
Located in Stamford, CT
Garden Ornament by Gertrude Jekyll and Christopher Hussey. 2nd edition printed in Great Britain 1927.
Category
1920s Country Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Tan Leather Cartridge Magazine
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Leather Cartridge Magazine Case.
A fine quality shooting cartridge magazine case. The shotgun magazine case is in good condition, single leather carry handle, twin leather st...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Edwardian Period Sterling Silver-Mounted Threaded Crystal Match Striker
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Period, sterling silver-mounted threaded crystal match striker, London, year-hallmarked for 1901, believed to be Henry James Freeman - maker. Has full sterling silver match...
Category
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Large 19th century Pond Yach
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th-century gaff rigged pond yacht, fully rigged over simulated plank deck with fittings, the hull varnished to the waterline and painted green beneath, with brass rudder and leaded...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
House in the Country by Mary Gilliatt, 1st Edition
By Mary Gilliatt
Located in valatie, NY
A House in the Country, The Second Home from Cottages to Castles by Mary Gilliat. London: Hutchinson & Co. Publishers LTD. First edition hardcover with dust jacket, 1973. 160 pp. A r...
Category
20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"Air Mail" Coin Bank, Rare, World War II-Era Metal Bank, British Art Deco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extremely rare example of World War II-era Art Deco/Moderne design, produced by the Chad Valley Company in England, served as a coin bank, with a slot on one side to accept coins by young men and women motivated to save their pennies. The painted metal bank...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage Book, Once A Week, AA Milne, English, Morocco Bound, Short Stories, 1926
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage copy of Once a Week by A.A. Milne. An English, Morocco bound book of short stories, dating to the early 20th century.
Once a Week is a collection of short stories ...
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Hardy Fly Fishing Rod, The Sussex
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
The Hardy "Sussex Brook" 8ft Palakona Fishing Rod.
A rare Hardy of Alnwick brook rod, a 2 piece 8' split cane fly fishing rod in very good condition, The "A.E.M. Sussex Brook" rod. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bamboo
Matisse Picasso, From the Estate of Herbert Kasper, Thank You Letter From MOMA
Located in valatie, NY
Matisse Picasso by Anne Baldassari, Elizabeth Cowling, John Elderfield, Isabelle Monod-Fontaine and Kirk Varnedoe. Published by Tate Gallery Publishing ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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