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Place of Origin: British
British Sports And Sportsmen, Commerce And Industry
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
British Sports & Sportsmen Book, Commerce And Industry. A rare, first edition, single encyclopaedia of sports book from the series "British Sports and Sportsmen" titled Commerce And ...
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Early 20th Century Sporting Art British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Christie's Millden: a Scottish Lodge
Located in valatie, NY
Millden: A Scottish Lodge Including Property From Endsleigh, Devon; Harewood House, Yorkshire; & Glamis Castle, Angus, by Christie's Auction House, Lond...
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Early 2000s British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

County Seats of the Noblemen & Gentlemen of Great Britain & Ireland (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A set of seven beautifully bound volumes in morocco red leather with gilt decorations and crest to front and rear. A stunning collection of this pictorial work of British and Irish c...
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19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Rare Antique English Mammoth Map or Library Magnifying Glass, circa 1930
Located in Bath, GB
Wow, you need to hands to lift this mammoth magnifying glass, a great look for the library and a real talking point. The handle is made from cast brass and the frame for the glass...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

20th Century Edwardian Solid Silver Pipe Shaped Table Lighter, Sheffield, c 1906
By John Round & Son Ltd. 1
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 20th century Edwardian solid silver table lighter, in a shape of a pipe on a rectangular stepped stand, the top with a wick and two lighters. Hallmarked English Silver ...
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20th Century Edwardian British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Antique County Map, Oxfordshire, English, Framed Cartography Interest, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique lithography map of Oxfordshire. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest, dating to the mid 19th century and later. Superb lithography of Oxfo...
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Mid-19th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Antique Cased Microscope, English, Scientific Instrument, Swift & Son, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique cased microscope. An English, black enamel scientific instrument by J. Swift & Son of London, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 191...
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Early 20th Century Edwardian British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass, Enamel

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...
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18th Century Other Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mahogany

Some Poems by Robert Browning - ERAGNY PRESS
Located in Middletown, NY
Hammersmith: Eragny Press, 1903. First, Limited Edition. Octavo, 8 x 5.25 in (203 x 133 mm), pp.64 [2] + contents + colophon + blank + press-mark, Limited Edition. One of 215 copie...
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Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

1 Volume. The Holy Bible
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Anon. The Holy Bible. Containing The Old & New Testaments. Bound in full brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf, all edges gilt, raised bands. Published: Oxford: The University Press,...
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Early 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

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 ...
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Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold Leaf

Jewelry Box Apprentice Chest Brass Engraved Thistle Miniature
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Chest of Drawers Jewelry Box Apprentice Chest Brass Engraved Solid brass apprentice chest of drawers, chest with 5 working drawers all with stylized...
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Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Thomas Bewick Graphic Worlds by Nigel Tattersfield, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Thomas Bewick: Graphic Worlds by Nigel Tattersfield. British Museum Press, 2014. 1st Ed paperback. Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) was the foremost wood engrav...
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2010s British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Antique 3vol Book Set, Dictionary of English Furniture, Macquoid, Reference, A-Z
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique 3 volume book set - The Dictionary of English Furniture by Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards. An English, bound antiques A-Z reference guide, dating to the early 2...
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Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Antique Life & Explorations of Dr Livingstone Book, African Travel, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of The Life & Explorations of Dr. Livingstone. An English language African travel and history book, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1875. A Victorian p...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Antique 9k Gold Pocket Watch – Circa 1880-1900, Hallmarked
Located in Worcester, GB
Antique 9k Gold Pocket Watch – Circa 1880-1900, Hallmarked This exquisite antique pocket watch features a solid 9k gold case, finely crafted with intricate engravings and a textured...
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Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold

Brampton Salt Glazed Jesus College Cambridge Presentation Pottery Tyg
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and impressive Jesus College, Cambridge University Rowing Presentation salt glazed pottery tyg by Brampton dated 1869. The large stoneware tyg is of cylindrical shape standin...
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1860s High Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver Plate

WAGNER (Arthur Rackham) The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. FIRST TRADE EDITION - 1910
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WAGNER, Richard (Arthur Rackham). TITLE: The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. PUBLISHER: London: William Heinemann, 1910. DESCRIPTION: FIRST TRADE EDITION. 1 vol., 10-1/6" x 7-7...
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1910s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Leather bound book, Napoleon's Gallery, English, printed in 1837 with engravings
Located in Central England, GB
This small green leather bound and gilt tooled book is a celebration of the life and times of Napoleon, Emperor of France. It is wonderfully illustrated with numerous reproductions ...
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Mid-19th Century William IV Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Paper

Fahrenheit 451
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the 1966 French Science fiction film Fahrenheit 451. This film Starred Oskar Werner, Julie Christie and Cyril Cusack and directed by Francois Truffau...
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1960s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Antique Poetry Book, Pleasures of Memory, Samuel Rogers, English, Georgian, 1803
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Pleasures of Memory by Samuel Rogers. An English, hard bound collection of poetry, published in London in the Georgian period, 1803. A contemporary of Wordsworth, Byron and other Romantic poets, Samuel Rogers (1763 - 1855) was a successful banker and art collector, who was also one of England's most celebrated poets during his lifetime. Rogers was invited to be Poet Laureate on the occasion of Wordsworth's death 1850, but declined due to his age. Considered one of the great sources of social documentary of London's artistic and literary world of the 18th and early 19th century, he lived to the age of 92 - astonishing for the era. Presents a good, time-worn antique condition, with pages intact and clean Hard bound with marble paper cover and gold titling to ribbed spine Published in English across 187 pages in London by T. Bensley of Fleet Street Illustrated engraving plates throughout add visual interest to the poetry Includes the titular poems in part 1 & 2, The Two Sisters...
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Early 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

ASPREY & CO. 1925 London Art Deco Mechanical Vesta Box In .925 Sterling
By Asprey & Garrard Limited
Located in Miami, FL
Mechanical vesta matches box designed by Asprey & Company. This is a very rare and unusual mechanical vesta-box for matches, created in London England by Asprey & Company Limited, b...
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1920s Art Deco Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver

Devonshire Collection of Italian Drawings; Vol III: Bolognese & Emilian Schools
Located in valatie, NY
The Devonshire Collection of Italian Drawings; Volume III: Bolognese and Emilian Schools by Michael Jaffé. Published by Phaidon Press, London, 1994. 1st...
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1990s British Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Izaak WALTON. The Compleat Angler. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham FIRST TRADE ED
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WALTON, Izaak. TITLE: The Compleat Angler. PUBLISHER: London: George C. Harrap & Co., 1931. DESCRIPTION: FIRST TRADE EDITION. 1 vol., 9-3/4" - 7-9/16", illustrated by Art...
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1930s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Large Edwardian Sterling Silver-Mounted Threaded Crystal Match Striker
By John Grinsell & Sons
Located in New York, NY
Large, Edwardian, sterling silver match - mounted, threaded crystal match striker, having a full, sterling silver match cup, Birmingham, England, 1917, J. Grinsell & Sons makers. Mea...
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1910s Edwardian Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Crystal, Sterling Silver

British Royal Navy Searchlight and Signal Light
By Francis Searchlights
Located in Norwell, MA
Superb and substantial marine beacon by Francis Searchlights of Bolton, England. From the Ministry of Defense, British Royal Navy. With shutters for...
Category

1940s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Antique English Onyx, Lapis Lazuli, Silver Gilt Table Vesta by George Betjemann
By George Betjemann & Sons
Located in Bath, GB
A very smart antique English table vesta beautifully executed from white onyx inlaid with Lapis Lazuli. The fittings are made from silver-gilt (gold on sterling silver) by the top...
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1910s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Onyx, Sterling Silver

Vintage Balance, English, Mahogany, Scientific Scales, Stanton Instruments, 1960
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage analytical balance. An English, mahogany cased set of scientific scales by Stanton Instruments of London, dating to the mid-20th c...
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Mid-20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mahogany

1917 Waymouth Cooke Naval Rangefinder Sextant
Located in San Mateo, CA
Naval range finder made by Waymouth-Cooke of London. These were based on the principals of a sextant range finder. They were patented in 1914. The Mark II like this one came out in 1...
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1910s Other Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

Exquisite Victorian Shell Cameo, c. 1850
Located in Hamburg, DE
Exquisite Victorian Shell Cameo, c. 1850 Exquisite Victorian Shell Cameo, c. 1850. This finely crafted shell cameo, likely from England and dat...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Shell

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...
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Mid-18th Century George III Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Oak

Georgian Miniature Oak Kneehole Desk
Georgian Miniature Oak Kneehole Desk
$2,734 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Dental Tool Kit
Located in London, GB
19th century dental tool kit A rare set of 19th century dental tool kit, all tools are encased in a wooden box with brass latch and lined with a worn red...
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19th Century Georgian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Above London by Robert Cameron
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Above London. Visitors to England who marvel at this lush land on their first incoming flight now have a volume to treasure forever. Here are the famed gardens, the majestic estates, the granduer of centuries of architecture. Along with Robert Cameron's areial photographs Alistair Cooke's text is brimming with the raconteur's characteristic wit and insight. The pictorial essay begins at the Thames and follows the history of the beloved city well into the countryside. Title: Above London Publisher: Cameron and Company, San Francisco Publication Date: 1980 Binding: Hardcover Book Condition: Fine Dust Jacket Condition: Fair, wears Edition: 1st Edition First printing. Oblong folio Cameron is a member of the Royal Photographic Society and a member of the Presidents Council of the International Center of Photography. His work has been exhibited in Paris at La Bibliotheque Historique and the Foundation Mona Bismarck. In New York at the International Center of Photography, the New York City Municipal Arts Foundation. In San Francisco at the Vision Gallery...
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20th Century Expressionist British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Gallon chekpump for Northamptonshire County Council
Located in London, GB
A copper and brass one gallon "chekpump" standard fuel measure for Northamptonshire County Council. Circa 1915.
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Early 20th Century Industrial British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass, Copper

Liberty of London King Henry the VIII Doll
By Liberty of London
Located in Redding, CT
Liberty of London "King Henry the VIII" historical doll . Hand-sewn by two sisters, Ada and Kathleen Peat, from their Brighton, England home for the Liberty of London Department Store. This historical doll has a needle sculpted face with hand painted facial features and mohair wig, mustache and beard. He is almost 11" tall with a very portly cloth body and black felt shoes. A wonderful authentic period costume of felt, cloth, jewels, beading and metallic trim. Unfortunately he is missing his cloth hands. He comes with a gray metal doll stand...
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Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Vintage Ski Photography, Antique Alpine Ski Photograph, 'Descent in Powder'
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Ski Photography, antique Alpine Ski Photograph. 'Descent in Powder’, a new mounted black and white photographic image after an original 1930s s...
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1930s Sporting Art Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Antique 3 Draw Telescope, English, Terrestrial, Davis of London, Victorian, 1860
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique 3 draw telescope. An English, brass terrestrial or astronomical refractor by Davis of London, dating to the mid Victorian period, cir...
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Mid-19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

1820-35 Large Clock Barometer by Silvani Brighton Antique Forecast Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Rare large barometer complete with clock signed Silvani Brighton, dated from 1820 and 1835. Finely crafted mahogany wood case with double thread at th...
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1840s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mahogany

Genuine Works of William Hogarth in Three Volumes
By William Hogarth, John Nichols, George Steevens
Located in valatie, NY
The Genuine Works of William Hogarth Illustrated with Biographical Anecdotes. Volume I, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808. First edition hardcover. 524 pp. Volume II, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1810. First edition hardcover. 444 pp. plus index. Volume III, London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1817. First edition hardcover. 525 pp. plus index. A remarkable set of antique books...
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Early 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Green Painted Antique Wood Boat Rudder on Iron Stand
Located in Troy, MI
Found in England, this circa 1900 wooden boat rudder is mounted on an iron display stand. Rudder found painted as shown - we do not know if the green paint is original. Very good ove...
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Early 20th Century Rustic British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

1859 The Life of John Milton
By David Masson
Located in Bath, GB
A sumptuously bound set of this biography on John Milton, from the library of Andrew Carnegie. Very scarce complete in seven volumes. The first edition. A sweeping biography on th...
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1850s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

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.
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19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mahogany

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...
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Early 19th Century Georgian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mahogany

Georgian Mahogany Miniature Chest
Georgian Mahogany Miniature Chest
$3,123 Sale Price
20% Off
English 1953 Elizabeth II Coronation Glass Goblet by Webb
By Webb and Corbett
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1953 Elizabeth II Coronation Glass Goblet by Webb, England. Rose & Thistle engraving. Hand-blown. Signed: Webb, England. Drawn trumpet form. St. Edward's Crown & the symbols of Engla...
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1950s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass

English Marine Barometer with Rope Carved Case
Located in Norwell, MA
Early twentieth century library barometer with rope carved case. Great old piece. Fitted with a brass hanging tab. Circa 1920.
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1920s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

19th Century Victorian Solid Silver Lighter & Vesta Case, London, c.1853
By Henry William Dee, Thornhill
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique mid-19th Century very rare Victorian solid silver vesta case and lighter, in a shape of a horseshoe, opening on both sides, with a compartment for matches and a striker, with wheel to wind the lighter wick, one side is applied with initials "E.H". Hallmarked English Silver (925 standard), London, year 1853 (S), Maker's mark H.W.D (Henry William Dee...
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19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Set of Antique Books Dating from the 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of antique books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called "Holy Bible". Th...
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Mid-19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Rare Hand Carved 1587 Fighting Scots City of York Coat of Arms Armoiral Crest
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely hand carved wall plaque coat of arms for the city of York Fighting Scots dating from 1587 This is a very good looking and well made ...
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Mid-19th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Mappin & Webb Ltd Art Deco Style Sterling Silver Cigarette Box
By Mappin & Webb
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver cigarette box in the Art Deco style; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection. This exc...
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1960s Art Deco Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Carved Walnut Full Size Billiard Table and Accessories by Cox & Yeman
By Cox & Yeman
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An exceptional carved walnut full size billiard table and accessories by Cox & Yeman. London, circa 1880. One end bearing an ivorine la...
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Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Walnut

[MISSAL]. L'Office De La Semaine Sainte. GILT ARMS OF PHILIPPE II DUC D'ORLEANS
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: [MISSAL]. TITLE: The Office of Holy Week, According to the Messel & Roman Breviary;... PUBLISHER: Paris: By the Company of Booksellers assigned to the Book of Holy Week, 1...
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Early 1700s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

John Ruskin, OF KING'S TREASURIES
Located in Middletown, NY
Of Kings' Treasuries London / Edinburgh: George Allen / Ballantyne Press, 1902. 8vo, 8 x 5 3/4 inches (203 x 145 mm), (4), 99, (1) pp. Printed on handmade Arnold paper with a flower...
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Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold Leaf

Vintage 12 Panel Leather Football
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Leather Soccer Ball. A great vintage leather football ball with twelve leather panels. The ball has a lace-up slit to the top to enable bladder inflation, there is an interna...
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20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Antique Paterson's Guide to Britain, English, Maps, Georgian, Published 1811
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Paterson's New and Accurate guide to Direct & Principal Crossroads. An English, bound book of maps and descriptive tables, published in English by Longman,...
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Early 19th Century Georgian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Stirrup Cup 19thc English Staffordshire Creamware Hound's Head
By Staffordshire
Located in Savannah, GA
This charming fellow is an English porcelain stirrup cup in the form of a hound's head. He is very detailed including naturalistically modelled fea...
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1830s Early Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Porcelain

Sterling Silver and Paste Set Model of a Gentleman
By Edwin Thompson Bryant
Located in London, London
Carrying import marks for London, 1902 by Edwin Thompson Bryant, this handsome, antique silver model of a Gentleman, is wonderfully made with red and blue set paste to the Stand and ...
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Early 1900s Edwardian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

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Sterling Silver

Andrew ROTH. Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the 20th Century
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: ROTH, Andrew - editor, (Essays by) Richard Benson, May Castleberry, Jeffrey Fraenkel, Daido Moriyama, Shelley Rice, Neville Wakefield, (Contributors) Vince Aletti, David Levi Strauss. TITLE: The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century. PUBLISHER: NY: PPP Editions/ Roth Horowitz LLC, 2001. DESCRIPTION: LIMITED DELUXE EDITION. 1 vol., 12" x 10", limited to 500 copies, bound in 1/4 black morocco, spine lettered in blind, illustrated with numerous four-color and black and...
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Early 2000s British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Antique Iron Greek Revival Kylix E.W. Wyon Crystal Palace Great Exhibition 1851
Located in Portland, OR
A very good antique Greek Revival cast iron kylix, by the celebrated sculptor Edward William Wyon (1811-1885), for the Great Exhibition at Crysta...
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1850s Greek Revival Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Royal Brighton Pavilion Matchstick Architectural Model by Bernard Martell
By Bernard Martell
Located in New York, NY
Made in the 1960s from over 40,000 matchsticks by Bernard Martell. The artist spent over 1700 hours meticulously reproducing the architectural splendor of the Brighton Royal Pavilion in a 1:100 scale model. It was first exhibited at Marlborough House and then for many years alongside the Pavilion, in the town of Brighton, England. The Royal Pavilion was built as seaside palace for King George IV by the architect John Nash in the Anglo-Raj style, very much in vogue in the English Regency period with its domes, minarets and intricate embellishments, inspired by the architecture in Colonial India. The building with its lavishly decorated interiors was finally completed in 1823 and remains very much intact to this day due to ongoing important preservation work. This unique architectural model is presented in a custom made glass case and mounted on a black lacquered Parsons...
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1960s Anglo Raj Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Wood

19th Century Victorian Large Silver-Mounted Glass Match Striker, c.1876
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century Victorian rare & unusual jumbo sized silver mounted and textured glass match striker. Of round shape, mounted with a plane silver collar. Hallmarked English silv...
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19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

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