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Place of Origin: British
Vintage Taper Maker, English, Brass, Shipwright's Woodworking Tool, circa 1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage taper maker. An English, brass shipwright's woodworking tool, dating to the mid-20th century, circa 1950.
Midcentury crafting to...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Horace WALPOLE. The Castle Of Otranto, A Gothic Story. SECOND EDITION - 1765
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WALPOLE, Horace.
TITLE: The Castle Of Otranto, A Gothic Story.
PUBLISHER: London: for William Bathoe and Thomas Lownds, 1765.
DESCRIPTION: SECOND EDITION. 1 vol., 7-1/8" ...
Category
1760s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Everoak Motorcycle Helmet, Acu Approved Pudding Basin Helmet
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage A.C.U. motorcycle racing crash helmet, Everoak.
A fine silver painted motorcycle helmet made in England by Everoak. This helmet has a cork i...
Category
1950s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Crown Staffordshire Large Porcelain Tudor House Pastille Burner c.1906
By Crown Staffordshire
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and rare antique porcelain pastille burner modelled as a Tudor House set within a walled garden by Crown Staffordshire and dating from around 1...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Handbag Large Overnight Crocodile Hornback One Piece Lacing Padlock
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Crocodile hornback overnight bag or large handbag with exceptional, deep and richly pigmented scales. Made from one skin with complete osteoderms (back scales) wrapping from front to...
Category
20th Century Art Deco British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crocodile
Christie's: Catalogue Library at Gaiter's Green & Fine English Furniture
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Catalogue Library at Gaiter's Green & Fine English Furniture, March 2003. Softcover catalogue with results. 353 lots of beautiful period English furniture and accessories...
Category
Early 2000s British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Handheld Tachometer, English Tool Speed Gauge, Smiths Instruments, Decor
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage handheld tachometer. An English, enamelled alloy and glass decorative tool speed gauge by Smiths Instruments, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960.
Untested, but in fine decorative condition for the collector of vintage gauges...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Shakespeare. Love's Labour's Lost - FOURTH FOLIO - 1685 - page 111-112.
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, William.
TITLE: The Works of William Shakespeare. (Love's Labour's Lost) - page 111-112.
PUBLISHER: London: Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster and R. Bent...
Category
1680s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Works of Robert Burns 1834
Located in San Francisco, CA
The works of Robert Burns in 8 volumes bound in full blue calf and printed in Waterloo, 1834. One volume as is. Spines sun faded to green
Category
1830s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Federico Fellini's 8 1/2
Located in London, GB
Exceptionally rare original British film poster for the 1963 drama director Federico Fellini he used the title 8 1/2 as this was his 8 1/2 film projec...
Category
1960s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
12 Volumes. Lord Macaulay, History of England.
Located in New York, NY
12 Volumes. Lord Macaulay, History of England. Albany Edition. Limited to 250 copies of which this is 218. Bound in full red morocco with gilt tooling on the covers and raised band s...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Victorian Coromandel Games Compendium c1880
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Victorian coromandel games compendium
Date : c1880
Period : Victoria
Origin : England
Decoration : Contains: Chess, Draughts and Backgammon board, all chess pieces mounted ...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Large Original Vintage Map of the South Pole, circa 1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of the South pole.
Unframed.
Original color.
By John Bartholomew and Co. Edinburgh Geographical Institute.
Published, circa 1920.
Category
1920s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Bentley The Story Hardcover in Box by Andrew Frankel 2003
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Bentley The Story Hardcover in Box by Andrew Frankel 2003.
* Publisher : REDWOOD PUBLISHING; First Edition (January 1, 2003)
* Language : English.From W.O. Bentley, who found...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neoclassical British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Christie's London: "Regence to Faberge. an Apartment by Jed Johnson, " May 2010
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's London: "Regence to Faberge. An Apartment by Jed Johnson”, May 20, 2010 Auction Catalog. 301 Lots on 166 Pages, All Lots Described and Color Illustrated. Jed Johnson was a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sex Pistols 'Never Mind The Bollocks' UK Promo Poster by Jamie Reid, 1977
By Jamie Reid
Located in Devon, GB
A large screenprinted UK promotional poster issued by Virgin Records to promote the October 1977 release of the Sex Pistols only studio album 'Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's the Sex...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Linen
1848 History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution
By Archibald Alison
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful copy of the seventh edition of Alison's exhaustive study of the French Revolution, from 1789 to 1815. In lovely half calf bindings.
A complete twenty volume 1848 seventh...
Category
1840s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"Can-Can" Original British Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original British movie poster for the 1960 musical starring Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier.
Category
1960s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Christie's, Catalogue Furniture, Silver and Porcelain from Longleat, June 2002
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Catalogue Furniture, Silver & Porcelain from Longleat, June 2002. Softcover auction catalogue with results. 302 pp. Featuring the late George II mahogany furniture commissioned by the 1st Marquess of Bath; the pair of French lacquer cabinets...
Category
Early 2000s British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art at Auction: the Year at Sotheby's, 1985-1986, 1st Ed
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby's, 1985-86, Edit by Georgia Fogg. Printed by Sotheby's, London. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This annual reference work provides a view of t...
Category
1980s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Antique Children's Carriage
Located in London, GB
A Children’s Painted Calèche
Modelled on a full-sized barouche, this fully functional children’s carriage was either goat- or dog-drawn. The fram...
Category
19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Steel
Antique Book, Old English Furniture, Illustrated, Reference, Edwardian, C.1910
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique book 'Old English Furniture' by W E Mallett. An English language, illustrated reference guide, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910.
Full Title: An Introduc...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Antique Encyclopaedia, Historica Britannica, Multilingual Book, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique reference book, Monumenta Historica Britannica. Printed in English and multiple languages, a later bound encyclopaedia, dating to the Victorian period, published 1848.
Full title: Monumenta Historica Britannica or Materials for the History of Britain from the Earliest Period to the end of the Reign of King Henry VII - Volume I.
Superb collection of reference in English, Anglo-Saxon 'Old English' Latin and Welsh
Charming lithograph engravings illustrate throughout
Later professional binding in a quality green textile cover with gold tooled titling
Pages intact, text perfectly legible - some colouration present
Impressive proportion and weight at 6.52kg (14.3 lb)
This is an fascinating large antique reference book, published by command of Queen Victoria. Presented in multiple languages including modern English, with a selection of charming illustrations and antique records...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A rare pair of painted armorial Green Sea Turtle shells (Chelonia mydas)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, late 19th century
Each large carapace is intricately painted with heraldic emblems. The first shell bears the coat-of-arms of the Tyerman family, while the second depicts t...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Antique Book, The Coaching Age, Stanley Harris, English, Hard Bound, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique reference book, The Coaching age by Stanley Harris. An English language, hard bound non-fiction title, dating to the Victorian period, dated 1888.
Fascinating acc...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1979 The Beauty of Jewelry, Book by Joan Frank
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Beauty of Jewellery Book by Joan Frank.
Crescent Books, 1979 - 93 pages Hardcover 1st Edition.
An appreciation of fine jewelry for the non-expert, with a chapter on the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Title: Beauty of Jewelry Frank, Joan
Publisher: Crescent Books
Publication Date: 1979
Binding: Hardcover
Great table book on high end jewelry.
Category
Late 20th Century Early Victorian British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A Superb Pair Of Over And Under Pistols In Original Case
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine example of a pair of 50 bore over and under percussion pistols by Smith and Alden, listed as London gun makers 1826 to 1835. They trained with...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Sailing ship's pulley fiddle block
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century Naval oak fiddle pulley block, with two wood sheaves.
Marked with Roman Numerals: XXVIIII
In sailing, a block is a single or multiple pulley. One or a number ...
Category
Early 19th Century Industrial Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Antique English Card & Poker Chip Marquetry Box with Pull Out Carousel Tray
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique card and poker chip box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1900 and done in the period Edw...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
MALORY, (Arthur Rackham). The Romance Of King Arthur - SIGNED LIMITED EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MALORY, Thomas, (Arthur Rackham).
TITLE: The Romance Of King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1917.
DESCRIPTION: SIG...
Category
1910s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
English Victorian Blue & Brass Telescope
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian brass and blue telescope on adjustable mahogany tripod base.
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
RARE SUITE OF ORIGINAL NATURAL HiSTORY MUSEUM CASED IN PERSPEX SPECIMENS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for this amazing suite of original natural history museum cased specimens
A very rare find, these are old examples and some very interesting pieces, the list is as follows
1:- POM 17615 PINGUICULA
2:- POM 17600 VENUS FLYTRAP...
Category
20th Century Victorian British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Master Drawings the Oppé Collection. 5 December 2006, Christie's London 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Master Drawings the Oppé Collection. 5 December 2006, Christie's London. 1st Ed softcover auction catalog.
NPT Books, a division of Trent Antiques, has a large collection of used a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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 Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Vintage Factory Barometer, English, Oak, Banjo, Official, Factory Act 1937
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage factory barometer. An English, oak banjo barometer, officially marked in compliance with the Factory Act 1937 and dating to circa 1940.
Select oak displays fine ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Victorian British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Oak
LATE 19TH CENTURY BOX OF TRADITIONAL GAME NINER DOMINOS WITH STUNNING PATiNA
Located in Pulborough, GB
Antiques of London
We are delighted to offer for sale This Late 19th Century Box Of Traditional Game Niner Dominos With a Stunning Patina.
The late 19th-century box of traditional ...
Category
20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood
Edwardian English Trapeze Artist Set
Located in London, GB
Edwardian Trapeze artist set
We share what we love, and we love this rare and unusual set of late 19th century English trapeze artists equipment. Housed in its original pine box, this collection includes a pair of leather stitched rings, ceiling screw supports, cast metal foot supports with rope...
Category
1910s Edwardian Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
Charles Dickens First Edition Dombey & Son Bradbury & Evans Whitefriars Book
By Charles Dickens
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique 1st Edition book titled Dombey & Son was authored by Charles Dickens and published by Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars of England in 1848 in the period Victorian style with etchings by Hablot Knight Browne...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Alpine Ski Photograph, 'Haircut Sir', Taken from 1930s Original
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage, antique Alpine Ski photograph.
'HAIRCUT SIR', a new mounted black and white photographic image after an original 1930s skiing photograph. Prior to being a recreational activity skiing was purely a means of travelling from A to B through the snow, it only started to become the sport it is today in the mid-1800s. The price displayed is for the mounted photo only.
Image size 40cm x 25.5cm = 15 ½" x 10".
The alpine photograph...
Category
1930s Sporting Art Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pair of English Polished Steel Ship Lanterns by Meteorite, Circa 1900
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of English port and starboard polished steel ship lanterns with Fresnel lenses, vented tops, and mounting handles. Meteorite Firm. Early 20th ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Lewis Carroll, Symbolic Logic, Part I Elementary, 2nd Ed Presetation Copy!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DODGSON, Charles L (Lewis Carroll).
TITLE: Symbolic Logic. Part I Elementary.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1896.
DESCRIPTION: SECOND EDITION PRESETATION COPY...
Category
1890s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
Christie's Christopher Howe, The First Twenty Years, Wednesday 24 March 2004
By Christie's
Located in valatie, NY
Christopher Howe: The First Twenty Years (Wednesday 24 March 2004 at 10.30 A.M.) Christie's South Kensington, Published by Christie's, London, 2004. 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Unusual Large Victorian Sterling Silver-Mounted Crackled Crystal Match Striker
By Hilliard & Thomason
Located in New York, NY
Unusual, large, Victorian, sterling silver-mounted, crackled crystal match striker (looks like cracked ice) having an all sterling silver match cup, Birmingham, England, 1896, Hillia...
Category
1890s Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Works of William Shakespeare Comedies, Histories, Tragedies 3 Volumes
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century Works of William Shakespeare comedies, histories, tragedies 3 volumes
Each volume is filled with a collection of outstanding highly detailed engravings
Each volume...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Nathaniel HAWTHORNE (Arthur Rackham). A Wonder Book. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (Arthur Rackham).
TITLE: A Wonder Book.
PUBLISHER: London: Hodder& Stoughton, Ltd., 1922.
DESCRIPTION: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. 1 vol., 11-3/8" x 9-1/...
Category
1920s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
A. A. Milne, a Fine Letter Signed Mentioning Christopher Robin and Pooh, 1931
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A..
TITLE: A fine ALS mentioning Christopher Robin and Pooh.
PUBLISHER: Chelsea, 1931.
DESCRIPTION: AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGN...
Category
1930s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Novelty Ceramic Golf Figure, Match Holder
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Golfing Caddy Match Holder & Striker.
A ceramic golf figure in the form of a young caddie holding a pencil golf bag with two clubs. The golf bag is for holding your matches and the t...
Category
1930s Sporting Art Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, First UK Edition, Original Boards, 1883
By Mark Twain
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. With over 300 illustrations. London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. First UK Edition. 8vo. Original red pictorial cloth boards, embossed in black and le...
Category
1880s High Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Quality Antique Victorian Brass Scales
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique Victorian brass scales having a quality set of brass scales with 2 circular brass pans standing on a brass tripod base
Quaint examples in...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Georgian Rare Pair Treacle Glazed Stoneware Cottage Money Boxes
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and large pair Georgian English treacle glazed stoneware cottage money boxes dating from the early 19th century. The large cottage money boxes ar...
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stoneware
17th/18th Century Queen Anne Letters Patent on Vellum with Partial Great Seal
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a Queen Anne letters patent on vellum with a partial Great Seal and beautifully detailed portrait of the Queen. This document dates to the late 17th or early 18th c...
Category
Late 17th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
The ‘Medallic Illustrations of The Holy Scriptures’ by Sir Edward Thomason
Located in London, GB
The ‘Medallic Illustrations of The Holy Scriptures’ by Sir Edward Thomason inspired by Carlo Maratta (1625 - 1713)
An exceptional collection of ‘Sixty Medallions’ contained in their ...
Category
1830s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Ceramic Carlton Ware Pin Tray With Golf Scene.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Wiltshaw & Robinson Carlton Ware Golf Pin Tray.
A ceramic Carlton Ware pin tray with a golfing scene and gilt rim. The golf scene shows one golfer dressed in ...
Category
1890s Sporting Art Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
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.
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Copper
Antique Book, Ovid's Art of Love, English, Roman Period, Bound, Regency, C.1824
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is antique copy of Ovid's Art of Love. An English translation of a Roman elegy, dating to the Regency period, dated 1824.
Originally written in Latin in 2 AD, Ars Amatoria - A...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Smooth Face Cleek, Golf Club
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Smooth Face Cleek, Golf Club.
This early hickory shafted iron has a smooth face, original hickory shaft, that has been shortened, and later polished leather grip. This is a f...
Category
1880s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Stunning English Solid Sterling Silver 1936 Art Deco Style Cigarette Dispenser
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this lovely 1936 solid sterling silver art deco cigarette dispenser
A very good looking and well made piece, full...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Christie's the Nigel Bartlett Collection Chimneypieces & Architectural Elements
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's London: The Nigel Bartlett Collection Chimneypieces and Architectural Elements 9/14/05. Softcover 1st Ed auction catalog with results. This catalog consists of 225 pages w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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