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Place of Origin: British
1872 Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive and Entertaining Tracts - 8 Volumes
By William Chambers 1
Located in Morristown, NJ
8 of 10 volumes (2-7 and 9-10) Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts New and Revised Edition, printed 1872 by W. & R. Chambers, Edinburgh. Uniformly bound in hal...
Category
1870s Edwardian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
SOUTHEY. Selected Works Of The British Poets. 1st ED - INSCRIBED TO HIS DAUGHTER
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SOUTHEY, Robert.
TITLE: Selected Works Of The British Poets, From Chaucer To Jonson, with Biographical Sketches by Robert Southey.
PUBLISHER: London: for Longman, Rees, Or...
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1830s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
"Harvey" Original British Trade Advertisement
Located in London, GB
Original British trade advertisement for Harvey, 1950.
The film was directed by Henry Costner and stared James Stewart, Josephine Hull and Peggy Dow.
This trade advertisement is qu...
Category
1950s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Original Signed Cecil Aldin Golf Print, Walton Heath
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Cecil Aldin Golf Print, Walton Heath - Old Course.
A mounted and framed golf photolithograph of Walton Heath (the Seventeenth hole, on the ' OLD COURSE')...
Category
1920s Sporting Art Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
ANTIQUE 1830 THOMAS CRESWICK GEORGIAN PLAYiNG CARDS WITH FIZZLE ACE OF SPADES
By Thomas Creswick
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely sublime original 1830 Thomas Creswick Georgian complete playing cards set with rare Fizzle A...
Category
1830s William IV Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage 20thC Western Leather Horse Saddle With Bridle & Martingale c.1970
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A 20th Century tooled leather Western horse saddle, featuring intricate patterns around the seat and straps. The saddle includes boot cups, a martingale, and a bridle, all crafted in...
Category
20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Welsh Cider Flask - 18th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
18th century Welsh cider flask that farmers took with them to the fields for their lunch
Small wrought iron carrying handle to carry it or hang it on the horse
Wrought iron reinforce...
Category
18th Century Aesthetic Movement Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
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
1920s Sterling Silver and Erotica Enamel Cigarette Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V sterling silver and erotica enamel cigarette case; an addition to our diverse range of continental silverware
This exceptional antique sterling silver cigarette case has a plain rectangular form with rounded corners.
This antique cigarette...
Category
20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Jonathan Dickenson, God's Protecting Providence, Cannibals of Florida, 1790
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
"inhuman Cannibals of Florida"
AUTHOR: DICKENSON, Jonathan.
TITLE: God's Protecting Providence, Man's Surest Help and Defence, in Times of Greatest Difficulty, and most eminent Danger, evidenced in the remarkable Deliverance of Robert Barrow,.. & the cruel devouring Jaws of the inhuman Cannibals of Florida.
PUBLISHER: London: by James Phillips, 1790.
DESCRIPTION: SEVENTH EDITION. 1 vol., 136pp., 12mo., 6-3/8" x 4-3/16", bound in 1/2 brown morocco, gilt decorated spine, blind stamp to front blank endleaf of "D Hicks & Co. Book Binders...
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1790s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Late 19th Century English Diorama Clipper Ship Shadowbox
Located in Queens, NY
Late 19th century English Victorian painted diorama wall plaque of clipper ship with red flag painted in cloudy sky in mahogany frame.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Art Deco 1930s-1940s Stylish Pyramid Shaped Box Bag
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this superbly stylish and rare 1930s Art Deco pyramid box bag, a beautiful design. I can't sing the praises of this bag enough, it's an absolute delight. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Fetching Folk Art British 19th Century Rocking Horse with Glass Eyes
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Wonderful 19th century nursery rocking horse having charming detailed head with a dished face and flared nostrils. He retains his original saddle and leather stirrups and is mounted ...
Category
19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique Pluviometer Set, English, Copper, Meteorological, Rain Gauge, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique pluviometer set. An English, copper and glass meteorological rain gauge, dating to the Victorian period and later, circa 1900.
...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
The Wandering Jew by Eugene Sue Complete Edition with Illustrations
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a rare first edition hardback copy of The Wandering Jew by Eugene Sue, Complete Edition IN ONE VOLUME with Illustrations by GAVARNI and GIRARDET, published by George Routl...
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Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Entretiens Sur Les Vies Et Sur Les Ouvrages Des Plus Excellens Peintres Anciens
Located in Delft, NL
Entretiens sur les vies et sur les ouvrages des plus excellens peintres anciens et modernes
Title:
Entretiens sur les vies et sur les ouvrages des plus excellens peintres anciens et modernes
Par Mr. Felibien, Secretaire de l' Academie des Sciences & Historiographe du Roi.
Tome premier, 1705, Nouvelle Edition revue, corrigeer & augmentée des Conferences de l'Academie Royale de Peinture & de Sculpture and Tome second, 1705
A londres, chez David Mortier, Libraire dans le Strand, a l'enseigne d' Erafme
Tome premier 68 pages and on page 69 second entretien till page 248
8 pages with table des martieres, Continues dans le premier Tome
Tome second 165 pages with troisieme entretien and on page 166 quatrième entretien till page 297
5 pages 'table'
Brown leather binding with paper board and 5 spine...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Vintage Stereoscope Bar Parallax, Scientific Instrument, JM Glauser, London
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage stereoscope bar parallax. An English, brass scientific instrument for measuring depth in aerial photographs or maps, by JM Glauser & Sons of London, dating to the m...
Category
1950s Other Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Victorian Miniature Mahogany Bowfront Chest Of Drawers
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Attractive And Elegant Mid 19th Century, Victorian Period, Mahogany Bowfront Miniature Mahogany Chest, Having Very Well Figured Top, Over Two Short And Two Long Drawers Retaining ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Hand Bag with Large Decorative Sterling Silver Clasp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
English hand bag featuring a large decorative sterling silver clasp with a religious scenic along the clasp.
Hallmarks indicate this purse was...
Category
1880s Late Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Jacobean Walnut Prie-dieu
Located in Queens, NY
English Jacobean style (19th Cent) walnut prie a dieu with swirl supports.
Category
19th Century Jacobean Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
1823 The British Essayists with Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical
Located in Bath, GB
A smartly bound complete collection of eighteenth century journals and periodicals from British essayists, compiled by James Ferguson.
Complete in forty volumes. Second edition. Com...
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1820s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Grand Prix
Located in London, GB
Original British Cinerama souvenir program cover.
This fictional popular motor racing film is the story of the 1966 Formula One season through the eyes of four Formula One drivers the film includes real-life motor racing footage and cameos by several Formula One World Champions, including Juan Manuel Fangio, Phil and Graham Hill and Jack Brabham. The film was directed by John Frankenheimer, and stars James Garner, Eva Marie Saint...
Category
1960s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1910's Sterling Silver Cigarette Case w/ Cobalt Blue Enameled Checker Pattern
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Introducing the Vintage Sterling Silver Cigarette Case with a captivating cobalt blue enameled checker pattern. This exquisite piece showcases a timeless design, combining the elegan...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Margaret Thatcher and State of Qatar, Garrard & Co. Silver Gilt Presentation Set
By Garrard & Co. Ltd.
Located in New York, NY
Margaret Thatcher and state of Qatar, Garrard & Co. Silver gilt presentation set, London, 1983.
MARK OF GARRARD LTD, LONDON, 1983
A Three piece Elizabeth II, silver and silver ...
Category
20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
19th Century Curios Taxidermy Head Mount English Adult Goose
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A well presented late 19th century taxidermy adult Goose head mount, it would appear this has been produced by a good period taxidermist, possibly Rowland Ward or the like. The Goose...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Natural Fiber, Straw
Vintage 20th Century English Made Large Mahogany Pond Yacht c.1930
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A fantastic Gaff Cutter pond yacht, lovely “bread and butter“ wood hull construction dating to the first part of the 20th Century. Bread and butter construction is when planks of woo...
Category
1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Victorian Clocks by Richard Good, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Victorian Clocks by Richard Good. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. In this fascinating and fully-illustrated book Richard Good examines, in detail, over 140 examples of the differe...
Category
1990s British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
18th Century Gregorian Brass Telescope By Springer Of Bristol
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine 3" Gregorian telescope by Springer of Bristol, although signed this model is very similar to examples we have had by George Adams and could have been made by him for Springer ...
Category
18th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Silver Handle Walking Stick, London 1900
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: golden silver handle depicting a horse head and a jockey. Ebony wood shaft, metal ferrule. UK 1900 ca.
Category
Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Gold, Silver
1894-1949 The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly
By Aubrey Beardsley
Located in Bath, GB
A lovely set of all thirteen volumes of 'The Yellow Book' literary quarterly, published at the end of the nineteenth century, with numerous plates throughout each volume.
Complete a...
Category
Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Set of four imperial fuel standard measures by Gaskell & Chambers in case
Located in London, GB
A set of four copper and brass CHEKPUMP imperial fuel standard measures, by Gaskell & Chambers, dated 1931 made for the County Borough of Wallasey.
Three gallon, Two gallon, One gallon & Half gallon.
Marked: GASKELL & CHAMBERS Ltd. MAKERS. DALE END WORKS BIRMINGHAM
Serial number: 252.
In original fitted oak case, with rope handles, with brass escutcheon, dated 1930, with corresponding serial number and markers mark.
Gaskell and Chambers...
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Early 20th Century Industrial British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Copper
Leather Book Box - Ledger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leather book box from England. Classic style leather front with creative snap lock to hide your special belongings. Looks perfect on your shelf. Add some classic old English leather ...
Category
1990s Other British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique Charles Dickens First Edition Our Mutual Friend 1865 Chapman & Hall Book
By Charles Dickens
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique 1st Edition book titled Our Mutual Friend was authored by Charles Dickens and published by Chapman and Hall of England in 1865 in the period Victorian style with etchings by Hablot Knight Browne...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Walnut framed dinner gong
Located in Cheshire, GB
Large Carved walnut dinner gong, the frame with flower head carved decoration. Flanked by carved uprights. All raised up on trestle base, with a striker.
Dimensions
Height 39.5 Inche...
Category
Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Art Deco Spitfire Wooden & Aluminum Airplane Desk Model, Asprey, ca 1940's
By Asprey & Garrard Limited
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco / Cubist Spitfire wooden & aluminum airplane desk model. Asprey London- ca 1940´s. RAF Supermarine spitfire aluminum airplane desk model, mounted over a display stand.
Airpl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
2 Volumes. The Discourses of Epictetus.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. The Discourses of Epictetus, translated by George Long. Bound in 3/4 tan morocco with linen boards. Gilt tooling on the raised band spines. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpape...
Category
Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Exhibition Quality 3.5" Live Steam Model of a GNR Sterling No. 1
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine example of a 3.5" live steam locomotive, The Sterling No1 or 8-footer one of the best known and fasted 4-2-2 steam locomotives of its time.
Built in Doncaster from 1870 the or...
Category
20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
New Map of North America from the Latest Discoveries, 1763
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique 18th century map of the North American seaboard.
Entitled "A New Map of North America from the Latest Discoveries 1763".
By the Cartographer/Engraver - John Spil...
Category
Mid-18th Century Georgian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
English Edwardian Prosthetic Leg
Located in London, GB
Edwardian Prosthetic leg
We share what we love, and we love this unusual fully articulated Edwardian prosthetic leg. With leather hip support sprung...
Category
1910s Edwardian Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
William Godwin, Faulkener, a Tragedy, First Edition, 1807
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: GODWIN, William.
TITLE: Faulkener: a Tragedy. London: for Richard Phillips, 1807.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 8" x 5-3/16", (ii...
Category
Early 1800s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Post-Impressionism, Royal Academy of Arts 1979-80
Located in Bradenton, FL
Post-Impressionism, published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1979-80. Softcover book, printed in England and Italy, illustrated, 303 pages.
Category
1970s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Copeland Spode Pottery Pitcher with Golfing Scenes
By Copeland Spode
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique pitcher was made by the well known Copeland Spode factory of England in approximately 1890 in the period Late Victorian style. This small p...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pottery
The National Gallery London by Michael Wilson 1977
Located in Bradenton, FL
The National Gallery London by Michael Wilson. Hardcover book with dustjacket published in 1977 by Orbis Publishing Limited of London. Printed ...
Category
1970s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Ogden Smith, Folding Trout Fishing Landing Net
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Folding Ogden Smith 'Reversa' Landing Net.
A good folding trout fishing landing net made by Ogden Smith. The triangular shaped net has alloy arms and brass fittings. The brass belt c...
Category
20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1907 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
By Edward Fitzgerald
Located in Bath, GB
A sumptuously bound copy of this noted work, presented here in a highly decorative Bumpus binding, with exquisite gilt detail and watered silk pastedowns.
The 1907 edition of the wo...
Category
Early 1900s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Miniature Wellington Chest, England
By Wellington
Located in Den Haag, NL
Beautiful miniature Wellington chest of drawers. Warm Mahogany color.
All four drawers are locked by the hinged side pilaster on the right, term...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Collection of 18th & 19th Century Antique Eel Spears
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A collection of five 18th and 19th century antique eel spears acquired from an East Anglian collection.
Also known as gleeves, these spears date fr...
Category
Late 18th Century Georgian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
Oak and cattle horn dinner gong
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th-century table-top dinner gong, the brass disc gong suspended from two cattle horns on an oak base, with a hammer.
Dimensions
Height 16.5 Inches
Width 13.5 Inches
Depth 7 Inches
Category
Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Julia PARDOE. The Court And Reign Of Francis - 3 vols - 1887 - IN A FINE BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: PARDOE, Julia.
TITLE: The Court And Reign Of Francis The First King Of France.
PUBLISHER: London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1887
DESCRIPTION: 3 vols., 8-3/4" x 5-7/8", num...
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1880s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1947-1949 The Works of Jane Austen
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful six volume edition of the works of Jane Austen, in calf bindings, and with the original glassine and slip case.
First and early printings of Hamish Hamilton's 'Novel Lib...
Category
1940s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large, Antique Telescope Tripod, English, Pine, Observatory, Rack, circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large, antique telescope tripod. An English, pine observatory rack dating to the late 19th century, circa 1900.
Original painted ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
Lucy & Stephen Hawking. George's Secret Key to the Universe, 1st Ed, Signed
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: HAWKING, Lucy & Stephen.
Title: George's Secret Key To The Universe.
Publisher: London: Doubleday, 2007.
Description: first London edition...
Category
Early 2000s British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
George III Gallery Magnifying Glass
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A George III gallery magnifying glass, the circular glass within a mahogany frame, the baluster handle screwing into a brass bracket in the rim, the handle with a brass collar. Engli...
Category
19th Century George III Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
ANTIQUE ENGLISH 18 PIECE HARDWOOD WALL MOUNTED SNOOKER POOL BiLLIARDS CUE HOLDER
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique Mahogany snooker or pool cue wall mounted holder that takes 18 cues
Please note the del...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century English Camelot/King Arthur Chess Set in Hand-Painted Ceramic
Located in North Miami, FL
Mid-20th century english Camelot/King Arthur chess set made in hand-painted ceramic
By: unknown
Material: ceramic, enamel, paint, felt
Technique: molded, pressed, painted, hand-pain...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel
20th Century English Racing Wood Pond Yacht, c.1960
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Registered as A K800, this pond yacht with a plank on frame hull, made in mahogany and cream painted plank lined deck. This classic A Class yacht would have been made in the 1960's b...
Category
20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Adie Brothers Ltd Antique 1920s Yellow Gold Vesta Case
By Adie Brothers
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English 9 karat yellow gold vesta case; an addition to our boxes and cases collection.
This exceptional antique George V English...
Category
1920s George V Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
World War 2 / WWII Era Wooden Airplane Propeller Folk Art Mantel Clock
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This wooden Folk Art made propeller clock is presumed to have originated in England and fashioned into a mantel clock in North America in circa 1960. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
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