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Place of Origin: British
Vintage Aquamarine and 18 Carat Gold Ring, London, 1988
Located in Worcester, GB
Vintage Aquamarine and 18 Carat Gold Ring, London, 1988
A finely made vintage aquamarine ring set in 18 carat yellow gold, hallmarked London, 1988. The ring features a lively oval-c...
Category
Late 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
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
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Hellas, a Lyrical Drama, First Edition 1822 the Huth Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
Title: Hellas. A Lyrical Drama.
Publisher: London: Charles and James Ollier, 1822.
Description: first edition the Huth copy. 1 vol., a large ...
Category
1820s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Barnabae Itenerarium, or Barnabee's Journal. 1820 - 2 vols - BOUND BY DE COVERLY
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BRATHWAIT, Richard (Joseph Haslewood - editor).
TITLE: Barnabae Itenerarium, or Barnabee's Journal.
PUBLISHER: London: Np, 1820.
DESCRIPTION: 2 vols., l6mo, 5-1/8" - 4-1/...
Category
1820s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
The Natural History of Selbourne by Gilbert White
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Natural History of Selbourne by Gilbert White. A large hardcover book with top-edge gilt in a brown card slipcase. Published in 2009 by The Folio Society of London. Illustrated, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
David Hicks on Bathrooms, First Edition Book
By David Hicks
Located in valatie, NY
David Hicks on bathrooms. Britwell Salome: Britwell Books Limited, 1970. First American edition hardcover with dust jacket. 151 pp. The third in a series of books on decorating by the famous English decorator David Hicks. He was known for his use of bold color, mixing antique and modern furnishings, and contemporary art for his famous clientele. He did projects for Vidal Sassoon...
Category
20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Map of the American State of Washington, 1889
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of Washington
Drawn and Engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston
Published By A & C Black, Edinburgh.
Original colour
Unframed.
Category
1880s Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century English Model of a Starting Cannon
Located in London, GB
This well-proportioned to scale and detailed cast iron model of an English starting cannon features movable parts including the wheels and cannon barrel. It includes excellent detail...
Category
Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
John Kidgell, the Card, 1755, First Ed, the Earliest Known Mention of Baseball
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: KIDGELL (John)
TITLE: The Card.
PUBLISHER: London: for the Maker & sold by J. Newberry, 1755.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 2 vols., 6-5/8" x 4-1/4", hand col...
Category
1750s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
English Renaissance Style Halberd
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style halberd spear with wood shaft and 33 ¬Ω inch iron ax blade.
Category
20th Century Northern Renaissance British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Large Antique Lithography Map, Northamptonshire, Framed Cartography, John Speed
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique lithography map of Northamptonshire. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest by John Speed, dating to the early 17th century and later.
Superb lithography reproduction of Northamtonshire - place names are written in 17th century English
Displays a desirable aged patina and in very good order
Fascinating Jacobean period cartography, set within a quality, later frame
Reproduced here from its appearance in the 'Theatre of Great Britain' of 1627 published by George Humble
Marked for John Speed as cartographer and George Humbell (sic) as seller
Exceptional detail, as expected from a John Speed map...
Category
Mid-17th Century Other Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Regency Miniature Mahogany Breakfast Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An exceptional Quality Regency Period Miniature mahogany centre, or breakfast table, having superbly figured circular tilting top over turned central column and elegant four splay base, retaining original brass castors.
Sometimes there is debate as to the original purpose of antique miniature furniture. There are predominantly two types, that which was made as an apprentice piece and that which was made as a salesmans sample piece. There was also some miniature furniture of a particular scale which would have been made as dolls house furniture...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
$3,282 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Six The Works of Sir Wm Stirling Maxwell, Ltd #178/250
Located in valatie, NY
Set of six volumes, full Moroccan leather bindings. Annals of The Artists of Spain by Wm Stirling-Maxwell. London: John Nimmo, 1891. In four volumes. First Edition, thus. Numbered #1...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Large Controlled Bubble Glass Match Striker Holder by Thomas Webb Crystal
By Thomas Webb & Sons
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Superb large Thomas Webb English controlled bubble glass match striker. Acid etched relief marked "Webb England" with a company mark used from ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal
English Oversized Wooden Tennis Racket Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
English (1920's) oversized wooden tennis racket wall plaque. (stamps: G & T LONDON/CHAMPION EXTRA LIGHT).
Category
1920s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
String, Wood
Pair Of Black Leather Riding Boots
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Black Leather Riding Boots.
A nice pair of small black leather riding boots, the size is not known. The boots are probably for a child or lady.
The boot measures 42 cm from bottom o...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique English Rifle Gun Shoot Trophy Award Plaque Silver plate Shield c1910
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique English Rifle Gun Shoot Trophy Award Plaque Silver plate Shield c1910.
Direct from England, just arrived in our most recent container, we have...
Category
1910s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century Odd Fellows or Oddfellows Tin Heart in Hand on Oak Stick or Staf
Located in Haarlem, NL
Early 19th Century Odd Fellows or Oddfellows tin heart in hand on an oak stick or staf.
The basic idea behind the hand with heart is that whenever an Od...
Category
19th Century Georgian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
$2,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Original Antique Map of The South of Italy. John Dower, 1861
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of the South of Italy
Lithograph engraving by John Dower
Original colour
Published, 1861
Unframed
Good condition
Free shipping
Category
1860s Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
20th Century Shagreen & Gold Engine Turned Panelled Dunhill Table Lighter c.1950
By Dunhill
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A wonderful 20th Century Dunhill table lighter, featuring panels of engine turned gold gilt alternating with sections of shagreen. Stamped to the underneath "Dunhill". Made in Englan...
Category
20th Century Other British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Plate
Shipbuilders Half Block Model of the Steamship Dunbrody
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Finely detailed shipbuilder's half block model of the steamship Dunbrody, built and engined by The London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Co. ...
Category
1890s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Town Plan Map, Poole, English, Framed Cartography, Georgian, Circa 1780
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique town plan map of Poole in Dorset. An English, framed atlas engraving, dating to the 18th century and later.
Fascinating cartography with annotated streets and pl...
Category
Late 18th Century George III Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
George III Lloyds Patriotic Fund Silver and Silver Gilt Vase and Cover by Samuel
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
George III Lloyds patriotic fund silver and silver gilt vase and cover by Samuel Hennell, of Adam design, the lift-off cover with knop finial above an...
Category
Early 1800s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
The Dumas Club by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Harvill Press, 1996.
First English Language Edition, Sonia Soto, translator.
Octavo, 9.5 x 6.25 in (241 x 159 mm); 362 pp. Hardcover, dust jacket protected with mylar cover,...
Category
Late 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Rolling Rule English Brass Scientific Instrument, Navigation, circa 1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage rolling rule. An English, brass scientific instrument to aid navigation, dating to the mid-20th century, circa 1950.
Attractive period instrument
Displays a desirable aged patina
Solid brass shows mellow golden hues
Used to draw parallel lines on navigation charts
Replete with the Ministry of Defense arrow mark and 160100 patent number
Oak faced box...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique English Oak Cribbage Game Board, circa 1910
Located in Pearland, TX
An early 20th Century handmade English cribbage oak game board with beveled edges and 4 pegs, circa 1910. Maker's mark on reverse. It would make a wonderful gift!
DIMENSIONS
12.5ʺW ...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Large Antique Reference Book, Public Record, Latin, House of Commons, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique reference book, Calendarium Rotulorum Chartarum. Printed in Latin and English, a later-bound House of Commons record, dating to the George III period, publis...
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser's Design Revolution by Michael Whiteway
Located in valatie, NY
Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser's Design Revolution by Michael Whiteway. Published by V & A Publishing, 2004. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Published in conjunction with C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique County Map, Dorset, English, Framed Engraving, Cartography, Lithography
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique lithography map of Dorset. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest, dating to the mid 19th century and later.
Superb lithography of Dorsetshi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mallett Millennium, Fine Antique Furniture and Works of Art, Lanto Synge
By Lanto Synge
Located in valatie, NY
Mallett Millennium, Fine Antique Furniture and Works of Art, first edition by Lanto Synge. Mallett Milliennium, 2006, Antique Collectors' Club. ...
Category
1990s British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
2 Volumes. William Whiston, The Works Of Flavius Josephus.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. William Whiston, The Works Of Flavius Josephus. The learned and authentic Jewish historian and celebrated warrior with three
dissertations. Bound in full brown calf, raise...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
William Henry Pyne and His Microcosm, Pre-Publication, First Edition
By Harris Myers
Located in valatie, NY
William Henry Pyne and His Microcosm by Harris Myers. Stroud: Sutton Publishing Limited, 1996. Pre-Publication review copy, 1st edition hardcover wi...
Category
20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Italian Master Drawings: Wolfgang Ratjen Collection Property of Herbert Kasper
Located in valatie, NY
Italian Master Drawings: From the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection 1525--1835, Personal Property of Herbert Kasper. Published by Paul Holberton Publis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Adrian Alan Catalog, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Adrian Alan Catalog. First edition hardcover. Adrian Alan was established in 1964, Adrian Alan is an international family run business and one of the world...
Category
1990s British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A Voyage Round the World, In the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, By George Anson
Located in Middletown, NY
The Most Popular Book of Maritime Adventure of the Eighteenth Century
Anson, Lord George and Richard Walter
A Voyage Round the World, In the Years MDCCXI, I, II, III, IV, By George ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Original Antique English County Map, Kent. J & C Walker, 1851
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of Kent
Original colour
By J & C Walker
Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co. 1851
Unframed.
Category
1850s Other Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
2 Antique Books, Jones' View of Seats, Mansions & Noblemen, English, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique books, Jones' View of the Seats, Mansions & Castles etc, printed in English, dated 1829.
Full Title; Jones' View of the Seats, Mansions, Castles ETC. of No...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mallet at Bourdon House, London March 9, 2007, Sotheby's
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Mallet at Bourdon House, London March 9, 2007, Sotheby's. 1095 lots photographed in color and described. The sale follows Mallett’s review of the company’s future in the light of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sotheby's: Important English Furniture including the Horlick Collection
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: Important English Furniture including the Horlick Collection, London 5th June 2007. First edition softcover with 256 on 303 pp. ...
Category
Early 2000s British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Hand Carved Coquille Nut Egg Box 19th Century Flea Trap Pomander Needle Case
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful hand carved coquille nut egg box. Beautiful carving, great patina, unscrews at center to open.
The original use was a flea trap, things were d...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Sotheby's Antiquities Catalog Benzian Collection of Ancient Glass, July 1994
Located in Stamford, CT
Sotheby's auction catalog of the exceptional Benzian Collection of Ancient Roman and Islamic Glass. An invaluable reference for the collector, scholar or anyone interested in the most delicate and beautiful of antiquities, ancient glass...
Category
20th Century Classical Roman British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
DOVES PRESS - Lucrece - Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece - LIMITED EDITION
Located in Middletown, NY
Hammersmith, The Doves Press, 1915. LIMITED EDITION. Small 4to, 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches (235 x 166 mm); xii, 76, colophon, errata, xiv pp.; printed in black a...
Category
Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke. With a Memoir
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1920. seventh impression.
8vo, 7 1/2 x 5 inches (191 x 127 mm); pp. clix (memoir) + 160 (poems); frontispiece portraits of the author at the beginn...
Category
Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
Antique Book Modern Practical Farriery, WJ Miles, English Language, Circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Modern Practical Farriery, by W.J. Miles et al. An English language, hard bound non-fiction book, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Full title, as follows: Modern practical farriery - a complete guide to all that relates to the horse, its history, varieties, and uses; breaking, training, feeding, stabling, and grooming; how to buy, keep and treat a horse in health and disease, etc.; forming a complete system of the veterinary art, as at present practised at the Royal Veterinary College, London / by W.J. Miles, M.R.C.V.S.L.; with numerous illustrations and a series of anatomical plates, engraved from original drawings from nature, by Benjamin Herring, Esq.; to which is added an essay on the diseases and management of cattle, sheep, and pigs by J.L. Lupton, M.R.C.V.S.
Intact order, with some light marks but remarkably presentable for age and intended use - occasional pressed leaves throughout
Superb frontispiece in colour, redolent of contemporary William Morris...
Category
Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley with Harrison & Son Binding
By Percy Bysshe Shelley
Located in valatie, NY
The poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Four Volumes, 1882. London: Reeves and Turner, 1882. Revised edition with important, exceptionally bound gilt decorated Moroccan hardcov...
Category
19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Ophthalmoscope Gowllands ‘May ophthalmoscope improved’. England, 1940.
Located in Milan, IT
Antique Gowllands Ophthalmoscope "May's Improved Ophthalmoscope". Wooden box covered with paper. The top is stamped in gold 'MAY'S OPHTHALMOSCOPE'. Inside the box is divided into com...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Oak cased weather station
Located in Cheshire, GB
Oak-cased Weather station by James Brown Glasgow. with silvered dials comprising a clock set with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, barometer, and central barograph over th...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Antique Golf Ball Mould, Square Mesh Pattern.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Two-Part Mesh Golf Ball Mould.
An interesting un-named square mesh (lattice) pattern golf ball mould. The steel moulds with locating slots on the si...
Category
1920s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage Golf Club, Transitional Long Nose Lofter, the Eclipse
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Scared Head Long Nose Golf Club.
A long nose lofted club in great condition, maker unknown. The golf club has a blond beech-wood head with lead weight to the rear, traditional horn slip along the leading edge of the sole, head stamped 'The Eclipse...
Category
19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Beech
Flight and Barr Worcester Porcelain 1783-1840 by Henry Sandon
Located in valatie, NY
Flight and Barr Worcester Porcelain 1783-1840 by Henry Sandon. Woodbridge: The Antique Collectors' Club, 1992. Hardcover and dust jacket with glassine ...
Category
20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Elizabeth II Commemorative Coronation Tyg
By T. Goode & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Created to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, this engraved glass tyg is a beautiful celebration of this historic event. Held at Westminster Abb...
Category
20th Century Other British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Large Original Vintage Map of China, circa 1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of China.
Original color. Good condition.
Published by Alexander Gross
Unframed.
Category
1920s Edwardian Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Tunning of Elinor Rumming, a Poem by John Skelton
Located in Middletown, NY
Skelton, John
The Tunning of Elinor Rumming, a Poem
London: Printed for Isaac Dalton, and sold by W. Boreham at the Angel in Pater-Noster-Row, 1718. Second Edition. Octavo, 7 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (194 x 117 mm). pp. [8], 31, [1]. From the title page: by Skelton Laureat. Original unbound, rebound in modern pink paper over boards, leather spine label with gilt title. Some toning to last few leaves.boards All text is legible, some spot tanning throughout. In near fine condition. Rare.
[ESTC N46064 ]
ESTC shows two U.S. copies only: Henry E. Huntington Library and Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library; and two British Isles copies only: Oxford University Bodleian Library (both copies). This poem was printed multiple times in the 16th century, including by William Caxton's successor, Wynken de Worde. Rare as a separate volume. John Skelton (c.1463 - 1529) was a remarkable, unusual poet and priest, who had been the tutor of the Tudors, Prince Arthur...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pollard ( Arthur Rackham ) the Romance of King Arthur First Trade Edition - 1917
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: POLLARD, Alfred W. ( Arthur Rackham ).
TITLE: The Romance of King Arthur And His Knights of The Round table.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1917.
DESCRIP...
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1910s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Library Telescope from the collection of Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
This remarkable telescope came from the personal collection of Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023). While best known for his architectural practice—which played integral roles in the resto...
Category
20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique West Yorkshire Map, English, Framed Lithography, Cartography, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique lithography map of West Yorkshire. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest, dating to the mid 19th century and later.
Superb lithography of t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Map of the American State of Pennsylvania, 1889
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of Pennsylvania
Drawn and Engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston
Published By A & C Black, Edinburgh.
Original colour
Unframed.
Repair to a minor tear on bottom edge.
Category
1880s Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Lewis CARROLL: Sylvie and Bruno & Sylvie and Bruno Concluded; illustr. FIRST Ed.
Located in Middletown, NY
TWO VOLUMES each a FIRST EDITION, with the ORIGINAL RED CLOTH COVERS BOUND-IN
With Forty-Six Illustrations by Harry Furniss.
** Contains a RARE LOOSE SHE...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Waterloo - by M. Egerton & G. Hunt, with 24 hand-colored plates
Located in Middletown, NY
Egerton, M. & George Hunt
Here and There over the Water: Being Cullings in a Trip to the Netherlands. (The Field of Battle and Monuments - Waterloo, &c.) by Omnium Gatherum.
London: George Hunt, 1825.
4to; 10 x 8 3/8 in. (253 x 212 mm); (2), 34 pp, 28 plates by George Hunt after M. Egerton, including 24 hand-colored engraved and aquatint plates and four plates (21-24) of Waterloo memorials uncolored. Modern half morocco binding, title gilt, spine sunned. Occasional offsetting from plates, otherwise a fine copy.
[Abbey Travel 188; Tooley 207].
An uncommon aquatint work, illustrating a regency excursion to the Low Countries. Egerton was a humorous designer and social satirist active in London between 1820 and 1829, who supplied drawings to members of the print trade (including the Hunts and Pyall) for engraving. For this project he begins his tour at Ostend, where he was stuck for a day as it was a Sunday. He took time to describe the people's custom-house hotel and the 'Purgatory Gate' attached to the church (destroyed in a fire later in the nineteenth century) before traveling the next day by 'Great Coach' and barge to Ghent, observing the 'Belgic Military' various 'Diligences' and peasant costumes before continuing onto Brussels. Here he examined the Market Pavilion of the Prince of Orange before traveling on the next leg of the journey, which takes the artist once more to Ghent, where he describes and illustrates the Exchange. Egerton then returns to Brussels to view the Palace of Schoonenberg and then on to the main reason for his excursion: a trip to Waterloo, taking in all the main sites of the battle, including graves and monuments. Michael Egerton flourished between 1821 and 1828 and produced a number of caricatures, mainly of social comedy, sporting scenes, and jokes on the weather; almost all his work was engraved by George Hunt. OCLC records six copies in North America at Harvard Yale New York Public Library, Brown Claremont College, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
"A tourist (Egerton) soars high above birds and the Channel, a vignetted strip of water which a steam-packet and sailing vessel are traversing. He is propelled by steam from a big Patent kettle strapped to his back; from a large spout in the form of a bird's head black smoke drifts behind him. He holds out in his right hand a pair of lazy-tongs, in his left he holds up a plaid travelling-bag marked O.G. He wears a round flat peaked cap, with fashionable white cuffs and collar to his shirt, and white strapped trousers. His legs drift behind him." [The British Museum, number A tourist (Egerton) soars high above birds and the Channel, a vignetted strip of water which a steam-packet and sailing vessel are traversing. He is propelled by steam from a big Patent kettle strapped to his back; from a large spout in the form of a bird's head black smoke drifts behind him. He holds out in his right hand a pair of lazy-tongs, in his left he holds up a plaid travelling-bag marked O.G. He wears a round flat peaked cap, with fashionable white cuffs and collar to his shirt, and white strapped trousers. His legs drift behind him.]
Plates in order: 1. Frontis. Patent. [Flying over the Channel]. 2. Quay, Custom House & Hotel - Ostend. 3. The Purgatory Gate, Ostend. 4. Post Office - Ostend. 5. [Dandy chimney sweeper...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
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Antique Building Toys
Collectible German Statues
Military Metal Boxes
Pocket Globe
Toy Carriages
Vintage Toy Horse
Antique Grenade
Antique Papier Mache Dolls
Cat Toy
Dolls And Bears Antique
John Wanamaker
Metal Hat Mold
Scottish Highlander
Suitcase Bar