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Place of Origin: British
Antique Working English Cast Iron Cheese Press Thomas Corbett of Shrewsbury 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A rare antique and all original fully functioning cast iron English cheese press, by Thomas Corbett of Shrewsbury, circa 1880. This cheese press has just ...
Category
1880s Industrial Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Victorian Oak Billiard, Lifepool Scoreboard with Cabinet
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Snooker, Billiards & Life pool scoreboard attributed to Thurston & Co.
A nice combined Victorian billiards and life pool scoreboard made of light oak. The billiard scorer sits upon a lockable ball cabinet that can house 32 balls, which then sits upon a cupboard. The cupboard comprises of two drawers, a pair of panelled doors enclosing a shelf, the cupboard raised on a plinth base. The scorer comprises of two blue rollers with gilt painted numbers, 0 to 20 / 20 to 40 / 40 to 60 / 60 to 80 / 80 to 100, with two ebony slides to mark your score, one spot and one plain. The Life Pool board consists of 12 slides with coloured discs, each colour representing the player's cue ball and the order of play. The colours of the discs being blue, brown, green, white, red, yellow, black, pink, spot orange, spot white, spot red and spot yellow. When each slide is pulled back 3 boxwood discs are revealed, one for each life of the player. There are also "stars" hiding, and these are used as extra lives. In the middle of the scoreboard there is a slate board for keeping scores etc.
The game of Life Pool can be played by a number of players, a maximum of 12 players with this scoreboard, who form the pool. Each player has their own coloured ball and loses a life each time the ball is potted by an opponent. When three lives...
Category
1880s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Handmade Plank on Frame Ship Model, H.M.S. Pelican
Located in Woodbury, CT
A beautiful example of the craft of ship modeling, this sloop has all the details the original would have had and the model maker left the lower half of the hull exposed to reveal th...
Category
19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tulipwood
'American Notes' First Edition Books by Charles Dickens
By Charles Dickens
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
'American Notes for General Circulation' by Charles Dickens. First Edition.
Vol 1 and 2
London: Chapman and Hall
1842
Bradbury and Evans, Printers,...
Category
19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Sotheby’s London John Keil Furniture from 154 Brompton Road April 1998 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby’s London John Keil Furniture from 154 Brompton Road April 1998. 1st Ed softcover auction catalog that consists of 220 pages with 259 lots all illustrated in color and all des...
Category
1990s British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Painted Pine Miniature Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive mid-19th century painted pine
miniature chest of two short and two long
drawers having original brass knob handles
raised on original shaped bracket feet
(The...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
1770s Style Cricket Bat, Unusual Shape
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Curved early oak cricket bat.
An unusual shaped, heavy weight, one piece cricket bat of the style used in the 1770s. The blade has an inward bow, convex surface, instead of being fl...
Category
Early 1900s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Britwell House: The David Hicks Residence. Sotheby's (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The sale catalogue for the contents of Britwell House, sold by direction of Mr David and Lady Pamela Hicks. A collection put together between 1960 and 1979, while they owned and live...
Category
1970s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Painting of a Young Tennis Player, Watercolor
By Oscar Wilson
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
The tennis girl, painting in watercolor.
A fine, well-executed watercolor painting by Oscar Wilson (1867-1930),"The young tennis player". The image is of...
Category
Early 20th Century Sporting Art British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Real Tennis Print, Ed Barre by W. Bromley
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A wonderful and extremely rare real tennis, Royal Tennis, Jeu de Paume, Court Tennis Picture, J. Edmond Barre By W. Bromley.
An exceptionally rare mid-19t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Sporting Art Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
17th Century John Speed Map of Kent with Her Cities & Earles Described, C.1676
By John Speed
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 17th century British very rare and original John Speed (1551-1629) map of Kent with her Cities and Earles described and observed, Thomas Bassett & ...
Category
17th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Nautical Brass Parallels Original Mahogany Box made in Plymouth, 1860
By W. Heath, Plymouth 1
Located in Milan, IT
Brass parallels signed W. Heath Plymouth, optical and scientific instruments maker active since 1860. Complete with original mahogany box. Parallel measures cm 46.2 x 6.2 x 2 (H).
W....
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Decorative Fancy Victorian Barometer, 19th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Fancy Victorian barometer, 19th century
Mahogany veneer with inlay. Historical condition. The barometer may need to be checked for accuracy. Ple...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Signed Black and White Photograph, 20th Century
Located in Jersey, GB
A black and white signed photo of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the most famous dance partnership in the history of Hollywood musicals...
Category
20th Century 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
Dave Scott Apollo 15 Signed 1971 Photograph Black and White
Located in Jersey, GB
A signed photograph of Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott, the seventh man on the moon
David Scott (1932 -) is an American aviator and NASA astronaut who beca...
Category
20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
English 'Country House' Private Post Box, circa 1925
Located in London, GB
A fantastic painted wooden English 'country house' private red post box likely to have been made for the lobby of a hotel, business, club or a country house. It would have been empti...
Category
1920s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Holland and Holland Leather Double Gun Case, circa 1900
Located in London, GB
A beautiful leather on oak double gun case made to house a pair of side by side double barrel 12 bore shotguns. With original felt lined interior and elabora...
Category
Early 1900s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Fine Shipyard Half Hull Model of the Northern Light
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine shipyard half hull model of the Northern light. Still retained in its original case and set upon its original backboard.
The condition and quality of this lovely model is sup...
Category
1910s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Cruise Liner Dining Chimes from Cunard RMS Aquitania
Located in Miami, FL
Very interesting lot. From the Aquitania cruise liner. In very good original condition. Aquitania was the third in Cunard Line's grand trio of express liners, preceded by RMS...
Category
Early 1900s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Sterling Silver & Leather Miniature Knife Holder Styled Playing Card Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique sterling silver and leather playing card box was made in London, England is 1885 by an unknown maker, in a period Victorian style. The box is styled as a miniature knife...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Irish Folk Art Whale Tooth
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Irish Folk Art. This sperm whale tooth was etched during the 19th century, in Ireland. There'sa a drinking sailor on one side, and a barmaid on the other -...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Antique Malloch Side Casting Fishing Reel, Scottish Salmon Fishing Reel
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A rare sized (2.5') Malloch of Perth side casting fishing reel of fine quality and in excellent condition. The reel is all brass, with optional check, exc...
Category
1910s Sporting Art Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Three Sterling Silver Mounted Commemorative Horse Hoof Inkwells
Located in London, GB
These interesting inkwells were crafted in Britain between the Victorian period and early to mid-20th century.
The works have been created from horse hooves, applied with sterling silver mounts. Each hoof has been set onto a silver horseshoe and features a silver top and lid. Two of the tops have been engraved to imitate real horse hair, while the third is more simple, with banded ornament. All three have been given covers, two of which feature commemorative inscriptions. One lid states, ‘The Grey/1907-1917’ — presumably the name of the favourite racehorse, whose hoof this is — and another reads, ‘Mavourneen/ Died June 29th / Aged 53’. ‘Mavourneen’ is an Irish Gaelic word meaning ‘my beloved’. The dedicatee’s age of 53 implies that they were a human, perhaps a jokey, or racehorse owner. The lids open up onto a silver-lined interior, intended to be used for storing ink as part of a desk arrangement. The inkwells are stamped, on their underside, with silver hallmarks and maker’s marks, ‘J.T.’ and ‘C & CS’.
This set of three horse hoof inkwells...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Antique George II Mahogany Stick Barometer by Polti of Exeter
By C. Polti
Located in Devon, GB
A rare George II period mahogany stick barometer with finely carved cistern cover and surround to partly conceal the mercury tube. Most unusually the signed register plate is made of...
Category
Mid-18th Century George II Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Set of Nine 19th C English Victorian Treen Ware Boxwood Medicine Bottle Holders
Located in Haarlem, NL
A set of nine 19th century Victorian treen turned boxwood medicine bottle holders.
These containers were used for protecting delicate items such as glass apothecary bottles, perfume bottles, syringes, powder, ointment bottles, thermometers and other medical or vanity items.
In two of the containers are glass bottles.
Measurements:
Large 18.5cm high, 8.5cm diameter, empty
Large 18cm high, 8cm diameter, empty
Medium 14.5cm high, 5.5cm diameter, glass bottle without stopper (wood chipped)
Medium 13cm high, 6cm diameter, empty (crack in wood)
Medium 12cm high, 5cm diameter, perfumed oil in glass bottle
Medium 11cm high, 5cm diameter, empty
Small 10cm high, 4cm diameter, talcum powder...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Boxwood
The Life and Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson in Twelve Volumes, Limited Ed., 1898
Located in valatie, NY
The Life and Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson in Twelve Volumes, Limited Edition. London: MacMillian and Co., Limited, 1898. Moroccan leather and paper boun...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Leather
'The English Glass Chandelier' by Martin Mortimer, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
‘The English Glass Chandelier’ by Martin Mortimer. Antique Collectors' Club, Suffolk, 2000. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 199pp. "...
Category
Early 2000s British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Bronze Rudder Yoke, Rowing, Yachting and Sailing Interest
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Bronze Tiller Yoke.
A late 19th century cast bronze rudder yoke with decorative detailing of two opposing anchors. It has a square opening for the rudder head and with single brass ...
Category
19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Sotheby's Japanese Works of Art, Thursday 21st March 1991, Auction Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: Japanese Works of Art, Thursday 21st March 1991. Sotheby's 1st Ed softcover. 382 lots photoed in B&W and color.
Category
1990s British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
George III Mahogany Stick Barometer by Noted London Makers
By William Jones
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine George III mahogany stick barometer by noted London makers William & Samuel Jones.
The mahogany-veneered case has an austere form with only the moulded caddy top and the u...
Category
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Edwardian Silver Enamel Cigarette or Card Case by Joseph Gloster
By Joseph Gloster
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Magnificent Edwardian silver and risqué nude enamel cigarette or card case by Joseph Gloster Ltd
This is an exceptional antique Edwardian sterling silver cigarette case has a plain ...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate, Enamel
Domestic Medicine Chest by Thompson & Capper
By Thompson & Capper
Located in New Orleans, LA
An invaluable addition to the 19th century home, this domestic medicine chest contained nearly everything needed to nurse a member of the house...
Category
19th Century Other Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1964 Raleigh RM4 49CC Moped
Located in Houston, TX
This is a 1964 Raleigh RM4 moped. The Raleigh Bicycle Company is a British bicycle manufacturer founded in 1885, it is one of the oldest and largest, b...
Category
1960s Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
'Book Sets' 6 Volumes, William Baxter, British Phaenogamous Botany
Located in New York, NY
6 Volumes. William Baxter. British Phaenogamous Botany or Figures & Descriptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants. Bound in 3/4 green calf, marbled boards. Marbled endpapers...
Category
19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Christie's, Important European Furniture & a Collection of Magnificent Mirrors
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's, important European Furniture, sculpture and tapestries, including, reflected glory, a Private collection of magnificent mirrors, Thursda...
Category
Early 2000s British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Early Panorama Children’s Book Hiawatha Illustrated by Willy Pogany London 1914
By Willy Pogany
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Antique panorama children’s book illustrated by Willy Pogany and retold by Edith L Elias. A total of 14 panels, one side with illustrations, and the other with text.
Published by George G. Harrap & Company.
This book is part of a children’s series by Willy Pogány of folding panoramas illustrations and text, inspired by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1855 epic, The Song of Hiawatha. Lines from Longfellow run underneath Pogány’s illustrations, which follow the Ojibwe child Hiawatha from his early kinship with the wild animals, through his struggles with Nahma, King of Fishes, and his own estranged father, Mudjekeewis, up to his courtship of Laughing Water (Minnehaha). The prose text by Edith Elias, printed on the verso of the panorama, carries Hiawatha’s story farther, through the death of Minnehaha and the coming of “the Pale-Face Chief.” Pogány’s dynamic frames, with their striking use of negative space, show the influence not only of Golden Age illustrators like Walter Crane, but also the new generation of cartoonists like Winsor McCay...
Category
1910s American Classical Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Equestrian Book, Prints, The Passing Seasons by Lionel Edwards
By Lionel Edwards
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Lionel Edwards Book - The Passing Seasons.
Very rare limited edition book depicted by Lionel Edwards, The Passing Seasons. This edition is limited to 150 copies for sale at home, numbered 1 to 150, and 100 for sale abroad, numbered 151 to 250, this in No. 59. This large hard bound book is complete with the 18 mounted colour plates on thick hand made paper, each signed in pencil on the mount by the artist, Lionel Edwards. Black and white vignettes throughout the book, fleeting thoughts of Crascredo, printed in Great Britain. Text and plates are very clean. Bound in publisher's light brown cloth cover with gilt title to front, The Passing Seasons, Lionel Edwards (slight damage to spine). List of coloured plates 1, The First Snow (frontispiece). 2, The Water. 3, The Mockers. 4, Cub Hunting. 5, The Evening Rise. 6, Where Bright Waters Meet. 7, A May Morning...
Category
1920s Sporting Art Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Early 19th Century Taylor's Dummy for Young Gentleman Children's Fashion
Located in Munich, DE
This very rare early 19th century tailor's dummy for a young boy has been hand crafted out of painted papier maché and wood.
Category
1810s George III Antique 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
Staffordshire Portrait Figure of Standing Franklin, Circa 1850
By Staffordshire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Staffordshire portrait figure of standing Franklin, Circa 1850
Depicting Ben Franklin before a tree-stump, holding a tricorne hat against his left hip, a document in his right hand,...
Category
Mid-19th Century High Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pottery
Antique Portrait Miniatures of Fashionable Lady
Located in Firenze, IT
SHIPPING POLICY:
No additional costs will be added to this order.
Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included).
Enamel portrait of a lady with pow...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ebony
George Cohen Signed 1966 World Cup Photograph Black and White
Located in Jersey, GB
A signed photograph of retired English footballer and 1966 World Cup winner George Cohen
George Cohen (1939 -) is an English former professional footballer who won the World Cup with England in 1966.
Cohen played his entire 13-year club career with Fulham before retiring due to injury in 1969. He is regarded by many as the greatest right-back in English football history.
An almost full length, black and white photograph of Cohen on the Wembley pitch being prevented by Alf Ramsey from swapping shirts with an Argentina player at the end of their 1966 quarter final match. The contest had been hugely bad tempered...
Category
20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vice Box
By LINLEY London
Located in London, GB
Drinking, Smoking and Gambling - Specially designed for the individual who enjoys combining a casual drink with a game of poker whilst indulging in a fine cigar, the Vice Box...
Category
2010s British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sycamore, Walnut
A.M. Brand Mashie H5 FBT George Oke of Fulwell GC, England
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a truly rare antique golf club from circa 1920.
One for the golfer.
Hickory shafted hand forged steel head.
This piece is from circa 1920 ...... it is highly rare and collectible.
It has the makers 'cleek' mark ...... a tree.
Hickory shafted with original grip.
If you love your golf and golf history ... then this is for YOU!
You would pay this amount for a modern club, let alone a piece of golfing history!
Instead of boasting to your golfing buddies about your new driver, just imagine showing them THIS!!!
A.M. Brand Registered Mashie H5, warranted hand forged, formerly belonging to a Mr. W.G. Oke of Fulwell GC, England.
Fulwell Golf Club is a 241 acres (98 ha) golf course and centre comprising an 18-hole course located in Fulwell in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, west London.
In 1904 a group of local golf enthusiasts established the club at Fulwell. Led by prominent local figure H. O. Stutchbury, they appointed former Captain of Mid-Surrey Golf Club, Harry Tomlinson, as chairman and leased 244 acres (99 ha) from the Trustees of the Freake Estate, using 210 acres (85 ha) for the course. Early club officials included Frederick Dixon-Hartland, Viscount Villiers and Dr.Reginald Langdon Down, son of Dr.John Langdon Down.
The initial course on the site comprised an “outer” 18-hole course for men and an “inner” for ladies and high handicappers. It was designed by John Henry Taylor...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
19th Century John Cary Map of North Part of West Riding of Yorkshire, C.1805
By John Cary
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century British original John Cary sr (1755-1835) map of North part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, From the beft Authorities. Engraved J Car...
Category
19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
2010s British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique English Victorian Rosewood with Inlay Games Table, Circa 1870-1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Superb quality antique English Victorian rosewood with inlay games table, Circa 1870-1880.
Category
19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rosewood
18th Century Emanuel Bowen Map of County of York, c.1740
By Emanuel Bowen
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th century British rare and original Emanuel Bowen (1694-1767) map of the County of York divided into its Ridings and subdivided into wapontakes, mounted in solid wood fram...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"Christie's, The Wildenstein Collection, December 2005" Book
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's, The Wildenstein Collection, December 2005. New York: Christie's, 2005. Softcover. 180 pp. The majority of the works were undisturbed since their acquisition up to one hun...
Category
Late 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Table Low Sofa Vintage 1950s Map Isle of Man John Speed 1610 Thomas Durham 1595
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- The juxtaposition of modern design and this ancient map create a unique small table and conversation piece
- This is the first map featuring the Isle of Man on its own.
- It is also the first map of the Island based on an actual survey, undertaken by Thomas Durham 1595 and was first published by Speed in 1605-1611 and reprinted many times over the next century. This is the second state or print from 1610.
The map is inset within a fruitwood box frame with a glass top. Supported by tapering stick legs.
The map is based on a survey (and presumably a MS map) by Thomas Durham, of whom nothing is known other that he was paid by Sir Thomas Gerrard to make a survey of the Island. This survey, almost certainly for military purposes, arose from the disputed possession of the Island during which time Elizabeth had assumed control in order to prevent the Scots or the Spanish from using the Island as a base.
Speed had used the Durham Map in his slightly earlier 4-sheet wall map showing invasions and battles of c1603/4 [ref: Shirley #261] - there are some differences from this 1605/10 map - Port Eran (rather than Earn on 1605);Knockalo point (= Contrary Hd) not on 1605;Spalbrecke shown west of Calf rather than E as on 1605/10. Thus it is possible that the Durham Map had even more detail than Speed used in his derived version.
In sea are four mythical beasts with riders: to NW of Island Unicorn with Scottish flag...
Category
1610s Mid-Century Modern Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Miniature Majolica-Glazed Porcelain Teapot Fish in Waves, English, circa 1920
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Miniature Majolica-glazed teapot, on a porcelain body, English, fish in waves pattern after shorter and sons, English, circa 1920. Mounted with a tiny...
Category
Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
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...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Captain Sir George Collier’s Presentation Silver Entree Dishes by Richard Cooke
By Richard Cooke
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Captain Sir George Collier’s presentation silver entree dishes and covers by Richard Cooke, London 1803, each plain rectangular with gadroon borders, covers with detachable vine twist handles, the covers engraved: ‘Presented by the Old Madras Insurance Company to Captn. Collier, Commander of His Majestys Sloop ‘Victor’, for his persevering & gallant conduct in chasing for two days, partially engaging & ultimately sinking the French National Corvette ‘La Fleche’ of superior force while advantageously anchored at the Mahé Islands.’
Dimensions approx.: 150 x 290 x 200mm / 6 x 11 ½ x 8 inches
Total weight approx.: 3513 grams / 112 oz. troy.
Footnotes: These silver dishes were presented to Captain Sir George Collier KCB (1774-1824) for destroying the 22-gun French corvette La Flèche whilst commanding Victor, 18 guns, in the Seychelles on 5 September 1801. After escorting troop transports into the Red Sea ahead of the British invasion of Egypt, Victor fell in with La Flèche off Diego Garcia. After an initial engagement, the corvette escaped to windward only to be found again four days later. A short but fierce action ensued during which the corvette caught fire, grounded on a coral reef and sank before a prize crew could secure the ship. As reward, the Admiralty made Collier post captain and gave him command of Leopard, 50 guns.
Born in London, Collier entered the Royal Navy in 1784. As a midshipman, he was wrecked off Madagascar in 1792 surviving among the natives of that island for six months before being rescued by a passing Portuguese brig. Unfortunately, the brig was immediately captured by a French privateer and for two more years, Collier was confined as a prisoner of war on Mauritius. Returning to service in 1795, he was given his first command in Suffolk Tender.
Following the Peace of Amiens, Collier commanded the Sea Fencibles at Liverpool. After accompanying the expedition to Copenhagen in 1808, for which he was knighted for delivering the admiral’s dispatches, he saw action, and was wounded, supporting the military Campaign in Spain.
After the war, Collier was made commodore on the African station where he was employed suppressing the slave trade with such rigour that he was elected an honorary member of the African Institution, founded by William Wilberforce...
Category
19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Alfred Dunhill Sterling Silver 'Club Clock' Lighter, 1929
By Alfred Dunhill
Located in London, GB
Alfred Dunhill, London
A very scarce Sterling silver table lighter with clock, the body with fine linear pattern is complete with Dunhill’s trademark signed, ‘lift-arm’. The Club ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Scratch Built Galleon Ship Model
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century scratch built galleon ship model
An extraordinary early 20th century example of a handcrafted scratch-built galleon ship model, ...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Copper
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
19th century English Fishing Framed Aquatint Prints by R G Reeves
By Richard G. Reeve
Located in Savannah, GA
Pair of sportsman prints titled; Live-bait fishing for Jack and Fly-fishing for Trout.; Aquatints with original hand color. Done after James Pollard, by R G Reeve...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
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The sought-after designer worked with the team at Hoffman Creative to produce a monograph that beautifully showcases some of Studio Shamshiri's most inspiring projects.
Moroccan Artworks and Objects Take Center Stage in an Extraordinary Villa in Tangier
Italian writer and collector Umberto Pasti opens the doors to his remarkable cave of wonders in North Africa.
Montecito Has Drawn Royalty and Celebrities, and These Homes Are Proof of Its Allure
Hollywood A-listers, ex-pat aristocrats and art collectors and style setters of all stripes appreciate the allure of the coastal California hamlet — much on our minds after recent winter floods.
Whaam! Blam! Pow! — a New Book on Pop Art Packs a Punch
Publishing house Assouline and writer Julie Belcove have teamed up to trace the history of the genre, from Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama to Mickalene Thomas and Jeff Koons.
The Sparkling Legacy of Tiffany & Co. Explained, One Jewel at a Time
A gorgeous new book celebrates — and memorializes — the iconic jeweler’s rich heritage.
What Makes a Gem-Encrusted Chess Set Worth $4 Million?
The world’s most opulent chess set, weighing in at 513 carats, is literally fit for a king and queen.
Tauba Auerbach’s Geometric Pop-Up Book Is Mighty Rare, Thanks to a Hurricane
This sculptural art book has an epic backstory of its own.
Step inside the Storied Mansions of Palm Beach’s Most Effervescent Architect
From Spanish-style courtyards to fanciful fountains, these acclaimed structures abound in surprising and elegant details.