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Period: 19th Century
Place of Origin: British
Her Majesty’s Vase: A horse racing trophy by John Samuel Hunt
By John Samuel Hunt
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This silver presentation vase is a small replica of the classical Roman ‘Warwick Vase’. The body is cast and chased with fruiting vines below the rim. The central field has a continuous band with bearded Bacchic heads floating above a lion’s mask and pelt. The applied handles comprise gnarled twisted vine stems. The spreading stem is set on a square foot which in turn sits on an ebonised wooden plinth base. The plinth is applied with two vacant laurel wreath cartouches and two rectangular plaques, one finely engraved with the Royal Coat of Arms and the other inscribed “Plymouth, Devonport and Cornwall Races 1845, the gift of her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Augustus Coryton Esqr, W. R. Fortescue Esqr, Stewards” and “Her Majesty’s Vase, value 100gs., for three-year-old and upwards – Heats, about two miles, starting at the T.Y.C. Starting-post, once round, to the Grand Stand Winning-post.” Fully marked and stamped on the side of the foot ‘Hunt & Roskell Late Storr & Mortimer 2225’. English, assayed for London 1845.
Provenance: Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Sir John Barker-Mill, Baronet of Mottisfont.Thence by descent.
John Barker (1803-1860) was created 1st Baronet ‘of Mottisfont in the County of Southampton’ on 16 March 1836. A noted racehorse owner, Barker won numerous prestigious trophies with Giantess, Cymba, Miss Ellis and Pugilist. His most prestigious horse, Leviathan, sire of Giantess, won 16 of 21 starts and was sold to George IV for 2,000 guineas.
Plymouth, Devonport and Cornwall Races were held from 1828 until 1930. The racecourse was a flat, oval course of 12 furlongs with a straight run-in of 2 ½ furlongs. ‘Royal Plates...
Category
1840s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Brampton Salt Glazed Jesus College Cambridge Presentation Pottery Tyg
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and impressive Jesus College, Cambridge University Rowing Presentation salt glazed pottery tyg by Brampton dated 1869. The large stoneware tyg is of cylindrical shape standin...
Category
1860s High Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century Framed Engravings From The New Book Of Martyrs by Henry Southwell
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of 11 framed and glazed engravings taken from the New Book Of Martyrs By Henry Southwell
The 11 engravings show authentic and genuine historical account of the many dre...
Category
19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Pine, Paper
3 Antique Badminton Library Books, English, Boating, Driving, Cricket, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 3 antique Badminton Library Books. An English language, hard bound reference title on sporting topics, dating to the late Victorian ...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Picturesque Tour of the Seine, from Paris to the Sea / Ackermann, First Edition
Located in Middletown, NY
One of the great 19th-century English color plate books illustrating the scenery along the Seine.
Sauvan, Jean Baptiste Balthazar. Picturesque Tour of the Seine, from Paris to the Sea; with Particulars Historical and Descriptive.
London: R. Ackermann, 1821. First Edition.
4to, 13 1/2 x 11 (343 x 280 mm), pp. x, 177, title vignette and 24 hand colored aquatints, map. Later three-quarter yellow levant morocco with fillets, spine decorated in gilt with 5 raised bands and black title label; marbled boards and endpapers, a.e.g.. Spine and boards in very good condition, binding tight and square, text and plates with very occasional spotting.
[Abbey, Travel 90; Tooley 445; Bobins, Exotic and the Beautiful II: 548]
Condition: Near fine.
This is a first printing of one of the great nineteenth-century English color plate books illustrating the scenery along the Seine from Paris to Le Havre. Luminous impressions of the plates, beautifully hand-colored. Engraved by Thomas Sutherland (1785 – 1825) and Daniel Havell (1785 – 1826) from sketches and drawings by Augustus Pugin (1812 – 1852) and John Gendall (1790 – 1865), the illustrations also include a vignette on the title page representing the Château de Rosny (home of the Duchess of Berry...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Flora Conspicua by Richard Morris
Located in Middletown, NY
One of the most desirable of all nineteenth century color plate books. RARE.
Morris, Richard. Flora Conspicua; A Selection of the most ornamental flowering, hard, exotic and indig...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
English Late 19th Century Large Brass Table Scale and Weights
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A stunning, large brass table scale, made near the turn of the century, England. The scale is no longer operational, but still makes an mighty impact on a space. The scale is made of...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Brass, Copper, Iron
Pair of Antique English Naval Cannon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Pair of antique English naval cannon each with a tapering three stage barrel flanked by plain trunnions, with a knob shaped cascabel button before a shaped rectangular raised vent and ending in a 3 1/2” bore muzzle, enclosing a removable conforming wood plug, circa 1800.
Stood upon a naval type bronze-mounted four wheeled wooden carriage, including its wedge shaped quoin with knob handle.
The Earls of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle, Cumbria, presumably by descent to Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944), until sold by his heir and brother, Lancelot, 6th Earl, as part of the contents of Lowther Castle, Maple & Co. Ltd./Thomas Wyatt, Tuesday 14 April 1947 and two following days, lot 558: ‘A pair of Old Gun Metal Cannons on teakwood carriages, 3ft. 6in. long’.
Mrs. P.M. Adie-Shepherd, sold Christie’s, London, 29 May 1970, lot 96.
Lowther Castle is a castellated mansion built by Robert Smirke between 1806 and 1814 for William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (1757-1844). It was constructed on the foundations of the former 17th century family seat, Lowther Hall, but it was only in the early 19th century that it was afforded the name ‘castle’ in keeping with the Europe-wide fashion for romanticism and which was promoted by influential characters such as William Beckford at Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire in England and by the writer Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford, Roxburghshire, Scotland. While it’s not known when these naval cannon were acquired for Lowther they would have been entirely fitting in the castle or its approaches and it’s likely that they were in place soon after the castle was completed, or perhaps acquired later by the 5th Earl. A tantalising possibility is that the cannon were originally aboard the East Indiaman Lowther Castle which was active in the early 19th century.
HUGH CECIL LONSDALE, 5TH EARL OF LONSDALE (1857-1944) AND THE DEMISE OF LOWTHER CASTLE
In 1882 at the age of 25 Hugh Lonsdale (1857-1944) unexpectedly inherited the earldom and with it the extensive Lonsdale estate, including tens of thousands of acres of Cumberland and Westmorland and coalfields at Whitehaven. However, despite his spectacular inherited wealth – he was suddenly one of the wealthiest men in England, over the course of his lifetime he managed to decimate the family fortune. He led a full and colourful life, one of adventure and luxury. An early intrepid escapade took place in July 1888 when, as part of an expedition called the Scotch Naturalist Society, he set embarked on horse sleigh...
Category
Early 1800s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
A gaff-rigged Hastings lugger circa 1880
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This scale model of a Hastings lugger is very similar to the one described in E.W. White’s book as typical of this type of fishing vessel. She has an extremely wide beam, centreboard...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
1889 The Blue Fairy Book
By Andrew Lang
Located in Bath, GB
A superb copy of this sought-after fairy book by Andrew Lang, the first volume in his colourful series.
The sought after first edition, first impression.
...
Category
1890s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
SHELLEY/COOKE Presumption Or The Fate of Frankenstein. 1833 AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: PEAKE, Richard Brinsley (Mary W. Shelley).
TITLE: Presumption! Or The Fate of Frankenstein. Last Night... Of Mr. T. P. Cooke. This Present Evening, Saturday, March 9, 1833, will be performed the Celebrated Romance... Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh.
PUBLISHER: Edinburgh, 1833.
DESCRIPTION: THE LAST PERFORMANCE BY COOKE AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL EDINBURGH FOR 1833. Printed letterpress playbill/broadside, 11-3/16" x 7-5/8", laid down on early cardstock.
CONDITION: Toning heaver around edges, all broadsides mentioning Cooke playing the Monster are scarce.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The play's author, Richard Brinsley Peake (1792-1847), was a prolific dramatist of the London popular theatre from 1818 until the time of his death. Presumption! appeared at the Lyceum (the English Opera House) in the late summer of 1823. During the autumn of the same year, other serious adaptations of Frankenstein appeared at the Royalty and the Coburg. The part of the Monster was taken by Thomas Potter...
Category
1830s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Regency Satinwood Miniature Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A good quality late Regency Period, 19th century, satinwood miniature chest of attractive small proportions having well figured and crossbanded top, over three drawers with original turned wooden knobs, raised on elegant original splayed feet with shaped apron.
A chariming little 19th century miniature chest of drawers, which is shallower than most and therefore attractively proportioned. It also boasts beautifully figured satinwood veneers which have retained an excellent colour and patina. This would probably have been made as a travelling salesmans...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Satinwood
Antique County Map, Sussex, English, Framed Lithography, Cartography, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique lithography map of Sussex. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest, dating to the mid 19th century and later.
Superb lithography of Sussex an...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mid-Victorian Model of a Field Cannon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A mid-Victorian model of a field cannon, the bronze barrel set on an oak carriage with large iron-bound wheels, with traces of the original black, red an...
Category
1870s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Antique 4 Vols, Waverley Novels, Walter Scott, Scottish, Literary Set, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique 4 volume set of The Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott. A Scottish, bound collection of literary interest, dating to the Victorian period, published 1868.
A pro...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Telescope, Large, Single Draw Refractor, Cary London, circa 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique telescope, a large single draw refractor for terrestrial or astronomical use. An English, late Georgian piece dating to circa 1820.
Perfect for bird watching, landscape appreciation, wildlife, or maritime observation. Equally suitable for observing the night sky. Supplied ready to enjoy; Fully inspected and lenses cleaned by our in-house restorer.
Larger than most presenting a clear, sharp optical performance
Tapered, original painted, primary barrel in good order
Draw tube in good order with smooth action
56mm, 2.25" objective lens
Presents a good, sharp and bright image
Engraved 'Cary, London'
Complete with lens CAP and swivel dust cover
Supplied with an London Fine oak and brass 'Captain's Stand' for display
An historic, period piece as good to use today as it was two hundred years ago.
Dimensions:
Max Drawn Length: 112cm (44''
Closed Length: 76cm (30'')
Objective Glass Diameter: 5.6cm (2.25'')
About Cary, The Stand, London
William Cary was born in 1759, the third of four brothers to George and Mary Cary. The eldest, George, was a haberdasher, John a map maker and the youngest, Francis, an engraver.
William served his apprenticeship under Jesse Ramsden, arguably one of the finest instrument makers in England, and went on to produce Fine instruments himself, working alongside his brother John. They produced telescopes, microscopes, navigation and surveying equipment, mechanical calculators...
Category
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Valperga, First Edition of Her Second Novel, 1823
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft.
Title: Valperga: or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca.
Publisher: London: for G....
Category
1820s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique Apothecary Mortar and Pestle, English, Bronze, Beech, Chemist, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique apothecary mortar and pestle. An English, bronze and beech chemist's aid, dating to the Victorian period and later, ci...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Pair Of Large 19th Century English Bronze Artillery Signal Cannons
Located in Dublin, IE
A magnificent pair of 19th century British Artillery signal cannons, each with tapered bronze barrel segmented by hoops, cannon muzzle and stepped breechblock with drop-shaped cascab...
Category
19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Victorian Antique Mahogany Miniature Chiffonier
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming mid-19th century mahogany two
door miniature chiffonier having carved decoration
to back and two-panelled below on original plinth
(An unusual type of piece to see a miniature variation of
this was almost certainly made originally as a travelling
salesman's sample. It would have been constructed as a
scale replica...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
An antique taxidermy Duck-billed Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, late 19th century
L. approx. 40 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, Belgium
Category
19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Royal Southampton Yacht Club Cannon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This pair of early Victorian three-stage bronze signal cannon are set on elm carriages with bronze fittings.
Each 39 inch tapering barrel has one reduction and a ball cascabel. Th...
Category
1840s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
System walking stick, a telescope, England 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Gadget-System stick. The tip is made of iron and brass, high and decorated by a series of thin circles. The shaft is made entirely of painted brass and constructed to emulate a bambo...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Iron
Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France – Rowlandson
Located in Middletown, NY
Combe, William (uncredited). Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson
Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France Shortly Before the Revolution; Embellished with Seve...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
Victorian Cut Glass Hunting Flask, Of Faceted Cylindrical Form With Shot Glass.
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Victorian 1800's cut glass white metal mounted hunting flask, of faceted cylindrical form with screw lid, together with a matching cup, 7cm high, con...
Category
Mid-19th Century High Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Cut Glass
Works Of Edgar Allen Poe. 4 vols. 1899 - STANDARD EDITION IN A FINE CALF BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: POE, Edgar Allan.
TITLE: The Works Of Edgar Allen Poe.
PUBLISHER: London: A. & C. Black, 1899.
DESCRIPTION: STANDARD EDITION. 4 vols., 7-1/2" x 5-1/4", engraved frontis p...
Category
1890s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
19th Century Exhibition Model of Expanding Table by Samuel Hawkins
By Samuel Hawkins
Located in New Orleans, LA
A masterpiece of both cabinetmaking and mechanical engineering, this one-of-a-kind expanding table was crafted by the renowned cabinetmaker Samuel Hawkins of London for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Diminutive in size, the fascinating table was designed as a model to demonstrate Hawkins’ innovative patent screw movement to visitors of the Exhibition – six million people in total over five months. It was exhibited again a century later at the Victoria & Albert Museum during the Festival of Britain, an event intended “to symbolise two main qualities of the national character: realism and strength on the one hand, and, on the other, independence and imagination” (Catalogue of the Exhibition, 1951, p.117). To this day, the miniature masterpiece demonstrates the quest of English furniture makers to combine technical innovation with superb craftsmanship.
Displaying exceptional ingenuity, Hawkins’ wind-out screw mechanism allowed one to extend the table’s base to accommodate concentric leaves with the simple crank of a handle. It is based on the inventive expanding table originally designed by Robert Jupe in 1835, which used a swivel mechanism to separate sections of the tabletop and allow for segmented leaves to be inserted. Hawkins’ tabletop, on the other hand, extends outwards directly from the center in order to accommodate additional leaves around its diameter. This unique design allowed the mechanism to also smoothly operate on rectangular tables, which could be wound out from the middle to allow for more table space.
Hawkins was not alone in his endeavor to combine the technical merits of engineering and mechanics with the most artful pursuit of cabinetmaking. The first half of the 19th century saw a prolific increase in the popularity of applying new ideas to traditional furniture principles, which allowed furniture to serve many purposes. The resulting “patent” furniture was practical and refined, though few were as innovative as Hawkins’ prodigious design.
Carved with the year of the Exhibition on the beautifully designed pedestal base, the table is a testament to the significance of this innovation. The model is mentioned in detail in the catalog of the Great Exhibition of 1851, the first international exhibition of industry, manufacturing, and science. Held at London’s dazzling Crystal Palace, its visitors were treated to exhibits from around the globe, including feats of engineering, innovations in industry, and marvels of design. Queen Victoria herself was a frequent visitor, along with her husband, Prince Albert, and others including Charlotte...
Category
19th Century Other Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Mahogany Miniature Chest Of Drawers
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A 19th Century, Late Regency Period, Mahogany Miniature Chest Of Drawers Of Attractive Small Proportions, Having Well Figured Rectangular Top Over Two Short And Two Long Drawers, Ret...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Regency Grand Military Drum c.1820
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Regency grand military drum, dating to around the 1820. Made from wood, with brass stud work, this drum is painted with a Rule Britannia insignia. The top has a ...
Category
1820s Other Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Reference Book, Old English Glasses, Hartshorne, History, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique reference book, Old English Glasses. An English language, bound historical title by Albert Hartshorne, published in the late Victorian period, 1897.
Full title: O...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Late 19th Century antique Snuff Box Made in a Horse's Hoof with Horn Lid
Located in Milan, IT
Snuff box made in the late 19th century in a horse's hoof and horn lid, horseshoe base of chromed metal. Metal label on the lid engraved with the owner's initials MB...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone, Horn
The Works Of Edmund Spenser. 5 VOLUMES - IN A FINE FULL LEATHER BINDING !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SPENSER, Edmund (J. Payne Collier - editor).
TITLE: The Works Of Edmund Spenser.
PUBLISHER: London: Bickers & Son, 1873.
DESCRIPTION: 5 vols., 9" x 6-5/16", frontis portr...
Category
1870s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Small Antique Display Dome, English, Taxidermy, Specimen, Showcase, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique display dome. An English, glass and ebonised mahogany taxidermy specimen showcase, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880.
Charmingly petite and offerin...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood
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
Staffordshire Oriental Tooth Paste Lidded Pot, circa 1880
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An Oriental Toothpaste pot, Staffordshire, England, circa 1880.
Transfer printed in black on a creamy white earthenware, the base and the sides of the lid are printed in a pattern o...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Earthenware
Antique Pair of English Maritime Colored Etchings 1806.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique Pair of English Maritime Colored Etchings 1806.
English hand-colored etchings of a 90 Gun Ship at Spithead and a Collier with a view of the S...
Category
19th Century Romantic Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
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
1890 Works of Charles Dickens
By Charles Dickens
Located in Bath, GB
Eighteen smart leather-bound volumes, containing the illustrated works of the enduringly popular Charles Dickens.
Twenty-five works in eighteen volumes, bound in half morocco bindings, with gilt detailing to the spines and marbled end papers. Top edges gilt.
A smart collection of Dickens' best-known works, full of his characteristically interesting and varied characters such as the unnerving Miss Havisham from Great Expectations, the loveable Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist, and the villainous Sir John in Barnaby Rudge. Also with Gilbert A...
Category
1890s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Hardwood Vesta Case with fine Shell Patera Inlay, late 19th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good quality antique Vesta case, all handmade from various hardwoods and having well detailed shell inlay, dating to the 19th Century, Circa 1880.
The case is all han...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood
Ornamental Turning Lathe, No. 1906 by Holtzapffel & Co
Located in New Orleans, LA
An essential tool in the creation and finishing of furniture, this 19th-century English ornamental lathe is an object of beauty in and of itself. The extraordinary machine...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Iron
Pepared Fish in Bow Fronted Case, Bream
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Taxidermy, Preserved Fish, Cased Bream.
A cased bream by Frederick William Anstiss (1864 - 1936) in a nice bow fronted case with gilt lines. The case contains a cleverly modelled br...
Category
1890s Sporting Art Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Tall Victorian Antique Taxidermy Specimen Dome, English Glass Display Case, 1870
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a tall antique taxidermy specimen dome. An English, glass and ebonised pine display case, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1870.
Well proportioned Victorian dome, idea...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Pine
Large Antique Oval Clock Dome, English, Ornament Display, Showcase, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique oval clock dome. An English, glass ornament display showcase, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1900.
Fascinating prop...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique Officer of the Watch Telescope, English, After Dollond, Victorian, 1890
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique 'officer of the watch' telescope. An English, single draw refractor for terrestrial or astronomical use in the manner of Dollond of London, dating to the late...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Der Freischütz Travestie. With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
Cruikshank, George (illus.), Apel (auth.)
Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
An antique taxidermy Kea (Nestor notabilis)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, 19th century
Provenance:
Private collection, Belgium
The kea, indigenous to New Zealand’s Southern Alps, was considered a cunning trickster by the Māori. It is perceived i...
Category
19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Feathers
Set Of Antique Fiction Books, Popular Tales, Maria Edgeworth, English, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 3 antique fiction books, Popular Tales by Maria Edgeworth. An English language, hard bound 3 volume set of novels, dating to the Georgian period, published 1814.
A prolific novelist of adult and children's literature, Maria Edgeworth (1768 - 1849) was born in Oxfordshire before moving to Ireland. Her best-known work Castle Rackrent was an Irish Catholic...
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Early 19th Century Georgian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Left Handed Golf Club, Smooth Face Iron
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Willie Park Left Handed Smooth Face Golf Club.
This early Willie Park Jr. hickory shafted lofting iron has a smooth face, original hickory shaft and the remains of the original sheep...
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1890s Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Antique Taxidermy Dome, English Glass Display Showcase, Specimen, Late Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique taxidermy dome. An English, glass and ebonised base display showcase, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Appealing example, with a pleasingly brigh...
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Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood
19th Century Unique Folk Art Guernsey Shell Diorama Display
Located in London, GB
19th century unique Folk Art Guernsey shell diorama display
We are proud to offer a unique folk-art hand-crafted example of a seashell diorama. Display...
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1880s Folk Art Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Natural Fiber
George Bussey Automaton Caddie Golf Bag
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Caddie Golf Bag, George Bussey Automaton Caddie.
A wonderful example of an early auto caddy by George Bussey. This is a rare find indeed as very few of these bags have surviv...
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Late 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Antique County Map, Oxfordshire, English, Framed Cartography Interest, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique lithography map of Oxfordshire. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest, dating to the mid 19th century and later.
Superb lithography of Oxfo...
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Mid-19th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Fine Pair of 19th Century English Barrel Bronze Cannon on Oak Carriages
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Fine pair of mid-19th century English bronze cannon with tapering 41" barrels and flared muzzles, the top of each breech engraved with the family crest o...
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1850s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Folio, Civil Architecture, English, Sir William Chambers, Reproduction
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage folio A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture. An unbound reproduction of the 18th century original by Sir William Cham...
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Late 19th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1803 An Essay on the Principle of Population or, a View of its Past and Present
By Thomas Robert Malthus
Located in Bath, GB
The important and heavily revised second edition of Thomas Robert Malthus's discussion of the problems of a growing human population.
First published in 1798, this is the substantia...
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Early 1800s Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
English Antique Pearlware Pottery Castle Spill Holder
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and rare antique English pearlware pottery model of a castle spill holder dating from the early 19th century. The castle stands on a shaped mou...
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pottery
Georgian Mahogany Miniature Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Good Quality And Charming Early 19th Century Mahogany Miniature Chest, Having Well Figured Top Over Three Long Drawers With Original Brass Knobs And Boxwood Inlaid Escutcheons, Over Elegant Shaped Apron With Original Splayed Bracket Feet.
There is regular debate over whether miniature furniture was made as an apprentice piece, which is when a craftsmen who was looking for a job at a workshop would create something to showcase their talents. Or whether it was made as a travelling salesmans sample piece, which is when a few items were produced as scale models but a well established workshop as a form of physical catalogue in advance of a travelling salesman’s road trip around the country, for him to use to try and fill his order book with full size counterparts.
We believe that this particular little Georgian Miniature Chest was probably made as an apprentice piece, due to the relative simplicity of it, combined with the exceptional execution, which maybe suggests that somebody was very much trying to impress somebody else. It is also slightly unusual in form, which again suggests it was made more as a one off item with a specific purpose, as opposed to a scale model of other items.
It is certainly a charming piece of antique miniature furniture...
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Early 19th Century Georgian Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and its Vicinity by James Merigot
Located in Middletown, NY
A wonderfully illustrated collection of important Roman views.
Merigot, James
A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and its Vicinity ; Recently Executed From Drawings Made ...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
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