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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Place of Origin: Italian
Ancient Roman Gladiator Short Sword (Gladius) 1. AD
Located in Doha, QA
This Roman Gladiator short sword is an absolutely outstanding and unique example of an ancient Roman Pompeian Gladius Sword from 1. AD. There were three ty...
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15th Century and Earlier Classical Roman Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze, Iron

Set of Three 18th Century Vellum Sunday Sermon Books
By Alfonso Maria De Liguori, Vivien, R.P. Michael
Located in valatie, NY
Set of Three 18th Century Vellum Sunday Sermon Books. 1.) Sermoni Per Tutte Le Domeniche Dell' Anno (Sermons for all the Sundays in a Year) by Monsignore Alfonso Maria De Liguori. Na...
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18th Century Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper, Animal Skin

17th/ 18th Century Italian Baroque Marble Holy Water Font or Stoup
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful Baroque marble holy water font or stoup, Unique and original period piece. Italy, circa 1650-1750. Weathered condition. Measures: H:10,5cm W:21,5cm D:19-26cm.
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17th Century Baroque Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Marble

17thC Church cattedra
Located in Livorno, IT
Louis XIV era church cattedra. At the centre the profile of a cleric, wearing the black doctoral biretta with four flaps , typical for doctorates of pontifical universities and depar...
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Late 17th Century Louis XIV Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Nutwood, Walnut, Giltwood, Lacquer

18thC Residenza
Located in Livorno, IT
Magnificent Baroque residenza from Napoli, Italy. Vault with coffered ceiling, four grooved columns with corinthian capitals, high base with center fragment. Entirely hand-carved and...
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Early 18th Century Baroque Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold, Silver, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Large 18th Century Italian / Neapolitan Hand Carved Wooden Head of Christ
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique handcarved wooden head of Christ with beautiful expression and glass eyes, once used at processions. Napels/ Italy, circa 1750-1800. Beautiful example of 18th century craftsma...
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18th Century Baroque Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gesso, Glass, Wood

Mid-17th c. Pig Vellum Book c.1667 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT A 17th century book. Pg vellum cover, parchment paper pages written in Latin. Includes an attached handwritten note stamped describing the book with a date of 1667. That note ...
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17th Century Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Animal Skin, Paper

18th Century Italian Silver and Gold Crucifix with Mica and Calcite Crystal
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian silver and gold leaf crucifix adorned with baroque pearls and mounted on a mica cluster and a calcite crystal. The mica specimen is from the Great Smoky Mountain...
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18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood and Polychrome Musician Cherub Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique cherub figure was crafted in Italy, circa 1780. The hand carved cherub depicts a putti with wing and playing the guitar; the sculpture is very expressive in his movement...
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Late 18th Century Neoclassical Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Giltwood

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Black Crucifix with Tourmaline in Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian crucifix adorned with tourmaline and mounted on tourmaline in a crystal matrix from Brazil. The piece is put together by Jean O'Reilly Barlow, the artist and c...
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18th Century Baroque Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Rock Crystal, Tourmaline

18th Century Italian Crucifix with Malachite, Calcite, and Raspberry Garnet
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian crucifix mounted on green malachite, calcite with fluorite, and raspberry garnet. The piece is adorned with Carnelian pebbles and garnet. The minerals are from a...
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18th Century Baroque Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Rock Crystal, Carnelian, Malachite

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Crucifix with Selenite Sunrays and Apophyllite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian crucifix with selenite in matrix and adorned with gem beading around the cross. The selenite in matrix creates the sunrays around the crucifix. The pi...
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18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Rock Crystal

18th Century Italian Cross with Smoky Quartz Crystals and Druzy Petrified Wood
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian brown and gilded cross adorned with smoky quartz crystals and druzy petrified wood. The smoky quartz crystals are from Madagascar and druzy petrified wood from t...
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18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Rock Crystal, Quartz

Embroidered Holy Spirit Panel
Located in New York, NY
Embroidered Holy Spirit panel. Antique embroidered doubled sided panel in paper with original antique seeded glass and gilt carved frame, Italy, l...
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Late 18th Century Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silk

18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Putti Cherub Wall Sculpture Holding Grapes
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique cherub figure was crafted in Italy, circa 1780. Hand carved, the putti carving is shown holding a bunch of grapes in his hands. The cherub is expressive in it's movement...
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Late 18th Century Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Giltwood

Pair of 18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Musician Cherub Sculptures
Located in Dallas, TX
These charming antique putti carvings were crafted in Italy, circa 1780. The hand carved figures depict two musicians cupids sited on a pillow form stool; one playing the flute, the ...
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Late 18th Century Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Giltwood

Pair of 18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Polychrome Cherub Sculptures
Located in Dallas, TX
These charming antique putti carvings were crafted in Italy, circa 1780. The hand carved figures depict two chubby cupids resting on a knee and holding a arm up; each sculpture featu...
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Late 18th Century Neoclassical Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Giltwood

Lamborghini rowing machine 1940s
By Lamborghini
Located in Roma, IT
1940s rowing machine produced by Lamborghini made entirely of solid Beech wood and iron. In excellent overall condition, complete and fully functional with adjustable power. Leather ...
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Mid-17th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

18th Century Italian Church Kneeler in Walnut Wood
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An early 18th Century Italian Baroque Kneeler or kneeling stool in walnut. This rare antique from a church has a drawer as well as a door with a shelf inside. In the interior of this piece, the bible or other catholic religious items...
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Early 18th Century Baroque Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Bronze mortar, Veneto, 16th century
Located in Brescia, IT
Bronze mortar, Veneto, 16th century Lost-wax cast bronze mortar with body outlined by parallel and succeeding frames delineating its circumference. On the two faces, in a central p...
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16th Century Renaissance Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Votive Madonna, Late 18th Century
Located in Firenze, FI
Sculpture depicting Madonna in black silk dress with lace headdress. The figure is in wood covered by fabric clothes, the head and hands are in polychrome terracotta. The sculpture is completed by a silver heart-shaped crown and tiara...
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Late 18th Century Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Terracotta, Fabric, Wood

18th Century Italian Carved Painted Wood Reliquary Altar Figure Bust Pair
Located in Forney, TX
A remarkable pair of scarce large Italian Baroque period carved and painted wood church altar reliquary busts. Born in Italy in the 18th century / possibly late 17th century, figural form, each hand carved from a single log, modeled as opposing figures, parcel gilt polychrome decorated, hollowed central cavity with original glazed glass relic viewing panel, rising on integral marbleized scroll foot base. Dimensions: (each) 21.25" Tall, 8.5" Wide, 8" Deep; 16.25lbs Total Condition Report: Very good original unrestored antique condition with beautifully aged patina. Wear consistent with age and use, including scattered nicks, chips, and chippy paint losses. One glazed panel with losses to sides. Overall in great shape, strong, sturdy, stable, and structurally sound. Presents splendidly We here at Lynx Hollow Antiques absolutely love decorating with religious antiques! From an antique altarpiece, tabernacle, reredos, shrine niche, baptismal font, crucifix, santo statue, icon, religious folk art, retablo, monastery table to church architectural elements...
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18th Century Baroque Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Blown Glass, Wood

Italian Rare Antique Miniature Blanket Chest in Poplar
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare late 17th century Italian rustic miniature blanket chest in solid poplar wood. This miniature blanket chest is ideal for decorating your home and can be used to store your preci...
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Late 17th Century Renaissance Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Poplar

Italian Liturgical Pax Brede Or Osculatorium From The 16th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Italy 16th century A liturgical Pax Brede or Osculatorium. The carved wooden board “Kiss of Peace” representing Christ as a man of sorrows. The pax has the shape of an ancient templ...
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16th Century Renaissance Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold Leaf

Mortaio in bronzo, Veneto, XVI° secolo
Located in Brescia, IT
Mortaio in bronzo fuso a cera persa con corpo delineato da un gran numero di cornici parallele e susseguenti che ne delimitano la circonferenza; e ornato con motivi vegetali di deriv...
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16th Century Renaissance Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

17th Century Italian Baroque Lacquered Spruce Religious Furniture 1600
Located in Roma, RM
This monumental piece of furniture, of Veneto-Alto Veneto provenance, made entirely of lacquered fir wood. Full seventeenth century (ca. 1650) is presented as an imposing double-bodi...
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17th Century Baroque Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Spruce

18th Century Italian Neoclassical Carved Wooden Madonna With Child
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered neoclassical Madonna with child. Traces of original color and gilding visible, Italy, circa 1760-1800. Weathered small losses and old repairs. More photo's availa...
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18th Century Neoclassical Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

18th Century Italian Baroque Silver and Rock Crystal Crucifix
Located in Stamford, CT
18th Italian Baroque carved rock crystal crucifix with silver Corpus of Christ flaked by male and female attendants on either side. The stepped base decorated with silver mounts rest...
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18th Century Baroque Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Rock Crystal, Silver

17th Century Italian Baroque Angel Figure with Candleholder
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful angel figure with candle holder. Beautiful traces of the original paint and gilding visible, Italy, circa 1650-1700. Weathered and old repair More pictures available on re...
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17th Century Baroque Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

18th Century Italian Rare Antique Walnut Kneeler
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare antique Italian kneeler, Mid-18th century. Made of solid walnut with delicate decoration carved in the wood on the front of the door. In the part dedicated to the knees there is...
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Mid-18th Century Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Walnut

1776 R.P. Vincentii Houdry, E Societate Jesu Bibliotheca (All 5 Vols Bound as 1)
Located in Victoria, BC
Bound in Vellum, here is a beautiful and oversized book by R.P. Vincentii Houdry entitled E Societate Jesu Bibliotheca Concionatoria Complectens Panegyricas Orationes Sanctorum. Roug...
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1770s Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Monumental Pair of Medieval Antique Italian Church Armorial Shields
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent pair of large one-of-a-kind medieval Italian armorial shield church architectural elements. Dating to around the late 15th century, hand-crafted in Italy, most impressive size, standing over 6-feet tall, bow front shaped shield form, polychrome painted Memento Mori - The Wars of the...
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15th Century and Earlier Renaissance Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Paint

Cross of Caravaca 17th Century
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
Cross of caravaca XVII century. Very beautiful cross of caravaca made in bronze. 17th Century. Measurements: 14X6 cm. Good condition.
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17th Century Gothic Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Pearl and Murano Glass Bead Altar Palmetti and Urn
Located in Hastings, GB
A stunning late 18th century Italian altar palmetti, hand crafted flowers made from tens of thousands of individual murano glass beads and simulated pearls, woven together to form a ...
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Late 18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Murano Glass, Wood

18th Century Italian Hand Carved and Painted Wood Madonna Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Italian hand carved and painted wood Madonna statue depicts the virgin Mary in contemplative prayer, and poised in triumph over evil. Orig...
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Mid-18th Century Baroque Revival Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Italian 17th Century Mannequin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very beautiful 17th century articulating Mannequin from the Veneto region of Italy. Beautifully carved from polychromed wood with very handsome features. Mannequins such as this ...
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17th Century Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

17th-18th Century Italian Hand carved Wooden Reliquary Bust of a Saint
Located in Buisson, FR
Spectacular and very decorative piece. Large carved wooden reliquary bust of a Saint. Beautiful weathered paint and gilding. Small losses / old repairs and without the relics. Italy ...
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18th Century Baroque Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Italian 18th Century Neoclassical Silvered And Painted Wooden Tabernacle
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful small tabernacle that once graced a church altar. Beautiful original silverleaf and faux marble paint. weathered, small losses. Italy circa 1780  
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18th Century Neoclassical Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

17th-18th Century Italian Hand carved Wooden Reliquary Bust of a Saint
Located in Buisson, FR
Spectacular and very decorative piece. Large hand carved wooden reliquary bust of a saint. Beautiful weathered color and gilding. Small losses/Old repairs and without the relics. Ita...
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18th Century Baroque Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Polychrome Cherub Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique cherub figure was crafted in Italy, circa 1780. The hand-painted putti carving features its original polychrome and gold leaf finish for a luxurious result. The hand carved cherub is expressive in it's movement and features a wonderful facial expression. The colorful wall hanging...
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Late 18th Century Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Giltwood

18th Century Naples Italy nativity figure
Located in London, GB
18th Century Naples, Italy nativity figure A larger than normal late 18th Century Italian nativity figure. Hand carved articulated pine joint limbs,...
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18th Century Folk Art Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pine

18th Century Gold Processional Religious Church Cross
Located in Hastings, GB
Wonderfully ornate gilt gesso over carved wood processional cross, probably northern Italy late 18th century. The large floral wreath with carved gilt ribbons, a small cross to the c...
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1780s Baroque Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Italian 18th Century Hand Carved And Silvered Wooden Baroque Reliquary
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful and detailed reliquary holder with its beautiful weathered original silver, Italy, circa 1750. Weathered and small losses and old repairs.
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18th Century Baroque Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Early 19th Century Giltwood and Gesso Large Italian Religious Cross
Located in Hastings, GB
This heavy, hand carved wooden cross, with applied gesso and gilding is stunning, Italian and dating to the turn of the 18th/19th centuries. 163cm...
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Late 18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gesso, Wood

18th century santos figure/capipote
Located in Brecht, BE
a polychromed wooden santos figure/capipote, carved in Italy in the 18th century, these were catholic procession mannequins
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18th Century Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pine

Antique Italian “Parnaso Italiano” Literary Collection
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This late 18th century collection of 55 books, bound in animal hide and vellum, is pleasing to both the eye and the mind. From Dante's divine poetry to Petrarch's sonnets of love, an...
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18th Century Neoclassical Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Animal Skin, Paper

Balsamarium shaped as a Bust of a Black Boy - Roman, 1st – 2nd Century AD
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Balsamarium shaped as a Bust of a Black Boy Bronze, silver inlaid eyes and lips, Roman, 1st – 2nd Century AD Provenance: Private London Collection formed 1965-1975 H 10 cm (4 in...
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15th Century and Earlier Classical Roman Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver, Bronze

Antique Italian Map of Viaggio da Roma a Napoli 1775
Located in Roma, IT
An original print from 1775 showing an early route map of the journey from Rome to Naples. This route map was part of a collection of travellers routes published in a book translated...
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1770s Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Parchment Paper

Late 18th Century Micromosaic with Parrot on a branch. From a Model by G.Raffael
By Giacomo Raffaelli
Located in Paris, FR
Large micro-mosaic plate representing a parrot on a branch. From a model by Giacomo Raffaelli. The quality and shape of the shards of this micromosai...
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1790s Classical Roman Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Art Glass, Cut Glass

17th CENTURY LEATHER CANDLE CASE
Located in Firenze, FI
Particular little wooden candle holder case covered in fire-branded leather, with bronze hinges. The cassina features floral and gemometric decorations that create boxes within which...
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Late 17th Century Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Wood

17th Century Tuscan Renaissance Style Confessional Made of Oak
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Original 17th century renaissance confessional from Vicopisano in Tuscany. Made of solid oak. It is a confessional that can be entered from both sides. In the middle is the place ...
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17th Century Renaissance Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Oak

Italian 18th Century Pair Baroque Carved Wooden Reliquary Shrines
Located in Buisson, FR
Very rare hand pair carved wooden reliquary shrines with wonderful decoration and color/gilding, Italy, circa 1750 Weathered, small losses and old re...
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18th Century Baroque Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Wood

A 17th century Roman Altar Cross after Guglielmo della Porta
Located in Leesburg, VA
A 17th century Roman altar cross after Guglielmo della Porta Approximate size: 67 x 27 cm The present altar cross, likely of Italian Roman origin, reprod...
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17th Century Renaissance Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Agate, Lapis Lazuli, Bronze

An apothecary bronze mortar and pestle, Italy 1700.
Located in Milan, IT
Bronze Apothecary mortar, fitted with mortar pestle. Italy early 18th century.
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Early 18th Century Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar
Located in Buisson, FR
Stunning and extremely rare travel / house altar complete with small candleholders. Beautiful color and traces of original silver. several layers of color visible. Italy around 175...
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18th Century Baroque Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED 18th Century Italian Sculpture
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED 18th Century Italian Sculpture in ivor.... The figure is represented dead, wearing a cendal point at the waist. Cross in carved rosewood wood. Silver termin...
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Early 18th Century Baroque Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

15th century Gilt Bronze Pax of the Virgin and Child, after Donatello
Located in Leesburg, VA
Anonymous, school of Donatello Second half of the 15th century; Northern Italy Approximate size: 13 x 7.6 cm The present relief of the Virgin and Child is largely considered derive...
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15th Century and Earlier Renaissance Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

15th century North Italian Gilt Bronze Pax of the Lamentation
Located in Leesburg, VA
Anonymous Second half of the 15th century; Northern Italy, possibly Milan Gilt bronze Approximate size: 17.2 x 13 cm The present pax probably derives from a finer original realized in more precious materials. For example, the vigor of its central motif is carved in such a way as to suggest the original artwork was conceived in carved stone or perhaps mother-of-pearl. The intricacy of its frame suggests a separate master adept in silverwork. Overall, this bronze pax...
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15th Century and Earlier Renaissance Antique Italian Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

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