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Period: 17th Century
1630 Pierre Petit map "Description du Gouvernement de la Capelle" Ric0010
Located in Norton, MA
1630 Pierre Petit map entitled
"Description du Gouvernement de la Capelle,"
Ric0010
Pierre Petit was the son of a minor provincial official in Montluçon. The town, in the Auver...
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Dutch Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Persia, Armenia & Adjacent Regions: A 17th Century Hand-colored Map by De Wit
Located in Alamo, CA
A large 17th century hand colored copperplate engraved map entitled "Novissima nec non Perfectissima Scandinaviae Tabula comprehendens Regnorum Sueciae, Daniae et Norvegiae distincte...
Category
Dutch Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Comitatus Marchia et Ravensberg: Historical Counties in Germany, c.1660
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Comitatus Marchia et Ravensberg'. This map depicts two historical counties of the Holy Roman Empire: Marks and Ravensberg. Major cities, towns, mountains, and riv...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$415 Sale Price
20% Off
Ciro Ferri Drawing Offering Scene Italie 17th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Italian lead pencil drawing, entourage of Ciro Ferri, depicting an offering scene in front of a temple, in the manner of the antiquity.
Measurements: 7.8/5.9 inches
...
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Italian Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
17th Century Italian Holy Water Stoop
Located in Nijlen, BE
This beautiful duo of holy water vessels come from an Italian church.
A unique set that has been used over time.
One has slightly more pale discoloration than the other. They are ...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
$880 / item
Antique Miniature Portrait on Bone with Fitted Case 14-Karat Yellow Gold Brooch
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Dating from the late 17th century and done in the Federalist style, this finely detailed and well executed hand painted miniature portrait on bone of a period nobleman can be worn as...
Category
American Federal Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
1616 Petrus Bertius Map of Arakan and Pegu in Southeast Asia
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: 1616 Petrus Bertius Map of Arakan and Pegu in Southeast Asia
Description: This early seventeenth-century map, titled Descriptio Arachan et Pegu, was published in 1616 by P...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Map of Trier and Luxembourg by Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam circa 1640
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Trier and Luxembourg by Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam circa 1640
This beautifully engraved and hand-colored map titled Trevirensis Archiepiscopatus, et Lutzenburgi Ducatus depicts th...
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Dutch Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Gold and Agate Snuff Box Belonging to Anne, First Duchess of Buccleuch
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This oval gold snuff box is inscribed with a crest of ‘a stag trippant’ within mantling of upright ostrich plumes tied with a bow, all below a ducal coronet and above a cypher of the entwined initials ‘B.A.B.’ for Anne of Buccleuch. English, circa 1670.
Provenance: Anne, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch
Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (1651-1732) was a wealthy Scottish peeress. After her father died when she was a few months old, and her sisters by the time she was 10, she inherited the family’s titles. She was married, at 12 years old, to James, 1st Duke of Monmouth, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II, then 14. Following the king’s death in February 1685, James spearheaded an anti-Catholic revolt to depose the new king, James II, and claim the throne from his uncle. The brief Monmouth Rebellion ended in defeat and James, by then Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch, was executed for treason. The Duchess had six children by Monmouth, and a further three by her second husband, Charles, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, whom she married in 1688. She died in 1732 and was succeeded by her grandson, Francis, Earl of Dalkeith.
The style of chasing used on this box is very reminiscent of a signed piece in the Gilbert...
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English Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Agate, Gold
Pair of Outstanding 17th Century Italian Polychromed Musician Statues
Located in Round Top, TX
An outstanding pair of 17th century musician statues from the Siena region of Italy. These grand scale figures are masterly crafted in wood with their...
Category
Italian Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Rare Original Antique Ptolemy Map of Ceylon, Present Day Sri Lanka
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique map titled 'Tab XII Asiae Taprobanam (..)'. For this map of Toprobana (Sri Lanka), Ptolemy drew on the accounts of travelers and sailors and though the information was secondhand and often inaccurate, it represented the most advanced account of the world's geography at that time. This map depicts the island with the typical misconceptions of the period with the enlarged island straddling the Equator and nearly divided by a ridge of mountains. A small part of India is incorrectly shown in the northeast corner of the map and a spurious coastline labeled Gangem fills the upper right corner. The stipple engraved sea contains an oriental ship...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$727 Sale Price
20% Off
"Virgin with Child Jesus". Spain, End of the 17th-Early 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Spanish Baroque sculpture is one of the most authentic and personal examples of our art, because its conception and its form of expression arose from the people and from the deepest ...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Rare Antique Print of an Arabian Man Playing a Violin or Kamanche in Cairo, 1698
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled print of a man from Cairo, Egypt. The man is playing an (music) instrument. This print originates from 'Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn, door de vermaardste deelen van Klein As...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$226 Sale Price
20% Off
Bibliothecæ Alexandrinæ icones symbolicæ / elogiis illustratæ, by C. Giarda
Located in Middletown, NY
DISTINGUISHED PEDIGREE: from the libraries of Robert Hoe and John Barrymore.
Elegantly illustrated and bound copy with a famed pedigree that spans from Robert Hoe—the businessman, collector, and founding member of the Grolier Club in 1884— to "The Lamberts" (probably purchased in the epic Hoe library auction of 1911-1912), who gifted it to the colorful and famous actor John Barrymore. Their bookplates adorn the inside covers, will your bookplate be next?
Giarda, Cristoforo
Bibliothecæ Alexandrinæ icones symbolicæ … elogiis illustratæ
Milan: Giovanni Battista Bidelli, 1628.
4to, 9 5/8 x 7 inches (244 x 178 mm); (xii) + 140 pp, not including plates and inscriptions. Engraved architectural title with Saints Peter and Alexander by Cesare Bassano, 16 copperplates of female figures; woodcut dropcaps and tailpieces throughout.
Later (circa 1890) red levant morocco binding by R. Petit (signed in gilt on front turn-in) with triple gilt frames on boards, raised bands, gilt title and decorative motifs in compartments; inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, professionally rebacked preserving original richly gilt backstrip in compartments; title and preliminaries stained, occasional spotting or light soiling and a few small light ink stains to covers.
[Praz p.349]
Provenance: Robert Hoe (blue morocco book label...
Category
French Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
RICAUT [Rycaut]. History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire. 5TH ED 1682
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: RICAUT [Rycaut], Paul.
TITLE: The History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Containing the maxims of the Turkish Polity, the Most Material points of the Mahometan...
Category
American Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
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Corpus of Christ in the Jansenist Style, 17th century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Corpus of Christ in the Jansenist Style
France or Southern Netherlands, 17th century
Carved wood, walnut
Height: 32 cm
This finely carved corpus of ...
Category
French Folk Art Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Silver “Jambiya” or Curved Dagger With Its Sheath
Located in Middleburg, VA
Silver “Jambiya” or Curved Dagger With Its Sheath. These are often Extremely well Crafted with Extraordinary inlaid Silver Designs accentuated with “Neillo”. They Often have Ivory Ha...
Category
Turkish Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
French 17th Century Stone Blasson
Located in Round Top, TX
An exquisite 17th century Blasson of a Pelican nurturing its young - representing the Eucharist. Wonderfully carved from Burgundy Stone. A stunning piece.
Category
French Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone
17th Century Asian Hand-Carved Stone Temple Sculpture of a Female Divinity
Located in Yonkers, NY
A 17th century Asia hand-carved stone temple sculpture possibly from India, depicting a divinity. Featuring a strong patina revealing its age, this high-relief hand-carved stone scul...
Category
Asian Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone
$7,499 Sale Price
25% Off
Original Antique Map of the Southern Coast of France by Janssonius, 1657
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map of France titled 'Comté et Gouvernement de Provence'. Decorative map of the southern coast of France. This map originates from 'Atlas Novus,...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Old Map of Northeastern Greece & Northwestern Turkey, Published in 1661
Located in Langweer, NL
This small map was engraved by Petrus Kaerius and is based on Ortelius' map of the same title. It covers the ancient region of Thrace, present-day European Turkey and part of Greece....
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of the Chinese City of Anhing by Nieuhof, 1668
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print China titled 'Anhing'. Old print depicting a view on the Chinese city of Anhing with its ramparts. This print originates from the Latin editio...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$321 Sale Price
20% Off
The Normandy Region of France: A 17th C. Hand-colored Map by Sanson and Jaillot
Located in Alamo, CA
This large hand-colored map entitled "Le Duché et Gouvernement de Normandie divisée en Haute et Basse Normandie en divers Pays; et par evêchez, avec le Gouvernement General du Havre ...
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French Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Ebony Veneered Captain's Chest or Strong Box 'Coffre Fort', 17th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A strongbox was a type of travelling chest and these types of boxes were more common in England than anywhere else where they were fabricated between 1660 and 1720. The earliest proo...
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Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Scare Map of Canaan, with Portraits of the Apostles of Matheaus and Others
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Geographische Beschreibung des Belobten Landes Canaan (..)'. Scarce map of Canaan, with portraits of the Apostles of Matheaus, S. Marcus, S. Lucas, S. Johannes. With Christ in lower part. The map extends along the coast of the eastern Mediterranean. Published by Georg Andreas...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$415 Sale Price
20% Off
"Africa Vetus": a 17th Century Hand-Colored Map by Sanson
Located in Alamo, CA
This original hand-colored copperplate engraved map of Africa entitled "Africa Vetus, Nicolai Sanson Christianiss Galliar Regis Geographi" was originally created by Nicholas Sanson d...
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French Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
William & Mary Rare Pewter Trefid Spoon with Portraits, Circa 1690
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Very rare William and Mary pewter trefid spoon the handle molded in relief with portraits and dating from around 1690. The spoon has an elongated rounded ...
Category
English William and Mary Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pewter
17th Century French Carved Bleached Ebony Plaque "The Conversion of Saint Paul"
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wall with this intricately antique panel. Crafted of ebony wood in France circa 1680, the plaque depicts the dramatic biblical scene of "The Conversion of Saint Paul on th...
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French Baroque Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ebony
17th Century Spanish Wooden Crucifix Figure Sculpture
Located in Marbella, ES
17th century Spanish wooden crucifix figure sculpture.
Category
Spanish Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique Map of the Region of Bourbon by Janssonius, 1657
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map of France titled 'Borbonium Ducatus - Bourbonnois'. Decorative map of the Bourbon region. This map originates from 'Atlas Novus, Sive Theatrum Orbis Orbis Terrarum: In qu...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$390 Sale Price
20% Off
Couple of torchero angels. Carved and polychrome wood. Spanish school, 17th c.
Located in Madrid, ES
Couple of torchero angels. Carved and polychrome wood. Spanish school, 17th century.
They have faults.
Pair of human-shaped carvings made of polychrome wood that show two angels ra...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Handcolored Print of an Estate by Smallegange, Zeeland, The Netherlands, 1696
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Rynsburch'. Copper engraving of the estate of Rijnsburg, the Netherlands. This print originates from 'Nieuwe Cronyk van Zeeland' by Mattheus Smallegange.
Ar...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Reliquary Bronze Crucifix Pendant with Two Lateral Crosses, Italy, 17th Century
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A reliquary bronze crucifix on large engraved cross pendant with two hanging small crosses at both lateral sides of the large cross, Italy, early 17th century. Both small crosses wit...
Category
Italian Gothic Revival Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
$1,115 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian 17th Century Giltwood Altarpiece Sculpture Hand Carved in High Relief
Located in Firenze, IT
This antique 17th century Louis XIV period Italian architectural altarpiece fragment is made of a masterfully sculpted rectangular solid wood panel...
Category
Italian Louis XIV Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
Antique icon Jaroslav depicting the Mother of God of Life spending well, 17th c.
Located in Gorssel, GE
Monumental icon depicting the Mother of God of Life spending well (Zoodochos Pege).
Jaroslav, late 17th century.
Dimensions: 80 x 60 cm.
Category
Russian Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique Map of the Region of Aiguillon by Janssonius, 1657
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map 'Le Duche d'Aiguillon'. Decorative map of the Aiguillon region, France. Located at the confluence of the Lot and Garonne rivers. The map is based on the cartography of Pi...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$519 Sale Price
20% Off
Late Baroque Games Box Chess Backgammon Decorated with Rich Wooden Interior.
Located in Knivsta, SE
A beautiful Late Baroque Box used for Chess/Backgammon and Nine Men’s Morris Game pieces. Rich interior and exterior decorated with different types of wood, including olive, walnut and birch. Late 17th Century/Early 18th Century.
This charming games box features intarsia of wood veneer in several different types wood. The top of the box is a chess board decorated with three types of wood. The opposite side of the box is a board for Nine Men's Morris, an antique playing...
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European Baroque Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Birch, Olive, Walnut
"Child Jesus", Wood, Spanish School, 17th Century, pedestal made later.
Located in Madrid, ES
"Child Jesus". Carved and polychrome wood. Spanish school, 17th century. Base or pedestal made later.
Christ is presented naked, with a slight contrapposto on the legs and hips that...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Antique World Map with Astronomical Spheres by Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, c.1700
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique World Map with Astronomical Spheres by Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1700
This fascinating antique world map titled "Carte générale du monde, ou description du monde terr...
Category
French Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$868 Sale Price
25% Off
17th Century Tripod Apothecary Skillet Dated 1698 from The Ward Rvmens Family
Located in Brussels, Brussels
17th century tripod apothecary skillet dated 1698 by Ward Rymens.
The skillet is in superb condition and has had a restoration on one of the feet.
bronze with a very beautiful patina.
Category
British Georgian Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED Portuguese Sculpture from the 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED
17th Century Portuguese sculpture
in carved wood, polychrome and gilded.
Small flaws in the polychromy.
Height: (Christ) 32 cm. Height: (total) 86 cm.
good co...
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Portuguese Baroque Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
French 17th Century Bible Stand, Lutrin
Located in Round Top, TX
An outstanding 17th century Lutrin, Bible stand, book stand from the South of France. Expertly crafted in hand-forged iron. A stunning piece not only to d...
Category
French Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Antique orthodox 19th Century Enamelled Bronze Travel Icon
Located in Madrid, ES
This antique 19th-century travel icon is crafted from bronze and adorned with enamel, giving it exceptional beauty and durability. Orthodox travel icons were used by the faithful to ...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
17th Century Italian Faience Madonna with Child Relief Wall Plaque
Located in Milano, MI
A fashinating 17th century Italian Virgin with Child, an hand-made rectangular shaped relief devotional plaque in polychrome glazed terracotta depicting a Madonna with Child, dating ...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Terracotta
large apothecary's ivory mortar - 17th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Large apothecary's ivory mortar
Indo-Portuguese
17th century
16,7 x 10,4 cm
Cites certificate number 2022/BE01446/CE
Category
Indian Renaissance Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ivory
Impressive Tabernacle, Italian Altar, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian tabernacle from the last quarter of the 17th century made in: mercury-gilt bronze, silver, enamel and ebony-
This spectacular tabernacle du...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Rare 1690 Map of England by Nicolaes Visscher II – Heptarchy Depicted
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of England 1690 by Nicolaes Visscher II – Heptarchy and Counties Shown
Antique 1690 map of England by Nicolaes Visscher II, showing the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy and detailed county...
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Dutch Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1616 Petrus Kaerius Map of Southern India and Ceylon – Narsinga et Ceylon
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: 1616 Petrus Kaerius Map of Southern India and Ceylon – Narsinga et Ceylon
This rare early 17th-century copper engraved map titled 'Narsinga et Ceylon' was created by Petrus K...
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German Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare 17th Century Japanese Export Lacquer Medical Instrument Box
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A rare Japanese export lacquer medical instrument box
Edo-period, 1650-1700
L. 19 x W. 6 x H. 8.5 cm
This unconventionally shaped lacquer b...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Antique Map of Andalusia Spain – Hand-Coloured Tassin Engraving 1651
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of Andalusia Spain – Hand-Coloured Tassin Engraving 1651
This fine hand-coloured engraved map shows the historic kingdom of Andalusia in southern Spain, created by Nicol...
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French Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of the of the Course of the Albis River 'or Elbe River'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Albis Fluvius Germaniae celebris A Fontiubus Ad Ostia, Cum Fluminibus ab utroque latere in illum fluenibus descriptus'. Detailed map of the course of the Albis Ri...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$567 Sale Price
20% Off
The Holy Land at the Time of Jesus: A 17th Century Dutch Map by Visscher
Located in Alamo, CA
This detailed Dutch map entitled "Het Beloofe de Landt Canaan door wandelt van onsen Salichmaecker Iesu Christo, nessens syne Apostelen" by Nicolaes Visscher was published in Amsterd...
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Dutch Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Angel, Cherub, Putti In Carved Wood, Baroque, Late 17th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Carved wooden angel, high Baroque, late 17th century - early 18th century
Origin • Bavarian (Munich / Augsburg), Austrian (Salzburg / Tyrol), South German
Length measured in a straig...
Category
German Baroque Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Large 17th Century French Slate Octagonal Sundial
Located in Madrid, ES
A Large 17th century French Slate Octagonal Sundial
With wrought iron gnomon and profusely engraved with latin letters.Size:39x39 cm.With latter hanging ...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Slate
$2,126 Sale Price
20% Off
Limoges enamel plaque the Assumption of Mary, silver frame. France, around 1600
Located in Gorssel, GE
Limoges enamel pax depicting the Assumption of Mary, in a silver frame in Renaissance style decorated with scrollwork and five angel heads,
ca. 1600.
Total height: 14.8 cm., width...
Category
French Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper, Enamel, Silver
Antique Map of the Holy Land, showing the travels of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Tabula Itineraria Patriarcharum Abrahami, Isaaci et Iacobi'. Decorative regional map of the Holy Land, showing the travels of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Published ...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$529 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Antique Blaeu Map of Karst, Carniola, Istria, and Trieste, circa 1640
Located in Langweer, NL
Blaeu Map of Karst, Carniola, Istria, and Trieste, circa 1640
This is an original antique map titled “Karstia, Carniola, Histria et Windorum Marchia,” published by Willem Blaeu in Amsterdam circa 1640. The map depicts the historical regions of Karst (Karstia), Carniola (modern-day Slovenia), Istria (the peninsula shared by Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy), and the Windic March, a medieval border territory.
The engraving shows detailed place names, rivers, mountains, and settlements across present-day Slovenia, northeastern Italy, and northwestern Croatia. The Gulf of Trieste is prominently illustrated at the lower left, with Trieste labelled and coastal settlements clearly indicated. The Adriatic Sea is elegantly engraved with stippled waters, a compass rose, rhumb lines, and a sailing ship, enhancing its decorative maritime appeal.
In the upper left corner is a beautifully designed cartouche bearing the title within a scrollwork frame with foliage and drapery motifs. The lower left includes a mileage scale in Italian miles and a dedication to Guiljelmus Blaeu excudit, confirming its publication from the Blaeu workshop.
Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571–1638) was one of the leading Dutch cartographers of the early 17th century, succeeded by his son Joan Blaeu. Their maps were known for their precision, aesthetic engraving, and clarity, making the Blaeu atlases the most prestigious publications of the Dutch Golden Age.
Condition:
Good condition. Strong, clean impression on laid paper with wide margins. Light age toning and faint foxing in blank margins, minor creasing along the original centre fold as issued. No tears or repairs noted. Fully suitable for framing.
Framing tips:
Frame this map in a thin black, walnut, or gilt frame to enhance its historic character. Use an off-white or cream archival mat to highlight the detailed engraving and preserve the sheet edges. UV-protective glazing is recommended to protect the paper and ensure its clarity and integrity over time.
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Dutch Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Italian Carved Solid Walnut Kneeler from 1600s in Patina
Located in Cesena, FC
Lombard / Venetian kneeler from the 1600s, in patina
Solid walnut with Greek carved details under the top and capital feet
Drawers panelled in briarwood...
Category
Italian Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Arcon Chest Coffer Leather Armorial Spanish Baroque Gilded Brass Studwork Domed
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, early 17th century, Spanish, leather, ‘Arcon’ or domed travelling coffer with a gilded armorial & ornamented with brass studwork.
Surviving utalitarian pieces such as travel...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Hand-Colored Map of Westphalia – Copper Engraving by Ottens, Amsterdam c.1720
Located in Langweer, NL
Hand-Colored Map of Westphalia – Copper Engraving by Ottens, Amsterdam c.1720
This striking early 18th-century map titled *Nova Ducatus Westphaliae Tabula accurate descripta et in S...
Category
European Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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