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Period: 1810s
Antique Poetry Book, The Lady Of The Lake, Walter Scott, Early Edition, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of The Lady of the Lake, the celebrated narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1811, a year after the initial release. A leather-bound volume, illus...
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British Georgian Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
George III Rare Bronze Cased Chronology of the Sovereigns of England
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and very interesting antique Georgian bronze medallion cased set of printed discs titled CHRONOLOGY OF THE SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND and believed to have been produced around 1815...
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English George III Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Copernican Delamarche Planetary With Hand Mechanism
Located in Firenze, IT
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Copernican-type planetary globe in cardboard and engraved paper mounted on a blackened wooden stand.
France, circa 1810.
H. 54 cm Diam. 36 cm
Antique armillary spheres...
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French Louis XVI Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
19th Century Mahogany Barometer F Somalvico Antique Weather Measuring Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Barometer complete with clock signed F. Somalvico N ° 11 Brook Str. Holborn London datable between 1810 and 1820. Finely crafted mahogany wood case with cedar wood edges. Large silve...
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British Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
An Interesting Account of the Voyages and Travels of Captains Lewis and Clarke
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fisher, William. An Interesting Account of the Voyages and Travels of Captains Lewis and Clarke, in the Years 1804-5, & 6... Baltimore: P. Mauro, 1813. 12mo. Illustrated. Rebound in...
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American Federal Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
English Regency Gilt Figural and Ebonized Dital Harp, Maker E. Light, Circa 1815
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency gilt stenciled figural and floral ebonized dital harp signed by maker Edward Light. Retailed at Srohl Foley place London, Early 19th century.
Category
English Regency Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
String, Wood, Ebony, Giltwood
Grand Tour Neoclassical Style Faux-Marble Temple
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful and important wooden memorial temple covered in faux marble.
From the purest neoclassical form, this Grand Tour piece of furniture is a classic piece of furniture of grea...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
Complete Works of Thomas Babington Macaulay. 20 vols. KINICKERBOCKER EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MACAULAY, Thomas Babington.
TITLE: The Complete Works of Thomas Babington Macaulay. The Miscellaneous Works & The History of England.
PUBLISHER: NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1...
Category
American Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique Golf Engraving, Henry Callender ESQ, Golf Mezzotint
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Golf mezzotint of 'Henry Callender Esq' (Captain of the society of Golfers at Blackheath) after Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760-1803).
Henry Callend...
Category
British Sporting Art Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1813 The Plays of William Shakespeare
Located in Bath, GB
An exceptionally bright example of the scarce 1813 twenty-one volume set of the plays of Shakespeare, supplemented with a wealth of comments and critical notices.
The very scarce complete 1813 twenty-one volume edition of the plays of Shakespeare. Referred to as the Reed Edition of 1813, this is also known as Johnson-Steevens-Reed 6, the "sixth edition" by Johnson-Steevens, or the "second variorum edition".
With notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, this edition was revised and augmented by Isaac Reed.
Consisting of:
Volume I - Prefatory material and critical analysis by Reed, Richardson, and Malone. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, and four plates.
Volume II - Essays by Farmer, Colman, lists of Editions, lists of Criticism, Commendatory verses, Malones "Attempt to Ascertain the Order of Shakespeare's Plays," Malone's essay on Ford's pamphlet, Steevens's remarks on the same.
Volume III - Malone's Historical Account of the English Stage, and the Further Historical Account by Chalmers. With four folding plates.
Volume IV - The Tempest; Two Gentlemen of Verona; Midsummer Night's Dream.
Volume V - Merry Wives of Windsor; Twelfth Night.
Volume VI - Much Ado About Nothing; Measure for Measure.
Volume VII - Love's Labour's Lost; Merchant of Venice.
Volume VIII - As You Like It; All's Well That Ends Well.
Volume IX - Taming of the Shrew; Winter's Tale.
Volume X - Macbeth; King John.
Volume XI - King Richard II; King Henry IV, Part 1. With a folding plate.
Volume XII - King Henry IV, Part 2; King Henry V.
Volume XIII - King Henry VI, Part 1; King Henry IV, Part 2.
Volume XIV - King Henry VI, Part 3; Dissertation, &c.; King Richard III.
Volume XV - King Henry VIII; Troilus and Cressida.
Volume XVI - Coriolanus; Julius Caesar.
Volume XVII - Antony and Cleopatra; King Lear.
Volume XVIII - Hamlet; Cymbeline.
Volume XIX - Timon of Athens; Othello.
Volume XX - Romeo and Juliet; Comedy of Errors.
Volume XXI - Titus Andronicus...
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British Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Empire of the Parthians: Historical Cartographic Masterpiece by d'Anville, 1819
Located in Langweer, NL
Description:
Ancient map of the Parthian Empire (19th century), original engraving extracted from the atlas of the history of the emperors from 1819, based on the history of the Rom...
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Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Antique English Georg III Mahogany Barometer
Located in VALENZA, IT
A fine quality example of a mercury wheel barometer. A mahogany case. A wider and deeper case with an opening door for the long scale thermometer with silvered dial.
A silvered engraved dial signed 'J.B.Sala, Holborn'. Circa 1820.
The banjo barometer is also known as the wheel barometer. It was invented by Robert Hooke...
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English George III Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
The Works of Samuel Johnson. 12 vols. NEW EDITION - 1810 - IN A FINE BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: JOHNSON, Samuel.
TITLE: The Works of Samuel Johnson. With An Essay On His Life And Genius, by Arthur Murphy.
PUBLISHER: London: for many, 1810.
DESCRIPTION: NEW EDITION. ...
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American Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique Scandinavian Bible, Norway 1810
Located in Hønefoss, 30
A beautiful antique bible from Scandinavia in the year 1810. The cover are probably even older, possibly late 1700s.
Works perfect as a Wabi Sabi decoration element to give the r...
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Norwegian Romantic Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Wordsworth, the White Doe of Rylstone, 1st Edition, Presentation Copy, 1815
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Wordsworth, William.
Title: The White Doe of Rylstone; or The Fate of the Nortons.
Publisher: London: James Ballantyne & Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1815.
Description: First Edition Presentation Copy. 1 vol., 10-3/8" x 8-5/8", inscribed on the half-title by Wordsworth "To his friend/Francis Merewether/April 26 1821", engraved frontispiece by J.C. Bromley after Sir George...
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British Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1815 Robinson Crusoe
By Daniel Defoe
Located in Bath, GB
A scarce and sought after 'academic edition' of Robinson Crusoe, an extensively annotated edition with footnotes on a wide variety of subjects.
A very unusual and scarce edition of ...
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British Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
John William Polidori-the Vampyre-1819-1st Ed-Michael Sadleir's Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: POLIDORI, John William.
Title: The Vampyre; A Tale.
Publisher: London: for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1819.
Description: First edition third issue and Michael Sadleir's copy. pp.[25]-84, with the half title, complete, 8vo., this issue with the preface set in 23 lines and misprint "lmost" for "almost," on last line of page 36, still in the original stitching, all edges uncut as issued, with the original brown/gray paper wrappers, housed in a green cloth chemise in an open ended slipcase, gilt lettered spine. Paper book label...
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British Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A Wooden Diptical Sundial Germany 1810's
Located in Firenze, IT
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Pocket sundial, made out of wood, ...
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German Neoclassical Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
POLIDORI - The Vampyre - 1819 - FIRST EDITION - THE EARLIEST OBTAINABLE ISSUE
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: POLIDORI, John William.
TITLE: The Vampyre; A Tale.
PUBLISHER: London: for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1819.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SECOND SHERWOOD ISSUE IN ORIGINAL ...
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British Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Map of South East Asia by Thomas Clerk, 1817
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of South East Asia
Copper-plate engraving
Drawn and engraved by Thomas Clerk, Edinburgh.
Published by Mackenzie And Dent, 1817
Unframed.
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English Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Beautiful and Rare Original Antique Engraving of a Village in Tonga, 1817
Located in Langweer, NL
Fete donnee au General Dentrecasteaux par Toubau, Roi des Iles des Amis
Original antique engraving showing the party given to General Dentrecasteaux by Toubau, King of the Friendl...
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Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique coin-operated large double singing birds-in-cage, by Bontems
Located in London, GB
An antique coin-operated large double singing birds-in-cage, by Bontems,
French
circa 1900
Spend a penny in style
When wound and a 1d. coin inse...
Category
French Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gesso
Georgian Pearlware Treaty of Paris Commemorative Pottery Jug 1814
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare Georgian pearlware pottery jug commemorating the Treaty of Paris on 30th May, 1814.
The Treaty of Paris ended the Napoleonic wars between France and Great Britain, Russia, A...
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English George III Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pearlware
Early 19th Century Original Framed Land Indenture, England, 1810
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A large hand written land indenture document England, 1810, framed. The beautifully hand written document mounted on board with a red velvet border and ...
Category
English Regency Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood, Parchment Paper, Glass
Regency Lane’s Pocket Globe, Dated 1818
By Lane's
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A 3 ½ inch Regency Lane’s pocket globe, dated 1818, the terrestrial globe with the seas in light green and the land masses outlined in darker green, contained within a hinged black shagreen case, the concave interior of the case applied with the engraved celestial charts...
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English Regency Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Mary Brunton, Discipline, First Edition, 1814, 3 Volumes
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BRUNTON, Mary.
TITLE: Discipline: A Novel. By The Author Of "Self Control".
PUBLISHER: Edinburgh: By George Ramsay & Co., for many, 1814.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION...
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British Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
William Bateman I Antique English Sterling Silver Snuffer / Pen Tray
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An excellent, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver snuffer/pen tray made by William Bateman I; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique George III sterling silver snuffer tray has a plain rectangular form with rounded corners.
The surface of this fine example of antique silverware is plain and unembellished.
The raised rounded border is embellished with an impressive vertebrate band of stylized floral, bud and foliate ornamentation, all on a matte background.
The rim of the tray is encompassed with an exceptional applied gadroon decorated border accented with a floral motif to either side and a scrolling leaf decorated design to each corner.
The underside of this impressive Georgian snuffer tray bears the silversmith's centre punch mark in addition to the full hallmarks pertaining to the renowned London silversmith William Bateman I.
Condition
This antique silver candle snuffer...
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British George III Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
ANTiQUE REGENCY CIRCA 1810 HARDWOOD NEVER USED NOTEPAD SAFE WITH ORIGINAL BOOKS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly collectable Antique circa 1810-1820 Regency Rosewood notepad or diary safe with pe...
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European Regency Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood, Paper
English Engraved Hand Colored Map of the North Eastern United States, circa 1817
Located in Charleston, SC
English copper engraved hand colored map of the North Eastern United States matted under glass in a gilt frame, Early 19th Century. Drawn and Engraved for Thomson's New General Atlas...
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English George III Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Paint, Giltwood, Glass
Bronze Mortar with Inscription, Spain, 1816
Located in Madrid, ES
Pharmacy mortar. Bronze. Spain, 1816.
Mortar with an excavated mouth, decoration of derived ribs in pilasters and a stripe in the upper area with an inscription (I am from Don Juan Antonio...
Category
Spanish Neoclassical Revival Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
English Brass Urn & Marble Base Scale . Circa 1815
Located in Charleston, SC
English brass scale with centered urn , feather pointer , brass pans, marble base , and terminating on brass ball feet. All original . Early 19t...
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English George III Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique French Coquilla Nut Kneeling Monk Snuff Box
Located in Newark, England
PRAYING MONK SNUFF BOX
From our Collectables Category, we are delighted to offer this Antique Coquilla Nut Monk Snuff Box. The Snuff Box of beautiful patination carved from Coquilla...
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French Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Nutwood
1818-1820 Les Vies de Hommes Illustres de Plutarque
By Plutarch
Located in Bath, GB
A new and revised edition of this translation of Plutarch's Parallel Lives, or Lives of Illustrious Men, in French.
French. Complete in thirteen volumes. Part of a larger set of twe...
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French Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1816 Large Southern Hindostan Map by J. Thomson – New General Atlas
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: 1816 Southern Hindostan Map by J. Thomson – New General Atlas
This map, titled "Southern Hindostan," was published in 1816 as part of J. Thomson’s *New General Atlas*. The ma...
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Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Prussian Dominions Map by John Pinkerton, 1818 - Detailed Copperplate Engraving
Located in Langweer, NL
Prussian Dominions Map by John Pinkerton, 1818 - Detailed Copperplate Engraving
Description: This detailed map by John Pinkerton depicts the Prussian Dominions as of 1818, including...
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Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Circa 1810 Neo-gothic Giltwood Processional Cross on Orb
Located in Hastings, GB
Early 19th Century gilt wood Neo-Gothic processional cross, Germany circa 1810, mounted on an orb with carved swag detail, overlaid in gesso and gilt.
A rare example of the neo-go...
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German Gothic Revival Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gesso, Wood
1817 Large Northern Hindostan Map by J. Thomson – New General Atlas
Located in Langweer, NL
1817 Thomson Map of Northern Hindoostan – Detailed British Cartography of India
This map, titled "A New Map of Hindoostan from the Latest Authorities," was drawn and engraved for Jo...
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Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of the Bolshoi Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia, ca.1810
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique print titled 'The Stone Theatre at St. Petgersbourg'. View ofthe Bolshoi Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 1886 the building was declared unsafe and, at th...
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Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Military Costume of the Gothic Nations on the Western Coasts of the Baltic, 1815
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Military Costume of the Gothic Nations on the Western Coasts of the Baltic'.
Old print of Baltic military costumes. Originates from 'The costume of the origin...
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Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Map of The World by Thomas Clerk, 1817
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of The Eastern and Western Hemispheres
On 2 sheets
Copper-plate engraving
Drawn and engraved by Thomas Clerk, Edinburgh.
Published by Mackenzie And Dent, 1817
...
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English Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Colourful Antique Map of Spain and Portugal, 1815
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map of Spain and Portugal. Thomson's map includes both countries in full, with Spain being divided into its various semi-autonomous provin...
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Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Old Costume Print Showing People at the Fair in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1817
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique costume print titled 'Group at the Fair at Rotterdam'.
Old costume print depicting a group of people from Rotterdam. This print originates from 'The Costume of the Nether...
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Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of Saint Isaac's Square, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, ca.1810
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: antique print titled 'The Place of St. Isaac'. View of Saint Isaac's Square, in Saint Petersburg or St Petersbourg, Russia. A city square spra...
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Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Decorative Hand-Colored Antique Print of Tartars Hunting Deer in Russia, 1813
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Tartars hunting deer'. This print originates from Samuel Howitt's 'Foreign Field Sports'.
Artists and Engravers: Samuel Howitt was an English painter, illust...
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Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Academic Costumes; a Pensioner of Trinity Hall, a Doctor of Physics & Law, 1815
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Pensioner of Trinity Hall - Common Dress of the Doctor in Law & The Doctor in Physic'.
Portraits of three men in academic costum...
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Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Hand-Colored Print of a Roman Catapult and Ballista, 1810
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled print of a Roman catapult and ballista.
This print originates from 'Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages' by R....
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Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Old Hand-Colored Print of a Mounted British Warrior, 1815
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'A Mounted British Warrior'.
Old print of a British Warrior. Originates from 'Selections of the Ancient Costume of Great Brita...
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Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Interesting Old Print of Writing and Carpenter Utensils and More, 1810
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled print of Anglo Saxon banquet, scissors, tongs, penknife, stylus, feather and inkwell, small pliers, carpenter's ax, hammers, balance and the funeral stretcher of King Ethelb...
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Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1811 John Cary Map of Lower Saxony - Featuring Bremen, Holstein, and More
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "1811 John Cary Map of Lower Saxony - Featuring Bremen, Holstein, and More"
Description: This is an exquisite map of the Lower Saxony region, created by the renowned cartogra...
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Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1812 United States Map, by Pierre Tardieu, Antique French Map Depicting the U.S.
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
1812 "United States of Nth America -- Carte des Etats-Unis De L'Amerique Septentrionale" Two-Sheet Map by Tardieu
This attractive map, published in Paris in 1812, is one of the most rare large format maps from the period. It features a view of the East Coast of the U.S. from Maryland to just below South Carolina. Additionally, Ellicott’s plan for the City of Washington D.C. is included at the top right and an illustration of Niagara Falls is shown at the bottom right with a description in both French and English. This extremely detailed map not only depicts the mountainous regions of the southeastern U.S., but also includes names of regions, rivers, and towns.
Based on the first state of Arrowsmith’s 4-sheet map of the United States, this map is completely engraved by Tardieu in Paris and showcases high quality engravings. This detailed map of the recently independent United States includes one of the largest and earliest examples of the Ellicott plan of Washington DC.
The artist, Pierre François Tardieu (PF Tardieu) was a very well-known map engraver, geographer, and illustrator. Awarded a bronze medal by King Louis-Phillipe for the accuracy and beauty of his map-making, Tardieu produced many fine works including maps of Louisiana...
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French Antique 1810s 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.
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English George III Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
View of Dover Castle Atop the Cliffs in the Background, England, 1818
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'Dover Castle.'
A view of the beach and sea with Dover Castle atop the cliffs in the background. Published by T. McLean in 1818.
Artists and Engravers: ...
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Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Original Antique Print of a Young Woman from Prättigau, Switzerland, ca.1815
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'A young woman, Valley of Prettigaw'.
Original antique print of a young woman from Prättigau, Switzerland. This print originates from 'Switzerland, as now di...
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Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Map of Oceania, the 5th Continent, 1816
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled ‘Océanie ou cinquième partie du monde‘.
This is an original antique map of Oceania, the 5th continent, by Herisson taken from atlas "Nouv. Abrége de Géographie...
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Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Wealth of Nations, A New Edition, by Adam Smith, Three Volume Set, 1812
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Smith LL.D F.R.S., Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. A New Edition, to Which is Prefixed an Account of the Life of the Author, and A View of His D...
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English George III Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Bronze and Glass Pendant with Sulphide of Napoleon, French, circa 1810
Located in New York, NY
A French sulphide portrait cut-glass pendant plaque of Napoleon in the uniform of Colonel of the Guard, after the medal by Andrieu.
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French Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
‘Royal’ Barometer by John Russell, Watchmaker to the Prince Regent
By John Russell
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This superbly crafted wheel barometer and thermometer has a mahogany case surrounded by twisted brass stringing and central panels of foliate tendrils above Russell’s signature thistle motif in black and gilt verre églomisé. It is surmounted by a brass Prince of Wales feather finial. The long, rectangular thermometer plate is inscribed ‘Thermometers: Beaumar, Fahrenheit, Royal Society of London’, the latter being an early attempt to standardise temperature measurement. The circular dial is inscribed ‘Changeable, Fair, Settled Fair, Much Rain’ and ‘Rain’ and signed across the centre ‘J Russell, Falkirk, Invt et Fecit, Watch Maker to his R.H the Prince Regent’. The reverse has a paper label ‘Russell, Iden Collection Inventory 1896’. Scottish, circa 1815.
Provenance: Mr Walter Iden.
Published: Percy G. Dawson, The Iden Clock Collection, Woodbridge, 1987. No.125, p.280.
These ‘royal barometers’ were so named because John Russell of Falkirk...
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Scottish Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Fine Circular Protractor by William Cary, London c.1810
By Cary
Located in Norwich, GB
William Cary, London Circular Protractor. C.1810
The protractor with geared knob turn for full diameter bar, double hinged scribe arms with shaped frame. Main wheel with four spokes and glass sight cross centre, full circumference inscribed divider to 360 degrees signed Cary, London to the bar. Adjustment screws to the arms and housed in it’s original mahogany case with hinged lid.
William Cary is listed as working in Strand, London from 1801 to 1825.
William Cary was an important scientific instrument maker, he trained under Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800) he produced numerous scientific instruments including mechanical calculators...
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English Antique 1810s Collectibles and Curiosities
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Brass
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