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Antique 24 Karat Gold Egyptian Revival Scarab Pendant Brooch Cesare Tombini 1870
Located in Portland, OR
A wonderful antique 24 karat gold Egyptian Revival brooch set with an ancient 1500 B.C.E Egyptian faience pottery scarab, by the famous 19th century Italian jeweler Cesare Tombini, c...
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Italian Egyptian Revival Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Second half of the 19th century half-hull of an English schooner wooden
Located in Milan, IT
Second half of the 19th century half-hull of an English schooner wooden planking nailed and mounted on ebonized wooden board.
Good condition, board measures 100x 13x21 cm - inches...
Category
Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique 19th Century Ivory 14 k Gold Pre-Raphaelite Cameo Brooch Pendant 1870
Located in Portland, OR
A very elegant carved ivory & 14 karat gold cameo brooch & pendant, Italy, circa 1870.
This very lovely cameo is carved as a beautiful Pre-Raphalite maiden, the cameo is finely & dee...
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Italian Pre-Raphaelite Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
19th Century National Whaling Bank Check
Located in Nantucket, MA
Rare 19th Century Bank Check Drawn on the "National Whaling Bank" of New London, Connecticut, written on 23 December and deposited and cancelled on 5 January 1872. The check is adorn...
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American Victorian Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Walking Stick Cane with Carved Greyhound Handle Dated 1874s
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique Victorian walking stick featuring a carved horn handle in the form of a greyhound featuring glass eyes on tapering malacca shaft with a decorative silver ban...
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Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has been meticulously polished and lacquered. We just restored a great collection of thes...
Category
European Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
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
British Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Bronze And Cast Iron Signal Cannon
Located in Essex, MA
With bronze cannon mounted on a chassis with green painted cast iron wheels.
Category
American Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Bronze And Cast Iron Signal Cannon
Located in Essex, MA
With bronze cannon mounted on a cast iron base with wheel carriage.
Category
American Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Antique 19th C. W & A K Johnston 18" Celestial Library Floor Globe Stand 1879
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine antique Celestial floor globe on stand by W. & A.K. Johnston, 1879.
Representation of stars and constellations as they would appear on a sphere (Celestial sphere) of inf...
Category
Victorian Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Brass telescope with leather handle England circa 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Cannocchiale a sezione tonda brass with leather-covered handle and three-extension focus. Cannocchiale a sezione tonda brass with leather-covered handle and three-extension focus. ...
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Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
English telescope 3 brass extensions and copper handle circa 1870s
Located in Milan, IT
Brass telescope with copper handle, three-extension focus. English manufacture of the second half of the 19th century. Maximum length 62 cm, inches 23.4, minimum cm 20,- inches 7.9 ...
Category
Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Brass telescope 3 extensions signed F.M. Newton Optician Halifax 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Brass telescope with leather-covered handle and three-extension focus, signed F.M. Newton Optician Halifax of the second half of the 1800s. Maximum length cm 87.5, inches 34.4 minim...
Category
Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has been meticulously polished and lacquered. We just restored a great collection of thes...
Category
European Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Brass nautical magnetic compass, signed Sestrel London circa 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Brass nautical magnetic compass, signed Sestrel London from the second half of the 19th century and housed in its original wooden box with slot lid, fitted with pins and handle bras...
Category
Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
The Works Of Alexander Pope. 10 VOLUMES - NEW EDITION - 1871 - IN FULL TAN CALF
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: POPE, Alexander.
TITLE: The Works Of Alexander Pope. Includes Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials.
PUBLISHER: London: John Murray, 1871.
DESCRIPT...
Category
British Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Round section brass telescope with slightly splayed shape of 1870s
Located in Milan, IT
Round-section brass telescope with a slightly splayed shape and leather-covered handle, English manufacture in the second half of the 19th century Mass fire with two extensions. Maxi...
Category
Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Set of Seven Leather Volumes of Daniel De Foe's Works
By George Bell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare set of Daniel Defoe's works published in 1878 by George Bell & son's in London. George Bell & Sons was a reputable publisher in the 19th century, known for producing high-qua...
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English Other Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Cannocchiale in ottone e cuoio manifattura inglese della seconda metà dell'800
Located in Milan, IT
Cannocchiale a sezione tonda in ottone con impugnatura rivestita di cuoio e messa fuoco a tre allunghi. Manifattura inglese della seconda metà dell'800. Lunghezza massima cm 71,5, i...
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Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Cannocchiale in ottone con impugnatura in Galuchat seconda metà XIX secolo
Located in Milan, IT
Cannocchiale in ottone a sezione tonda con impugnatura rivestita di Galuchat pelle di razza conciata e messa fuoco a tre allunghi. Manifattura inglese della seconda metà dell'800. Lu...
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Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Nautical magnetic compass, signed Henry Browne & Son Ltd Barking & London 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Nautical magnetic compass, signed Henry Browne & Son Ltd Barking & London Sestrel Mark from the second half of the 19th century.
Bon état. Housed in its original wooden box and mou...
Category
Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Cannocchiale ottone e cuoio messa fuoco a tre allunghi Inghilterra 1870 circa
Located in Milan, IT
Cannocchiale in ottone con impugnatura rivestita di cuoio e messa fuoco a tre allunghi. Manifattura inglese della seconda metà dell'800. Lunghezza massima cm 41, inches 16.1 minima c...
Category
Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, First Edition, Two-Volume Set, 1875
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Sherman, William T. Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Written By Himself. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. First edition. In two volumes. Rebound in quarter blue leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and gilt titles to the spine, new marbled endpapers. New custom archival cloth slipcase with Sherman portrait inlay.
Presented is a first edition printing of The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman. This two volume book set was published by D. Appleton and Company, in New York, in 1875. It is presented here, rebound in striking quarter blue leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and gilt titles to the spine, new marbled endpapers, and a custom archival cloth slipcase to fit both books.
Ten years after the end of the Civil War, Sherman became the first General to publish his memoirs of that period. He began writing his account in 1872 and the two volumes were published by D. Appleton and Company in the spring of 1875. According to the publisher’s prospectus, the two volume set was originally offered in four different bindings, including fine blue cloth, green cloth, full sheepskin, and half blue moroccan leath.
Sherman explains his motivations for writing in the preface of Volume I: “Nearly ten years have passed since the close of the civil war in America, and yet no satisfactory history thereof is accessible to the public;…. What is now offered is not designed as a history of the war, or even as a complete account of all the incidents in which the writer bore a part, but merely his recollection of events, corrected by a reference to his own memoranda, which may assist the future historian when he comes to describe the whole, and account for the motives and reasons which influenced some of the actors in the grand drama of war.”
His two volume account touches briefly on his early life, including his time at West Point, his life in and out of the army in Florida, California, New York, Kansas, and Louisiana. Yet the bulk of the writing is focused on the Civil War. “Written with the propulsive energy and intelligence that marked his campaigns” his memoir provides firsthand accounts of Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, the infamous Atlanta campaign, and his march to the sea through Georgia and the Carolinas.
The memoir describes striking incidents and anecdotes and collects dozens of his incisive and often outspoken wartime orders and reports. Throughout it all, Sherman is quite frank in describing the rights and wrongs of the campaigns he saw, writing without much concern for the feelings or experiences of others. This complex self-portrait of an innovative and relentless American general provides for a vivid read and an exceptional Civil War account.
CONDITION:
Good condition. First edition. In two volumes. Beautifully restored and rebound. Quarter blue leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and gilt titles to the spine, new marbled endpapers. Paper is okay to good, with toning as to be expected. Scattered spots and smudges. Inscribed twice by previous owner, inscription on the top of the Note page of Vol I and on the full title page of Vol II. Large "Military Map...
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American Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
1872 Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive and Entertaining Tracts - 8 Volumes
Located in Morristown, NJ
8 of 10 volumes (2-7 and 9-10) Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts New and Revised Edition, printed 1872 by W. & R. Chambers, Edinburgh. Uniformly bound in hal...
Category
Scottish Edwardian Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique 6 Bell and Drum Music Box by Charles Lecoultre, c. 1870
Located in London, GB
A magnificent quality six bell and drum cylinder music box made by Charles Lecoultre of Geneva, Switzerland in c. 1870.
The fully serviced musical movement features a central drum an...
Category
Swiss Victorian Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Steel
Cannocchiale ottone e cuoio con messa fuoco a due allunghi Inghilterra 1870 circ
Located in Milan, IT
Cannocchiale in ottone con impugnatura rivestita di cuoio e messa fuoco a due allunghi, completo di tappo e di linguetta parapolvere. Manifattura inglese della seconda metà dell'800....
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Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Drake, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Drake. Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, Franklin Square. 1st Ed hardcover no dust jacket as published. With b&w frontispiece; map of New...
Category
American Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Harvard Fraternal Medallion - Delta Kappa Epsilon DKE 1877 Robert P. Hastings
Located in Soquel, CA
Harvard Fraternal Medallion - Delta Kappa Epsilon DKE 1877 Robert P. Hastings
Silver Medallion by the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity to Robert P. Hastings Harvard College 1873-1877
The Hastings College of Law was founded by Serranus Clinton Hastings,
a man of diverse and magnificent accomplishments. Schoolmaster, lawyer,
legislator, member of Congress, Chief Justice...
Category
American American Classical Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Victorian Carved Oak And Walnut Book Holder
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular with 3/4 gallery carved on the outside with a central lion flanked soldiers. Interior with walnut over two drawers. Bun feet. Meant to be placed on a desk with the back f...
Category
European Victorian Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak, Walnut
The Colleoni Chapel - Model made of wood, paper, tablet and various materials.
Located in Brescia, IT
The Colleoni Chapel - Model in wood, paper, tablet and various materials, Bergamo, 1873 -1875
The work has as its subject the Colleoni Chapel in Bergamo, commissioned by condottiere...
Category
Italian Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
19th Century hand crafted model of a church altar diorama
Located in London, GB
19th Century hand crafted model of a church altar diorama
An important 19th Century paper over pine model of an altar. Covered in gold leaf paper decoration with angels at the crown...
Category
Unknown Early Victorian Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll, 1872
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Carroll, Lewis. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1872. Illustrated by John Tenniel. First US Edition. Octavo. Rebound in full white lea...
Category
American Victorian Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
1879 The Chronicles of Barsetshire
By Anthony Trollope
Located in Bath, GB
A fine Bayntun-Riviere set of Anthony Trollope's noted series 'The Chronicles of Barsetshire'.
With an illustrated frontispiece to all volumes.
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an...
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English Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1870 Lord Lytton's Works
By Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Located in Bath, GB
A very pleasing set of thirty-seven volumes in uniform leather bindings of the works of Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
The works of Edward Bulwer-Lytton, a stunning collection in thirty-seve...
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European Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Lopsided Tennis Racket by F.H. Ayres
By F.H. Ayres
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique F.H. Ayres Lawn Tennis Racket.
A rare, early lopsided (tilt head or teardrop shape) lawn tennis racquet in good original condition by F.H. Ayres of London. The heavy ash lop...
Category
European Sporting Art Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ash
A perfect almost unworn pair of period 19th century hand made leather baby shoes
Located in London, GB
A perfect almost unworn pair of period 19th century hand made leather baby shoes.
Category
English Victorian Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Large Original Antique Map of The World, Fullarton, C.1870
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of the World. Showing both hemispheres
From the celebrated Royal Illustrated Atlas
Lithograph. Original color.
Published by Fullarton, Edinburgh, C.1870
Unframed.
Rep...
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Scottish Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Tiffany & Co Playing Cards, Italy 1970s
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Exclusive Set of 2 Decks Playing Cards, original Tiffany & Co New York with intact velvet box and branded Tiffany & Co box cover. Unique cards signed Tiffany & Co, sold only in New Y...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Velvet, Paper
Unique Antique Water Filter, 19th Century
Located in Udenhout, NL
This is a very unique and antique water filter from
Brussels, Belgium.
Category
Belgian Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Italian Double Base Case in Pine
Located in London, GB
A 19th century orchestral double base case constructed from pine timber, with iron hardware and its original floral lining to the interior. A spectacular and historic piece of sculpt...
Category
Italian Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
19th Century Miniature Model Cupboard Ash
Located in Münster, DE
Miniature cabinet around 1870
ash, lower part with three drawers, showcase top with small pediment, original glass and fittings
Dimensions: height 104 cm - width 50.5 cm - depth...
Category
German Rustic Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ash
The Luska Bay Regatta Challenge Cup won by Surprise, 1878
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This ornate repoussé silver trophy is in the form of a handled cup with an everted rim and tripod dolphin base. The high relief decoration comprises three gaff rigged yachts racing,...
Category
European Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Antique 1870s American Waltham Key Wound 15J Pocket Coin Silver Watch 18S
By Waltham Watch Co
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique late 1870’s American Watch Company key wound pocket watch. White porcelain face with black Roman numerals; second counting sub-dial with...
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Victorian Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Ancient original carriage from the 1800s
Located in Cesena, FC
Original Italian carriage from around 1870-80.
Four-wheeled carriage equipped with a large foldable canvas bellows,
with a two-seat seat for passengers and fitted with a higher seat ...
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Italian Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
19th Century Child's Platform Rocking Horse "Glider". American. Circa 1875
Located in Incline Village, NV
Of American manufacture, circa 1875, this authentic children's platform rocking horse "glider" is hand carved of hard wood, and has a hand craft...
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American Folk Art Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Leather
Austrian Empire 1872 Touch Tip Petrol Striker Pre-Lighter Sterling Silver by TCW
Located in Miami, FL
Touch tip petrol Pre lighter made in Austria.
A stunning highly collectable piece, created in Vienna Austria in the late 19th century, circa 1872. This is a petrol touch tip craft...
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Austrian Late Victorian Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
Mid-19th Century Handcrafted Sicilian Marionette Knight
Located in London, GB
Mid-19th Century Handcrafted Sicilian Marionette Knight
A mid to late 19th Century hand carved Sicilian marionette knight puppet. Still wearing a...
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Italian Early Victorian Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Large Original Antique Map of the World, Fullarton, circa 1870
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of the World.
From the celebrated Royal Illustrated Atlas
Lithograph. Original color.
Published by Fullarton, Edinburgh, circa 1870.
Unframed.
Category
Scottish Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
English Brass Nautical Ship Wheel Mounted with Yacht Binnacle on Rope Base, 1870
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Brass Nautical ship wheel mounted on a solid brass pedestal with an yacht binnacle having a gimballed signed compass, circular six spoke w...
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English William IV Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Heavy Twelve Spoke Ships Wheel
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique five-foot ships wheel built to an exceptional standard of girth and strength. Massive brass hub with wide keyhole. Varnish finish on the hardwood wheel. Circa 1870. As heavy ...
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European Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1876 "Gettysburg, The Repulse of Longstreet's Assault." Engraving
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented here is an 1876 engraving of John B. Bachelder and James Walker’s Gettysburg. The Repulse of Longstreet’s Assault. The engraved scene depicts the decisive battle on the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Researched by the photographer and topographer John B. Bachelder and painted by James Walker, the original painting was created in 1870. This detailed engraving was done by H. B. Hall Jr. and published by James Drummond Ball.
Otherwise called Pickett’s Charge, the battle occurred on July 3, 1863. Pickett’s corp commander, Lieutenant General James Longstreet was placed in charge of the attack despite his hesitations. Longstreet’s central role led to the title of the work, Repulse of Longstreet’s Assault. In an attempt to gain control of an important supply route, nine Confederate brigades charged across three-quarters of a mile of open ground against cannon fire to take Cemetery Ridge from the defending Union Army. Despite their overwhelming numbers, the Confederate forces were repelled with considerable casualties marking not only a decisive victory for the Union, but also the beginning of the slow defeat of Lee’s Army. The furthest the charging forces advanced before being repulsed would forever be known as the “High Water Mark of the Confederacy.” The Confederate army never recovered from the losses at Gettysburg and it effectively ended Lee’s campaign into Pennsylvania.
The engraving gives the perspective from the Union rear, one that encompasses most of the battlefield, from Big Round Top on the left to the northern reaches of Cemetery Ridge on the right. The Confederate lines at Seminary Ridge are in the far distance, partially obscured by bursting shells. The image centers on the main Confederate assault, in the vicinity of what today are known as "The Copse" and "The Bloody Angle." The composition has elemen...
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American Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th C. English Carved Mahogany Jewelry Box in the Form of a Miniature Dresser
Located in New Orleans, LA
A very unusual and handsome English carved mahogany Gentlemens jewelry box in the form of a miniature dresser, the upper section with an upward slidi...
Category
English Late Victorian Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Victorian Half Hull Model of a 3 Masted English Schooner
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian half hull model of a 3 masted English schooner, shown facing left, the shaped soft wood hull with black painted top sides and applied wood toe rail and gunwales, the bow ...
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English Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1879 "United States of America, Western Part" by O. J. Stuart
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This colorful original map, titled “United States of America, Western Part,” was issued in Volume 16 of “The American Cyclopædia.” A detailed reference map, the map was printed in co...
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American Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Prie Dieu Recliner of the 19th Century Dated1879
Located in Madrid, ES
PRIE DIEU RECLINER OF THE 19TH CENTURY DATED 1879
BEAUTIFUL RECLINER TO PRAY FROM THE XIX CENTURY. IN THE CENTRAL PART IT HAS AN OIL PAINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND DATED: L MONES...
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Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1875 "North America" Map by J. Bartholomew
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original 1875 map of “North America.” The map was issued in Volume 1 of the Ninth Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, published in Edinburgh. The map was drawn by famous Scottish mapmaker John Bartholomew. The map depicts North America, to include Greenland, the Dominion of Canada, the United States, Mexico, the countries of Central America, and the islands of the West Indies. Prominent rivers, mountain ranges, and cities are labeled on the map, and country borders are emphasized in red.
The Encyclopædia Britannica has been published continuously since 1768, appearing in fifteen official editions. The landmark ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, often called "the Scholar's Edition," was published from January 1875 to 1889 in 25 volumes. The editor and author of the “Foreword” was Thomas Spencer Baynes, the first English-born editor after a series of Scots. After 1880, Baynes was assisted by William Robertson Smith. The 9th edition is often lauded as a high point among early editions for scholarship.
The 9th edition was far more luxurious than any previously printed Encyclopædia Britannicas, with thick boards and quality leather bindings, premier paper, and a production which took full advantage of the technological advances of printing in the years between the 1850s and 1870s. The publishers took advantage of the new ability to print large graphic illustrations on the same pages as the text, as opposed to limiting illustrations to separate copper plate engravings. Although this technology had first been used in a primitive fashion the 7th edition, and to a much lesser extent in the 8th, in the 9th edition there were thousands of quality illustrations and maps set...
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Scottish Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Ulysses S. Grant Signed Presidential Appointment, Dated February 28, 1871
By Ulysses S. Grant
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original Ulysses S. Grant signed Presidential Appointment, dating to February 28, 1871. Signed during the first term of Grant's presidency, the document appoints "Robert W. Healy" to the role of "Marshal of the United States in and for the Southern District of Alabama." The appointment is countersigned by "Hamilton Fish" as Secretary of State.
The document is partially printed in formal script, and completed by hand in black ink. The document reads in full:
“Ulysses S. Grant,
President of the United States of America.
To all who shall see these presents greeting:
Know ye, That reposing special trust and confidence in the Integrity, Ability, and Diligence of Robert W. Healy, I have Nominated, and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, DO APPOINT HIM Marshal of the United States in & for the Southern District of Alabama; and do authorize & empower him to execute and fulfill the duties of that Office according to Law. And to hold and hold the said Office, with all the powers, privileges, and emoluments to the same of right appertaining, unto him, the said Robert W. Healy, for the term of four years from the day of the date hereof, subject to the conditions prescribed by law.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seat of the United States to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand, at the city of Washington, the Twenty eighth...
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American Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Carved Ship Figurehead Oak Wood Female Figure Antique Maritime
Located in Milan, IT
Figurehead in carved oak depicting a female figure whose body has the shape of a siren, symbol of fertility and protection, with female features in the upper part and fish tail inste...
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Antique 1870s Collectibles and Curiosities
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Wood
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