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Period: 1890s
Schafer & Vater White Glazed Drunken Man Dish
By Schafer & Vater
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful and rare antique German porcelain dish or desk stand modelled as a drunken man by Schafer & Vater and dating from around 1890. The figure lies outstretched on a ground w...
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German Jugendstil Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Porcelain

3 Volumes. John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and decorative floral boards. Raised band spine with gilt-bordered panels and...
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English Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Pair of 19th Century Juggler Pins
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 19th century juggler's pins with beautiful black and gold painting. A whimsical sculptural accent with unique history. England, cir...
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English Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Rare Antique Novelty Sterling Silver Cigar Cutter, 1899
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent and rare figural sterling silver cigar cutter; the terminal beautifully cast as a Boar's head retaining two original red stone / glas...
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British Late Victorian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Large Original Antique Map of Michigan 'North', USA, 1894
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous map of Michigan North. Original color. By Rand, McNally & Co. Published, 1894. Unframed. Free shipping.
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Antique 19th Century Architectural Model of Cathedral
Located in South Salem, NY
An English late 19th or early 20th Century scratch-built model in glass case of Lichfield Cathedral. This stunning scale model includes replicas of the stained glass windows and was ...
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English Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Hardwood

Rare Carved Hand Nude Goddess Meerschaum Pipe in Case, Circa 1890
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare carved hand nude goddess Meerschaum pipe in case. Circa 1890.  
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Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Foam

Nineteenth Century Ship Model in Original Paint
Located in Norwell, MA
Fine period model showing a classic windjammer. Carved lifeboats hang from davits. Two more lifeboats are on the cabin roof. Scribed and varnished deck. Rigged with a full set of sta...
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North American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Silver Tennis Racket Brooch
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Tennis Racket Brooch in Silver. A silver tennis racket brooch. This brooch is particularly fine in detail as the strings are represented ...
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British Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Antique English Victorian Dinner Gong with Sheffield Silver-Plated Bovine Horns
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Victorian dinner Gong with Sheffield silver-plated Bovine horns.
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English Victorian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sheffield Plate

Antique Gutty Bramble Pattern Golf Ball, IR
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Solid bramble pattern gutty golf ball. A moulded bramble patterned white gutta percha golf ball in original condition. The 1890's Gutty ball still has most of the white paint but is...
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British Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Rubber

Large Original Antique Map of Oregon, USA, 1894
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous map of Oregon. Original color. By Rand, McNally & Co. Published, 1894. Unframed. Free shipping.
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Unusual Harness Buckle set made for the Tzar Nicholas II in Paris, France 1896
Located in Milan, IT
Double set of buckles for harness. The bundles show of the Russian Imperial coat of arms. Each set includes eight buckles and four harness decorations. Mounted in two later oval frames. During 1896 the Tzar Nikolaj Aleksandrovic Romanov, Nicolas II...
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French Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Three Chamois Antler Mount Trophy on Black Forest Carved Wood Plaque Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A set of three antique Austrian Alps Chamois antler trophies on hand carved, Black Forest wooden plaques. I think they are from the 1890s or older. Tallest is approximate 10" high, 6...
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Austrian Folk Art Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Antler, Wood

John Addington Symonds, the Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi, 1890, Leather Bound
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SYMONDS, John Addington. TITLE: The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi. PUBLISHER: London: John C. Nimmo, 1890. DESCRIPTION: LIMITED EDITION. 2 vols., 9-1/4" x 7", limite...
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British Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

19th C Wax F.Ziegler Anatomical Models Studies Embryo Plant Scientific Medical
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rare pair of wax studies by F.Ziegler taken from the imagery of F.Keibel We believe the larger of the two models to be off a human embryo and the other to be of a plant. The ...
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German Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Vintage Black & White Golf Photograph
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Late Victorian golf photograph. A sepia toned late Victorian Colonial golf photograph of a group of male golfers, the group containing a few children. The gentlemen are wearing an assortment of clothing, some in caps, some in bowler hats, a couple with top hats, one gentleman wearing a military uniform with medals. The golf clubs they are holding are early wooden scared head long nose hickory clubs, the sort made by the great Scottish clubmakers like Tom Morris, Willie Park, Alex Patrick, Charlie...
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European Sporting Art Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Large Original Antique City Plan of Baltimore, USA, 1894
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous colorful map of Baltimore Original color By Rand, McNally & Co. Published, 1894 Unframed Free shipping.
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Victorian Taxidermy Turquoise Fronted Amazonian Parrot in Naturalistic Setting
Located in London, GB
A Victorian taxidermy Turquoise Fronted Amazonian in naturalistic setting mounted in orignal glass and wooden case.
Category

Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Wood, Feathers

Large Original Antique Map of Indiana, USA, 1894
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous map of Indiana. Original color. By Rand, McNally & Co. Published, 1894. Unframed. Free shipping.
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Ships Binnacle by James Morton Limited
Located in Norwell, MA
Exceptional ships binnacle by James Morton Limited of Sunderland. This is the “Capitalize Morabiton” model. A clinometer is fitted into the mermaid’s wais...
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Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Very Large Sterling Silver-Mounted Threaded Crystal Match Striker-Charles Mappin
Located in New York, NY
Very large, Victorian, sterling silver-mounted threaded crystal match striker, having a full sterling silver match cup, Birmingham England, year-hallmarked for 1895, Charles Mappin (...
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English Victorian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Crystal, Sterling Silver

Large Original Antique Map of Washington, 'State', USA, 1894
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous map of Washington. Original color. By Rand, McNally & Co. Published, 1894. Unframed. Free shipping.
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Large Original Antique Map of New York, USA, 1894
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous map of New York. Original color. By Rand, McNally & Co. Published, 1894 Unframed Free shipping.
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

1890 Small Antique Nautical Brass Pelorus Boyce-Meyer Pelorus Bronxonville N.Y
Located in Milan, IT
Antique small brass Pelorus, signed Boyce-Meyer Pelorus Bronxonville N.Y., made in the late of the XIX century. It has a sight system with a compass card with eight winds and goniome...
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

William Henry Goss Porcelain Model of Robert Burn’s Cottage Pastille Burner 1893
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish antique porcelain pastille burner model of Roberts Burn’s Cottage by renowned English potter William Henry Goss (British, 1833-1906) and dated 1893. William Henry Goss was probably best known for his prolific production of crested china wears which were developed for the souvenir trade however alongside these produced a number of other items which have become highly collectable today. This finely made pastille burner is modelled as a long single storey cottage with three windows...
Category

English Late Victorian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Porcelain

Large Original Antique City Plan of San Francisco, USA, 1894
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous colorful map of San Francisco Original color By Rand, McNally & Co. Published, 1894 Unframed Free shipping.
Category

American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

3 Volumes, James Grant, British Battles
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. James Grant, British Battles. Bound in 3/4 green calf and linen boards. Raised band spine gilt with title panels displaying red inlay with lette...
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English Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Artist Model
Located in Culver City, CA
Artist Model carved from solid pine, with beautifully carved features and a handsome face. France, circa 1890.
Category

French Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Louys, Pierre, Les Chansons De Bilitis, with 5 Original Watercolor Illustrations
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: LOUYS, Pierre. TITLE: Les Chansons de Bilitis. PUBLISHER: Paris: Librairie De L'art Independant, 1895. DESCRIPTION: WITH 5 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ILLUSTRATIONS. 1 vol., limited to 480 numbered copies on paper Velin this being copy #127, illustrated with 4 fine full page watercolor illustration and 1 half page (in text) by J. Robaglia, bound in full red morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers ruled and paneled in gilt, covers with blind tooled Greek Key design, spine panels and covers inlaid with multicolor morocco onlays depicting tulips and flowers in an art Deco style, gilt dentelles, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut by Samblanx-Weckesser. CONDITION: Internally clean and bright, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, overall VERY GOOD+. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This exact volume apparently last appeared at auction in 1919 as lot #207 Sotheby's Kensington "The Property of James Holmes...
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French Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

1 Volume, Prof. Pasquale Villari, the Life and Times of Niccolò Machiavelli
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Prof. Pasquale Villari, The Life and Times of Niccolò Machiavelli. Popular edition. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards. Raised...
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English Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

3Volumes, James Taylor, The Victorian Empire
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. James Taylor. The Victorian Empire. A Brilliant Epoch In Our National History.Bound in 3/4 blue calf, linen boards, marbled endpapers, top edges g...
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English Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Original Antique City Plan of Kansas City, USA. 1894
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous colorful map of Kansas City Original color By Rand, McNally & Co. Published, 1894 Unframed Slightly reduced bottom margin. Free shipping.
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Robert Brendel's Botanical Model "Juniperus", Germany 1900s
Located in Naples, IT
Rare Botanical Model produced in Germany in 1960 Mod. "Juniperus" N.49 , by R.Brendel & Co, this delightful botanical model depicts a moss plant, is made of...
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German Mid-Century Modern Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Paper

Primitive Hand Carved Wooden Sleigh for One Person, circa 19th Century
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lovely hand carved primitive, puristic wooden sleigh for one person, probably end of the19th century. The sleigh has a beautiful, silverish weathered pa...
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

1 Volume, Pierre De Nolhac, Marie Antoinette, the Queen
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Pierre de Nolhac, Marie Antoinette, The Queen. Bound in full navy morocco with covers displaying a crest, Fleur de Lis details, and borde...
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French Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Honore De Balzac, The Complete Works
Located in New York, NY
53 Volumes. Honore De Balzac. The Complete Works. "Edition Definitive" Limited to 1000 copies, Printed on Imperial Japan Paper, This is #0. Bound in ...
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Original Antique City Plan of Milwaukee, USA, 1894
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous colorful map of Milwaukee Original color By Rand, McNally & Co. Published, 1894 Unframed Free shipping.
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

1 Volume. Richard R. Holmes, Queen Victoria
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Richard R. Holmes, Queen Victoria. Bound in 3/4 wine morocco and linen boards. The cover displays a crest in gilt. Raised band spine with panels displaying gilt royal detai...
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English Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

4 Volumes, Edward Step and William Watson, Favorite Flowers of Garden and GH
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Edward Step and William Watson, Favorite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse. Bound in 3/4 green morocco and linen boards. Raised band spine gilt with gilt title panels and f...
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English Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Late 19th century Wooden and Brass Polarimeter Antique Physic Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Wooden and brass polarimeter with cast iron tripod base from the late 1800s. It is an instrument used to determine the concentration of sucrose and glucose in raw materials and sugar...
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British Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Large Original Antique Map of New Hampshire, USA, 1894
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous map of New Hampshire Original color By Rand, McNally & Co. Published, 1894 Unframed Free shipping.
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Porcelain Easter Egg, Russia End of 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
A painted porcelain Easter egg, depicting dahlia flowers on one side, while the cyrillic inscription: Risen Christ on the other side, on a white backgroun...
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Russian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Porcelain

1 Volume. Sir John Skelton. Charles The First.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Sir John Skelton. Charles The First. Bound in full red morocco by Riviere & Son, all edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines and covers,...
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English Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Large Original Antique Map of Connecticut, USA, 1894
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous map of Connecticut and Rhode Island Original color By Rand, McNally & Co. Published, 1894 Unframed Free shipping.
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

End 19th Century Antique Magnetic Topographic Compass Made in Brass and Oak
Located in Milan, IT
Magnetic topographic compass, of oak and brass; instrument consisting of a magnetized needle free to rotate on a horizontal plane, marking with the tip of the needle the direction of magnetic north, compass card with eight winds complete with goniometric circle divided into 360 °, complete with the compass needle lock. Italian manufacture of the late 19th century. Very good condition. Measure 3.1x3.1 height 1. Shipping is insured by Lloyd's London; our gift box is free (look at the last picture). The invention of the compass is mysterious but it is well known that magnetite was discovered in Magnesia, a city of Asia Minor. We can find the first indications about the use in Europe of the magnetic force for orientation at the end of the XII century...
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Italian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Oak

Complete Writings of Bret Harte, 19 Volumes, 1899, In A Fine Leather Binding!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: HARTE, Bret. Title: The Complete Writings of Bret Harte. Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1899. THE RIVERSIDE EDITION. 19 vols., 7-5/8" x 5-1/4", engraved f...
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Large Original Antique Map of Utah, USA, 1894
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous map of Utah Original color By Rand, McNally & Co. Published, 1894 Unframed Free shipping.
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Victorian Brass Cased Aneroid Barometer by Stanley, London
Located in Norwich, GB
Victorian brass cased Aneroid barometer by Stanley, London. Brass cased aneroid barometer housed in the original leather fitted case. Silvered dial with original ‘blued’ st...
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English Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

1800s Carved Drapery Trompe l'oeil Panel Wall Relief Sculpture Memento Mori
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Late 19th century decorative wood panel, hand carved curtain relief.
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American Late Victorian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Oak

Large Victorian Sterling Silver-Mounted Threaded Crystal Match Striker
Located in New York, NY
Large, Victorian, sterling silver-mounted threaded crystal match striker having a full sterling silver match cup, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1899, Hillyard and Thomason...
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English Victorian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Crystal, Sterling Silver

Large Original Antique Map of Iowa, USA, 1894
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous map of Iowa. Original color. By Rand, McNally & Co. Published, 1894. Unframed. Free shipping.
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Victorian Ceramic and Sterling Silver Match Striker
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fdine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and ceramic match striker; an addition to our ornamental collection. This exceptional antique Victorian sterling and ceramic match striker has a globular form. The surface of the ceramic body is embellished with a hand painted details reflecting the crystalline formation of hardstone. The upper portion of this antique match striker...
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English Late Victorian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Polo Painting by Rossi, at the Polo Match
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Polo oil painting "At The Polo Match", By Alberto Rossi. This is a beautiful colourful original oil on board painting by renowned Italian artist Al...
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Italian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Antique Map of Eastern Europe, Incl Montenegro & Serbia & a Budapest Map, 1890
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Osterreich-Ungarn in 4 Blattern, Blatt 4.' Map of Eastern Europe, with Montenegro in the lower left corner, the southern ...
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Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Antique Brown Leather Riding Boots with Trees, 1890s Austria
By Rudolf Scheer & Söhne
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
A pair of exquisite decorative brown leather riding boots made by Austrian Imperial shoemaker Scheer - Purveyor of the imperial and royal court of the Austrian and Hungarian empire. ...
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Austrian Late Victorian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

19th Century Spanish Sporting Painting by E.Gioquinto, 1892
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Spanish sporting painting by E.Gioquinto, 1892, a finely painted gem of a hunter on a lake Measures: Oil on board 11.5" x 8.5" Giltwood frame 14" x 10".
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Spanish Sporting Art Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

Original Antique City Plan of St Joseph, Missouri, USA, 1894
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous colorful map of St Joseph Original color By Rand, McNally & Co. Published, 1894 Unframed Free shipping.
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

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