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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Seminal guide to the East and West Indies, with 42 coloured maps and plates
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
Seminal guide to the East and West Indies, with 42 double-page and folding plates, including 6 maps, all engravings beautifully coloured by a contemporary hand
LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygh...
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Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Japanese Statue of Datsue-ba or Shozuka No Baba, circa 14th Century
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Japanese statue of Datsue-ba also known as Shozuka no Baba, Kamakura- Muromachi period.
Antique Japanese statue of Datsue-ba or Shozuka no B...
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Japanese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cypress
18th Century Pearl and Murano Glass Bead Altar Palmetti and Urn
Located in Hastings, GB
A stunning late 18th century Italian altar palmetti, hand crafted flowers made from tens of thousands of individual murano glass beads and simulated pearls, woven together to form a ...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Murano Glass, Wood
Child Jesus. Carved and polychrome wood. Flemish school, 16th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Child Jesus. Carved and polychrome wood. Flemish school, towards the first half of the 16th century.
Baby Jesus with polygonal base made of carved and polychrome wood. The figure is...
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Belgian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Child Jesus Savior of the World. Wood. Flemish school, 16th century and later.
Located in Madrid, ES
Child Jesus. Carved and polychrome wood. towards the first half of the 16th century. Later adaptations probably in the 18th century
Baby Jesus with polygonal base made of carved and...
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Belgian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
(NIVARDUS) - The Crafty Courtier: Or the fable of Reinard the Fox - 1706
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: [NIVARDUS, Hartmann Schopper].
TITLE: The Crafty Courtier: Or the fable of Reinard the Fox: Newly done into English Verse, from the Antient Latin Iambics of Hartm. Schopper...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Hand-colored 16th century copy of the famous Moerentorf Bible
By Henry Moret
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
Publisher: Daniel Vervliet and Hendrik Swingen for Jan I Moretus & Jan I van Keerberghen
Place / Date: Antwerp, 1599
Biblia sacra. Dat is de geheele heylighe schrifture bed...
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Belgian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
1720 Panoramic Vista of Istanbul and the Bosphorus - with Column of Pompey
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "1701-1720 Bosphore de Thrace and Views of Istanbul - Chatelain/Guedeville"
Description: This finely detailed folio from Chatelain's 'Atlas Historique', dated 1720, features ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Virgin Mary (dress-up). Wood, etc. Spanish school, 17th century and later.
Located in Madrid, ES
Virgin of Dress. Carved and polychrome wood, etc. Spanish school, 17th century; later clothing.
Has damage.
Polychrome wood carving of the type of dress or dress that has a series ...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
OUR LADY OF CONCEPTION Indo-Portuguese Sculpture 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
OUR LADY OF CONCEPTION Indo-Portuguese Sculpture 18th Century
in polychrome wood with the head and hands in iv...
Our Lady is represented standing with hands folded in prayer, on a ...
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Portuguese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
18th Century Wood and Gesso Altar Vase
Located in Hastings, GB
A hand-crafted wood and applied gesso altar vase, late 18th century with gilt and green banding decoration.
Small areas of loss to the gesso and wear to the paint commensurate with ...
Category
German Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Niche. Carved and polychrome wood. 16th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Niche. Carved and polychrome wood. Century XVI.
Wall niche with a rectangular front opening topped by a venerated shape finished in gold with two polychrome angel heads in the corne...
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European Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Shakespeare. The London Prodigal - FOURTH FOLIO - 1685 - page 217-218
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, William.
TITLE: The Works of William Shakespeare. (The London Prodigal) - page 217-218.
PUBLISHER: London: Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster and R. Bentley, 1685.
DESCRIPTION: THE FOURTH FOLIO. 217-218p., correctly-incorrectly numbered, 1 leaf extracted from the fourth folio, 13-3/4" x 9", good margins.
CONDITION: A VERY GOOD leaf...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Old Map of Anatolia, part of modern-day Turkey, Armenia and Syria, 1745
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "Kaartje van Natolie en Syrie opgesteld door de Hr. Lucas en de Hr. Guil de L'Isle en andere auteuren"
The title "Kaartje van Natolie en Syrie opgesteld door de Hr. Lucas en...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Works of the Famous Nicolas Machiavelli - SECOND EDITION - 1695
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MACHIAVELLI, Nicolas
TITLE: The Works of the Famous Nicolas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence. Written originaIly [sic] in Italian, and from thence newly and fait...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Ptolemy III Bronze Double-Sided Coin 94.5 gr
Located in Newmanstown, PA
This is one of the largest ancient coins ever. Very rare and hard to find. It is in an excellent condition with a lot of details showing. The coin is about 44.5 millimeters wide and ...
Category
Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Okitenugui Kabuto Samurai Helmet Shaped as a Head Towel Saika, Early Edo Period
Located in Milano, IT
Okitenugui kabuto
Samurai helmet shaped as a head towel
Saika, early Edo period, 17th century
The Haruta armorers who moved to Kii province in the early 17th century, took the name from the village where they worked, Saika, near Wakayama, possibly on request of the local daimyo, Asano Yukinaga, a great armour amateur. Specialised in the construction of plate helmets, they produced mainly two typologies of kabuto: one with six plates covered with a chrysanthemum-shaped plate on top and one shaped as a “head towel”, called okitenugui. The latter type of kabuto employs very heavy plates crafted in a curved manner and was improved in order to make it resistant to firearms.
This okitenugui kabuto features some distinctive decorations of the Haruta school, including the application of cut-out iron elements, including eyebrows, washers and lozenge-shaped decorations on the sides. The ring on the top, however, is a rare feature and could be used to hold a small war flag.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Antique Map of Brabant 'The Netherlands' by N. Visscher, circa 1690
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Brabantiae Batavae pars orientalis, comprehendens Tetrarchiam sive majoratum sylvaeducensem in ejusdem subjacentes ditiones (..)'. Map of the Dutch province 'Brab...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
18th Century Persian Agate Pendant with Sapphires
Located in Newmanstown, PA
This exceptional large agate Persian/Islamic piece is surrounded by 48 pieces of sapphire. The calligraphy and the design is very skillful and beautiful. The size is 45mm x 51mm x 9....
Category
Persian Islamic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Agate
Old 18th Century Composite Map of Key Caribbean Islands with Descriptive Texts
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Dominia Anglorum in praecipuis Insulis Americae ut sunt Insula S. Christophori, Antegoa, Iamaica, Barbados nec non Insulae Bermudes vel Sommers dictae. Die Englis...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Map of Martinique Island In The West Indies by Bonne, circa1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de l'Isle de la Martinique Colonie Francoise dans les Isles Antilles'. Detailed map of the French Island of Martinique.
Many towns and harbours, anchor pl...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
BARCLAY. An Apology for the True Christian Divinity - 1678 - 1ST ED IN ENGLISH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BARCLAY, Robert.
TITLE: An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, as the Same Is Held Forth, and Preached by the People, Called, in Scorn, Quakers.
PUBLISHER: [Aberdeen(...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Incan Sun God Vessel. Terracotta Inti Pre-Columbian Historic Art Sculpture Peru
Located in Peoria, AZ
STUNNING!
PRE-COLUMBIAN
INCAN CEREMONIAL
SUN GOD VESSEL!
CIRCA AD 1300-1500
TWO REPRESENTATIONS OF INCAN SUN GOD INTI
(also known as Apu-punchau)
DIMENSIONS: Approximately 12-1/2 " TALL by 4-1/2" WIDE
This is the Holy Grail of Incan Pre-Columbian vessels.
Here is an incredibly significant Incan Pre-Columbian terracotta ceremonial vessel with two depictions of INTI, the Incan Sun God on each side of the vessel with incredible details and beautifully preserved.
Finding an Incan vessel with the depiction of Inti is quite rare. These were reserved for important ceremonial functions such as Inti Raymi - the festival in honor of the Sun God.
What makes this one even more special is that the depiction of the Sun God nicely matches a 17th century document...
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Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Terracotta
Italian 17th Century Mannequin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very beautiful 17th century articulating Mannequin from the Veneto region of Italy. Beautifully carved from polychromed wood with very handsome features. Mannequins such as this ...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
King George IV Authentic Antique Strand of Hair 18th Century / 19th Century
Located in Jersey, GB
In 1811 King George IV (1762-1830) stepped up as Prince Regent in place of his father George III, who was no longer well enough to rule.
An enthusias...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Voltaire's Candide True First Edition & First London Edition
Located in Savannah, GA
A rare example of a first edition Candide, published in Geneva by Cramer, 1759.
299pp. Woodcut ornaments and Voltaire's corrected pages (pp. 31/32, 41/42, 83/84, 85/86) all corresp...
Category
Swiss Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Nice Collection of 18th/ 19th Century Weathered Spanish/ Italian Vellum Books
Located in Buisson, FR
Nice collection of four extremely weathered vellum books, Spain/ Italy 18th / 19th century. Weathered and small losses
Measures: H:15-24cm W:1,5-5,5cm D:10,5-17cm
Measurements her...
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Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Parchment Paper
George III Mahogany Miniature Chest Of Drawers
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular with a caddy top over four drawers with bracket feet. These were made by furniture makers for family members and friends. Also used to promote a cabinetmakers skills.
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Italian 18th Century Neoclassical Silvered And Painted Wooden Tabernacle
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful small tabernacle that once graced a church altar. Beautiful original silverleaf and faux marble paint.
weathered, small losses. Italy circa 1780
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Rare English Sheffield wick trimmer with wick collection box, c. 1790
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Rare Sheffield wick trimmer fitted with a hall marked steel wick trimmer blade. The finger loops, wick box, and wax pick are decorated with scollop shell elements. The trimmer is rai...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Authentic Old Map of Arabia with Original Border Coloring, 1745
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "Kaartje van Arabië na de stelling van den Heer Guillaume de L'Isle"
Translates to "Map of Arabia based on the work of Mr. Guillaume de L'Isle." Guillaume de L'Isle was a pr...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1726 Valentyn's Map of Bali and Lombok, Original Engraving
Located in Langweer, NL
This antique map is a detailed 18th-century chart of the island of Bali, one of the many islands of Indonesia, with an inset of the neighboring island Lombok, attributed to François ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Hand-coloured set of Buffon’s Histoire naturelle in its most luxurious form
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
Publisher: Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de
Place / Date: Dordrecht, Abraham Blussé, 1766-1799
Size: 38 parts in 21 volumes.
Large 4to. With more than 1100 hand-coloured engraved ...
Category
Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paint, Paper
Original Engraving of the West Indies, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Caribbean, 1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Rigobert Bonne and G. Raynal's 1780 map of the West Indies, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, and the Caribbean stands as a remarkable cartographic piece, offering a detailed and expansive v...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
18th Century French Carved Giltwood Virgin Mary Statue with Glass Eyes on Globe
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful, antique sculpture of the Virgin Mary in prayers was created in Provence, France, circa 1780. Embellished with gold leaf and polychrome finish, the classic religious f...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
Original Antique Map of the Island of Dominica in the West Indies, 1794
Located in Langweer, NL
MAP OF THE ISLAND OF DOMINICA for the History of the West Indies, by Bryan Edwards. Esq.
Dominica, an island renowned for its lucrative exports of sugar, cocoa, and coffee, operated...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Authentic Old Map of Persia with Original Border Coloring, 1745
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "Kaartje van Persien na de stelling van den Heer Guillaume de L'Isle"
Translates to "Map of Persia based on the work of Mr. Guillaume de L'Isle." Guillaume de L'Isle was a p...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Shakespeare. The Taming of the Shrew - FOURTH FOLIO - 1685 - page 189/186
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, William.
TITLE: The Works of William Shakespeare. (The Taming of the Shrew) - page 189/186.
PUBLISHER: London: Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster and R. Bentley, 1685.
DESCRIPTION: THE FOURTH FOLIO. 189/186p., correctly-incorrectly numbered, 1 leaf extracted from the fourth folio, 13-3/4" x 9", good margins.
CONDITION: A VERY GOOD leaf...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Nice Collection of 18th Century Weathered Spanish Vellum Books
Located in Buisson, FR
Nice collection of three extremely weathered vellum books, Spain 18th century. Weathered and small losses
H:15,5cm W:3cm D:11cm each
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Parchment Paper
Antique 18th Century Shrine Retablo Baroque Carved and Painted Wood
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Antique Mid 18th Century Brazilian Baroque Shrine
Solid carved and painted brazilian cedar wood.
Richly carved and painted . All original patina from t...
Category
Brazilian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cedar
Saint Florus Saint Lavros Saint Antipas Fine Antique Russian Bronze Travel Icon
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful, unusual late 18th century Russian bronze travel icon of Saint Antipas, Saint Florus and Saint Lavros.
Saint Florus and Saint Lavros are the Patron Saints of horses in Ru...
Category
Russian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
A Very Fine Set of Persian Chiselled Armour
Located in London, GB
A Very Fine Set of Persian Chiselled Armour
Steel, gold, gilt, mail; iron and brass, leather
Dated 1797
Persia
Late 18th Century
Size: helmet: 70cm long - 27½ ins long / shield...
Category
Persian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Brass, Steel, Iron
18th Century Spanish Colonial Bronze and Steel Spur
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century Spanish Colonial bronze spur with a steel blade now made into a trinket dish or ashtray. The beautifully crafted spur with raised floral design and a fierce griffin or d...
Category
Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Steel
17th Century Spanish Colonial Hispano-Philippine Carved Santo
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce 17th century Spanish Colonial carved wood santo with provenance from the National Museum of the Philippines Manila.
circa late 1600s
A large part of what makes this example so very rare is not just the age and condition, but the saint depicted, San Roque.
The Hispano-Philippine (Spanish-Filipinos) hand carved hard wood religious altar figure presents splendidly, with scattered remnants of original gesso and polychrome pigments, the exceptionally sculpted religious folk art depicting San Roque (Saint Roch or Rocco), the 14th century Catholic patron saint frequently invoked against the plaque, various infectious disease, as well as patron saint of dogs, invalids, of falsely accused people, and of bachelors, amongst others.
Provenance / Acquisition:
Retaining registration - identification label to verso from The Republic of the Philippines (RP) National Museum of the Philippines Manila with hand written registration number.
Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Austin Auction Gallery, est. 1982, Austin, Texas. February 2022 catalog.
Dimensions: (approx)
Overall: 15.75" High, 5" Wide, 4" Deep.
Figure: 14" High
1.5lbs
Great original antique condition, especially considering it's around 350 years old. Nicely aged patina over the whole. Presented on a later wood plinth base. Typical loss to right arm, minor finish losses, old tiny metal plate added to prevent age related splitting, all wear consistent with age, and only adds to the overall sophisticated character, authenticity, and charming rustic warmth that can only be acquired over long periods of time.
We here at Lynx Hollow Antiques absolutely love religious antiques, from an antique altar, church architectural salvaged building and ornamental elements, reliquary, tabernacle cabinet...
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Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gesso, Hardwood
Saint on a bed. Polychromed wood. Flemish school, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Dream of a saint. Carved and polychrome wood. Flemish school, 16th century.
Relief made of carved and polychrome wood that shows an old man with a particular headdress (reminiscent of some chaperones) lying on a bed and accompanied by two friars dressed in habits, who talk to each other. Iconographically, the figure of the old man lying on the bed (note the cushion that raises the upper part of the body, following the common use of the time) who has not died (probably) because he was not completely lying down, is reminiscent of how he was usually represented, for example, to San Antón, San Jerónimo, etc. It is not very likely that it is the subject of the Transit or Death of Saint Francis of Assisi due to the absence of the Stigmata and due to age. It would be part of a cycle of scenes in the altarpiece of a church, an accompaniment that would give the viewer more clues about the identity of those represented. Stylistically, Flemish sculpture...
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European Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
A Fine Silver Mounted Hunting Hanger
Located in London, GB
A Fine Silver Mounted Hunting Hanger
The pommel mounted with a silver gilt recumbent lion
Steel, silver, agate, leather
England
Late 17th Century
Size: 74cm long - 29¼ ins long / 77cm long - 30¼ ins long (with leather scabbard)
Provenance:
Ex Private collection
cf:
For two similar hunting hangers see Finch and Co, catalogue number 25, winter 2015, item number 37 a. and b.
The hunting hanger was also a status symbol. Sometimes their ivory or agate handles would be richly embellished with jewels proudly displayed in sets of engraved steel hunting accessories and worn at the belt by European princes. Hunting and forestry officials could be distinguished by the design of their hunting swords...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Agate, Silver, Steel
Dutch Luther Bible with fine hand-coloured and highlighted in gold illustrations
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
Beautifully bound mid-17th-century "Visscher edition" of the Dutch Luther Bible with expertly hand-coloured and highlighted in gold illustrations.
[BIBLE - LUTHER - DUTCH]. VISSCHER...
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Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Antique Carte de De la Perse Saudie Arabia UAE Turkey Qatar Bahrein, 1836
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Carte de De la Perse Saudie Arabia UAE Turkey Qatar Bahrein, 1836
Very nice map of Middle East.
Additional information:
Material: Paper
Typ...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1786 A Dictionary of the English Language
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful edition of Johnson's dictionary, a striking copy of the first edition complete in one volume.
The first edition to be published in one volume, published by Harrison & Co...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A Fine and Rare Silver Mounted Hunting Hanger
Located in London, GB
A Fine and Rare Silver Mounted Hunting Hanger
Displaying a ‘blackamoor’ head to the pommel
Steel, silver, stag horn
England
Late 17th Century
Size: 61cm long - 24 ins long
Pr...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Steel
17th-18th Century Baroque Religious French Lamb of God
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful hand carved lamb of god ( Agnus Dei)
France, circa 1650-1750.
Very rare and beautiful original period piece. To my opinion color/ gilding once restored.
Weathered, small lo...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Super Rare Antique French Map of Chine and the Chinese Empire, 1780
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Super Rare Antique French Map of Chine and the Chinese Empire, 1780
Very nice map of Asia. 1780 Made by Bonne.
Additional information:
Type: Map
...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Letters of the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son in 4 Volumes Published 1787
Located in San Francisco, CA
Earl of Chesterfield's letters to his son and luminaries of the day in 4 volumes in their original full leather bindings, published London J. Dodsley 1787. The spines have raised ban...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Leather
Rare Aztec Colonial Polychromed Wood Sculpture! Holy Imagene Bultos Santos Icons
Located in Peoria, AZ
MUSEUM PERFECTION !
AZTEC INFLUENCED
LATIN AMERICAN
COLONIAL ART
AMAZINGLY RARE PIECE !
Approx. 14" x 8" x 2 1/2"
After Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztec empire, painting and sculpture schools were set up within missions to produce art for Roman Catholic worship in Spanish America to promote Christian evangelization. The works that emerge from this period are great historic treasures and tell us much about this time in history. Icons were important in this conversion process.
Here is an Imagene that was likely employed in a church from the 17th century. It features 5 elaborately carved faces and figures depicting angels and saints.
This piece is magnificent for many reasons, but the most important reason is that this piece illustrates the bridge between the Spanish and Aztec art schools.
The Aztecs had developed the most splendid feather art in the world. Feather mosaics (arte plumario in Spanish, amantecayotl in Nahuatl), were created by specially trained and talented Aztec nobles. The blue green iridescent color of hummingbird feathers had made them a regular form of tribute to Aztec rulers and art that featured these feathers were incomparable.
The Spanish art instructors adopted feathers into traditional Catholic imagery and this piece shows the result of such hybrid. Here feathers are
prominently sculpted into the background and were polychromed with sensational hues to reflect the native love and cultural appreciation for feather art. Few feather mosaics survive because of their temporal frailty, but the wood worked feathers in this piece give scholars and collectors a lasting indication of how Aztecs stylistically used the feathers in their pieces.
Aztec religious leaders wore headdresses and garments made of feathers - and here these saints appear to be wearing feather headdresses!
Even after centuries, the colors of this piece are incredibly compelling. Fragments of the rich blue green pigment that was applied to mimic the hummingbird feathers are still present. The golds, yellows and browns display spectacular understanding of complementary colors.
What's more this piece also shows Aztec sun imagery incorporated into the design! On the reverse side of the Saints' faces we see a vivid blue sun burst type design which clearly was an Aztec motif of the period and has no comparable counterpart in Catholic holy treasures...
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Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1760 Paradise Lost and Paradise Regain'd
By John Milton
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful Baskerville edition of John Milton's 'Paradise Lost' and 'Paradise Regain'd', both epic poems bound here in one volume.
A Baskerville edition.
Complete as two volumes b...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Authentic Old Map of Southeast Asia with Original Border Coloring, 1745
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "Kaartje van Oost-Indien na de stelling van den Heer Guillaume de L'Isle"
Translates to "Map of the East-Indies based on the work of Mr. Guillaume de L'Isle." Guillaume de L...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Stunning Decorative Antique Map of Venice in Italy, ca.1787
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Piano elevato dell'inclita città di Venezia
Bird's-eye view (etching) of Venice.
Print made by: Marco Sebastiano Giampiccoli
After: Matthäus Merian I
Two copper engraved sh...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Roseaux, St. Lucia Island Map by BELLIN, Handcolored Engraving, 1763
Located in Langweer, NL
Dating back to around 1763, this antique hand-colored print, a creation by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, unveils a meticulously detailed "Plan du Cul de Sac des Roseaux dans l'Isle de Ste....
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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