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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Late 18th Century Lacquered Brass Table Telescope
Located in Huntington, NY
Late 18th century lacquered brass table telescope.
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Monstrance (temple type). Silver. Spain, 16th century with restorations.
Located in Madrid, ES
Portable temple custody. Gilded silver, glass. 16th century, possible restorations.
Custody made of gilded silver (the finish has been lost in some points) composed of a base, an ax...
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Other
18th Century German Salt Glaze Tobacco Jar with Pewter Mounts
Located in Stamford, CT
A fine example of a German Baroque tobacco jar with original pewter lid. The rich ocher salt glaze decorated with raised floral motifs. A handsome addition for the collector of pipes...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stoneware
Leonard Bordier 18K Gold Pocket Watch with Pearls and Enamel – Made for the Chin
Located in Madrid, ES
An exquisite late 18th-century pocket watch signed by Leonard Bordier, crafted circa 1790, in 18K gold with fine enamel work and adorned with original pearls. This exceptional piece ...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Rare Unusual Antique Map of Asia with a Landbridge from Korea to America, 1717
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'L'Asie Suivant les Nouvelles Decouvertes (..).' Interesting and very unusual map of the Asian continent.
The map is based primarily on Dutch sources, particular...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Orginal Antique Handcolored Map of the Turkish Empire, 1748
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'L'Empire des Turcs'. Old map of the Turkish Empire with an inset of the North African regions. Originates from 'Atlas Nouveau Portatif' by G.L. le Rouge.
Artis...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large 18th Century Repousse Baroque Ecclesiastical Carta Gloria, Venetian
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This original 18th century frame is silver gilded over copper. It is elaborately embossed and chiseled. The cartouche is surrounded by rocaille and volute motifs. The Carta is mounte...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper, Silver Leaf
Pair of Large Rustic Religious Stripped Wood Antique Santo Altar Figures
Located in Forney, TX
A rare one-of-a-kind pair of large rustic antique European hand carved stripped and scraped wood Santo church altar figures.
18th/early 19th century, primitive hand-crafted construction, finely detailed and sculpted, depicting Saint Francis of Assisi with arm raised and Madonna with her hands folded in prayer, stripped bare wood with section of original heavily worn distressed chippy paint finish adding to the overall antique character and charm!
Dimensions: (approx)
St Francis:
14.75" Tall, 5.5" Wide, 5" Deep
Mother Mary:
14.5" Tall, 4.75" Wide, 3" Deep
Superb examples of religious folk art, in great antique condition. Strip scraped with area showcasing remnants of original polychrome painted finish. Warm, rustic, with nicely aged patina over the whole. Free-standing statue, mounted on later base.
A wonderful addition to any Santos collection, Catholic church, home prayer room, shrine, or as farmhouse decor
We here at Lynx Hollow Antiques absolutely love decorating with religious antiques! From all religions, periods and cultures, from a Spanish Colonial altar table, Italian tabernacle, Gothic reliquary, relic monstrance, liturgical objects, ecclesiastical icons, white-washed limed monumental Christian crucifix...
Category
Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paint
Rare 1757 Jesuit Map of California and Baja, Dedicated to the King of Spain
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Rare 1757 Jesuit Map of California and Baja, Dedicated to the King of Spain
This rare and detailed map, titled *Carte de la Californie Levee par la Société des Jésuites*, wa...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large 18th century Spanish Colonial Religious Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large oil painting of the holy family on hand woven canvas.
Peruvian or Bolivian.
Acquired from an estate in the San Francisco Bay Area f...
Category
Peruvian Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas
18th Century Water Gilded Processional Cross with Embroidered IHS
Located in Hastings, GB
Glorious 18th century water gilded baroque processional cross, with embroidered IHS panels inset.
Time worn patina, gesso over wood.
Height 61 cm, Width 37 cm, Depth 13 cm
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Stick Barometer Mahogany Board Antique Weather Measuring Instrument J. Ramsden
By Jesse Ramsden
Located in Milan, IT
Stick barometer mounted on a mahogany board complete with vernier reading the variation of atmospheric pressure signed by Jesse Ramsden, end of the 18th century.
Very good condition...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Scarce Latin Edition of Guillaume Delisle's 1700 Map of North America
Located in Langweer, NL
Scarce German Edition of Guillaume Delisle's 1700 Map of North America
This beautifully colored and highly detailed map is a rare Latin edition of Guillaume Delisle's influential 17...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Silver Pax O Portapaz, Spain, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Portapaz. Silver in its color and gilded. Century XVI.
Portapaz made of silver that has a handle (decorated with delicate plant motifs similar to those of the pilasters) and a female and a male bust at the bottom, as well as other architectural elements on the back, and, on the front, an architectural composition classicist basement (with busts flanking a flower and a cross), two pilasters (vegetal decoration and capital recalling the composite order) with entablature (flowers flanking an angel's head; moldings), and a semicircular arch finish with elements veined in relief under cross and flanked by two architectural motifs in the upper part. This composition frames and enhances a gilt silver relief where you can see the Lament or Cry over the Body of Christ, with the Virgin holding the head of Jesus, Saint John at her side, the Magdalene and other characters, a cross following the group and a landscape background with houses and plant elements. This architectural structure mentioned is similar to the one present in other 16th century portapaces, such as that of the Magdalena de Dos Hermanas parish (Hernando de Ballesteros el Mozo, around 1575); or that of the Galaroza parish (same author and date); or that of the portapaz of San Miguel de Jerez de los Caballeros (in some details); etc. As for the relief, it is possible to clearly see a strong Italian influence, and the similarity between it and important pieces such as the Portapaz known as “de Cisneros by Juan de Burgos (1493-1497; MuseoCatedralicio de Alcalá de Henares), as well as in paintings and reliefs. Also noteworthy are both the male and female busts in the lower area and the Maltese cross (or Saint John's) that appears in this area. This symbol was used since the 12th century as an insignia by the Knights Hospitallers of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, also known as the Order of Malta...
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Ptolemaic Armillary Sphere, Charles-François Delamarche, Paris, ante 1798
Located in Milano, IT
Ptolemaic armillary sphere
Charles-François Delamarche
Paris, ante 1798
Wood and papier-mâché
covered with printed and partly hand-colored paper
It measures 15.55 in in height x Ø 10...
Category
French Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
1500s Elizabethan Sterling Silver Communion Chalice and Paten
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Elizabethan English sterling silver communion chalice and paten; an addition to our diverse religious silverware collection.
This exceptional two piece antique Elizabethan sterling silver communion set consists of a chalice and paten/diskos.
The chalice has a cylindrical tapering shaped form onto a plain knapped pedestal and spreading circular foot.
The body of this sterling silver communion cup...
Category
English Elizabethan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
17th Century Thai Buddha Bronze Head
Located in Kastrup, DK
Buddha bronze head from Thailand (1600-1700s), loosely mounted on a black-painted wooden base.
The head has a beautiful and serene expression, while the bronze features a natural, a...
Category
Thai Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
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
18th Century Italian Baroque Red Marble Holy Water Font or Stoup
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique Baroque red marble holy water font or stoup with great patina, Italy, circa 1750.
Weathered,
H:8,5cm W:28cm D:23,5-33,5cm
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
Palermo – 1620 Braun & Hogenberg Bird’s-Eye Map of Palermo, Sicily
Located in Langweer, NL
Palermo – 1620 Braun & Hogenberg Bird’s-Eye Map of Palermo, Sicily
This beautifully detailed bird’s-eye view of Palermo, Sicily, was created by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg aro...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
18th Century Processional Painted Sunburst on a Baroque Silver Gilt Altar Vase
Located in Hastings, GB
A rare and exquisite 18th century iron processional sunburst with a painted central image of Holy Mother Mary presenting the rosary to Saint Dominic to one side and Ave Maria to the ...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Theatrum Machinarum Generale. by Jacob Leupold - FIRST EDITION
Located in Middletown, NY
The most complete compendium on the technical sciences of the era.
Leupold, Jacob
Theatrum Machinarum Generale. Schau-Platz des Grundes Mechanischer Wissenschaften, das ist: Deutlich...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Shakespeare. The Comedy of Errors - FOURTH FOLIO - 1685 - page 81-82.
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, William.
TITLE: The Works of William Shakespeare. (The Comedy of Errors) - page 81-82.
PUBLISHER: London: Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster and R. Bentle...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Crucified Christ, Sorrowful Crucifix. Carved and polychrome wood.
Located in Madrid, ES
Crucified Christ, Sorrowful Crucifix. Carved and polychrome wood. Possibly southern German school, 15th century.
Polychrome and gilded wood carving showing Christ with the Crown of Thorns, on the Cross, already deceased (eyes closed), with the usual INRI phylactery on the upper crossbar of the Latin cross, three nails (note the crossed feet) and a short, golden and polychrome purity cloth or perizonium. It is known, in German, as “Gabelkreuz” or “Gabelkruzifix” (“Sorrowful Crucifix” in Spanish) to a type of Gothic Crucified Christ that is especially expressive (prioritizing external suffering over other aspects) and that, normally, presents the cross in a of Y or ypsilon (alluding to the Tree of Life), created, apparently, thanks to the influence of the mysticism of the late 13th and early 14th centuries (Saint Brigid...
Category
European Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
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 ...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Portrait Miniature a Gentleman, South German, circa 1680
Located in Firenze, IT
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Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included).
A gentleman in silver-studded armo...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
Reliquary Cross Pendant, Silver, Glass, 17th-18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional pendant made in silver with a Latin cross shape, decorated on the outside with simple scrolls, spikes, pearls and other elements of classicist inspiration, as well as a ri...
Category
European Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Original Antique Map of Canaan, Armenia, Syria, Mesopotamia and Arabia, 1709
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Descriptio Paradisi et Terrae Canaan'.
Original antique map of Canaan, Armenia, Syria, Mesopotamia and Arabia. It displays the Middle East from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique World Map by P. Schenk '1706'
By Peter Schenk
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Diversa Orbis Terrae. Visu Incedente per Coluros Tropicorum, Ambos Ejus Polos, et Parciularis Sphaerae Zenith, in Planum Orthographica Projectio (..) Plat Ontwerp van verscheyde Aert-klooten (..)'. One of the earliest Dutch World Maps to focus on a more modern cartographic style, based on Carel Allard's map of 1696. This map represented a noteworthy shift from the traditional decorative Dutch 17th century maps where the margins would be full of classical mythological...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Aedium Farnesiarum Tabulae, Annibale CARRACCI, 1753 - oversized folio
Located in Middletown, NY
Carracci's frescoes at Palazzo Farnese in Rome
Rome: Venantius Monaldinus, 1753.
First Edition.
Oversized folio, 17 1/4 x 12 inches (438 x 304 mm); half title, engraved portrait o...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Outstanding 17th Century Italian Polychromed Musician Statues
Located in Atlanta, GA
An outstanding pair of 17th century musician statues from the Siena region of Italy. These grand scale figures are masterly crafted in wood with their...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Immaculate Conception. Wood, glass, silver. Portuguese school, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Immaculate Conception. Carved and polychrome wood, glass, silver. Portuguese school, 18th century.
Sculpture made of wood showing a young Mary, with her hands together in front of h...
Category
European Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Other
Strongbox Safe Iron Painted Armada Chest Nuremberg Renaissance
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, small, late-Renaissance, Nuremberg, iron, 'armada box', strongbox or travelling safe with its original, naïve, painted decoration
This is a rare, s...
Category
German Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
French Medieval Painted Wooden Madonna
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique and extremely rare medieval wooden Madonna with traces of her original color
Original period piece, South of France, circa 1500 or older
Weathered, small losses and old repair...
Category
French Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1640 Map of North Africa Nova Barbariae Descriptio or The Barbarian Coast
Located in Langweer, NL
1640 Antique Map of North Africa 'Nova Barbariae Descriptio' by Johannes Janssonius
This antique map titled Nova Barbariae Descriptio*, published by Johannes Janssonius around 1640,...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Hand-Coloured Map of North and South America, ca.1765
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique map titled 'Nieuwe Kaart van Amerika.' Attractive map of North and South America, the western part of Africa and south west Europe. Source unknown, to be determi...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Giltwood and Gesso Catholic Processional Crown
Located in Hastings, GB
A beautiful and very rare early 19th century Catholic processional Crown, hand crafted in wood with applied gesso and gilt, with rich, dark jewel adornments, (some missing) in wonder...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gesso, Wood
18th C, Southern France, Madonna and Child, Carved and Polychrome Wood
Located in Leuven , BE
Although the 18th century, the period of the Enlightenment in France, spawned thinkers who criticised the privileges of the clergy and the truthfulness of certain dogmas, the Roman Catholic faith was very much present in everyday life. Since king Louis XIV had issued the Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685, Protestantism was banned. This Madonna with child illustrates the daily practice of faith. Like many 18th-century Madonna statues...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Thai Buddha Head in Bronze, 17th-18th Century
Located in Kastrup, DK
A small Buddha bronze head, measuring 11 cm in height, originating from Thailand (1600-1700 AD).
It is loosely mounted on a hexagonal wooden base.
This elegant...
Category
Thai Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Old Map of the Moluccas, Known as the Famous Spice Islands, Indonesia, ca.1730
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Insularum Moluccarum Nova Descriptio.'
Old map of the Moluccas. The famous Spice Islands, the cornerstone of the Dutch trading empire in the East Indies throughout the 17th Century, is the focus of this exquisite map. Similar to Blaeu's map, except that it extends further south...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Late Roman/Byzantine Jewish Amber Color Glass Amulet with Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Late Roman to Early Byzantine, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A rare and beautiful amulet of a generally circular form with a flat bottom, a raised periphery, and an integral suspension loop, mo...
Category
Israeli Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Large Medieval inscription
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Large Medieval German Inscription
stone
Germany, 14th century
46 x 83 x 13 cm
Category
German Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone
Extremly Rare Mexican Silver Miquelet-Lock Blunderbuss Belt Pistol Flintlock
Located in Madrid, ES
Extremly Rare South American Silver-Mounted Miquelet-Lock Blunderbuss Belt Pistol
Late 18th century, Mexican
With a roped silver band around the turned and belled muzzle, the forward sections polygonal and inlaid with silver fronds, octagonal breeches with silver foliage on the flats either side, a broad silver band at the rear, foliate engraved tangs, characteristic locks with fluted mount beneath the pan enclosing the steel-spring, full stocks inlaid with silver panels secured by silver pins and pierced and engraved with foliage inhabited by monsters, birds and a pair of rabits, the last forward of the trigger-guards, and studded with further silver pins.
The fore-ends en suite and each inlaid with a silver panel pierced and engraved as a double-headed eagle, foliate engraved silver side-plates each pierced for an iron belt hook...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
An ivory dyptich sundial, Germany, 17th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Ivory diptych sundial for latitude 48 degrees with vertical and horizontal dials, pin gnomon for Italian hours and lunar volvelle. Compass needle and glass cover. On the plain back ...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ivory
18Th Century Water Gilded Sunburst Around Clouds
Located in Hastings, GB
An incredible and very rare late 18th century Italian water gilded sunburst, with a formation of clouds surrounded by sunrays, in beautiful time worn condition, one ray has been lost...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
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
Circa 1691 Frederick de Wit Map: Middle East with Arabia, Persia & More
Located in Langweer, NL
Circa 1691 Frederick de Wit Map: Middle East with Arabia, Persia & More
This exquisite hand-colored map, circa 1691, by Frederick de Wit, illustrates the Middle East, spanning from Turkey and Egypt to Afghanistan, with a detailed representation of the Arabian Peninsula.
The map's detailing in Arabia is based on Nicolas Sanson's influential 1654 map, which was one of the most accurate and detailed depictions of the region up to the mid-seventeenth century.
The decorative title cartouche is richly adorned with images of exotic figures, animals, and a merchant ship, symbolizing the region's historical trade importance. Additionally, a mapmaker is shown working with traditional tools, adding a touch of authenticity to the cartographic art.
This is the fourth state of the map, published between 1691 and 1696. The map measures 21.8 inches in width by 18.5 inches in height, featuring a sharp impression, with minimal staining and a carefully repaired centerfold separation at the bottom.
Keywords:
- Middle East historical map
- Frederick de Wit map
- 17th century maps
- Arabian Peninsula map
- Persia (Iran) map
- Turkey and Egypt map...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Bronze Pax or Pax Board, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Peacekeeper. Bronze. Century XVI.
Bronze purse with a handle on the back in the shape of an esse in the same material and a decoration in light relief on the front that shows, unde...
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Framed Late 15th Century Illuminated Book of Hours Manuscript
Located in Houston, TX
Framed late 15th century illuminated Book of Hours manuscript circa 1500, France. Gouache, ink gold wash and gold burnishing on vellum. Framed within large decorative matt. In very g...
Category
French Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Old Map Depicting Turkey, Persia, Arab and Black Sea Etc, 1778
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Turquie d'Asie, Arabie, Perse, Tartarie Independante'.
Old map of Turkey in Asia. The map shows all of Turkey and the Black Sea, and extends east to include t...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
18th Century Carved & Painted Symbolic Christian Plaque
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century carved & painted symbolic Christian plaque will make a unique and special addition to your devotional display! Hand-carved from fruitwood around the time of the founding...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fruitwood
Original Antique View of the City of Damietta, Egypt, 1774
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'Prospect der Stadt Damiat.' - Tab VIII.
View of the city of Damietta, Egypt. From 'Reisebeschreibung von Arabien und anderen umliegenden Landern (1774-1778)...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Detailed Antique Map of the Windward Islands in the Caribbean
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte des Antilles Francoises et des Isles Voisines'. Original antique map of the French Antilles, covering an area stretching from Guadeloupe in the north to Gre...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique wax Seal Stamp With Important Coat Of Arms, 18th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
An 18th century wax seal in brass with boxwood handle with a nice aged old patina
Important noble coat of arms
Height 8.5 cm, surface area of the seal 3 cm, diameter top boxwood gri...
Category
French Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Late 18th Century Cousineau Single Action Pedal Harp
By Georges Cousineau
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1770s pedal harp manufactured by Georges Cousineau (1733-1800), a French luthier who specialized in harps; Cousineau's signature is present on the soundboard as well as the city o...
Category
French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Georgian 18th Century Mahogany Miniature Tripod Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A superb quality 18th century mahogany George II
Period miniature table having well figured circular
Tilting top over vase turned central stem with
Elegant bold tripod legs terminating on
Pointed pad feet
(Almost certainly made as a travelling salesman...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
18th Sacred Reliquary with Chalice and Consecrated Host in a Carved Gilt Frame
Located in Marbella, ES
An antique religious reliquary with a symbolic representation of the Eucharist, featuring a golden chalice with a consecrated host at the top, ad...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Coral, Gold
Furniture Collections in the Louvre (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a deluxe edition in two volumes which does justice to the splendour of this incomparable collection. This collection has never before been the subject of such an important wo...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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