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Period: 18th Century
Late 18th Century Bronze Lantaka Cannon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A late 18th century bronze Lantaka cannon, the slightly tapering barrel cast with flanges and set on a hinged pin. With a modern black S-scroll Stand. D...
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Rare Antique Map of the Dutch East Indies 'Indonesia', 1774
Located in Langweer, NL
Rare decorative engraved map of the Dutch East Indies, or nowadays Indonesia.
Title (in old Dutch): NIEUWE EN NAUKEURIGE KAART DER OOST-INDISCHE ...
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Louis XIII Walnut Miniature Armchair
Located in Essex, MA
With fine needlepoint upholstery and a nicely carved frame.
Category
French Louis XIII Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Gold French Gilded Wood Barometer, Antique Parisian Thermometer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rare antique finely worked French barometer with lyre shaped crest thermometer above a large hexagonal framed barometer. The Parisian décor piece is m...
Category
French Empire Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
Antique Map of Tibet, The Gobi Desert and China by Bellin, circa 1764
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de l'Empire de Hya et Partie de Tangut'. Old map of Tibet, Gobi desert and China depicting the Great Wall of China and caravan routes. Originates from Prevo...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
18th Century Stick Barometer by Nairne London
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
An elegant 18th century satinwood and ebony stick barometer by Edward Nairne, London.
Nairne was a famous 18th century scientific instrument and barometer...
Category
English Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ebony, Satinwood
18th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
The backplate is cast and featuring two birds in the center surrounded by open scrollwork. The side panels fitted with two servant lights, fronted by a row of eight oil fonts. Schola...
Category
Polish Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
George III Mahogany Childs Armchair
Located in Essex, MA
With serpentine crestrail over a pierced ribbon back, drop in seat and straight square legs.
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Carved And Painted Wooden Crucifix From France
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An early 18th Century antique hand carved and polychromed hand painted table crucifix from France with its original patina preserved.
This crucifix could possible date back as early ...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fruitwood
1718 Holy Land Map - Twelve Tribes, Six Provinces, Hand-Colored, Antique Map
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Terra Sancta in XII olim Tribus nunc VI Provincias Dispertita
Cartographer: Christoph Weigel the Elder (1654–1725)
Publisher: Johann Ernst Adelbulner
Publication Locatio...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Tripod Apothecary Skillet Late 17th-Early 18th Century, England
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Apothecary tripod skillet from the end of the 17th century beginning of the 18th century From England.
The skillet is in superb condition and has not undergone any restorations.
Br...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Antique Map of the Ancient Greek Colonization
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Map I containing the Western Division of the Grecian Colonies & Conquests'. Original antique map of the ancient Greek colonization. Frontispiece map of 'The Histo...
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pair Of Antique Spanish Colonial Spurs 1780-1830
Located in Bilzen, BE
A pair of richly decorated spurs, Spanish colonial, period 1780-1830.
No markings.
Length 15 cm, width 10 cm.
Category
Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Rare 18th C. Newport Map
Located in Sandwich, MA
Rare 18th C, Map titled "A plan of the town of Newport in the province of Rhode Island". Earliest printed plan of Newport, published for the use of the British just prior to their o...
Category
American Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Important and Scarce Antique Map of Asia from Jesuit Sources, C.1713
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'L'Asie selon les nouvelles observations de Messrs de l'Academie des Sciences etc'. The main focus of this important and scarce map of Asia is the delineation of the northeast part of the continent from Jesuit sources. The northeast coast is severely truncated with the discoveries of Nicolas Witsen shown, and the partial coastlines of Jesso and Compagnies Land are depicted to the north of Japan. Inset in the North Pacific is a map of that same region based on the information from Father Martino Martini. It shows Jesso connected to the mainland with a narrow strait between it and a huge Compagnies Land. An inset below, taken from Father Ferdinand Verbiest, illustrates the road between Peking and Kirin and Nincrita. Father Verbiest's world map of 1674, which he compiled for the Chinese, subsequently led to the Jesuits obtaining a commission to make a comprehensive topographical...
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of Inhabitants of Arakan in Southern Myanmar 'Burma', 1738
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Il mode nel quale si vestono gti abilanti di Arakan'. Engraving of inhabitants of Arakan, a historic coastal region in Southeast Asia. This print originates fro...
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Bird's Eye View of Banten or Bantam in Java, Indonesia, 1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'La Ville de Bantam capitale du Roiaume de meme nom'.
A bird's eye view of the city Banten or Bantam near the western end of Java in Indonesia. Several tall ...
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pl. 8 Antique Print of Garden Pavilions by Le Rouge, c.1785
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Pavillon pour les jardins (..)'. Copper engraving showing the pavilions of knight Worsley of Hovingham and knight Willoughby. This print originates from 'Jardin...
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Wooden Hand of an Antique Mannequin, Italy, 18 th Century
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Beautiful sculptured hand of a wooden Mannequin,
Italy late 18 th Century mounted on a wooden stand,
very fine sculptured and good, old Patina of the wood,
very beautiful decorati...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fruitwood
Europe Divided into Principal States by Jean Denis Janvier, Paris, 1782
Located in Langweer, NL
This is a historical map of Europe titled "L'Europe divisee en ses Principaux Etats," created by Jean Denis Janvier in 1782.
This beautiful map depicts the political boundaries and...
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Baroque Period, Italian, Marble Tabernacle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fabulous, hand-carved and veneered, 1700's, solid marble tabernacle from an Italian church altar. The scrolling, side pillars are surmounted by a ...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
Antique Print of the Melville House in Fife, Scotland, 1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The Elevation of Melvin House in the Shire of Fyfe (..)'.
Old engraving of Melville House in Fife, Scotland. This print originates from 'Vitruvius Britannic...
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A Dutch West India Company GWC almanack for the year 1760
Located in Amsterdam, NL
"D'Erven Stichter’s Comptoir Almanach, Op ’t Schrikkel-Jaar onzes Heeren Jesu Christi, 1760, voorzien met alle de Jaar-, Paarden-, Beesten-, en Leermarkten Alsmede de Vacantien, het ...
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Map of Friesland (La Frise), from a French Atlas - circa 1756
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Map of Friesland (La Frise), from "Atlas Nouveau Portatif" (1756)
This is an 18th-century map of Friesland (Frise), a northern province of the Netherlands, engraved by *Georg...
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A GERMAN ANATOMICAL MODEL OF a PREGNANT WOMAN STEPHEN ZICK
Located in Madrid, ES
A GERMAN ANATOMICAL MODEL OF A PREGNANT WOMAN STEPHEN ZICK
The woman with articulated arms, removable torso revealing internal organs, lying on a couch with cushion incised and modelled with simulated lace.On a later wood box.
Stephen Zick was one of a dynasty of carvers active from the late 16th to the 18th century in Nuremberg, . Such models, as well as carved skulls, were conceived as teaching tools and were inspired by the drawings of Andrea Vesalius...
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Very Attractive Map of North and South America and Western Part of Africa, 1744
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Nieuwe Kaart van America.' Very attractive map of North and South America, the western part of Africa and south west Europe. With full contemporary hand colouring...
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1782 Map of the East Indies – India, Siam, Philippines, Java, Borneo, Ganges
Located in Langweer, NL
1782 Bayly Map of the East Indies – India, Siam, Philippines, Java, Borneo, Ganges
This finely engraved and vibrantly hand-colored map titled 'A New Map of the East Indies' was dr...
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Engraving of Kannur 'or Cannanore', Kerala, India, 1726
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'Cananor' - This is a print of a view of Kannur (or Cannanore), Kerala, India. From the monumental: "Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën ..." ...
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Map of Tartary 'Northern China & Far Eastern Russia', 1757
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de la Tartarie Orientale (..)'.
Original antique map of what is present day northern China and far eastern Russia. Centere...
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
18th Century Galician Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Cast brass Hanukkah Lamp, Galicia, 18th century.
The backplate is cast and pierced featuring dense scrollwork. The side panels fitted with two servant lights, fronted by a row of eight oil fonts. Scholars theorize that these Polish Chanukah Lamps that bear two servant lights (as opposed to the singular servant light normally found on a Chanukah Lamp), served a purpose, having been used on one of the days that Chanukah fell on the Sabbath, as Sabbath Candlesticks.
This lamp was made by the technique known as "sand casting". This process begins with a wooden mold that was carved out to create negative space, which in turn is used to make the inverse form or shape to be used for the casting of metal. The mold is pressed into fine sand mixed with clay, then removed, and molten brass poured into the impression. When a mold wears out, a casting from that mold is often used as the mold for the next generation. Those later lamps...
Category
Polish Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Rare & Intricate Prisoner-of-war Carved Bone Gaming Set, circa late 18 century
Located in TEYJAT, FR
This is a fine example of a French prisoner-of-war bone gaming piece, dating from the late 18th to early 19th century. These intricate objects were crafted by French prisoners during...
Category
French Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone
Set of 8 large French Books, Dictionaries, 18th Century Leather Bound
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Set of 8 large, 18th Century leather bound books having a beautiful patina, comprising the “Dictionnaire de Trevoux” a French dictionary th...
Category
French Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
George III Oversized Magnifying Glass Late Circa 1790
Located in Bishop's Stortford, GB
George III Oversized Magnifying Glass Late Circa 1790. Comprised of a turned mahogany surround holding 20 cm lens with a turned mahogany handle connected by a generous brass ferrule ...
Category
European George III Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
18th Century Italian Hand Carved and Painted Wood Madonna Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Italian hand carved and painted wood Madonna statue depicts the virgin Mary in contemplative prayer, and poised in triumph over evil. Orig...
Category
Italian Baroque Revival Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Les Vieux Hotels De Paris, Decorations Exterieureset Interieures, 20 Portfolios
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
It is rare to find a set of twenty of these volumes, which were published between 1920 and 1930. Each volume contains a title page and varying amounts of text in French - up to 24 pa...
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Albertus Seba Pair 18th Century Hand-Colored Engravings Butterfly
Located in Washington, DC
Rare pair of original hand-colored prints from Sir Albertus Seba's cabinet of natural curiosities. Prints come from published volumes in Amste...
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Highly Decorative Map of The Eastern Mediterranean and The Middle East, ca.1700
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Byzondere Kaart van de Landen Daar de Apostelen Het Evangelium Gepredikt Hebben (..).'
Highly decorative map of the eastern Mediterranean...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Southern Palestine by Bachiene, 1763
Located in Langweer, NL
"Antique map of the south part of Palestine. This simplified map shows the most important cities of the Jewish Land. Source unknown, to be determined. Artists and Engravers: Made by ...
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
French 18th-Century Master's Lock
Located in New Orleans, LA
French Master’s Lock
18th Century
Ingeniously crafted with a hidden mechanism, this 18th-century French lock known as a serrure de maîtrise, or master’s lock, was likely used by saf...
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Rare Low Walnut Italian Baroque Period Cellist Lectern
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare Low Walnut Italian Baroque Period Cellist lectern.
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Ancient Egypt Map – Ægyptus Antiqua by D’Anville, Paris circa 1765
Located in Langweer, NL
Ancient Egypt Map – Ægyptus Antiqua by D’Anville, Paris circa 1765
Description:
This finely detailed antique map titled "Ægyptus Antiqua" presents an elegant depiction of ancient Eg...
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Map of Muscovy or Russia by Isaak Tirion, Amsterdam circa 1740
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Muscovy or Russia by Isaak Tirion, Amsterdam circa 1740
Description:
This beautifully engraved and delicately hand-colored map titled "Nieuwe Kaart van Muskovië of Rusland" w...
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Hungary and Transylvania by Isaak Tirion, Amsterdam c.1740
Located in Langweer, NL
Poland Map 1740s – Nieuwe Kaart van het Koninryk Poolen by Isaak Tirion
This finely engraved and attractively hand-colored map of the Kingdom of Poland was published by Isaak Tirion...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Historic Map of Poland and Lithuania – Tirion Edition c.1740
Located in Langweer, NL
Poland Map 1740s – Nieuwe Kaart van het Koninryk Poolen by Isaak Tirion
This finely engraved and attractively hand-colored map of the Kingdom of Poland was published by Isaak Tirion...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
France Map 1757 – Southern Provinces by Isaak Tirion in Dutch Engraving
Located in Langweer, NL
France Map 1757 – Southern Provinces by Isaak Tirion in Dutch Engraving
This original copperplate engraving published in 1757 by Isaak Tirion in Amsterdam presents a highly detailed...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Engraving Print from the Panckoucke Encyclopédie Nautical Subject 1782-1832
Located in Milan, IT
Print by engraving on copper plate from the Panckoucke Encyclopédie méthodique, end of the 18th century, volume Marine Planches (more than 1,500 figures dealing with all subjects on ...
Category
French Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mid-18th Century Italian Bronze Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Rare bronze Hanukkah lamp Menorah, Italy, circa 1750.
On round decorated base with baluster shape stem.
The upper portion constructed with eight semicircle arms support eight oil f...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Antique Map of the Port of Zihuatanejo in Mexico, c.1740
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Plan du Port de Chequetan ou Seguataneo'. Map of the Mexican port of Zihuatanejo. This area was originally named Cihuatlán in Aztec, which means 'Place of Women,'...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Highly Detailed Antique Map of the Holy Land Showing 12 Tribes of Israel, c.1720
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Heylige Land verdeeld in de Twaalf Stammen Israels (..).'
Highly detailed map of the Holy Land divided into 12 tribes of Israel...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Antique Map of the German Empire
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'A Map of Germany (..)'. Large antique map of the German Empire, highly detailed. Engraved by T. Kitchin. Published J. Blair, cir...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
18th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
The backplate is cast and pierced with a central two-handled vase of flowers, flanked by fully formed birds with their heads turned outward. The side panels fitted with two servant lights, fronted by a row of eight oil fonts. Scholars theorize that these Polish Chanukah Lamps that bear two servant lights (as opposed to the singular servant light normally found on a Chanukah Lamp), served a purpose, having been used on one of the days that Chanukah fell on the Sabbath, as Sabbath Candlesticks.
For another example, see page 296 of the book “Five Centuries of Hanukkah Lamps...
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Polish Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Map of the Middle East by Mortier, 1700
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de la Situation du Paradis Terrestre (..)'. Detailed map of the Holy Land and the Middle East, centered on the Garden of Eden and including a large Cyprus. ...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Flanders, France Incl the Cities Lille, Tournai, Douai, c.1730
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Flandriae comitatus pars Australis'. Decorative antique map of the southern portion of Flanders, France. It shows the cities of Lille (Rijsel), Douai, Tournai (Do...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of the Margraviate and Electorate of Brandenburg by de Beaurain - ca.1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Historical Map of the Margraviate and Electorate of Brandenburg by Chevalier de Beaurain - Circa 1750
This impressive historical map, titled "Carte du Marquisat et Electorat de Br...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Book, Compendium of Farriery, English, Georgian, Equestrian, London 1796
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a delicate antique book, Compendium of Farriery. An English language, Georgian guide to equestrian care, published in London, 1796.
Full title: Taplin Improved; or a Compend...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Holy Oils Vase or Container, Pewter, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Santos Oils container. Pewter. Century XVIII.
Container made of pewter that has a foot, a body with curves, two handles and a lid. Its exterior decoration shows a clear influence o...
Category
European Rococo Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pewter
18th C Baroque Style German G. von Gundlach Armorial Beer /Goblet/Kelchglas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th C Baroque Style German G. von Gundlach Armorial Beer /Goblet/Kelchglas
Engraved later with ancestors name 'G. von Gundlach' with corresponding Armorial Crest, Germany, Hesse or Saxony region, Circa 1790
An exceptional 18th century example of early German or Dutch craftsmanship in this traditional Kelchglas form. A finely engraved later armorial to the body reveals the Gundlach family heraldry which date back to as early as 1304. The crest and shield of arms...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Blown Glass
French Antique Map of France and Western Europe, 1765
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de tous les Lieux, célébres dans l'Histoire (..)'. Beautiful old map of France and western Europe. This map originates from 'Atlas Historique de la France A...
Category
Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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