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Period: 18th Century
Antique Engraving of a Number of City Gates in England, c.1800
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Views of the City Gates (..)'. Old print with views of the city gates as they appeared before they were pulled down, together with the Old Gate...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$217 Sale Price
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18th Century Hand Forged Wrought Iron Church Pulpit Table
Located in Hastings, GB
18th century hand forged wrought iron church pulpit
Originally from a church in Western France, dating circa 1770
The pulpit and original flooring has b...
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French Baroque Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wrought Iron
Important Early 18th Century Italian Carved Monstrance Reliquary Tabernacle
Located in Forney, TX
Important and historic, acquired from the estate of legendary American businessman, the late T. Boone Pickens, we're proud to offer this exceptional carved giltwood reliquary - monstrance from the early 18th century.
Elaborately hand carved in period Rococo - Rocaille taste, with superb scrollwork, openwork, fanciful acanthus leaf and shell, ornate detailing, polychrome painted warm pastel colors, now beautifully distressed, muted tones, with remnants of gold gilded accents.
Pieces such as this were used in early churches for convenient exhibition or public display of some object of piety and other important religious relics...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Giltwood
Detailed Antique Map of the Lower Rhine region, Germany
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'S.R.I. Circulus Rhanus Inferior sive Electorum Rheni (..)'. Detailed map of the Lower Rhine region, Germany. The title cartouche in the upper left quadrant featur...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$425 Sale Price
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Original Copper Engraved Map of France
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'New and Accurate Map of France from the latest improvements'. Original copper engraved map of France. Engraved by T. Bowen, published circa 1771.
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$321 Sale Price
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Antique Engraved Print of the City of Madrid, Capital of Spain, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'A View of Madrid the Capital of Spain'. View of the city of Madrid, Spain. Shows figures in the foreground, pleasure boats, a bridge, the Royal Palace, parkland...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$217 Sale Price
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Old Map of Part of France: Poitou, Berry, Bourbonnais, and Nivernais in 1768
Located in Langweer, NL
The map with text neatly mounted on both sides of the map on the plate, is a section of an old map with accompanying French text. The map mentions several historical French provinces...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$340 Sale Price
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Antique English Georgian Treen Dog Snuff Box 18th Century
Located in Newark, England
From our collectables, we are delighted to offer this Georgian Treen Dog Snuff Box. The Treen Snuff Box beautifully formed in the shape of a naive dog ...
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English George III Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Wood
Niche. Carved and polychrome wood. Possibly Spanish school, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Niche. Carved and polychrome wood. Possibly Spanish school, 18th century.
A table niche made of carved, polychrome, and gilded wood. It features a front door with a key lock and gi...
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European Rococo Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Other
Antique Map of Persia, Georgia and Kazakhstan, ca.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de la Perse, de la Georgie, et de la Tartarie Independante'.
Map of Persia, Georgia and Kazakhstan. This map shows current days Georgia, Iran, Irak, Kaz...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$491 Sale Price
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Antique Print of the Death of Emperor Cubo at Kyoto, Japan, ca. 1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 't Vermoorden vande Keyser Cubus. / Massacre de l'Empereur Cubo, dans Meaco.' Engraving of the killing of Emperor Cubo at Kyoto, Japan. The city Kyoto was known ...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$869 Sale Price
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Antique Map of the Biblical Land of Canaan by Lindeman, c.1758
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'De IIde Landkaart verbeeldende t'Land Kanaan nog bewoond door deszelfs eerste bezitters (..).' - Map of the biblical Land of Canaan. With large title cartouche, c...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$189 Sale Price
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Antique Genealogy Chart of the House of Wurttemberg in Germany, 1732
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Genealogie de la Maison de Wirtemberg (..)'. Genealogy of the House Wurttemberg. This print orginates from 'Atlas Historique'.
The House of Württemberg is a...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$245 Sale Price
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Rare Antique Engraving of the City of Copenhagen, Denmark, ca.1720
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Copenhagen. Die Königl. Residenz und Haupt Stadt in Dänemark'. Panoramic view of the city of Copenhagen, Denmark. This print, most likely, originates from the s...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$434 Sale Price
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18th Century Giltwood All Seeing Eye of God Devotional Gold Sunburst
Located in Hastings, GB
An incredible and very rare late 18th century Italian giltwood sunburst, with the All Seeing Eye of God to the centre surrounded by a formation of clouds, in beautiful time worn cond...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gesso, Wood
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...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$652 Sale Price
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Antique Map of Africa by Claude Buy de Mornas '1761'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Afrique'. Original antique map of Africa flanked with descriptions containing geographical information about the area. This map originates from 'Atlas Methodique ...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$472 Sale Price
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Antique Map of Southern Sweden by Covens & Mortier, 'circa 1720'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Regni Gothiae (..)'. Detailed map of South Sweden. Embellished with beautiful title cartouche with scale and coats of arms. Published in Amsterdam by Covens & Mor...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$897 Sale Price
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Antique Map of Arabia including Nubia and Abyssinia, also shows the Red Sea
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Nubie et Abissinie'. Original antique map of Nubia, a region along the Nile river, and Abyssinia or the Ethiopian Empire. This map o...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$812 Sale Price
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Georgian Mahogany Miniature Bowfront Chest Of Drawers
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality Late 18th Century, George III Period, Bowfronted Mahogany Miniature Chest Having Very Well Figured Top, Over Two Short And Three Long Drawers, With Replacement Tu...
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English George III Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
$3,565 Sale Price
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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 ...
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European George III Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Complete bible bound in green leather morocco with silver clasps, 18th century
Located in Gorssel, GE
La Sainte Bible qui contient le Vieux et le Nouveau Testament edited by: Z.CHatelain & Fils, Arkstee & Merkus, Marc Michel Rey. A.D. 1770.
Subtitle: 'Le nouveau Testament, cést à di...
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European Rococo Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Antique Plan of Philippeville in Wallonia, Belgium, 1769
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Philippe-Ville'. Plan of Philippeville in Wallonia, Belgium. This print originates from volume 3 of 'Les Delices des Pays-Bas ou description geographique et histo...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$113 Sale Price
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18th Century Italian Antique Oil on Canvas Painting Saint Francesco Saverio
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful antique Italian oil painting on canvas. Excellent pictorial quality great attention to detail. Italian school of the 18th century. Not signed. A beautiful religious painting Saint Francesco...
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Italian Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Canvas
$4,725 Sale Price
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Small 18th Century Miniature Mahogany Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Attractive And Particularly Charming Mid 18th Century, Georgian Mahogany Miniature Chest, Retaining Exceptional Untouched Colour And Patina Throughout, Having Two Short And Three Long Drawers, Retaining Original Brass Ring Handles, Raised On Original Shaped Bracket Feet.
Although there has always been a large amount of discussion and conjecture as to the original purpose of antique miniature furniture it will be almost impossoble for a definitive answer to be given for by far the majority of surviving pieces.
The two well known and accepted purposes were either as an apprentice piece, meaning that the item may well have been made by a hopeful young man looking to secure himself a job at the local cabinet making workshop and using the piece as an audition for entry, or alternatively as a travelling salesmans sample piece where scale models of the full size items which a workshop could produce were created, allowing the salesman to take them away and use them for taking orders.
We believe that this wonderful little antique miniature chest...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Mahogany
$3,592 Sale Price
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18th Century Giltwood and Polychrome Painted Shield ECCE NUNCDIES SALUTIS
Located in Hastings, GB
Stunning 18th century carved wooden religious shield, Italian early 1700’s, in gilt and green with the words ECCE NUNCDIES SALUTIS (This is the Day of Salvation) to the centre.
Hist...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Gesso, Wood
18th c Historical English India Naval Battle Oil Painting by John Thomas Serres
Located in Savannah, GA
John Thomas Serres 1759-1825 was an English maritime painter who enjoyed significant success, including exhibiting extensively at the Royal Academy,...
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George III Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas, Wood
18th Century hand carved walnut italian relic Santos
Located in London, GB
18th Century Santos
A finely carved late 18th Century wooden Santos or Apostles head. Bears traces of original paint to top of its head. Mounted o...
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Italian Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Walnut
Antique Map of the City of Jerusalem by N. Visscher, 1702
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Die Heylige en Wytvermaerde stadt Jerusalem Eerst Genaemt Salem, Genesis 14 vers 18'. This map originates from 'Biblia. Ouden ende Nieuwen Testaments (..)'. Publi...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$3,260 Sale Price
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Antique Print of a Ruin of the Kew Gardens in London, England, c.1785
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Ruin de Kew vuë par le Nord'.
Copper engraving of a ruin of the Kew gardens. This print originates from 'Jardins Anglo-Chinois à la Mode' by Georg Louis le Rouge. Artists and Engravers: The work of Le Rouge is considered the most important engraved work concerning the history of European gardens during the 18th century.
Kew Gardens is a botanic garden in southwest London that houses the "largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world". Founded in 1840, from the exotic garden at Kew Park, its living collections includes some of the 27,000 taxa curated by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, while the herbarium, one of the largest in the world, has over 8.5 million preserved plant...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$359 Sale Price
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18th-century reliquary in solid silver, finely hand-engraved
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant 18th-century reliquary in solid silver, finely hand-engraved, with an ornamental decoration typical of Baroque religious art. Its oval shape features floral and symbolic deta...
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European Baroque Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Silver
Antique Print of King Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1701
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Henricus IV Imperator'. Portrait of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. Henry IV (1050 - 1106) was King of the Romans (also refer...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$207 Sale Price
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Antique Map of the Holy Land by Keur, 1748
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map Holy Land titled 'De Gelegentheyd van t'Paradys ende t'Landt Canaan, Mitsgaders d'eerst bewoonde Landen der Patriarchen'. Includes five decorative vignettes, including No...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$328 Sale Price
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Original and Decorative Antique Engraved Map of Finland and Sweden, ca.1720
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Ducatus Uplandiae cum Westmanniae Sudermanniae (..)'
This map shows parts of Finland and Sweden. Originally published by Frederick de Wit in the late 1600's. ...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$1,370 Sale Price
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Antique Print of the Porcelain Pagoda in Nanjing, China, 1736
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'La Tour de Porcelaine, Arc de Triomphe'. Old print depicting the Porcelain Pagoda in the Chinese city of Nanjing. It no longer ...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Map of North and East Asia, 1751
Located in Langweer, NL
Map 2: 'Carte des parties nord et est de L'Asie'. (Map of the Northern parts and East Asia.) Five maps on one sheet, showing California, Alaska and Siberia, Korea and Japan. South to...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Print of Seals of Nobility and Important Men of Scotland, 1792
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Plate XXVIII. Seals of Nobility and great Men of Scotland. Original antique print showing Seals of Nobility and important men of Scotland. This print originates...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$245 Sale Price
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Rare Antique Print of the Famous Westminster Abbey, London, England, C.1800
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'An ancient View of St. James's (..)'. Old print of Westminster, the old Westminster Abbey in the centre, with St James's Palace on the right.
Westminster Abb...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$396 Sale Price
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Beautiful Antique Map of the French Coast, from St. Valeri to Dieppe, 1720
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map France titled 'Les Embouchures de la Somme et de Bresle Riv. ou est St. Valeri, Eu et Dieppe'.
Beautiful map of the French coast, fr...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$844 Sale Price
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Antique Print of Various Apples by Knoop, 1758
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print depicting apple variaties including the Soete Erveling, Winter Striepeling, Blanke Pepping, Soete Son-Appel, Witte Soete Jopen, Princesse Noble, Soete Robbert, Grauwe R...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$283 Sale Price
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Original Copper Engraving with View of the Palace and Chinese Emperor, ca.1700
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "The Station used by the great Mandaryns Staetsie der groote Mandarijns / The Station used by the great Mandaryns Staetsie der groote Mandarijns. 1665.
The richly illustrat...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$226 Sale Price
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Antique French Map of Hungary with Decorative Title Cartouche, c.1730
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'La Hongrie suivant les Nouvelles Observations (..)'. Antique map of Hungary with decorative title cartouche. Artists and Engravers: ...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$359 Sale Price
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18th/19th Century French Provincial Religious Oratory Sacristy Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce French Provincial Louis XV (1715-1774) / Louis XVI (1774-1792) Period mixed wood religious oratory (prie-dieu / altar)
Hand-crafted in France in the 18th century, with later 19th century elements, likely originating in the south of France / Mediterranean region, featuring pegged solid wooden construction of warm, rich fruitwood, chesnut, oak, and maple.
Having a slant-front bureau with tall raised back decorated with three Renaissance Revival style high relief panels, the center depicting religious scene comprising Jesus and winged Saint, the side panels with foliate floral fruit pendant carvings, flanked by classical turned baluster-form columns, surmounted with highly stylized hand carved and turned finials. Over a slant-front with star parquetry, the hinged drop-front opens to reveal a distressed leather writing desk / lectern / pulpit on which the holy books can be laid open and allows to shelter the books, which were considered precious goods at that time. The lower sacristy cabinet has a pair of slide-out supports flanking a paneled cupboard door decorated with a large stepped base Christian cross parquetry inlay, affixed with later decorative forged iron faux escutcheon overtop. The door opening with key to a single fixed shelf on which holy items...
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French French Provincial Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Iron
Antique Map of the Yenisei River in Siberia, Russia, 1768
By Prevost
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte des Bras du Jenisei (..)'. Map of the Yenisei River and surroundings, Siberia. This print originates from volume 18 of 'Histoire generale des voyages (..)' ...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$264 Sale Price
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Antique Print of a Section of the Kew Gardens, London, England, c.1785
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Coupe sur la longueur d'une partie de la Galerie des Antiques dans les jardins de Kew'.
Copper engraving showing a section of the Royal Botanic...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$340 Sale Price
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Large Antique Map of Gaul, or France in Ancient Roman Times, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique map titled 'Gallia Antiqua ex Aevi Romani Monumentis (..)'. Large map of Gaul, or France in ancient Roman times, showing Roman provinces. Inset bottom left a detaile...
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French Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$444 Sale Price
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French 18th Century Religious Statue of the Virgin Mary on a cloud
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 18th century / Statue of the Virgin Mary kneeling on a cloud / Polychrome, oak / Antique / Religious
An 18th century oak statue with its original polychromy depicting Mary...
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French Baroque Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Oak
Large Antique Map of the British Isles, with inset of the Orkneys and Shetlands
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'A Map of Great Britain and Ireland (..)'. Large antique map of the British Isles, with part of the French and Dutch coasts, and an inset of the Orkneys and Shetla...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$604 Sale Price
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Antique Map of The Harbour of Acapulco in Mexico, 1749
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique map titled 'Plan van de Haven van Acapulco (..) - Plan du Port d'Acapulco (..)'. Original antique map of the Port of Acapulco on the coast of Mexico in the South...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$340 Sale Price
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Rare Map of South America of Chili, La Plata, Paraguay, Brazil, Peru, c.1775
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'South America agreeable to the most approved maps and charts'.
Rare map of South America depicting Chili, La Plata, Paraguay, Brazil, ...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$510 Sale Price
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18th Century Louis XV Painted Silver Leaf Display Case Tabernacolo, circa 1770
Located in Encinitas, CA
An elegantly detailed, late 18th century Louis XV period wooden display case, golden yellow lacquer with silver leaf accents. As a reliquary or tabernacolo, the box may have been used to display or store religious artifacts...
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Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Silver Leaf
$3,600 Sale Price
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Original Antique Hand-Colored Optica Print of the Hague, C.1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Vue de la Haye en Hollande - Prospect von Gravenhag in Holland'. Beautiful view of The Hague, the Netherlands. This is an optical print, also called 'vue optiqu...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$340 Sale Price
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John Bennett Georgian Barometer
By John Bennett
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional Georgian barometer by the leading London instrument-maker John Bennett strongly reflects the prevalent furniture style and archite...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Original Antique Sea Chart of the Coastline from England to Gibraltar, ca.1700
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'A Chart of the Sea-Coast from England to the Streights.'
Original antique map showing the European coastline from the South of England (and North of France) to ...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$897 Sale Price
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Antique Map of Portugal by Nolin '1704'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Le Royaume de Porutgal divisé en cinq grandes Provinces (..)'. Rare and very decorative map of Portugal. It shows the territory of ...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$803 Sale Price
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Dictionary of English Furniture (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The Dictionary of English Furniture from the Middle Ages to the late Georgian Period, by Percy Macquoid & Ralph Edwards. This is the first edition from 1927 and can be regarded as th...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$2,950 / set
Antique Print with a Plan of Kunta Kinteh Island and views of Fort James, Gambia
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Plan of Iames Island in the Gambia - N.E. Prospect of Iames Fort - N.N.W. Prospect of Iames Fort'. Print with a plan of Kunta Kinteh I...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$207 Sale Price
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New Map of North America from the Latest Discoveries, 1763
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique 18th century map of the North American seaboard.
Entitled "A New Map of North America from the Latest Discoveries 1763".
By the Cartographer/Engraver - John Spil...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Old Engraving Depicting the Buddhist Festival of Souls 'Obon' in Japan, 1758
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print religion titled 'La Fête des Ames - 't Feest der Zielen'.
Old print depicting the Buddhist festival of souls (Obon). This print originates from 'Histoire générale des Voyages' by A. Prévost.
Obon (??) or just Bon (?) is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors. This Buddhist–Confucian custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars. It has been celebrated in Japan for more than 500 years and traditionally includes a dance, known as Bon Odori.
The festival of Obon lasts for three days; however, its starting date varies within different regions of Japan. When the lunar calendar was changed to the Gregorian calendar at the beginning of the Meiji era, the localities in Japan responded differently, which resulted in three different times of Obon. Shichigatsu Bon (Bon in July) is based on the solar calendar and is celebrated around the 15th of July in eastern Japan (Kanto region such as Tokyo, Yokohama and the Tohoku region), coinciding with Chugen. Hachigatsu Bon (Bon in August), based on the lunar calendar, is celebrated around the 15th of August and is the most commonly celebrated time. Kyu Bon (Old Bon) is celebrated on the 15th day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, and so differs each year, which appears between August 8 and September 7. One exception was in 2008 and 2019, when the solar and lunar calendar matched so Hachigatsu Bon and Kyu Bon were celebrated on the same day. Kyu Bon is celebrated in areas such as the northern part of the Kanto region, Chugoku region, Shikoku, and Okinawa Prefecture. These three festival days are not listed as public holidays, but it is customary for people to be given leave. (Source: Wikipedia)
Artists and Engravers: Jan van Schley, Dutch engraver.
Condition: Very good, please study image carefully.
Date: 1758
Overall size: 20.5 x 27 cm.
Image size: 13 x 20 cm.
We also offer thousands of antique prints covering fields of interest as diverse as architecture, natural history, religion, ethnology and many more. Antique prints have long been appreciated for both their aesthetic and investment value. They were the product of engraved, etched or lithographed plates. These plates were handmade out of wood or metal, which required an incredible level of skill, patience and craftsmanship. Whether you have a house with Victorian furniture or more contemporary decor an old engraving...
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$226 Sale Price
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Old Print Depicting the Buddhist Festival of Souls 'Obon', 1758
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print religion titled 'La Fête des Ames - 't Feest der Zielen'.
Old print depicting the Buddhist festival of souls (Obon). This print originates from 'Histoire générale d...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
$226 Sale Price
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