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Period: 19th Century
Map of Côtes-du-Nord France with Saint-Brieuc and Brittany Coastline, c.1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Côtes-du-Nord France with Saint-Brieuc and Brittany Coastline, 19th c
Description:
This elegant 19th-century map of Côtes-du-Nord, the historic name for what is now known as ...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Côte-d'Or France with Dijon and Burgundy Wine Region, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Côte-d'Or France with Dijon and Burgundy Wine Region, 19th Century
Description:
This beautifully engraved 19th-century map of Côte-d'Or, located in the historic region of Bur...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Corsica France with Ajaccio and Napoleon Portraits, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Corsica France with Ajaccio and Napoleon Portraits, 19th Century
Description:
This finely engraved 19th-century map of Corsica, the Mediterranean island region of France, was...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Corrèze France with Brive, Tulle and Dordogne River Landscape, c.1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Corrèze France with Brive, Tulle and Dordogne River Landscape
Description:
This finely detailed 19th-century map of the Corrèze department in southwestern France was publish...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Cher France with Bourges, Sancerre Vineyards and Engraved Vignettes, 1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Charente-Inférieure France with La Rochelle and Coastal Vineyards, 19th c
Description:
This decorative 19th-century map of the former department of Charente-Inférieure, now k...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Charente-Inférieure France with La Rochelle and Coastal Vineyards, c.1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Charente-Inférieure France with La Rochelle and Coastal Vineyards, 19th c
Description:
This decorative 19th-century map of the former department of Charente-Inférieure, now k...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A Belgian children's tableware by Anci Mouzin Lecat, 19th Century
Located in Delft, NL
A Belgian children's tableware by Anci Mouzin Lecat, 19th Century
A children's tableware by Anci Mouzin Lecat & Cie, Belgium ca 1890. A footed bowl is from Nimy. The tableware has b...
Category
Belgian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Earthenware
ANTiQUE CIR 1880 J LEBEGUE & CIE PARIS TERRESTRIAL LITHOGRAPH GLOBE CAST IRON
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite original Circa 1860-1880 Globe Terrestre by J Lebegue & Cie on an ornately cast sw...
Category
European Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
1882 Map of Australia and New Zealand with Regional and Geographical Features
Located in Langweer, NL
This 1882 map of Australia and New Zealand, published by Blackie and Son as part of the 'Comprehensive Atlas and Geography of the World,' provides a detailed and insightful look at t...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Chinese Temple Model
Located in Somis, CA
Beautiful model resembles China's real temple with exquisite carvings. Peonies and lotuses flank delicate doors decorated with "double happiness" carvings. These flowers are symbols ...
Category
Chinese Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
19th Century Santos Head
Located in London, GB
19th Century Santos Head
We are proud to offer a rare example of a religious 19th Century hand carved Santos head. With polychrome paint still intact in...
Category
French Edwardian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
19th Century Painted Wood Carousel Swan Child's Seat with Bell
Located in Atlanta, GA
Whimsical 19th century Continental painted and carved wood swan form carousel seat with bell.
Category
European Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
19th Century Mexican Wooden Hand-Painted Virgin with Child in Arms
Located in Marbella, ES
19th Century Mexican wooden hand-painted virgin with child in arms.
Category
Mexican Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1890s Hand Painted Life Size Anatomical of Head
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is an early and high quality hand-painted plaster antique anatomical model of an adult human head. I would date this to 1900. The detail...
Category
German Industrial Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
George Bussey Automaton Caddie Golf Bag
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Caddie Golf Bag, George Bussey Automaton Caddie.
A wonderful example of an early auto caddy by George Bussey. This is a rare find indeed as very few of these bags have surviv...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Finden's Illustrations for the Life and Works of Lord Byron
Located in Middletown, NY
Brockedon, William, William Finden, and George Gordon, Lord Byron
Finden's Illustrations for the Life and Works of Lord Byron; With Original and Selected Information on the Subjects ...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
Map of The Italian Peninsula with the islands of Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, 1880
Located in Langweer, NL
This map, titled "ITALIA, Sicilia, Sardinia, Corsica," represents the Italian Peninsula along with the islands of Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica. Inset maps offer detailed views of "R...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Children's Mannequin
Located in London, GB
A rare antique child mannequin,
circa 1880, French.
Losses to the outer fabric consistent with age and a dent to the metal top.
The boots are cast iron so there mannequin ...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Antique Map of Australia and New Zealand, c.1860
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Australia and New Zealand'. Unusual edition of this map of Australia and New Zealand, on very thin paper and multiple folding lines. Source unknown, to be determi...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1889s Antique Celestial Globe Signed Gussoni e Dotti Milano Papier Maché Sphere
Located in Milan, IT
Celestial globe compiled on the Hesi & Gould catalogs by Eng. Pini and published in 1889 by Gussoni & Dotti Milano piazza del Duomo. Sphere in paper mache covered with paper printed by engraving on copper plate and hand watercolored, base in turned and ebonized wood.
Good condition, conservative restoration at the base. Measures: Height 45 cm, inche 17.8, sphere diameter 22 cm 8.7.
Giovanni Gussoni in 1874 bought the business of Antonio Ronchi typographer in Via Unione 5 in Milan, and then moved in 1883 to the shop of the Southern Porticoes in Piazza Duomo. Giovanni Gussoni was followed by his son Vittorio, who on April 16, 1907 sold the company to a collaborator, Giovanni Serra, who continued the business until November 1914.
Man has always wanted to know the world in which he lives and has used all the means available to measure the space that surrounds him to expand his knowledge more and more. The conditions that allowed man to develop models of the world and space were probably realized only after...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Charente France with Cognac Region and Château de La Rochefoucauld, 1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Charente France with Cognac Region and Château de La Rochefoucauld, 19th c
Description:
This richly illustrated 19th-century map of the Charente department in southwestern Fr...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Cantal France with Aurillac, Volcanic Peaks and Rural Life, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Cantal France with Aurillac, Volcanic Peaks and Rural Life, 19th Century
Description:
This finely engraved and hand-colored 19th-century map of Cantal, a mountainous departme...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Calvados France with Caen and Cider-Brandy Region, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Calvados France with Caen and Cider-Brandy Region, 19th Century
Description:
This finely engraved 19th-century map of the Calvados department in Normandy, northwestern France...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Bouches-du-Rhône France with Marseille and Rhône Delta, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Bouches-du-Rhône France with Marseille and Rhône Delta, 19th Century
Description:
This finely engraved 19th-century map of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southeastern Fra...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Aveyron France with Rodez, Millau and Wine Routes, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Aveyron France with Rodez, Millau and Wine Routes, 19th Century
Description:
This detailed and decorative 19th-century map of Aveyron, a department in southern France, was dr...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Carved Wood Tobacco Pipe with Soldier Head
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Carved Wood Tobacco Pipe with Soldier Head
A rare antique handcarved wooden tobacco pipe with a fine carved soldier head as pipe head. The head features a Confederated or a Union soldier. The pipe is executed in Germany ca. 1880. A great addition to every tobacciana collection. Good condition with a small repair on the hat brim.
The tradition of wood carving, using manual skills to make everyday objects and fine art sculptures, is found throughout Europe. The incentive to create not only useful but also aesthetically beautiful things, distinguishes the craftsman from the artist. In addition to the well-known Swiss wood...
Category
German Black Forest Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Map of Aude France with Carcassonne and Languedoc Vineyards, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Aude France with Carcassonne and Languedoc Vineyards, 19th Century
Description:
This elegant 19th-century map of Aude, a department in southern France along the Mediterranean...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Aube France with Troyes and Champagne Wine Region, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Aube France with Troyes and Champagne Vineyards by Vuillemin, 19th c
Description:
This 19th-century map of the Aube department in the Grand Est region of northeastern France ...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Ariège France with Foix and Pyrenees Landscape by Vuillemin, 19th c
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Ariège France with Foix and Pyrenees Landscape by Vuillemin, 19th c
Description:
This beautifully detailed 19th-century map of the Ariège department in southwestern France wa...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Ardennes France with Sedan and Military History by Vuillemin, c.1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Ardennes France with Sedan and Military History by Vuillemin, 19th c
Description:
This detailed and decorative 19th-century map of the Ardennes department in northeastern Fra...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Billiard Snooker or Life Pool Scoring Board London
By Cox & Yeman
Located in Radstock, GB
A beautiful mahogany framed scoring cabinet by Cox & Yeman circa 1890, featuring hand painted sliding panels ,revolving numbers and a central slate panel....
Category
English Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Map of the City of London by Balbi '1847'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'London'. Original antique map of the city of London. This map originates from 'Abrégé de Géographie (..)' by Adrien Balbi. Published 1847.
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Ardèche France with Annonay and Vineyards by Vuillemin, 19th c
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Ardèche France with Annonay and Vineyards by Vuillemin, 19th c
This beautifully engraved 19th-century map of Ardèche, a department in southeastern France, comes from Alexandr...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Hautes-Alpes France with Gap and Alpine Scenery by Vuillemin, c.1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Hautes-Alpes France with Gap and Alpine Scenery by Vuillemin
Description:
This elegant 19th-century map of the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France was created by A...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Basses-Alpes France with Digne and Lavender Region by Vuillemin, c.1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Basses-Alpes France with Digne and Lavender Region by Vuillemin, 19th c
This finely engraved 19th-century map of the Basses-Alpes department of France (known today as Alpes-d...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Works of Samuel Johnson. 12 vols. NEW EDITION - 1810 - IN A FINE BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: JOHNSON, Samuel.
TITLE: The Works of Samuel Johnson. With An Essay On His Life And Genius, by Arthur Murphy.
PUBLISHER: London: for many, 1810.
DESCRIPTION: NEW EDITION. ...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Map of Allier France with Saint-Pourçain Wine Region by Vuillemin, 19th c
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Allier France with Saint-Pourçain Wine Region by Vuillemin, 19th c
This decorative 19th-century map of Allier, a central department of France, comes from the celebrated Nouve...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Victorian green & gold Cast Iron Christmas Tree Stand, Vintage, German, 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This beautiful Art nouveau green and golden color cast iron Christmas tree stand, was made in Germany, in the 1910s. A nice addition for your Christmas decoration. It holds a stem up...
Category
German Folk Art Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Iron
Antique Knight Saint Carved Statue Figure St. George Soldier Medieval Armor Oak
Located in Tyler, TX
Rare Tall Carved Oak Statue Figure~~Medieval Knight or Saint with Armor~~St. George~~c. late 18th or early 19th century
HIGHLY CARVED~~notice the details~~St. George, a Christian saint who was a soldier in the Roman army...
Category
French Classical Roman Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Map of Aisne France with Soissons and Champagne Vineyards by Vuillemin, 19th c
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Aisne France with Soissons and Champagne Vineyards by Vuillemin, 19th c
Description:
This richly detailed 19th-century engraved and hand-colored map of the department of Aisn...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Ain France with Vineyards of Bugey and Notable Portraits, c.1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Ain France with Portraits of Bichat and Joubert by Vuillemin, 19th c
This highly decorative 19th-century map of the French department of Ain is taken from the celebrated Nouv...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A Rare 19th Century Carved Bamboo Walking Stick Which Extends To A Fishing Rod
Located in Dublin, IE
A very rare 19th Century well figured elegant walking stick which extends to a fishing rod. This unique item is of exceptional quality and finely hand carved with a beautifully shap...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bamboo
Set of Two Antique Temple Heavy Bronze Door Handles, Nepal, 19th Century
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A rare set of two handcrafted heavy bronze door handles from an old temple in Nepal, mid-19th century. Figurative male sculptures depicting a fertiliy deity used on entry doors as a ...
Category
Nepalese Tibetan Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
19th Burmese Carved and giltwood Stupa with Buddhas in Niches
Located in Stamford, CT
A wonderfully carved 18th century Burmese Shan period stupa with many seated Buddha's set in niches. With original gilding and red and green polychrome.
The stupa is a Buddhist arc...
Category
Burmese Other Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
SHELLEY/COOKE Presumption Or The Fate of Frankenstein. 1833 AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: PEAKE, Richard Brinsley (Mary W. Shelley).
TITLE: Presumption! Or The Fate of Frankenstein. Last Night... Of Mr. T. P. Cooke. This Present Evening, Saturday, March 9, 1833, will be performed the Celebrated Romance... Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh.
PUBLISHER: Edinburgh, 1833.
DESCRIPTION: THE LAST PERFORMANCE BY COOKE AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL EDINBURGH FOR 1833. Printed letterpress playbill/broadside, 11-3/16" x 7-5/8", laid down on early cardstock.
CONDITION: Toning heaver around edges, all broadsides mentioning Cooke playing the Monster are scarce.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The play's author, Richard Brinsley Peake (1792-1847), was a prolific dramatist of the London popular theatre from 1818 until the time of his death. Presumption! appeared at the Lyceum (the English Opera House) in the late summer of 1823. During the autumn of the same year, other serious adaptations of Frankenstein appeared at the Royalty and the Coburg. The part of the Monster was taken by Thomas Potter...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Santa Claus Belsnickle with Lantern Chocolate Mold Antique 1890s, German
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous chocolate mold. Made of metal, not marked. Beautiful and ready to use or display, with nice patina. The 1890s to 1920s were the golden age of Chocolate production and cons...
Category
German Folk Art Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Little Silver and Enamel Cigarette Box
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a delicate little cigarette box. It is made from 900/1000 silver stamped L/R. The inside is gilded and shows the German hallmark of half moon and crown. The lid is embell...
Category
German Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Antique Chinese Black-and-White Jade Pebble Snuff Bottle
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Chinese Black-and-White Jade Pebble Snuff Bottle, nephrite carved in the overall shape of a white peach of longevity with a black bat of happiness resting...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Jade
An antique taxidermy Duck-billed Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, late 19th century
L. approx. 40 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, Belgium
Category
English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique Book, The Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan, English, Novel, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique book 'The Pilgrim's Progress' by John Bunyan. An English, bound and illustrated novel, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1860.
A Christian allegory - and never out of print - The Pilgrim's Progress was written in the 17th century and is considered as the first novel written in English. Initially written when John Bunyan (1628 - 1688) was in prison for holding mass outside of the Church of England's purview, it was finished in two volumes and later translated into over 200 languages, including Dutch, German and Swedish.
Victorian period reprint of the original 17th century volumes
Displaying a desirable aged patina and in lightly time-worn, intact order
Tastefully bound in dark green Morocco with gilt lettering and textured fore edge...
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Swiss Music Box, circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Swiss Music Box circa 1890.
Category
Swiss Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Print of Persian Decorative Art by Racinet, 1869
Located in Langweer, NL
Old print of Persian decorative art. This print originates from 'L'Ornement polychrome'. A beautiful work containing about 2000 patterns of all the styles of Art old and Asian, middl...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th C Original Painted Game Board
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C original painted game board. Nice original Salmon and black paint.
Category
North American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
American Salesman Sample Late 19th Century Wooden Flat Bed Cargo Wagon
Located in Incline Village, NV
Salesman Sample : Late 19th century. American (4) wheeled hand carved all wooden horse drawn flat bed cargo wagon, in excellent condition with original red st...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
19th c. Giltwood Barometer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carved and Giltwood Louis XVI Style Barometer
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
Chinese Jade Top Matchbox Holder, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
With vintage charm and petite scale, this Chinese matchbox holder features an openwork jade lid carved to depict flowers and foliage in translucent green. The jade panel is removable...
Category
Chinese Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Jade, Brass
Two Day Marine Chronometer, John Bliss, New York
By John Bliss & Co.
Located in Norwich, GB
A Fine Two Day Marine Chronometer By John Bliss and Co, New York. No.3068
Two day marine chromometer by John Bliss and Co housed in a beautiful three tier brass bound box with brass carrying handles to the sides, brass push button knob opening to a third tier. The box has a wonderful rich patina and retains it’s original solid brass Tipsy key.
The movement is housed within a gimballed brass surround which is stamped H.M.I and marked with the ordnance arrow
The high quality 56 hour chain fusee movement has full brass plates joined by four ringed pillars, an Earnshaw-type spring detent escapement with maintaining power, split bi-metallic balance and cylindrical shaped temperature compensation weights, polished steel helical balance and faceted endstone.
The silvered dial signed ‘John Bliss & Co, New York No 3068 with subsidiary dial below XII for ‘state of wind’ and subsidiary seconds dial above the VI, original ‘blued’ steel hands. C.1890
John Bliss & Co worked at 128 Front Street, New York between 1880 and 1929 and then 84 Pearl Street, New York from 1934 to 1939. Front Street runs from the Brooklyn Bridge to Hudson Ave. and Navy Street, close to the Docks area. On the death of John Bliss, his sons John and George carried on the business. Their chronometers were placed 3rd, 6th and 8th at the Washington Observatory Trials in 1886. They became suppliers to the US Navy and also made meteorological instruments and devised an original way of making mainsprings. Many of their movements were supplied by makers in England, particularly Victor Kullberg.
Category
English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Carved Giltwood Virgin Mary Statue on Globe from Provence
Located in Dallas, TX
Over three feet tall, this important antique sculpture of the Virgin Mary in prayers was created in Provence, France, circa 1860. Embellished with gold leaf and polychrome finish, th...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
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