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Period: 19th Century
Devotional plaque, The Prayer in the Garden. Bronze. 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional plaque, The Prayer in the Garden. Bronze. 19th century.
Devotional plaque featuring a ring at the top for wall mounting and a religious figurative relief on the front fra...
Category
European Other Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Embossed copper plate set in gilt wood frame, early 19th century circa 1820
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Early 19th century fine copper work picturing Jesus Christ talking to children, illustrating famous "let the little children come to me" biblical recommandation. Restauration product...
Category
French Restauration Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
$1,902 Sale Price
20% Off
Rebuilt 1881 Steinway & Sons Model D Concert Grand Piano Burr Walnut
Located in Leeds, GB
Rebuilt, 1881, Steinway & Sons Model D concert grand piano with a burr walnut case, filigree music desk and fluted, barrel legs. The music desk is an ...
Category
German Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Wax Flower Basket Still Life Under Oval Glass Dome II
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Victorian Wax Flower Basket Still Life Under Oval Glass Dome II
USA, Circa 1880
An exquisite testament to Victorian artistry: a stunning wax flower ...
Category
American High Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood
$1,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Russian Icons, 19th C., 3
Located in Astoria, NY
Collection of Three Russian Icons, 19th century, comprising: Christ Pantocrater painted metal with gilt metal oklad, brass and enamel door-form traveling icon with scenes of Christ's...
Category
European Other Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Brass, Enamel
$950 / set
Antique Map of the Antilles and Central America – 1872
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Antique Map of the Antilles and Central America – 1872
Description:
This finely detailed antique map, titled Antilles et Amérique Centrale, was published in 1872 under t...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century German Antique Mahogany, Walnut Model of an Egyptian Temple
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-brown, antique German model of an Egyptian temple made of handcrafted, partly painted Mahogany and Walnut, in good condition. The inside of the de...
Category
German Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut
Mid 19th Century English Games Compendium
Located in Chicago, IL
This beautiful maple and ebony compendium box has a hinged lid and a pair of front doors that swing open to reveal the boxwood and ebony hand-carved chess pieces. Each chess piece si...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone, Boxwood, Ebony, Maple
Antique Helixophile's Novelty Walking Stick Corkscrew Cane 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique English brass helixophile's novelty system gadget walking stick, circa 1880 in date.
The striking walking stick features an L-shaped stag antler handle ...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique English Brass reception bell 19th Century
Located in Chonburi, TH
Antique English Bronze reception bell with original patina. The bell still works great!
Category
English Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
$304 Sale Price
20% Off
Rebuilt Steinway Model B Grand Piano Arabesque Music Desk Fluted Barrel Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
Rebuilt, 1886, Steinway Model B grand piano with a black case.
The music desk is in an openwork arabesque design featuring a central lyre motif
surrounded by stylised tendrils and foliage. The serpentine piano cheek features a dual linear case moulding. The piano lyre has two fluted spindle upright supports with two brass pedals and a brass footplate. The fluted, barrel piano legs have sunken brass casters. The leg pediment is carved with a stylised flower and curlicues. Piano has an eighty-five note keyboard.
Enjoy the vintage styling of an antique Steinway...
Category
German Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Religious Print "No.26" the Institution of the Eucharist, circa 1840
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘Histoire Sainte, Nouveau Testament, Institution de L'Eucharistie.’ This plate shows a scene from the New Testament; The Institution of the Eucharist at the Last...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Oak cased weather station
Located in Cheshire, GB
Oak-cased Weather station by James Brown Glasgow. with silvered dials comprising a clock set with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, barometer, and central barograph over th...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Mutual Insurance Fire Marker
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mutual Insurance Co. fire marker without the 1784. Used primarily for advertising purposes, fire marks were used from 1752 to circa 1900. Going back to th...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
7 Vol. Set- Charles Merivale, A History Of The Romans Under The Empire, 1858
Located in Bridgeport, CT
London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, various publishing dates. Bound in tan leather with red and brown with gilt spines. Marbelized end papers. All with bookplates ins...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
DICKENS, Charles, Dombey and Son, '1848, First Edition Bound from the Parts'
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: DICKENS, Charles
Title: Dombey and Son.
Publisher: London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848.
Description: first edition bound from the parts. 1 vol., 8-5/8" x 6", illustrated ...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Plan of Paris, France, by A. Vuillemin, Antique Map, 1845
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This large and detailed plan of Paris was published by Alexandre Vuillemin in 1845. The map conveys a wonderful amount of information and is decorated throughout with pictorial vigne...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of the Island of Tahiti, Polynesia, 1803
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map Tahiti titled 'Kaart van het Eiland Otahiti'.
Antique map of the Island of Tahiti, Polynesia. Originates from 'Reizen Rondom de Waereld door James Cook (..)'.
Artists...
Category
Dutch Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$529 Sale Price
50% Off
French 19th Century Culinary Scale from Lyon
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A large kitchen / culinary scale made in Lyon, France, circa 1880. This wonderful antique instrument was used to measure various ingredients and product...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique Map of Turkey, Persia and Afghanistan, 1842
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de la Turquie d'Asia, de la Perse, de l'Afghanistan'. Map of Turkey, Persia and Afghanistan. This map originates from 'Atlas universel de géographie ancienn...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$361 Sale Price
20% Off
Slimline Antique Display Dome, English, Glass, Ornamental Showcase, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a slimline antique display dome. An English, glass over ebonised mahogany specimen or ornament showcase, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890.
Slimline proportio...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Large Antique County Map of Norfolk, England
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'A Map of Norfolk from the best Authorities'. Original old county map of Norfolk, England. Engraved by John Cary. Originates from 'N...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$266 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Indo - Portuguese Rosewood Tabernacle
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This 19th-century Indo-Portuguese tabernacle is masterfully crafted from rich rosewood and crowned with a beautifully carved cross at the pinnacle. This exceptional piece exemplifies...
Category
Indian Other Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Religious Print 'No. 28' The Bronze Serpent, circa 1840
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘Histoire Sainte, Ancien Testament, Le Serpent d'Airain.’ This plate shows a scene from the Old Testament; The Bronze Serpent.’
This...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$190 Sale Price
20% Off
The Book of Common Prayer. c. 1875 - BOUND IN BONE - WITH IT'S ORIGINAL BOX !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: (BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER).
TITLE: The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of The Sacraments, and Other Rites & Ceremonies of The Church,...
PUBLISHER: London: by Georg...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Bone
Antique Ottoman Buckle Belt, 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Antique Ottoman Buckle Belt in gilded metal.
Partially discolored, otherwise very good condition.
Category
Bulgarian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Large Decorative Colonial-Era Map of South India – Peninsula of India, 1800
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of South India – “A Map of the Peninsula of India,” London 1800
This large and detailed antique map titled *A Map of the Peninsula of India* was published in London in 1...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen, Paper
Victorian Cased Taxidermy, Pheasant
Located in London, GB
Victorian cased taxidermy of a pheasant amongst natural Habitat.
Dimension: H 55.5 x W 80 x D 23 cm.
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Feathers, Animal Skin
Antique Map of Algeria, Tunisia & Tripolitania – Andriveau-Goujon, Paris 1865
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of Algeria, Tunisia & Tripolitania – Andriveau-Goujon, Paris 1865
This finely detailed and beautifully colored map was engraved and published in Paris in 1865 by the ren...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rococo Style Steinway Centennial Concert Grand Carved Rosewood
Located in Leeds, GB
Rococo style, 1874, Steinway & Sons Centennial concert grand piano with a rosewood case, filigree music desk and ornately carved, reverse scroll legs. Piano is rebuilt.
The piano cheek features a carved, Classical meander and acanthus in high relief. The two-pedal piano lyre features carved inverted fish, c-scrolls and a central cartouche. The music desk in an openwork arabesque design and a central lyre motif. A sinuous wave pattern double moulding surrounds the cabinet base.
At the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, there were several manufacturer's competitions, including a piano competition. The Steinway company sent two grand pianos displaying their latest developments, demonstrating the firm's innovative and markedly improved piano quality. Their determined pursuit of quality was rewarded at the world exhibition with a gold medal. Steinway won the competition against several established, well-known American piano makers, including Chickering and Sons and Weber. This Steinway concert grand...
Category
German Rococo Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rosewood
Indochina Walking stick , Baston, Silver Wood and Antler
By Gold China
Located in Valladolid, ES
Beautiful and Exotic wooden cane with old -aged silver handle with horn horn auction, from indochina and dated around at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th cen...
Category
French Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Early 19th Century Hand Colored Map of the United States and Caribbean Islands
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Hand coloured early 19th century map by Giraldon of France titled "Etats Unis et Grandes Antilles" (United States and Greater Antilles).
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$595 Sale Price
40% Off
Antique 2 Draw Telescope, English, Chromed Brass, Terrestrial, Astro, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique 2 draw telescope. An English, chromed brass terrestrial or astronomical refractor, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Perfect for bird watching, landscape appreciation, wildlife, or maritime observation. Equally suitable for observing the night sky. Supplied with a London Fine oak and brass 'Captain's Stand' for display.
Of generous proportion when fully drawn, and neatly stowed in its own case
Displaying a desirable aged patina, some light marks commensurate with use
Leather covered primary barrel tanned in dark green with some light colour wear
Polished draw tubes show bright silvered tones, lightly marked from gentle use
Presenting a clear optical performance, with a 34mm (1.25") primary objective lens
Lift-off dust cap to the objective, the flared eye cup...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Large Original Antique Map of Maryland, Delaware & DC, USA, C.1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous map of Maryland, Delaware And District of Columbia
Original color
Engraved and printed by the George F. Cram Company, Indianapolis.
Pu...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
French Antique Map of Oceania with Details of the Australian Colonies, c.1840
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map Oceania titled 'Océanie par C.V. Monin'. Old map of Oceania with an inset of New South Wales. Originates from 'Atlas Classique de la Géographie Ancienne (..)'.
Artists ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$209 Sale Price
20% Off
Very Large George III Rosewood Gallery Magnifying Glass
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A very large George III rosewood gallery magnifying glass, the circular glass within a rosewood frame, the baluster handle screwing into a brass bra...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Gold Mounted & Mother of Pearl Etui Set, c.1870
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century French gold mounted on mother of pearl, extensive traveling etui set, of elongated octagonal form, the gold mounted with polished mother of pearl panels and the lid applied with cast and enamelled floral decoration, the lid opens with a push-button. Inside enclosing the original gold and steel implements:, scissors, pen knife...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Antique Map of China, Japan & Korea – Eastern Asia by Andriveau-Goujon, 1860
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of China, Japan & Korea – Eastern Asia by Andriveau-Goujon, 1860
This beautifully hand-colored antique map, titled “Carte de la Chine, de la Corée et du Japon,” was publ...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of India, Persia & Afghanistan – Detailed Continental Engraving 1864
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of India, Persia & Afghanistan – Andriveau-Goujon, Paris 1864
This detailed 19th-century map titled “Asie Méridionale comprenant la Presqu'île de l'Inde, la Perse, l'Afg...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Asia Map – Large 19th-Century Engraving with Political Boundaries, 1865
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of Asia – Andriveau-Goujon, Paris 1865
This large and finely engraved antique map titled “Asie” was published in Paris in 1865 by the prominent French cartographer E. An...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Antique Set Ottoman Empire Maps – Europe & Asia in Striking Detail, 1868
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Maps of the Ottoman Empire – Europe and Asia by Andriveau-Goujon, circa 1865
This finely engraved and hand-colored two-sheet map of the Ottoman Empire was published in Paris...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
FiNE ANTIQUE VICTORIAN STAUNTON CHESS SET & CHESSBOARD IN ROMAN HORSE INLAID BOX
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning circa 1880 Victorian Walnut and Oak Chessboard set complete with Staunton chess pie...
Category
English High Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Boxwood, Oak, Walnut
Antique Map of Eastern Europe – Russia, Ottoman Empire & Greece, 1868
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of Eastern Europe – Russia, Ottoman Empire and Greece by Andriveau-Goujon, 1868
This detailed antique map titled “Carte de l’Europe Orientale, la Russie d’Europe, l’Empi...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Coat of Arms of the Netherlands, Including Coats of Arms of the Provinces, 1864
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Je Mantiendrai'. Coat of arms of the Netherlands, also includes coats of arms of the individual Dutch provinces. This print origi...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$114 Sale Price
20% Off
The Poems of William Shakespeare, Essex House Press
Located in Middletown, NY
The Poems of William Shakespeare according to the text of the original copies, including the lyrics, songs, and snatches found in his dramas; according to the text of the original co...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Steinway & Sons Concert Grand Piano
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This extraordinary concert grand piano with 88 keys was made by the prestigious firm Steinway & Sons around 1894. The case's decoration was entrust...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
$1,450,982
Antique Map of Scandinavia and the Baltic – Andriveau-Goujon, circa 1860s
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of Scandinavia and the Baltic – Andriveau-Goujon, circa 1860s
This impressive antique map presents Northern Europe, focusing on the Scandinavian Peninsula, the Baltic re...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Germany & Central Europe – Antique 1865 Map by Andriveau-Goujon, Paris
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of Germany and Central Europe – “Allemagne et Europe Centrale” by Andriveau-Goujon, 1865
This large, finely engraved map titled “Allemagne et Europe Centrale” was publis...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Spain & Portugal Map – Antique 1867 Engraving by Andriveau-Goujon, Paris
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of Spain and Portugal – “Espagne et Portugal” by Andriveau-Goujon, 1867
This finely detailed antique map titled “Espagne et Portugal” was published in Paris in 1867 by t...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Italy – Pre-Unification Italy by Andriveau-Goujon, Paris 1861
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of Italy – Pre-Unification Italy by Andriveau-Goujon, Paris 1861
This antique map of Italy, titled simply “Italie,” was published in Paris in 1861 by E. Andriveau-Goujon...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of France – Divided into 89 Departments by Andriveau-Goujon, 1861
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of France – Divided into 89 Departments by Andriveau-Goujon, 1861
This finely engraved and beautifully hand-colored map titled “France divisée en 89 Départements” was pu...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Europe – Political Divisions by Andriveau-Goujon, Paris 1861
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of Europe – Political Divisions by Andriveau-Goujon, Paris 1861
This beautifully engraved and hand-colored antique map of Europe was published in 1861 by the Parisian ca...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
World Wind Currents Map – “Courants de l’Atmosphère” by Andriveau-Goujon, 1861
Located in Langweer, NL
World Wind Currents Map – “Courants de l’Atmosphère” by Andriveau-Goujon, 1861
This striking and educational antique chart titled “Courants de l’Atmosphère d’après le Lt. F. Maury” ...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
4 Vols Antique Botany Books, Flowers of Modern Voyages, English, Georgian, 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 4 antique botany books, the Flowers of Modern Voyages by William Adams. An English language botany record with maps, dating to th...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Roman Gaul & Northern Italy – Antique Map of La Gaule by Andriveau-Goujon, 1861
Located in Langweer, NL
Roman Gaul & Northern Italy – Antique Map of La Gaule by Andriveau-Goujon, 1861
This antique map titled "Carte Comparée de La Gaule" was published in Paris in 1861 by J. Andriveau-G...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Heroes of the Plains by J. W. Buel, Illustrated, circa 1880s
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Buel, James W. Heroes of the Plains, or Lives and Wonderful Adventures of Wild Bill, Buffalo Bill, Kit Carson, Capt. Payne, “White Beaver,” Capt. Jack, Texas Jack, California Joe, an...
Category
American Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Jewish Silver, Enamel and Jewel Torah Crown Keter
Located in London, GB
This Torah crown is a small (15cm high), exquisitely-crafted and lavishly-decorated piece of Judaica.
The Torah – the first of five books of the Hebrew...
Category
European Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Antique Celestial Star Map – Northern & Southern Hemispheres, 1860
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Celestial Star Map – Northern & Southern Hemispheres, Andriveau-Goujon 1860
This elegant antique celestial chart, published in Paris in 1860 by the noted French cartographer...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Cast iron standing bear money box by John Harper & Co
Located in London, GB
A late Victorian patinated cast iron standing bear money box, registered design by John Harper & Co.
John Harper Co. Ironfounders, Albion Works, Willenhall, Staffordshire, England...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Pair of Antique English Naval Cannon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Pair of antique English naval cannon each with a tapering three stage barrel flanked by plain trunnions, with a knob shaped cascabel button before a shaped rectangular raised vent and ending in a 3 1/2” bore muzzle, enclosing a removable conforming wood plug, circa 1800.
Stood upon a naval type bronze-mounted four wheeled wooden carriage, including its wedge shaped quoin with knob handle.
The Earls of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle, Cumbria, presumably by descent to Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944), until sold by his heir and brother, Lancelot, 6th Earl, as part of the contents of Lowther Castle, Maple & Co. Ltd./Thomas Wyatt, Tuesday 14 April 1947 and two following days, lot 558: ‘A pair of Old Gun Metal Cannons on teakwood carriages, 3ft. 6in. long’.
Mrs. P.M. Adie-Shepherd, sold Christie’s, London, 29 May 1970, lot 96.
Lowther Castle is a castellated mansion built by Robert Smirke between 1806 and 1814 for William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (1757-1844). It was constructed on the foundations of the former 17th century family seat, Lowther Hall, but it was only in the early 19th century that it was afforded the name ‘castle’ in keeping with the Europe-wide fashion for romanticism and which was promoted by influential characters such as William Beckford at Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire in England and by the writer Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford, Roxburghshire, Scotland. While it’s not known when these naval cannon were acquired for Lowther they would have been entirely fitting in the castle or its approaches and it’s likely that they were in place soon after the castle was completed, or perhaps acquired later by the 5th Earl. A tantalising possibility is that the cannon were originally aboard the East Indiaman Lowther Castle which was active in the early 19th century.
HUGH CECIL LONSDALE, 5TH EARL OF LONSDALE (1857-1944) AND THE DEMISE OF LOWTHER CASTLE
In 1882 at the age of 25 Hugh Lonsdale (1857-1944) unexpectedly inherited the earldom and with it the extensive Lonsdale estate, including tens of thousands of acres of Cumberland and Westmorland and coalfields at Whitehaven. However, despite his spectacular inherited wealth – he was suddenly one of the wealthiest men in England, over the course of his lifetime he managed to decimate the family fortune. He led a full and colourful life, one of adventure and luxury. An early intrepid escapade took place in July 1888 when, as part of an expedition called the Scotch Naturalist Society, he set embarked on horse sleigh...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
$182,403 / set
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