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Period: 19th Century
Old Map of the Oceans Around Australia, Indonesia and New Zealand, 1880
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Océanie'.
Old map of the oceans around Australia, Indonesia and New Zealand. With vignettes of people from Polynesia and the old monument Laparouse. This map ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of the Chief Temple in Hakodate in Japan, 1856
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘Chief Temple Hakodadi‘. View of the chief temple in Hakodate, Japan. This print originates from 'Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the Chin...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of Byzantine Decorative Art, 1869
Located in Langweer, NL
Old print of Byzantine 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, mid...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Italian 19th Century Neoclassical Style Ormolu and Marble Columns w/ Orb Finials
Located in Savannah, GA
This outstanding and high quality pair of Italian 19th century Neo-Classical style Grand Tour period columns feature embossed gilded ormolu and orb finials atop.
They are raised by ...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Brass, Ormolu
19th Century Early Victorian Tortoise Mount On Oak Oval Taxidermy Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful and totally original early Victorian taxidermy tortoise, mounted on a thick oval oak board with decorative chamfered edge with brass han...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Natural Fiber, Oak
Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Sturnus vulgaris) European starling mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and N...
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers
Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Textile Sample Book 'Shima Cho'
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a rare example of a "Shima-cho", which is a Japanese kimono textile fabric swatch book dating from the late 19th century. The book has fifte...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Textile
Antique Print of a Harquebusier and Pikeman, 1842
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Harquebuissier and Pikeman'. Old print of a harquebusier and pikeman. The harquebusier was the most common form of cavalry found throughout Western Europe durin...
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Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of Sir Eudo de Arsic, 1842
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Eudo de Arsic'. Old print of Sir Eudo de Arsic. This print originates from 'A critical inquiry into antient armour as it existed in Europe (..)' by Sir Samuel R...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Sweden by Delamarche, 1806
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'La Suede.' Decorative map of Sweden and part of Finland by Robert de Vaugondy, revised and published by Delamarche. Source unknown, t...
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Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Oceania by Levasseur, '1875'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte générale de l'Océanie'. Large map of Oceania. This map originates from 'Atlas de Géographie Moderne Physique et Politique' by A. Levasseur. Published 1875.
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Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Tall Late 19th Century Brass Repousse Church Pricket, Candlestick
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Originally used in a French chapel, this exquisite brass repousse pricket or candlestick from the late nineteenth century stands at over two and a half f...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Map of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia by Lapie, 1842
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte du Perou et du Haut Perou'. Map of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. This map originates from 'Atlas universel de géographie ancienne et...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1872 Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive and Entertaining Tracts - 8 Volumes
Located in Morristown, NJ
8 of 10 volumes (2-7 and 9-10) Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts New and Revised Edition, printed 1872 by W. & R. Chambers, Edinburgh. Uniformly bound in hal...
Category
Scottish Edwardian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
19th C Grand Tour Roman Style Iron Gorget on Stand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th c Grand Tour Roman style iron gorget on stand
Decorated with a intense battle scene with Imperial Roman soldiers fighting native warriors, with tw...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Pair of taxidermy stuffed Pogona reptiles, natural history cabinet, Italy 1850
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer. A pair of taxidermy stuffed Pogona Vitticeps reptils, mounted on an olive briar and swiss pine wooden base. Sulfur glass eyes. Specimen for labora...
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique Map of Landes ‘France’ by V. Levasseur, 1854
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Dépt. des Landes'. Map of the French department Landes, France. This area is known for its production of Chalossais, a white cow cheese with a gentle, acidic edge...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Moldova to Thessaly and from the Adriatic to the Black Sea, 1880
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Turquie d'Europe'.
Map of the european parts of Turkey. The map covers from Moldova to Thessaly and from the Adriatic to the Black Sea. Greece and the island ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of The World in Hemispheres by W. G. Blackie, 1859
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'The World in Hemispheres with other projections'. Original antique map of The World. This map originates from ‘The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography’. Published ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique French Louis XV Style Kingwood Marquetry Signed Bibus
By Paul Sormani
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning, rare fine quality French gilt bronze mounted Kingwood marquetry bibus (miniature bibliothèque). In the manner of/possibly by celebrated ébéniste Maison Paul Sormani; the ...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Ormolu, Bronze
Wrought Iron Church Torchère with Five Candleholders, Italy, Early 19th Century
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A rare Italian heavy wrought iron church five-light torchère, black painted raised on a large square geometric base, Italy, early 19th-century. This torchére is in good condition, wi...
Category
Italian Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wrought Iron
Antique Print of the State Bedroom of Warwick Castle, River Aron, England, c1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'State Bedroom-Warwick Castle'.
Lithograph of the State Bedroom of the famous Warwick Castle in England.
Warwick Castle is a medieval castle developed fro...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Benjamin Franklin, by A. Carrier-Belleuse
Located in New York, NY
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (France, 1824-1887)
A rare seated bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin holding his walking stick and hat, with a book in his ri...
Category
French American Classical Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Trappist Monk of the Order of Cistercians Reading a Bible, 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Trappiste'.
Print of a Trappist Monk reading a Bible. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'.
The Trappists, officially known as the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance and originally named the Order of Reformed Cistercians of Our Lady of La Trappe, are a Catholic religious...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare Monochrome Shell Cameo of a Female Bacchus, c. 1850
Located in Hamburg, DE
This exceptional antique cameo, likely from England and dating to around 1850, is carved from a single-colored shell—a rarer choice compared to the more common layered varieties. It ...
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Shell
Antique Brass Table Vesta with Novelty Enameled Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual antique brass table vesta or nib holder decorated with a novelty black enamel figure of a boy diving on the ground dating from the 19th ...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Ceremony for the Son of the King in the Village of Mua on Tongatapu, Tonga, 1803
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'De Natsche, eene plechtigheid ter eere van 's Konings Zoon op Tongataboo'.
Antique print depiciting a ceremony for the son of the King of Tonga in the villa...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Print of a Fortified Mosque and of Nobility in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1874
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print Indonesia titled 'Een versterkte Missigit' and 'Atchineezen'. Antique print depicting two scenes in Indonesia. Originates from 'De Oorlog tusschen Nederland en Atchin' ...
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Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Handcolored Print of Thomas Montacute of Salisbury and a Knight, 1842
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Thomas Montacute Earl of Salisbury and a Knight'. Old print of Thomas Montacute, Earl of Salisbury. This print originates from 'A critical inquiry into antient ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of a Castle in Madrid, Spain, 1833
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Schloss zu Madrid'.
Lithograph of a castle in Madrid, Spain. This print originates from 'Neuen Bildergalerie für die Jugend'.
Artists and Engravers: Ano...
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Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of a Soldier and Knight, 1842
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'A Soldier and Knight'. Old print of a soldier and knight. This print originates from 'A critical inquiry into antient armour as it existed in Europe (..)' by Si...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Arabia by Tardieu '1843'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Arabie'. Attractive small map of Arabia. This map originates from 'Dictionnaire Universel de Geographie Moderne' 4th Edition, by A.Pe...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
39-Star Antique American Flag with 'Whimsical' Star Pattern, 1889
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a 39-star unofficial American flag, handmade and printed on cotton. The flag dates to 1889 and has a unique history, thanks to its rare star-count.
The flag’s canton is prin...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
An urn-shaped Regency perfumer
Located in New York, NY
Neoclassical urn-shaped perfumer from the Regency period (1812-1820). It is beautifully patinated bronze and decorated with floral garlands and a flower finial. England.
Category
English 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
Antique Map of Italy and Corsica, c.1860
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'North & Central Italy and the Island of Corsica'.
Old map of North and Central Italy, and the island of Corsica. With an inset map of the region of Rome. Orig...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of Australia, New Zealand, Part of China, Japan and Southeast Asia, 1857
Located in Langweer, NL
German Antique map titled 'Australien'. Map of Australia, New Zealand, part of China, Japan and Southeast Asia. In the upper right is a bit of the California coast by San Francisco. ...
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Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
French 20th Century Collection of 12 Boules
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A collection of 12 brass & iron boules from France, circa 1880. Boule has been a popular game played in France since the Middle Ages and continues to be a family friendly game all ov...
Category
French Other Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron, Brass, Metal
Antique Cabinet Maker's Drawing Book, Thomas Sheraton, English, Georgian, C.1812
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of the Cabinet Maker's Drawing Book by Thomas Sheraton. An English, bound reference guide, dating to the Georgian period, published 1793.
Highly influential ...
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British Georgian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1823 The British Essayists with Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical
Located in Bath, GB
A smartly bound complete collection of eighteenth century journals and periodicals from British essayists, compiled by James Ferguson.
Complete in forty volumes. Second edition. Com...
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British Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A rare pair of painted armorial Green Sea Turtle shells (Chelonia mydas)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, late 19th century
Each large carapace is intricately painted with heraldic emblems. The first shell bears the coat-of-arms of the Tyerman family, while the second depicts t...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Antique Map of the German Empire by Levasseur, '1875'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte générale de l'Europe Centrale (..)'. Large map of the German Empire. This map originates from 'Atlas de Géographie Moderne Phys...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Plain Tales From The Hills by Rudyard Kipling
Located in New York, NY
Plain Tales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling. Brilliant blue linen cloth cover with gold embossed cover. Beautiful aesthetic edition to a fine and decorative library, retailed by the Frederick Loeser...
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English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen
Emile Deyrolle 19th Century Plaster, Wire and Wood Didactic Germination Models
Located in Buffalo, NY
LES FILS D'EMILE DEYROLLE, PARIS. Extremely rare set of four 19th century French painted plaster, wire and wood Didactic models depicting progression, ANATOMIE VEGETALE, beautifully ...
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French Folk Art Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wire
Antique Print of The Sailing Race for the Admiral's Cup at Palma, 1881
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The Mediterranean Fleet Regatta at Palma'. This print depicts the race for the Admiral's Cup.
Artists and Engravers: Published in The Illustrated London News...
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Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of Knights with Middle Ages Armament, circa 1880
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Middle Ages - Moyen Age - Mittelalter'. Chromolithograph of Middle Ages Armament'. This print originates from 'Le Costume Historique' by M.A. Racinet. Published...
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Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Three mortice chisels, all with sturdy ash handles by Sorby & Co
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Three mortice chisels, all with sturdy ash handles by Sorby & Co with steel blades, two stamped T. Turton & Sons, another by Sorby & Co, one also stamped Sheaf Works and all bearing the initial W.D for the War Department, dated 1862. English.
Footnote: These three chisels represent three of the most famous firms from the great age of steel manufacturing in Sheffield. Sorby & Co was founded in 1828 and remains a world leading manufacturer and exporter of specialist woodworking tools and equipment. William...
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English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ash
Late 19th to Early 20th Century Sedan Chair Miniature Table Top Display Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th to early 20th century sedan chair miniature table top display cabinet
Charming custom made and hand painted miniature table top ...
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English Rococo Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Mermod Freres Oak Music Box on Stand
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mermod Frères Oak Cylinder Music Box on Stand, Sainte-Croix, Switzerland. circa 1895. Each side exquisitely decorated with foliate and scrolling carvings, with a Jacot's Patent Safet...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
1800s Veterinarians Horse Gag and Cutaway Skull
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is an early medical school demonstration model. The horse skull on its own very interesting. It shows a professionally done cutaway of the skull showing the teeth below the gum ...
Category
American Industrial Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone
1808 The Works of John Dryden
By John Dryden
Located in Bath, GB
A complete, eighteen-volume set of the collected works of John Dryden, the first Scott edition, uniformly bound in straight-grain morocco.
The collected works of John Dryden, with n...
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British Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Barbizon School of Painters: Corot by David Thomson, Bookplate Thos. Barratt
Located in valatie, NY
The Barbizon School of Painters: Corot by David C. Thomson. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1892. First Edition Thus. Inscribed by the author to Thomas J. Barratt. Ba...
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English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
English Jacobean Walnut Prie-dieu
Located in Queens, NY
English Jacobean style (19th Cent) walnut prie a dieu with swirl supports.
Category
British Jacobean Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
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...
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Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Brass and Gold Watch-Key with Agate and Heliotrope Stones
Located in Delft, NL
19th century Brass and Gold Watch-Key with Agate and Heliotrope Stones
19th century brass and gold Watch-Key with each side a different stone
A brass watch key , gold-plated with Ag...
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Dutch Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Brass
19th Century Curios Taxidermy Head Mount English Adult Goose
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A well presented late 19th century taxidermy adult Goose head mount, it would appear this has been produced by a good period taxidermist, possibly Rowland Ward or the like. The Goose...
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English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Natural Fiber, Straw
Antique Map of the Netherlands by Brugsma, c.1870
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Het Koningrijk der Nederlanden'. Map of the Netherlands. This map originates from 'F. C. Brugsma's Atlas van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (..)'.
Artists and...
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Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey by Johnson, 1872
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Johnson's Pennsylvania and New Jersey'. Original map showing Pennsylvania and New Jersey. This map originates from 'Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas of the ...
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Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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