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Period: 19th Century
A shoes-shaped hazelnut wood snuffbox, Germany 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
The snuffbox is made of carved hazelnut wood, depicting a pair of shoes. The top part opens, with a lid that reveal the tobacco container. The heels, soles and laces are highlighted ...
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German Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

An unusual feluca-shaped burl wood snuffbox, France 1800.
Located in Milan, IT
Briar wood snuffbox in the shape of a hat, called bicorno or feluca and was worn in military uniforms. This snuffbox was made in the early 19th century. The box is carved out of oak ...
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French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Mid19th Century Spanish Virgin Mary of the Sacred Heart Painted Wooden Sculpture
Located in Marbella, ES
Antique mid-19th century Spanish hand carved painted wooden sculpture of Virgin Mary of the Sacred Heart with glass eyes.
Category

Spanish Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Wooden box containing a travel surgical set, signed Galante, Paris 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
Oak wood box, containing a set of 8 iron surgical instruments, equipped with black horn and rosewood handles. Signed H.Galante & fils. Paris, France circa 1870.
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French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

19th century French Reliquary Virgin and the Child, 1890s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful 19th century reliquary representing a virgin and child surrounded by flowers and framed in a glazed terracotta frame. Glass decorated with hand-painted decoration. Good qua...
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French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Terracotta, Glass

English Mahogany Banjo Barometer. Circa 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
English mahogany banjo barometer with centered brass finial in scrolled pediment, glass encased thermometer, ebonized reeded mirror, original ...
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British Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Brass aneroid table and wall barometer England late 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Brass aneroid or holosteric barometer, table and wall-mounted, late 19th-century English manufacture. Good condition, signs of use fully functional. Measurements cm 5x12.5 - 1.9x4....
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Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Antique European Enameled Postal Scale with Brass
Located in Miami, FL
Antique European Enameled Postal Scale with Brass, this desk top pendulum scale is a quirky and fun addition to your collection of antique scales. Bought from a collector, it’s made ...
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French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Brass, Enamel

Horace Walpole, Anecdotes Of Painting In England, 5 Vols., London, 1826-28
Located in Bridgeport, CT
London, The Shakespeare Press for John Major and Robert Jennings, 5 Vol. set, 1828. Dark green leather with gilt. Gilt edges, red end papers, ribbon markers. Each volume published on...
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English Georgian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Paper

Historically Megaphone
Located in Praha, CZ
in good original state
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Austrian Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Old Brass Hand Bell, Town Cryer’s or School Bell a Great Piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Old brass hand bell, town Cryer’s or School Bell. A Great piece larger and heavier than most, the bell is made in solid brass and has a beautiful sy...
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Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

19th Century Pocket Telescope Gilt Brass And Faux Tortoiseshell Spyglass
Located in Norwich, GB
19th Century pocket telescope gilt brass and faux tortoiseshell spyglass, each friction fitting is tapering and collapsible with millegrain edges. In good condition, showing some li...
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Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Large Impressive 1800s Kalidoscope
Located in Peekskill, NY
This scope is unsigned and was acquired from a European collector. It could be American but I'm guessing its not. The eyepiece and turning mechanism are brass. The tube is canvas wra...
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French Industrial Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fruitwood

19th Century South America "Slave" shrine
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Solid wood, with original patina from the time. Made by slaves, during the dark slavery times, to worship and pray. Dimensions: 18,70 inches W x 33,26 inches H x 10,62 inches D. ...
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Brazilian Folk Art Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Cedar

Heavy Twelve Spoke Ships Wheel
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique five-foot ships wheel built to an exceptional standard of girth and strength. Massive brass hub with wide keyhole. Varnish finish on the hardwood wheel. Circa 1870. As heavy ...
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European Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Antique English Victorian Brass Postal Scale, Circa 1870-1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Handsome Antique English Victorian Brass Postal Scale, Circa 1870-1880.
Category

English Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Figural French Rosewood Cigar Box, circa 1880
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Comical French rosewood figural cigar box. Lever opens against lid and front door to reveal open interior and matchbox. Match strike at front, cream pl...
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French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Rosewood

Victorian Decorative Iron Courtesy Counter Top Bell, Reception Desk Bell
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Victorian Decorative Iron Courtesy Counter Top Bell, Reception Desk Bell Made and cast in iron, in good condition and ready to use with a demanding ding, the bell is 6” in diameter ...
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Arts and Crafts Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

An original life ring from the America’s Cup yacht ‘Shamrock’, Royal Ulster Yach
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An original life ring from the America’s Cup yacht ‘Shamrock’, Royal Ulster Yacht Club, the circular ring painted in gilt outlined in green ‘Shamrock V, R.U.Y.C.’, on a white ground,...
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English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Canvas

Religious sculpture in carved and polychromed wood, 19th century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Religious sculpture in carved and polychromed wood, 19th century. Sculpture of a Saint in carved and polychromed wood (probably Italian work), XIXth century. H: 89cm. W: 32cm, D: 26cm
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Italian Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Victorian Brass Courtesy Counter Top Bell, Reception Desk Bell
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Victorian brass courtesy counter top bell, reception desk bell Made in solid brass, in good ready to use with a demanding ding, the bell is 4” in diameter...
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Industrial Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Memento mori: a snuffbox in blonde tortoiseshell, gold, white agate. France 1820
Located in Milan, IT
Round Cylindrical snuffbox, regular, consisting of a base and a removable interlocking lid. On the lid a ring in smooth pink gold, which stops a glass lens. Inside a rare Memento mori decoration painted in oil on a white agate table...
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French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Agate, Gold

Late 19th C. Life Pool Score Board
Located in London, GB
This rare Victorian mahogany 12 player life pool scoreboard features sliders that open to reveal counters and stars. The makers, Burroughes & Watts, are a we...
Category

British Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mahogany

Antique French 19th Century Jewelry Box Flap Door Miniature Wood Cabinet
Located in Firenze, IT
This beautiful French late 19th century chest of drawers in black ebonized wood and cherrywood reproduces with perfect proportions in scale a miniature cabinet with three drawers and an upper flap door that opens to reveal a white marble top and an oval mirror inside, nice hand carved band on top with geometrical pattern and molded base. The black lacquered wood creates a wonderful contrast with the beautiful honey-colored wood grain. Despite its convenient size, extremely detailed, this chest of drawers is equipped with a white Carrara marble top and a small mirror that make it even more special and useful. The model of a piece of furniture was originally created by cabinet makers to show their skills to the customer and to present the sample of the furniture which would then have been produced on a larger scale. These commode miniatures, along with other specimens, were displayed in the craftsman's workshop to serve as examples to aid the potential client in making a selection. Some also think that these little chests were used as doll and puppets...
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French Empire Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Carrara Marble, Metal

Portrait of Madam Vigée-Lebrun and her daughter after Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
Located in Paris, FR
Miniature portrait of Madame Vigée-Lebrun and her daughter after Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755-1842). Signed "Joséphine Rozier", titled lower right and dated 1856. Gilded stucco and w...
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French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

19th Century Victorian Solid Silver Lighter & Vesta Case
Located in Bilzen, BE
A silver very rare horseshoe shaped vesta case decorated with niello inlays opening on 2 sides, with a compartment for matches and a striker, with wheel to wind the lighter wick the ...
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French Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Large Carved Giallo Antico Grand Tour Model of the Temple of Castor and Pollux
Located in London, GB
An unusually large carved Giallo Antico grand tour model of the temple of Caster and Pollux of impressive scale the fragmented architrave and cornice in the Corinthian order...
Category

Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Marble

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Stonemason's Mallet
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional and one-of-a-kind wooden mallet commemorates the marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, which occurred on February 10, 1840. Exqu...
Category

English Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

19th C. French Miniature Buffet
Located in Winter Park, FL
A late 19th c. French miniature doll furniture buffet made of walnut with rosewood trim and oak as a secondary wood. Two small dovetailed drawers above cabinet doors opening to an in...
Category

French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Oak, Rosewood, Walnut

19th Century Northern Plains War Club
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northern Plains war club with stylized stone buffalo head. Raw hide wrapped adorned with brass tacks. Much patina from use, blood, grease and sweat. Mu...
Category

American Native American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Other

Print No. 1 of 400 Depicting a Nautical Schooner Made in the Mid-19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Print depicting a schooner, no. 1 of 400 copies signed Z21, made in the mid-19th century. Non-coeval briarwood frame; measures with frame 50 x 40 cm.  
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British Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Swedish Leather Bound and Brass Locks Family Holy Bible, Circa 1849
Located in Savannah, GA
Swedish Leather Bound and Brass Locks Family Holy Bible, Circa 1849
Category

Swedish Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Set of 11 19th Century Bois Durci Portrait Roundels
Located in London, GB
Set of 11 19th century Bois Durci portrait roundels French, 19th Century Largest: Height 1.5cm, diameter 15.5cm Smallest: Height 1cm, diameter 11.5cm This set of 11 panels depicts ...
Category

French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Other

Antique Victorian Staunton Chess Pieces Set + Italian Marble Giltwood Chessboard
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely rare original Victorian Staunton chess set with fine Italian marble giltwood chessboard A trul...
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Italian Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Marble

19th C. Scientific Optical Mirror in Black Hardwood Frame on Tripod Brass Stand
Located in Haarlem, NL
A large 19th Century scientific optical mirror in round blackened hardwood frame on brass articulated tripod stand. The mirror looks concave or convex shaped, but if you look closely...
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British Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Antique North African 14K Gold and Coral Protective Amulet Necklace (1870)
Located in New York, NY
This unique traditional necklace originates from North Africa, most likely from Morocco or Tunisia. It is crafted from 14-karat gold and adorned with natural coral beads. The piece d...
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Moroccan Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Coral, Gold

Austro-Hungarian Empire 1880 Budapest Vesta Tinder Box In .900 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An Austro-Hungarian mechanical vesta tinder case. Beautiful antique fusee vesta tinder case, created in Budapest Hungary around the 1880. It was crafted during the Austro-Hungarian ...
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Hungarian Empire Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Royal Southampton Yacht Club Cannon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This pair of early Victorian three-stage bronze signal cannon are set on elm carriages with bronze fittings. Each 39 inch tapering barrel has one reduction and a ball cascabel. Th...
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English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Vanity Fair 1st Edition, U.K.
Located in Southbury, CT
Own a Piece of Literary History: First Edition, First Printing of Thackeray's Vanity Fair. Step into the world of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley with this exceptional first U.K. edit...
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British Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

19th century Indian portable Vishnu shrine
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Portable Shrine Depicting the Pastimes of Lord Vishnu India, 19th century A beautifully crafted wooden portable shrine intricately painted and designed to...
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Indian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

1 Volume. Goodrich, Frank B. The Court Of Napoleon.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Goodrich, Frank B. The Court Of Napoleon. Illustrated in color by Jules Champagne. Bound in full brown morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands, blind tooling on covers and sp...
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American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Austro-Hungarian period safe F. WERTHEIM & C. with key, 1800s
Located in Manzano, IT
Austro-Hungarian period safe F. WERTHEIM & C. with key, 1800s Style Vintage Periodo del design Before 1890s Production Period Before 1890s Year Manufactured 1800 Maker Wertheim & C. ...
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Austrian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Taxidermy Curio "Amber Containing an Inset Zanzibar 1887" Francis Amasa Walker
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A victorian amber specimen, with a small inset captured within. Housed in it original cardboard and glazed display case, with a label reading "Amber Co...
Category

African Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Natural Fiber

A pair of ostrich eggs with their turned solid oak bases, France XIXth century
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A pair of emptied ostrich eggs with their turned solid oak bases, dating back to the 19th century and originating from a cabinet of curiosities, Ostrich eggs are particularly impres...
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French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ostrich Eggshell, Oak

Swiss Shako Helmet Made From Leather and Felt
Located in London, GB
Swiss Shako helmet made from leather and felt Swiss, 19th Century Height 30cm, width 20cm, depth 26cm This fantastic piece is a 19th century Swiss military...
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Swiss Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Large Holy waterfont In Sterling Silver, 19th century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Holy font in solid silver, hallmarked with 800 Holy font height 31 cm, width 19.5 cm, with rear shelf 38 x 28 cm The silver waterfont can get taken of easely...
Category

German Baroque Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

English Victorian Carved Bamboo Pelican Cane
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian bamboo cane having a handle carved as stylized pelican with a silver collar and brass tip.  
Category

British Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver, Brass

Marquetry Wooden Music Box by Nicole Frères
Located in London, GB
Marquetry wooden music box by Nicole Frères Swiss, Late 19th Century Height 14cm, width 64cm, depth 19cm This elegant wooden music box is a fine example of 19th-century craftsmanshi...
Category

Swiss Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

A rare and large church stoup in the shape of a shell. France 19th century.
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
This unique and substantial church entrance stoup is expertly crafted in the elegant shape of a shell, originating from a historic 19th-century French church. Constructed from durab...
Category

French Gothic Revival Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

1863 "Lloyd's New Map of the United States, the Canadas, and New Brunswick"
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is “Lloyd's New Map of the United States, the Canadas and New Brunswick, From the latest Surveys, Showing Every Railroad & Station Finished to June 1863, and the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts.” A large, Civil War-era hanging map of the United States and adjacent territories, this map covers the area from the Atlantic Ocean and extends as far west as the 103 meridian, to “Dacotah,” Nebraska, Kansas, "Indian Territory," and Texas. The southern continuation of Florida is shown in an inset map along the right margin. This map was published by J. T. Lloyd, in New York, in 1863. According to the publisher’s marking at lower right, this map was originally issued in two states: "in Sheets, Colored" for 50 cents, and "Varnished nicely, with Rollers" for $1. Throughout the map, the counties are colored and the towns and cities well labeled. A reference key in the bottom margin provides symbols for railroads, turnpikes and wagon roads, state capitals, cities and towns, and village post offices. As emphasized in the map’s title, this map is especially notable for the countless railway lines and stations depicted, with distances noted between points, listing “every railroad and finished station to June 1863.” Additionally, two shipping agents and their routes are drawn out of New York City. The map includes details of the steamship routes into New York and Philadelphia from Liverpool and on to California and Oregon via an overland Nicaraguan trek, presumably to assist gold rush emigrants. This expansive and impressive map depicts the eastern half of the United States in the third year of the Civil War. In order not to recognize the legitimacy of the Confederate States of America, each state is shown in the same manner as the Union states. The only indication that the American Civil War was in progress when this map was published is a printed notice that Gideon Wells, Secretary of the Navy, wishes to acquire a quote on 100 copies of Lloyd’s Mississippi River map...
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American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Linen, Wood, Paper

English Victorian Wood and Pewter Cane
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian-style wood cane with pewter swirl design ball top. Some losses, top 1.5\" depth 
Category

Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pewter

Unusual Victorian silver equestrian trophy vase
Located in London, GB
Unusual antique two-handled silver trophy cup with cast and hand chased detail including a cavalry horse riding scene depicting a competition of horsemanship inside an arena. There i...
Category

British Art Deco Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Late 19th Century Seascape Lighthouse Oil Painting
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Unsigned Maritime oil painting. Very good quality, by the hand of a professional painter. The painting is soiled from 100 years of exposure. The frame has some losses (chips) to the ...
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American American Classical Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Brass Circular Whist Score Markers
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Brass Game Score Counters. A pair of Victorian brass, gun metal, whist game score markers. The top of the circular counter rotates to reveal the scor...
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British Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Silver Mesh Bag, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Silver mesh bag in its color decorated with triangular elements on the bottom that has a smooth closure by hinges and a chain of alternating long and short li...
Category

European Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Antique Map of Cyprus (Cypern) from Meyer's Lexikon, Leipzig, circa 1890
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of Cyprus (Cypern) from Meyer's Lexikon, Leipzig, circa 1890 This finely detailed antique map titled "Cypern" presents the island of Cyprus as it appeared in the late 19...
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Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Cameo or intaglio, Urania. Glass. Possibly Italy, 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Cameo or intaglio, Urania. Glass. Possibly Italy, 19th century. The semi-naked female figure that appears seated and holding a sphere is often linked to the Muse of Astronomy and A...
Category

Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass

Antique Victorian Key Wind Mechanical Small Striped Cat Child's Toy, As Found
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique mechanical toy is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Europe, possibly England or Austria in approximately 1880 and done in...
Category

Austrian High Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Dutch silver miniature coffee pot by Johannes Hendrik Bing, 1847-1878
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch silver miniature coffee pot by Johannes Hendrik Bing, 1847-1878 A Dutch silver miniature coffee pot with filter and lid. The coffee pot and the filter with floral decoration. ...
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Dutch Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Late 19th-Early 20th Century Brass Judaica Wall Brackets
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th-early 20th century brass Judaica wall brackets Dimensions 4.5" wide x 10" deep (away from wall) x 10" high Very good antique condition. ...
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American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

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