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Period: 19th Century
19th Century Shield
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th Century oak Heraldic Shield With Carved Shell Work.
Dimensions
Height 18 Inches
Width 13.5 Inches
Depth 1.5 Inches.
Category
British Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Unusual Harness Buckle set made for the Tzar Nicholas II in Paris, France 1896
Located in Milan, IT
Double set of buckles for harness. The bundles show of the Russian Imperial coat of arms. Each set includes eight buckles and four harness decorations. Mounted in two later oval frames.
During 1896 the Tzar Nikolaj Aleksandrovic Romanov, Nicolas II...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Cameo, Athena. Glass. Possibly Italy, 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Cameo, Athena. Glass. Possibly Italy, 19th century.
Glass cameo or intaglio with a feminine profile. Athena appears here represented with a helmet with animals, a plume, the head of the Gorgon...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Victorian Essex Crystal Intaglio Reverse Painted Pug Ring 10K
Located in Toledo, OH
Victorian Essex Crystal Intaglio reverse painted pug ring, 10K. These rings were a novelty during the Victorian Period. Essex crystal cabochons were carved on...
Category
Unknown Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold
1856 U.S. Coast Survey Map of Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is U.S. Coast Survey nautical chart or maritime map of Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay from 1856. The map depicts the region from Susquehanna, Maryland to the northern Outer Banks in North Carolina. It also shows from Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia to the Atlantic Ocean. The map is highly detailed with many cities and towns labeled throughout. Rivers, inlets, and bays are also labeled. Various charts illustrating more specific parts of the region are marked on the map using dotted lines. The lines form boxes, and the corresponding chart number and publication date are given. Extensive triangulation surveys were conducted the length of Chesapeake Bay and are illustrated here. Hampton Roads, Virginia is labeled, along with the James, York, and Rappahannock Rivers, which were all extensively surveyed.
The chart was published under the supervision of A. D. Bache, one of the most influential and prolific figures in the early history of the U.S. Coast Survey, for the 1856 Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an American physicist, scientist, and surveyor. Bache served as the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey from 1843 to 1865. Born in Philadelphia, Bache toured Europe and composed an important treatise on European Education. He also served as president of Philadelphia's Central High School and was a professor of natural history and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. Upon the death of Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler, Bache was appointed Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey.
The Office of the Coast Survey, founded in 1807 by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of Commerce Albert Gallatin...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Hand-Painted Wooden Angel & Harp Sculpture, 19th Century Religious Art
Located in Mortsel, BE
This exquisite antique hand-painted wooden sculpture of an angel playing a harp is a stunning example of 19th-century religious art. The angel is beautifully detailed, with a serene ...
Category
Unknown Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique Napoleon III Parisian Giltwood Barometer, "Bodeur a Paris", Circa 1830
Located in Dallas, TX
Napoleon III style, sometimes referred to as The Second Empire style, was greatly influenced by the Neoclassical aspects of the Louis XVI period. This giltwood barometer from Paris w...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Giltwood
English Victorian Brass Hand Cane
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian wood cane with brass open hand design handle.
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Austrian Antique Humidor Jar
Located in Stamford, CT
Austrian antique Humidor jar. Porcelain humidor circa 1880 from Austria. In the style of a child with removable lid. Has one chip to left side of face.
Category
Austrian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Iconostasis door depicting the Annunciation, Balkans? 19th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Carved and gilt wood door from an iconostasis representing the Annunciation to Mary by the archangel Gabriel.
The word "iconostasis" comes from the Greek εἰκονοστάσι(-ον) (eikonostás...
Category
Balkan Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
Victorian Frosted Glass and Black Jet Beaded Lariat Necklace
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Victorian beaded lariat necklace made with black jet faceted beads with unique clear frosted glass beads.
Measures: 18" total length.
Category
American Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Opaline Glass
Ships Binnacle by James Morton Limited
Located in Norwell, MA
Exceptional ships binnacle by James Morton Limited of Sunderland. This is the “Capitalize Morabiton” model. A clinometer is fitted into the mermaid’s wais...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
19th Century Country French Beech Wood and Rush Prayer Chair from Normandy
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this elegant antique prayer chair in a bedroom for your daily devotions. Created in Normandy, France circa 1880, the Prie-Dieu ( Pray God ), stands on curved legs joined by a d...
Category
French Country Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rush, Beech
Wooden Taj Mahal miniature
Located in Milano, IT
The miniature is made of a wood similar to walnut, more likely an Asian rosewood. On the surface, it has floral motif decorations, believed to be made by inlay in a metal alloy. The ...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tôle
19th Century Walnut Games Compendium
Located in London, GB
The ‘Royal Cabinet of Games’ by Charles Henry, 22 King Street, Manchester, constructed in figured walnut with coromandel edging, enclosing various games including chess, backgammon &...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Micromosaic and Pietre Dure Grand Tour Casket
Located in New Orleans, LA
The time-honored decorative techniques of pietre dure and micromosaic are combined in this rare and exceptionally-crafted Grand Tour casket. Serving as a m...
Category
European Greco Roman Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Antique Early 19th Century English Crimping or Goffering Iron, circa 1840
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique early 19th century English crimping or goffering iron, Circa 1840.
Used to make ruffles, frills, flounces, and pleats in starched linen, the crimpling iron was first introduced in Italy in the early 17th century. Very popular from the Elizabethan era...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Iron
19th Century Native American Crow Woman's Saddle
By Crow
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Wood and Horn frame wrapped in rawhide with wooden stirrups. Original harness leather stitching complete with buffalo hide seat pad. Brain tanned bands attac...
Category
American Native American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Horn
Chinese Woven Bamboo Foot Soldier's Helmet, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This conical woven hat originates from 19th century China and is expertly crafted entirely of bamboo. The outside consists of slivers of bamboo woven together with rattan strips, sec...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bamboo
English Victorian Style Wood and Bronze Cane with Hand
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian-style wood cane with bronze hand and ball top.
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Sterling Silver Antique Judaica Torah Breast Plate, Late 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Sterling silver antique Judaica Torah breast plate, Late 19th century
Continental, 1882
Height 34cm, width 26cm, depth 5cm
This wonderful piece of...
Category
European Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique, French, mercantile seed and grain decimal scales. Circa late 1800's
Located in CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, FR
This beautiful decimal scale works on the principal of a ratio of 10:1. First developed in the late 1800's, they were used to facilitate the weighing of heavier items, without the ne...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Miniature Daguerreotype Family Portraits with Hand Coloring in Gutta Percha Case
Located in Norwalk, CT
Four excellent Civil War-era daguerreotype portraits, each framed in elaborate gold foil. Three images (woman and children) appear to be hand-colored and gilded. These portraits are presented in a fantastic carved gutta percha "Union Case", decorated with a mother, child, and dog on cover and guilloche-style geometric engraving on back. Amazingly, this case appears to be the same one held by the woman in the upper left-hand photograph...
Category
American Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
Raphael Drawings – Disegni Originali di Raffaello per la prima volta pubblicati
Located in Middletown, NY
Raphael / Raffaello Sanzio
Disegni Originali di Raffaello per la prima volta pubblicati, esistenti nella Imperial Regia Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia
Venice: Tipografia di Gius...
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
19th C Wonderful Spanish Shop Scale with Original Set of Weights
Located in Leuven , BE
There is a glass window on just one side so these would not have a counter between the customer and shop assistant, perhaps they were used to weigh tea, or coffee or chocolate.
Category
Spanish Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Mother of Pearl Model of Aston Hall, Birmingham, Late 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A Late 19th Century Mother of Pearl Model of Aston Hall, Birmingham
Of exceptional quality, the mother of pearl intricately carved to represent every brick, window, and castellation...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
3 Volumes. Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages. Bound in full tree calf. The covers and raised band spines display gilt-tooling with red and green morocc...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique French Crystal, Vermeil and Gemstone Cane
Located in London, GB
Antique French crystal, vermeil and gemstone cane
French, c. 1890
Height 89cm, diameter 2.5cm
Masterfully crafted in late 19th century France, this exquisite walking stick is ado...
Category
French Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Multi-gemstone, Vermeil
1837 Mitchell's "Tourist's Pocket Map of the State of Virginia" by J.H. Young
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is J. H. Young's pocket map of the Virginia, which shows county development current to 1835. The map was engraved by E. Yeager and F. Dankworth and published by S. A. Mitchell. ...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Nouveau cast Iron dinner gong
Located in Cheshire, GB
Art Nouveau cast Iron dinner gong the decorative Fram with flower heads and scrolling decoration. Supporting the original brass gong, together with beater.
Dimensions
Height 33.5 Inches
Width 26.5 Inches
Depth 12 Inches
Category
British Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Antique Denby Pottery Tennis, Rackets Lemonade Jug, c. 1890
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Tennis-themed Lemonade Jug.
A rare "Denby" pottery tennis themed lemonade jug. The tennis ceramic has an applied panel decorated, in relief, with two crossed lawn tennis rackets, three balls and a lawn tennis net...
Category
British Sporting Art Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
A terrestral globe signed J. Lebegue & C, Paris France 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A Medium-sized terrestrial globe, made of papier-mâché, finished with pastille and completed by the application of paper spindles imprinted with intaglio printing. Color touch-ups. F...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Hand-Painted Wooden Angel & Harp Sculpture, 19th Century Religious Art
Located in Mortsel, BE
This exquisite antique hand-painted wooden sculpture of an angel playing a harp is a stunning example of 19th-century religious art. The angel is beautifully detailed, with a serene ...
Category
Unknown Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
American Painted Ash Drum Now A Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a painted eagle and inscription.
Category
American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ash
Cameo 19th century profile of a woman in gold frame
Located in NANTES, FR
19th century cameo, profile of a woman, gold frame
This cameo was finely executed, with great precision, it is beautifully made. It has a gold setting with an eagle's head hallmark...
Category
European Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Agate, Gold
Antique 19th Century orhodox Bronze Travel Icon
Located in Madrid, ES
This antique 19th-century travel icon is crafted from bronze , giving it exceptional beauty and durability. Orthodox travel icons were used by the faithful to carry a sacred represen...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Hand Carved Rocking Horse Still Wearing Authentic Paint
Located in Sofia, BG
Extraordinary hand carved rocking horse made in Italy at the end of 19th century. The piece is still wearing its authentic paint in light blu...
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Automaton of a Monkey under Glass Dome
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Late 19th century automaton of a monkey in 18th century style dress. Likely to be French, this piece shows all the hallmarks of J. Phalibois, one of the foremost makers of clockwork toys...
Category
French Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Silk
English Victorian Wood and Brass Cane
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian light wood cane with brass ball top and fluted sleeve.
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Kitchen 40 Pound Scale Cast Iron Balance w/ Ironstone Plate
By Young Son & Marlow
Located in Hyattsville, MD
No chips or cracks to the Stoneware tray. Heavy item about 60 lbs. Seems to be working, but you will need counterweights to use it, that will go on the metal tray.
Ironstone stone...
Category
American High Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
19th Century Bronze Pipe
Located in Copenhagen, K
Fantastic bronze pipe from the Vienna tobacco museum’s collection, from Belgian Congo.
Category
Congolese Folk Art Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Antique Edwardian 9-Karat Yellow Gold Slide Watch Chain Necklace & Key
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique 9-karat yellow gold watch chain is presumed to have originated from England and dates to circa 1880. This long and substantial tight round link chain features a shield shaped slide with ornate decoration and seed pear accents. The gold watch...
Category
English Edwardian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Set of 13 18th/19th Century French Leather Bound Books
Located in New Orleans, LA
A lovely of antique leather bound books. They range in size from 8X10X2 (4) to 5X7X1 (8)
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
French Tole Bicorn Hat
Located in Essex, MA
Red painted and possibly a hat makers sign. With a chain strap and button.
Category
European Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
Victorian Half Hull Model of the Three Masted Sailing Ship ‘Elizabeth’
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian half hull model of the three masted sailing ship ‘Elizabeth’, shown facing right, the shaped soft wood hull with black painted top sides and applied shear line and gunwal...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Large Chinese Carved Dinner Gong
Located in Cheshire, GB
Chinese intricately carved and pierced hardwood dinner gong, having circular brass gong with original beater.
Dimensions
Height 50 inches
Length 24.5 inches
width 13.5 inches.
Category
Chinese Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood
Cannocchiale in ottone con impugnatura in Galuchat seconda metà XIX secolo
Located in Milan, IT
Cannocchiale in ottone a sezione tonda con impugnatura rivestita di Galuchat pelle di razza conciata e messa fuoco a tre allunghi. Manifattura inglese della seconda metà dell'800. Lu...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1882 The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq.
Located in Bath, GB
A limited edition ten-volume set of the works of Henry Fielding, edited with a biography by Leslie Stephen.
A ten-volume set in half morocco bindings. All edges gilt.
No. 92 of a t...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Tacheometro model Soldati late 19th c. signed La Filotecnica Milano
Located in Milan, IT
Tacheometer model Soldati from the late 19th century signed La Filotecnica Ing. A Salmoiraghi Milan serial no. 18865.
Construction site surveying and tracking tool used for calculati...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Pair of Tall Italian 19th Century Silver Gilt Candlesticks from Italian Church
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of large-sized 19th century Italian candlesticks. This pair of antique candlesticks, circa 1850, were originally displayed in an Italian church and feature silver gilt over exquisite hand-carved wood bodies. Each candlestick is approximately 3 foot tall...
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Seven Miniature Furstenberg Biscuit Porcelain Busts of English Men of Letters
Located in Spencertown, NY
Seven Furstenberg miniature busts of English men of letters, early 19th century together with a William IV Amboyna two-door glazed cabinet. Including,
Locke, Dryden, Garrick, Pope.
Category
German William IV Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain, Amboyna, Wood
Game Box, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Game box, 19th century.
Napoleon III period game box, 19th century in precious wood marquetry.
Measures: H: 5 cm, W: 22 cm, D: 13 cm.
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
English Engraved Hand Colored Map of the North Eastern United States, circa 1817
Located in Charleston, SC
English copper engraved hand colored map of the North Eastern United States matted under glass in a gilt frame, Early 19th Century. Drawn and Engraved for Thomson's New General Atlas...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Paint, Giltwood, Glass
Antique Map of North America from an Old Dutch School Atlas, 1852
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Noord-Amerika'. Map of North America. This map originates from 'School-Atlas van alle deelen der Aarde' by Otto Petri. Artists and Engra...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Circa 1880 French Gothic Style Baldachin or Statuary Niche
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880 French Gothic style Baldachin or Statuary Niche. Derived from canopies for processions, the term has come to signify all such coverings, most famously the Bernini high alt...
Category
French Gothic Revival Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Native American Sioux Authentic Fully Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux fully-beaded moccasins, with fully beaded soles.
Period: circa 1880
Origin: Sioux, Plains
Size: 10 1/4" x 4".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare, exc...
Category
American Native American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Beads
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
American Bronze Sea Mariner Bracing on Rope Piling Mounted to Oval Base. C. 1870
Located in Charleston, SC
American bronze figural sea mariner bracing in wind against a rope piling and mounted to an oval molded edge base. Late 19th century.
Category
American American Empire Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
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