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Period: 19th Century
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
Old Tibetan Bronze Bell or Cymbal
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique Bronze bell or Cymbal, hand hammered - Tibet - half XIX century - can be hung from the ceiling, hanging and hitting it.
CYMBAL is a percussion instrument. Now it is used in m...
Category
Tibetan Tibetan Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
$720 Sale Price
40% Off
Map of Cher France with Bourges, Sancerre Vineyards and Engraved Vignettes, 1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Charente-Inférieure France with La Rochelle and Coastal Vineyards, 19th c
Description:
This decorative 19th-century map of the former department of Charente-Inférieure, now k...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1877 The Moonstone: A Dramatic Story, in Three Acts
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful example of Wilkie Collins's very scarce stage adaptation of 'The Moonstone', a work never widely published, and 'privately printed for the convenience of the Author'. In ...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Giltwood Thermometer & Perpetual Calendar Attributed to F.Linke, France, c. 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant Louis XVI style set comprising a thermometer and a perpetual calendar attributed to F. Linke. Each consisting of a metal plaque, painted with floral motifs on a beige backgro...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sheet Metal
Set of Four Pig Sticking Prints, Lithographs
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Set Of Four Pig Sticking Lithographs.
A very good, framed set of four pictures of an old and rare subject 'Pig Sticking'. The rare pictures are after Alb...
Category
European Sporting Art Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
STUNNiNG ANTIQUE FULLY RESTORED THOS PADMORE & SONS EST 1830 SNOOKER SCOREBOARD
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite fully restored Thos Padmore & Sons English Mahogany & Oak Snooker scoreboard Est 1830
A truly stunning example of Victorian Snooker equipment, this piece really elevates your game playing to something of a sophisticated 19th century gentleman who entertains his guests in his drawing room
This piece is very rare, if you search the name you will be hard pressed to find one example for sale anywhere in the world from this maker, it is fully stamped to the top Thos Padmore & Sons. Contractors to H.M Government 118 Edmund Street Birmingham
The condition is sublime, my French polisher has fully restored it to include washing it back and French polishing it from the ground up, the mother of pearl counters...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood, Oak
Antique Map of the Netherlands in 1808 by Mees, 1857
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Noord-Nederland in 1808. Het Koningrijk Holland na het tractaat van Fontainebleau van 11 november 1807'. Map of the Netherlands in 1808. This map originates from ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$122 Sale Price
20% Off
Pl. 67 Antique Print of Decorative Art in the Renaissance Period by Racinet, 186
Located in Langweer, NL
Old print of decorative art in the Renaissance period. This print originates from 'L'Ornement polychrome'. A beautiful work containing about 2000 patterns of all the styles of Art ol...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Pet or Doll Bed
Located in East Hampton, NY
Exquisite pet/ doll bed in the Louis XXI style. all original silk brocade drapery and upholstery. and remnants of trims. mattress is stuffed horsehair. ostrich feather floret. (the h...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Mid-19th Century Metis Cree Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Metis Cree bandolier with classic beading on red Stroud with white bead edging and black silk ribbon border.
Period: Mid-19th century
Origin: Metis Cree
Si...
Category
American Native American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
VERY FINE ANTIQUE VICTORIAN SHAGREEN LADiES POWDER COMPACT & LIPSTICK CASE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning Victorian circa 1880 ladies Shargeen & Silver powder compact with lipstick...
Category
European High Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
"Taylor and His Generals, " First Edition, Published by E. H. Butler & Co., 1847
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Taylor and his Generals. New York: E.H. Butler & Co., 1847. First Edition. Rebound in quarter leather and marble paper boards. Housed in custom slipcase.
Presented is the 1847 First Edition of Taylor and His Generals. Published by E.H. Butler & Company, the book has numerous portraits and engravings throughout. It has been beautifully rebound in quarter leather and marble paper boards. The spine has gilt embossed decoration stating that it’s a first edition. The book is housed in a custom-built archival slipcase with a photo of Taylor on the front.
Written and published before Taylor ran for the Presidency, this book would have been a powerful propaganda tool for the soon-to-be 12th President of the United States. The full title page describes the work as “Taylor and His Generals; A Biography of Major-General Zachary Taylor; And Sketches of the Lives of Generals Worth, Wool, and Twiggs with a full account of the Actions of their Various Divisions in Mexico Up to the Present Time; Together with a Sketch of the Major-General Winfield Scott and an Account of his Divisions in Mexico.”
Taylor fought and commanded troops in the War of 1812, Black Hawk War, and the Second of the Seminole Wars before playing a major role in the victory of the Mexican-American War. The book takes the reader through the early life of Taylor and his military career with a particular focus on his surprising victory at the Battle of Buena Vista. Generals Worth, Wool, and Twiggs that served under Taylor and Major-General Scott each get a chapter dedicated to their own history and military careers
The Battle of Buena Vista took place in February of 1847 during the Mexican-American War. With only about 5,000 soldiers, Taylor repelled General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Italian Mid-19th Century Folio Case of a Large Variety of Specimen Artifacts
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and most unique Italian mid 19th-century folio case of a large variety of specimen marble and semi-precious stones. The case is raised by soli...
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
Pueblo Indian Drum
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Polychrome Pueblo drum. From a private New York State historical society.
Period: Last quarter of the 19th century.
Origin: New York
Size: 6" D x 6" H
...
Category
American Native American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hide
$2,300
Rare Indian Gold, Ruby and Turquoise Sarpech Turban Ornament
Located in London, GB
Rare Indian gold, ruby and turquoise Sarpech turban ornament
Indian, 19th Century
Sarpech: height 12cm, width 14cm, depth 0.5cm
Case: height 19cm, width 20cm, depth 4cm
Similar to works in the Royal Collection, this beautiful ornament is a nineteenth century Indian Sarpech. Crafted from gold, rubies, and turquoises, it is intended as a piece to adorn the front of a turban, although often these fine items of religious jewellery find themselves other purposes.
The two side panels towards the base are mounted on hinges, and share a similar design to the central element, with a single ruby in the centre surrounded by rings of turquoise. The long neck of the piece arcs to the left, finishing with a large round and more prominent ruby, like the eye in a bird's head. With a similar appearance to that of a sword hilt...
Category
Indian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold
Old Print of a Countrywoman of Upper Carniola, Slovenia, Eastern Europe, 1804
Located in Langweer, NL
Old print of a countrywoman of Upper Carniola, Slovenia.
This print originates from 'The Costume of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria' by William Miller.
Artists and engravers: Engraved by William Ellis.
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$269 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Victorian Key Wind Mechanical Large Black Bear 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
9 Volumes. Horace Walpole, The Letters.
Located in New York, NY
9 Volumes. Horace Walpole, The Letters. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards, bordered in gilt-tooling. Raised band spines with gilt-tooled det...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
$2,500 / set
Paris and Surroundings – Antique Map by Gall and Inglis, Published 1843
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of Paris and Environs by Gall and Inglis, 1843
This finely detailed map titled "Gall & Inglis’ Plan of Paris and Environs" was published in 1843 and provides a fascinati...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Costume Print of a Young Farmer from the Region of Obermais, South Tyrol
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique costume print titled 'Junger Bauer aus Obermais bei Meran, Südtirol'. Old print showing a young farmer from the region of Obermais, near Meran, South Tyrol...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1 Volume. Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Poetical and Dramatic Works.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Poetical and Dramatic Works. Cambridge Edition. Bound in 3/4 tan calf and marbled boards. The Raised band spine is gilt-tooled with red and green ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Victorian Snuff Box with Mounted Ram's Head – 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
An unusual and remarkable 19th-century Victorian snuff box decorated with a mounted ram's head. It is topped with a lidded silver-plated bronze container for storing snuff.
The ram'...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Rare 19th Century Meerschaum Pipe – Bullfight Scene
Located in Madrid, ES
Exceptional and rare 19th century meerschaum pipe, finely carved, depicting a detailed bullfight scene. The composition depicts a dramatic moment where one bullfighter is assisted by...
Category
Spanish Other Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Organic Material
Map of Côtes-du-Nord France with Saint-Brieuc and Brittany Coastline, c.1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Côtes-du-Nord France with Saint-Brieuc and Brittany Coastline, 19th c
Description:
This elegant 19th-century map of Côtes-du-Nord, the historic name for what is now known as ...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original 1859 Map of Asia from W.G. Blackie's Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Asia'. Original antique map of Asia. This map originates from ‘The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography’. Published by W. G. Blackie, 1859.
The "Classic Cartograph...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Charles A. Lindbergh Signature
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a handsome display featuring the signature of celebrated American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974). Lindbergh signed the page, now cut, in black ink as "Charles A. Li...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$2,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of 'The Adoration of the Magi' Made after Ghirlandajo 'c.1890'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The Adoration of the Magi'. Original antique print on chine collé, made after the painting by Ghirlandajo. Source unknown, to be determined. Published circa 1890.
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$192 Sale Price
20% Off
The Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence by N. Dwight, 1860
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Dwight, Nathaniel. The Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. New York: A. S. Barnes & Burr, 1860. Later printing. Octavo. Rebound in ¼ leather and cloth boards, wi...
Category
American Federal Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
19th Century French Metal Scale
Located in High Point, NC
This 19th Century French Metal Scale is a striking artifact that captures the essence of historical commerce and French provincial life. Clad in its original red paint, now distresse...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
"The Masterpieces of Engraving"
By Eugene Maxime Vallée
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/7821 - interesting French book that I saved from ruin: they are usually dismembered to make prints to sell individually. This one is intact, with its 24 printed plates. Nice to ...
Category
French Other Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Victorian Quality Carved Oak Banjo Barometer
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality carved oak banjo barometer having a quality carved oak shaped case with a brass bezel, porcelain dial with original hands and a thermometer
An attractiv...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Calandra Lark, Italia 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer: Stuffed bird (Melanocorypha calandra) Calandra Lark, mounted on a wooden base with cartouche. Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet....
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
American Oval Timber Trade Sign with Two Masted Ship and Rope Boarder. C. 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
American oval hand carved timber trade sign with a centered two masted ship, rope border, upper painted banner "The London and New York Trading Company"...
Category
American American Empire Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rope, Wood, Paint
Antique George III Quality Mahogany Shell Inlaid Banjo Barometer
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality mahogany shell inlaid banjo barometer having a quality mahogany banjo shaped case with satinwood shell inlay, brass bezel, silvered engraved dial, original...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
$1,545 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Charles Dickens First Edition Martin Chuzzlewit 1844 Chapman & Hall Book
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique 1st Edition book titled Martin Chuzzlewit was authored by Charles Dickens and published by Chapman and Hall of England in 1844 in the period Victorian style with 40 full page etchings by Hablot Knight Browne...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Map of New Zealand by Arrowsmith '1844'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Map of the colony of New Zealand from official documents'. A scarce map of New Zealand. First issued in the 1830s, this state sh...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,576 Sale Price
24% Off
A Hand Carved Wooden Mezuzah Case, Poland-Ukraine Circa 1820
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite hand-carved wooden Mezuzah case, dating back to circa 1820, is a remarkable testament to the rich folk art traditions of the Jewish communities in Poland and Ukraine. ...
Category
Ukrainian 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
Glass, Giltwood, Paint, Paper
Shipbuilders Half Block Model of the Steamship Dunbrody
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Finely detailed shipbuilder's half block model of the steamship Dunbrody, built and engined by The London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Co. ...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Native American Muslin Ghost Dance Shield
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Muslin shield with backhand hold, bundle sticks with red and yellow ochre and original shoulder carrying strap. Ex Kammerer
Period: 19th Century
Origin: Sioux, Plains
Size: 16 1/2...
Category
American Native American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hide, Wood
Carved and Painted Model of Hms Emerald, 1811 and ‘Hms Emerald & Hms Amethyst
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A carved and painted model of HMS Emerald, 1811, the frigate finely modelled and painted with a white hull, black plimsole line, yellow topsides and red cannon ports, raised on the original mahogany stand with turned feet and a plaque reading ‘HMSEmerald, 36 Gun Frigate. Launched on the Thames in 1795. A scale model ½”-1’ made for Captain F. L .Maitland, her Commander 1806-1911 together with a painting of H.M.S. Emerald by Nicholas Pocock...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paint
c1895-9 La Comédie Humaine
Located in Bath, GB
The complete magnum opus of French novelist Honoré de Balzac 'La Comedie Humaine' in beautiful uniform Riverside Press half crushed morocco bindings.
Undated Paris edition published...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Christ of Burgos. Wood, metal. Spanish school, 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Christ of Burgos. Wood, metal. Spanish school, 19th century.
A rectangular base serves as the base for a Latin cross with finials at the three upper ends. This has the usual “INRI” ...
Category
Spanish Other Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Devotional plaque, Saint Bishop Bronze. Spanish school, 19th c.
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional plaque, Holy Bishop. Bronze. Spanish school, 19th century.
Rectangular devotional plate with a ring at the top and smooth moldings enhancing a figurative relief. You can see a male figure with a halo, carrying a bishop's staff, and is accompanied by a book and a tiara...
Category
Spanish Neoclassical Revival Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Rare 1864 Civil War Era Map of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Rare 1864 Civil War Era Map of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island
Description: This exquisite antique map, titled "Johnson's Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode I...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large and Imposing Regency Nautical Chair Made for the Alliance Assurance Comp
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large and imposing Regency nautical chair made for the Alliance assurance company, the rectangular leather covered back, padded arms and seat surmoun...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Wood
Very Fine Gilt Bronze, Cloisonné Enamel and Porcelain Holy Water Stoup
Located in London, GB
A very fine gilt bronze, cloisonné enamel and porcelain holy water stoup
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 54cm, width 34cm, depth 9cm
This b...
Category
French Renaissance Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
19th Century Blackfeet Fighting Dag
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Blackfeet fighting dag native made with blade from a wagon wheel or barrel rim. Blade goes full length of handle and protrudes 8 1/4". Much patina from use. Fastened with nail rivets...
Category
American Native American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
$15,000 / set
American Nautical Brass Housing & Wood Collar Floating Distress Beacon, C. 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
American nautical brass housing and wood collar floating distress beacon with a glass lens, mid-19th century.
Category
American American Empire Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Mermod Fréres Station Cylinder Music Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptionally wonderful and rare automaton cylinder musical box by the Mermod Fréres firm of Sainte-Croix, Switzerland is a marvel of musical crafts...
Category
Swiss Other Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Pair 19th Century French Walnut Neogothic Prayer Kneelers
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th Century French Walnut Neogothic Prayer Kneelers are an interesting design, with timeless styling that dates back almost a thousand years, yet wi...
Category
French Gothic Revival Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mohair, Walnut
Original Buffalo Bill Cody, Chief Red Cloud, American Horse Photograph
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Authentic, original D.F. Barry photo (3 marks), 11" x 14". Noted on back "William Cody, left of him is Red Cloud and right of him American Horse. Photo ta...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Ancient Crossroads: Albania to Assyria in Antiquity, Published in 1880
Located in Langweer, NL
The map titled "ALBANIA, IBERIA, COLCHIS, ARMENIA, MESOPOTAMIA, BABYLONIA, ASSYRIA" portrays the ancient regions that would encompass parts of modern-day Eastern Turkey, Armenia, Aze...
Category
Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$355 Sale Price
20% Off
Jaques London Victorian Faux Book Chessboard Staunton Pieces & Hardwood Clock
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Victorian Antique Jaques of London faux leather folding book chessboard with the original Staunton Chess set dating to circa 1880, a travel chess set in the form of checkers pieces and lastly a Jacques of London Rosewood Chess clock...
Category
English High Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Hardwood, Boxwood
19th Century Mahogany Tilt-Top Tripod Table, Mini, Salesman or Example Sample
Located in Huntington, NY
An early 19th century mahogany tilt-top tripod table
Mini, salesman or example sample.
With tilt-top, tripod base.
Category
American American Classical Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
English Victorian Bamboo Cane with Pewter Cap in the Shape of a Horseshoe
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian bamboo cane with pewter cap with an impression of a horseshoe.
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Coral and Onyx Turtleshell Hair Comb-Diadem, United States, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Rare hair comb, diadem, turtleshell, surmounted by a gilt silver element decorated with volutes in an entourage of natural Mediterranean coral pearls (Rubrum Corallium) of an orange-...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Coral, Gold
Collection of French Opaline Apothecary Jars
Located in Copenhagen, K
Collection of 20 opaline apothecary jars from the 19th century.
Collection consists of 14 larger jars and 6 smaller jars.
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Opaline Glass
$135 / item
A relic from the family of Bounty Mutineer John Adams: documented piece of Bark
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A relic from the family of Bounty Mutineer John Adams: An exceptionally rare documented piece of Bark Cloth from the Pitcairn Islands, with a fragment of paper pinned to it stating ‘Manufactured at Pitcairn’s Island, by the descendants of John Adams the Mutineer, from the bark of a tree.’
Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire
For similar examples see the collection of the British Museum (Oc1937,0308.1 and Oc1937,0308.2) each with the same handwriting as the example offered here, but signed ‘H. Porter’ and dated 1837 and another in the National Martime Museum, Greenwich.
John Adams (1767-1829)
John Adams (known as Alexander Smith) was the last survivor of the Bounty Mutineers, the disaffected crewmen, who, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the ship from their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and set him and eighteen loyalists adrift in the ship’s open launch.
After a sojourn in Tahiti, Christian, the remaining mutineers and some native Tahitians, mainly women forcibly abducted, left on 22nd September 1799 in search of safe haven. He then formed the idea of settling on Pitcairn Island, far to the east of Tahiti; the island had been reported in 1767, but its exact location was never verified. After months of searching, Christian rediscovered the island on 15 January 1790, 188 nautical miles east of its recorded position. This longitudinal error contributed to the mutineers’ decision to settle on Pitcairn in the hope they would be undetected. On arrival the Bounty was unloaded and stripped of most of its masts and spars, for use on the island. It was set ablaze and destroyed on 23rd January 1790.
Although the settlers were able to survive by farming and fishing, the initial period of settlement was marked by serious tensions among the settlers. Alcoholism, murder, disease and other ills had taken the lives of most of the mutineers and Tahitian men. John Adams, Ned Young, and Matthew Quintal were the last three mutineers surviving in 1799 when the thuggish Quintal, while drunk, reportedly threatened to kill the entire community if he could not have Fletcher Christian’s widow as his own consort, and in response Adams and Young lured him to Young’s house and killed him with a hatchet. Having taken effective control of the 19-member strong colony after the 1793 massacre, Adams and Young then turned to the Scriptures using the ship’s Bible as their guide for a new and peaceful society. As a result, Adams and Young embraced Christianity and taught the children to read and write using the Bible. Young eventually died of an asthmatic infection in 1800, but Adams continued his work of educating the women and children. The Pitcairners also converted to Christianity. The Pitcairners would later convert from their existing form of Christianity to Adventism after a successful Adventist mission in the 1890s.
The American sailing ship Topaz was the first to rediscover Pitcairn in 1808. Adams was eventually granted amnesty for the mutiny...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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Used Propeller Blades
Vintage 1920s Toys
Ancient Bible