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Period: Late 19th Century
Painted Timber Axes of the Ancient Order of Foresters
Located in Conwy, GB
A pair of painted timber axes from the Ancient Masonic order of foresters.
The axe heads decorated with Stag with coronet, lettered and numbered 5481 with Court prosperity.
Category
English Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Antique Tramp Art Crucifix in Wood, Folk Art Cross, circa 1880
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This intricately hand-carved Tramp Art crucifix dates to circa 1880 and exemplifies the resourceful and expressive craftsmanship characteristic of the genre. Constructed from layered...
Category
French Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Rare Antique Gamewell Fire Alarm Base Station
Located in Round Top, TX
Very rare base station for a circa 1880 Gamewell alarm system. The unit has beveled glass all the way around. The system was in use in the 1880s, and al...
Category
American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Antique Smooth Face Cleek, Golf Club
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Smooth Face Cleek, Golf Club.
This early hickory shafted iron has a smooth face, original hickory shaft, that has been shortened, and later polished leather grip. This is a f...
Category
British Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Handcrafted Moroccan Silver Bracelet with Enamel, Jewish Bridal Jewlery
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite Moroccan bracelet is a stunning example of traditional Jewish bridal jewelry, meticulously handcrafted from silver and adorned with intricate blue enamel inlay. The hi...
Category
Moroccan Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám – The Elihu VEDDER, SUPER DELUXE Edition
Located in Middletown, NY
A lavish production and VEDDER's MASTERPIECE, The Rubaiyat was a great success and helped establish Vedder as a major American artist.
Khayyám, Omar / Illustrated by ELIHU VEDDER / ...
Category
American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
English Victorian Carved Bull Dog Cane with Glass Eyes
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian walking cane with ebonized shaft and carved bull dog head handle and brass tip.
Category
British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Continental 800 Standard Silver Purse, late 19th-early 20th century
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Continental 800 standard silver purse, late 19th-early 20th century. Reticulated entwined leaves & flowers supporting the woven silver mech bag with suede liner. Contains and as foun...
Category
European Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
$160 Sale Price
28% Off
Finely Carved 'Black Forest' Pipe Stand
By Black Forest
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A finely carved "Black Forest' pipe stand. Carved Lindenwood with a single bear standing over a naturalistic base with the pipe holders and astray to fron...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique Colonial Figural Painted "1820" Wooden Baby Doll Cradle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Colonial Figural Painted "1820" Wooden Baby Doll Cradle. Circa Late 19th Century. Measurements: 15" H x 21.5" W x 16" D.
Category
Unknown Other Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Arts & Crafts Style Silver Mounted Walking Stick
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century Arts & Crafts style silver mounted walking stick
English, 1893
Height 90cm, diameter 3.5cm
Expertly crafted in 1893, this antique walking stick embodies the es...
Category
English Arts and Crafts Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Silver
Cheyenne Native American Dress
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pre-reservation Cheyenne dress. Hand-sewn, pieced together; blue trade cloth, ribbon-like edging, cowry shell cape on both sides. This piece without any restoration. Hard to find thi...
Category
American Native American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Shell
Oil Lamp with an Illuminating Globe Shade, circa 1885
Located in London, GB
A rare late 19th century oil lamp with a globe shade and base decorated with a castle set in a rural scene, circa 1885.
Northern Europe...
Category
European Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Pleyel Grand Piano Hand-Painted Berainesque Style Cabriole Leg Signed G. Meunier
Located in Leeds, GB
This 1893, Pleyel grand piano sits on ornately carved french walnut frame, carved with foliage and flowers. The piano has six carved, cabriole legs ...
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut, Paint
Late 19th Century Original Painted Green Faux Marble Dog Canine Kennel
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming painted wooden dog kennel with pitched roof standing on styled feet.
The original green painted body, with a faux marble painted pediment and red roof. The pediment als...
Category
English Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
FiNE ANTIQUE VICTORIAN STAUNTON CHESS SET & CHESSBOARD IN ROMAN HORSE INLAID BOX
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning circa 1880 Victorian Walnut and Oak Chessboard set complete with Staunton chess pie...
Category
English High Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Boxwood, Oak, Walnut
1876 Map of the United States: Detailing the Railroads and Unsettled Territories
Located in Langweer, NL
Stanford’s Smaller Railway Map of the United States, 1876
This original 1876 map, titled "Stanford's Smaller Railway Map of the United States Distinguishing the Unsettled Territorie...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Sculptural Stainless Steel & Cast Iron Sock Stretchers
Located in San Francisco, CA
Unique 19th century stainless steel & cast iron sock stretchers
Extra large pair of industrial strength sock stretcher. Today, these would make a great...
Category
American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stainless Steel, Iron
Carved Boxwood and Lacquer Netsuke of a Noh Dancer, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A fine lacquer decorated carved boxwood netsuke of a Noh dancer in a Hannya role, unsigned, Meiji period, late 19th century, Japan.
The boxwood netsuke finely carved as a kneeling Noh dancer dressed in striking geometric patterned robes. The actor holds an opened war fan behind their back in one hand, a Shinto wand slung over the shoulder in the other.
The war fan, tessen, decorated in red lacquer with a golden rising sun at the center. Tessen were sturdy fans used by samurai as protective devices, and sometimes as weapons.
The wand, called an onusa, is a traditional Shinto ritual implement comprised of folded paper streamers, shide, attached to a wooden wand, often used in purification rituals. Here, the shide are crafted from silver maki-e, with the handle of the natural boxwood.
The actor wears a fierce and unearthly hannya mask...
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Boxwood, Lacquer
American Carved Wood & Painted Ship Officer on Watch with Ship Lantern, C. 1890
Located in Charleston, SC
American Folk Art carved wood and painted ship officer on watch standing on a two tiered squared plinth with a brass and galvanized ship lantern hanging from wrist. Late 19th Century.
Category
American Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paint
Russian Silver Icon Depicting Christ Entering Jerusalem
Located in London, GB
Of rectangular shape, the silver moulded to depict the iconic Biblical scene.
This exquisite Russian silver icon, depicting the famous moment of...
Category
Russian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
19th Century Silver and Gold Monstrance with Travel Case
Located in Ross, CA
A silver and gold monstrance with travel case (c. 1890). Also known as an ostensorium, this vessel was used as a reliquary for display in the private r...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Bronze
$2,760 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century, Compass and Sundial Together
Located in Miami, FL
19th century, compass and sundial together.
Category
French Baroque Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
English Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen
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 Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pewter
American Polished Steel Sky Light Binnacle with Rope Carved Base, Phil. C. 1880
By Hands & Sons
Located in Charleston, SC
American polished steel sky light binnacle with rope carved base, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Norfolk VA. Late 19th century. Binnacle has been electrified fo...
Category
American American Empire Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Steel
Anatomical model for class: a heart, France 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical model for class, depicting an animal’s heart, made out of painted papier mache. Ebonized wooden base, square shape. France circa 1890.
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique Brass and Malachite Scales by Halstaff & Hannaford
Located in Northampton, GB
Malachite Base Mounted in Brass
From our Accessories collection, we are delighted to offer these Bronze Gilded Malachite Postal Scales by Halstaff and Hannaford, London. The scales ...
Category
English Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Malachite, Brass
English Victorian Brass Regimental Drums
Located in Queens, NY
2 English Victorian brass and blue painted Regimental drums (PRICED EACH)
Category
British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$850 / item
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 Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
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 Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers
Pair Antique English Sheffield Silver Mounted Trophy Horns, Circa 1890.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique English Sheffield Silver Mounted Trophy Horns, Circa 1890.
Category
English Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
19th Century Silver Gilt Presentation Casket Awarded to Alderman Abel Heywood
Located in London, GB
An Elkington & Company Silver Gilt Presentation Casket
Hall Marked for Birmingham, 1891 and the maker; the casket, in the Victorian Gothic manner, with cluster columns at the angles...
Category
English Gothic Revival Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Vermeil
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 Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Silk
Antique Victorian Novelty Sterling Silver Tabletop Burner with Cigar Cutter
By Susannah Brasted
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique Victorian novelty sterling silver tabletop burner with cigar cutter on wooden base
Maker : Susannah Brasted
Made in London 1888
Fully hallm...
Category
British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique French Candelabra or Alter Ornament, circa 1890-Boat Shaped
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
Handsome and eye catching antique boat-shaped candlestick/candelabra, for 7 candles.
Also known as a Thanksgiving candelabra, it is from around 1900 and originates from the Catholic...
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Indian Carved Wood Folk Art Walking Stick
Located in London, GB
Antique Indian carved wood folk art walking stick
Indian, Late 19th Century
Height 82cm, diameter 6cm
Handcrafted in late 19th century India, this remarkable folk art walking s...
Category
Indian Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
British 19th Century Drum Table
Located in New York, NY
This charming 19th-century English regimental drum was fitted with a glass top to serve as a table. It bears the painted arms of the Royal Dublin Fusil...
Category
Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Late 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 Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
25 Volumes. Sir Walter Scott, The Waverley Novels.
Located in New York, NY
25 Volumes. Sir Walter Scott, The Waverley Novels. Centenary Edition. Bound in full tan calf with gilt-tooled bordering on the covers. Raised band spine with gilt-tooled detailing an...
Category
Scottish Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
A Nias nobleman's gold ‘nifato-fato’ necklace
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Indonesia, North Sumatra, Nias, 19th-20th century
A crescent-shaped gold necklace hammered into folded ridges, the end fastened by interlocking hooks.
Diam. 27 cm
Provenance:
Col...
Category
Indonesian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Wall Mounted Brass Tiller Yoke
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century brass tiller yoke of opposed Kedge anchors, each with shackle and pulley, mounted on a shield shaped plaque.
Measures: Width 59 cm.
Height 21 cm.
Category
English Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1899 Poole Brothers Antique Railroad Map of the Illinois Central Railroad
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an 1899 railroad map of the Illinois Central and Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroads, published by the Poole Brothers. The map focuses on the continuous United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Antilles. Remarkably detailed, the rail routes of the Illinois Central RR are marked in red, which each stop labeled. Major stops are overprinted in red, bold letters, with the short rail distances to New York listed above the stop and short rail distances to New Orleans listed below the name.
In addition to the Illinois Central network, numerous different rail lines are illustrated and the company running that line is noted along with many stops along each route. Sea routes from New Orleans to locations in Central America, the Caribbean, and Europe are marked and labeled with destination and distance, along with routes originating from Havana. Inset at bottom left is a map of Cuba; an inset map of Puerto Rico...
Category
American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart A of the Atlantic Coast, 1877
Located in Nantucket, MA
Large U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart A of the Atlantic Coast, 1877, re-issued in February 1881, a printed paper laid down on linen navigational chart of the U.S. Atlantic coast...
Category
American Other Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen
Late 19th Century Model of an Electric Powered Road Vehicle
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century brass model of an electric powered road locomotive.
4 inch rear wheels with gear drive from electric motor, front 4 inch wheels w...
Category
English Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$3,955 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mohair, Walnut
Sioux Brain Tanned and Beaded Work Bag
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Hidatsa Sioux work bag from Fort Berthold, North Dakota. Properly referred to as a woman's work bag that was used for holding sewing materials, sinew, awls and beads. Sinew sewn on brain tanned...
Category
American Native American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hide
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 Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Rare Pair of Late 19th Century Tattoo Specimens From A French Sailor Curiosity
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very odd and rare pair of preserved human tattoos, believed to be from a French sailor. Depicting a Prussian solider and a young lady. Later housed and mounted in period maple fram...
Category
European Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Natural Fiber, Glass, Maple
1900 Swiss Black Forest Carved Basswood Begging Dog Cigar and Matchbox Holder
Located in Haarlem, NL
Swiss Brienz black forest hand carved linden wood begging poodle with brass matchbox holder and four brass cigar holders.
Black Forest wood carved art ...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Dutch Handcrafted Catboat Model with Original Stand
Located in Northport, MI
An exceptional late 19th-century Dutch handcrafted model of a gaff-rigged catboat, retaining all original features including its cotton sail, painted wood hull, hand-tied rigging, an...
Category
Dutch Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Us patent tammany mechanical cast iron saving bank, 1875
Located in Bilzen, BE
American mechanical piggy bank TAMMANY BANK called "The fat man". Plychrome cast iron, the right arm and the movable head so that the "fat man" puts the piece in his room while noddi...
Category
American American Classical Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
"Rough Shooting" First Edition Antique Engraving by Douglas Adams, circa 1893
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a first edition print of Rough Shooting, signed by the artist, Douglas Adams. The print was published by Thomas McLean and depicts a highlands s...
Category
British Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Opalescent Perfume Bottle with Brass Mounts and Painted Medallions
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique opalescent perfume bottle is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Europe, likely in France or Italy in circa 1890 for a Grand To...
Category
French Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Pair of American Nautical Polished Steel and Brass Ship Lanterns, NY C. 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American Nautical port & starboard polished steel and brass ship lanterns with the original red and blue Fresnel lenses, flanking vented dome finials, exterior protective cag...
Category
American American Empire Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Steel, Wire
A jaw with teeth made of painted papier-maché, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical model for schools for educational use depicting a jaw with teeth, made of painted papier-mâché, all placed with the support of a cylindrical iron rod on a round base in bl...
Category
Italian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Lonely Sparrow, Italia 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Passer domesticus) Lonely Sparrow, mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet. S. Br...
Category
Italian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
19th Century Holy Land Mother-of-Pearl Icon
Located in London, GB
This fantastic mother-of-pearl icon was made in Jerusalem at the end of the 19th century, and is beautifully carved with mother-of-pearl and set with abalon...
Category
Israeli Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Antique Map of Australia by Levasseur, '1875'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte générale de l'Australie'. Large map of Australia. This map originates from 'Atlas de Géographie Moderne Physique et Politiq...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$416 Sale Price
30% Off
Pike and Elliman English Brass Scale
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pike and Elliman brass shop scale, dating to the 1880's. Nice original condition. Class b to weigh up to 12oz. Stamped on brass tray pike & E 14 new, 32 Gi ...
Category
English Early Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
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