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Period: Late 19th Century
Antique Map of West Alexandria, Manchester & Enterprise, 1871
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'West Alexandria, Manchester, Enterprise'. Original antique map of villages and communities of Ohio. This map originates from 'Atlas of Preble County Ohio' by C.O....
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Illinois by Johnson, 1872
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Johnson's Illinois'. Original map of Illinois. This map originates from 'Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas of the World' by A....
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Four Physical Maps of the World on One Sheet , 1872
Located in Langweer, NL
Four physical maps of the world on one sheet. The upper map shows lowlands, highlands and highest lands. The other maps show world's races, ocean current and volcanoes, and magnetic ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Missionary to the New Hebrides, an Autobiography by John G. Paton, '1889'
Located in Langweer, NL
'Missionary to the New Hebrides, an Autobiography' by John G. Paton. Edited by his brother. ibid., 1889, frontisp. portrait, map, orig. cl.
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Hemisphere Map of the World 'Two on One Sheet' by Levasseur, '1875'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Mappemonde projetée sur l'Horizon de Paris et de son Antipode - Mappemonde sur la projection polaire'. Large map with two hemisphere world maps...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Decorative Antique Map of the Netherlands and Belgium, ca.1875
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Pays-Bas Belgique (..)'. Large map of the Netherlands and Belgium. This map originates from 'Atlas de Géographie Moder...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of the Asian Continent by Levasseur, '1875'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte générale de l'Asie'. Large map of the Asian Continent. This map originates from 'Atlas de Géographie Moderne Physique et Politique' by A. Levasseur. Publish...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Western Africa by Levasseur '1875'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de la Senegambie Soudan et Guinée'. Large map of Western Africa. This map originates from 'Atlas de Géographie Moderne Physique et Politique' by A. Levasseu...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of the Eastern United States by Levasseur '1875'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de la Region orientale des États-Unis et de la dominion du Canada'. Large map of the Eastern United States. This map originates from 'Atlas de Géographie Mo...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pl. 36 Antique Chart of US Crops, Wheat, Rice, Tobacco, Hops, Oats '1874'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique chart titled 'Maps showing the range, and within the range, the degree of cultivation of certain principal crops. Compiled from the statistics of agriculture, ninth census 18...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pl. 40 Antique Chart of the US Birth Rate, 1874
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique chart titled 'Map showing, in five degrees of density, the birth rate prevailing in the territory of the United States east of the 100th Meridian, so far as the same is indic...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pl. 36A Antique Chart of US Farms, Agriculture and Crops '1874'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique chart titled 'Improved land in farms. Total agricultural production. Corn. Dairy products.. Chart of US crops, farms and total agricultural production. Originates from 'Stati...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pl. 21 Antique Chart of the US Colored Population Density in 1870, '1874'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique chart titled 'Map showing in five degrees of density the distribution of the colored population within the territory of the United States east of the 100th Meridian. Compiled...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pl. 27 Antique Chart of the US Irish and German Population in 1870, '1874'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique chart titled 'Maps showing the distribution, within the territory of the United States, east of the 100th Meridian, of certain foreign elements of the population. I. accordin...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pl. 26 Antique Chart of the US Foreign Population Proportion in 1870, '1874'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique chart titled 'Map showing the proportion of the foreign to the aggregate population. Compiled from the returns of population at the ninth census of the United States 1870'. C...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Chart of the US Foreign Parentage Proportion in 1870, '1874'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique chart titled 'Map showing the proportion to the aggregate population, of persons having one or both parents of foreign birth. Compiled from the returns of population at the n...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Chart of the US Adult Male Illiteracy in 1870, '1874'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique chart titled 'Map showing the illiteracy of the adult white male population. Compiled from the returns of population at the ninth census of the United States 1870'. Chart of the US adult male...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pl. 22 Antique Chart of the US Colored Population Proportion in 1870, '1874'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique chart titled 'Map showing the proportion of the colored to the aggregate population. Compiled from the returns of population at the ninth census of the United States, 1870'. ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pl. 23 Antique Chart of the US Foreign Parentage in 1870, '1874'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique chart titled 'Map showing, in five degrees of density, the distribution, within the territory of the United States east of the 100th Meridian, of that portion of the populati...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pl. 28 Antique Chart of British American, English (..) US Population, 1874
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique chart titled 'Maps showing the distribution, within the territory of the United States, east of the 100th Meridian, of certain foreign elements of the population. I. accordin...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pl. 17 Antique Chart of the US Population 1850 by Walker, 1874
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique chart titled 'Map showing in five degrees of density, the distribution, within the territory east of the 100th Meridian, of the population of the United States, excluding Ind...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pl. 7 Antique Temperature Chart of the United States by Walker, 1874
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique chart titled 'Temperature chart of the United States. Showing the distribution by isothermal lines of the mean temperature for the year. Constructed under the direction of Pr...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Industrial Foundry Patterns for Molds Handmade Set of Six, Group 1
Located in Topeka, KS
Incredible set of six antique handmade industrial foundry patterns. These were created to make the sand cast molds for casting iron sewage grates and other miscellaneous items. These...
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American Industrial Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bentwood
Antique Football, Rugby Clay Pipe
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Victorian Sporting Clay Tobacco Pipe.
An early embossed Football & Rugby clay pipe. The large bowl decorated in relief with three football players on one side and three rugby players...
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British Sporting Art Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Clay
Douglas Adams Signed Antique Print, Hunting Scene, Artist Proof, circa 1893
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is the artist proof edition of an untitled hunting scene by Douglas Adams. The print was issued in a limited, numbered edition of 300 and is signed by the artist in the margin. ...
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British Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pair of Italian Silver Shabbat Candle Sconces – 800 Silver, Ornate Rococo Design
Located in New York, NY
This stunning pair of antique Jewish Shabbat candle sconces is crafted from 800 silver and marked with Italian hallmarks, suggesting expert European silversmithing. Each sconce featu...
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Italian Rococo Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
The Ocobo, Gutta Percha, Mesh Pattern Golf Ball
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Ocobo 27 ½, Antique Gutta Percha Golf Ball.
A good example of a moulded 'Ocobo' mesh patterned Victorian gutta percha golf ball manufactured by J.B. Halley & Co. Ltd. 76 Finsbury Pav...
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British Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Gutta Percha, Mesh Pattern Golf Ball
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Solid Mesh Gutty Golf Ball.
A solid moulded square mesh patterned gutta percha golf ball in well used condition. The 1890's Gutty ball still has some of the original finish to its s...
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British Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Mid-Late 19th Century Anglo-Indian Raj Era Walking Stick
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-late 19th century Anglo-Indian Raj Era Walking Stick. Malacca with sterling handle. Indecipherable Indian hallmarks on the silver. Brass tip - very worn with joint opened 0.5". s...
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Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Tennis Figure, James Ernest Renshaw, Parian Ware.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Lawn Tennis Sculpture.
Parian Ware Tennis Figure, James Ernest Renshaw.
An extremely rare, Parian Ware, Victorian tennis figurine by the sculptor Rowla...
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Scottish Sporting Art Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Map of the British Islands to the White Sea by J. Imray
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique large nautical chart of the British Islands to the White Sea. With insets of Veshnyak Channel, Sosnovets and the Bay of Arkhangel. Published by James Irmay and Son, circa 1875.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
French Carved Mahogany Wall Barometer
Located in Norwich, GB
French wall barometer in a finely carved mahogany case with trailing fruit and vines surmounted by a lions mask, enamel dial with seven weather indicati...
Category
French Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Style Barometers and Thermometers by H. Dasson, France, Circa 1880
By Henry Dasson
Located in PARIS, FR
A companion pair of Louis XVI style barometer and thermometer finely decorated with gilt bronze acanthus leaves and seeds on green velvet, each with a polychrome decorated enamel pla...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
Antique Rolland Books in French Language
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
nr. 9 books - owner Rolland - various titles and authors : Les maitres d'autrefois (Eugène Fromentin) - Petit Bob (GyP) - Voyage autour de mon jardin (Alphonse Karr) - Sans famille (...
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French Other Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Gutty Bramble Pattern Golf Ball, IR
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Solid bramble pattern gutty golf ball.
A moulded bramble patterned white gutta percha golf ball in original condition. The 1890's Gutty ball still has most of the white paint but is...
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British Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rubber
An unusual mirror-backed model of a section of the steamship Catherine Govan
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An unusual mirror-backed model of a section of the steamship Catherine Govan, of rectangular form, showing three decks of lined boxwood decking, a carved wooden lifeboat in silvered ...
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English Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Boxwood
Beautiful Antique Black Forest Deer Antler Trophy, German, 1890s or older
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful antique Black Forest deer antler trophy on hand carved, black lacquered wooden plaque. It's from the 1890s or older. The size given in the dimensions section refers to th...
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German Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Antler, Wood
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 Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Coral, Gold
C. 1870s English Victorian Ladies Walking Stick
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1870s Victorian ladies walking stick, English. Gold filled handle elaborately floral decorated & engraved: Ella F. Talmadge. Apparently re-fitted to the stick several times. Ru...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
C. Late 19th Century English Copper and Silverplate Fox Hunting Horn
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century English fox hunting horn of copper & silverplate. Used for fox & stag hunts. Nicely patinated with age. Very minor dings.
2 1/8" dia., 9 7/8" long.
We are a family...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Art and Craft round shaped glass dish, with Cuban cigar labels, England 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Round shaped glass dish, decorated, with Cuban cigar labels, applied under the glass. Art and Craft period, London circa 1890.
Category
English Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Hukin & Heath Sterling Silver 1897 Victorian Rare Match Striker
Located in New York, NY
Hukin & Heath sterling silver match striker from 1897 (Victorian era) with a gadrooned rim. It measures 6 2/3'' in length by 4'' in width by 2 1/4'' in height, weighs 7.7 troy ounces...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
MASONIC 1890 Art-Nouveau Enameled Vesta Matches Box In Repousse .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
An antique vesta box with enameled Masonic motifs.
This is an amazing and rare vesta matches box, created in America with Masonic motifs, back in the 1890-95. The vesta box has been...
Category
North American Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Ice Skate Blade File
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Ice Skate File.
An unusual hand held ice skate blade file. The body of this sharpening tool is made of cast iron and painted black, althoug...
Category
British Edwardian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Victorian Novelty Golf Inkwell, Silver Plated
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Victorian Novelty Golf Silver Plated Inkwell.
A fine quality plated golf inkwell with rectangular base raised on four ball feet. There is a singl...
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British Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century Black Forest Wall Shrine with St. Anthony of Padua & Jesus
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Black Forest Wall Shrine with Porcelain St. Anthony of Padua & Jesus will make a splendid devotional for any room, and features sculpted wood combining the Renaissance and Classical styles in a lovely oval form upon which has been placed burgundy velvet, making the painted porcelain figurine of St. Anthony cradling the infant Jesus...
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German Black Forest Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain, Velvet, Oak
Anatomical model: a woman’s human bust dissection. Italy end of 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Rare anatomical model for class, depicting a woman’s human bust dissection with all removable organs, complete in all its part. Made out of painted plaster and paper mache, mounted o...
Category
Italian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Late 19th Century Russian Silver Torah Pointer
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Torah pointer, Russia, circa 1880.
The handle is made with a knob shape interval engraved with floral ornaments.
The reading end is shaped as a hand with a pointing index finger. A suspension loop is connected to the top of upper section of the pointer.
Marked with Russian silver hallmarks...
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German Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Austrian Hammered Sterling, Diamond and Sapphire Cigarette Case and Match Holder
Located in Water Mill, NY
Fabulous Austrian Hungarian hammered sterling- rose diamond and sapphire
cigarette and match holder. Gilded inside has a decorative monogram on the
on the back.
Category
Austrian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Thomas Blinks Photogravure, Waiting for the Guns
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Thomas Blinks Photogravure, waiting for the guns.
A wonderful titled color photogravure of four hunting dogs, setters, after Thomas Blinks original painting, waiting for the guns. Framed and mounted in a modern wooden frame with gold slip. Publication details printed in the bottom boarder 'painted by Thomas Blinks, London Published 1895 by Arthur Tooth & Sons, 5 & 6. Haymarket, S.W. copyright registered by the British Art Publishers Union Limited. New York & Mess'' Stiefbold & Co. Berlin'.
Thomas Blinks was born in 1860 and was regarded as one of the best sporting artists of his generation, the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Painting from life and largely self-taught, Blinks was a leading animal and sporting painter specializing in painting hunting scenes and was considered one of the best Victorian painters...
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English Sporting Art Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
Welsh Rugby Union Tickets and Lapel Pin, Welsh Football Union
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Three Rare Items Once belonging To The Welsh Rugby Union Vice-President, G. Henry.
These wonderful rare items belonged to the Welsh Rugby Union Vice-President, G. Henry and comprise of a 1896 lapel-pin (medal), leather crocodile wallet (season ticket 1901-1902), green leather wallet...
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British Sporting Art Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
19th Century Carved and Painted Ship's Billethead
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Carved and Painted Ship's Billethead, second half 19th Century, a scroll carved and painted wooden ornament from the bow of a ship.
A billethead was a smaller carving used in place of a figurehead, mounted under the bowsprit of a ship. As the 19th Century progressed and the age of clipper ships saw a move towards ever more extreme clipper bows, there was a need to eliminate unnecessary weight aboard ship, especially in the bow (to avoid burying the nose into every wave), so billet heads...
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American Federal Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Anatomical model: a decomposable eyeball, Italy end of 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Rare anatomical model for schools, educational use, depicting a decomposable eyeball, complete in all its parts, made of plaster, glass and painted paper mache, metal hooks. Italy ci...
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Italian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Jockey Scales from Market Rasen Racecourse
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Avery brass height and weight standing jockey scales from Market Rasen Racecourse
This is a very rare set of 19th century Jockey scales, it was made by W & T Avery Birmingham...
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English British Colonial Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
19th Century Sioux Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux fully beaded moccasins. Red, white and blue with geometric stacked colors. Hard soles, cotton cuff edging.
Period: Late 19th Century
Origin: Gr...
Category
American Native American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hide, Beads
1891 Football Match and Association Game after W. Overend, Antique Photogravure
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This wonderfully expressive photogravure was published in 1891 in London. The etching was made after W.H. Overend’s original work, still showcasing his signature at the bottom left o...
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English Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Sioux Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux fully beaded moccasins. Red, yellow and blue on white background. Soft soled brain tanned hide.
PERIOD: Late 19th Century
ORIGIN: Great Plains ...
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American Native American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hide, Beads
Life of Andrew Jackson by James Parton 3-Volume Leather Set, 1876
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Parton, James. Life of Andrew Jackson. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876. Three volume set, later printing. Rebound in ¼ calf and matching blue cloth boards with gilt titles, stamps, and raised bands to spine. With matching archival blue cloth slip case with ribbon and inlaid portrait of Jackson on the cover.
Presented is an 1876 printing of James Parton’s three volume biography of President Andrew Jackson. First published in 1859-60 by Mason Brothers of New York, this is a later printing by Boston-based James R. Osgood and Company. James Parton's biography of the life of Andrew Jackson is one of the most important and best accounts on the early American president. In fact, Bunn and Williams call this work "the first serious biography of the [Jackson]" (Bunn).
Parton’s biography appeared in print amid the escalating political crisis of 1860, providing readers and pundits with a historical lens through which to view current events. Born in England and raised primarily in the United States, James Parton (1822-1891) was among the leading biographers of the mid-nineteenth century. His Life of Horace Greeley (1855) and Life and Times of Aaron Burr (1857) garnered widespread acclaim, and he would later publish books on Benjamin Butler...
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North American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
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