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Period: Late 19th Century
Victorian Jockey Scale
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jockey Scale Late 19th Century This Victorian jockey scale is an iconic piece of horse racing history. These handsome scales were used at the tracks to determine the jockey’s weight...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Japanese Smoking Set 'Tabac-Ire'
Located in PARIS, FR
Smoking set (tabako-ire) composed of a pipe (kiseru), a pipe case (kiseruzutsu) and a tabacco pouch (tonkotsu) for women linked to a netsuke. Intended f...
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Japanese Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Pair of Large 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Black Marble Nero Antico Obelisks
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very attractive pair of Italian Grand Tour black marble obelisks. Detailed hieroglyphics to the front side, on a green marble plinth. Minor corner chips to both obelisks, otherwise...
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Italian Grand Tour Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Marble

19th Century Rawhide Quirt
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Rawhide braided quirt with lead filled handle. Period: Last quarter of the 19th century Origin: Montana Size: 14" plus 11" flapper. Family Owned & Oper...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Hide

Antique English Burled Walnut Folding Card Table, circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
These burl pieces are favorites with our shoppers. This folding card table is a lovely example of the fine woodwork done at the end of the 19th century.
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English Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Walnut, Burl

It's fan time ! Binoculars and French Theatre Set for Ladies ON SALE
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/431 - Pretty old French theatre set: Binoculars, fan and mirror. Delicious and useful also for Your summer nights or for a gift. That's my cost NOW, bec...
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Argentine Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

A Woman's Cloak, Uzbekistan, Late 19th century
Located in New York, NY
A Luxurious Woman's Cloak made in Uzbekistan in the Late 19th century This garment, known as a chyrpy or faranji, is a traditional overgarment worn in public by women in Central Asi...
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Uzbek Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Cotton, Silk

Model of a Baling Machine by Roberts Liverpool, England
Located in London, GB
An impressive model of a press or baling machine. The carcase is in mahogany while the working parts are in brass and steel. The goods to be pressed or baled are loaded in to the black containers...
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English Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass, Steel

Baldwin & Gleason Co. 1893 Silver Perpetual Calendar
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Small, pocket sized ornate silver plate Victorian perpetual calendar. Holder clip with ivory color celluloid cards that can be arranged fo...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Church Sculpture Decorative Cross with Angels Bénitier en terre
Located in Buxton, GB
A beautiful Bénitier en terre cross in polychromed metal is of French Origin. With beautiful carved details and vibrant colours. The piece is Circa 19th Century and displays a rugge...
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French Neoclassical Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Three models of the Nazarene golden towers, France about 1870
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
Set of three tower models. Probably from a Nazarene architectural project. Partially golden. France about 1870. 77,5/76/72 cm. HD photos will be available.
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French Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

19th Century Sterling Art Nouveau Match Safe Collection
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Collection of six extraordinary sterling match safes. Largest 3" x 2", smallest 2 1/4" x 1 1/2". Period: Last quarter of the 19th century Origin: ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

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

Peranakan Djati Wood Miniature Bed for an Anak Ambar, a Miscarried Fetus
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Peranakan djati wood miniature bed for an Anak Ambar, a miscarried fetus Indonesia, Peranakan Chinese, late 19th century Measures: H. 41 x L...
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Indonesian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Pair of Signed Antique Repouse Metal Wall Plaques of Noble or Historical Men
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique wall plaques are possibly signed by an unknown artist, or identify the respective individuals in both, and are presumed to ori...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Deer Lodge Prison Horsehair Bridle
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Deer Lodge Prison multi-colored white horsehair bridle with glass horse and dog rosettes. Colors of orange, black, red and green. Double round cheek band. Flat nose and brow bands. O...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Natural Fiber

Late 19th Century French Cast Iron Salesman Sample Plow by Morcrette
Located in Dekalb, IL
1860s-70s; François Morcrette - Cugny, Aisne, France Morcrette (sometimes spelled Morcrétté) was a blacksmith and plow manufacturer based in the small town of Cugny in the mid-to-la...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel, Iron

19th Century Buffalo Wild Bill Cody Cabinet Collectors Card
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Hon. W.F. Cody cabinet card by Anderson 785 Broadway, New York. Period: Late 19th century Origin: New York Size: 4 1/4" x 6" Family Owned & Operated Cisco’...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Other

Count Gleichen’s shrapnel paperweight. Russian and English, 1854
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Count Gleichen’s Russian shell paperweight, the tooth shaped fragment of a Russian armament shell set above another of rectangular form both raised on a silver mount on an ebonized rectangular plinth, applied with a plaque reading ‘Two fragments of a Russian shell fired at Mr Fred Burne assist.t paymaster and Mr Henry Crave St John midshipman of H.M.S. Cumberland in Aug.t 1854 from Tsee Fort Bonarsund whilst conveying refreshments to the English camp – for their messmate – H.S.H. Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Midshipman landed with the Naval Brigade in 1854’. With a framed caricature of Count Gleichen inscribed Vanity Fair, London, July 5, 1884. Vice Admiral H.S.H Count Gleichen – the Queen’s Nephew.Russian and English, 1854. The print has the following biography on the reverse and on the mount ‘His Serene Highness Prince Victor …. of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, is better known in England as Count Gleichen and as the Queen’s nephew. Born fifty years ago, he was sent to school at Dresden; but at the age of fourteen he conceived ideas not to be bounded within the confines of the small life of a German principality. So he ran away from school to go to sea, and his aunt the Queen of England, being informed of the fact, proposed to her sister to let her adventurous nephew become naturalised as an Englishman and enter the English Navy. This was accordingly done, and Prince Victor, as he was then called, was appointed to the Powerful on the Mediterranean Station, in 1848. He served in the Crimean War and in the operations in China he proved a popular officer and a good sailor-man, and was three times wounded in battle. In 1861 he married the daughter of Admiral Sir George Seymour, sister of the fifth Marquis of Hertford on which occasion it was that he put down his title of Prince and took up for future use that of Count. He became, in due course a Vice-Admiral, and in the meantime he also became a sculptor. It is in the latter art that he now mainly busies himself, and he has created many pleasing busts of his royal relatives and some works of greater pretensions than family portraits. An Alfred the Great, a Beaconsfield, and a Prince Imperial...
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English Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Silver

Half Block Model of the Steam Ship ‘Glamis Castle’
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A half block model of the steam ship ‘Glamis Castle’, the ship shown with two truncated masts, a funnel and a boxwood hull with the original painted black t...
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Scottish Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Maple, Walnut

Late 19th century Pair of Cast Iron Andirons
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of large cast iron andirons in the form of Tweedleddee and Tweedledum, late 19th century.
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English Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

2 Volumes. W. Fraser Rae, Sheridan: A Bibliography
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. W. Fraser Rae, Sheridan: A Bibliography. Extra-Illustrated Edition. Bound by Bayntun in full blue morocco with the covers displaying an intricate gilt-tooled border. The s...
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English Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Framed and Signed Photograph of Buck Jones
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Matted and framed photo of Buck Jones with note "Best Wishes Buck Jones and Silver." Period: Last half 19th century Origin: California Size: 5" x 7" frame 13" x 15" Family Owned & Operated Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare, exceptional, and one-of-a-kind pieces that define the history of America and the Old West. Our pieces range from American Indian to Cowboy Western and include original items of everyday life, commerce, art, and warfare that tamed America’s frontier. Our 14,000 square foot gallery opened in 1996 in beautiful Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Personal Service Cisco’s operates on old fashioned values – honesty and integrity, and all of our items are backed by our money back guarantee. We appreciate the opportunity to earn your business. Whether you desire assistance with a jewelry purchase, choosing a gift, identification, or even selling – we hope to be your trusted source. Black and white, films...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Art Glass

19th Century Braided Rawhide Quirt
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Finely braided 19th Century rawhide quirt with three knots. Measures: 14" plus 15" flapper, last quarter of the 19th century. Family Owned & Operated Cisco’s Gallery deals in the ra...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Hide

Silver Plated Street Lamp Table Lighter
Located in London, GB
Modelled as a streetlamp, with a glass reservoir for mentholated spirits. Silver plate. English c. 1880. Measure: H 20cm.
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British Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver Plate

Antique English Victorian Oak & Brass Postal Scale with Weights, Circa 1880-1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Victorian Oak & Brass Postal Scale with Weights, Circa 1880-1890.
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Late 19th C Anthropomorphic Taxidermy Scene Artist & His Muse by William Drew
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Late 19th Century cased anthropomorphic taxidermy scene of two Squirrels and a stoat in bedroom/boudoir setting. One squirrel dressed as an artist in a beret, painting smock smoking ...
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British Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Natural Fiber, Glass, Pine

George Edward Horton: the Launch of H.M.S. ‘Victoria’ from the Elswick Shipyard
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
George Edward Horton: The Launch of H.M.S. ‘Victoria’ from the Elswick shipyard of Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth and Co. Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1887, watercolour and pencil heig...
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European Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paint

Antique Russian Onyx and Cloissoné Benetier 'Holy Water Font'
Located in New Orleans, LA
A lovely water font with an unusual silver and gold orthodox church center medallion.
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European Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Onyx

19th Century Two French Sevres Discs in Biscuit with Profile of a Young Lady
Located in Sofia, BG
Two discs in fine white biscuit made by Sevres in France in the late 19th century. Both have identical form of a left profile of a young lady, her hair held up by a lace headdress. D...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Porcelain

Elaborate Beaded Handbag with Cloisonné-Style Clasp, Historicism circa 1880
Located in Hamburg, DE
This round antique beaded handbag from the Historicist period, dating to around 1880, is a true collector’s piece and a fine example of 19th-cen...
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German Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass

19th C Theatre Interest Photograph Album of Actors & Actresses Circa 1880
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Theatre Interest a photograph album circa 1880 of 150 mainly Woodburytype photographs of actors and actresses. Mostly annotated, many in an early hand, including Miss Ellen Terry, M...
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English Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Paper

A Hungarian Tin Charity Container late 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
A Rare Hungarian Tin Charity Container made in the late 19th Century. Charity box has a latched cover at the top and a plaque informing the people who donate to the box which organ...
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Hungarian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Tin

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...
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European Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Natural Fiber, Glass, Maple

Late 19th Century Folk Art Victorian Miniature English Taxidermy Dog
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very rare late Victorian/Early Edwardian taxidermy dog, often scaled down by the best naturalist of the period. Housed in its original glazed and gil...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Natural Fiber, Glass, Pine

19th Century Solid Wood Coffee Table
Located in Madrid, ES
19th century solid wood coffee table. Above it has a glass back In the centre it has a brass pot for flowers. Measures: 50 cm high and 110 c...
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French Modern Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Circa 1890 French Satinwood Concave Distortion Mirror Viewer Scientific
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Circa 1890 French concave mirror card viewer, all constructed of French polished light wood, with ebonised stained elements. Sliding card holder, hinged handle and mirror. In part...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Satinwood

19th Century Curios Taxidermy Head Mount English Adult Goose
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A well presented late 19th century taxidermy adult Goose head mount, it would appear this has been produced by a good period taxidermist, possibly Rowland Ward or the like. The Goose...
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English Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Natural Fiber, Straw

William Farren of Cambridge Golden Pheasant Taxidermy Glass Dome Wall Mount
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful mount by William Farren of 23 Regent Street Cambridge of a Golden Pheasant. Housed in a wall mounted glass display dome, on a velvet ground mahogany base. The original ...
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English Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Natural Fiber, Glass, Hardwood

Late 19th C Gregory Bottley Scientific Collection of Mineral Fossils Shell
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A good collection of Gregory Bottley mineral, fossils and shell all contained in there original teak trays and card board sleeves. Each specimen has its original hand written and nu...
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English Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Natural Fiber, Hardwood

19th Century Anthropomorphic Taxidermy Boxing Squirrels by Edward Hart
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very rare anthropomorphic taxidermy scene of two red squirrels boxing, housed in its original pine and glazed case with hand painted backdrop. The...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Natural Fiber, Glass, Pine

19th Century Large Collection of Victorian Conchology Shell Specimens Taxidermy
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large collection of late Victorian shell specimens, the majority housed in its pine box with each specimen having its period card sleeve, the remainder displayed in glazed blue car...
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English Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Natural Fiber, Blown Glass, Paper, Pine

Taxidermy Curio "Amber Containing an Inset Zanzibar 1887" Francis Amasa Walker
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A victorian amber specimen, with a small inset captured within. Housed in it original cardboard and glazed display case, with a label reading "Amber Co...
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African Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Natural Fiber

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...
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English Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pine

19th Century Plaster Phrenology Bust by Vago of London, 1869
By Vago
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A tactile plaster cast phrenology head, primitively produced yet highly decorative and a obvious rare survivor. A inscribed label of the maker Vago alo...
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English Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plaster, Paper

19th C Pair of Large Optical Experimental Scientific Mirrors Concave & Convex
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large pair of scientific optical mirrors, one concave the other convex. These where used in studies of optical sciences and in particular the study of the properties of light r...
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English Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

19th C Wax F.Ziegler Anatomical Models Studies Embryo Plant Scientific Medical
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rare pair of wax studies by F.Ziegler taken from the imagery of F.Keibel We believe the larger of the two models to be off a human embryo and the other to be of a plant. The ...
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German Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

19th Century Distortion Optical Mirror Concave Curio Fairground Circus
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rare late 19th century distortion mirror, with a concave plate Housed in its original softwood well carpentered frame with faux rosewood finish The thick plate has some pitti...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mirror, Pine

19th Century Arnold & Son Veterinary Operation Key Table "Canine Table"
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful late 19th century operation table also known as the "canine table" Made by Arnold & Son who where established in 1819 as a chemist and dru...
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English Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Oak

Decorative Scientific Concave Mercury Mirror Maroon Leather Ebony
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A unusual scientific mirror, French in origin circa 1880 The mirror is mercury, with age related oxidization and pitting to the plate. Encased in a maroon leather frame with embos...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Mirror, Ebony

13 Star American Parade Flag with Rare Design, circa 1888 Ex Richard Pierce
Located in York County, PA
13 Star American parade flag in an extremely rare design, with “protection to home industries” slogan on a fanciful, scrolling streamer, made for the 1888 presidential campaign of Benjamin Harrison; formerly in the collection of Richard pierce. 1888 Benjamin Harrison campaign flag, printed on cotton, with 13 large stars in a 3-2-3-2-3 pattern, upon which a whimsical, scrolling streamer is superimposed that features the slogan: “Protection to Home Industries.” There are numerous styles of both documented and undocumented, red, white, and blue bandanas and handkerchiefs, made for Harrison’s campaign in this year, as well as from the subsequent one, in 1892. Most bear variations of text to support the “Protection for American Industries” platform of the Republican Party. America was in the midst of the industrial age and there was a great deal of public interest, both in protecting growth and discouraging both imported goods and immigration. The constant stream of immigrants posed great challenges for a working families, competing for scarce jobs, in work environments that were already often far from ideal. In post-Civil War America, many of the working men were Civil War veterans. Bandanas abound from Harrison’s Campaigns, but flags do not. This example, along with three others, were once part of an 1888 patriotic quilt that was disassembled by a dealer and sold piecemeal to collectors. I eventually acquired all four. Fifteen to twenty years ago, these were the only four known copies. A couple of others have since surfaced, but the total count known still stands closer to 5 than 10. The use of 13 stars is seen in the flags of various candidates in the 19th century. Among these are Abraham Lincoln (1860 campaign), Henry Clay (1844 campaign), John Fremont (1856), and Benjamin Harrison’s grandfather, William Henry Harrison...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Cotton

Commission Pennant with 13 Stars, like for Private Vessel, Ca 1892-1910
Located in York County, PA
Commission pennants are the distinguishing mark of a commissioned U.S. Navy ship. Flown at the topmast, the typical American format is a long blue field, usually with a single row of white stars, although sometimes with their total divided into two rows, followed by two long stripes, red-over-white. A ship became commissioned when this pennant was hoisted. Flown during both times of peace and war, the only time the pennant is not flown is if a flag officer or civilian official was aboard and replaced it with their own flag. Sometimes the owners of private ships mimicked the use of Navy signals. Some seafaring men would have served in the Navy and become privy to various practices in that capacity. Others flew them purely for stylistic reasons, either on a regular basis or while the boat was dressed for special occasion. Hudson River steamers regularly flew pennants of this nature, as evidenced by period photography as well as the paintings of artists such as John and James Bard...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wool

38 Star Antique Flag, Stars in Double Wreath Pattern, Colorado Statehood 1876-89
Located in York County, PA
38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A DOUBLE-WREATH CONFIGURATION THAT FEATURES AN ENORMOUS CENTER STAR, REFLECTS THE PERIOD OF COLORADO STATEHOOD, 1876-1889: 38 star American national flag, made entirely of plain weave cotton. The stars are arranged in a medallion configuration. This features an enormous center star, surrounded by two wreaths of much smaller stars, with a flanking star in each corner of the blue canton. The sort of disparity here, present in the scale of the large star, versus those around it, is both exceptionally unusual and graphically dynamic. Colorado became the 38th state on August 1st, 1876. This was the year of our nation’s centennial. Per the Third Flag Act of 1818, stars were not officially added until the 4th of July following a state's addition. For this reason, 37 remained the official star count for the American flag until part way through the following year. Flag-making was a competitive venture, however, and few flag-makers would have continued to produce 37 star flags when their competitors were making 38’s. Many flag-makers added a 38th star before Colorado entered the Union, in the early part of 1876, or possibly even prior. In fact, many makers of printed flags, called parade flags or hand-wavers, were actually producing flags in the 39 star count, in hopeful anticipation of the addition of two more Western Territories instead of one. It is for these reasons that 38, 39, and 13 stars, to representing the original 13 colonies, are most often seen on flags displayed at the Centennial International Exhibition. Hosted in Philadelphia, this enormous event was our nation’s first World’s Fair, lasted for a duration of six months, and served as the nucleus of celebrations held to honor America’s 100-year anniversary of independence. The 38 star flag became official on July 4th, 1877 and was generally used until the 39th state was added in November of 1889. This is probably a homemade flag, though sewn by a very skilled hand, or possibly, by two different individuals. The stripes are pieced and sewn entirely by hand, with remarkable care and precision. The canton is constructed of two lengths of blue fabric, that have been joined with treadle stitching. This was joined to the striped field by hand. The stars are double-appliquéd (applied to both sides) with treadle stitching. There is a treadle-sewn, cotton binding along the hoist, with five, hand-sewn grommets. It is extremely unusual to encounter this combination of sewing methods. Soon after the sewing machine was mass-marketed, in the mid-1850’s, flag-makers both public and private made good use of treadle machines, to join stripes, when constructing American flags. During the Civil War (1861-65), most stripes were treadle-sewn. Stars were another matter. Until the advent of electric machines...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Cotton

38 Star Antique American Flag, Colorado Statehood, circa 1876-1889
Located in York County, PA
38 star antique American parade flag with scattered star orientation, made of silk, with generous scale and vivid colors, Colorado Statehood, 1876-1889 38 star American national p...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silk

Elaborate Sailor Souvenir of Washington Crossing the Delaware, circa 1885-1912
Located in York County, PA
Elaborate sailor’s souvenir embroidery from the orient with a beautiful hand-painted image of Washington crossing the Delaware, surrounded by a large eagle, federal shield, crossed flags, a cannon, cannonballs, and anchor, circa 1885-1910: Between roughly 1880 and 1915, American sailors visiting the orient could obtain beautiful needlework embroideries on shore, with patriotic American themes. These extraordinary works of art were acquired as mementos of a long voyage, often with the hope that they might be presented as gifts for loved ones and friends. Using silk floss, elaborately embellished with both silver and gold metallic bullion thread...
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Asian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silk

34 Star American flag, Updated to 39 Stars, with Stars in a Great Star Pattern
Located in York County, PA
34 STARS IN A WHIMSICAL RENDITION OF THE GREAT STAR PATTERN, ON A CIVIL WAR PERIOD FLAG WITH A CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON, UPDATED TO 39 STARS IN 1876 34 star American national flag with additional stars added and one of the most stunning graphic designs I have ever seen in early flag-making. The original pattern was comprised of a circle of 5 large stars, and triangular arms made of smaller stars. These are noticeable pointy and bent like the arms of a starfish. Made of cotton, the stars are hand-sewn and double-appliquéd to a fantastic, cornflower blue canton, a color common to Civil War uniforms...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Cotton

38 Star Parade Flag with Whimsical 6-Pointed Stars, Colorado Statehood
Located in York County, PA
38 WHIMSICAL STARS, WITH 6-POINTED PROFILES, SIMILAR TO THE STAR OF DAVID, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CENTENNIAL ERA; A REMARKABLE SPECIMEN, ONE-OF-A-KIND AMONG KNOWN EXAMPLE...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Cotton

Enamel Gold and Rock Crystal Figure of Emperor Maximilian I by Reinhold Vasters
Located in Queens, NY
A rare enamel, gold and rock crystal figure of Emperor Maximilian I by Reinhold Vasters, Aachen, In the Renaissance style, circa 1870. The g...
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German Renaissance Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Rock Crystal, Gold, Enamel

Hand-Painted Patriotic Banner with the Seal of the State of Oregon
Located in York County, PA
HAND-PAINTED PATRIOTIC BANNER WITH THE SEAL OF THE STATE OF OREGON AND GREAT FOLK QUALITIES, 1861-1876: Swallowtail format, patriotic vertical banne...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Canvas

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Publishing house Assouline and writer Julie Belcove have teamed up to trace the history of the genre, from Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama to Mickalene Thomas and Jeff Koons.

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A gorgeous new book celebrates — and memorializes — the iconic jeweler’s rich heritage.

What Makes a Gem-Encrusted Chess Set Worth $4 Million?

The world’s most opulent chess set, weighing in at 513 carats, is literally fit for a king and queen.

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