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Period: Mid-18th Century
Antique Map of Menorca / Minorca by Homann Heirs '1757'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte Topographique de l'Isle Minorque'. Scarce decorative map of Menorca (or Minorca), with two gorgeous views of Mahon and Fort St. Phillipe at the bottom. Publ...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Eastern Turkey, Caucasus, Israel through Iraq and part of Arabia
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Nieuwe Kaart van Irak Arabia, Kurdistan, Diarbek, Turkomannia, Syrie en het Heilige Land'. Beautiful map including eastern Turkey, the Caucasus, Israel through Ir...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Plan of Aigues-Mortes, France
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Plan d'Aiguesmortes et environs'. Original plan of the region of Aigues-Mortes, France. This map originates from 'Le Petit Atlas Maritime (..)' by J.N. Bellin. Pu...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
French 18th Century Gold Mounted Walking Stick
Located in London, GB
French 18th century gold mounted walking stick
French, 1769
Height 116cm, diameter 3cm
Dating back to 1789, this walking stick exemplifies the remarkable craftsmanship of 18th cent...
Category
French Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Gold
Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, Johann Michael Bergauer, Ante 1745
By Johann Michael Bergauer
Located in Milano, IT
Johann Michael Bergauer (Simonsfeld, 1676 - Innsbruck, 1745 circa)
Mechanical equatorial sundial
Signed: Michael Bergauer Insprugg? Innsbruck?
Ante 1745
Gilded and silvered brass; glass.
Measures: closed 1.29 x 3.50 x 4.92 in (33 x 89 x 125 mm); open 5.19 x 3.50 x 3.81 in (132 x 89 x 97 mm).
Weight: the sundial 0.49 lb (224 g); the case 0, 20 lb (95 g)
Original wooden case covered in brown leather.
State of conservation: very good. It has some signs of use. The spring that allowed for the two parts of the instrument to remain open is missing (absent even in the comparative specimens kept in museums).
The sundial is composed of two overlapping plates hinged together on the north edge.
The base plate is octagonal and is supported by three turned legs. The upper face is gilded and a compass with a magnetic variation index has been inserted. The rest of the surface is occupied by a rich decoration of engraved scrolls, centered around the inscription “Michael Bergauer Insprugg”. A foldable oval support with a plumb-bob is attached with a hinge on the southern edge. On the reverse of the base plate a table of the latitudes of some European cities (expanded with the vertical writing “Meiland 40” on the edge and “Rome” deleted) and of Jerusalem has been engraved. A Cam marked for 0 °-70 ° is applied near the northern edge. This can be adjusted to change the inclination of the upper plate according to the latitude; originally a spring, now lost, made it possible to keep the two plates of the clock open.
The second plate is round, has a toothed edge and measures 3.26 in (83 mm) in diameter: it is slightly smaller than the octagonal base which it rests upon and overlaps when the instrument is closed.
The recto is gilded and there are three concentric graduated circles engraved on it:
- the outermost is the equatorial hour dial, numbered I-XII, I-XII;
- the second-one is that of days 1-30 of the lunar month and has “Aetas lunae” engraved on it;
- the third, silvered, is a subsidiary hour dial, with double numbering 1-12; originally it could have been rotated.
The engravings of the first two circles are enameled in red.
In the center - on the polar axis - there is an alidade, at the end of which is associated the silvered minute dial. This, in turn, is welded, perpendicularly, to a small disc, also silvered, with a triangular gnomon. The plate, alidade and minute dial are connected to each other by toothed mechanisms.
Below is the procedure for measuring the time:
1) Adjust the Cam under the base of the clock, based on the latitude of your location;
2) Place the watch on a flat surface using the plumb-bob and with the side closest to the compass facing south;
3) Keeping the instrument still, manually rotate the alidade until the shadow cast by the triangular gnomon on the small silvered disc falls on the line marked below it;
4) The hour and minutes can therefore be read on the hour and minute dials set on the alidade respectively.
Johann Michael Bergauer, who sometimes only signs his works as Michael Bergauer, was born in Simonsfeld, north of Vienna. His apprenticeship as a watchmaker took place in Landshut and he probably worked as a laborer in Augsburg before becoming a watchmaker at the court of Karl Philipp von der Pfalz in Innsbruck in 1708. In the following years, his repeated attempts to obtain Innsbruck citizenship are documented and, in 1721, he is listed as a resident. In 1724 he was admitted to the guild of watchmakers, with which however he had continuous problems. In 1732 he presented a "masterpiece". This is the last reference to his business; he must have died before or in 1745 because in that year his widow appealed to the City Council.
The mechanical sundial...
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Austrian Baroque Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar: Rappee, 18th Century
By Delft
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Second half of the 18th century
Workshop unknown
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of snuff tobacco.
The brand name: Rappee, is painted in a...
Category
Dutch Rococo Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
18th Century Rare Dutch Mother of Pearl Pin Booklet with a Silver Back and Lock
Located in Delft, NL
18th century rare Dutch mother of pearl pin booklet with a silver back and lock
A mother of pearl pin booklet with a silver back and lock.
On ...
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Dutch Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Italian Neoclassical Walnut Cherub Prie Dieu w/ Sloped Shell on Kneeler, C. 1750
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian Neoclassical carved Walnut Prie Dieu with central robe cherub raising a foliage shell sloped shelf supported by a demi-lune plinth kneeler with a decorative scrolled foliage ...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Two Dutch Delft Tobacco Jars with Original Lids: Varinas St. Omer, 18th Century
By The 3 Bells
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Delft
1760 – 1790
Workshop: De Drie Klokken (The Three Bells)
A genuine set of two blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco with an original brass lids.
The jars are in...
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Dutch Rococo Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Ayres, Philip, Emblems of Love, 1750, in a Fine Full Leather Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: AYRES, Philip.
Title: Emblems of Love. In Four Languages. Dedicated to the Ladys.
Publisher: London: for John Wren Bookseller & Binder at ye Bible & Crown near Great T...
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British Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar: F Rappe, 18th Century
By Delft
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Second half of the 18th century
Workshop unknown
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of snuff tobacco.
The brand name: F Rappe, is painted in ...
Category
Dutch Rococo Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Italian 18th Century Balance, Scale
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very stunning 18th century balance - Scale from Rome, Italy. Beautifully crafted from polychromed and gilt wood. A wonderful accent piece for a library or office.
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Italian Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
John Kidgell, the Card, 1755, First Ed, the Earliest Known Mention of Baseball
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: KIDGELL (John)
TITLE: The Card.
PUBLISHER: London: for the Maker & sold by J. Newberry, 1755.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 2 vols., 6-5/8" x 4-1/4", hand col...
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British Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Map of the Amazon River's Course and Surrounding Regions (1743-1744)
Located in Langweer, NL
This original antique map, titled "Carte du Cours du Maragnon ou de la Grande Riviere des Amazones," illustrates the course of the Amazon River (referred to here as the Maragnon) fro...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Georgian Miniature Oak Kneehole Desk
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Charming and Relatively rare mid 18th century, Georgian, oak miniature kneehole desk, having seven drawers with original turned brass knobs flanking central cupboard door with geometric inlaid decoration.
Often there is debate over miniature furnitures original purpose. Was it was made as an apprentice piece, which is where somebody who is looking for a job in a workshop would create something to showcase their talents, or was it made as a travelling salesman...
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English George III Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Detailed Antique Map of Italy and surrounding Islands
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Italie volgens de allernieuwste Uitgave van den Heere d'Anville'. Very detailed antique map, based on D'Anville's important map of It...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Detailed Antique Map of the Black Sea, Balkans and Asia Minor
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Nuova Carta del Europa Turchesca (..)'. This is an Italian version of Tirion's detailed map of the Black Sea, Balkans, and Asia Minor. It is embellished with a si...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Detailed Antique Map of the Lower Rhine region, Germany
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'S.R.I. Circulus Rhanus Inferior sive Electorum Rheni (..)'. Detailed map of the Lower Rhine region, Germany. The title cartouche in the upper left quadrant featur...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A 18th-Century scientific instrument: wooden screw dilator clamp.
Located in Milan, IT
A medical instrument. A brass screw clamp (dilator), with a rosewood handle. It consists of two symmetrical parts, each with a circular cushion element that continues with a cylindri...
Category
English Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
18th Century Giltwood and Polychrome Painted Putti / Cherub
Located in Hastings, GB
Hand carved winged Italian Baroque Putti, water gilded over applied gesso, the face and head polychrome painted. Small hanging hook to the back of the head.
Width 23 cm x Height 1...
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Italian Baroque Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar with Original Brass Lid: Duinkerke, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Second half of the 18th century
Workshop unknown
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco with an original brass lid.
The brand name: Du...
Category
Dutch Rococo Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Large Museum Quality 1700s Dutch Demijohn Bottle
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Beautiful Dutch Demijohn. Hand blown bottle; with naval battle scene. Portrait of dutch admiral martin tromp, "The bravest and most skillful enemy t...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Blown Glass
Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar: Straasburger, 18th Century
By Delft
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft
Date: Second half of the 18th century
Workshop unknown
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco.
The brand name: Straasburger, is painted in a...
Category
Dutch Rococo Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
A wooden sculpture depicting a prancing carousel horse, Italy 1750.
Located in Milan, IT
Italian wooden sculpture depicting a carousel horse launched in the act of ramping. Pale fruitwood. Modern metal base. The measurement refers to the horse only. Italy mid-18th century.
Category
Italian Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
18thC Italian baptismal font
Located in Livorno, IT
Magnificent 18thC Italian baptismal font.
Circular tank also lacquered in a soft color.
Lid blue-lacquered inside and white-lacquered outside with beautiful gilt hand carvings.
Main ...
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Italian Baroque Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century Wooden and Paper Model of York Minster
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century wooden and paper model of York Minster. Housed within its original mahogany and glass case on stand, English, circa 1835.
Category
British Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Presentation silver to the Master Shipwright of Captain Cook’s Endeavour
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A George III shaped circular silver salver, plain within a shell and scrolling wave border and outer gadrooned edge, engraved with the royal coat of arms, crest and motto (period 1714-1800) of King George III and, on the reverse with a presentation inscription: For the Launching of His Majestys sloop ‘Otter’ 14 Gunns 305 Tonns 26 October 1767 & His Majestys ship ‘Egmont’ 74 Gunns 1643 Tonns 29 August 1768 by Mr Adam Hayes Master Shipwright of his Majestys yard at Deptford; further monogrammed A*H P A*M. Hallmarked for Benjamin Cartwright, London, 1769
Adam Hayes (1710-1785) began his career as ship’s carpenter in Centurion during Commodore Anson’s famous voyage around the world...
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English George III Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Italian 18th Century Ecclesiastical Barrier
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exceptional 18th Century Ecclesiastical Barrier - Divider from Northern Italy. Wonderfully constructed from stunning walnut. Beautiful sculpted carving. Excellent graining and pat...
Category
Italian Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Antique Medical Print 'Pl. XX' by D. Diderot, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate XX: 'Chirurgie'. (Surgery.) This plate shows surgical instruments, knives. This print originates from 'Encyclopédie (..)' by D. Diderot. Pub...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of France with Decorative Title Cartouche
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de la France'. Original old map of France. This map originates from 'Le Petit Atlas Maritime Recueil De Cartes et Plans Des Quatre Parties Du Monde (..) by ...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Plan of Meaco, Kyoto, Japan
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Plan de la Ville de Meaco - Platte-Grond van de Stad Miaco'. Detailed and unusual antique copper engraved plan of Kyoto, ancient named Meaco, when it was the capi...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Map of Normandy, France
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de Normandie (..)'. Attractive map of Normandy, France. it depicts the former French Duchy of Normandy, covers the region fro...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare North Atlantic and Caribbean Sea Chart: Newfoundland to Venezuela, 1745
Located in Langweer, NL
This impressive map titled "Terra Neuf, en de Custen van Nieu Vranckryck, Nieuw Engeland... Venezuela," published by Louis Renard in 1745, captures the North Atlantic coastline, enco...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Louis XV Miniature Parquery Armoire, Circa 1760
Located in Spencertown, NY
The Louis XV Provincial Walnut Parquetry Miniature Armoire. Opening to reveal a shelves and drawers.
Category
French Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ebony, Walnut
Large Antique Map of Ceylon, Sri Lanka
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Nieuwe Kaart van het Eyland Ceylon opgestelt door Francois Valentyn'. Beautiful map of Sri Lanka. Originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost ...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
5 volumes. Picturesque Europe
Located in New York, NY
5 volumes. Picturesque Europe. Bound in full black calf with gilt tooled and embossed cover. Gilt-tooling on spines with red and green calf labels. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers....
Category
British Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Old Map of the Kingdoms of Fez, Algiers, Segelmese, Tafilet and Morocco, ca.1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'A Map of the Empire of Morocco Comprehending the Kingdoms of Fez, Morocco'.
Original antique map of the kingdoms of Fez, Algiers, Segelmese, Tafilet and Moroc...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large George II Antique Sterling Silver Flagon, London 1730, Thomas Tearle
By Thomas Tearle
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1730 by Thomas Tearle, this handsome, George II, antique silver flagon, stands on a flared base, and features a wonderfully engraved coat of arms. The flagon ...
Category
English George II Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Framed Copper Engraved Hand Colored Map of Carolina & Georgia, Circa 1757
Located in Charleston, SC
French copper engraved hand colored map of Carolina & Georgia matted under glass with a painted frame, mid-18th century
Category
French Louis XV Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Paint, Wood, Glass
Authentic Old Map of Sumatra, Malaysia and Singapore, 1745
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "Kaartje van't Eiland Sumatra en de Maleidse Kust gelegen na de stelling van de G. de L'Isle"
Published by Jacob Keizer and by Jan de Lat
Creator: Keizer, Jacob, active 1706...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Map of Tartary 'Northern China & Far Eastern Russia', 1757
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de la Tartarie Orientale (..)'.
Original antique map of what is present day northern China and far eastern Russia. Centere...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare Low Walnut Italian Baroque Period Cellist Lectern
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare Low Walnut Italian Baroque Period Cellist lectern.
Category
Italian Baroque Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Mid-18th Century French Alabaster Sculpture Depicting a Female Nude with Anchor
Located in Milan, IT
Alabaster sculpture depicting a female nude with cloak and hat, with clasped hands and resting her foot on an anchor, as if to invoke protection for the sailors; French manufacture o...
Category
French Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Alabaster
Louis XVI Serinette in the Form of a Miniature Commode by Richard, Paris, 1775
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very rare Louis XVI period serinette or bird organ in the form of a transitional style gilt bronze mounted and marquetry inlaid miniature commode in the manner of gilbert, by Robert Richard, Paris.
With a label for ' RICHARD - maitre facteur d’orgues et mécanicien / Rue de richelieu à la bibliothèque Du Roy / Paris 1775'.
This rare Serinette or Bird Organ has a wooden cylinder barrel mounted by twelve pins and linked to twelve sound pipes. A crank attached to the front panel controls the bellows that activates the mechanism.
The exceptional marquetry inlaid case is in the form of a gilt bronze mounted transitional style miniature commode. The top of the commode is inlaid with a landscape scene with buildings, opening to an interior with an allegory of Love Conquering All, represented by two doves perching on a bow and quiver. The front of the commode depicts two obelisks centred by a Fine musical trophy and each side is inlaid with panels depicting the Medici Vase. The back of the commode is decorated with floral marquetry.
A closely related Serinette dating from circa 1770, also in the form of a miniature commode, with the marquetry case stamped by the master marqueteur Leonard Boudin, is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
The term serinette is derived from serine, French for finch. The instrument worked like a small barrel organ with a barbed cylinder, wind box and lead pipes and produced a high, thin sound in imitation of birds. Other versions included a merline, which copied blackbirds and a turlutaine, which copied curlews. Used to teach caged birds to sing tunes, different barrels could be inserted to train different birds. It first appeared in France circa 1730 and became a popular drawing-room toy for fashionable women. An interesting painting commissioned in 1751 for Louis XV by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin and now in the collection of the Louvre, depicts a refined lady seated in her salon playing a bird organ to encourage her bird to sing.
Robert Richard
Robert Richard was a Parisian organ and harpsichord maker and the mécanicien du roi to Louis XV and Louis XVI and was based in the Bibliothèque du Roi in rue de Richelieu.
Initially working alongside the Cliquot family who acted as 'facteur d'orgue du Roi', he is recorded as building an organ for the church of Notre-Dame de Quebec, in Montreal in 1753 (destroyed in 1759) and as the inventor of a mechanical concert shown in an engraving by d'Eisen in 1769.
Canon Jean Marie De La Corne described Robert Richard as : ''Le plus habile ouvrier de paris, fameux mechanitien et Homme de probité''.
French, Dated 1775.
Literature:
Pierre Kjellberg, The French Furniture of the 17th century, The Editions of the Amateur, 2008
Count Francois de Salverte, Cabinetmakers of the 18th century, Editions of Art and History, 1934
Raymond Russell, Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Musical Instruments, Volume I - Keyboard Instruments,(London, 1968; p. 69.)
Elizabeth Miller...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique wax Seal Stamp With Important Coat Of Arms, 18th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
An 18th century wax seal in brass with boxwood handle with a nice aged old patina
Important noble coat of arms
Height 8.5 cm, surface area of the seal 3 cm, diameter top boxwood gri...
Category
French Other Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Two 19th Century Spanish Colonial Brass Slipper Stirrups
Located in Stamford, CT
Two great examples of 18th century Spanish Colonial slipper stirrups. Not a pair, each similar yet different. One is brass with a lovely floral decoration, the other a rare copper type with a simple incised design. Both with a wonderful patina that only comes with real age and use. These definitely put in some serious miles. Possibly used in battle, or just to protect the rider from bramble. Imagine what these pieces of history may have witnessed. Unique gift for the equestrian or collector of horse memorabilia...
Category
Peruvian Spanish Colonial Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Copper
Original Antique Map of Syria Phoenice by Van Dùren '1749'
Located in Langweer, NL
Interesting Antique map published in Germany titled 'Neue Vorstellung von Phoenice und Syrien (..)' This map is engraved with a lot of details. It is an original antique map of Syria...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Engraving of Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Java, Borneo, Sumatra, c.1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Nice decorative and detailed map from the Gulf of Siam and Mindoro to Timo, Java and Sumatra Borneo and Roy de Siam. Large compass rose and nice cartouche.
Title: Carte des Isles ...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vol 15 of 'The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure' by Hinton '1754'
Located in Langweer, NL
Vol XV 'The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure' by John Hinton, published 1754. The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure was a per...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Map of Malabar, Coromandel 'India' and Ceylon
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Peninsula Indiae citra Gangem, hoc est Orae celeberrimae Malabar & Coromandel (..)'. Large and attractive original hand colored map of Sri Lanka and the Southern ...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of the Margraviate and Electorate of Brandenburg by de Beaurain - ca.1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Historical Map of the Margraviate and Electorate of Brandenburg by Chevalier de Beaurain - Circa 1750
This impressive historical map, titled "Carte du Marquisat et Electorat de Br...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
18th Century Antique Octagonal Pendant Locket in Gold with Exquisite Engravings
Located in Sofia, BG
18th century Small golden box in octagonal shape, which is engraved in fine details and all the sides have different images! It is a lovely locket where you may keep your tiny treasu...
Category
French Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
18th Century Italian Hand Carved and Painted Wood Madonna Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Italian hand carved and painted wood Madonna statue depicts the virgin Mary in contemplative prayer, and poised in triumph over evil. Orig...
Category
Italian Baroque Revival Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Original Map of the East Indies Including Sumatra, Java, Borneo & Malaysia, 1747
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte des Isles Java, Sumatra, Borneo (..) - Kaart van de Eilanden van Iava, Sumatra, Borneo (..)'.
Map of the East Indies including Sumatra, Java, Borneo and...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
18th Century Galician Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Cast brass Hanukkah Lamp, Galicia, 18th century.
The backplate is cast and pierced featuring dense scrollwork. The side panels fitted with two servant lights, fronted by a row of eight oil fonts. Scholars theorize that these Polish Chanukah Lamps that bear two servant lights (as opposed to the singular servant light normally found on a Chanukah Lamp), served a purpose, having been used on one of the days that Chanukah fell on the Sabbath, as Sabbath Candlesticks.
This lamp was made by the technique known as "sand casting". This process begins with a wooden mold that was carved out to create negative space, which in turn is used to make the inverse form or shape to be used for the casting of metal. The mold is pressed into fine sand mixed with clay, then removed, and molten brass poured into the impression. When a mold wears out, a casting from that mold is often used as the mold for the next generation. Those later lamps...
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Polish Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Lignum Vitae Treen Vices Pair of Minature Tree of Life
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Collector's specimens
- Lignum vitae is sought after for the beauty of its grain, coloring, patina, density and toughness
Translated from Latin, vignum vitae means “wood of lif...
Category
English George II Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique Map of Guadelupe in the Caribbean, 1759
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte De L'Isle De La Guadeloupe'. Detailed map of Guadalupe, Mari-Galante and the Isles de Saintes. Produced by Nichlas Bellin for Prevost d'Exiles influential t...
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French Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Northern Germany by M. Seutter, circa 1730
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Saxoniae Inferioris Circulus'. Old map of the northern part of Germany by M. Seutter. Covering the area of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Hols...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Detailed Antique Map of the Southern Part of European Russia and Ukraine, 1752
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Partie meridionale de la Russie Européenne'.
Detailed map of the southern part of European Russia by Robert de Vaugondy. It covers from Moscow south to Georgia and from Poland east to the Volga River, including Crimea and Ukraine.
Artists and engravers: Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766) was the head of a leading family of geographers in eighteenth century France. Gilles got his start when he jointly inherited the shop of Pierre-Moullart Sanson, grandson of the famous geographer Nicholas Sanson. The inheritance included the business, its stock of plates, and a roller press...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Original 18th-Century Map of Southern Austria, Carinthia, Carniola, and Styria
Located in Langweer, NL
title: 18th-Century Map of Southern Austria, Carinthia, Carniola, and Styria by Robert de Vaugondy
Description: This finely engraved 18th-century map by Gilles Robert de Vaugondy ...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Engraved Commemorative Surinam Plantation Glass, History of 18th Century Slavery
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A splendid commemorating glass with a fine engraving of a plantation house and coffee shrubs with a text reading: Het.Welvaaren.Van.De.Plantagie.Saxen (the prosperity of the Plantati...
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Surinamer Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Glass
Antique Map of Celebes 'Sulawesi, Indonesia' by Bellin, ciarca 1755
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de l'Isle Celebes ou Macassar'. Map of Celebes (Sulawesi, Indonesia), showing Makassar, which was the most important trading city of eastern Indonesia in th...
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European Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Original Antique Map of Northern India
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de l'Indoustan (..) - Kaart van Hindoestan (..)'. Original antique map of northern India. This map originates from 'His...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Map of Tartary and Northeast Asia by Bellin, circa 1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de la Tartarie Occidentale'. Map of Tartary and northeast Asia, from Lake Baykal, Partie du Siberia in the north, Pays des Kalkas at the center, as well as ...
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European Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
French 18th Century Glove
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very intriguing 18th century glove in wood and leather with iron protrusions. One's hand is inserted into the glove with positions for all fingers - like a baseball glove. The orig...
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French Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Iron
Dutch Antique Map of the West Coast of Africa, to the Cape of Good Hope, 1747
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map of the Coast of Africa titled 'Kaart van de West Kust van Afrika (..)'.
Map of the west coast of Africa, from 11 degrees south latitude to the Cape of Good Hope. This...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Map of the Northern Coast of Africa and Southern Europe, circa 1745
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'In Notitiam Ecclesiasticam Africae Tabula Geographica'. Very decorative hand-colored map of the northern coast of Africa, Spain, Italy and the Mediterranean with the islands of Sardinia, Corsica, Majorca, Minorca etc. Sicily features a smoking Mount Aetna. Embellished with three architectural cartouches...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Rare 1730 Roman Empire Map by Moll - Detailed and Engraved Masterpiece
Located in Langweer, NL
An Historical Map of the Roman Empire and the Neighbouring Barbarous Nations by Herman Moll - Circa 1730
This grand and historically significant map of the Roman Empire was create...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Old Antique Print of Fort Noordwijk, Batavia in the Dutch East Indies, 1739
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Ein Prospect des Forts Nortweijck, wie sich dasselbe wan man von Jacatra komt, mit seiner Gegend präsentiret'.
Old print of Fort Noordwijk, Batavia (Jakarta). This print originates from from 'Allerneuester Geographische- und Topographischer Schau-platz, von Africa und Ost-Indien'.
Artists and Engravers: Johann Wolfgang Heydt, a German artist who worked for the Dutch East India...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Map of the Turkish Empire by Tirion 'c.1760'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Nieuwe Kaart van het Turksche Ryk gelegen in Europa, Asia en Africa'. Original antique map of the Turkish Empire. The map is centered on the Mediterranean Sea but...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
18th-Century Map of Holstein and Surrounding Duchies by Homann Heirs
Located in Langweer, NL
18th-Century Map of Holstein and Surrounding Duchies by Homann Heirs
Description: This finely detailed 18th-century map by the Homann Heirs (Homannische Erben) illustrates the Duc...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
18th Century Italian Wood and Copper Altar Vase
Located in Hastings, GB
A large hand-crafted wood and copper altar vase, late 18th century with stunning patina.
Wear commensurate with the age of the piece.
The antique fan coral will only be supplied ...
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Italian Baroque Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Copper
Rare 18th-Century Hand-Colored Map of Southeast Asia and the East Indies, 1748
Located in Langweer, NL
1748 Homann Map of Southeast Asia and East Indies by Homann Heirs
This original 1748 map, published by the renowned Homann Heirs, depicts Southeast Asia, the East Indies, and adjace...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
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