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Period: Mid-19th Century
A Fine Theodolite By Troughton And Simms In Its Original Case
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A very good example of a lacquered brass theodolite with half circle adjustment, silver scales, and the original fitted mahogany case. Signed Troughto...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Antique Lithography Map, Hertfordshire, English, Framed Engraving, Cartography
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique lithography map of Hertfordshire. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest, dating to the mid 19th century an...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Antique Lithography Map, Gloucestershire, English, Framed Engraving, Cartography
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique lithography map of Gloucestershire. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest, dating to the mid 19th century ...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Antique Nottinghamshire Map, English, Framed, Cartographic Interest, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique lithography map of Nottinghamshire. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest, dating to the mid 19th century and later. Superb lithography of ...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Provincial Chinese Kite Reel, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusually-shaped object is a 19th century Chinese kite reel, cleverly carved to contain small wooden beads that rattle back and forth as the reel is used. A popular past time, kite flying...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Antique Lithography Map, South America, English, Framed, Cartography, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique lithography map of South America. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest by John Rapkin , dating to the early Victorian period and later, circ...
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British Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Antique Lithography Map, County Durham, English, Framed Cartography, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique lithography map of County Durham. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest, dating to the mid 19th century and later. Superb lithography of Cou...
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British Mid-Century Modern Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Victorian Cast Iron Bar/counter Cigarette Lighter
Located in Dereham, GB
Victorian Cast Iron Bar/counter Cigarette Lighter In the Form of a smoking Gentleman. Hat Hinges open, the hollow body to hold a coil wick with threads through the gentlemans mouth ...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Antique Lithography Map, Isle of Thanet, Kent, English, Cartography, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique lithography map of The Isle of Thanet in Kent. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest, dating to the mid 19th century and later. Superb litho...
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British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Antique Lithography Map, Black Sea, English, Framed, Cartography, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique lithography map of the Black Sea region. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest by John Rapkin, dating to the early Victorian period and later...
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British Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Anglo-Indian / Vizagapatam Horn Veneered Watch Hutch of Architectural Form
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Anglo-Indian buffalo horn veneer on sandalwood watch hutch of architectural form made to resemble a mantle or bracket clock. The front with a pair of spiral columns centering a starb...
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Indian Anglo Raj Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bone, Horn, Wood

Antique realistic wooden crucifix, France ca. 1850
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1850 / crucifix / wood / Antique / Baroque / Rustic A beautiful small wooden crucifix made in France around 1850. This crucifix features a meticulously detailed figure of ...
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French Rustic Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

19th Century Black Painted Leather French Primitive Fire Helmet Casque Pompier
Located in Haarlem, NL
19th century black painted leather French fire helmet with painted logo with what looks like a 'French Lily' and three hooked lines Made out of one...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Exclusive Antique Armillary Sphere
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
An armillary sphere is a model of objects in the sky consisting of a spherical framework of rings, centred on the Earth or the Sun, that represent lin...
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European Industrial Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

1868 "Lloyd's Topographical Railway Map of North America..." Hanging Wall Map
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is “Lloyd's Topographical Railway Map of North-America, or the United States Continent in 1900.” This map was published by J. T. Lloyd, in New York, in 1868. A large, hangi...
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American Late Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Linen, Paper

Antique Tobacco Cutter
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
From the time of the great gadgetry. Cast iron pasta/tobacco cutter marked "MARKE AAL WERKE". Original and functional. Period: 19th century Origin: G...
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German Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Ornate Hand-Colored Map of Germany by John Tallis with Vignettes, ca. 1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Hand-Colored Map of Germany by J. Tallis, ca. 1850 This beautifully hand-colored map of Germany, published by John Tallis & Co. around 1850, provides a comprehensive depictio...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Mid-19th Century Luneville Faience Miniature Trinket Commode
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A miniature Luneville faience commode with 2 over 3 drawers, mid-19th Century - for jewelry & trinkets. One drawer edge with restoration. 4 1/4"w., 3"d., 3 1/2"h. Whitehall Antiques...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Faience

Micro mosaic tablet, 19th Century
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
A fine mid-19th century serpentine grand tour micro mosaic tablet or paperweight of the iconic St Peter's Vatican, The Colosseum of Rome, The Pantheon, The Ruins of The Roman Forum a...
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Italian Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Marble

Leather Bound Book Set of Seven by Barthelemy with Letter , Paris, c. 1840
Located in Ross, CA
A seven book series by Jean-Jacques Barthelemy titled "Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis". The books have Leather spines with gilt lettering, which is in French was published in Paris in 1...
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French French Provincial Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Paper

Eastern Woodland Crooked Knife
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Eastern woodland crooked knife. Solid handle having an exquisite hand chipped carved American Folk Art style geometric design. The blade is hand forged i...
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American Native American Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Fanny Burney, Diary & Letters of Madame D'arblay, in a Full Leather Binding 1854
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: BURNEY, Fanny - Madame D'arblay. Title: Diary and Letters of Madame D'arblay. Publisher: London: for Henry Colburn, 1854. Description: NEW EDITION. 7 vols., 6-11/16...
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British Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Tazza Neo Renaissance Pair of Cups Gilt Bronze Decor Deities of Antiquity 19thC.
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very nice pair of Renaissance style tazza cups in richly chiseled gilt bronze. This pair of cups comes from a French private collection. They are products...
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Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Very Rare 19th Century Italian Trompe L'oeil Panels
Located in London, GB
19th century Italian trompe l'oeil panels We are proud to offer a spectacular pair of highly decorative 19th century Italian trompe l'oeil panels, each depicting an architectural b...
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Italian Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wrought Iron

A Wunderkammer object: the mechanical paradox, France half 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
A Wunderkammer object: the mechanical paradox. It consists in a double cone, which is able to climb up along an inclined plane. The double cone rises when the slope of the inclined p...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ebony, Oak

Painting Representing, French, 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
French 19th century, painting of a boat fairing. This scene represents a boat fairing and sealing with tar by the sea. Today, as much as possible, boats are put in dry dock to carry...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paint, Paper

19th Century, J. Florenz Wien Chrome Steel Austrian Balance, 11 Brass Weights
Located in Vigonza, Padua
19th century, chrome steel Austrian balance, by J. Florenz Wien, 11 brass weights, 5 kg. This precious antique table scale was from the famous Caffè Florian in Venice Caffè Florian is a historic café in the city of Venice, located under the arcades of the Procuratie Nuove in Piazza San Marco. It is the oldest Italian coffee and the oldest coffee in the world. It was inaugurated on December 29, 1720 by Floriano Francesconi with the name of Alla Venezia Trionfante, but immediately the Venetians simply said “andemo da Florian-let's go to Florian”, from the name of the owner in the Venetian dialect. Since then it has continued its daily coffee business uninterruptedly to the present day, becoming a favorite destination for Venetians, Italians and foreigners. Floriano Francesconi inspired the character of Ridolfo in Carlo Goldoni's coffee shop. Giacomo Casanova courted the ladies there and Carlo Goldoni entered as a boy. Famous people such as Gasparo Gozzi, Giuseppe Parini, Silvio Pellico, Lord Byron, Ugo...
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Austrian Baroque Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

Surtees, Handley Cross, First Illustrated Edition in the Original 17 Parts 1853
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: SURTEES, Robert Smith. Title: Handley Cross; or Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt. Publsiher: London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853-54. First Illustrated Edition In The Original 17 Parts, 17 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech...
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British Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Trollope, Paul the Pope & Paul the Friar, First Edition 1861 Leather Bound!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: TROLLOPE, T. Adolphus. Title: Paul The Pope and Paul The Friar. A Story of An Interdict. Publisher: London: Chapman & Hall, 1861. Description: First edition. 1 vol....
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British Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

1821 Map of the Rhine River Region by Vandermaelen – from Duisburg to Wesel
Located in Langweer, NL
This is an antique map titled "Carte de la Belgique d'après Ferraris", which translates to "Map of Belgium according to Ferraris." The map, created around 1821, covers the course of ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Large Original Antique Map of The South of Italy. John Dower, 1861
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of the South of Italy Lithograph engraving by John Dower Original colour Published, 1861 Unframed Good condition Free shipping    
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Japanese Spotted Bamboo Tobacco Inro, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Because traditional Japanese kimono didn't include pockets, men and women carried their belongings in small compartments known as inro. Hung from the obi sash belted around the waist and secured by carved netsuke beads, inro were worn as fashionable accessories and often crafted of fine materials. Paired with a cylindrical case that once held a thin smoking pipe (kiseru), this 19th century inro was likely used for storing shredded tobacco. Both components are carved from spotted bamboo...
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Japanese Edo Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bone, Bamboo, Hardwood

Danish 19th Century Brass Surveying or Level Tool on Tripod
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Surveyors tripod level tool from the late 19th century. The tripod is made of wood and the level is brass. The wood tripod is 39.75in high.
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Danish Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

19th Century Large Civil War Era Bronze and Tin Pitcher
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a fabulous historic treasure of times past, namely, a 19th century large Civil War Era bronze and tin pitcher. From circa 1850, this is an American frontier piece. I...
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American American Classical Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Copper, Tin

1840 Map of the City of Washington Published by William M. Morrison
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This map, printed in 1840, is a detailed representation of Washington, D.C. in the mid-19th century. The map shows block numbers, wards, and government buildings as well as details o...
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American Federal Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Antique French Louis XV Styled Miniature Two Drawer Dresser or Jewelry Chest
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This miniature antique two drrawer dresser is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from France and date to approximately 1850 and done in the period Louis XV style. The dresser ...
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French Louis XV Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

"Ships of War - Screw Gun Boat" lithograph by Day & Son, 1864
Located in London, GB
A Victorian framed print of "SHIPS OF WAR - Screw Gun Boat" by Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen. Plate 84: The Modern System of Naval Architecture, Joh...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Johannes Nepomuk bohemian 1st half of the 19th century
Located in Wien, AT
Johannes Nepomuk, bohemian, 1st half of the 19th century. Wooden carved figure of Saint Nepomuk, known as a bridge saint. Original polychrome painting in beautiful condition, complet...
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Czech Bohemian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

19th C Scientific James DeVille L N Fowler Phrenology Plaster Bust Head Curio
By L. N. Fowler
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A larger than the normal plaster cast phrenology head, with its original painted finish and paper labels. The original makers label is partially missing leaving it a bit of a myster...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plaster

4 Volumes. Oliver Goldsmith, The Works.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Oliver Goldsmith, The Works. Edited by Peter Cunningham. Bound in 3/4 vellum, marbled boards, marbled endpapers, red edges, and gilt spines. Published: London: John Murray...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Mid-19th Century Cast Iron Match Holder by Zimmerman of Hanau Germany circa 1850
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare mid-19th century cast iron match holder by Zimmerman of Hanau, Germany, circa 1850 This woman in her night clothes lights her way holdi...
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German Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

1840 "New Map of the City of New York With Part of Brooklyn & Williamsburg"
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a hand-colored, engraved folding map titled "New Map of the City of New York With Part of Brooklyn & Williamsburg" by J. Calvin Smith. The map was issued bound in the bo...
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American Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Victorian Miniature Mahogany Centre Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Attractive And Charming Mid 19th Century Mahogany Miniature Centre Table, With Tilting Top Over Turned Central Support And Triform Base With Elegant Scrolling Feet. There is ofte...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mahogany

A Decorative Map of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland by John Tallis, 1851
Located in Langweer, NL
The map is part of the series created by John Tallis & Company, known for their mid-19th-century maps. This particular map illustrates the regions of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Mid 19th Century English Wooden Cylindrical Match Box Ebonized Wood
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid 19th century English "go to bed light box" match holder, wood cylindrical shape with an ebonized finish. From a private collector who traveled the world ...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Mid-19th Century Mahogany Miniature Centre Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An exceptional quality mid-19th century mahogany miniature center table, having superbly figured circular tilting top, over elegant carved central column and triform plateau base, wi...
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English William IV Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mahogany

Large 19th Century Presentation Half Hull Model of a Whale Ship
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Presentation Half Hull Model of a Whale Ship, circa 1850, a large plank on frame model of a bluff-bowed and wide abeam whale ship. The model wa...
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American Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pine

Mahogany and Brass Skylight Ship Binnacle, T.S. & J.D. Negus NY, Circa 1860
Located in Charleston, SC
American mahogany and brass skylight ship binnacle. T.S. and J.D. Negus company was established in 1848 in New York City. They were makers of fine scientific instruments, circa 1848-1900. This highly desirable and maritime instrument is made of carved mahogany with a brass and glass skylight...
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American American Empire Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass, Iron

Large Wrought Iron Mid-19th Century Scale from Catalonia
Located in Dallas, TX
Known as an “equal arm scale”, this large wrought iron scale has the traditional “T-form” associated with weighing devices of this nature. Stabilized by a tripartite stand with curve...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron

American Cast Brass Engraved Yachtsman's Speaking Trumpet, Circa 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
American hand held cast brass engraved Yachtsman's speaking trumpet with bell shaped soldered mouthpiece, coned-shaped column with original interior red paint, and terminating on a r...
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American American Empire Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Spanish, 1850s Fair Carousel Wooden Dog
Located in Marbella, ES
Spanish, vintage hand painted wooden dog with stuck out tongue, from an old fair ground Carousel.
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Spanish Mid-Century Modern Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

1830 Watercolor and Gouache Painted Vignettes of Eastern Entertainers
Located in Savannah, GA
The caption of this charming pen and ink, watercolor and gouache vignette reads "A troupe of Eastern Entertainers taken from diary of G. Copeland 1830." Perhaps a rememberance from...
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English Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silk, Glass, Paint, Paper

Antique County Map, Suffolk, English, Framed Lithograph, Cartography, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique lithography map of Suffolk. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest, dating to the mid 19th century and later. Superb lithography of Suffolk ...
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British High Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Original Antique English County Map, Hertfordshire. J & C Walker, 1851
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of Hertfordshire Original colour By J & C Walker Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co. 1851 Unframed.
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English Other Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Original Antique English County Map, Durham, J & C Walker, 1851
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of Durham Original colour By J & C Walker Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co. 1851 Unframed.
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English Other Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Original Antique English County Map, Nottinghamshire, J & C Walker, 1851
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of Nottinghamshire Original colour By J & C Walker Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co. 1851 Unframed.
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English Other Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Original Antique English County Map, Derbyshire, J & C Walker, 1851
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of Derbyshire Original colour By J & C Walker Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co. 1851 Unframed.
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English Other Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Original Antique English County Map, Rutland, J & C Walker, 1851
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of Rutland Original colour By J & C Walker Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co. 1851 Unframed.
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English Other Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

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