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Period: Mid-19th Century
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...
Category
American Federal Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Blackfeet Fighting Dag
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Blackfeet fighting dag native made with blade from a wagon wheel or barrel rim. Blade goes full length of handle and protrudes 8 1/4". Much patina from use. Fastened with nail rivets...
Category
American Native American Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
European Carved Oak Coat Of Arms
Located in Essex, MA
Well carved cartouche with three central roundels under a jousting helmet and crown.
Category
European Renaissance Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Atelier Musee Du Louvre after Pilon Germain, King Henri II Bust, 1850s, France
By Atelier de moulage du Louvre, Germain Pilon
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
A French Grand Tour 19th century plaster, bust of French King Henri II made by Atelier de moulage du Louvre between 1854-1865 after Pilon Germain...
Category
French Empire Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Antique Japanese Kusazoshi Book Edo Period, circa 1860
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique Japanese Kusazoshibook Edo period, circa 1840 Woodblack print book Book dimensions 176mm x 117mm There are damages because it is antique item as we show on the photos....
Category
Japanese Edo Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Palais Royal Aide-de-Memoire, French, circa 1830
Located in New York, NY
Purse revealing diary and pen in the interior.
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
A wooden and ivory stethoscope, France 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
A medical instrument from the first half of the 19th century. A Piorry stethoscope, indivisible, in ebony wood and ivory. Pierre Adolphe Piorry was inspired by the invention of René ...
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ivory, Wood
Miniature Cast Bronze Grand Tour Architectural Sculpture of the Trajan Column
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This miniature cast bronze architectural model of the Trajan Column dates to the 19th century to commemorate one of the Grand Tours of Europ...
Category
French Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Set Of Seven Late Victorian Painted Tole Examples Of Coronets
Located in Essex, MA
With stamp on reverse of J&J King St Andrews. Norwich. Showing a variety of crowns including ducal etc.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
The Crack Shot; or, Young Rifleman's Complete Guide by Edward C. Barber, 1868
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Barber, Edward C. The Crack Shot; or, Young Rifleman's Complete Guide: Being a Treatise on the Use of the Rifle, With Rudimentary and Finishing Lessons; Including a Full Description ...
Category
American Late Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Trollope, A Decade of Italian Women, First Edition, 2 Vols. 1859 Leather Bound!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: TROLLOPE, T. Adolphus.
Title: A Decade of Italian Women.
Publisher: London: Chapman & Hall, 1859.
Description: First Edition. 2 vols., 7-15/16" x 5-3/8", frontis po...
Category
British Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Charming Vintage Gentleman's Library Telescope
Located in Chicago, IL
A vintage gentleman's library telescope
Not sure exactly of it's age. Estimated Mid Victorian Period ( 1860-1880). Uncertain to maker and origin.
...
Category
Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Signed 19th Century Mahogany and Brass Telescope on Custom Oak Wall Mount
Located in San Francisco, CA
An English mahogany and brass single draw telescope made and signed by William Bruce, Kings Head Court Shoe Lane London, circa 1830. This handsom...
Category
English Georgian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Knife Sharpener, 19th Century
Located in Udenhout, NL
A beautiful antique knife sharpener from the 19th century, comes from France,
from a mansion near to Paris. A real unique item.
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique Erotic Silver Box, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Rare 19th-century European silver box with an erotic motif, finely crafted with detailed relief work. The silver features unidentified hallmarks, suggesting a possible custom or arti...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Report upon the Colorado River of the West by Joseph Ives, First Edition, 1861
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Ives, Joseph Christmas. Report upon the Colorado River of the West. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861. First Edition, Senate Issue. Extensively illustrated with maps, engr...
Category
American Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Large Carved Giallo Antico Grand Tour Model of the Temple of Castor and Pollux
Located in London, GB
An unusually large carved Giallo Antico grand tour model of the temple of Caster and Pollux of impressive scale the fragmented architrave and cornice in the Corinthian order...
Category
Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
Walking stick, with painted miniature of St. Luke, Giulio Zanetti Italy 1860.
By Giulio Zanetti
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: jeweled walking stick, silver knob in the shape of a milord worked in tourchon, with finely engraved and gilded parts. At the top of the knob, a miniature painted in e...
Category
Italian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Silver, Enamel
Rare Victorian Mid-19th Century Gothic Revival Library Architects Plan Chest
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A neo-gothic mid-19th century library plan chest having an arrangement of eleven short and three long drawers to one side, the other side with three short drawers above gothic style linen fold panelling, centred with the carved monogram ‘HP’, further matching panelling to the sides. A stunning plan chest of good propartions and with a nice patina. Provenance: Sherborne School, an independent school in north-west Dorset, England, established in 1550. Among the ‘Old Shirburnians’ are for example the writer John Cowper Powys, the actors Jeremy Irons und Charlie Cox, Chris Martin, leadsinger of the band Coldplay as well as Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani...
Category
English Gothic Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Antique English Coromandel Fitted Traveler's Box Compendium, Circa 1850-1860
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Victorian Coromandel wood fitted traveler's box Compendium, Circa 1850-1860. Made by J.T. Needs, Late Bramah: Purveyor to Her Majesty, Prince Albert & the Royal Family.
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Silver
A mid-19th century surgeon's instrument, a saw. Lollini Brothers, Bologna, Italy
Located in Milan, IT
A 19th-century surgical instrument. An amputation chain saw with a white metal body and iron stops, extractor, and chain. The bar-shaped body has a rectangular section that curves sl...
Category
Italian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Iron
Fine French Antique 1856 Hand Watercolour Map of Dept Des Hautes Pyrenees
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning 1856 hand watercolour map of the Austrian Alps titled Dept Des Hautes Pyrenees taken from the Atlas Nat...
Category
French Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th C Hand Painted Entomology Studies Gothic Revival Shadow Box Taxidermy Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of finely painted entomology studies, on card later mounted and set within a fantastic velvet lined, glazed period gothic revival shadow box.
The shadow box has its or...
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Velvet, Glass, Pine, Paper
Group of Four Carved Wood / Gesso Winged Angels
Located in Round Top, TX
Group of four carved wood and gesso angels. Exceptional quality. Extremely rare. The best of the best.
Category
Italian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gesso, Wood
British Framed Coat Of Arms
Located in Essex, MA
Painted crest featuring Britannia with scenes of places and things.
Category
European Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Italian Grand Tour Red Marble Model of Trajan’s Column
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An Italian Grand Tour rosso antico red marble model of Trajan’s Column, circa 1840.
Once a Grand Tour souvenir acquired by an adventurer exploring Europe, this decorative model colu...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Bronze
3 Volumes. John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice. Second Edition. Bound in full brown morocco with the covers and raised band spines displaying gilt-tooling. All edges gilt with gilt-too...
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Rolfe's Angling Sketches, Fishing Picture, Not Long Caught.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Rolfe's Angling Sketches.
An extremely rare colourful fishing lithograph after Henry Leonidas Rolfe (1823 - 1881) 'Rolfe's Angling Sketches, Not ...
Category
British Sporting Art Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rosewood Ship's Navigators Octant
Located in Norwell, MA
Ship's octant with rosewood frame, brass filters, mirror and peepsight. Unsigned.
Overall dimensions: 3" x 13" x 16". 2 pounds.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1860 Grand Tour Bronze Statue of Place Vendome Column with Napoleon, Marble Base
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for auction this stunning antique circa 1860 Grand Tour bronze statue of Place Vendome Column with Napoleon on top in so...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Burmese Wood, Bone and Brass Tobacco Pipe, Late 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
A large tobacco pipe from old Burma (Myanmar), circa 1850. Solid wood bowl, chamber and shank. The stem is made of bone, attached to the shank by a mor...
Category
Burmese Other Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique French Marionette
Located in Houston, TX
We found this wonderful 19th century French marionette in Rouen France. The puppet, and its art form, have been a mainstay of French cultural life f...
Category
French Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Wood
'In Memory of Jacko" the Champion Ratter circa 1850 Taxidermy Dog Interest
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rather curios Victorian diorama of "Jacko" the ratter c.1850, a plaster model of a terrier presented in a period glass dome mounted with its original ebonised stand. Jacko is mounted on a purple velvet cushion with gold threaded decoration. Mounted between his feet is a circular silver medal, the obverse inscribed 'In memory of Jacko, the Champion Terrier 14 lb Weight', the reserve inscribed 'Presentation Medal to Canine Fancier and M.P.R. Jemmy Shaw London 1852',
The diorama came from the collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London.
Jemmy Elton Shaw, also known as Jimm and James was a 19th century pioneer fancier of the early dog show days, a promoter of dog fighting and rat-baiting contests, a breeder of Old English bulldogs, bull terriers and toy terriers...
Category
English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster, Pine, Glass
1st Edition of ‘Rural & Domestic Life of Germany’ by W Howitt -1842
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING AN EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION hardback copy of ‘The Rural and Domestic Life of Germany with Characteristic Sketches of its Cities and Scenery, Collected in a General To...
Category
English Country Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Captain Thomas Stuart’s Medals for Gallant Service 1793-1840
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Captain Thomas Stuart’s Medals for Gallant Service 1793-1840 This very fine group of four medals was awarded to Captain T. Stuart, Royal Navy, who was recognised for his part in the ...
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Gothic Sacrament Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Gothic Sacrament cabinet was artfully sculpted from solid oak and fruitwood to create a remarkable religious artifact designed to be appreciated throughout the ages! The trapezoidal form of the casework is in keeping with the Gothic style, which historians concur originated in the Cathedral of St. Denis during the middle of the 12th century. Boldly molded crown follows the complex contours and overlooks the case below which features a single door flanked by cornerposts that feature pilasters facing front as well as the sides, with recessed arched panels topped with recessed circular frames above filled with carved rosettes highlighted in gold. The arched recesses facing the front are also filled with carved floral and wheat motifs also highlighted in gold, representing the Bread of Life. The door panel, however, steals the show, with a gloriously carved relief work depicting both wheat and fully laden grapevines adding the significance of the Blood of Christ...
Category
French Gothic Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fruitwood, Oak
Antique Map Showing the Religions Around the World by Johnston '1854'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Moral & Statistical Chart showing the Geographical Distribution of Man According to Religious Belief'. Rare large-size thematic map on the distribution of religio...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
3 Volumes. Abate Luigi Lanzi, The History of Painting in Italy.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Abate Luigi Lanzi, The History of Painting in Italy. Bound in 3/4 white calf with marbled endpapers. Ornate gilt-tooling and red label on the spines. Top edges gilt. Illus...
Category
British Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Richard Henry Dana - Two Years Before the Mast, First Edition 1840
Located in CA, CA
Richard Henry Dana - Two Years Before the Mast. A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea.
First Edition, Harper & Brothers N.Y. 1840.
A very important c...
Category
American Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Set Of Late 19th Century Biedermeier Brass Goblets/ Cups/ Vases, AT ca. 1860
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Elaborately handcrafted, intricately decorated set of two late Biedermeier brass goblets/ mugs from the so-called "second period" aorund 1860 in Austria. This artfully made antique B...
Category
Austrian Biedermeier Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Chinese Painted Bamboo Walking Stick, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century walking stick from northern China is comprised of a length of thin bamboo that has been steamed and bent into a hook shape. The bamboo segments are painted in alter...
Category
Chinese Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bamboo
Rare 1864 Civil War Era Map of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Rare 1864 Civil War Era Map of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana
Description: This captivating antique map, titled "Johnson's Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana," was pu...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare 1864 Civil War Era Map of North America with Detailed Borders
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Rare 1864 Civil War Era Map of North America with Detailed Borders
Description: This remarkable antique map, titled "Johnson's North America," was published in 1864 by Johnso...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1865 Emancipation Proclamation, Antique Lithograph by P.S. Duval and Son
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a lithographic broadside of the text of the Emancipation Proclamation issued on January 1, 1863. This broadside was published in...
Category
American Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1860s Carved Horn Hunters Pipe in the Style of Lebrecht Wilhelm Schulz
Located in Berghuelen, DE
1860s carved Horn Hunters pipe in the style of Lebrecht Wilhelm Schulz
The rare hunters pipe is made of original horns from the stag and deer and features very elaborate carved hunt...
Category
German Black Forest Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Antler
The Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence by N. Dwight, 1860
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Dwight, Nathaniel. The Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. New York: A. S. Barnes & Burr, 1860. Later printing. Octavo. Rebound in ¼ leather and cloth boards, wi...
Category
American Federal Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Map of the Eastern Hemisphere by Lapie, France, circa 1830
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of the Eastern Hemisphere by Lapie, France, circa 1830
This finely engraved and hand-colored antique map, titled Hémisphère de l'ancien continent (Eastern Hemisphere), w...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Waverley Novels in 50 Volumes by Sir Walter Scott, Boston, 1857
Located in Southampton, NY
Excellent and complete set of 50 Volumes of The Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1857; The Household Edition. Finely bo...
Category
American Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Ottoman Inkwell Qalamdan and Pen Case in Brass, Turkey
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Antique Turkish Brass Pencil Case Qalamdan and Inkwell From The Ottoman Empire
The interior of the brass case is divided into compartments to ho...
Category
Turkish Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
N.E. View of the United States Capitol, Washington, DC Antique Proof Print 1858
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This engraved print shows a view of the United States Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C. The print depicts the neoclassical building from the northeast orientation, with a bustling street scene in front. The steel engraving is a proof printing, drawn and engraved by Henry Sartain and published in 1858.
Plans began in May 1854 to build a new cast-iron dome for the United States Capitol. The then-architect of the Capitol Thomas Walter and his team were sold on the aesthetics of a new dome, as well as the utility of a fire-proof one. A year later, on March 3, 1855, President Franklin Pierce...
Category
American Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Amazing Arma Christi, circa 1850
Located in London, GB
Amazing Arma Christi, circa 1850
We are proud to offer an amazing museum quality circa 1850 Arma Christi. Likely German or Austrian in origin, an excepti...
Category
German Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Life and Liberty in America by Charles Mackay, 1859
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Mackay, Charles. Life and Liberty in America: or, Sketches of a Tour in the United States and Canada, in 1857-8. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859. Octavo. Illustrated with ten engra...
Category
American Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
Lafontaine Theatre Binoculars in Mother-of-Pearl
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Lafontaine theatre binoculars in mother-of-pearl. They are small, light and designed to provide an enlarged view at events such as operas, theatres and concerts. The frame is made of...
Category
French Baroque Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
William Wordsworth a Biography by Edwin Paxton Hood, 1856, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
William Wordsworth a Biography by Edwin Paxton Hood, 1856. London: W. & F. G. Cash, 1856. Red Calf leather and cloth bound gilt hardcover with gilt ...
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Leather
Marx "Wonder Cyclist" American Circa 1930
Located in Incline Village, NV
Marx "Wonder Cyclist" is the earlier version of this wind-up "Boy on a Tricycle" toy; and not to be confused with the later version by Unique Art called "Kiddy Cyclist". This toy featured is MUCH more rare and more sought after by collectors of early tin wind up toys...
Category
American Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Pair of English Bronze Signal Cannon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine pair of English bronze signal cannon, the tapering 36 inch two stage barrels set upon original mahogany carriages with bronze fittings and ...
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Pawnee Pipe Tomahawk, circa 1850-1870
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pawnee pipe tomahawk. File burnt and tacked with remnants of yellow paint over entire shaft. Exhibited in the Wichita Falls Museum 1967, Maryland Academy of Art and Science 1969, Flo...
Category
American Native American Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
3 Volumes. Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England. Bound in full tree calf. The covers and raised band spines are gilt-tooled with red and green morocco labels. All the ...
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
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