1880s Religious Items

This is a German silver Hanukkah menorah (hanukkiah), reflecting the craftsmanship and artistic traditions of German silversmiths from the 18th or 19th century. In the central panel:...

This antique French Victorian gilt champlevé cloisonné crucifix is a magnificent and rare religious artifact that exemplifies the artistry and craft...

This antique French Victorian gilt champlevé cloisonné crucifix is a magnificent and rare religious artifact that exemplifies the artistry and craft...

19th Century Crucifix in Oval Giltwood Frame with Glass is remarkably well preserved, and perfect for a devotional addition to your home. The dark stained cross provides a nice cont...

The Improved Domestic Bible with Full and Complete Marginal References, Note and Readings, and the Apocrypha, Psalms in Metre, and Concordance, Together with the Improved Pictorial D...

Transport yourself to the mystical world of Russian art with this 19th-century icon, crafted in watercolor with inscriptions dating back to the 1880s. Executed on a cardboard support...

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated out of The Original Tongues, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised; with Concordance and Psalms of David in Metre. The Text Conformable to the Oxford and the American Bible Society’s Standard Editions. Philadelphia: National Publishing Co., 1885. Standard Edition. Illustrated. Large quarto, with original full leather carved and gilded boards. Gilded edges. Presented with a custom-made archival clamshell box. Presented is a beautifully restored and exquisitely bound Holy Bible from 1885. This family bible was published by National Publishing Company, in Philadelphia. The bible contains both the Old and New Testaments, and the Apocrypha, with “text conformable to the Oxford and the American Bible Society’s Standard Editions.” It features a “History of the Religious Denominations of the World, both Ancient and Modern” compiled by Reverend H.D. Northrup, D.D., as well as a “Comprehensive and Critical History of the Books of the Holy Bible” compiled “expressly for this edition from the writings of William Smith, L.L.D.” It is decorated with a stunning full color title page, both color and black and white illustrations throughout, and three maps. It also contains its original family pages. This bible was produced as a family bible, to be handed down through a family with each successive generation. Family bibles were used as a marker of each married couple’s journey through life and the family’s history was commonly recorded in the bible. This bible features its original pages for presentation, births, deaths, and marriages, as well as a page for swearing temperance. The family pages of this bible are blank, and could still be filled in and used as originally intended by whoever purchases this bible. Family bibles, often very large and elaborately decorated, first came into popularity during the Victorian era in the United Kingdom. Afterwards, the family bible was seen throughout Europe and eventually made its way into American households. This bible’s period binding is exquisite, with full brown leather boards stamped with intricate gilt floral and leaf details. The front board features a deeply carved title border with gilt lettering and intricate gilt tooling and blind embossing. The spine has gilt stamped titles and raised bands. The advent of the printing press encouraged the craft of books that the small, literate class valued as works of art. Intricately bound books fell out of style in the late 18th century, but in the late 19th century, a resurgence of sumptuously bound special editions of bibles, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and poetry countered the popularity of cheaper, popular dime novels. Several publishers sought to elevate the book back to a piece of artistry that would be cherished for generations to come, and used expensive leathers, handmade marbled boards, gilt details, metal clasps, and gauffered edges to do so. This is one such example of the book artistry created during that time. CONDITION: Very good condition. Quarto. Original full brown leather, with front and back boards carved with gilt tooling and accents. The spine has raised bands, gilt titles, and tooling. Gilded edges. Illustrated throughout, with black and white steel engravings and full color illustrations. Blank family pages, to include a presentation page, births, deaths, marriages, and temperance. Three maps, “A New Map of Palestine or the Holy Land,” “Ancient Jerusalem...

The icon shows the Mother of God with her hands folded in prayer on her breast, next to him in the background is Jesus Christ Crucified on the hills of Jerusalem. Tempera on panel, ...

Icon of the Mother of God Umilenije "Balkinska". Tempra on board, chalk-gypsum base, gilding. There are two claws on the back of the icon. Russia XIX century. dimensions 35.5/30....

The antique French Victorian gilt champlevé cloisonné crucifix is a magnificent and rare religious artifact that exemplifies the artistry and crafts...

19th Century Memento Mori Glass Eyed Santos Figure An unusual religious artifact dating from the 19th Century, gesso over wood memento mori glass ey...

A fine brown patinated bronze crucifix "Corpus Christi" on a solid ebony wooden cross. On the back a brass plaque an inscription “Copie du Christ en Ivoire de Delcour”, and the name ...