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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Gorgeous 18th Century Baroque South American Floral Shrine
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Lovely 18th Century shrine in polychrome cedar. Rectangular box, topped by a cut pediment carved with flowers, flanked by a pair of tips – like simplified obelisks. Sides and pair of...
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Brazilian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Cedar

Christ , 18th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Christ , 18th century. Crucifix, Christ, beautiful carved and gilded wood frame, 18th century. Dimensions: H: 61cm, W: 39cm, D: 7cm.
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Wood

JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED Indo-Portuguese sculpture from the 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED Indo-Portuguese sculpture, 17th Century on Ivor.... Wooden cross with ivory plaque. Defects and faults. Height: (christ) 26 cm.; Height: (total) 63 cm good con...
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Portuguese Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Wood

17th Century Sterling Silver Reliquary
Located in Madrid, ES
A refined and devotional 17th-century sterling silver reliquary featuring a delicate reverse glass painting of the Virgin Mary. This exqui...
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Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Silver

Antique Continental Renaissance Church Lavabo
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent medieval Renaissance period architectural holy water font lavabo. Born in a Christian church in Continental Europe during the middle ages, likely Italian 16th or 17th century, exquisitely hand-crafted by a highly skilled artisan, with exceptional craftsmanship, ornate and finely detailed, the rare and one of a kind forged bronze and brass upper presenting with gothic shaped palm frond back, domed lid with tall finial decorated in relief, the fountain reservoir is decorated with central mounted Star of Bethlehem four pointed pentagram star embellishment as well as other applied ormolu adornments, a narrow elongated spigot with valve dispenses the holy water below. A later gilt brass stoop catches the water, the nicely styled, demilune shaped wall mounted antique...
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European Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Brass, Bronze, Ormolu

Copper Engraving of an Inca Marriage Ceremony, 1773
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique print titled 'Cérémonie du Mariage des Incas'. Copper engraving of an Inca marriage ceremony. This print originates from volume 20 of 'Histoire generale ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Paper

Immaculate Conception. Oil on canvas. Colonial school, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Immaculate Conception. Oil on canvas. Colonial school, 18th century. Oil on canvas showing the Virgin Mary among angels, in a landscape and standing on a crescent moon, wearing a wh...
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South American Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Other

Hand bell or bell, “from Malinas”. Bronze. 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand bell or bell, “from Malinas”. Bronze. 16th century. Hand bell with clapper made of bronze and decorated on the outside with a slight relief. The base has, between bands, an ins...
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European Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Bronze, Other

18th Century Wood Carved and Painted Santo
Located in Houston, TX
18th Century Wood Carved and Painted Santo. A polychrome Santo of St. Anthony Some paint loss, looks to have had a split in the back that was filed in and touched up. Overall, very g...
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Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Wood, Paint

Promised Land of Canaan – Antique Map of Israel with Biblical Scenes, van Jagen
Located in Langweer, NL
Promised Land of Canaan – Antique Map of Israel with Biblical Scenes, van Jagen This remarkable antique map titled Het beloofde landt Canaan doorwandelt...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Paper

Italian 17th Century Mannequin
Located in Round Top, TX
A very beautiful 17th century articulating Mannequin from the Veneto region of Italy. Beautifully carved from polychromed wood with very handso...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Wood

Bronze Pax or Pax Board, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Peacekeeper. Bronze. Century XVI. Bronze purse with a handle on the back in the shape of an esse in the same material and a decoration in light relief on the front that shows, unde...
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Spanish Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Bronze

Antique Print of the Hindu God Vishnu Incarnated as Krishna, 1672
Located in Langweer, NL
This original antique print shows the Hindu god Vishnu incarnated as Krishna. Dutch text on verso. From: 'Naauwkeurige Beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromande...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Paper

18th Century Flemish Wood Carved Nativity Angels
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Superb pair of nativity angels. Wood carved with layers of original paint and gesso. Found in a church attic in Belgium. Fantastic craftsmanship and emo...
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Belgian Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Gesso, Wood

Antique 16th Century German (Augsburg) parcel-gilt Silver-Gold Chalice/Goblet
Located in Doha, QA
This is an absolutely exquisite rare Cooper-gilt ,silver-gold and three Sterling Silver angels Chalice originated from Augsburg (Germany ) in th...
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German Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Gold, Silver, Copper

Monstrance (temple type). Silver. Spain, 16th century with restorations.
Located in Madrid, ES
Portable temple custody. Gilded silver, glass. 16th century, possible restorations. Custody made of gilded silver (the finish has been lost in some points) composed of a base, an ax...
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Spanish Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Silver, Other

18th Century Water Gilded Processional Cross with Embroidered IHS
Located in Hastings, GB
Glorious 18th century water gilded baroque processional cross, with embroidered IHS panels inset. Time worn patina, gesso over wood. Height 61 cm, Width 37 cm, Depth 13 cm
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Gesso, Wood

Christ On The Cold Stone, Carved Wooden Panel, 17th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
A large panel carved in deep relief depicting Christ on cold stone. This panel was probably part of a tabernacle. 17th century. Panel height 57 cm, width 40 cm, thickness 5 cm.
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German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Wood

Antique 17th Century Limoge Signed Plaque Of A Madonna Praying
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 17th Century French painted porcelain wall hanging plaque portraying the Madonna in prayer against a radiant sunburst backdrop. Intricately painted with foliate patterns ador...
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French Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Porcelain

18th Century Italian Baroque Silver and Rock Crystal Crucifix
Located in Stamford, CT
18th Italian Baroque carved rock crystal crucifix with silver Corpus of Christ flaked by male and female attendants on either side. The stepped base deco...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Rock Crystal, Silver

Cross of Caravaca 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Cross of caravaca xvii century Very beautiful cross of Caravaca made in bronze. 17th century. Measurements: 12 x 6cm Good condition.
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Italian Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Bronze

18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Church Torchère Converted to Floor Lamp
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Tall giltwood church torchère with deep foliate carvings, Italy late 18th century. This piece is finely hand carved in precise detail with deep foliate carvings decorated with acanth...
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Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Silk, Giltwood

CROSS OF CARAVACA 17th CENTURY
Located in Madrid, ES
CROSS OF CARAVACA XVII CENTURY BEAUTIFUL CARAVACA CROSS FROM THE 17TH CENTURY IN BRONZE. MEASURES: 12.5X5.5 CM. IN GOOD CONDITION good condition
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Italian Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Bronze

Spanish 18th Century Altar
Located in Round Top, TX
A stunning 18th century altar from Spain. Constructed from polychromed and giltwood with wonderful faux marble and water gilding detail. Fabulous as a co...
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Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Wood

“Ressurrection”, Polychromed Wood, Spanish School, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
The relief was probably a door of the Sagrario. The piece follows a customary decoration in the tabernacles of the Renaissance and the Baroque. Compare, for example, with the sevente...
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Spanish Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Other

Child Jesus - Umbria, first half of the 16th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Child Jesus Polychrome and gilded wood Umbria, first half of the 16th century H 40 cm Entirely naked, the Child is standing, leaning on his left leg, his right leg forward; he keep...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Wood

18th Century Spanish Oil Painting of Mary Magdalene
Located in Round Top, TX
A breathtaking 18th century Spanish oil on canvas painting of Mary Magdalene - Madeleine - in is original frame. Beautiful detail.
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Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Canvas

Rare Religious Antique Print Depicting the Death of Armenian Christians, 1730
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique religious print titled 'La Commemoration des Morts chez les Armeniens'. This print depicts the commemorating of the death of the Armenian christians. This pr...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Paper

1500s Elizabethan Sterling Silver Communion Chalice and Paten
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Elizabethan English sterling silver communion chalice and paten; an addition to our diverse religious silverware collection. This exceptional two piece antique Elizabethan sterling silver communion set consists of a chalice and paten/diskos. The chalice has a cylindrical tapering shaped form onto a plain knapped pedestal and spreading circular foot. The body of this sterling silver communion cup...
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English Elizabethan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Sterling Silver

Devotional plaque, Saint Benedict of Nursia. Bronze. Spanish School, 17th c
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional plaque, Saint Benedict of Nursia. Bronze. Spanish School, 17th century. Rectangular bronze devotional plaque with a ring at the top, a molded frame, and a relief figurati...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Bronze

18th Century Spanish Silver Holy Water Font, Baroque Style with Gilt Virgin Mary
Located in Madrid, ES
This highly decorative silver holy water font or stoup, is stamped with hallmarks placing its manufacture in Aspiazu, Bilbao, Spain during the l...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Silver

Antique Verger's Bible Box, English, Oak, Carved, Ecclesiastical, William III
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique verger's bible box. An English, oak carved ecclesiastical case, dating to the William III period, circa 1700. Fascinating carved box, with country provincial cra...
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British William and Mary Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Oak

Ancient Boxwood Micro Carving Deposition, First Half of the 18th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood micro carving Deposition Central Europe, first half of the 18th century It measures: the sculpture 7.40 x 5.31 x 0.6 in (18.8 x 13.5 x 1.6 cm); w...
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European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Boxwood

Sterling Silver Medallion reliquary – 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant 18th-century reliquary in solid silver, finely hand-engraved, with an ornamental decoration typical of Baroque religious art. Its oval shape features floral and symbolic deta...
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European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Sterling Silver

Stone Buddha Head Chinese Qi Dynasty on Custom Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
Carved out of a single block of grayish brown stone (likely granite type), this Buddha head represents Northern Qi style in China (550-577AD) and likely of the period. The Northern Q...
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Chinese Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Marble

Pair of Islamic Enameled Vessels, Ancient Urns
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This is an exceptional and historic pair of Damascus enameled metalwork vessels or urns. These art objects show signs of rough use and handling through the centuries. Although it is ...
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West Asian Islamic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Enamel

17th-18th Century Italian Hand carved Wooden Reliquary Bust of a Saint
Located in Buisson, FR
Spectacular and very decorative piece. Large carved wooden reliquary bust of a Saint. Beautiful weathered paint and gilding. Small losses / old repairs and without the relics. Italy ...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Wood

17th Century Old Master Oil Painting Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Spanish School
Located in Vero Beach, FL
17th century old master oil painting of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Spanish school. Dramatic expression and perfect use of chiaroscuro, the art of light and shadow effects, makes th...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Canvas

Large Cross With Christ In Gilt Bronze From The 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Large Cross With Christ In Gilt Bronze From The 17th Century IMPORTANT 17th C. CROSS TO CHRIST IN FINELY CHISELLED GOLD BRONZE FRENCH SCHOOL OF THE...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Bronze

18th Century French Fire-Gilded Bronze Electried Church Chandelier
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A very fine, large fire-gilded bronze church chandelier in Louis XVI style, France, late 18th century. This wonderful piece is finely elaborate in precise detail decorated with elega...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Bronze

Italian 18th Century Hand Carved And Silvered Wooden Baroque Reliquary
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful and detailed reliquary holder with its beautiful weathered original silver, Italy, circa 1750. Weathered and small losses and old repairs.
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Wood

Saint Jerome. Oil on slatted panel. Surroundings of KEY, Willem. 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint Jerome. Oil on slatted panel. Surroundings of KEY, Willem. 16th century. With monogram (illegible) and dated (right ear of the saint). Oil on oak panel showing a thin, elderl...
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European Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Other

18th Century Italian Tabernacle Door Fragment
Located in San Angelo, TX
18th Century Italian Tabernacle Door Fragment. Unique piece that can go anywhere. Perfect for a sculpture on the wall in a hallway or niche.
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Gold Leaf

Rare Town Plan of Jerusalem, Includes an Extensive Key to Locations etc, 1708
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Eigentliche Vorstellung der Statt Jerusalem und derselben umliegenden Gegenden zu Salomonis auch zu und kurtz nach Christi Zeiten.' Rare town plan...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Paper

Antique Print of Martin Luther, 1701
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Martinus Lutherus'. Portrait of Martin Luther with an opened Bible in his hands. This print originates from 'Historie der kerken en ketteren van den beginne des Nieuwen Testaments tot aan het jaar onses Heeren 1688 ... In het Neederduyts vertaald' by G. Arnold. Artists and Engravers: Gottfried Arnold (1666 – 1714) was a German Lutheran...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Paper

Spanish 17/ 18th Century Hand Carved Group of Baroque Winged Angel Heads
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful Hand carved group of winged angelheads. Wonderful traces of paint are visible and the wood has a gorgeous natural patina due to its high age Spain, circa 1650-1750 Weathere...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Wood

Large Pair of 18th / 19th Century Italian Silvered Reliquaries
Located in Milford, NH
A fine large pair of Italian silvered metal over wood reliquaries with putti, grape, shell, and scrollwork design. Each have memorial pendant displays with names (The left reads S. Innocentii M & S Clementiani M,” while the other is illegible. The pair is in very good condition, with great overall patina, some metal lifting...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Metal

Carved oak lectern with eagle covered in gold leaf
Located in PARIS, FR
This grand 18th-century german lectern is a striking example of religious craftsmanship, featuring a magnificently carved oak eagle, richly adorned with gilded gold leaf. Standing 21...
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German Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Wood

Antique Engraving of Thomas Müntzer, a Reformation-Era German Theologian, 1701
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Thomas Muntzer'. Portrait of Thomas Müntzer. Thomas Müntzer was an early Reformation-era German theologian, who became a rebel leader during the Peasants' War. He turned against Luther with several anti-Lutheran writings, and supported the Anabaptists. In the Battle of Frankenhausen, Müntzer and his followers were defeated. He was captured, tortured and decapitated. This print originates from 'Historie der kerken en ketteren van den beginne des Nieuwen Testaments tot aan het jaar onses Heeren 1688 ... In het Neederduyts vertaald' by G. Arnold. Artists and Engravers: Gottfried Arnold (1666 – 1714) was a German Lutheran...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Paper

Saint or Virgin to dress. Wood, metal. Spanish school, 17th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint or Virgin to dress. Wood, metal. Spanish school, 17th century. It has faults. The female figure stands (with her right leg forward) on a small polygonal base. Made of partial...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Metal, Other

17th Century Brass Alms Plate
Located in San Francisco, CA
A 17th century or earlier brass alms dish or alms plate.
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Brass

Antique Print of Saint Nilus Kneeling in Prayer, 1762
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'S. Nilus a D.N.I.C. Crucifixo ipsi apparente benedictur, et ab impuris tenta tionibus prorsus liberatur'. Scarce plate showing Saint Nilus, kneeling in prayer; in front of him a crucifix; Christ comes alive. This print originates from 'Picturae Dominici Zampierii, vulgo Domenichino, quae extant in sacello sacrae aedi Cryptoferratensi adjuncto tabulis aeneis incisae' published 1762. Artists and Engravers: Made by 'F. Bartolozzi' after 'Domenico Zampieri'. Francesco Bartolozzi...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Paper

Christian Presbyter Arius 'Arrius' Alexandrinus of Alexandria, Egypt, 1701
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'Arrius Alexandrinus'. Portrait of Arius. Arius was a Christian presbyter in Alexandria, Egypt of Libyan origins. His teachings about the nature of the Godhea...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Paper

Early 18th Century Portuguese Carved Giltwood Church Torchère, Candleholder
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Tall early 18th century Portuguese gilt oak church torchère with deep foliate carvings on a tripod base. This torchère can easily be converted into a ...
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Portuguese Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Giltwood

French 17th Century Weathered Carved Oak Christ Fragment
Located in Buisson, FR
Very nice carved oak Christ figure with a strong expression. Beautiful weathered , France circa 1600-1700. Weathered, and losses. Measurement with the base
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Oak

Exceptional 18th Century French Stone Baptismal Font
Located in Round Top, TX
An exceptional 18th century stone Baptismal font from the South of France. Beautifully hand-sculpted with a sensational patina. Perfect as a water...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Stone

Old Print of Idols of the Temple of Ablaykit, a Buddhist Monastery in Kazakhstan
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Représentation d'Idoles du Temple d'Ablaikit et caractères Mongoles'. Copper engraving of of Idols of the Temple of Ablaykit and Mongolian characters. Ablaykit ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Paper

Handcolored Copperplate Engraving Showing a Perspective View of a Chinese Temple
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Vue d'un Temple Chinois'. View of a Chinese temple. This is an optical print, also called 'vue optique' or 'vue d'optique', which were made to be viewed through a Zograscope, or other devices of convex lens...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Paper

Antique Print of Serapis, a Graeco-Egyptian Deity, c.1700
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print religion titled 'Serapis een vermaarde Godheyd der Egiptenaaren'. Antique print of Serapis, a Greek/Egyptian god. This print originates from 'M...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Paper

Antique Print of the Urselen Monastery in Amsterdam, c.1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 't Urselen Klooster in 1596 tot 't Spinhuis herbouwt'. This print depicts the Urselen monastery in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This print originates from 'Amster...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

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Paper

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