Mid-18th Century Eight Day Oak Longcase Clock by John Taylor of Manchester

A very interesting Baroque period carved oak figure of a saint or prophet said to come from a demolished Russian Orthodox church. This compelling figure is ...

Crafted in France circa 1760 and resting in a carved oak niche, the figure depicts the prophet Moses, the most important prophet in Judaism and Christianity. Moses is best known from the story in the biblical Book of Exodus and Quran as the lawgiver who met God face-to-face on Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments after leading his people, the Hebrews, out of bondage in Egypt and to the "promised land" of Canaan. He is represented with horns on top of his head. The horns came about because of an ambiguity of the Latin version of Exodus 34, 30. After being addressed by God on top of Mount Sinai and given the Tablets of the Law containing the Ten Commandments, Moses descended to his people in the desert. His face was seen to shine with a divine light. (The first Moses with horns was commissioned in 1505 by Pope Julius II for his tomb; it was based on a description in chapter 34 of Exodus in the Vulgate, the Latin translation of the Bible used at that time). The religious and biblical item...

A mid 18th century Burmese stone Buddha seated in Bhumisparsha mudra position* (“calling the earth to witness”). Black-red lacquer with remnants of gild...

Rare pair of large kneeling monks in the position of prayer/meditation. Red and black lacquered Burmese teak wood with remnants of gold leaf. Untouched ...

This tall French statue of St. Bartholomew was hand-carved from oak in the 1700’s. This depiction of St. Bartholomew is not often seen in art, except for one of the most well known r...

18th Century Hand-Made Oak Stave Butter Churn was lovingly crafted by the town's barrel cooper in the same general manner which he produced barrels for food and wine storage. Oak st...

18th Century French engraving of a squadron by Blarenberghe Engravings by Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe, French 1716-1794. In four Tableaux (Tableau 1) Represents a squadron making...

Engraved in Hebrew “I will raise the cup of deliverance, and I shall invoke the Name of G-d” (Psalms 116:13). To signify where the beginning and end of this verse is, an eight-pointe...

18th Century Houses of Williamsburg by Marcus Whiffen. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia, 4th printing 1970. 223 pp., with 150 B/W illustrations. A comprehensi...

Complete Paris map set of etchings by Turgot. This printing is from the 1960s and have warm natural color to the paper. Frame each individually to your liking. The overall dimension ...