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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Lamborghini rowing machine 1940s
By Lamborghini
Located in Roma, IT
1940s rowing machine produced by Lamborghini made entirely of solid Beech wood and iron. In excellent overall condition, complete and fully functional with adjustable power. Leather ...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
18th Century Large Antique Bronze Bell 1 lbs Letter Weight
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Antique Bronze Letter bell weight or dumbell 1 lbs.
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Danish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bronze
Hunting Dog Collar and Comb 19th Century French Bronze
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
18th century, French bronze hunting dog collar and comb
A late 18th century, French bronze hunting dog collar, the collar is Engraved giving the piece the necessary provenance to ...
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French French Provincial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Metal, Bronze
17th. Century Violin
Located in Perth, GB
17th century violin possibly Italian. Dendrochronology says some of the timber is 17th century.
There is good voulme, resonance and and tone.
We would be happy to send you a recordin...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Dutch Kolf Print, Winter, Golf Engraving
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Dutch golf engraving by J. Boydell, Winter.
Rare 18th century Dutch golf engraving by J. Boydell depicting Dutchman playing the early form of golf on the ice, titled 'Winter'. The s...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Vintage Glass Golf Dish with Raised Golfer in the Lid
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage glass golf box & cover.
An Art Deco glass Jewelry box, dish, of rectangular form with lid. The pressed lid moulded with relief golfer in full backswing. We have had a 'Golf Baccarat...
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French Art Deco Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Glass
Kolf, Les Amusemens De L'hiver 'Winter Fun', Golf Engraving
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Dutch Golf Engraving By J. Aliamet, Les Amusements De L'Hiver.
Rare 18th century Dutch golf engraving by J. Aliamet depicting Dutchman playing the early form of golf on the ice near Haarlem in 1668. The engraving is taken from Adriaen van de Velde original oil painting but is printed in reverse, the Kolf engraving is entitled 'Les Amusemens De L'Hiver' (Winter Fun). A print of this engraving was published in Darwins 1920 book, A Golfers Gallery of Old Masters. The scene shows a group of four Dutch gentlemen in the foreground playing kolf, the forerunner of golf. The main player can be seen taking aim to hit the post which is next to the man standing over his right shoulder. They are eagerly watched by a young lad who has his hands in his pockets to keep warm with a Kolf club under his arms, looking as if longing to join in. Two ladies are being pushed and pulled in a wooden sledge...
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French Sporting Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Dutch Kolf Print, Vuë De Santvliet Village De Hollande, Golf Engraving
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Dutch Golf Engraving By Jacques-Philippe Lebas, Vuë De Santvliet Village De Hollande.
Rare 18th century Dutch golf engraving by Jacques-Philippe Lebas depicting Dutchman playing the early form of golf on the ice. The Kolf engraving is entitled 'Vuë De Santvliet Village De Hollande' (View Of Santvliet Village From Holland). The scene shows a group of four Dutch gentlemen in the foreground playing kolf, the forerunner of golf. There are people skating on the ice and a gentleman can be seen kneeling whilst fitting on his ice skates. Paintings of life on the frozen waterways of Holland were very popular and many artists, usually known for painting rivers or landscapes, produced them.
Extra print details:- in the bottom left 'Van Drever pinx', on the right 'Jac. Ph. LeBas sculp'. In the center a coat of arms with the words "Virtus Ariete Fortior". Dédié à Monsieur Norregs Bertie, Par son très humble et très obeisant Serviteur Jac. Ph. Le Bas. Beau pays, ou fleurit une utile industrie, On croiroit que chez toi L'eau se transforme en glace, Et dont les habitants peuvent toute leur vie Pour offrir un plus ample et plus commode espace Suivre a vec liberte leurs innocents desires, A tous les Voyageurs, à tes divers plaisirs, Par M. Moraine. A Paris chez Le bas Graveur du Cabinet du Roy rue de la Harpe...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wood, Paper
French 18th Century Glove
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very intriguing 18th century glove in wood and leather with iron protrusions. One's hand is inserted into the glove with positions for all fingers - like a baseball glove. The orig...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Iron
18th Century Rare Italian Antique Cerimonial Stick Belonged to a Count
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
This rare and curious item is a walnut wood ceremonial stick with a large brass handle. It was used by a man in charge called the dealer who precedes the important person during civil ceremonies with the intent of announcing his entry. This stick on the brass handle has an engraved crown...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
18th Century Carved Bone Walking Stick Head On Ebony Base
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
18th century carved bone walking stick head on ebony base
The head is highly engraved with acanthus leaves, head of a lion and an angel and with ...
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French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bone
Antique Russian Carved Sleigh
Located in New York, NY
Russian (18/19th Cent) ornately painted and carved sleigh with carved shell front sleigh
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Russian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Late 18th or Early 19th c. Russian Painted Sleigh
Located in New York, NY
Late eighteenth or early nineteenth century carved two person sleigh painted with traditional landscapes and scenes of courtly love.
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Russian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wood, Paint
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Petite Red Stone Decorated Silvering, 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Decorative and special vintage silvering with 12 red/orange stones on a decorated silver base. From circa 1940s.
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Grouping of 1940s Toy Robot Molds
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Antique 19th Century French Coal Iron
Located in New Orleans, LA
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18th Century Italian Baroque Reliquary
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful and detailed reliquary holder with its original gilding,
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Wood
19th Century French Ecclesiastical Iron & Bronze Altar Rail
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and magnificent architectural ecclesiastical iron and bronze altar railing. Created in France in the 19th century, commissioned for a Victorian er...
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French Gothic Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
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Vintage Middle Eastern Persian Khatam Trinket Box with Miniature Art Painting
Located in North Hollywood, CA
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Hand painted, lacquered wooden Moorish micro mosaic marquetry inlaid tobacco or trinket Box.
Handcrafted vintage marquetry Indo Persian wood inlay micro mosaic with miniature hand painted scene.
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H 1.5 in W 4 in D 3.5 in
1950s Painted Wooden Jewelry Lidded Box Studio Craft Peter Blake Bauhaus Style
Located in Hyattsville, MD
In the manner of Peter Blake. A Fairly large tabletop box. Unsigned. Has an architectural vibe, handmade, solid mahogany, with painted components. Fully ...
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H 5 in W 10.38 in D 5.13 in
Art Deco 'rose-tinted' glass cigarette dispenser.
Located in London, GB
A very pretty Art Deco rose-tinted glass cigarette dispenser, the heavy glass lid with scalloped details to the edge lifts to reveal a tiered dispe...
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Located in Brussels, Brussels
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Venetian Sediolo Per Calesse, 18th Century
Located in Hanover, MA
18th century Venetian giltwood carved and painted sediolo chair for a gig or calesse, a two-wheeled open horse-drawn sulky cart with a single driver; part of the evolution of harnessed horse drawn carriage which today we know as trotting or harness racing.
Provenance: property from the Belcourt Mansion in Newport, Rhode Island.
The carved, gesso and gilded wood supported original forged iron strappings.
The central pedestal shows original floral paint decoration.
The legs terminate in carved elements including animal heads.
Typical losses to gesso and gilding. Old iron repairs to back of seat. Small element missing on left foot.
Overall height 35"; overall width 40"; overall depth 16". 20”seat
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Antique Lawn Tennis Box with Poster, Army and Navy, 1870, s
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Army and Navy lawn tennis box.
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16th Century Spanish Walnut and Wrought Iron Dromedary Saddle
Located in Valladolid, ES
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Very Nice 18th Century French Double Barreled Flintlock Sporting Gun
Located in Eindhoven, NL
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Fine carved stock with a fantasy animal head.
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Antique Billiard engraving after Henry Bunbury, Ideal Snooker, Pool Room Picture
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Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Billiard engraving after Henry Bunbury.
A framed and mounted stipple engraving after Henry Bunbury entitled 'Billiards'. The characterised picture depicts a group of men in the thro...
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English Sporting Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
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H 18.71 in W 22.64 in D 0.04 in
Billiards Etching
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
'Vue d'Optique' or 'Perspective View' of a Billiard Room.
A framed and mounted original hand colored 'Billiard Room' etching by Georg Balthasar Probst. This is a very special genre ...
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Paper
Antique Tennis Engravings, Paulmerie, Set of 9
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A set of rare 18th century Tennis engravings. The nine engravings are images of real tennis rackets, how they are made and tools used. Also details of the ...
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Antique Hickory Golf Club, Walter Hagen, Driver
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A beautiful persimmon wood golf club, driver by Cochrane's Ltd, Edinburgh. The club with original hickory shaft, polished leather grip and a ½ brass sole plate. The head stamped Walter Hagen...
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1750 Map of the Scottish East Coast Surrounding the Firth of Forth -Hand-Colored
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Extremely Rare French 18th Century Wrought Iron Gun Rack, Superb as Coat Rack
Located in New York, NY
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Located in Sagaponack, NY
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