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Period: 18th Century
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 Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bronze
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 Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
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 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 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 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 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 ...
Category
French Rococo Antique 18th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bone
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 Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique Russian Carved Sleigh
Located in New York, NY
Russian (18/19th Cent) ornately painted and carved sleigh with carved shell front sleigh
Category
Russian Rococo Antique 18th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
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Located in Vero Beach, FL
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Tibetan Tibetan Antique 18th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
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Bronze Weight, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Weight of the 18th century. Bronze.
Bronze weight, incomplete, with the container glass and two of the smallest, all decorated in cold with incised and...
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European Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
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Antique Japanese Woodblock Print Book Edo Period, circa 1833
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique Japanese Oraimono book Edo period, circa 1833
Woodblock print book
Book dimensions: 260 mm x 180 mm
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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 Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
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Italian 18th Century Balance, Scale
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very stunning 18th century balance - Scale from Rome, Italy. Beautifully crafted from polychromed and gilt wood. A wonderful accent piece for a library or office.
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Italian Antique 18th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
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Enamel Warning Sign in Dutch and Papiamentu / Papiamento Language
Located in Langweer, NL
An orignal enamel sign that was used as a warning for the people on one the ABC Islands.
Papiamentu (or Papiamento) is a mixture of Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English, French, a...
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Netherlands Antilles 18th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Enamel
No Reserve
H 14.38 in W 20.87 in D 0.4 in
Antique Bronze Buddhist Ghanta Bell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique bronze ghanta bell.
Likely of Tibetan or Japanese origin.
In the form of a curved bell with a vajra style handle.
Bell and vajra are a ritual instrument pair in ma...
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Unknown Antique 18th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Rare European Vellum Book
Located in Chicago, IL
18th Century Rare European Vellum book found in Germany.
This book has aged beautifully with exquisite patina.
Vellum (derived from the Latin word vitulinum meaning "made fro...
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German Antique 18th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Leather, Paper
Framed Johann Elias Ridinger Engraving, 18th Stag Engraving
Located in Perth, GB
Fine 18th century engraving of a stag, after the hunt, with a magnificient dog at rest, in a country scene, beautifully depicted.
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Antique 18th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
18th Century, Italian Carved Wooden Christ
Located in Buisson, FR
Very beautiful wooden Christ figure with a strong expression and traces of its original color,
Italy, circa 1750. Weathered and small losses, old repair...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Large Antique Russian Icon Resurrection and Great Feast Days, 18th-19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Large antique late 18th century- early 19th century Russian icon of the Resurrection with Great Feasts. Original condition with beautiful age-old patina. The central area depicting t...
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Russian Antique 18th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
H 14.97 in W 12.41 in D 0.99 in
Rare Lynn Bogue Hunt Engraving of Ducks Unlimited, 1940
By Lynn Bogue Hunt
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a Rare Lynn Bogue Hunt engraving of ducks unlimited 1940.
This piece cam from a wealthy estate in Dallas, TX with the mansion being built...
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American Sporting Art 18th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
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18th Century Natural Wooden Sleigh
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb and rare 18th century oak sled in natural wood.
Very beautiful sled decorated with mythological animals.
Beautiful sculptures of great quality.
The driver's seat is cov...
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Belgian Louis XV Antique 18th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Oak
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
This chair would have been used by a young galant Venetian nobleman whilst driving his gig, (sometimes called a Padovanella) which was open and uncovered, so that his whole person was visible, pulled by a single horse decorated with rattles.
Sometimes incorrectly believed to be a Venetian gondola chair...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wrought Iron
Antique Lawn Tennis Box with Poster, Army and Navy, 1870, s
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Army and Navy lawn tennis box.
A very rare 'Army & Navy Lawn Tennis' box. The polished pine equipment box, now empty, is painted with coloured stripes on the outside of the box, the interior of the lid having three lithograph labels applied to it. The central label has the title on it and showing a game of tennis taking place. The left hand label has a diagram showing the construction of the court according to the rules issued and authorized by the 'Marylebone Cricket Club, and The All England, Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club. 1878'. The right hand label has the printed rules and the original contents of the box when first sold. The contents label reads 'This set contains} 4 Best Lawn Tennis Bats, Press to hold the Bats. 6 Covered & 12 Plain India Rubber balls, Poles Jointed Brass Feruled &c. (Polished or Painted), Superior Tanned Net, with Mallet Drill Runners Pegs &c. &c.' There are three holes in the bottom of the box so the three bolts of the tennis press...
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British Sporting Art Antique 18th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Pine
Very Nice 18th Century French Double Barreled Flintlock Sporting Gun
Located in Eindhoven, NL
A very nice 18th century French double barreled flintlock sporting gun.
Fine carved stock with a fantasy animal head.
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French Antique 18th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Antique Billiard engraving after Henry Bunbury, Ideal Snooker, Pool Room Picture
By Henry Bunbury
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 Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
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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English Antique 18th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
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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French Sporting Art Antique 18th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
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Paper
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