Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities

Lister's conch fully silvered shell 5". Creel and Gow has been working with the same atelier in Rome, Italy for over 20 years to make our signature silvered shells. Our workshop has ...

President William McKinley as Napoleon ' Small' Toby Mug, by Morris & Willmore Made by Columbian Art Pottery / Morris and Willmore of Trenton, New Jersey This model was made in size...

Stielers Hand Atlas, Gotha: Justus Perthes, Germany, circa 1905. Linen covered wood box containing 100 folded individual loose leaf maps of the world, text in german. Box made to loo...

Manufactured by "The Instructive Toy Company" of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1890 and "Patented February 16th, 1886" by Alonzo Smith (see image) this alphabet wooden spelling board was u...

Touch tip petrol Pre lighter made in Austria. A stunning highly collectable piece, created in Vienna Austria in the late 19th century, circa 1872. This is a petrol touch tip craft...

President William McKinley as Napoleon Large Toby Mug, by Morris & Willmore Made by Columbian Art Pottery / Morris and Willmore of Trenton, New Jersey This ...

English carved oak barometer with silvered metal dial signed "H. Barnascone - Sheffield", circa late nineteenth century or later. Dimensions: 44" H x 16" W x 3" D. Dealer: S138XX

Victrola Victor Talking Machine Oak Case Record Player Model VV-IX-252347G. Item features a beautiful oak wood case, model VV-IX-252347G, very nice antique item. Circa Early 1900s. ...

A very well-detailed figured walnut table cabinet in the neoclassical taste with an elaborate metal filigree door opening to reveal a beveled mirror above 2 small drawers, surmounted...

Antique Ornately Cast Gilt Bronze Russian Orthodox Christian Cross or Crucifix Late 19th/Early 20th C, Russian or the Ukraine A finely c...

Antique Brass Fox Head Walking Stick, Glass Eyes, Glove Ring Offered for sale is an antique Victorian brass fox-head walking stick with a brass glove ho...

Antique Sterling Silver Mother of Pearl Ladies' Walking Stick Offered for sale is a late 19th-century ladies' silver-handled walking stick surrounded with panels of Mother of Pea...

Vintage late 20th century reproduction print of New York City featuring lower Manhattan in 1840.

This is a beautiful and decorative 1800 magic lantern full boxed set. It was created by Ernst Plank and each slide box is signed. It comes with an amazing ...

A rare and important late 19th century Victorian era metal mounted horse hoof match holder by Rowland Ward. Museum quality example, this most unusual curiosity having a gilt brass hinged lid opening to striker and open receptacle. Signed "Roland Ward...

Antique 1901 Gold Handled Dandy Walking Stick, Monogrammed Date Offered for sale is an antique "Dandy" walking stick with a gold repousse cap that is engraved with the date of Sep...

Antique Ladies Parasol Frame, Gold Handle, Band, Bone Handle and Tips Offered for sale is a 19th-century ladies' parasol frame with a bone and gold handle and bone tipped frame. ...

Antique 24 pounds "Family Scale" with original decals and dates listed on the front: "Mar.14 '99-Mar.28 '03". All metal. Scale works.

"An antique 4 lb mercantile balance by Bayliss & Co of Birmingham, England. Features a twisted iron stand and brass balance with tray and scoop. Makers mark engraved along top arm The antique apothecary scale...

Lot of three antique late 19th to early 20th century hand carved shell cameos. Stunning large 14k gold oval cameo showing a woman in flapper / 1920’s attire holding a bouquet of flowers, set in a rectangular frame with filigree and bow shaped corners, with pin / brooch back as well as a loop for wearing as a pendant. Oval pin / brooch showing the bust of a 17th or 18th century woman with high lace collar, set in 800 silver frame with rope twist accents and saw tooth edge. C.P.G. Hold-On stick / 14k gold hat pin...

A British military officer chest. Exceptional rectangular British military officer's travel trunk chest, superbly rebuilt and refurbished in beautifully patinated antique leather ...

Fabulous rare 19th century automaton. Most likely made in France at the end of the 19th century. She is a real beauty and in remarkable condition for her age. She is made of porcelain and cloth. When you wind her she bends her head and raises bouquet to smell the flowers. With the stand she is 15 1/2 inches high. Just herself measures 11 1/2 inches high. Approximately 5 1/2 inches in width and depth. There is a monogram on the back of her neck that appears to be the letter C...

Late 19th Century German of Regency Black Aristocratic Men Drinking Champagne A rare and unique probably of European or German origin, depicting four black men in tuxedos...

This breathtaking taxidermy specimen features a naturalistic, life-sized Mountain Goat, expertly mounted in premier quality. The Mountain Goat is a ...

Antique circa 1900 aneroid barometer and thermometer. Made in England, carved oak case, banjo shaped with white porcelain dials, beveled glass cover, on barometer. Thermometer works...

Large rare lot of 41 assorted late 19th – early 20th century antique labor union ribbons / pins, primarily from the German speaking Community of Dayton, Ohio, plus a smattering of other cities including Cincinnati, Piqua, and Canton Ohio...

VV-X Victrola Phonograph, wind up record player with ten 78 rpm records. This Model number VV-X 147174J, was manufactured by The Victrola Talking M...

Set of three scottish stoneware carpet rug balls. Carpet balls in reds and green. A storied game dating back Centuries, Carpet Ball is similar to Bocci...

Antique Coles Mfg Co Cast Iron Red Green Victorian Large Coffee Mill Grinder. Coverted into a planter/flower pot holder. Item features a large impressive Size, original red and green...

About A Mid-19th Century English gun powder flask wrapped in leather with silver spout and monogrammed silver plaque "ALAN". The spout has a lever that opens the interior to pour ...

Antique Vintage Harper's Weekly Journal of Civilization New York, 1864. Measures: 15.75 x 11 Total 8 sheets. Preowned vintage unrestored antique condi...

A cardboard advertising puzzle for Sherwin Williams Paint, circa 1883. All original pieces intact. Reverse of puzzle has map of United States. Feature...

Antique English Victorian Coromandel wood fitted traveler's box Compendium, Circa 1850-1860. Made by J.T. Needs, Late Bramah: Purveyor to Her Majesty, Prince Albert & the Royal Family.

A fine Captain’s desk in particularly well chosen and colorful Burl wood with string inlaid details and ebonized moldings. The very top with a 3/4 brass gallery and worn brass plaque...

Scotch Bonnet fully silvered 4". Creel and Gow has been working with the same atelier in Rome, Italy for over 20 years to make our signature silvered she...

A very unusual and handsome English carved mahogany Gentlemens jewelry box in the form of a miniature dresser, the upper section with an upward slidi...

Triumphant star silvered shell 2". Creel and Gow has been working with the same atelier in Rome, Italy for over 20 years to make our signature silvered shells. Our workshop has been ...

Strombus pugilis partially silvered shell 2". Creel and Gow has been working with the same atelier in Rome, Italy for over 20 years to make our signature silvered shells. Our worksho...

Scotch Bonnet partially silvered 4". Creel and Gow has been working with the same atelier in Rome, Italy for over 20 years to make our signature silvered...

Presenting an absolutely gorgeous and extremely unique and rare 19th century British Tunbridgeware hair pin/bobbin or slide. This slide is unlike any of it’s kind we have seen before…. it is a very rare survivor ! From circa 1860–1880. Made of walnut with gorgeous marquetry inlay on the entirety of the front with classic Tunbridgeware micro-mosaic all over the front. The rear is walnut. The marquetry inlay appears to be various different woods, namely, maple, walnut and satinwood. Would have been worn in a Lady’s hair bun with the micro-mosaic facing forward. This would have belonged to a very elegant lady in the mid to late 19th century. Tunbridge ware is a form of decoratively inlaid woodwork, typically in the form of boxes, that is characteristic of Tonbridge and the spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent in the 18th and 19th centuries. The decoration typically consists of a mosaic of many very small pieces of different coloured woods that form a pictorial vignette. Shaped rods and slivers of wood were first carefully glued together, then cut into many thin slices of identical pictorial veneer with a fine saw. Elaborately striped and feathered bandings for framing were pre-formed in a similar fashion. There is a collection of Tunbridge ware in the Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery in Tunbridge Wells. The famous makers of Tunbridge ware were in the Tunbridge Wells area of Kent; their most notable work was from circa 1830-1900. Early makers of Tunbridge ware, in Tunbridge Wells in the mid-18th century, were the Burrows family, and Fenner and Co. In the 19th century, around 1830, James Burrows invented a technique of creating mosaics from wooden tesserae. Henry Hollamby, apprenticed to the Burrows family, set up on his own in 1842 and became an important manufacturer of Tunbridge ware, employing about 40 people. Edmund Nye (1797–1863) and his father took over the Fenner company when William Fenner retired in 1840, after 30 years in partnership with him. Thomas Barton (1819–1903), previously apprenticed at the Wise factory, joined the Nyes in 1836, and worked as Nye’s designer; he took over the business in 1863 and continued there until his death. In Tonbridge (near to Tunbridge Wells), George Wise (1703–1779) is known to have had a business in 1746. It continued with his son Thomas, and Thomas’s nephew George (1779–1869), who took over in 1806. In its early years the company made articles such as workboxes and tea caddies with prints of popular views; later items had pictures created from mosaics. Their workshop in Tonbridge, Wise’s Tunbridge Ware Manufactory, was next to the Big Bridge over the Medway; the building was demolished in 1886 to widen the approach to the bridge. Tunbridge ware became popular with visitors to the spa town of Tunbridge Wells, who bought them as souvenirs and gifts. Articles included cribbage boards, paperweights, writing slopes, snuffboxes and glove boxes. At the Great Exhibition of 1851, Tunbridge ware by Edmund Nye, Robert Russell and Henry Hollamby was shown; Edmund Nye received a commendation from the judges for his work. He exhibited a table depicting a mosaic of a ship at sea; 110,800 tesserae were used in making the picture. The manufacturers of Tunbridge ware were cottage industries, and they were no more than nine in Tunbridge Wells and one in Tonbridge. The number declined in the 1880s; competent craftsmen were hard to find, and public tastes changed. After the death of Thomas Barton in 1903 the only surviving firm was Boyce, Brown and Kemp, which closed in 1927. Marquetry was an old technique which was continued by Nye and Barton to create images such as birds or butterflies. ‘Green Oak’ as caused by the fungus Chlorociboria aeruginascens. Stickware and half-square mosaic was invented by James Burrows in about 1830: a bunch of wooden sticks of different colours, each having triangular or diamond-shaped cross section, were tightly glued together; in the case of stickware, the resulting block was dried, then turned to form an article such as the base of a pincushion. For half-square mosaic, thin slices were taken from the composite block, and applied to a surface.[1][2][4] Tesselated mosaic, was a development by James Burrows of half-square mosaic; it was adopted by George Wise and Edmund Nye. Minute tesserae were used to form a wide variety of geometric and pictorial designs. Many sorts of wood were used for the various colours; about 40 were in regular use. Only natural colors were used; green was provided by “green oak”, produced by the action of fungus on fallen oak. Designs for articles were often taken from designs of Berlin wool work.

Painted Ladies, San Francisco's Resplendent Victorians. Photographs by Morley Baer, text by Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larson. Published by E.P. Dutton of New York in 1978, printed...

Four excellent Civil War-era daguerreotype portraits, each framed in elaborate gold foil. Three images (woman and children) appear to be hand-colored and gilded. These portraits are presented in a fantastic carved gutta percha "Union Case", decorated with a mother, child, and dog on cover and guilloche-style geometric engraving on back. Amazingly, this case appears to be the same one held by the woman in the upper left-hand photograph...

Victorian Essex Crystal Intaglio reverse painted pug ring, 10K. These rings were a novelty during the Victorian Period. Essex crystal cabochons were carved on...

Antique wooden doll sized high chair with foot rest and swing arm tray. Measure: 26"

TALL Antique French Cast Iron Cross Crucifix~~Chapel Church Garden Architectural Yard Cemetery Prayer Room Wall Hanging~~c. 1890s Fab...

TALL Antique French cast iron cross crucifix~~chapel church garden architectural yard cemetery prayer room wall hanging~~c. 1890s Fab...

Antique Victorian Brass and Scottish Agate Postal scale with Weights, Circa 1865-1870.

An antique 19th century Victorian period market scale by J.H. Piper & Co. of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. Cast iron base, bowl rest, interio...

ABOUT This is an original pair of leather wrapped French navy binoculars with a working compass on the end. "Jumelle Marine Paris" (Sailor Twin) is ...

About A late 19th century balance scale. The body is Mahogany with two brass trays, brass and glass window and bronze inner mechanism. ...

English Victorian Modern sterling silver smoking box 1885. Rectangular with straight sides. Scroll-bracket handle mounted to central panel between two hing...

Late 19th century English Victorian painted diorama wall plaque of clipper ship with red flag painted in cloudy sky in mahogany frame.  

Antique sterling silver and wood gavel or auction hammer. The gavel is engraved with Judge's name and is a commemorative hammer or gavel for the years of service of the judge. The ...

Vintage full size reproduction copper and brass deep sea diver’s helmet, converted to a night light or lamp. Measures: 18".

Pair of antique mid-late 19th century Christian hymnals, one leather bound book of Methodist Hymns, impressed with the name Mrs. Rachel daugherty, and one blue cloth bound American s...

Elizabeth, the Queen Mother : A Twentieth Century Life by Grania Forbes. Elizabeth, the Queen Mother is a celebration of the life of the nation''s most t...

No chips or cracks to the Stoneware tray. Heavy item about 60 lbs. Seems to be working, but you will need counterweights to use it, that will go on the metal tray. Ironstone stone...

Antique 19th century miniature salesman sample pine wardrobe or armoire with mirrored door, one shelf inside, and a hand carved pediment w...