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Technique: Gilt
The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, Edited by John Major
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Walton, Izaak, with Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler… Edited by John Major. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., n.d. [1881]. Second Lippincott Edition. Limited Edition de Luxe is...
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1880s American Victorian Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fabric, Paper

Maritime Antique Carved and Gilded Ships Billet Head.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Maritime Antique Carved and Gilded Ships Billet Head. Rare original sailing ship’s billet head prow decoration. It is most likely an excellently pres...
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19th Century French Baroque Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

19th Century Meissen Porcelain: Empress Catherine ii of Russia's Favorite Dog
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Meissen Porcelain Model Of Empress Catherine II Of Russia's Favorite Dog (Russisches Windspiel). This delightful 19th-century Meissen porcelain model depicts Empress C...
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1860s German Louis XVI Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Porcelain

Antique large double singing bird-in-cage, by Bontems
Located in London, GB
Double the fun... When wound and actuation lever set to continuous position, the pair of full taxidermy perched birds take turns to sing the continuous phrases, by opening and closi...
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Early 1900s French Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

An American Life, Signed by Ronald Reagan, First Trade Edition in DJ, 1990
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Reagan, Ronald. An American Life. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1990]. First trade edition. In the publisher's original blue cloth backstrip over red boards and unclipped dust jacke...
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1990s American Modern Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

The Microcosm of London; or London in Miniature
Located in Middletown, NY
ROWLANDSON'S FIRST and most famous color-plate book. FIRST EDITION, in 3 volumes, with 104 brilliantly-colored acquaint plates. London: 1808-1810, Large 4to; 13 x 10 7/16 in. (330 ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Paint, Paper

19th Century Two Large Venetian Gilt Wrought Iron Church Decorative Wall Sconces
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Two extraordinary decorative wall sconces, Venice, Italy, mid-19th century. Finely handcrafted of wrought iron, gilded and masterful attention to detail decorated with floral motifs....
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Mid-19th Century Italian Arts and Crafts Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wrought Iron

Vintage Chanel Gripoix Pate de Verre Bib Necklace With Red Poured Glass Teardrop
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning rare vintage Haute Couture bib necklace attributed to Maison Gripoix for Chanel. Made with Pate de Verre, a process perfected by famous French Atelier Augustine Gripoix in...
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20th Century French Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

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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18th Century Spanish Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Late Georgian English Gilt Bronze Travelling Candlestick & Match holder
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and unusual antique Late Georgian or Regency gilt bronze travelling candle stick with match holder/striker and with a snuffer dating from ...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

French Sculptural Bronze Bracelet 'La Manif" by Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A gilt bronze bracelet by Line Vautrin (1913-1997), circa 1945-46. The design is known as "La Manif" or "La Manifestation", which features a chain of arm-linked figurines. Monogramme...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

21th Century Italian Sterling Silver Chalice
Located in VALENZA, IT
Liturgical chalice in sterling silver. Volutes have been embossed on the base of the chalice, typical of the Baroque style, interspersed with hammered parts. A golden cup...
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2010s Italian Baroque Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Pair Thai Gilt Bronze Kneeling Sacred Angels, 'White Lotus' Fans Take Notice!
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Thai gilt bronze Buddhist gatekeeper male and female Teppanom kneeling sacred angels. With wonderful verdigris patina and gilt ceremonial costumes and jewellery. Teppanom ar...
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Mid-20th Century Thai Mid-Century Modern Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Faux Jade Buddha Pin with Rhinestones, Style of Cartier Travel Jewelry, 1950s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mid-Century Faux Jade Buddha Pin with Rhinestones, in the Style of Cartier Travel Jewelry, c. 1950s Dimensions: 1.75" H x 0.75" W A glamorous and evocative mid-century costume jewel...
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Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Collection Gilt Leather Bound Library Book Set / Eighteen
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Collection of gilt leather bound library book set of eighteen. Army Life In A Black Regiment By Thomas Went Wentworth Higginson "Collector's Library ...
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1980s Vintage Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper, Leather

Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock and Barometer
Located in London, GB
In their elaborate use of C-scrolls, putti figures, stylised acanthus leaves and flowers, this clock and barometer are clearly Rococo in their style. The Rococo came into fashion in ...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze

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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16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale, by Doctor Goldsmith – Th. Rowlandson illustrator
Located in Middletown, NY
London: R. Ackermann, 1823. Thomas Rowlandson. Second Edition. Tall 8vo. 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 inches (228 x 174 mm); 8 + 254 pp.; with 24 hand-colored plates by Thomas Rowlandson, includin...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Paint, Paper

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Gilded Heart Hammered Cuff Bracelet, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
This eye-catching vintage fashion bracelet by Yves Saint Laurent is a true collector’s piece from the bold and glamorous 1980s era. Crafted in France, this wide hammered cuff bracele...
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1980s French Modern Vintage Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Illustrated by M.V. Wheelhouse, 1925
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women. Illustrated by M. V. Wheelhouse. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1925. In original orange pictorial boards, stamped in gilt on front and spine. New archiv...
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1920s English Victorian Vintage Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fabric, Paper

Art Deco Period Sterling Silver Tuxedo-Striped Cigarette/Business Card Case
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Period, Sterling silver cigarette/card case, American, Ca. 1930's, having a tuxedo-striped design on lid. Gilded interior. The hinged lid has a cartouche which has been engr...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold, Sterling Silver

Large & Stunning Antique Fine Bronze Gothic Revival 12 Light Chandelier Pendant
Located in Lisse, NL
Handcrafted and truly beautiful Gothic chandelier for candles. In antiques it often is the case that the older a piece is, the better the quali...
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19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Wonderful Turn of the Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Six-Leg Grand Erard Piano
Located in Long Island City, NY
A wonderful turn of the century gilt bronze mounted Louis XVI style six-leg Grand Erard piano Beautiful satinwood veneer, bronze mounts, standing on six legs centered by a stretcher. The movement stamped with Erard serial number 93712 and patent stamps, the interior of the case further stamped F. TURBEC/A LEMOINE, and M. BECKER. Erard is the oldest and most prestigious French piano manufacturer. The firm was founded by Sebastian Erard...
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Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

18th Century Spanish Colonial Craved Gilt Wood Winged Cherub Base
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century hand carved, painted and gilt triangular wood base with three angel heads with wings. The charming faces of the cherubs are hand painted with black hair and red lips, ea...
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18th Century Peruvian Baroque Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Giltwood

Large French 19th Century Gilt Bronze Wall Clock with Religious Inscriptions
Located in London, GB
This large, gilt bronze wall clock is a magnificent and highly unusual piece. At the centre of the design is a circular enamel dial, with Arabic...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

La Tapisserie Gothique by Goeblins, 1st Ed, Leather Bound, Presentation Copy
Located in valatie, NY
La Tapisserie Gothique, par Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins, by E. Planès, Directeur de la Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins. Published by Albert Morancé...
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1920s French Vintage Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Paper

Carved Boxwood and Lacquer Netsuke of a Noh Dancer, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A fine lacquer decorated carved boxwood netsuke of a Noh dancer in a Hannya role, unsigned, Meiji period, late 19th century, Japan. The boxwood netsuke finely carved as a kneeling Noh dancer dressed in striking geometric patterned robes. The actor holds an opened war fan behind their back in one hand, a Shinto wand slung over the shoulder in the other. The war fan, tessen, decorated in red lacquer with a golden rising sun at the center. Tessen were sturdy fans used by samurai as protective devices, and sometimes as weapons. The wand, called an onusa, is a traditional Shinto ritual implement comprised of folded paper streamers, shide, attached to a wooden wand, often used in purification rituals. Here, the shide are crafted from silver maki-e, with the handle of the natural boxwood. The actor wears a fierce and unearthly hannya mask...
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1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Boxwood, Lacquer

The History of the Discovery and Settlement of America by W. Robertson, 1835
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Robertson, William, Frost, John. The History of the Discovery and Settlement of America, With an Account of His Life and Writings, To which are added Questions for the Examination of...
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1830s American Early Victorian Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Fabric, Paper

The Love Affairs of Lord Byron by F. Gribble – COSWAY STYLE BINDING
Located in Middletown, NY
A sumptuous extra-illustrated copy with Cosway-style binding by Bayntun of Bath. London: Eveleigh Nash, 1910. Octavo, 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 (210 x 137 mm),pp. i-xii, 382. Illustrated with ...
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Early 20th Century English Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Paint, Paper

Antique Set Imperial Russian Silver Gilt Cloisonne Spoons Feodosii Pekin Moscow
By Feodosii Ivanovich Pekin
Located in Portland, OR
A very good set of five antique Imperial Russian silver-gilt & cloisonne spoons, Moscow, circa 1899. The spoons having silver-gilt to the interior of ...
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1890s Russian Late Victorian Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver, Enamel

The Poetical Works of Robert Browning - 2 Volumes
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1915. 2 volumes, 8vo, 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. (195 x 133 mm); pp xvi + 748; vol. 2 vii + 786; frontispiece engraving (vol. 1) and photo (vol. 2). Bound in 3/4 ...
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Early 20th Century English Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Paper

Complete Collection Gilt Leather Bound Book Set
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Gilt leather bound sturdy / library room complete collection set. The set include twenty 28 volumes. Funk & Wagnalls, New Encyclopedia. Each book is in gr...
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Mid-20th Century Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Paper

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, First UK Edition, 1939
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. London and Toronto: William Heineman LTD, 1939. First UK Edition. In magenta and tan dust jacket and original blue cloth boards with gilt titles...
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1930s English Vintage Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Fabric, Paper

Silver-gilt Austro-Hungarian Sword with Islamic Style Engravings
Located in London, GB
Silver-gilt Austro-Hungarian Sword with Islamic Style Engravings Austro-Hungarian, 20th Century Sword: Width 99cm, depth 17cm Case: Height 8cm, width 109...
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20th Century Austrian Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver

Important Ormolu-Mounted Amaranth, Kingwood and Satine Parquetry Grand Piano
Located in New York, NY
Attributed to Henry Dasson (d. 1896) Origin: French Date: circa 1885-q890 Dimension: (H) 35 1/4 in x (W) 54 in x (W) 78 in. Provenance: Acquired by Dr. J. T Nieto-Gomez from fi...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Framed 15th Century Illuminated Book of Hours Manuscript
Located in Houston, TX
Framed 15th century illuminated Book of Hours manuscript circa 1450, France. Gouache, ink gold wash and gold burnishing on vellum. Framed within large decorative matt. In very good a...
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15th Century and Earlier French Medieval Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Wood, Parchment Paper

good antique gilt bronze singing bird box, by Flajoulot
Located in London, GB
A good antique gilt bronze singing bird box, by Flajoulot, Circa 1910, Going barrel movement, Typical Flajoulet, clever design... When wound and start/stop button sli...
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1910s French Vintage Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne, Illustrated by Ernest Shepard, First Ed., 1927
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Milne, A. A. Now We Are Six. London: Methuen & Co., 1927. First Edition. Illustrated by Ernest Shepard. Octavo. In the publisher's original red leatherette boards, stamped in gilt, with new joints and linings, and presented with a new archival ¼ cloth slipcase. Presented is the first edition of A. A. Milne’s iconic children’s poems, Now We Are Six. This collection of verses was published by Methuen & Co, in London in 1927. It is presented here in the publisher’s original gilt-stamped red leatherette boards, with new joints and linings, and filled with E. H. Shepard’s charming illustrations. The book is now protected in a custom, archival red cloth slipcase with gilt stamped inlays...
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1920s English Edwardian Vintage Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather, Fabric, Paper

The Life of Napoleon; A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos - ILLUSTRATED
Located in Middletown, NY
Combe, William (Dr. Syntax), & George Cruikshank The Life of Napoleon; A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos London: T. Tegg, 1817. George Cruikshank. First Edition, Second Printing...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather, Paint, Paper

Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France – Rowlandson
Located in Middletown, NY
Combe, William (uncredited). Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France Shortly Before the Revolution; Embellished with Seve...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather, Paint, Paper

19th Century Pocket Telescope Gilt Brass And Faux Tortoiseshell Spyglass
Located in Norwich, GB
19th Century pocket telescope gilt brass and faux tortoiseshell spyglass, each friction fitting is tapering and collapsible with millegrain edges. In good condition, showing some li...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Antique Hand Crafted Pair of Gothic Revival Church Columns / Pedestal Stands
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful quality and very good condition pair of Gothic church sculpture or candle stands. If only the rarest is good enough for you then this, possibly unique, pair of antique chu...
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Late 19th Century European Gothic Revival Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass, Bronze

Decanter and Shot Glass Set with Gold Nautical Design Barware
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful clear and gold spirits or liquor decanter and shot glass set from Czechoslovakia, circa mid-20th century, Europe. Beautifu...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Crystal

Spanish Baroque Carved Mini Sized Sunburst Mirror, Gold Leaf, Giltwood
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique Spanish Baroque carved giltwood sunburst miniature mirror with crest. Spain, 19th century- Early 20th century. This lovely collection mirror has a carved frame covered with g...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Gold Leaf

18Th Century Water Gilded Sunburst Around Clouds
Located in Hastings, GB
An incredible and very rare late 18th century Italian water gilded sunburst, with a formation of clouds surrounded by sunrays, in beautiful time worn condition, one ray has been lost...
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Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Pine

19th Century Silver Gilt Presentation Casket Awarded to Alderman Abel Heywood
Located in London, GB
An Elkington & Company Silver Gilt Presentation Casket Hall Marked for Birmingham, 1891 and the maker; the casket, in the Victorian Gothic manner, with cluster columns at the angles...
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1890s English Gothic Revival Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Vermeil

Italian 18th Century Architectural Carved and Giltwood Tabernacle as a Temple
Located in Firenze, IT
This Italian 18th century Louis XVI period hand carved and gilt wood architectural fragment probably was the central section of a bigger altar tabernacle that can now be used as a de...
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18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron, Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf

19th Century Giltwood and Gesso Catholic Processional Crown
Located in Hastings, GB
A beautiful and very rare early 19th century Catholic processional Crown, hand crafted in wood with applied gesso and gilt, with rich, dark jewel adornments, (some missing) in wonder...
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Early 18th Century German Baroque Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Gesso, Wood

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain, First Edition
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1897. First Edition. Rebound in publisher’s blue cloth laid down, with colo...
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1890s American Victorian Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather, Fabric, Paper

18th Century miniature bronze gilt cabinet with underglass paintings
Located in Delft, NL
18th Century miniature bronze gilt cabinet with underglass paintings 18th Century gilt Bronze Miniature, Gold Sewing tools Cabinet A 18th Century bronze gilded miniature cabinet, se...
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18th Century European Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Gold, Bronze

18th Century Portuguese Altar
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An exquisite work of 18th century Portuguese craftsmanship, this carved, painted, and gilded wood tabletop altar-niche would have been used to stage religious artifacts or statuary f...
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18th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Gold

18th Century Portuguese Altar
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A fantastic oratory or tabletop altar from 18th century Portugal, made of carved, painted, and gilded wood taking the form of a small cabinet (where religious statuary would be displ...
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18th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Gold

17th Century, Spanish Giltwood Baroque Altarpiece with Angel Head
Located in Buisson, FR
Stunning and complete unique early Baroque altarpiece with beautiful and very rich carved and gilded decor, Spain, circa 1650 Weathered, small losses, old repairs and adjustments of ...
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17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

Micro-Barograph by Short & Mason of London
Located in London, GB
An open scale Micro-barograph by Short & Mason of London in enameled glass case. Number: 551/41 Seven day clockwork drive by Horstmann Gear Co Ltd, of Bath. Serial number: 7027/59 With Meteorological Office “MO” logo. Meteorological Office calibration certificate dated 27.6.96 Literature: Barometers - Aneroid and Barographs, Edwin Banfield, 1985. page 131 fig. 116. Short and Mason...
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Early 20th Century English Industrial Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Early 20th Century Grandma's Brooches, Art Nouveau, Zircons, Hard Stones, Pearls
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th century, pins or grandma's brooches, Art Nouveau, hard stones, pearls, zircons, colored crystal worked as diamond, mounted on gold metal or filigree; attachment needle wit...
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Early 20th Century Italian Belle Époque Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Stone, Crystal, Metal

19th Century Noble Gilt wooden Family photo Frame, American History
Located in Delft, NL
19th Century Noble Gilt wooden Family photo Frame, American History A gilded wooden family portrait frame with the Calhoun/Colquhoun family coat of arms. This portrait frame probably ended up in the Netherlands through the marriage of the American Julia Johnson Calhoun (1884-1970) in 1914 to Mr. Justinus Egbertus Hendericus baron van Nagell (1882-1963). The list contains three portrait photos of presumably members of the Calhoun family. The American statesman John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) descended from a Scottish noble family with the name Colquhoun, who settled in the United States in the 18th century and achieved great prestige there. He started his career as a lawyer, married the daughter of an influential senator and was elected to the House of Representatives. After serving as Secretary of War, he became Vice President under President John Quincy Adams from 1825-1829 and then served a second term under President Andrew Jackson. This makes him one of only two American vice presidents to have served under two different presidents. His grandson, John Caldwell Calhoun (1843-1918), was a successful American businessman, landowner and managing director of the Baltimore Coal Mining and Railway Company. He married Linnie Adams, second cousin of US Vice President Richard Johnson. Their only daughter, Julia Johnson Calhoun (1884-1970), made her debut in New York and met mr. Justinus Egbertus Hendericus baron van Nagell (1882-1963), who was attached to the Dutch legation in Washington in diplomatic service. He descended from an old noble family from Westphalia, whose ancestor was first mentioned in 1385. In the 16th century, an ancestor settled in the Netherlands and in 1814 the family was included in the Dutch nobility with the title of baron. He grew up at Schaffelaar Castle in Barneveld and his father was mayor in this castle and he was also Grand Commander of the Knightly German Order. At the end of the 19th century, a real boom in marriages of wealthy American heirs to European nobility started. It was the 'Gilded Age', described in e.g., the books of Edith Wharton, in which millions of dollars crossed the Atlantic as a dowry. New money and European nobility bonded. One of the most famous marriages was that of Consuelo Vanderbilt to the English Duke of Marlborough. The Vanderbilt millions repaired the roof of Blenheim Palace and the gardens here were recreated in the French style. It prompted a visitor to remark: “American money has its use after all.” The Van Nagell-Calhoun wedding became a real social event in the winter of 1914 at the start of the nightlife season – one newspaper ran the headline GAYETIES OF WINTER SOCIAL SEASON BEGIN THIS WEEK – and newspapers detailed all the details. The bridal staff included the Dutch Count Van Rechteren Limpurg and as witness for the groom was Jonkheer De Beaufort, who was secretary of the Dutch legation in Washington. Baron Van Nagell had a glorious career in the diplomatic service, which over the years took him from Beijing to Washington and St Petersburg. Here he experienced the Russian Revolution in Saint Petersburg in 1917 up close. One evening he was sitting with company at a table in a restaurant. A waiter brought the bill to a group of Russian communists next to them. The bill did not like this, whereupon the waiter was shot dead. After Saint Petersburg, London, Bucharest, and Stockholm followed, where he finally became envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. The couple had three children: one daughter was born stillless and the only son and heir died in 1944 as a res. -2nd lieutenant pilot in the Royal Air Force over France. A second daughter married a jonkheer Clifford Kocq van Breugel...
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19th Century North American Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fruitwood

Vintage Italian Gold Gilt Camel Figures, a Pair
Located in Cordova, SC
A fantastic pair of Italian gold gilt camel figurines. Marked Italy on the felted base. One of the camels has some damage to the lower neck. This is pho...
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1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Gold Leaf

Embossed copper plate set in gilt wood frame, early 19th century circa 1820
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Early 19th century fine copper work picturing Jesus Christ talking to children, illustrating famous "let the little children come to me" biblical recommandation. Restauration product...
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Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Copper

Unique & Powerful Italian Antique Crucifix w. a Stunning Bronze Corpus of Christ
Located in Lisse, NL
Large antique Baroque crucifix with stunning details and an amazing patina. Because of the quality in the detail or because of the perfect anatomy o...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

Playing Game Cards Double Deck Greek Key Design
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful double deck set of vintage game playing cards in black and gold with Greek-Key design, circa mid-20th century, Europe, possibly Italy. This set of two decks reside in ori...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

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