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Technique: Gilt
18th Century Italian Gilded Boiserie Fragment
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning 18th century boiseries fragment from the Veneto region of Italy. Beautifully crafted from carved wood, polychromed and gilded. the motif is of a delightful Putto or Angel ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Rare Pair of Antique Gothic Revival Bronze Wall Sconces with Dragon Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Pair of gilt bronze, Gothic Revival sconces with fierce dragon heads.
If you are a collector of Gothic antiques then this rare and top quality made pair of dragon sconces could be y...
Category
Early 20th Century French Gothic Revival Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Church Reliquary Mirrors on Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Italy circa 1820, each antique church reliquary sits on a rectangular base, and features hand carved scroll decor including a shell motif a...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
North Indian Illuminated Calligraphy Qur'an Leaf, 18th-19th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
A single two-sided Qur'an manuscript leaf with beautiful hand inked calligraphy with gilt borders and a gilt cartouche with calligraphic decoration. No...
Category
Early 19th Century Indian Islamic Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Life and Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson in Twelve Volumes, Limited Ed., 1898
Located in valatie, NY
The Life and Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson in Twelve Volumes, Limited Edition. London: MacMillian and Co., Limited, 1898. Moroccan leather and paper boun...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Leather
18th Century Italian Baroque Gilded Ewer Repoussé Copper Liturgical Pitcher
Located in Milano, MI
A stunning Italian gilt copper ewer dating back to 18th century with a circular body featuring a quadripartite decoration defined by the repoussé of a double vertical ribbed frame that frames tableaux decorated with floral scrolls; the background of these sections is finely dotted by chisel tool to underline a very pleasant relief to the embossed parts thanks to the burnishing.
An excellent and unique hand-made pitcher, selected in a private collection of Northern Italy.
This rare golden jug was created to serve wine during the Eucharistic celebration, the Christian liturgical practice. it is an Italian work of art that dates back to 1700, with a wonderful fire gilding, for collectors. In good age related condition regardless of a small dent in the middle part of the body, consistent with the eighteenth-century dating.
The cast handle takes up the motif of the volutes present on the body of the ewer. The spout is closed by a hinged lid with a small floral knob, with minimal deformations near the hinge compromising its perfect closure.
In the upper part, there are welding signs...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
Alnmått (Cubit measure) in iron with gilded details. Baroque, dated 1731
Located in Knivsta, SE
Swedish Alnmått (Cubit measure) in iron with gilded details. Baroque, dated 1731. Provenance: Baron Carl Emanuel Cederström, great collector during the mid-19th Century in Sweden.
W...
Category
1730s Swedish Baroque Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal
Three models of the Nazarene golden towers, France about 1870
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
Set of three tower models. Probably from a Nazarene architectural project. Partially golden. France about 1870. 77,5/76/72 cm. HD photos will be available.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Carved and Gilt Fragments with Polychrome Finish on Custom Acrylic Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
These old world fragments from a time of ornamentation and decadence will pop any space with a feeling of classic royal nobility. They are sturdily mounted on clear acrylic so that o...
Category
18th Century Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
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 ...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
The Pennsylvania Journal and The Weekly Advertiser, Issued June 16, 1787
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an June 16, 1787 issue of Philadelphia's "The Pennsylvania Journal, and The Weekly Advertiser," containing coverage of the Constitutional Convention. The magazine period...
Category
1780s American Federal Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
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...
Category
19th Century North American Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fruitwood
18th Century Italian Hand-Carved Polychrome GIlt Holy Water Font
Located in Milano, MI
From Italy, Marche central region, a polychrome carved holy water font mid-18th century, a shaped panel with carved and gilt scrolls and acanthus leaf details. A green edge decoratio...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Poplar
Coppia di Fregi Italiani Dorati e Intagliati con la Figura di San Michele 1750s
Located in Milano, MI
Coppia Di Fregi Dorati riccamente intagliati in legno di tiglio con un tableau centrale ovale raffigurante San Michele mentre impugna la spada con la mano destra e regge la bilancia ...
Category
Mid-18th Century European Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
Viking Soldier Decorative Bronze Statue Sculpture, Vienna Austria 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous classic decorative Statue or Miniature Sculpture. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of a kind of metal, we think it's bronze or brass. Very decorativ...
Category
1950s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Gilt Bronze Gothic Revival Table Clock w. Earth Angel Sculpture by Devaulx Paris
By devaulx
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and wonderful antique clock from the early 1800s. Marked: S. Devaulx, Paris.
Having an impressive, stylish and sizable antique clock like this gracing your mantel piece or sid...
Category
Early 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Brass
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...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Italian Gilt Carved Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
This short Italian stand is gilded in gold and was made sometime in the early 19th century. The 4 supports were carved in a serpentine form with a leaf on each one. It has something ...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Pair Cherub Decorative Bronze Metal Head Bust Statues Sculptures, Belgium, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A pair of classic decorative Bust statues. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of a kind of metal, we think its gilded bronze. Very decorative and nice to display...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Victorian English Bib Necklace Garnets with Pearl Accents, circa 1870
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This regal necklace features 47 cut and polished deep red garnets. The entire bib is worked in silver gilt. Each linked piece is topped with a glowing bevel set garnet all the way ar...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Joseph Crossard French Silver Gold Plated and Engraved Traveling Liqueur Bottle
By Joseph Crossard 1
Located in Delft, NL
Joseph crossard French silver gold plated and Engraved traveling liqueur Bottle, 1900.
A French Art Nouveau crystal bottle, richly decorated with gol...
Category
Early 20th Century French Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Pair of 18th Century Italian Puttini in Giltwood
Located in Atlanta, GA
A delightful pair of 18th century Italian puttini or cherubs in giltwood. Wonderfully carved with delicate features - lending this pair elegance and charm.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Pair of Late 18th Century Gold Wood and Gesso Baroque Altar Vases
Located in Hastings, GB
A pair of late 18th Century German baroque altar vases, in carved and gilded wood, small areas of gilt loss and patina as to be expected given their age. These would have been displa...
Category
1780s German Baroque Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
English Silver Cigars Case by Joseph Gloster Ltd, Birmingham, 1949
Located in Delft, NL
English silver cigars case by Joseph Gloster Ltd, Birmingham, 1949
Silver cigars case with gilded interior
For small thin and long cigars, approximate 1 cm diagonal fits
Hall...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Decorative Brahms Cello Sculpture Piece Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Decorative Brahms Violin, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home.
Brahms was designed to enhance luxurious interiors. A decorative violin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Italian 18th Century Gilt Bronze Reliefs Christ and Virgin Mary after Girardon
Located in Milano, MI
Pair of Gilt bronze reliefs of early 18th century, after François Girardon (1628-1715) The original model for these two profiles of the Virgin and Christ dates from 1691. These works...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Louis XIV Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Belle Époque Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Crystal, Metal
18th Century White and Gold Baroque Stand
Located in Hastings, GB
A superb baroque stand, crafted from wood (possibly Oak) with painted design in gilt, dating to the 18th century, German, these would originally have displayed the statues of the sai...
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1760s German Baroque Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Vaughan's Sermons, 1873-1874
By Rev. James Vaughan
Located in valatie, NY
Vaughan's Sermons 1873-74. Brighton: Brighton Pulpit office, no date. Calf bound hardcover. Unpaginated. Marbleized edges. A series of sermons preached by Rev. James Vaughan, M.A. between 1873 and 1874. David James Vaughan (1825-1905) was born St. Martin's vicarage in Leicester, England. He was educated at Trinity college at Cambridge and help found the Cambridge Philological Society. In 1853 he was ordained deacon and began his pastoral work in Leicester. His addresses were on social, industrial and religious themes to the working man. Sermons include "A New Year's Motto", "The Very Hairs on Your Head are Numbered", "The Light of the World...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique Victorian Micromosaic Brooch with Gilded Framing, Italy Early20thCentury
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Victorian Micromosaic Brooch with Gilded Framing, Italy early 20th Century
A Victorian micromosaic brooch with a central floral bouquet motif and the inscription "ROMA". Sur...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Victorian Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
John Addington Symonds: A Biography, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
John Addington Symonds: A Biography, by Horatio F. Brown. Smith, Elder, & Co., London, 1903. 1st Ed Moroccan leather and cloth hardcover. Symonds was an English poet and literary cri...
Category
Early 20th Century American Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Leather
Memoir of Baron Bunsen by Frances Baroness Bunsen, First Edition, 1868
Located in valatie, NY
A Memoir of Baron Bunsen by Frances Baroness Bunsen. Longmans, Green & Company, London, 1868. First edition hardcover with Moroccan leather and embossed paper with marbleized edges. ...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Leather
Amethyst Geode in 22-Karat Gold Leaf
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Decorative amethyst geode in 22-karat gold leaf
Shows a old internal repair not very visible to photograph.
Offered at Gallery Girasole.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Uruguayan Hollywood Regency Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Amethyst
Spanish American War Commemorative Mirrored Hall Rack
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Spanish American War Commemorative Mirrored Hall Rack
USA, Circa 1900
An uncommon example of American historical memorabilia, This mirrored hall...
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
19th Century Pair of Empire Style Gilt Bronze Figural Three-Light Candleholders
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A pair of gilt bronze three-light candelabra with kneeling putto holding the candleholders raised on richly elaborate base, France, late 19th century.
Measures:
Height 12.50 in / 3...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Beautiful 19th Century Italian Renaissance Gilt Bronze Lions
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance (19th century) small gilt bronze lions on a pale green rectangular marble plinths.
Category
19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Bronze
20° Century Italian Sterling Silver Liturgical Chalice
Located in VALENZA, IT
Liturgical chalice made of sterling silver.
The body was made using the casting technique while the chalice cup was made from a lathe-turned silver sheet and then plated with 24kt g...
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1990s Italian Other Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Yoshihiro Narisawa, Satoyama Cuisine. Gastronomy & Culinary Photography Book
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sustainable Gastronomy
Yoshihiro Narisawa’s manifesto on cuisine in harmony with the natural world
Award-winning Japanese chef Yoshihiro Narisawa has turned to his homeland and nature to develop his innovative satoyama cuisine and culinary philosophy. Inspired by the Japanese tradition of foraging for ingredients on the land between mountains and villages, the area of satoyama, and by similar traditional methods for gathering food, Narisawa has created recipes and dining experiences based on the sustainable use of native ingredients.
Also using foodstuffs from coastal waters and forests, from seaweed and sea snakes to wild flowers and even soil, the recipes are presented and shown in stunning photographs by world-renowned Brazilian food photographer Sergio Coimbra. But this is more than a book of recipes, it is a new kind of gastronomy book that explores the background of where the ingredients are sourced and also how the chef works with the craftsmen who makes his knives and tableware. This attention to every stage of the supply chain is another aspect of satoyama, and in the course of the journeys Narisawa and Coimbra made the book has also become a visual travel guide to Japan and its history and traditions. In this way it is not just the chef’s creations that are presented, but the food in its full context, including the processes involved, and a culinary perspective that combines tradition with modern ideas.
Collector’s Edition of 1,000 copies, each signed by Yoshihiro Narisawa and Sergio Coimbra.
The Artist:
Yoshihiro Narisawa, born in Aichi prefecture in 1969 as the son of a baker of western recipes, moved to Europe at the age of 19 where he trained in France, Switzerland, and Italy, before returning to his homeland. Narisawa opened his first restaurant in Kanagawa in 1996, moving to Tokyo in 2003. After pursuing a connection with French cuisine, Narisawa went on to develop his “Satoyama” style. His restaurant has been listed for many years as one of the World’s 50 Best...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Gilt Metal Bookends of Notre Dame of Paris
Located in Sheffield, MA
The pair of gilt metal bookends represents the world-famous Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris. Heavyweight with felt padded bases.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
19th C Grand Tour Painting on Porcelain View of Vatican/St. Peter's Basilica
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Grand Tour Painting on Porcelain View of Vatican/St. Peter's Basilica
Italy, circa 1880s
Standing in rectangular gilt bronze engraved frame with applied stylized flo...
Category
Late 19th Century Grand Tour Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
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
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
Burmese Buddha Throne, Palin, Gilt and Embellished Wood, Mandalay Period, 19th c
Located in Austin, TX
A large and magnificent Burmese gilt and embellished throne or shrine for a Buddha, palin, Mandalay Period, last half of the 19th century, Burma (Myanmar).
The impressive throne str...
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Late 19th Century Burmese Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
Kenneth Lane Gold Dipped Vintage Costume Necklace with Earrings
Located in Miami, FL
Kenneth Lane gold dipped vintage necklace with matching clip on earrings.
Marked under each ornament, Kenneth Lane, made in the USA.
Category
Late 20th Century American Art Deco Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Large triple antique singing bird-in-cage, by Phallibois
Located in London, GB
Threes a crowd and a good sound...
When wound and actuated by start/stop lever to side, the three birds take turns to sing passages of the sequential birdsong, moving beaks, heads a...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Italian Sterling Silver liturgical chalice
Located in VALENZA, IT
Liturgical chalice made of sterling silver.
Chalice with a round and elegant shape, features an embossment over its entire surface
On the cup and base, embossing and chiseling with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Baroque Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
18th Century French Carved Giltwood & Polychrome "Mother and Child" with Base
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this beautiful gilt statue with base in a living room or bedroom. Hand carved circa 1780, this elegant two-piece antique sculpture was found in a chapel in Southern France and ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Baroque Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century Giltwood Baroque Church Altar Vase
Located in Hastings, GB
A deep carved large giltwood altar vase, probably German, in the baroque style, but dating to the latter half of the 19th century. The vase is carved with a...
Category
1890s German Baroque Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Pair of 18th Century Carved Wall Consoles
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Pair of 18th century painted carved wall consoles, Louis XIV style, French.
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Pair of Louis-Philip Gilt and Silver Valances
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Pair of Louis-Philip gilt and silver valances.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Leaf
Decorative Valley Harp Sculpture Piece Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Decorative Valley Harp, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home.
Valley was designed to enhance luxury interiors. A decorative harp lacquered...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of 18th Century Temple Elephants Carved in Sandstone from Burma
Located in Kastrup, DK
Pair of rare 18th century temple elephants carved in sandstone with chalk and leftovers of gold leaf.
Chalking is used as a surface to bind gold leaf. Originally fully covered with g...
Category
18th Century Burmese Other Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sandstone
Pair of Grand Tour Egyptian Porphyry Obelisks, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The pair of obelisks with gilt lion faces on front base and gilt lion paws at corners, signed indistinctly. Rome dated 1893.
Category
1890s Italian Grand Tour Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porphyry, Bronze
Pair, Maison Lancel Gilt Bronze Sconces Ruffled Opaline Glass Shade France, 1950
By E. Guillemard, Maison Lancel
Located in Miami, FL
Superb pair of Maison Lancel gilt bronze sconces, wall lights with original white ruffled Opaline glass shade.
These animal sculpture lighting was made in the style of E. Guillemard...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Pair of 1880s Carved Gilt Crosses On A Wood Step Base
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of 1880s Carved Gilt Crosses On A Wood Step Base
Loss of gilt on crosses
PRICE PER ITEM (each)
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, Edited by Harris Nicolas
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Walton, Izaak, with Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation… Edited by Sir Harris Nicolas. London: Chatto and Windus, 1887. Fourth Nicolas Edition. Small 8vo. Presented in modern full brown Moroccan leather with raised bands, gilt titles, and tooling to the spine, stunning illustrated gilt title to the front. Top edge gilt. Illustrated throughout.
Presented is a 1887 printing of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton’s famous treatise on fishing, The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Published by Chatto and Windus in London, this beautifully bound volume was the fourth edition to be edited by Sir Harris Nicolas. The book is presented in modern full brown Moroccan leather boards with gilt titles and illustrated throughout with wood engravings from 27 of the most prominent artists of the time.
The Complete Angler was first published in 1653 by Richard Marriot of St Dunstan-in-the-West out of London, UK. Izaak Walton continued to add to the original book for a quarter of a century. A significantly enlarged edition appeared in 1655, and the last edition supervised by Walton, published in 1676, included additional fly-fishing material written by his friend Charles Cotton. The 1676 edition has been among the most often reprinted books in English literature.
The Compleat Angler...
Category
1880s English Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
French Art Bronze Brooch St Eloi by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare bronze brooch St Eloi by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin ((French, 1913–1997) circa 1946. Brilliantly designed in the shape of horseshoe with the saint spreading his arms ho...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Brass Alms Collecting Dish, Nuremberg, Germany, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Alms collection dish made of gilded brass decorated with a series of moldings and details both on the edge and towards the center. In this area there is a figurative motif in light r...
Category
16th Century German Renaissance Antique Gilt Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
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The world’s most opulent chess set, weighing in at 513 carats, is literally fit for a king and queen.