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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
French Petite Bridal Box from Normandy
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A fantastic antique marriage or bridal box–from Normandy, France–the petite trunk is decorated with stylized foliate details that grace the exterior. Once-vibrant pink and cream pain...
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French Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Metal

French Petite Bridal Box from Normandy
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A fantastic antique marriage or bridal box–from Normandy, France–decorated with hand-painted floral details that grace every surface, including a small bird on the top. Vibrant pink ...
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French Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Metal

Very Rare Antique Armada Box or Strongbox in Iron Early 17th Century
Located in Meer, VAN
Very Rare Antique Armada Box or Strongbox in Iron Early 17th Century A truly wonderful 400 year old museum worthy ‘strongbox’ or ‘armada box’. Most probably German, around 1600-1620...
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European Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Iron

Antique 17th Century Spanish Chestnut Carved Trunk or Chest
Located in Casteren, NL
A beautiful trunk or coffer from Northern Spain that was made in the first part of the 17th century. It features a rectangular hinged molded top over a deeply carved base. The front...
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Spanish Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Iron

18th Century Continental Coffer Trunk Small
Located in Nashville, TN
This is a handsome 18th century Continental trunk. This one is smaller in size. Some repairs are evident. The right side handle is not original. Warm...
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European Jacobean Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Oak

Baroque Amanda Iron Strongbox With Painted Decorations
Located in Kastrup, DK
A baroque period iron armada strongbox, or traveling safe, in its original condition, showcasing a beautiful natural patina. This coffer is richly de...
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Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Iron

18th Century Italian Iron Safe - Coffre Forte
Located in Round Top, TX
A very striking 18th century Coffre Forte - Safe - from Northern Italy. Masterly crafted from iron and wood. Wonderful patina and storage. A fabulous piece to serve as a coffee ta...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Iron

A Large Directoire Period Painted Seven- fold Screen, French Late 18th century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Large Directoire Period Painted Seven- fold Screen, French Late 18th century Height: 175 cm Width: 420 cm fully extended Depth: 3 cm each panel Provenance: Private Australian Col...
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French Directoire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Canvas, Hardwood

Small 17th Century, French Coffer or Box in Leather
Located in Buisson, FR
Extremely old box that is covered with leather and metal decorations. Rare find. France, circa 1600-1700 Weathered and some losses.
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Leather, Wood

18th Century Italian Cassapanca
Located in Round Top, TX
A stunning mid-18th century Cassapanca from the Siena region of Italy. Wonderfully constructed from polychromed wood with gorgeous painting detail and color. Fabulous patina.
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Wood

18th Century Swedish Folk Art Bentwood Box
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful Swedish bentwood box that once was used for storage. Real rare piece Sweden, circa 1750. Weathered and small losses.
Category

Swedish Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Wood

Antique 17th Century Carved Oak Dutch Renaissance Maids Chest
Located in Casteren, NL
This solid oak carved chest was made in the Netherlands during the Renaissance period. It was made in the finest quality oak and high quality carving. The carvings are deep and met...
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Dutch Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Iron

Studded Leather Travel Chest
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine early 18th century leather travel chest or trunk in beautiful brass and iron studded Spanish leather, having elaborate geometric floral ...
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Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Leather

Catalan Baroque Carved Walnut Cassone or Trunk, 18th Century
Located in Miami, FL
Catalan Baroque carved walnut cassone or trunk, 18th century.
Category

Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Iron

Chinese Ming Dynasty Carved Table Screen
Located in Kastrup, DK
A rare 16-17th cenury Ming Dynasty standing table screen. Untoched original condition. Hand carved wood, the panel is carved with relief details depicting a dragon, cranes, mythical...
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Wood

17th Century French Leather Coffer with Nailhead Detail
Located in Houston, TX
17th century French leather coffer, chest or trunk with nailhead detail from burgundy on newer wooden base.   
Category

French Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Brass

English Pocket Globe, London, Circa 1775-1798
Located in Milano, IT
Pocket globe London, between 1775 and 1798 Re-edition of the globe of Hermann Moll (1678-1732) dated 1719 The globe is contained in its original case, which itself is covered in shark skin. There are slight gaps in the original paint on the sphere. The case no longer closes. The sphere measures 2.7 in (7 cm) in diameter whereas the case measures 2.9 in (7.4 cm) in diameter. lb 0.22 (kg 0.1) The globe is made up of twelve printed paper gores aligned and glued to the sphere. In the North Pacific Ocean there is a cartouche with the inscription: A Correct Globe with the new Discoveries. The celestial globe is depicted on the inside of the box and is divided into two hemispheres with the cartouche: A correct globe with ye new cons relations of Dr. Halley & c. It shows the ecliptic divided into the days of the zodiacal calendar and the constellations represented as animals and mythological figures. On the globe are delineated the equinoctial line, divided by degrees and hours, the ecliptic and the meridian (passing west of Greenwich). The continents are shaded and outlined in pink, green and yellow. It shows: the Cook routes; a wind rose in the Southern Indian Ocean; Antarctica without land; Africa with Negroland (Hermann Moll is considered the first geographer to name the West African region in his 1727 map. (Encyclopaedia Britannica, ed. 1902, under "States of Central Africa"); Tartary in Central Asia; the Mogul kingdom in northern India; in North America only New England, Virginia, Carolina, Florida, Mississippi are identified; California is already a peninsula; the northwest coast of America is "unknown parts" (Alaska is not described and it is only partially delineated, it was to become part of the United States in 1867); Mexico is named "Spain"; Central South America "Amazone America". Australia (which was to be so named after 1829) is called New Holland. The route of Admiral Anson is traced (1740) and the trade winds are indicated by arrows. (See Van der Krogt, P., Old Globes in the Netherlands, Utrecht 1984, p. 146 and Van der Krogt, P. - Dekker, E., Globes from the Western World, London 1993, pp. 115.) Elly Dekker, comparing Moll’s 1719 globe and his re-edition (of which the one described above is a sample), identifies the differences between them: the two editions are quite similar to each other, but in the "anonymous" globe, compared to the previous globe of 1719, California looks like a proper peninsula - the reports of the Spanish explorers of the region had given rise to uncertainty over whether it was connected to the mainland or not. The geographical nature of California was confirmed after the explorations of Juan Bautista de Anza (1774-1776). The routes of Dampier's journey were partially erased and the route of Captain James Cook's first voyage was superimposed on them, and the geography of Australasia was adapted accordingly, including the denomination of the Cook Strait. See Dekker, Elly, Globes at Greenwich, 1999. An important ante quem element is represented by Tasmania: it is not separated from Australia by the Bass Strait...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Shagreen, Paper

18th Century Swiss Polychrome Decorated Blanket Chest Trunk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful 18th century Swiss blanket chest or trunk featuring a polychrome decorated finish. Beautifully decorated with blue painted iron strapping and a floral motif on top. Dated 17...
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Swiss Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Iron

Large French Pirate Corsair's Chest - Safe - Louis XIV Period - France XVIIth
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Exceptional and extremely rare privateer/pirate chest in solid oak. The wood is richly carved with rosettes. The bottom of the trunk is pierced with holes...
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French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Wrought Iron

Antique Japanese Six-Panel Screen by Kano Chikanobu "Shushin"
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Late 17th century Kano school peony landscape screens. Both screens signed: Hogan Josen Fujiwara Chikanobu Hitsu - Kano Chikanobu (Shushin) (1660 - 1728...
Category

Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Gold Leaf

George I Studded Leather Trunk on Stand
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine George I period studded leather travel trunk, dated 1723, on stand, the domed lid studded with brass and iron tacks in a foliate and vine pattern, with the initials "I.M." and "...
Category

English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Leather

Late 18th Century Hand Painted Bavarian Dowry Chest Dated 1767
Located in Miami, FL
Late 18th century hand painted Bavarian dowry chest dated 1767 Offered for sale is a Bavarian hand painted dowry chest with cast iron handles, e...
Category

German Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Wood

17th Century Italian Carved Cassone Trunk with Original Hardware
Located in Miami, FL
Place this elegant antique coffer at the foot of a king size bed. Crafted in Italy, circa 1680, the rectangular trunk stands on bracket feet. Heavily carved on all three sides with a...
Category

Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Iron

Fine Georgian Library Steps
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine set of Georgian library or bedside steps of very dense Cuban mahogany with stunning graining, original gilt lacquer brass carrying handles, and three steps, standing on shaped a...
Category

English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Mahogany

Large Five Panel Dutch Leather Chinoiserie Screen
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large 18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Leather Screen. Screen has five panels painted with flowers in urns with nail head trim on wooden frame...
Category

Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Leather

Early 18th Century 3-Panel Folding Screen, French
Located in Doylestown, PA
An early 18th century French 3-panel folding screen, oil-on-canvas, depicting village and maritime scenes in cartouches with other decoration.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Canvas

Antique Scandinavian Pine Baroque Folk Art Carved Dowry Chest Trunk Coffer 1780
Located in Portland, OR
A very good antique Scandinavian carved Baroque Folk Art dowry chest, Circa 1780. The chest having a gently domed top with a hinged lid having the original 'snipe' hinges, the edge ...
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Scandinavian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Pine

18th Century Oak French Silver Chest Strongbox
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful handmade oak silver chest. It was made to hold valuables such as silver coins, jewels or maps. This was the precursor to the modern day safe. It is...
Category

French Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Iron

Dutch Four Panel Chinoiserie Decorated Leather Screen
Located in Essex, MA
With four well painted chinoiserie panels of household scenes. Beautiful colors. In the 17th and 18th century this form of leather was used t...
Category

Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Leather

FINE EARLY 17TH CENTURY GERMAN WROUGHT IRON SAFE CHEST TRUNK WiTH ORIGINAL KEY
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning, early 17th century German Wrought Iron painted safe chest with the original key Please note...
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German Charles II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Wrought Iron

English Camphor Wood Sea Captain's Chest with Braided Beckets, Circa 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
English Camphor wood sea captain's chest with hinged top, exposed corner dovetailing, original mounted braided beckets, and terminating on the original rectangular molded edge base....
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Fruitwood, Rope

18th Century French Louis XVI Antique 5 Panels Hand Painted Screen from Duc Uzès
Located in London, GB
A remarkable Louis XVI 18th-century French antique screen with an illustrious provenance, presumed to have belonged to the Duke of Uzès. This exquisite five-panel folding screen show...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Louis XV Screen
Located in BARSAC, FR
Magnificent screen composed of four sheets of painted canvas presenting landscapes in frames with scalloped shapes. French work from the Louis XV period. Used condition, some trace...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Canvas

Antique 18th Century Oak Brass Banded Dome Top Hope Chest Trunk Coffer Box 49"
Located in Dayton, OH
An extraordinary and extremely rare rustic early 18th Century Baroque trunk or chest. Made of oak featuring a domed top with brass bound hardware and pegged wood wheels...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Brass

18th Century French Louis XVI Period Ecran Fire Screen
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce period Louis XVI hand carved wooden fire screen (Écran de Cheminée) in the manner of important Parisian menuisiers Georges Jacob (French, 17...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Silk, Beech

A Pair of English 9-Inch Terrestrial and Celestial Table Globes by Wm. Bardin
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine pair of English 9" terrestrial and celestial globes, each with engraved meridian rings, resting in mahogany stands with turned stretchers, both signed by the maker Wm. Bardin ...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Paper, Mahogany

18th Century Spanish Iron-Clad Strong Box in Working Condition with Original Key
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish strong box from the 18th century. This antique safe from is constructed or iron clad wood, and is handsomely adorn in domed iron nailhead trim throughout it's top, front, a...
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Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Iron

Large Gothic chest strongbox
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A verry rare and quite large Gothic chest in untouched condition. Strongbox like these where made for the safekeeping of money, important documents and pr...
Category

Italian Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Iron

Syrian 18th Century Blanket Chest or Trunk
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Rare 18th century Syran blanket chest, beautiful art work and nice proportion.
Category

Syrian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl

A Flemish Tapestry Five-Panel Screen
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Each tapestry upholstered panel incorporating Flemish vertical tapestry fragments woven with foliate blossoms and sprays set in a later surround wove...
Category

Belgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Tapestry

A Flemish Tapestry Five-Panel Screen
A Flemish Tapestry Five-Panel Screen
$10,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian 17th Century Coffre Forte, Strong Box
Located in Round Top, TX
An exceptional 17th century Coffre Forte - Strong Box from the Lombardy area of Italy. Expertly crafted from iron with side handles, iron strapping and nail head detailing. Serves wo...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Iron

Walnut library ladder, 18th century
Located in Milano, IT
Walnut library ladder, 18th century with three steps, chamfered corners, shaped belt and uprights with curl feet, 73x54x43 cm
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Wood

Dutch Six Panel Chinoiserie Decorated Leather Screen
Located in Essex, MA
Tall grand scale with six panels with reds and greens on a black background. Decorated with pagodas and people doing a variety of whimsical things.
Category

Dutch Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Leather

Early 17th Century Medieval Handcrafted Black Iron Coffer or Box
Located in Brescia, IT
The iron coffer, fully original in every part of it, was forged and handcrafted in German in the 1610. Complete with key. Full working iron mechanisms. It ...
Category

German Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Iron

A pair of extremely rare Valk table globes
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
Title on the globes: VALK, Gerard and Leonard. [Terrestrial globe:] Cosmotheore, caelesti nostro globo, par, et plane novus, hic terrestris ut existeret, certo scias, errore veterum ...
Category

Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Other

A pair of extremely rare Valk table globes
A pair of extremely rare Valk table globes
$259,919 Sale Price / set
20% Off
A beautiful Celestial Table Globe produced by Gerard & Leonard Valk
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
A magnificent and very rare early 18th century celestial table globe produced by Gerard and Leonard Valk. Established at the end of the previous ...
Category

Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Other

18th-C. Large Scale Hand Painted Continental / Swedish Pine Coffer or Trunk
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is an exceptional piece! It is a large scale hand painted continental coffer or trunk. It could be Swedish in origin. Note hand forged hardware...
Category

European Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Iron

Circa 1650 Sheet Iron Money Chest from Southern Germany with Wooden Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
In 15th and 16th century Europe, the works of blacksmiths from southern Germany were known far and wide. Demand for products by these skilled metal workers spread as far as the Scandinavian countries. Perhaps one of the most intriguing items that was produced by these workshops was the iron money...
Category

German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Iron

IMPORTANT MUSEUM QUALITY ANTIQUE 1680 TO 1720 GERMAN SiLVER SAFE STRONGBOX
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this important, Museum Quality German safe circa 1680-1720 attributed to Johann Gottlied Dittman and Sigmund Gatchen Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers within the M25 only for the UK and local Europe only for international, if you would like an accurate quote please send me your postcode and I’ll provide you with the exact price Where to begin, if you are looking at this listing then the chances are you know something about antique safes, if you do, then you will recognise just how rare this piece is, I have in all my online research only found one other that was in a terrible condition, it sold in the Sotheby’s Carlton Towers sale on the 4th November 2009, the sale price was £73,250 plus commission which at the time was 30% making the final sale amount £95,225 This example was missing the original key, all the silver finish had polished off and it was rusty, mine by comparison is in absolutely sublime order throughout The original key is present, it operates the exceptionally heavy top lock which has 22 separate locks, each lock works independently so if a thief tried to force one open, it would have no affect on the remaining 21 locks The front of the safe depicts a bird possibly an eagle, the top has a medieval locking plate cover which splits down the middle to reveal the entrance to the lock, it looks similar to a fleur de lis, it springs closed when the key is removed and has its own lock, it has a secret to unlock it, if you don’t know it, you can never fit the key. The sides have oversized handles as they need to be, the safe must weight in excess of 100kgs, the rear has a similar medieval crest The finish is sublime, truly exquisite, this is a work of art and will be the centre piece and pride of any collection, I have absolutely no desire to sell it whatsoever, if it stays in my collection forever so be it, I will never have the chance to own such a piece again and it is an absolute pleasure to see it each day For a similar strong box signed to the interior by Dittman and Gatchen and worthy of comparison see a very fine example from The Alphonse de Rothschild Collection which was sold on the 26th of March 1973 at the De Rede sale in Monaco as lot 167. The Rothschild box...
Category

Charles II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Iron, Nickel

Early 17th Century Italian Coffre Fort
Located in Round Top, TX
A very handsome early 17th century Trunk - Coffre Fort from the Lombardy region of Italy. Beautifully constructed from walnut with wonderful iron hardware. Exceptional patina.
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Walnut

Impressive Pair of Raw Green Marble Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
An impressive pair of raw green marble bookends, circa pre-history. The bookends were formed by fossilization over millions of years and are finished with the exterior edges retaini...
Category

Unknown Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Marble

18th Century New British Terrestrial Globe by W&S Jones, dated to 1800
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century twelve inch New British Terrestrial Globe by W&S Jones, dated to 1800. With description reading ‘Representing the Accurate Positions of the Principal Known Places of the...
Category

English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Brass

Pocket Globe by Nathaniel Hill, London 1754
Located in Milano, IT
Nathaniel Hill Pocket globe London, 1754 The globe is contained in its original case, which itself is covered in shark skin. There are slight gaps in the original paint on the sphere. The case no longer closes. The sphere measures 2.6 in (6.8 cm) in diameter whereas the case measures 2.9 in (7.4 cm) in diameter. lb 0.24 (kg 0.11) The globe is made up of twelve printed paper gores aligned and glued to the sphere. In the North Pacific Ocean there is a scroll with the inscription: A New terrestrial Globe by Nath. Hill, 1754. The celestial globe is depicted on the inside of the box. On the terrestrial globe much of central and southern Africa is empty. North America bears only the name of some British colonies. It shows California as a peninsula and the northwest coast of America as "unknown parts" (Alaska is not described and is only partially delineated; it would become part of the United States in 1867). The route of Admiral Anson is traced (1740) and the trade winds are indicated by arrows. Australia, still named New Holland (the new name would be introduced in 1829), is part of the west coast. (See Van der Krogt, P., Old Globes in the Netherlands, Utrecht 1984, p. 146 and Van der Krogt, P. - Dekker, E., Globes from the Western World, London 1993, p. 115.) Nathaniel Hill (London, news from 1746 to 1768) had impeccable professional credentials: he had done his apprenticeship with Richard Cushee, who at the time was carrying out surveying work for John Senex's Surrey map...
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English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Shagreen, Paper

Fine Pair Of Fine 18th C. Painted European Screens
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A pair of 18th Century Scene Painted Screens with very good color and excellent form. All with scenes with men in capes and plumed hats, some on h...
Category

European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Wood

Antique French Shutters Old Paint, Original Hardware '7' Pairs Available c1700's
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique 18th century French Shutters in old putty grey paint. In total, we currently have a grouping of (14) individual shutters, or (7) pairs. The antique French shutters...
Category

French Country Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Steel, Iron

Italian Renaissance Polychromed Trunk
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style carved cassone floor trunk with polychromed and gold trim (17th Cent.)
Category

Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Wood

Flemish Tapestry Three Panel Screen
Located in Essex, MA
Three tapestry fragments mounted in a late 19c carved walnut frame.
Category

French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Tapestry, Walnut

German Rococo Four Panel Painted Screen, Mid-18th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The 4 panels depicting fete galante scenes within cartouches. old cracquelure to paint, loss of paint to corners.
Category

German Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Canvas

Astounding Ancient British 17th Century Bible Box
Located in Hopewell, NJ
British 17th century bible box - early oak with beautiful carvings. Six solid wood slab sides. Bought in the north of England. #5329.
Category

English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Oak

18th Century Louis XVI Three-Panel Arched Screens
Located in Middleburg, VA
18th Century Louis XVI Three-Panel Arched Screens with Painted Floral and Architectural Motifs. An exquisite and rare set of three panel screens from the Louis XVI period, crafted in the South of France circa 1790. Each arched panel is meticulously hand-painted with neoclassical decorative motifs emblematic of the Louis XVI aesthetic, featuring garlands, musical and artistic trophies, scrolling foliage, and urns filled with delicate florals. The panels are arranged in harmonious symmetry, unified by their softly aged ochre-toned ground and framed in carved and gilded wood. The lower sections are adorned with stylized classical shell forms and acanthus flourishes, while the upper registers display suspended emblems- such as a painter's palette, hunting horn, and straw hat- each rendered with graceful trompe l'oeil illusion and entwined with ribbons. Executed in tempera or distemper on canvas over wood, the screens retain a remarkable original surface and patina, exhibiting the poetic elegance of late 18th-century Provincial craftsmanship. These striking architectural accents are suitable for refined interiors. These screens may be used as freestanding partitions, mounted wall art...
Category

French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Home Accents

Materials

Gold Leaf

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