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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Copper Engraving of Spike Speedwell and Various Other Plants, 1745
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique botany print titled 'Veronica Spicata minor (..)'.
Copper engraving of spike speedwell and various other plants. This print originates from 'Phytanthoza Iconographia' by ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of French Men Training Two Horses Near The Louvre, France, 1627
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print depicting two horses near the Louvre, France. Also depicted are a group of men, including Mr. LeGrand. This print originates from 'L'Instruction du Roy en l'Exercice de...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
16th Century, Saint Isidore, Patron of Farming and Gardening, Carved-Wood
Located in North Miami, FL
16th Century Spanish carved-wood and polychromed sculpture and altar of Saint Isidore, Patron of Farming and Gardening. He is standing in a red velvet line niche. The altar is adorne...
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Spanish Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Gold Leaf
Antique Print of a Beached Whale by Van der Gouwen 'c.1680'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Een Walvisch lang zo voeten, gestrandt op de Hollandtse zee-kust, tusschen Schevelingen en Katwyk, in Sprokkelmaandt, 1598'. Beautiful original antique print of...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Uncommon Old Map of Lapland to Russia and Denmark to Kazan in the South, 1785
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique map titled 'Kaart van het Noorderdeel van Europa, Bevattende Deenmarken, Noorwegen, Zweden, Lapland en het Grootste Gedeelte van Europeesch Rusland.'
This un...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Renaissance Style Italian Religious Painting
By Sandro Botticelli
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful old Italian master painting Madonna
Oil on panel
Alessandro Filipepi, also known as Sandro Botticelli, is the first artist that come...
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Italian Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Genealogy Chart of the House of Holstein, 1732
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Carte Genealogique d'Holstein (..)'. Genealogical chart of the house Holstein. Shows both the ducal and the royal arms of the House (the ducal arms with keyed l...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Old Print of Troops of William of Orange Battling with Amsterdam Citizens, c1580
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Wie die Burger von Amstelredam der Staten volck Wider auß der Statt treiben'.
Original antique print showing the troops of William of Orange...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Framed Group of 18th Century Bird Engravings by b Georges-Louis Leclerc
Located in Downingtown, PA
Charming Framed group of bird engravings,
Histoire Naturelle, Ornithologie by Georges-Louis Leclerc,
Circa 1780
The beautiful ornithological engravings are from Histoire Naturel...
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French Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Georgian Style Decorative Wall Plaque
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Antique Georgian style plaster wall plaque, dating from the early 1800s.
Once a decorative ceiling panel. There are picture fixings attached to the back, so that this can be displ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Plaster
Large Antique Wall Map of Friesland by Vegelin van Claerbergen, 1739
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Nieuwe Caert van Frieslant, Vermeerdert en verbetert op order der Ed. Mo. Heeren Gedeputeerde Staeten'.
Rare and large attractive wall map of Friesland, the so-called 'Vegelin-map'. It shows the region of Oostergo, Westergo and Zevenwolden in Friesland, the Netherlands. Decorated with coats of arms of Friesland, Oostergo, Zevenwolden and other regions and cities/villages of Friesland. Artists and Engravers: For this particular map, Bernhardus Schotanus à Sterringa prepared the plates. However, these plates were never published in his 'Schotanus Atlas'. He wanted the plates to be published as a large wall map...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Engraving of a Alligator, Shark and Fish, ca.1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Espece de Crocodile, nomme Alligator Celui ci est Jeune qui fut tire vivant a Londres au mois d'Octobre 1739’. (Species of Crocodile, called Alligator. This you...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print Showing an Ice Skating Scene to Illustrate Psalm 147, in Year 1731
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Quis sustinebit Domini frigus (..).
This original antique print shows an ice skating scene to illustrate psalm 147: Who can withstand the cold? Originates from 'Physica Sacra...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Hand-Coloured Print of Samoyedic People of Northern Russia, c.1700
Located in Langweer, NL
The antique print titled 'Samojeedse vrouw - Samojeedse man' features the attire of a Samoyedic woman and man, representing the traditional clothing worn by these individuals. The Sa...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Old Hand-Colored Bird Print of Two Eagles and an Eagle Claw, 1657
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print of two eagles and an eagle claw. This print originates from 'Historiae Naturalis De Avibus Libri VI' by John Johnston, published by Matthias Merian in 1657.
Artis...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
18th Century Wall Panel of Hand Painted Asian Silk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant 18th-century wall panel of hand-painted Asian silk of colorful branches filled with exotic flowers amidst birds and butterflies. The panel is fitted within an Italian ...
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Asian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Silk, Giltwood
View of Frankenberg: Braun & Hogenberg's Historic Bird's-Eye Map, 1599
Located in Langweer, NL
The antique print titled 'Francenbergum, vel ut alij Francoburgum Hassiae Opp', published by Braun & Hogenberg around 1599, is a remarkable historical ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Prophet Zachariah, Late 18th Century Painted on an Ornate Solid Slab of Wood
Located in North Miami, FL
18th Century Russian Orthodox icon of the prophet Zachariah painted on an ornate solid slab of wood with an incorporated gold gilded frame that has been c...
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Russian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Print of an Egyptian Bey, 1818
Located in Langweer, NL
Egypt is governed under a Pacha, who is nominated by the Porte, and who usually resides at Grand Cairo; by twenty-four Beys; who form a divan, of which the Pacha, who has also the ti...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Botany Print of The Elm and Acacia by Le Bas, 1752
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘L’Orme à la grande feuille, Le saux Acacia’. Beautiful print depicting the elm and acacia. This print originates from ‘Le spectacle de l...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Frontispiece of a Publication about Persia and Arabia, 1732
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique frontispiece of the 4th volume of 'Hedendaagsche historie of tegenwoordige staat van allen volkeren (..)' by Thomas Salmon. This volume describes Per...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Costume Print of the Province of Friesland in The Netherlands, c.1797
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Femme de la Frise'. Engraving of the costume of Friesland, the Netherlands. This print originates from 'Costumes de Différents Pays'.
Artists and Engravers: ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Copper-Line Engraving by Cornelius de Bruyn of Alexandria in Egypt, c.1690
Located in Langweer, NL
Artist: Cornelis de Bruijn (or de Bruyn); 1652 – 1726/7 was a Dutch artist and traveler. He made two large tours and published illustrated books with his observations of people, buil...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Huge Old Map of Java, Indonesia, Published by the Dutch in Colonial Times, 1728
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Nieuwe en zeer naaukeurige Kaart van t Eyland Java Major of Groot Java'. This large-scale map of Java is richly engraved with details of agricultural fields, road...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Beautiful Rare Antique Pocket Calendar for the Year 1722, Nicely Framed, c.1721
Located in Langweer, NL
Beautiful collection of 13 engravings of 300 years old! Nicely framed.
The maker Johann Christoph Weigel, known as Christoph Weigel the Elder (9 November 1654 – 5 February 1725), w...
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German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Engraving of Buginese people near Batavia, East Indies, Indonesia, 1744
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'A Bougis of Bokjes' - This plate shows Buginese people near Batavia, East Indies, Indonesia.
The Buginese people are an ethnic group - the most numerous o...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
18th Century Watercolor Portrait of Sir John Mennes After Anthony van Dyck
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th Century Watercolor Portrait of Sir John Mennes After Anthony van Dyck
This 18th century small sized watercolor portrait, in ...
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Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Old Print of Jews Eating on Beds like Assyrians, Persians, Romans, Greeks, 1690
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique print religion titled 'Het aanliggen op de Tafel-Bedden; hoedanigen Eetwyse der Assyriers, Persen, Grieken en Romeinen, ook by de Joden in gebruyk geraakt is'.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Handsome Old Detailed Map of the Low Countries by Famous Mapmaker Blaeu, ca.1635
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Novus XVII Inferioris Germaniae Provinciarum Typus'.
Handsome - and much sought after- detailed map of the Low Countries by the world most famous map maker Bla...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
18th Century Oil on Canvas Mother & Child Attr Michael Dahl
By Michael Dahl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large 18th century oil on canvas titled "Mother and Child" (Probably members of The Swedish Royal Family). Attributed to Michael Dahl (Swe...
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Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Wood
Antique 18th Century Engraving in Old Handcoloring of a Little Owl, 1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Noctua Minor Aucuparia'.
This print depicts the little owl (Dutch: steenuil). The little owl (Athene noctua) is a bird that inhabits much of the temperate and...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Stunning Antique Hand-Coloured Bird Print of The Northern Lapwing, 1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique bird print titled 'Gavia vulgaris, Tringa vanellus'.
The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tew-it, green plover, or (in Bri...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Bird Print of the Black-Crowned Night Heron by Sepp & Nozeman, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Ardea, Nycticorax'. This print depicts the black-crowned night heron with egg (Dutch: kwak). The black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), or black-cap...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Engravings of an Australian Kangaroo and a Vari of Madagascar, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Engraving by Rennoldson (18th Century British School) with nice decorative border.
1) A Remarkable Animal Found on One of the Hope Islands in Capt Cook's First Voyage.
2) The Va...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Old Print of A Pedler in Indonesia with Wife and Children, 1744
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'A Negro Pedler with his wife.' - This plate shows a black skinned peddler and his wife, Indonesia. It originally accompanied J. Nieuhof's account of his 'Voya...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Original Antique Costume Print of Tonkin People from Vietnam in Asia, 1730
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Kleding der Tonkiners'. Old print of the clothing/dress of the Tonkin people, Vietnam. This print originates from 'Hedendaagsche Historie, of tegenwoordige staa...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Hand-Coloured Bird Print of the European Storm Petrel, 1797
By J.C. Sepp
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘Procellaria Pelagica'.
This print depicts the European Storm Petrel (Dutch: Stormzaluw). The European storm petrel, British storm petrel or just storm petre...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Print Depicting a Cuscus, Chameleon and other Lizzards and Animals, 1726
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique print depicting a Cuscus, Lipanno, Kemphaan, Mongoose and Chameleon (male and female). This print originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. Valentijn.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Fine Pair of English 18th Century Silkwork Pictures
Located in Lymington, GB
A fine pair of English George III period silkwork pictures, dated 1797.
These are charming Georgian (late 18th century) needleworks of children play...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Large Scale Antique Scroll Map of Lincolnshire, England, Dated 1778
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful scroll map of Lincolnshire
By Captain Armstrong, 1778
Copper plate engraving on paper laid on canvas
Original ebonized wood frame with lo...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Antique Genealogy Chart of the German House of Mecklenburg, 1732
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Carte Genealogique de la Maison de Mecklembourg (..)'. Genealogical chart of the house of Mecklenburg issuing from the lineage of Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg....
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Scarce Print of Natives in New South Wales, Australia, c.1789
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: View of a Hut in New South Wales
Description: Scarce c.18th First Fleet period engraving depicting Australian aborigines from the account by Governor Arthur Phillip.
Artist: Robert Cleveley (1747-1809) Third brother of James Cleveley who was famous painting the death...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Set of 9 Antique Prints of various Figures and Objects 'c.1790'
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of nine antique prints depicting various figures and objects of, most likely, the Middle East. Source unknown, to be determined. Published circa 1790.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Hand-Coloured Engraving of Tarantula Spiders from Crete, 1688
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'De Spinneweb Tarantula.' - This original antique print shows spiders of Crete. Dutch text on verso. Source unknown, to be determined.
Artists and Engravers...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Bird Print of the Male Water Rail Sepp & Nozeman, 1797
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘Rallus Aquaticus, Mas'.
This print depicts a male water rail (Dutch: waterral). The water rail (Rallus aquaticus) is a bird of the rail family which breeds ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of a Sea Otter, an Opossum, and a White Bear, c.1784
Located in Langweer, NL
Old print of animals discovered and described during the travels of Captain Cook at different continents. Published by Alex Hogg at The Kings Arms, no.16 Paternoster Row.
All kinds of exotic animals were observed and depicted by the artists on the voyages, including these creatures from North America, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) and the Arctic regions, (along with giraffes and hippopotamus in South Africa).
Title:
1) A young sea otter...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
18th Century Figurative Antique Tapestry
Located in Ferrara, IT
A very special tapestry with the theme of "carefree" in nature, which depicts a group of calm people enjoying nature like a magnificent theater scene. This unique tapestry...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Cotton
Copper-Line Engraving by Cornelius de Bruyn of Alexandria in Egypt, c.1690
Located in Langweer, NL
Artist: Cornelis de Bruijn (or de Bruyn); 1652 – 1726/7 was a Dutch artist and traveler. He made two large tours and published illustrated books with his observations of people, buil...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Botany Print of Alnus And Fraxinus by Le Bas, 1752
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘L’Aune, Le Frène’. Beautiful print depicting the alnus and fraxinus. This print originates from ‘Le spectacle de la nature ou Entretiens sur les particularités ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Botany Print of Little Maple and Beechwood, 1752
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘Le petit Erable, Le Hètre’. Beautiful print depicting the little maple and beechwood. This print originates from ‘Le spectacle de la nature ou Entretiens sur le...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Four 18th Century Framed Ceramic Delft Tiles Frisian Rose Manganese, circa 1760
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are four matching delft earthenware tiles, all with a manganese Frisian Rose pattern and located in a hardwood frame, the tiles made in the Netherlands during the 18th century,...
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Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Earthenware, Hardwood
Extremely Rare Antique Print of The Kings of Cambodia in Asia, 1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Plate: 'Audience des Rois de Cambodia dans leur Palais defendu pas 16 elephants et 24 pieces de canon. (Audience before the Kings of Cambodia in their Palace, protected ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Print of a Male Zebra, '1758'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'ZEBRA mas, sive Assinus sylvestris Africanus. Drawn from a stuff’d Skin in the Royal College of Physicians, London'. Rare zoological study of a male Zebra, [typ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
18th Century Copper Engraving by Lister
Located in Houston, TX
Framed large black and white engraving of sea shells by Lister. This very rare copper engraving is from Martin Lister's work Historiae sive synopsis m...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Antique Hand-Coloured Bird Print of the Common Cuckoo, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘Cuculus, Canorus'.
This print depicts the common cuckoo (Dutch: koekoek). The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculi...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
Four 18th Century framed Ceramic Tiles Delft Frisian Rose Manganese, circa 1760
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are four matching delft earthenware tiles, all with a manganese Frisian Rose pattern and located in a hardwood frame, the tiles made in the Netherlands during the 18th century,...
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Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Hardwood, Earthenware
Antique City View and Map of IJlst, City in Friesland, Holland, Framed, 1664
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Ylst'. Old map and city view of the city of IJlst, Friesland. This map originates from 'Beschrijvinge van de Heerlyckheydt van Frieslandt' by B. Schotanus à Sterr...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
17th C. Column of Dilius & Obelisque Fountain Engraving Antonio Lafreri Speculum
Located in Dayton, OH
17th century (circa 1675) Roman naval column and fountain engraving. Publisher: Antonio Lafreri (French, Orgelet, Franche-Comte ca. 1512–1577 Rome) Portfolio: Speculum Romanae Magnif...
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Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
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Paper
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