Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
40
to
32
8
40
40
40
11
3
47
180
203
95
37
89
51
7
2
8
4
17
25
22
34
10
3
Height
to
Width
to
15
11
11
8
5
28
21
20
5
5
1
1
1
Period: Mid-19th Century
Recognized Seller Listings
China Trade Framed Pith Paper Set of Pictures of Butterflies and Plants
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Watercolours of Flowers and Butterflies on Pith Paper,
Set of Eight,
Circa 1840-60.
The superb set of Chinese watercolours of flowers and insects are painted on pith paper a...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Botanical Print of Dahlia Original Victorian Chinoiserie Lacquered Wood Frame
Located in Katonah, NY
This print of a lifesize dahlia is gorgeous!
Made circa 1850, this botanical print displays the name of the flower written just below the green stem: "Royal Adelaide."
The artist has...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
British Sailor's Naive Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship H.M.S. St George
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship H.M.S. St George,
Circa 1860
A naive sailor's woolie with a Portside view of the H.M.S St. George, named below on a red banner, th...
Category
Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Needlework Biblical Scene Moses Drawn From The River Nile England Circa 1840
Located in Katonah, NY
The Bible story of baby Moses drawn from the River Nile made with silkwork and chenille.
Moses is gently taken from a basket made of reeds while his sister Miriam watches over him.
...
Category
English Romantic Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
A framed plaster portrait plaque of the Glasgow Reformist MP James Oswald, signe
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A framed plaster portrait plaque of the Glasgow Reformist MP James Oswald, signed and dated Carlo Marochetti, 1842, of circular form, shown facing to the right within a black border and the original glazed giltwood frame.
Another version of this plaque is in the collection of Glasgow Museums and can be seen on the Art UK website
James Oswald (1779-1853) was a successful Glasgow merchant who later inherited various landed estates due to the early death of his cousin. Oswald was one of the first members of the Glasgow Bank when it was established in 1809. He traded largely in cotton and other raw textiles and in his spare time he commanded the Glasgow branch of the volunteer mounted Yeomanry. It was his political career however that captured the hearts of many of his countrymen and led to his eventually being immortalised in sculptural form.
The Liberal Party MP for Glasgow from 1832-1837, Oswald was a staunch opponent of Sir Robert Peel...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Plaster
Hand Crafted Cork Work Diorama with English Castle made Mid 19th Century
Located in Katonah, NY
This mid 19th century cork work shows a romantic scene of an ancient castle in a charming diorama. The castle is perched atop a promontory overlooking a river, complete with foreste...
Category
English Romantic Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Cork
Large Corkwork with Romantic View of Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight
Located in Katonah, NY
This hand-crafted cork work shows a romantic scene of Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight in a charming diorama.
The castle is perched atop a mountain complete with a long prot...
Category
English Romantic Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Cork
Pair Hand Crafted Corkwork Dioramas with Scenes of English Castles Circa 1840
Located in Katonah, NY
This pair of mid-19th century English corkworks showcases the intricate cutting and piercing of the cork demonstrating the artist's excellent craftsmanship.
Each diorama features a ...
Category
English Romantic Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Cork
Hand-Crafted Corkwork Showing a Romantic View of an English Castle
Located in Katonah, NY
This hand crafted cork work shows a romantic scene of an ancient castle in a charming diorama. The castle is perched atop a promontory overlooking a river, complete with forested te...
Category
English Romantic Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Cork
Silk Needlework Picture Showing Shepherdess and Her Flock, England, circa 1840
Located in Katonah, NY
The shepherdess is lovely. She is seated near her flock under the shade of a leafy tree, wearing a green and white dress and a hat with red trim....
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
A Pair of Sand Pictures by Benjamin Zobel, framed by Benjamin Taylor
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Pair of Sand Pictures by Benjamin Zobel, framed by Benjamin Taylor, each showing a farming scene, one with four sheep under a large oak tree by a field gate...
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Large Folio N. Currier Colored Lithograph "Camping Out Some of the Right Sort"
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large folio hand colored lithograph by Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) and James Merritt Ives (1824-1895) titled "Camping Out Some of the Right Sort" published by Currier and Ives, New York, 1856. A charming and evocative composition depicting a group of mid-19th century men...
Category
American Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Sailor's Woolwork of The British Ship Gold Finder on her voyage to Australia
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork Nautical Picture,
Inscribed:The British Ship Gold Finder on her voyage to Melbourn, August 2, 1864. Worked by T.J. Francis,
Circa 1864
This sailor's woolwork depicts aportside view of the the Gold Finder. The Gold Finder was a 3-masted iron ship built in 1863 by J. Laing of Sunderland. There is a detailed inscription below including the maker's name- T.J. Francis.
A notice in the Liverpool Mercury on Tuesday May 3, 1853......This ship is expected to sail very fast, has all her passenger arrangements on a novel and peculiar plan, affording an amount of light and ventilation such as no other passenger ship ever possessed. The ships bell has recently been acquired by the Merseyside Maritime Museum. It seems though that the ship's description involved a degree of hyperbole as she was in fact laid down as a coal ship and converted to passenger accommodation later to meet the demand for the Gold Rush in Australia.
Dimensions: Framed: 28 3/10 inches high x 31 inches wide (72cm x 79 cm).
The Australian gold rush started after Edward Hargraves found the precious metal in New South Wales in 1851. He was not the first to discover gold but is credited with launching the stampede when thousands tried their luck at unearthing wealth - and some succeeded. Hargraves (1816-1891), a former hotelier and cattle farmer, played a small part in the California gold rush of 1849. He didn't get rich but met people who knew about gold and where it could be found - they pointed out similarities between California and New South Wales. Hargraves headed back to Australia to test these theories and stake a claim for a Government reward for the discovery of viable gold fields. Despite initial setbacks, he organised fellow prospectors in the quest for gold which was successful. Hargraves was granted massive rewards of more than pounds 12,000 and later a pension of pounds 250 a year.
He was born in Gosport, Hampshire, the son of an army officer, and educated at Lewes and Brighton Grammar School. Hargraves joined the merchant navy before arriving at Sydney in 1832 and marrying Eliza Mackie four years later.
Publicity about the gold rush prompted many migrants to sail from Liverpool to seek their fortunes - the first licence was issued in Victoria on 21 September 1851. Australia's population boomed as the emigrants...
Category
English Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship with Red Ensign
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship
circa 1765
The sailor's woolwork depicts a port side view of a three-masted British Ro...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy on Checkerboard Sea
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy on Checkerboard Sea,
circa 1865
The British sailor's woolie depicts a port side view of a three-masted ship with trapunto white sails on a rough s...
Category
English Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Sailor's Woolwork of a Confederate & British Ship Passing on the High Seas
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork of A Confederate & British Ship Passing on the High Seas,
Circa 1861
The small British sailor's woolwork depicts two ships under...
Category
Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
British Sailor's Woolwork with Unusual Border and a Fine Chain Stitch
Located in Downingtown, PA
British sailor's woolwork with unusual border,
Chain stitch,
Circa 1875
The unusually designed charming sailor's woolie depicts a starboard side view of a British two-masted sh...
Category
English Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Very large Sèvres porcelain plaque by Pastier after Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Located in London, GB
Very large Sèvres porcelain plaque by Pastier after Jean-Baptiste Greuze
French, 1853
Frame: height 71cm, width 89cm, depth 9cm
Plaque: hei...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
British Sailor's Large Woolwork of HMS Brunswick
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's large woolwork of HMS Brunswick,
Circa 1865
The large sailor's woolwork depicts an image of a Royal Navy Second Rate Battleship. By repute she is the HMS Brunswick ...
Category
English Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Pair of French Reverse Glass Paintings or Cartoons
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of French reverse glass paintings or cartoons, each of oval form, one depicting a man with a mass of hair or full wig using a brush to fence with a woman wielding a broom, the...
Category
French Sporting Art Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Paint
Queen Adelaide’s Coach Panels
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
These two wood panels are of rectangular form, one with rounded corners. Each is painted with a large Royal coat of arms flanked by a lion and a unicorn surmounted by a queen’s crown and red velvet mantling trimmed...
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
China Trade Watercolor Pictures of Junks & Sampans, Set of Five
Located in Downingtown, PA
China trade watercolor pictures of junks & sampans,
Set of Five,
Circa 1850
The Chinese watercolor paintings on pith paper each depict a diffe...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
British Sailor's Large Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship Under Full Sail
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's large woolwork of a royal navy ship under full sail,
circa 1875
The sailor's woolie or woolwork depicts a starboard ...
Category
English Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
British Sailor's Large Woolwork Woolie of HMS Victoria
Located in Downingtown, PA
British sailor's woolwork woolie of HMS Victoria,
Berlin wool on linen (Duck),
circa 1865
The large sailor's woolwork or woolie depicts HMS Victoria, named below on a banner, wi...
Category
English Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
English Porcelain Plaque, Minton, circa 1850
Located in New York, NY
Signed 'Thomas Steel 1850'.
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
English Porcelain Plaque, Minton, circa 1850
Located in New York, NY
Signed 'Thomas Steel 1850'.
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
American Federal Silhouettes of Livingston Family Members
Located in New York, NY
Snipping a profile from paper with scissors, and mounting the result to a contrasting sheet of paper, became a popular diversion among the European and American upper classes in the ...
Category
American Federal Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
German Artist Hermann Brücke "Neapolitan Fishing Family" , Signed and Dated 1863
By Hermann Brücke
Located in CH
Hermann Brücke (Berlin Ger. 1830–1871 Pisa Italy) Neapolitan fishing family signed and dated 1863
German Artist Hermann Brücke was a Genre, history and portrait painter.
He was th...
Category
German Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
China Trade Set of Six Sunqua Still Life of Fruit & Flowers Paintings
By Sunqua
Located in Downingtown, PA
China Trade set of six Gouache Still Life Paintings of Fruit & Flowers on Pith Paper,
Each Signed Sunqua,
mid-19th century
The fine China Trade pith paper painting...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
China Trade Watercolor & Gouache Set of Twelve Paintings of Fruit & Flowers
Located in Downingtown, PA
Superb quality painting!
China Trade Watercolor & Gouache on pith paper,
Set of twelve paintings of fruit and flowers,
Circa 1850-1860
...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Faience Plaque in the Form of a Horse, circa 1840
By Rörstrand
Located in Downingtown, PA
Continental faience plaque in the form of a horse,
circa 1840,
Probably Rorstrand.
The plaque is amusingly decorated with a galloping gray horse wi...
Category
Swedish Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Rare Continental Three Dimensional Cut Paper Diorama
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A rare Continental three dimensional cut paper diorama showing a band of green liveried huntsmen chasing a stag in a wooded landscape, in a mahogany show case, circa 1850. On a later...
Category
British Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
China Trade Watercolors of Exotic Fruit on Pith Paper, Mid-19th Century
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese China trade watercolors of exotic fruit on pith paper,
Gilt frames,
Mid-19th century
The eight Chinese watercolors on pith paper are of fine quality and depict various e...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
British Sailor's Woolwork Pair of Pictures or Woolies with Ship and Flags
Located in Downingtown, PA
The pair of large Sailor's woolwork pictures are within maple frames and a gilt inner border with a sand colored mat. These are known as woolies.
The pictures are a true pair with all the details reversed with the ships facing towards each other. The wools have a central round panel depicting a ship on stormy seas with puffed sails and arrayed around the panel are eight flags, four to each side.
On the outside is the United States flag depicted in blue and white below which is an unidentified British flag, the Turkish flag...
Category
English Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Textile
Christening of the Prince of Wales Woolwork Picture, Dated 1842
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Royal Woolwork Picture,
Titled E R/ Christening of the/Prince of Wales/Jan 25th 1842.
A rare woolwork picture in bands of white, pink, red and green centered with a black and white picture...
Category
English Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Large Port Scene Painting of a View of Valletta Harbour, Malta
Located in Downingtown, PA
Large Port scene painting of a view of Valletta Harbour, Malta,
Oil on canvas,
Mid-19th century.
The massive painting was made from the upper gardens...
Category
Maltese Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
French Silk Textile Portrait, Marie Thérèse of France, Louis XV's Daughter
Located in Downingtown, PA
French Royal painted silk textile portrait,
Marie Thérèse of France,
Madame D' Angoulême,
Eldest daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette and o...
Category
French Charles X Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Fine Shaped Burl Tabletop with Compass Star Inlay
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine English early 19th Century solid burl yewwood tabletop with molded edge and scalloped sides with mahogany and sycamore compass star inlay, the who...
Category
English William IV Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Yew
Framed English Porcelain Plaque, circa 1850
Located in New York, NY
Framed English porcelain plaque, circa 1850. Signed artist Edwin Steele (son of Thomas) who lived 1804-1871.
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Neapolitan Pair of Gouache Views, Mid 19th Century
Located in CH
Pair of Mid 19th century Italian Neapolitan views, gouache on paper.
Category
Italian Beaux Arts Antique Mid-19th Century Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Read More
At Colonial Williamsburg, Everything Old Is New Again
With the help of a new director, the Virginia institution's folk art and decorative arts museums are undergoing extensive upgrades.
New York’s Hirschl & Adler Showcases the American Workmanship and Design Panache of Neoclassical Treasures
The gallery's latest exhibition proves that museum-quality pieces entice and inspire, whether in traditional or more modern interiors.
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Henri Samouilov
Emmett Kelly
Lighting Agostino
Mac Duggal
Hummel Plates
Fritz Frohse On Sale
E Renmark
Tile Mural Peacock
Thomas DeDecker On Sale
Une Femme Douce
Bedlington Terrier
Original Enameled London Underground Subway Sign
Patria Watch
Schumacher Madame
Andre Ducuing
Irina Lorin
Kunstkreis Lucerne
Jaws 2 Movie Poster