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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 1750s
Hackled Partridge, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Red-billed Promerops, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Impeyan Pheasant, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
White-eared Bustard, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Crested Coot, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Marbled Guillemot, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper with watermark.
John Latham was the lea...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Artic Gull, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper with watermark.
John Latham was the lea...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Harlequin Humming-Bird, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Capital Tanager, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Malabar Shrike, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
A Timber Group of Sleeping Silenus and Youth, Probably Dionysus, 17th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Timber Group of Sleeping Silenus and Youth, Probably Dionysus, 17th Century
Provenance:
Acquired from a private collection, Paris c. 1980s.
Description:
Reminiscent of Flemis...
Category
17th Century French Baroque Antique Australia
Materials
Wood
A Small Egyptian Bronze Statue of Harpocrates Ex Sotheby's
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Small Egyptian Bronze Statue of Harpocrates, Circa 1st Century B.C. / 1st Century A.D.
The left hand holds the horn of abundance.
Provenanc...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Greco Roman Antique Australia
Materials
Bronze
Cat holding a mouse, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1760
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An engaging cat, holding a mouse in its paw, while a second mouse escapes into a cheese.
These small 'toys' are scarce, being easily lost. They were largely hand made, and so were n...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
A Small Chinese Carved Timber Polychrome Figure, Ming Dynasty
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Small Chinese Carved Timber Polychrome Figure, Ming Dynasty
Provenance:
Private Australian Collection Acquired in the Beijing Market in 1980s.
Description:
The cavity in the ba...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Australia
Materials
Wood
A Pair of French Ormolu Mounted Rouge Marble Lamps, 18th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Pair of French Ormolu Mounted Rouge Marble Lamps, 18th Century
Provenance: Private UK Collection.
Description:
Each rouge marble vasiform lamp ...
Category
18th Century French Antique Australia
Materials
Marble
Delft Charger, Coursing a Stag, English, circa 1710
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Tin glazed earthenware (Delftware) dish, in an unusual shape; elaborately and skillfully painted with a man coursing a stag. Probably London; perhaps Bristol. Probably the salver for a large ewer.
English Delftware is considered to be one of the most important forms of English ceramic production of the period, and it had a major influence on the development of the British ceramics...
Category
Early 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Earthenware
Champignon de la France, a French antique mushroom engraving, 1791
By Jean Baptiste Francois Buillard
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'L'Agaric Couleuvre'
A French copper-line engravings with original printed colouring of mushrooms by Jean Baptiste Francois Buillard (1742-1793).
From Bulliard's 'Histoire des Champignons de la France', a series of engravings describing the mushrooms of France, published in Paris in 1791. This series of engravings are 'probably the first botanical work completely colour-printed without retouching by hand' (Great Flower Books...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
La Nourrice - Porcelain figure of breast feeding, Liverpool, circa 1759
By Richard Chaffers
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An important soft-paste porcelain figure of a nurse feeding a swaddled infant. Probably by Richard Chaffers; and taken from the Chelsea version, which in turn was from the potter Ber...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
Tea Bowl & Saucer with Insects. Worcester, Giles, circa 1760
By James Giles, 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Tea bowl and saucer, in remarkably fine porcelain; decorated in London at the Giles workshop, with typical butterflies, caterpillars and plants.
James Giles was a British ceramic pa...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
A Small Oak and Pine Chest, Late 16th – Early 17th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Small Oak and Pine Chest, Late 16th – Early 17th Century
Provenance:
Private Australian Collection.
Description:
The rectangular top with rounded carved foliate edges above a...
Category
Early 17th Century European Antique Australia
Materials
Oak, Pine
Library Table, Hepplewhite English Georgian furniture design engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Library Table'
From George Hepplewhite's 'Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide', published by I. and J. Taylor in 1788. These engravings are the only evidence of Hepplewhite's sty...
Category
Late 18th Century English School Australia
Materials
Engraving
Vue d'un Village près de la Ville de Berne, Switzerland, engraving, 1780
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Vue d'un Village près de la Ville de Berne'
French copper-line engraving by Masquelier after Claude Louis Chatelet (1753-1794).
From 'The Scenery and Science of Switzerland illust...
Category
1780s Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
II. e Vue d'un passage du Mont St Gothard, Switzerland, engraving, 1780
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'II.e Vue d'un passage du Mont St Gothard'
French copper-line engraving by Duparc after Claude Louis Chatelet (1753-1794).
From 'The Scenery and Science of Switzerland illustrated'...
Category
1780s Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
One Blue and White Dish, Yongzheng Period, Qing Dynasty Ex Sotheby's
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
One Blue and White Dish, Yongzheng Period, Qing Dynasty
Painted figures on bridge in landscape
Diameter: 11.5cm Height: 2cm
Provenance: Made in Imperial China Porcelain from the C...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Australia
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute.
Henry Redoute was the bro...
Category
Late 18th Century Victorian Australia
Materials
Engraving
Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute.
Henry Redoute was the brother of the great botanical artist Pierre Joseph Redout...
Category
Late 18th Century Victorian Australia
Materials
Engraving
Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute.
Henry Redoute was the bro...
Category
Late 18th Century Victorian Australia
Materials
Engraving
John Gould - Trichoglossus goldiei-(Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan)
By John Gould
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Trichoglossus goldiei - John Gould lithograph with hand-colored
size 54 cm X 37 cm
This remarkable ornithology lithograph with hand-finished col...
Category
Early 18th Century Australia
Materials
Lithograph
Teapot, Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn, Greatbtach, C1765
By William Greatbatch
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A classic Greatbatch teapot, with ear-shaped handle, double-flower finial, and “Aurora, Goddes of the Dawn” decoration.
Prov: Kantar Collection.
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Creamware
Autumn, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1755
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
From a series of figures representing The Four Seasons, Autumn is shown as a young man squeezing grapes into a cup, symbolic of harvest time, and recalling classical representations ...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
A Spanish 17th Century Style Walnut Side Table, 18th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Spanish 17th Century Style Walnut Side Table, 18th Century
Provenance:
Private New South Wales Collection.
Description:
The chamfered plank top over a frieze with a single draw...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Australia
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Swedish 'Blekinge' Folk Chair – Primitive Handcrafted Chair
Located in BRIGHTON, AU
A sculptural and highly collectible example of 18th-century Swedish folk furniture, this handcrafted chair—known as a Blekinge or Bleking chair—originates from the Blekinge region of...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Australia
Materials
Wood
Leaf-Shape Dish, Chelsea, circa 1760
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Baluster shaped vase in soft paste porcelain, with early gilt line decoration. Superb flower painting.
The shapes are very close, a serving dish, in the form of a leaf in a basket...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
A Parcel-gilt and Coral-red Lacquer Cabinet-on-stand, Austrian circa 1780
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A very unusual and highly decorative parcel-gilt and coral-red lacquer cabinet-on-stand, Austrian circa 1780
Height: 210 cm Width: 140 cm Depth: 72 cm.
Provenance: Private Australi...
Category
18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Australia
Materials
Hardwood
Black Basalt Teapot, Turner, circa 1805
By Turner Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine teapot with D-shape handle and a peculiar finial in the form of a widow without her barrel & cruze.
The finial confirms the Turner attribution.
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Stoneware
18 Karat Yellow Gold Ring With Brown Glass Intaglio by 'Hecker'
Located in Brisbane City, QLD
This excellent example of intaglio carving dates to Italy during the 1770s. The oval carved glass medallion which likely depicts Julius Caesar has been mounted in a later 18 karat ye...
Category
18th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Australia
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Teapot, Derby Porcelain Works, circa 1775
By Derby
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A gadrooned, canon-ball shape teapot, decorated with typical sprays of natural flowers. The shape and decoration are both in imitation of Meissen.
The Derby Porcelain Works, now known as the Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company, is a British manufacturer of fine bone china. The company has a long and rich history dating back to the late 18th century.
The company was founded in 1750 as the Derby China Works. It was originally located in the city of Derby and produced a wide range of ceramic wares, including tea sets, vases, and figurines. In 1756, the company was granted the status of "Supplier to the King," which allowed it to use the "Royal" designation in its name.
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the company experienced significant growth and expanded its product line to include more elaborate and ornate pieces. The company was particularly known for its "Derby Posies...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of Lidded Vases in cut glass, Bohemia, circa 1790
By Bohemia Crystal
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An outstanding pair of covered vases, or Deckelpokals, in blown glass with wheel-cur engraving. Bohemia at this time was the centre of elaborate but exceptionally fine glass cutting,...
Category
Late 18th Century German Baroque Antique Australia
Materials
Cut Glass
George III Sterling Silver Creamer by Peter & Ann Bateman
By Peter and Ann Bateman
Located in Brisbane City, QLD
A George III period, sterling silver creamer with a monogrammed crest and beaded rim by Peter & Ann Bateman of the famed Bateman silversmithing family. This rather lovely creamer sit...
Category
Late 18th Century British George III Antique Australia
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
A Stunning Louis XV Period Carved Walnut Bombe Commode, French Mid 18th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Stunning Louis XV Period Carved Walnut Bombe Commode, French Mid 18th Century
Height: 88 cm Width: 118 cm Depth: 61 cm
Provenance: Private Australian Collection.
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Australia
Materials
Walnut
Armorial Tea Cup and Saucer from the Ludlow Service, Bristol, circa 1777
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A Rococo cup and saucer, elaborately decorated with the arms of Ludlow, for Daniel Ludlow of Campden.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
'La Lanterne p'tit mi', Original Vintage 18th Century Theatre Poster by J Cheret
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'La Lanterne p'tit mi', Original Vintage 18th Century Theatre Poster by J Cheret
Original Vintage poster from 1890, this poster has been backed onto linen fo...
Category
18th Century French Victorian Antique Australia
Materials
Paper
George III Sterling Salt Cellar by Peter & Ann Bateman
By Peter and Ann Bateman
Located in Brisbane City, QLD
A George III period sterling silver salt cellar with a gilt wash interior and hand-chased details by two members of the famed English silversmithing family, Peter & Ann Bateman. An e...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Australia
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Delft plate witha couple leaving a church. Wincanton/London England C1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A dinner-plate, painted in the delft style with a couple leacing a church, or perhaps a house. Wincanton pottery, or perhaps London.
English Delftware is considered to be one of the...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Earthenware
One Blue and White Dish, Yongzheng Period, Qing Dynasty Ex Sotheby's
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
One Blue and White Dish, Yongzheng Period, Qing Dynasty
Painted figures on bridge in landscape
Diameter: 11.5cm Height: 2cm
Provenance: Made in Imperial China Porcelain from the C...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Australia
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Magnum Decanter, England C1790 with Later Etched Masonic Decoration
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A magnum decanter, made plain in Georgian times. Later etched for brandy, and decorated with Masonic symbols, in imitation of early wheel-cut engraving...
Category
Late 18th Century British Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair of Fluted Dessert Plates, Kakiemon Decoration, Bow Porcelain Factory
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Each of shallow circular form with scalloped rim and painted in the Kakiemon two Quail pattern with a pair of partridges standing between a flowering prunus and a kikyo bush amidst f...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Japonisme Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
Delft plate - Ship in sail off the coast. Glasgow C1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A dinner-plate, painted in the delft style, with a ship coming to land; bunches of grapes around the edge.
See Michael Archer, Delftwarem m233 no B258 for a similar example, which h...
Category
Mid-18th Century Scottish Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Earthenware
Dated Pearlware Teapot with Ship, English, 1792
By Leeds Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine documentary teapot, probably made to record a marriage between a sailor and his lass. Pearlware, enamelled with a square-rigged schooner.
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Earthenware
A Superb Terracotta Lion, French 18th century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A superb terracotta lion, French 18th century
Height: 70 cm Width: 38 cm Depth: 82 cm.
Provenance: Private Australian Collection acquired in 1990s.
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Australia
Materials
Terracotta
George III Sterling Silver Ladle by Thomas & William Chawner
Located in Brisbane City, QLD
This sterling silver ladle was made in London by silversmiths Thomas & William Chawner. The crisp hallmarks on the piece date its manufacture to 1767, very early in the reign of Geor...
Category
18th Century British Georgian Antique Australia
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
Botanical Plate, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1755
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine octagonal plate painted in the botanical style; possibly the yellow gloriosa climbing lily.
Provenance: Taylor Collection; Robyn Robb 2003.
Filled edge chips.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
'La Legere Rapide "New Home", Original Vintage Sewing Poster, circa 1895
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'La Legere Rapide "New Home" - Standard' original vintage poster, circa 1895
Original vintage poster advertising a sewing machine, this poster has been lin...
Category
18th Century French Art Deco Antique Australia
Materials
Paper
George III Sterling Silver Chamber Stick
By Henry Chawner
Located in Brisbane City, QLD
A wonderful George III period chamber stick in sterling silver by Henry Chawner of London. An elegant scrolled handle is mounted to an octagonal base underneath a column with reeded ...
Category
Late 18th Century British George III Antique Australia
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
John Gould - Pteruthius Erythropterus from 'The Birds of Asia' C. 1850
By John Gould
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Pteruthius Erythropterus - John Gould lithograph with hand-coloured
size 54 cm X 37 cm
excellent Condition
FREE SHIPPING
This remarkable ornithology lithograph with hand-finished colour is from the esteemed John Gould’s Birds...
Category
Late 18th Century Australia
Materials
Lithograph
A Fine Pair of Carved Limewood and Gilt Torcheres, Italian Circa 1780
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A very fine pair of carved limewood and gilt torcheres, Italian circa 1780
Height: 112 cm Diameter: 25cm
Provenance: Private Australian Collection.
Category
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Hardwood
A Small Walnut Chest of Drawers, Italian circa 1700
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Small Walnut Chest of Drawers, Italian circa 1700
Height: 78 cm Width: 60 cm Depth: 29 cm.
Provenance: Private Australian Collection acquired in...
Category
18th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Australia
Materials
Walnut
Cradle with Infant, Bovey Tracey, circa 1790
By Bovey Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A very fine example in creamware of an infant swaddled and lying in its crib.
These miniature representations served various purposes:
Decorative objects: Miniature models of infa...
Category
Late 18th Century English Primitive Antique Australia
Materials
Earthenware
Tea bowl and Saucer, Chelsea, circa 1752
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
From early in the red anchor period, a fluted tea bowl and saucer, exquisitely painted with flowers and insects.
Category
1750s English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
Large Dish or tureen stand, Chelsea, circa 1755
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine tureen stand, typically painted with flowers and insects in the style of Meissen. A large and impressive piece.
Stilt marks and ground footrim.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
