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Item Ships From: England
Homer Antique Plaster Bust
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This Greek bust depicts the legendary poet and author Homer who is presumed to have penned the two of ancient Greece’s most epic poems: the Iliad and the Odyssey. Scholars are uncertain whether or not Homer actually existed but if he in fact did exist, Homer would be regarded as one of the greatest literary artists of his time. This is an iconic statue for an interior and looks particularly impactful when placed on a column or plinth. Please note the blue plinth...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
Large Wedgwood Pedestal Bowl Centrepiece Stone China Ptn 1156, circa 1840
By Wedgwood
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare, beautiful and large ironstone Pedestal footed bowl or centrepiece made by Wedgwood Stone China in pattern No. 1156, in the early to ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ironstone
Pair of Large Cast Iron Garden Urns, Garden Planters
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Pair of Large Cast Iron Garden Urns, Garden Planters
This is a superb and unusually large pair of cast iron urns
The urns are in...
Category
Early 1900s Classical Greek Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Heiner Hans Körting German Bauhaus Black & Brown Glazed Pottery Vase
By Bauhaus Deutschland
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish German Bauhaus studio ceramic vase decorated in black and brown glazes by Heiner Hans Körting (1911-1991) and dating from 1940-50. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Bauhaus England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Pair of French Bronze Marly Horses Sculptures by Cousteau 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique pair of French Grand Tour patinated-bronze sculptures of the Marly Horses, Circa 1850 in date and signed to one base.
The original Marly Horses were commissi...
Category
1850s French Grand Tour Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Black Forest Carved Bear Coat Stand
Located in Worcester, GB
Antique Black Forest Carved Bear Coat Stand
This finely crafted Black Forest coat stand dates from the late 19th to early 20th century. The piece is be...
Category
19th Century Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Antique French Gilt Bronze Clock Set by Royer
By Ernest Royer
Located in London, GB
This beautiful gilt bronze (ormolu) clock set was crafted, circa 1870 in France. The set is designed in a rich Rococo style, after decorative art of the Louis XV period (1715-1774).
...
Category
1870s French Louis XV Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
$43,876 / set
Antique Travelling Jewellery Box, Chinese, Lacquered, Campaign Case, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique travelling jewellery box. A Chinese, lacquered pine campaign case, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Delightful example of red lacquered craftsmans...
Category
1890s Chinese Chinoiserie Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Pine, Lacquer
Very Rare 19th Century Coromandel Veneered Year-Running Clock by Thomas Cole
By Thomas Cole (Clockmaker), Achille Brocot
Located in London, GB
A Superb Coromandel-Veneered Mantle Clock
The case constructed of very well-figured Coromandel giving the maximum amount of decorative effect, with gilt bronze accents; the plinth base of rectangular form, with everted stepped corners, and precisely chased gilt bronze figures, two representing Mercury-the god of travel and merchants with his winged helmet and coin purse in hand; the others representing Fortuna-the goddess of luck; the sides glazed, with mooresque arcaded pierced mounts enclosing a vase, in gilt bronze with overlapping palm trees above: the top of domed form with an octagonal platform, surmounted by an architectural dome, its engraved detail and structure reminiscent of Byzantine prototypes. The silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals for the hours, and within an arabesque dial divided into quadrants, with the key aperture at 6 o'clock. Below, the manual calendar, and a semi-circular thermometer. The dial signed by the retailer "Hunt & Roskell / London." The mechanism replaced with a one-year duration movement by Achille Brocot.
English, circa 1860
A closely related clock, by Thomas Cole, though not bearing his signature, with a case of identical form and differing bronze decoration, previously with Butchoff. A third known coromandel-veneered example, also unsigned, is discussed by John...
Category
19th Century English Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Antique Draughtsman's Rolling Ruler, English, Cartographer's Instrument, Stanley
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique draughtsman's rolling ruler. An English, nitrided bronze cartographer's instrument by Stanley of London, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1920.
Wonderful c...
Category
Late 19th Century British Art Deco Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Barbizet Palissy Majolica Palissy Fish Platter
By Victor Barbizet
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Barbizet French Palissy Majolica wall platter which features fish (including a pike), a snake, a lizard, a frog, a turtle, insects, shellfish blackberries and leaves. Colouration: bl...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
A Pair of Green and White Overlay Glass Lustres
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Green and White Overlay Glass Lustres.
Originally Bohemian Gothic Glassware was made of green glass known as 'forest' glass. In the Renaissance period, the glassmaking p...
Category
19th Century Czech Bohemian Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Fornasetti paper weight with NATO phonetic alphabet with pen rest
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
Rare Fornasetti porcelain paperweight with pen holder.
With the phonetic alphabet
o as in Oscar
P as in Papa
Q as in Quebeck etc..
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large Vintage Wooden Teak Bowl by Peter John, 1970s
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
Wonderful vintage wooden bowl from the 1970s, hand turned from solid Teak, Stamped to underside Peter John
Nice condition, minimal signs of wear, the bowl has been re-polished.
ST1371
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Teak
Antique Set of Tang Dynasty Feng Xiang Style Hand Painted Carved Chinese Horses
By Feng Xiang
Located in Reading, Berkshire
19th Century Antique Pair of Feng Xiang Style Hand Painted & Hand Carved Tang Dynasty Chinese Horses
Feng Xiang Mounts from west of Shaanxi province are finely sculpted, mostly in ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Tang Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Bohemian Porcelain Group by Royal Dux
By Royal Dux
Located in London, GB
This delicate porcelain figural group depicts two lovers in a tender embrace. The maiden is fair haired and wears a dress which has fallen from her breast, and the hunter has two bir...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bohemian England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Very Rare Small Infant Liberty London Omersa Brown Leather Piglet Pig Footstool
By Omersa, Liberty of London
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely sublime very rare and original 1930’s Liberty’s London Omersa brown leather land dyed infant Piglet stool or footstool with origina...
Category
1930s European Art Deco Vintage England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Leather
20th Century "Fleurs de Cerises" Photo Frame by Lalique
By Lalique
Located in London, GB
A very fine black lacquered wood photograph frame etched with a lilac blue floral cherry branch decoration to the sides of the case and finished with a crystal glass finial motif, ma...
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Wood
Very Large Antique French Sevres Style Porcelain Vase
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in London, GB
Very large antique French Sèvres style porcelain vase
French, Late 19th Century
Height 154cm, diameter 41cm
This fantastic vase is the work of J. Pascault, a famed porcelain artist of the late 19th Century who specialised in the production of Sevres-style pieces. It is beautifully executed, and especially impressive given its large size of one and a half metres (almost 5 feet) in height.
The vase is tall and slender in shape, set on a gilt bronze plinth, and surmounted by a cover with a pinecone finial. Its ovoid body is decorated around its exterior in the Rococo taste: showing a female figure and winged putti in a landscape...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Exceptional Pair of French Ormolu-Mounted Marble Candelabra by Sormani of Paris
By Paul Sormani
Located in London, GB
A Remarkable Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Marble Candelabra
by Sormani of Paris
After the originals by Jean-François Lorta (1752-1837)
Residing at the Louvre
Constructed from the unusual...
Category
19th Century French Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Porphyry, Ormolu
20th Century Native American Painted Totem Pole A painted animal totem
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
20th Century Native American Painted Totem Pole
A painted animal totem.
Animal totems are believed to have spiritual significance, watching over Pacific Northwest Indian tribes and...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Beech, Birdseye Maple
Large Cizhou Wear Ming Dynasty Ovoid Ceramic Planter - Vessel
Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire
An oversized ovoid cizhou wear jar. Depicting unusual rich blue hand-painted decoration on a soft white ground. This tall ceramic jar was originally used for pickling. The combinatio...
Category
19th Century Asian Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Large Antique Carved White Marble Medici Vase Garden Urn
Located in London, GB
Large antique carved white marble Medici vase garden urn
Continental, 20th Century
Height 73cm, diameter 55cm
Crafted in the 20th century, this ra...
Category
20th Century European Classical Greek England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Classical Terracotta Garden Urn Regency Rams Head Planter
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous English terracotta garden urn in the Regency manner
Great for achieving that classical English garden look
Wide planters features distinctive rams heads to...
Category
1980s Regency Vintage England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Beyond the Horizon IV, brown & amber handblown glass sculpture by Louis Thompson
By Louis Thompson
Located in London, GB
'Beyond the Horizon IV' is a unique handblown and sculpted glass artwork by the British artist, Louis Thompson.
In the artist's own words:
"Beyond the Horizon, where the known and ...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Pascha, a pink & green flower inspired glass sculpture by Michèle Oberdieck
By Michele Oberdieck
Located in London, GB
'Pascha' is a unique glass artwork by the Canadian artist, Michèle Oberdieck.
Oberdieck's aim is to question the effects of climate change, cross-pollination and human intervention,...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Pair of Large 395 Million Year Old Fossilized Orthoceras Marble Finish Statues
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this stunning pair of fully polished limestone circa 395-million-year-old Fossilized Orthoceras statues
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a gui...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Swedish Other Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
$3,033 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Vintage Keepsake Box, Portuguese, Satinwood, Case, Cricket Interest, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage keepsake box. A Portuguese, rosewood and satinwood case with cricket interest, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1945.
Fas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Chinese Enamel and French Gilt Bronze Chinoiserie Jardinière
Located in London, GB
Chinese enamel and French gilt bronze Chinoiserie jardinière
The enamel Chinese and the gilt bronze French, 19th century
Measures: Height 40cm, width 53cm, depth 30cm.
This Chin...
Category
19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel
Italian Marble Statue of ' Crouching Venus', late C20th
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality early 20th Century Carrera marble statue of ' Crouching Venus'.
Marble statue of a naked Aphrodite crouching at her bath, also k...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Classical Greek England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble
Antique Statuary Marble Bust of Diana
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique white statuary marble bust of Diana, ex Dunkirk Manor, Stroud, England.
Dating to circa 1850, this Italian sculpture is of an impressive life size scale mounted on a circ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
Julia Condon, "Mercury" Mobile Sculpture, Edition of 15
By Julia Condon
Located in Chicago, IL
Counter-balanced mobile sculpture "Mercury" by British artist Julia Condon. Available in a limited edition of 15, each is individually handmade so there will be small variations to e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Stainless Steel
Antique Painted and Parcel Gilt Porcelain Vase by Meissen
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
This beautiful vase was created by the world-famous Meissen porcelain factory. Meissen was established in the early 18th century, making it the first producer of hard-paste porcelain...
Category
19th Century German Rococo Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of bronze standing figures of Spanish explorer & Conquistador Hernan Cortes
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of bronze standing figures of Spanish explorer and Conquistador, Hernan Cortes, by CharlesCumberworth, shown wearing different suits of armour, ea...
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
1930s Art Deco Clock by Blangy, France
By Blangy
Located in Devon, England
One of my personal favourite makers of French clocks is this clock by Blangy. The stylized numerals are the epitome of Art Deco. The whole body of the clock is chrome which rests on ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Chrome
Fine Pair of Richly Cut Victorian Glass Lustres
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A fine pair of richly cut Victorian glass lustres hung with ball drops.
England, circa 1850.
Category
1850s Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Cut Glass
$1,645 / set
19th Century Marble Statue of Seated Nude Collecting Water
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century marble statue of a young female nude, seated on a rock holding a jug collecting water.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Romantic Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
'The Warwick Cup', A Victorian Silver Racing Trophy by Elkington
By Elkington & Co.
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
The Warwick Cup
An Important Victorian Silver Presentation Horse Racing Trophy For The 1853 Warwick Races, by Elkington & Co. England. Modelled by Pierre-Emile Jeannest (French, 18...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Silver
A Rare And Remarkable Bronze American Bison, Circa 1885 By Franz Bergmann
By Franz Bergmann
Located in London, GB
A finely cast lost-wax bronze with a deep coloured patina. Made in Austria, this piece is exceptionally rare and unusually large in size for a Bergmann bronze exuding a powerful pres...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Dr C Dresser for Linthorpe A large vase with raining green and subtle blue glaze
By Linthorpe Pottery, Christopher Dresser
Located in London, GB
Dr C Dresser for Linthorpe A large vase with raining green and subtle blue glaze. A chip to the rim and some nibbles and a chip to the base. No cracks, still rings well.
Category
1880s English Arts and Crafts Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage French Aqua Glass Demijohns - Pair
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Vintage French Aqua Glass Demijohns – Pair.
A pair of mouth blown glass demijohns used as a traditional containers mainly for wine storage and transport. These demijohns have been ...
Category
20th Century French England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Rare 19th Century Olive Wood Crucifix Altar Cross Engraved & Highly Decorative
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Rare 19th Century Jerusalem Crucifix Cross, Highly Decorative & Mounted To An Olive Wood Frame, Engraved With Jesus and Holy Figure
Category
19th Century Israeli Victorian Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Olive
$2,639 Sale Price
44% Off
Monumental Uffizi Boar or Il Porcellino by Austin and Seeley
By Austin & Seeley
Located in London, GB
A mid-19th century model of the Uffizi Boar, called 'Il Porcellino', by Austin & Seeley, the seated figure of the boar on an integral square plinth.
This cast stone model of the Uffizi Boar takes its name from a 17th-century bronze fountain by sculptor Pietro Tacca, made for Cosimo II de' Medici and originally placed in the Loggia at the Mercato Nuovo in Florence. This civic space was also known as the Loggia del Porcellino, named after the boar as rubbing the statue's nose is said to bring great wealth. Made in the 1630s, it was modelled after an earlier marble version (Italian, 2nd-1st century BC) discovered in Rome in 1556 on the slopes of the Esquiline Hill, itself thought to be based on a lost Greek Hellenistic bronze version. After restoration, the marble statue was brought to Florence in 1568 as a gift from Pope Pius IV to Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici, initially placed in the Pitti Palace. Both this marble and the 17th-century bronze versions are now housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It remained an immensely popular subject for Grand Tourists, who collected their own versions. It is a testament to the commercial prowess of Austin and Seeley...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Grand Tour Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Composition
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Entitled "La Jeuneuse" by Antonin Carlès
By Antonin Carlès
Located in London, GB
A delightful Art Nouveau early 20th Century gilt bronze figure of a very beautiful young lady holding a flower in her right hand, the surface of the bronze exhibiting fine detail and...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
A Pair of Large Gilt-Bronze Mounted Sèvres-Style Porcelain Vases
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Large Gilt-Bronze Mounted Sèvres-Style Cobalt Blue Ground Porcelain Vases and Covers.
Signed 'H. Desprez'.
Each of baluster form. One painted to the front with Louis XV a...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Vintage Ruby Overlay Cut-to-Clear Crystal Centrepiece Vase
Located in Worcester, GB
Vintage Ruby Overlay Cut-to-Clear Crystal Centrepiece Vase, circa 1970s
A richly decorative cut crystal footed centrepiece vase featuring vivid ruby overlay glass finely cut to revea...
Category
Mid-20th Century European England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Cut Glass
Mid 20th century shaped red art glass vase by Monica Bratt
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 20th century shaped red art glass vase by monica bratt circa 1950.
Monica bratt (1913-1961) was a swedish artist who worked mainly in glassware at the Reijmyre glassworks.
Stun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Antique Bridal Mora Clock
Located in Crowthorne, Surrey
Rare bridal mora clock (Angermanlandsbrud) from the 1800s. The body of the clock with carving details was made to resemble a brides dress. Original mechani...
Category
Early 1800s Swedish Gustavian Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Birch
$12,000
Rare Collectors Set Art Deco Parker Duofold Marbleised Fountain Pen & Pencil Set
Located in Reading, Berkshire
1930's Art Deco Parker Duofold Marbleised Fountain Pen & Pencil Set in Original Parker Box - rare collectors item.
Fountain Pen Made in Canada 14k nib
Geo S. Parker PAT SEP. 5-16
...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate
18th century inlaid mahogany Georgian knife box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
18th century inlaid mahogany Georgian serpentine knife box circa 1790
Good quality decorative box, serpentine fronted and an inlaid with a shell patera to the hinged lid.
Many other...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Mahogany
An Exquisite Victorian Pietra Dura Grand Tour Campaign Collectors Box 1800's
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Stunning Late Grand Tour Collectors Box 19th Century Mahogany & Ebony Pietra Dura Karlsbad, Germany.
The Lid Is Decorated with Marble And Agate Geometric Motifs.
With Continental ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Late Victorian Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate, Marble, Silver
Royal Worcester Blush Ivory Pedestal Bud Shaped Porcelain Vase
By Royal Worcester
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine Aesthetic Movement Royal Worcester bud shaped porcelain pedestal vase dated 1894. The vase stands raised on a domed square shaped base mounted on four molded leaf feet with a ...
Category
1890s English Aesthetic Movement Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Limited Edition Resin Sculpture of a Bondage Girl
Located in London, GB
Resin Erotic Sculpture of a Woman in Bondage
Kneeling and Tied Hands
In Antique White Finish
Category
Late 20th Century European Modern England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
$647 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Marble Bust of Venus
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique over life-size bust of Venus. Thanks to her scale, this Neoclassical style handcarved marble sculpture of Venus, Roman goddess of love and beauty, is very striking. Charac...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
$17,543
Antique Victorian Gonçalo Alves Vanity Box 1860s
Located in London, GB
This is a magnificent antique Victorian Gonçalo Alves table top Vanity Box, circa 1860 in date.
The fitted interior reveals a lift-out compartment tray, dressed with a green velve...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Nostalgic 1960's Italian Ceramic Tiger Cub, Adorable Retro
By Midcentury Italian school
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Undeniably appealing, Italian retro ceramic tiger cub from the 1960's
Hand painted and glazed, vibrant and striking
Circa 1960's
Signed Italy
Height 10 inch, Width 8 inch, Depth 6 in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Georgian Burr Yew Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Burr Yew Inlaid Tea Caddy Circa 1780
From our Tea Caddies collection, we are thrilled to offer this square Georgian Burr Yew wood inlaid Tea Caddy. The Caddy of square form with c...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Boxwood, Yew
Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.
Located in London, GB
This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armoured plates, has been exquisitely preserved and recovered from the Holzmaden Oil Shale of south Germany.
The crocodile was once buried in fine, muddy sediment 195 million years ago at the bottom of the Tethys Ocean, which once existed between Europe and Africa. The calm, deep water provided a rare anoxic (without oxygen) environment, which prevented the skeleton from any significant decomposition before burial. The mud has since been compressed into oil shale, leaving the immense skeleton completely in-tact.
This specimen is one of the few skeletons of Steneosaurus bollensis ever to be discovered. We can deduce much about the life of this reptile from the size and perfect preservation of the piece. Similar to present-day crocodiles, we can see that the two front limbs of the Steneosaurus are much shorter than the back two. This indicates that crocodile ancestors were bipedal; indeed, we believe that crocodiles evolved from the same reptile species as the dinosaurs and airborne pterosaurs.
Dinosaurs ruled the lands during the late Triassic and early Jurassic. This made terrestrial life increasingly difficult for ancestral crocodiles, as there were many predators and prey was scarce. However, the seas were rich in fish, shellfish, starfish, crabs, squid… You can even see fossil belemnite guards (bullet shells of squid-like organisms) and the beautiful spiral shells of ammonites preserved around the crocodile skeleton...
Category
15th Century and Earlier German Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
South Indian Bronze Dancers Ritual Breast Plate on Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and wonderful antique South Indian bronze breast plate mounted on a purpose made display stand believed to date from the 17th or 18th century. The...
Category
Late 18th Century Indian Other Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Lidded Waste Bin, Georgian, Dutch, Oak, Fruitwood, Fireside Store C.1800
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a fine antique Georgian period lidded waste bin, presenting as a distinguished Dutch fireside store in oak and fruitwood, circa 1800. This versatile antique is ideal for use ...
Category
Early 1800s Dutch Georgian Antique England - Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood, Oak
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