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Item Ships From: England
Contemporary Mirrored Mosaic Seated Female Sculpture
Located in Worcester, GB
Contemporary Mirrored Mosaic Seated Female Sculpture, 114 cm
A captivating large-scale contemporary sculpture of a seated female figure, entirely clad in reflective mirrored mosaic ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mirror
Pair of Gothic Revival Painted Stained Glass Panels, England, Late 19th Century
Located in Worcester, GB
Pair of Gothic Revival Painted Stained Glass Panels, England, Late 19th Century
A decorative pair of painted stained glass panels dating to the late 19th century, likely English, and...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stained Glass
ANTIQUE CIRCA 1920 ART DECO CASION CHIP POKER SET WiTH BAKELITE HANDLE CASE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very nice circa 1920 Art Deco casino chip / poker set in the original wood case with Bakelite handle
A...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic, Wood
St Andrews Golf Club, Bicentenary Etching, Ltd Edition 10/75
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
St Andrews golf club bicentenary etching.
A rare etching of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club St Andrews Clubhouse, produced as Ltd. edition for the...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Sporting Art England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Steve McQueen 'Bullitt' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Japanese, 1968
Located in Devon, GB
In one of his most famous roles at the pinnacle of his career, Steve McQueen is the essence of cool as tough cop Frank Bullitt in this action-packed 1968 thriller, featuring one of m...
Category
1960s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare George III Celestial Pocket Globe by Cary, London
By Cary
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine and rare 3" celestial pocket globe by G & W Cary, Strand, London circa 1791, housed in its original sharkskin case.
A companion globe to terrestrial globes of this type we...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Fishing Picture, Sporting in the Scottish Isles, Salmon Fishing, William Heath
By William Heath Wilson
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Salmon fishing lithograph by William Heath.
An early rare hand coloured salmon fishing lithograph by William Heath, originally done as a set of four. This singular picture is entitled 'Sporting In The Scottish Isles' with secondary title 'Salmon Fishing', 'Drawn on stone by William Heath, from sketches taken by him in the Islands of Islay'. Framed in maple frame with glass. Published April 21st 1835 by Rudolph Ackermann.
The other three pictures in the set are Grouse Shooting...
Category
1830s British Sporting Art Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Very Long Racing Scull or Oar from Eton College Windsor
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Very Long Racing Scull or Oar from Eton College Windsor
This is a fine quality extra long oar from Eton College, the spoon or blade has blue chevrons ...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ash
Irish Georgian Silver by Douglas Bennett (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is the standard and essential reference book for any collector or dealer of rare Irish Georgian silver. 369 pages profusely illustrated with...
Category
19th Century Georgian Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1891-1896 The Novels of George Eliot
Located in Bath, GB
A handsomely bound set of the novels of George Eliot, as well as a short story collection, with many illustrations.
A seven-volume set, one containing two volumes bound in one, in h...
Category
1890s British Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Lapis Lazuli Table Clock and Barometer
By Fabergé
Located in London, GB
The body of this fine table clock and barometer is veneered in lapis lazuli and supported by a hinged arm to the reverse. The clock and barometer d...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Belle Époque England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Arts and Crafts Ibach Grand Piano Mahogany Designed by Dutch Architect Cuypers
Located in Leeds, GB
A 1916, German Arts and Crafts, Ibach grand piano with a mahogany case and carved panel detail. The mahogany cabinet is polished so as to emphas...
Category
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Polo Engraving, California Polo by Reinhold H. Palenske
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
California Polo Etching.
A wonderful dry-point etching of Polo in America by American artist Reinhold H. Palenske (1884-1953). Inscribed and signed by th...
Category
20th Century American Sporting Art England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Lord Mountbatten by Greta Berlin, 1989
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This bronze is the maquette for a sculpture of Lord Louis Mountbatten wearing a naval duffel coat, peaked cap and sea boots and holding a pair of binoculars. It is set on a highly polished black stone base and inscribed on the back ‘Mountbatten Study, G. Berlin no. 3 of 3’. English, 1989.
We are indebted to Ms Berlin for her kind help in supplying the following information. “I made this piece as a working model, maquette, to show, along with another image, to the clients who were offering the commission for the nine-foot bronze of Lord Mountbatten...
Category
1980s English Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
A Rare Collection of Seven Slave ‘Prisoner’ Tokens
Located in London, GB
A Rare Collection of Seven Slave ‘Prisoner’ Tokens
Metal, coins
Australia
19th Century
Size: circular: 3.4cm dia. - 1¼ ins diameter. (max) / 2.5cm dia. - 1 ins dia. (min)
cross:...
Category
19th Century Australian Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
'Mon Oncle' Original Vintage Movie Poster by Olle Olsson Hagalund, Swedish, 1959
Located in Devon, GB
A rare poster for the first Swedish release of the 1958 Classic French slapstick comedy "Mon Oncle", written, directed, produced by and starring Jacques Tati as the eccentric hero Monsieur Hulot, struggling to fit into an increasingly modern and mechanised France. Tati's satire of Postwar consumer society was popular even in the US, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Olle Olsson...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Modernist Matching Pair of Enamel Gents Cufflinks, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
Extremely stylish and totally original are these matching pair of English 1930s Art Deco modernist enamel gents cufflinks. Fabulous geometric patterning and color, with a slight mode...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel
Antique Giallo Antico Marble Grand Tour Column of Phocas
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Grand Tour marble and bronze sculpture of Phocas.
Surmounted by a bronze figure, inscribed with latin to the pedestal, and set on a stepped levanto marble base, this anti...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
Art Deco Modernist Matching Pair of Enamel Gents Cufflinks, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
Extremely stylish and totally original are these matching pair of English 1930s Art Deco modernist enamel gents cufflinks. Fabulous geometric patterning and color, with a slight mode...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Silver Leaf
Rare Art Deco Pierette Half Doll Pin Cushion
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this petite and very skilfully painted Art Deco pin cushion head manufactured by the German factory of William Goebel. For your consideration is this rare designed Art Deco Pierette half doll...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Hermes Solid Silver Cigarette Box & Matchbox With Gold Horse Detail c.1960
By Hermès
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A Vintage mid-20th Century Hermes cigarette box and matchbox holder crafted from solid silver, adorned with exquisite gold horse detailing. This e...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Suit of 16th Century Style Armour
Located in Cheshire, GB
A suit of 16th century style armour, the helmet with pierced visor, raised comb applied and twist border collar, two-piece breastplate with medial ridge, twist border shoulder plates...
Category
19th Century British Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Rare Scrimshaw Decorated Horn
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A rare scrimshaw decorated horn, engraved over one side with the Royal Arms countersigned and titled ship profiles for the Great Eastern, the Great Britain,...
Category
1860s English Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Horn
Lamp Table Mandolin Francesco Perretti & Figli, Napoli Early-20 Century
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Early-20th century, Francesco Perretti & Figli, mandolin upcycled into a table lamp, 29” high
A fun piece of signature and conversation mood lighting which can also be played
Injec...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Spruce
Walnut Cased Barograph by R. Stewart
Located in Cheshire, GB
R. Stewart mahogany-cased Barograph, having five glazed hinged lid, and a drawer below to house the charts. The mechanical eight-day movement is housed in the drum, fitted with a sev...
Category
Early 20th Century British England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Golf Painting by John Blair, Craigmillar Park G C
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Craigmillar Park Golf Club Watercolour, John Blair.
An atmospheric original watercolour of Craigmillar Park Golf Links in Edinburgh by the Scottish artist John Blair (1849-1934). Craigmillar Castle from which the club derives its name from is clearly seen in the background and the painting is signed to the lower left corner. Craigmillar Castle was a haunt of Mary Queen of Scots, the world's first recorded lady golfer. How ironic then, that since the golf club's inception equality of the sexes was the rule at Craigmillar Park.
John Blair was a Scottish painter, predominantly of watercolour landscapes. Of humble beginnings in Berwickshire, he moved to Edinburgh to study and spent the rest of his life there. His paintings mainly reflect the landscapes around him, both of urban settings and also of the castles, sea and lochs of the Borders. As well as his original work, his paintings were viewed by a wide audience in the form of picture postcards, book endpapers and illustrations.
Taken from Craigmillar Park Golf Club website:-
Craigmillar Park Golf Club was constituted in 1895 and moved to its present location in 1907. It was extended to 18 holes (designed by James Braid) in 1927.
On 12th of January 1895 the Scotsman newspaper carried the following "birth" announcement :
"NEW GOLF COURSE IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF EDINBURGH. A nine-hole golf course is being formed at Craigmillar Park and is expected to be ready for play in February. A lease of the ground which extends from Crawfurd Road to Lady Road has been obtained from Captain Gordon Gilmour of Liberton and Craigmillar. The principal entrance will be from Crawfurd Road within three minutes' walk of the Craigmillar Park car terminus and Newington Suburban Station. The course is about a mile in length and has been laid out by Mr. Day of Musselburgh, who has given a very favourable report of the suitability of the ground for the purpose. Already about 150 ladies and gentlemen have been admitted as members of the club."
Many, perhaps most, of the new clubs created about the same time as Craigmillar Park were (and some continue) as male preserves. It is clear that from the outset equality of the sexes was the rule at Craigmillar Park, although it was not until 1914 that the subscriptions were equalised.
The course was situated in an area of land close to Newington Railway Station and the Newington Bus and Tram Terminus and was thus, easily accessible. In those days there was very little building development between the course and the iconic Craigmillar Castle from which the club derives its name. The castle was a haunt of Mary Queen of Scots, the world's first recorded lady golfer. How ironic then, that since the golf club's inception, ladies have had equal status with men and there was no gender barrier to any office. This was in an age when golf clubs were regarded as male preserves. In 1914, ladies started paying exactly the same subscription as their male counterparts and this has remained right up to the present day. When you consider that all women did not get the vote until 1928, Craigmillar Park Golf Club were indeed trendsetters!
Despite the club's early success, with 400 members and a waiting list, they were dealt a blow when their course at Newington was taken over for housing development. They decided, rather than to disband, to relocate the golf course to the eastern slopes of the Blackford Hill in 1907. Once again the close proximity of Blackford Railway Station and Bus Terminus were factors in their decision making. Another factor in choosing Blackford Hill was the potential for increasing the length of the 9 holes that had been played for in the course at Newington and possibly even converting the new course to 18 holes at some future date. This is in fact what happened and James Braid designed a splendid 18 hole course which officially opened in 1927. The new course was a real test of golf with no two holes being the same. The course boasts marvellous views over Edinburgh and Fife and down the coast to the Berwick Law, Bass Rock...
Category
Early 1900s European Sporting Art Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Style Ski Photography, Framed Alpine Ski Photograph, Virgin Powder
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
'VIRGIN POWDER', a modern framed and mounted black and white photograph after an original 1930's skiing photograph. The frame is black with a burgundy undercoat, the glazing is clari...
Category
1930s British Sporting Art Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Wood
Lifesize Mannequins of Laurel and Hardy
Located in London, GB
Mannequins of The Great Laurel and Hardy
"Another Fine shop you've got me into!!"
The son of a British showman, Stan Laurel had been raised in B...
Category
Mid-20th Century European England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fiberglass, Plaster
Aviator, Pilot Sunglasses
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Rimless Aviator, Pilot sunglasses.
A very good pair of rimless eye glasses by the American Optical Company (AO). The frames are engra...
Category
20th Century American England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
20th Century English Pond Yacht
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
English Pond Yacht re-rigged with original Union Jack flags.
Circa 1930.
Category
20th Century England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1968 2001 A Space Odyssey
By Arthur C. Clarke
Located in Bath, GB
A sought after first edition of one of the most important sci-fi novels of all time, signed by Arthur C. Clarke to the title page.
The first U.S. edition, first printing.
Signed by...
Category
1960s American Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Victorian Novelty Sterling Silver Tabletop Burner with Cigar Cutter
By Susannah Brasted
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique Victorian novelty sterling silver tabletop burner with cigar cutter on wooden base
Maker : Susannah Brasted
Made in London 1888
Fully hallm...
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
1926 Collected Works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
By John Wilmot
Located in Bath, GB
A fine limited edition of the works of the Earl of Rochester, in a sumptuous full crushed morocco binding by Bayntun Riviere.
Number 285 of a 1050 copy limitation.
In a beautiful c...
Category
1920s British Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
'E.T. The Extra Terrestrial' Original Vintage Japanese Movie Poster, 1982
Located in Devon, GB
Steven Spielberg's timeless tear jerking tale of a young boy's friendship with a stranded extraterrestrial was both widely critically acclaimed and enormously commercially successful...
Category
1980s Japanese Modern Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Viennese Cold-Painted Bronze Egyptian Monument Letterbox by Bergman
By Franz Xaver Bergman (Bergmann)
Located in London, GB
Viennese cold-painted bronze Egyptian monument letterbox by Bergman
Austrian, circa 1900
Measures: Height 46cm, width 39cm, depth 28cm
Demonstr...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Silver Besamim Spice Box for Havdalah
Located in London, GB
This beautifully decorated besamim, a decorative spice box used in the weekly Jewish ceremony of Havdalah, marking the conclusion of Shabbat (the Sabbath) - is a fine piece of antiqu...
Category
19th Century Turkish Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver Nurses Belt Buckle from 1901 by John Tiley
By John Tiley
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London 1901 by John Tiley, this stylish, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Belt Buckle, measures 3.75"(9.5cm) wide a...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
PADDLE WHEELS & SCREW PROPELLERS by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, 1864
By Vincent Brooks, Day and Sons
Located in London, GB
A Victorian framed print of "PADDLE WHEELS & SCREW PROPELLERS" by Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen. Plate from The Modern System of Naval...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Cooper Brothers & Sons Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Commemorative Box
By Cooper Brothers & Sons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive, unusual antique Edwardian English sterling silver commemorative box; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection.
This fine antique Edwardian sterling silver commemorative box has a plain rectangular form with rounded corners.
The subtly domed hinged cover of the box retains the original transfer depicting portraits of King Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark in addition to the coat of arms of Leeds.
The cover is further ornamented with the presentation details ‘7th July 1908, Wilfred L Hepton Lord Mayor, Souvenir of the visit to Leeds, of the King and Queen. Presented by the Lord Mayor’.
The underside of the Edwardian box is embellished with the original engraved inscription ‘Rowntree & Co Ltd, Cocoa & Chocolate Makers...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
1979 The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
By Angela Carter
Located in Bath, GB
An excellent first edition of Angela Carter's collection of ten short stories based on traditional folk tales, including 'The Bloody Chamber'.
The first edition.
Bound in the publi...
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Late 20th Century British England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
French Second Empire Carabiniers Cuirass
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A 19th century French breast and back plate or cuirass, the steel and brass breast plate with the star burst and French eagle. Original leather still beneath the shoulder straps and ...
Category
19th Century French Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1979 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
By Douglas Adams
Located in Bath, GB
The first edition of this incredibly popular science fiction novel, a smart copy in the original second state dust wrapper.
The first edition, first impression. Uncommon to see the first U.K. edition.
In the original unclipped second state dust wrapper, without the advert to the rear wrap.
'The Hitch Hiker's Guide to...
Category
1970s British Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Red Metal Body Track Rail Race Car, Circa 1952
Located in London, GB
Fabulous scratch built model race car, circa 1952. A track car, such as this one, raced on the surface of a board track usually consisting of 4-6 lanes...
Category
1950s British Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Regency Lane’s Pocket Globe, Dated 1818
By Lane's
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A 3 ½ inch Regency Lane’s pocket globe, dated 1818, the terrestrial globe with the seas in light green and the land masses outlined in darker green, contained within a hinged black shagreen case, the concave interior of the case applied with the engraved celestial charts...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
A very large vintage 1920s Stirling silver and marcasite snake brooch
Located in Central England, GB
This stunning very large oversized piece of jewellery is finely made in silver marked 925 for Stirling quality. It is made in the form of a snake and is beautifully hand set in marcasite from head to tail which glistens brightly against the light.
The snake’s eyes are set in contrast with bright red stones most likely garnets. In addition, it also has a delicate silver tongue.
The brooch is very nicely fitted with a large silver hinged pin with a safety catch.
This stunning large piece of silver jewellery is a statement piece which would greatly complement any garment.
Circa 1930
Height 1cm x width 18cm x depth 4cm
Thank you for looking at this stunning vintage snake brooch...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
English Art Deco Men’s Cufflinks
Located in Devon, England
Fabulous pair of matching Art Deco men’s cufflinks with a great geometric pattern. Silver toned metal with engined turned decoration. Condition...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
Patrick Hamilton, The Slaves of Solitude, First Edition Book
Located in CA, CA
Patrick Hamilton -The Slaves of Solitude
Published by Constable, London 1947. First edition.
Hamilton, cult author of Hangover Square and denizen of seedy pre-war literary Lond...
Category
1940s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Yacht Rudder and Carved Tiller
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th Century Yacht Rudder and Carved Tiller
The rudder is a good decorative piece as is the tiller which has a figure head carved on the end wit...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ash
Vintage Monumental WWII American Wood Light Aircraft Carrier Made by Sailors
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this huge, Vintage WWII American wooden deck light Aircraft carrier, reputedly made by Sailors moored in the Solent...
Category
20th Century English Campaign England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
19th Century Pink Painted Porcelain Huqqa
Located in London, GB
This beautiful porcelain huqqa (or hookah) is of Continental, possibly Russian, origin and was created in the late 19th Century. The item is finely painted and decorated with photo-r...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Islamic Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
A rare collection of twelve mid 20th Century WW2 hand carved combat figures
Located in London, GB
A rare collection of twelve mid 20th Century WW2 hand carved combat figures
This rare collection would have been used in military combat plans, to position soldiers in the field of ...
Category
1930s British Late Victorian Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Sterling Silver Model of a Royal Scots Dragoon Guard
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1970, this handsome, Sterling Silver Model of a Royal Scots Dragoon Guard (formerly 3rd Carabiniers) is wonderfully modelled and sta...
Category
1970s English Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sir Harold Dudley Clayton’s Hydraulic Steam Lifeboat: City of Glasgow, 1894
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Sir Harold Dudley Clayton’s Hydraulic Steam Lifeboat: City of Glasgow, 1894. This fine builder’s presentation scale model has a gilt brass funnel, polished brass rudder, capstan, anchor, binnacle and fittings with side grab ropes. The hull is painted in RNLI blue and red, with a pink keel. It is raised on a turned brass support within an ebonised glazed case on a stand and has a presentation plaque inscribed ‘Hydraulic Steam Lifeboat City of Glasgow’ Built For the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, by R & H Green, Blackwall Yard, London, 1894′.
Provenance: Sir Harold Dudley Clayton. The following pages are dedicated to the substantial and fascinating archive of Sir Harold Dudley Clayton. This includes the lifeboat model above, over 100 yacht designs and naval architects’ drawings, photograph albums, photographic glass slides and a model of his yacht Coquette.
Steam-powered lifeboats. Earlier in the 19th century steam had transformed Britain’s industrial landscape through the development of steamships and the railways. But tending a coal-fired boiler in a boat that is pitching and rolling in heavy seas would not have been straightforward. Sixty years after the idea was first mooted by Sir William Hillary and after extensive trials, the first steam-cum-sail boat Duke of Northumberland went into service at Harwich Lifeboat Station in September 1890. The hydraulic steam-driven lifeboat used...
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19th Century English Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Royal Sailing Yacht Britannia’s 76 inches burgee of the Royal Corinthian Yacht C
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This large triangular racing burgee is made from pieced wool bunting with machine stitching with three vertical red, white and red stripes. The white stripe showing a blue shield with a white star and crescent moon motif below a royal crown. The leading edge is inscribed in black ink ‘R. Portsmouth Corin n/t’. It is accompanied by a copy of a black edged letter on Buckingham Palace writing paper dated 10th July 1936 saying ‘Dear Sir, I am commanded by the King and Queen Mary to send you these flags which were flown on board “Britannia” at various times during her career, including one of her racing flags. Their Majesties hope you will like to keep these in your club house as souvenirs of the old yacht. Yours Derek Keppell, Master of the Household, The Commodore, Royal Portsmouth Corinthian Yacht Club.” It is offered with a Royal Portsmouth Corinthian Yacht Club printed silk racing programme for the Sixth Regatta in Osborne Bay, 1883, with a gold fringe and a button attached with a red seal to a tag stating ‘Seabed Pattern Button Corinthian Yacht Club, jacket and vest, 1880’, in an envelope ‘On H.M. Service’ addressed to ‘General His Serene Highness, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club, Government House...
Category
1930s English Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Textile
Beuloff Baby Grand Piano Cabriole Legs Hand-Painted Classical Motifs Gilt Accent
Located in Leeds, GB
Beuloff baby grand piano with a cream case. Entire cabinet hand-painted with Classical style motifs. It is signed on the cabinet by Jade 85 Wigmore Street.
The cabriole legs with a scalloped top, are hand-painted with flowers and foliage and gilt accents
The traditionally shaped two-pedal piano lyre features two S-curves bordered with gilt accents.
The music desk...
Category
Early 20th Century German England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Austrian Silver & Enamel Cigarette Case c. 1890 Erotic
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Silver Cigarette Case decorated with a beautiful Enamel Image on the front of the case. The Image shows a woman with rich golden brow hair covered in part with a diaphano...
Category
19th Century German Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Antique Enamel and Silver Filigree Box, Circa 1820
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique enamel and English silver filigree box; an addition to our silver ornamental collection.
This except...
Category
1820s English Georgian Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Audrey Hepburn, Original Vintage Photograph by Vincent Rossell, Paris, 1962
By Vincent Rossell
Located in Devon, GB
From the Personal collection of Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn and William Holden on the set of 'Paris When it Sizzles,' Paris, 1962 by Vincent...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
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The world’s most opulent chess set, weighing in at 513 carats, is literally fit for a king and queen.