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Item Ships From: England
19th Century English Regency Toleware & Brass Parrot Bird Stand
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rare and early 19th century original painted toleware and brass parrot stand, age related abrasions. knocks and minor dents all commensurate from age and use. The brass section has...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Fine Pair of Bronze Cannon by McAndrew and Woore English, circa 1850
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine pair of bronze cannon by McAndrew and Woore, set on their original brass bound black painted oak carriages with brass spider wheels, also with a p...
Category
1850s English Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Wood and Gesso Altar Vase
Located in Hastings, GB
A hand-crafted wood and applied gesso altar vase, late 18th century with gilt and green banding decoration.
Small areas of loss to the gesso and wear to the paint commensurate with ...
Category
18th Century German Rococo Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Very Fine Gilt Bronze, Cloisonné Enamel and Porcelain Holy Water Stoup
Located in London, GB
A very fine gilt bronze, cloisonné enamel and porcelain holy water stoup
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 54cm, width 34cm, depth 9cm
This b...
Category
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
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
58CM COLNAGO MASTER OLYMPIC FREULER ART DECOR PAINT SCHEME ROAD BiKE FRAME SET
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage Colnago Master Olympic Art Décor road bike with Freuler geometry Columbus Gilco steel frameset with straight Colnago Chrome Precisa forks
HISTORY
I am selling my entire bike collection which comprises of 16 bikes, all luxury high end pieces, there are Colnagos, Cervelo’s, Lemon’s, Specialized, with Carbon Titanium or Columbus steel frames and some of the most expensive parts in the world, there are also some frames, again Titanium and Colnago, Bianchi etc, some wheels Zipp 303’s, Campagnolo Hyperion carbons etc, and then a few parts. I also have a NOS in the case Dura Ace 25th Anniversary groupset. These are all that is left over from my bike shop, I have kept them for years hanging around my furniture workshop as pieces of art and to remember the good old days, my new warehouse doesn’t have the same hanging space so these all need to go!
DESCRIPTION
A very good looking well made and collectable road bike frameset from the masters… Colnago! This is an early collectable model with the super rare raised seapost and head tube know as the Freuler geometry, it has the original Campagnolo headset, the straight chrome forks, the rear triangle is matching chrome...
Category
20th Century Other England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver and Enamel Vesta Case
By Rolason Brothers
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian sterling silver and enamel vesta case; an addition to our enamel and silverware collection.
This an...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Style Photography, Framed Alpine Ski Photograph, Bend Zie Knees
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
'BEND ZIE KNEES', 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 clarity+ premium synthetic glass. Black & white alpine photos are the perfect addition to any home or ski lodge, so please do check out our other ski photos...
Category
1930s English Sporting Art Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Wood
George III Vinaigrette Made in Edinburgh by J. McKay, circa 1815
Located in London, GB
A very rare George III Vinaigrette made in Edinburgh circa 1815 by J. McKay.
The Vinaigrette is oval in form with plain sides and base. The cover is inset with an unusually shaded S...
Category
19th Century Scottish George III Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Carved and Painted Model of Hms Emerald, 1811 and ‘Hms Emerald & Hms Amethyst
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A carved and painted model of HMS Emerald, 1811, the frigate finely modelled and painted with a white hull, black plimsole line, yellow topsides and red cannon ports, raised on the original mahogany stand with turned feet and a plaque reading ‘HMSEmerald, 36 Gun Frigate. Launched on the Thames in 1795. A scale model ½”-1’ made for Captain F. L .Maitland, her Commander 1806-1911 together with a painting of H.M.S. Emerald by Nicholas Pocock...
Category
19th Century British Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paint
1928 The House at Pooh Corner
By A.A. Milne
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully bound first edition copy of A A Milne's noted story collection 'House at Pooh Corner'. A wonderful copy of this beloved work, housed in a custo...
Category
1920s British Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Webb Miniature Toy Childs Garden Lawnmower
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Webb Miniature Toy Childs Garden Lawnmower
A great collectible piece, the mower is complete with grass catcher
All the moving parts move, and so could be sharpened and returned t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Set of Four Pig Sticking Prints, Lithographs
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Set Of Four Pig Sticking Lithographs.
A very good, framed set of four pictures of an old and rare subject 'Pig Sticking'. The rare pictures are after Alb...
Category
1850s European Sporting Art Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mickey Mouse, Silly Symphony
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster for Mickey Mouse - Silly Symphony 1938. To-date this is believed to be the only known surviving example.
The Silly Sympho...
Category
1930s French Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
ANTiQUE REGENCY CIRCA 1810 HARDWOOD NEVER USED NOTEPAD SAFE WITH ORIGINAL BOOKS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly collectable Antique circa 1810-1820 Regency Rosewood notepad or diary safe with pe...
Category
1810s European Regency Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood, Paper
Early 19th Century Wooden and Paper Model of York Minster
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century wooden and paper model of York Minster. Housed within its original mahogany and glass case on stand, English, circa 1835.
Category
Mid-18th Century British Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
An Edwardian cheroot holder and case made from silver amber and gold 1902 - 3
Located in Central England, GB
A silver cased cheroot holder made from amber in three sections with a 9ct gold mounted rim.
The case is designed to be attached by the ring to a double Albert watch chain and sit i...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Silver
Presentation Rowing Oar Trophy, Fitzwilliam House, 1st May Boat 1950
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Rowing Oar, 1950 Fitzwilliam House, May Boat.
The full-length oar is an original traditional Cambridge University presentation rowing oar with g...
Category
20th Century British Sporting Art England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine, Paint
Russian Cloisonné Enamel and Silver Gilt Egg
Located in London, GB
Russian cloisonné enamel and silver gilt egg
Russian, 20th Century
Height 7cm, diameter 5cm
The complex technique of cloisonné enamelling is ...
Category
20th Century Russian England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Vintage 1920s Black Japanned Dry Fly Fishing Box
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage black Japanned dry fly fishing box.
A black japanned tin fly box with cream interior and four compartments with transparent celluloid lids so ...
Category
1920s English Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
Antique Wildfowl Print Mallards Feeding by Archibald Thorburn
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Mallards by Archibald Thorburn.
A framed wildfowl colotype print by Archibald Thorburn, signed in pencil by the artist and bearing fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp. Copyright Publis...
Category
1920s British Sporting Art Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Pair of Salmon Fishing Engravings by George Earl
By George Earl
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Pair of salmon fishing pictures, fishing & poaching.
A large pair of goupilgravures, fishing and poaching, by George Earl. The pair of angling pictures ti...
Category
Early 1900s English Sporting Art Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Set of 11 19th Century Bois Durci Portrait Roundels
By François Charles Lepage
Located in London, GB
Set of 11 19th century Bois Durci portrait roundels
French, 19th Century
Largest: Height 1.5cm, diameter 15.5cm
Smallest: Height 1cm, diameter 11.5cm
This set of 11 panels depicts ...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Arcon Chest Coffer Leather Armorial Spanish Baroque Gilded Brass Studwork Domed
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, early 17th century, Spanish, leather, ‘Arcon’ or domed travelling coffer with a gilded armorial & ornamented with brass studwork.
Surviving utalitarian pieces such as travel...
Category
1620s Spanish Baroque Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
'The Terminator' Original Vintage Movie Poster by Milan Pecák, Czech, 1990
Located in Devon, GB
Along with Jakub Erol's stylized design for the Polish release, celebrated Czech artist Milan Pecák's imposing illustration of Arnold Schwarzenegger as 'The Terminator' is one of the...
Category
1990s Czech Post-Modern England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Austro-Hungarian Silver and Enamel Cigarette / Card Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine antique Austro-Hungarian silver and enamel cigarette/card case; part of our continental silverware collection
This fine antique Austro-Hungarian silver and enamel cigarette/card case has a rectangular form with rounded edges.
The front cover is embellished with an enamel panel depicting two Japanese ladies playing traditional Japanese instruments, the koto (13 stringed zither) and the shamisen (3 stringed guitar-like instrument).
The players are seated on the ground in an outdoor scene with traditional Japanese lanterns hanging from tree branches overhead.
The sides of this cigarette case and posterior cover are plain and unembellished.
The case is fitted with a push fit catch which when released reveals the hallmarked gilt interior of the hinged compartments.
The hallmarks to the interior of this impressive case include:
Silver quality/purity: Dianakopf mark (800 standard, 800/1000)
Assay mark: L (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
This variation of the Dianakopf mark was used from 1872-1922, determining the date of this piece as circa 1900.
Condition
This antique silver business card holder...
Category
20th Century Slovenian England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Set of Four Hawaiian Chief Staffs in a Glass Cabinet
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Set of four Hawaiian chief staffs each supported by a carved wooden bird.
The cabinet was made to hold the staffs in the 1930s as a prize for an Austrian archery tournament.
Category
20th Century England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Feathers
George Houston Antique Edwardian 1906 Sterling Silver Vesta Case
By George Houston
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and collectable antique Edwardian English sterling silver vesta case with billiard interest, an addition to our sports related silverware collection.
This fine Edwardian sterling silver vesta case has a plain circular form.
The anterior surface of this antique sterling silver case is embellished with a chased decorated scene depicting a billiard room with seated characters to the background and male figures playing to the foreground.
The reverse surface and sides of the case are plain and unembellished.
This piece is fitted with a hinged spring cover and ring loop attachment to the side.
This fine antique sterling silver case incorporates a serrated panel/match striker to the underside.
Condition
This antique vesta case...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
The large and interesting silver gilt trophy of Captain George
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The large and interesting silver gilt trophy of Captain George Welstead, purchased with prize money from the East India Company, 1805, in the form of a footed cup with a separate cov...
Category
18th Century English Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
1923 R.U.R. Rossum's Universal Robots
By Karel Capek
Located in Bath, GB
A signed copy of the fifth edition of Karel Capek's science-fiction play, an important work of twentieth century science fiction, remarkable for introducing the word 'robot' to moder...
Category
1920s Czech Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
20th Century French Silver & Gold Plated 'Shotgun' Smoking Set, Hermes, c.1960
By Hermès
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A wondrously luxurious novelty smoking set made by the celebrated Parisian luxury retailer Hermes. This rare set, no longer in production, and very hard to acquire would make the per...
Category
20th Century French England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver Plate
1989 Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West
By Cormac McCarthy
Located in Bath, GB
The first UK edition of Cormac McCarthy's great American novel, an epic historical western set in the American Frontier.
The first UK edition, first impression. The work was first p...
Category
1980s British Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th C Pair of Large Optical Experimental Scientific Mirrors Concave & Convex
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large pair of scientific optical mirrors, one concave the other convex.
These where used in studies of optical sciences and in particular the study of the properties of light r...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Whimsical Parlour Game Charades Cards Parker Brothers
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of 51 wonderfully rendered parlour cards, drawings and hand-written text lithographed onto weighty card.
The cards have been mounted later on a blue velvet covered boar...
Category
Early 20th Century American England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Velvet, Glass, Wood, Paper
Antique Denby Pottery Tennis, Rackets Lemonade Jug, c. 1890
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Tennis-themed Lemonade Jug.
A rare "Denby" pottery tennis themed lemonade jug. The tennis ceramic has an applied panel decorated, in relief, with two crossed lawn tennis rackets, three balls and a lawn tennis net...
Category
1890s British Sporting Art Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Golf Club Walking Stick, Sunday Club.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Sunday Club, Golf Club Walking Stick.
A desirable walking cane with the handle in the shape of a left-handed longnose styled golf club head. The gentleman's walking stick has a persimmon socket head handle with a pegged horn insert and a lead weight to the rear. The crown of the club head stamped with the 'plume of feathers' and a 'Lion' cleek mark. It is with hickory shaft with black and white hosel bands and a brass ferrule at the end.
The ban on golfing on the Sabbath, Sunday, had the effect of the club makers producing walking sticks for canny golfers. They fashioned the canes with a golf club head as a handle and they became known as 'Sunday Clubs' or 'Sabbath sticks'. It is said that on the Sabbath a Sunday Club owner, when nobody was looking, could still enjoy a crafty putt or swing.
Dimensions:
Height
96 cm / 38"
Width
10 cm / 4"
Depth
4 cm / 1 3⁄4"
Period
1900-1949
Year
Circa 1930's
Medium
persimmon & hickory
Country
United Kingdom
Condition
Possibly a later replaced shaft. Good usable walking stick...
Category
1930s British Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hickory
1908 The Writings of George Eliot
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully bound twenty-five volume large paper limited edition of the works of George Eliot, in half crushed morocco bindings, and illustrated throughout.
This set is number 85 ...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1949 Nineteen Eighty-Four
By George Orwell
Located in Bath, GB
The first U.K. edition of George Orwell's important and culture defining dystopian novel, a superb finely bound copy.
The first UK. edition, with 'First published 1949' stated to th...
Category
1940s British Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Nouveau cast Iron dinner gong
Located in Cheshire, GB
Art Nouveau cast Iron dinner gong the decorative Fram with flower heads and scrolling decoration. Supporting the original brass gong, together with beater.
Dimensions
Height 33.5 Inches
Width 26.5 Inches
Depth 12 Inches
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
"Fractal Gun" Custom Wooden Marquetry Surfboard
Located in Nr Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
This is a unique custom surfboard featuring a marquetry deck, designed and hand-crafted by the w o o d p o p studio which specialises in marquetry and inlay work.
The studio prid...
Category
2010s England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1928 The Torrents of Spring
By Ernest Hemingway
Located in Bath, GB
A finely bound copy of this lesser known satirical novel by great American author Ernest Hemingway, the second edition.
The second edition of this work, which was first published in 1926.
Smartly rebound in a half morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards.
A lesser known work of Ernest Hemingway, this novella was written as a parody of 'Dark Laughter' by Sherwood Anderson.
Hemingway takes a satirical look at pretentious writers in this novel and in its publication. He wrote it in only ten days, and received a mixed reaction when first published, partly as it was published in the same year as 'The Sun Also Rises...
Category
1920s American Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Archibald Knox for Liberty and Co Silver Buckle, Birmingham, 1902 - 3
By Archibald Knox
Located in Central England, GB
A Rare Archibald Knox for Liberty and Co Silver Buckle
A rare silver buckle designed by Archibald Knox for Liberty and Co’s Cymric range. It appears in Dr. Stephen Martin's book, Archibald Knox second edition, page 270. It is probably one of Knox’s most desirable and accomplished buckle designs and shows the influence of Talwin Morris...
Category
20th Century English Art Nouveau England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Antique Baines Golf Trade Card, Swindon
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Baines Golfing trade card, Swindon.
A rare circular golf trade card in the shape of a bramble golf ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines went on to produce not only football cards...
Category
Early 20th Century British Sporting Art England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
c1890 The Works of Ainsworth
By William Harrison Ainsworth
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome sixteen volume set of illustrated works by Ainsworth in half red morocco.
Sixteen volumes. Complete in sixteen.
'Author's copyright edition' stated to the title page to some of the works.
Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper to the boards. Raised bands and gilt details to the spine.
Illustrated by various artists including the renowned 'Phiz', best known for his illustrations for Charles Dickens. Also illustrated by George Cruikshank, John Franklin and John Gilbert.
With frontispieces, vignettes and;
39 plates to 'Tower of London', 7 to ' Star-Chamber', 14 to 'Auriol', 16 to 'Crichton', 15 to 'Boscobel', 18 to 'Windsor Castle', 26 to 'Jack Sheppard', 20 to 'Old St Pauls', 7 7o 'Ovingdean Grange', 7 to 'Spendthrift', 21 to 'Guy Fawkes...
Category
1890s British Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Dunhill 'The Light' Novelty Petrol Lighter
Located in London, by appointment only
Dunhill ‘The Light’ novelty petrol lighter in immaculate original museum condition. Stored in a safe for the last 70 years, this remarkable discovery is...
Category
Mid-20th Century England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
World War 2 Motoring Print, Snaffles Lithograph, "the D.R."
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Snaffles WWI Military Print, The D.R.
A good hand coloured Snaffles WWI military print 'The D.R.'. The lithograph shows a despatch rider on a motor cycle, racing past two dead riders in the road, a sign saying "Do not loiter here, this spot is DANGEROUS", a wayside shrine with Jesus on the cross and with the caption 'Remarkable close to the old bus...
Category
Early 20th Century British England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Porcelain Huqqa for Persian Market
Located in London, GB
This beautiful huqqa (or hookah), an instrument used for smoking—is a highly collectable antique piece. It created in the late 19th century, most likely in Russia. The huqqa is finely decorated with depictions of Qajar kings, suggesting that it was created for the Persian market.
The huqqa features a bell-shaped base with a ribbed cylindrical top. This is covered by a cup-shaped feature on a knopped stem. The huqqa is crafted from porcelain which is white and finely decorated with deep blue stylised vines, leaves and flowers. Half-length portraits of the 19th century Persian kings, Naser al-Din Shah and Mozaffar al-Din Shah, ornament the huqqa’s base...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Islamic Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Interiors for Today edited by Franco Magnani (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book is full of visual inspiration and practical ideas for overcoming the limitations of space and for escaping from the pressures imposed by an encroaching society.
Interiors f...
Category
20th Century England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Original Antique Map of the The Windward Islands. 1894
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Superb Antique map of The Windward Islands
Published Edward Stanford, Charing Cross, London 1894
Original colour
Good condition
Unframed.
Free shipping
Category
1890s English Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mid 20th Century European Cut Away Model Of The Trans Europ Express c.1960
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Mid 20th Century cutaway model of the TEE (Trans Europ Express), which first graced European tracks in 1957 and completed its journey in 1995. During its...
Category
20th Century European Other England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Louis XVI Serinette in the Form of a Miniature Commode by Richard, Paris, 1775
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very rare Louis XVI period serinette or bird organ in the form of a transitional style gilt bronze mounted and marquetry inlaid miniature commode in the manner of gilbert, by Robert Richard, Paris.
With a label for ' RICHARD - maitre facteur d’orgues et mécanicien / Rue de richelieu à la bibliothèque Du Roy / Paris 1775'.
This rare Serinette or Bird Organ has a wooden cylinder barrel mounted by twelve pins and linked to twelve sound pipes. A crank attached to the front panel controls the bellows that activates the mechanism.
The exceptional marquetry inlaid case is in the form of a gilt bronze mounted transitional style miniature commode. The top of the commode is inlaid with a landscape scene with buildings, opening to an interior with an allegory of Love Conquering All, represented by two doves perching on a bow and quiver. The front of the commode depicts two obelisks centred by a Fine musical trophy and each side is inlaid with panels depicting the Medici Vase. The back of the commode is decorated with floral marquetry.
A closely related Serinette dating from circa 1770, also in the form of a miniature commode, with the marquetry case stamped by the master marqueteur Leonard Boudin, is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
The term serinette is derived from serine, French for finch. The instrument worked like a small barrel organ with a barbed cylinder, wind box and lead pipes and produced a high, thin sound in imitation of birds. Other versions included a merline, which copied blackbirds and a turlutaine, which copied curlews. Used to teach caged birds to sing tunes, different barrels could be inserted to train different birds. It first appeared in France circa 1730 and became a popular drawing-room toy for fashionable women. An interesting painting commissioned in 1751 for Louis XV by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin and now in the collection of the Louvre, depicts a refined lady seated in her salon playing a bird organ to encourage her bird to sing.
Robert Richard
Robert Richard was a Parisian organ and harpsichord maker and the mécanicien du roi to Louis XV and Louis XVI and was based in the Bibliothèque du Roi in rue de Richelieu.
Initially working alongside the Cliquot family who acted as 'facteur d'orgue du Roi', he is recorded as building an organ for the church of Notre-Dame de Quebec, in Montreal in 1753 (destroyed in 1759) and as the inventor of a mechanical concert shown in an engraving by d'Eisen in 1769.
Canon Jean Marie De La Corne described Robert Richard as : ''Le plus habile ouvrier de paris, fameux mechanitien et Homme de probité''.
French, Dated 1775.
Literature:
Pierre Kjellberg, The French Furniture of the 17th century, The Editions of the Amateur, 2008
Count Francois de Salverte, Cabinetmakers of the 18th century, Editions of Art and History, 1934
Raymond Russell, Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Musical Instruments, Volume I - Keyboard Instruments,(London, 1968; p. 69.)
Elizabeth Miller...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1962 A Clockwork Orange
By Anthony Burgess
Located in Bath, GB
An uncommon, first edition copy of Anthony Burgess' celebrated novel, his jeu d'espirit, 'A Clockwork Orange'.
A first edition, first issue of this canoni...
Category
1960s British Vintage England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Golf Club, Walking Stick, Sunday Club.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Sunday Club, Golf Club Walking Stick.
A desirable walking cane with the handle in the shape of a golf club head. The gentleman's walking stick has a persimmon socket head han...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hickory
Antique Real Tennis Print, Charles Delahaye, Biboche
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Real tennis print, Charles Delahaye, Biboche, Jeu De Paume, Joueur De Paume.
A wonderful rare original 1870s etching of Charles Delahaye, born in 1825 an...
Category
Late 19th Century European Sporting Art Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique 1640 Sterling Silver Communion Chalice and Paten Set
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Charles I English sterling silver communion chalice and paten set; an addition to our diverse religious s...
Category
1690s English Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Napoleon III Period Oak and Silvered Bronze Tobacco Cabinet by Diehl
By Charles-Guillaume Diehl
Located in London, GB
Crafted by the acclaimed cabinetmaker, Charles-Guillaume Diehl (1811-1885), this tobacco (humidor) cabinet is a truly exquisite piece of antique oak furniture...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Victorian Solid Silver Lighter & Vesta Case, London, c.1853
By Thornhill, Henry William Dee
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique mid-19th Century very rare Victorian solid silver vesta case and lighter, in a shape of a horseshoe, opening on both sides, with a compartment for matches and a striker, with wheel to wind the lighter wick, one side is applied with initials "E.H". Hallmarked English Silver (925 standard), London, year 1853 (S), Maker's mark H.W.D (Henry William Dee...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Superb 19th Century French Walnut Miniature Armoire with Brass Hardware
Located in London, GB
A Very Fine French Miniature Armoire
Constructed from walnut with refined brass hardware and wonderful carved details, the miniature armoire supported on scrolled front feet with a ...
Category
19th Century French Antique England - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
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Medal-Worthy Memorabilia from Epic Past Olympic Games
Get into the games! These items celebrate the events, athletes, host countries and sporting spirit.
Ahoy! You’ve Never Seen a Collection of Sailor Art and Kitsch Quite Like This
French trendsetter and serial collector Daniel Rozensztroch tells us about his obsession with objects related to seafaring men.
Pamela Shamshiri Shares the Secrets behind Her First-Ever Book and Its Effortlessly Cool Interiors
The sought-after designer worked with the team at Hoffman Creative to produce a monograph that beautifully showcases some of Studio Shamshiri's most inspiring projects.
Moroccan Artworks and Objects Take Center Stage in an Extraordinary Villa in Tangier
Italian writer and collector Umberto Pasti opens the doors to his remarkable cave of wonders in North Africa.
Montecito Has Drawn Royalty and Celebrities, and These Homes Are Proof of Its Allure
Hollywood A-listers, ex-pat aristocrats and art collectors and style setters of all stripes appreciate the allure of the coastal California hamlet — much on our minds after recent winter floods.
Whaam! Blam! Pow! — a New Book on Pop Art Packs a Punch
Publishing house Assouline and writer Julie Belcove have teamed up to trace the history of the genre, from Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama to Mickalene Thomas and Jeff Koons.
The Sparkling Legacy of Tiffany & Co. Explained, One Jewel at a Time
A gorgeous new book celebrates — and memorializes — the iconic jeweler’s rich heritage.
What Makes a Gem-Encrusted Chess Set Worth $4 Million?
The world’s most opulent chess set, weighing in at 513 carats, is literally fit for a king and queen.