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Item Ships From: Europe
Original Tesla Dirigent Gramoradio, Czechoslovakia, 1956
By Tesla
Located in Zohor, SK
Original Tesla Dirigent Gramoradio produced in Czechoslovakia in 1956. The gramoradio combines radio and gramophone inside one item. The top board is easy to open and show the origin...
Category
1950s Czech Adam Style Vintage Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$2,373 Sale Price
24% Off
1960s, Stunning Alabaster Smoking Set by Romano Bianchi
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Stunning alabaster smoking set by Romano Bianchi with ashtray and table lighter, everything is handmade carved. The table lighter works perfeclty....
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Alabaster
Set of Six Roe Deer Trophies on Turned Plaques Germany ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Set of Six Roe Deer Trophies on Turned Plaques Germany ca. 1900s
A set of six antique Black Forest roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophies mounted on turned wooden plaques. The trop...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rustic Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Antler, Wood
Ancient Planet Model, Tellurium, FR. J. Berg, Stockholm, circa 1900
Located in Greven, DE
Ancient planet model so-called tellurium
Stockholm
Metal, wood, paper
around 1900
Dimensions: H x W x D: 46 x 56 x 20 cm
Description:
Display model with sun, earth and moon on hea...
Category
Early 1900s Swedish Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Antique Print of the Garden of Historic Hôtel Du Tillet in Paris, France, 1776
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Jardin du Tillet'.
Copper engraving showing the garden of Hôtel du Tillet de la Bussière. Hôtel du Tillet de la Bussière is a historic hôtel particulier in ...
Category
18th Century Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$324 Sale Price
20% Off
Saint Nicholas Devotional Pendant on Support, Bronze, Textile, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint Nicholas devotional medal on support. Gilded bronze, textile, metal, 18th century.
Golden bronze devotional medal placed on a support by wires that has an oval frame enhanced ...
Category
18th Century European Neoclassical Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Other
Antique Bronze Cased Model Colubrina da Fortezza Cannon 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb decorative glass cased bronze model of the Colubrina da Fortezza cannon, late 19th century in date.
It features a 25 cm long brass barrel mounted on a two-wheel car...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Piano " Offberg " 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Piano " Offberg " 20th century
150cm x 100cm x 55cm
walnut wood
good condition
Category
20th Century German Modern Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Impressive Large Size and Deeply Carved Oak Gothic Church Wall Bracket / Corbel
Located in Lisse, NL
Antique large Gothic Revival wall bracket with carved acanthus leafs
This handcrafted and hand-carved, Gothic Revival wall bracket is one of the largest we ever had the pleasure of offering. Together with the natural flowing and deeply carved, acanthus leafs and the Gothic rosettes around the upper rim it also has the most wonderful organic shape. The sheer size of this church relic, its striking design and its ancient patina makes it an absolute joy to own and look at. This is a great bracket for displaying a large saint statue...
Category
Early 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Lifelike Replica of a Hippo Calf
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Lifelike replica of a hippo calf. The calf has all the details and can not be distinguished from real.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Polyester
A land surveying square, France 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Octagonal brass land surveying square. Each side has a slot, which allows to aim the distance and evaluate 90 and 45 degrees when measuring the field. ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Royal Navy non-magnetic bronze Admiralty pattern anchor by Wild
Located in London, GB
A 20 lbs Royal Navy mid 20th century non-magnetic bronze Admiralty pattern anchor by Wild, dated 1965.
With broad-arrow and marked: LPHN
Shackle linkage and removeable stock.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Miniature Globes Lane’s on Tripod Bases, London post 1833, ante 1858
By Lane's
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of miniature globes
Lane’s, London, post 1833, ante 1858
Papier-mâché, wood and paper
They measure:
Height 9.44 in (24 cm);
Sphere diameter 2.75 in (7 cm);
Diameter of t...
Category
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Wood
19th Century Dutch silver watch-key by Hendrik Krins, Schoonhoven
Located in Delft, NL
19th Century Dutch silver watch-key by Hendrik Krins, Schoonhoven
19th century silver watch-key in the shape of a musical instrument
with filigree. The eyelet is marked by the Dutc...
Category
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Antique Ovoid Clock Dome, English, Glass, Taxidermy Display Showcase, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique ovoid clock dome. An English, glass and mahogany taxidermy display showcase, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Fascinating form, useful for hosti...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique Cabin Decor Antler Basket, Germany ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A large rustic antler basket made of real fallow deer antlers mounted on a carved wooden centerpiece. The upper antlers are additionally connected by a ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rustic Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Antler, Wood
RARE SUITE OF ORIGINAL NATURAL HiSTORY MUSEUM CASED IN PERSPEX SPECIMENS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for this amazing suite of original natural history museum cased specimens
A very rare find, these are old examples and some very interesting pieces, the list is as follows
1:- POM 17615 PINGUICULA
2:- POM 17600 VENUS FLYTRAP...
Category
20th Century English Victorian Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Original Antique Map of the American State of Michigan ( Southern Part ), 1903
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Antique map of Michigan ( Southern part )
Published By A & C Black. 1903
Original colour
Good condition
Unframed.
Free shipping
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
18th Century Giltwood and Polychrome Painted Shield ECCE NUNCDIES SALUTIS
Located in Hastings, GB
Stunning 18th century carved wooden religious shield, Italian early 1700’s, in gilt and green with the words ECCE NUNCDIES SALUTIS (This is the Day of Salvation) to the centre.
Hist...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Antique Walking Stick/Cane, Germany with Around 1910
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique walking stick/cane, Germany with around 1910
Antique historical condition.
Please refer to the detailed photos for the condition
(...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
French Virgin and Child Chromo-Lithograph, Late 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Virgin and child chromo-lithograph, French, late 19th century
Golden frame
Good antique condition
For shipping: 5 x 31.5 x 47.5 cm 0.8kg.
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
19th Century Antique English Georg III Mahogany Barometer
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
A fine quality example of a mercury wheel barometer. A mahogany case. A wider and deeper case with an opening door for the long scale thermometer with silvered dial.
A silvered engraved dial signed 'J.B.Sala, Holborn'. Circa 1820.
The banjo barometer is also known as the wheel barometer. It was invented by Robert Hooke...
Category
1810s English George III Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
$1,709 Sale Price
20% Off
Walnut framed dinner gong
Located in Cheshire, GB
Carved walnut dinner gong, the frame with scrolling decoration. Flanked by carved fluted uprights, supporting the original gong. All raised up on trestle base, with a striker.
Dimens...
Category
Early 20th Century British Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Barbados Island at the Height of the Plantation Economy, Circa 1759
Located in Langweer, NL
Carte de l'Isle de la Barbade by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703–1772), Circa 1759
This rare antique map of Barbados, titled Carte de l'Isle de la Barbad...
Category
1750s Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$420 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Exhibition Catalog – Sculptures 1979 by Moisès Villèlia, Martha Jackson
Located in Barcelona, ES
Original Exhibition Catalog – Sculptures 1979 by Moisès Villèlia, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
Artist: Moisès Villèlia
Exhibition: Sculptures 197...
Category
1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
large Santa Claus Belsnickle Christmas Chocolate Mold Antique 1900s, German
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous chocolate mold. Made of metal, not marked. Beautiful and ready to use or display, with nice patina. The 1890s to 1920s were the golden age of Chocolate production and cons...
Category
Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Young America Clipper Ship 1853 Model Realistic Representation Large Sized
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques delighted to offer for sale this model of the Young America Clipper Ship, 1853
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it cov...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton, Wood
Francis Jourdain Mobilier (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book is the third volume in the portfolio collection, inaugurated with the first two volumes devoted to the work of Pierre Chareau. Volume III is dedicated this time to the work...
Category
20th Century Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Art Reference Book Marquis Of Stafford Collection Vol. 3, Georgian, 1818
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique art reference book. An English, illustrated catalogue of the Marquis of Stafford's private collection, dating to the Georgian period, published 1818.
Full Title: Engravings of the Most Noble, The Marquis of Stafford's Collections of Pictures in London, Arranged According to Schools and in Chronological Order with Remarks on Each Picture. By William John Otley.
A controversial figure in later life, the Marquis of Stafford, George Granville Leveson-Gower - 1st Duke of Sutherland (1758 - 1833) was a patron of the arts, landowner, politician, diplomat and at times, the richest man in Britain. As part of the Leveson-Gower family of nobility, George was related to Dukes and Earls across the nation. Educated in Westminster and at Christ Church, Oxford, the later Marquis of Stafford was the Member of Parliament for Newcastle-Under-Lyme from 1779 - 1784 and the county of Staffordshire from 1787 - 1799. He also held positions as an Ambassador to France during their revolutionary years and held various other posts until his passing.
A third volume representing the vast art collection of the Marquis of Stafford
Leather bound with gilt titling and detail - some historical wear present
Presented intact, with light ageing to pages commensurate with age
Organised as descriptions with the related engraving assigned a figure number
Part 1 featuring German, Flanders and Holland, with part 2 the Spanish, French and English Schools
This is a fascinating antique art collection...
Category
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Property from the Collection of Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Countess of Snowden. (continued from title)
This is the two volume set of sales catalogues produced by Christie's for the sale of Princess Margaret's collection of personal effects. ...
Category
20th Century Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Exceptional , antique wooden Letter Box
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional letterbox in the form of a miniature English Manor House,
from around 1900, beautiful shine and warm patina of the polished Wood,
the box has one top lid that can be open...
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Satinwood
Pair of Fontana Arte Midcentury Green Crystal Glass Squared Italian Ashtrays
By Fontana Arte
Located in Roma, IT
Two Incredible Mid-Century Modern square green glass ashtrays. These wonderful pieces were produced by Fontana Arte in Italy during the 1960s.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal
Jewel walking stick depicting a duck’s head, signed Georges Fouquet, France 1900
By Georges Fouquet-Lapar
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: jeweled stick, sculpted jadeite knob, depicting a duck's head, ruby eyes, 18K gold band with rubies and ebony wood barrel. Signed. This masterpiece was created by Geor...
Category
Early 20th Century French Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Gold
Pocket Watch In 18 Carat Gold, Dating From Around 1900 with calendar
Located in Madrid, ES
Discover a piece of timeless elegance with our exquisite 18K gold pocket watch from circa 1900! ⌚️
Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this elegant timepiece boasts a classic enamel dial on one side for traditional timekeeping and a monthly and weekly calendar...
Category
1890s Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Antique Print of the Chief Temple in Hakodate in Japan, 1856
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘Chief Temple Hakodadi‘. View of the chief temple in Hakodate, Japan. This print originates from 'Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the Chin...
Category
19th Century Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$248 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Two Traditional Vintage Catalan Soda Syphon, circa 1990
Located in Barcelona, ES
Vintage metal and glass traditional Catalan soda syphon. By unknown manufacturer, made in circa 1990. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preser...
Category
1990s Spanish Rustic Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Pair Of Jaques Croquet Mallets
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Pair of John Jaques Association Croquet Mallets.
A pair of usable Jaques Boxwood croquet mallets, with ebony alignment lines, octagonal ash handles (which helps a player 'feel' the a...
Category
20th Century English Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Boxwood, Ash
18th-Century Map of the Eastern Roman Empire by Henri Chatelain, c. 1719
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: 18th-Century Map of the Eastern Roman Empire by Henri Chatelain, c. 1719
Description: This intricately detailed map, titled *Nouvelle Carte pour Servir à l'Histoire de l'Empi...
Category
1710s Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Antique Silver Hand Arm Ex Voto, Antique European, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A cute petite religious Ex Voto. I do not know what it is made of, thin and light filigree silver or silver plated metal. It is handmade, embossed an...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate, Sheet Metal
19th Century Walnut Miniature Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Good Quality Late 19th Century Walnut Miniature Chest, With Crossbanded Decoration Top Top, Over Five Long Drawers With Replacement Turned Brass Knobs And Crossbanded Decoration, R...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
$2,899 Sale Price
30% Off
Carl Aubock Modernist Cast Iron Chess Game Set with Handmade Leather Board
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A very exceptional and beautiful Minimalist Mid-Century Modern chess game, model #5606, designed by Carl Aubock III in 1969. Executed by Werkstätte Aub...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron, Nickel
Moose Head Large
Located in Mortsel, BE
Introducing our exceptional moose head, a magnificent statement piece that commands attention with its impressive size and flawless condition. Expertly mounted and meticulously maint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin
$12,714
Antique Book, Pendennis, William Thackeray, Novel, Fiction, Edwardian, C.1908
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a delightful antique edition of Pendennis, the classic novel by celebrated English author William Makepeace Thackeray. An illustrated, bound volume, retaining its original fo...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
German Globe by C. Abel-Klinger, Nuremberg, circa 1860
By C. Abel-Klinger
Located in Milano, IT
Terrestrial globe
Artistic company C. Abel - Klinger
Nuremberg, circa 1860
H cm 31 x 22 cm (12.20 x 8.66 in); sphere 14 cm (5.51 in) in diameter
lb 2.30 (kg 1.04)
State of conservation: good. On the sphere there are slight visible signs of accidental bumping at the poles, as well as on New Guinea and England (vertical and more visible); some ink stains, especially at the South Pole and on the meridian that crosses North America.
The globe is composed of twelve whole gores of printed paper, juxtaposed and glued on a sphere made with a chalky base mixture.
The circle of the meridian, made of brass...
Category
1860s German Other Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
Original Antique Map of Normandy, France
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de Normandie (..)'. Attractive map of Normandy, France. it depicts the former French Duchy of Normandy, covers the region fro...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$754 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Nouveau Cast Iron Christmas Tree Stand, Vintage, German, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This beautiful Art nouveau silver color cast iron Christmas tree stand, was made in Germany, in the 1910s. A nice addition for your Christmas decoration. It holds a stem up to 1.88 i...
Category
1910s German Folk Art Vintage Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Iron
Victorian Rose Cut Garnets Bohemian Bangle Bracelet 19th Century
By Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Collectors item an antique Bohemian garnets bangel bracelet.
Daisy cluster and in its original case.
With loads of hand rose cut garnets, none is missing
The rose cut creates glitter...
Category
19th Century European Victorian Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver
Old Charles Model Aeroplane Transparent Spad Plane Type
Located in Paris, FR
Model Old Charles aeroplane transparent spad plane type,
Small-scale model of Guynemers plane, handmade with wood,
cotton sheet and aluminium leaf.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage French Metal Geometric Console Tables, Set of 2
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
A spectacular and very luxurious pair of metal consoles out of the 1930s. It features thick patinated metal with beautiful geometric patterns. ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage Leather Football Boots.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Pair Of Leather Child's Football Boots.
A pair of child's leather football/rugby boots with the toe area made of polished hardened leather with toe strap. This beautiful pair...
Category
20th Century British Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Brass compass with mother of pearl dial from WW1 period , English circa 1914
Located in Central England, GB
This superb example of an early 20th century heavy folding brass compass is of a design and type often issued to officers in the First World War.
This fine example is not marked for...
Category
Early 20th Century British Other Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Large Wild Boar Trophy on Wooden Plaque, Germany 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large wild boar trophy on wooden plaque, Germany 1950s.
A large vintage black forest wild boar (Sus scrofa) trophy on an ebonized nutwood plaqu...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Rustic Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
19th Century Game Box - Oak - Chess and Checkers - Dominoes
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique English games box, including the games chess, checkers and dominoes.
The game box is in good condition and complete. Please note that two black checkers have a sl...
Category
1890s English Late Victorian Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
1683 Alain Manesson Mallet Map of Ancient India, the Ganges, and Taprobane
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: 1683 Alain Manesson Mallet Map of Ancient India, the Ganges, and Taprobane
Description: This finely engraved seventeenth-century map, titled Inde Ancienne à l’Occident du ...
Category
1680s Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$534 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-20th Century Meat Slicer, Made By Berkel
By Berkel 2
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A rare meat slicer made by one of the most famous manufacturers: Berkel, Holland. This model is an H9 and comes in two parts, the base which can be removed from the main machine and ...
Category
20th Century Dutch Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Dutch 18th Century Fob seal with coat of arms
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch 18th Century Fob seal with coat of arms
A Dutch 18th Century silver (unmarked) fob seal with coat of arms, probably the Family Van Haenen. In the original leather case. A lacq...
Category
18th Century Dutch Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
19th Century Noble Gilt wooden Family photo Frame, American History
Located in Delft, NL
19th Century Noble Gilt wooden Family photo Frame, American History
A gilded wooden family portrait frame with the Calhoun/Colquhoun family coat of arms. This portrait frame probably ended up in the Netherlands through the marriage of the American Julia Johnson Calhoun (1884-1970) in 1914 to Mr. Justinus Egbertus Hendericus baron van Nagell (1882-1963). The list contains three portrait photos of presumably members of the Calhoun family.
The American statesman John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) descended from a Scottish noble family with the name Colquhoun, who settled in the United States in the 18th century and achieved great prestige there. He started his career as a lawyer, married the daughter of an influential senator and was elected to the House of Representatives. After serving as Secretary of War, he became Vice President under President John Quincy Adams from 1825-1829 and then served a second term under President Andrew Jackson. This makes him one of only two American vice presidents to have served under two different presidents. His grandson, John Caldwell Calhoun (1843-1918), was a successful American businessman, landowner and managing director of the Baltimore Coal Mining and Railway Company. He married Linnie Adams, second cousin of US Vice President Richard Johnson. Their only daughter, Julia Johnson Calhoun (1884-1970), made her debut in New York and met mr. Justinus Egbertus Hendericus baron van Nagell (1882-1963), who was attached to the Dutch legation in Washington in diplomatic service. He descended from an old noble family from Westphalia, whose ancestor was first mentioned in 1385. In the 16th century, an ancestor settled in the Netherlands and in 1814 the family was included in the Dutch nobility with the title of baron. He grew up at Schaffelaar Castle in Barneveld and his father was mayor in this castle and he was also Grand Commander of the Knightly German Order. At the end of the 19th century, a real boom in marriages of wealthy American heirs to European nobility started. It was the 'Gilded Age', described in e.g., the books of Edith Wharton, in which millions of dollars crossed the Atlantic as a dowry. New money and European nobility bonded. One of the most famous marriages was that of Consuelo Vanderbilt to the English Duke of Marlborough. The Vanderbilt millions repaired the roof of Blenheim Palace and the gardens here were recreated in the French style. It prompted a visitor to remark: “American money has its use after all.”
The Van Nagell-Calhoun wedding became a real social event in the winter of 1914 at the start of the nightlife season – one newspaper ran the headline GAYETIES OF WINTER SOCIAL SEASON BEGIN THIS WEEK – and newspapers detailed all the details. The bridal staff included the Dutch Count Van Rechteren Limpurg and as witness for the groom was Jonkheer De Beaufort, who was secretary of the Dutch legation in Washington.
Baron Van Nagell had a glorious career in the diplomatic service, which over the years took him from Beijing to Washington and St Petersburg. Here he experienced the Russian Revolution in Saint Petersburg in 1917 up close. One evening he was sitting with company at a table in a restaurant. A waiter brought the bill to a group of Russian communists next to them. The bill did not like this, whereupon the waiter was shot dead. After Saint Petersburg, London, Bucharest, and Stockholm followed, where he finally became envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary.
The couple had three children: one daughter was born stillless and the only son and heir died in 1944 as a res. -2nd lieutenant pilot in the Royal Air Force over France. A second daughter married a jonkheer Clifford Kocq van Breugel...
Category
19th Century North American Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fruitwood
Pl. 50 Antique Print of Decorative Art in the Renaissance Period by Racinet, 1869
Located in Langweer, NL
Old print of decorative art in the Renaissance period. This print originates from 'L'Ornement polychrome'. A beautiful work containing about 2000 patterns of all the styles of Art ol...
Category
19th Century Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$69 Sale Price
20% Off
'Barbarella' Original Vintage Movie Poster by Kája Saudek, Czech, 1971
By Karel Saudek
Located in Devon, GB
Paramount's 1968 sexy science fiction comedy 'Barbarella,' based on the Italian comic book of the same name, follows Jane Fonda as the titular 41st century space-vixen, tasked with f...
Category
1970s Czech Space Age Vintage Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A Round Carved Onyx Ashtray – 1970s France.
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
An elegant and timeless, this round ashtray is hand-carved from solid onyx, showcasing the natural beauty of the stone with warm tones of beige, cream, and soft brown. The smooth, po...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Onyx
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