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Item Ships From: Europe
Rare Hand-Colored Antique Map of the Bassora 'Basra' Region in Iraq, 1680
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique map titled 'Delineato Regionis Bassora cum Angis uminibus et Isulis.'
Map of the Bassora (Basra) region, Iraq.
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Olfert Dapper' ...
Category
1680s Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
West Somerset Polo Trophy
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Polo Trophy.
A vintage J. Salter & Sons polo ball, written on the ball in ink 'West Somerset Polo Club, Dunster, August 1936'. The ball is also impre...
Category
20th Century English Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Willow
Sacre Coure Cathedral Souvenir Building Architectural Model vintage France 1950
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A decorative building sculpture as a souvenir. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is due to age. Made of metal. This item was purchased as a souvenir in Paris, France and was pro...
Category
1950s French Art Nouveau Vintage Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Rococo Style Steinway Centennial Concert Grand Carved Rosewood
Located in Leeds, GB
Rococo style, 1874, Steinway & Sons Centennial concert grand piano with a rosewood case, filigree music desk and ornately carved, reverse scroll legs. Piano is rebuilt.
The piano cheek features a carved, Classical meander and acanthus in high relief. The two-pedal piano lyre features carved inverted fish, c-scrolls and a central cartouche. The music desk in an openwork arabesque design and a central lyre motif. A sinuous wave pattern double moulding surrounds the cabinet base.
At the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, there were several manufacturer's competitions, including a piano competition. The Steinway company sent two grand pianos displaying their latest developments, demonstrating the firm's innovative and markedly improved piano quality. Their determined pursuit of quality was rewarded at the world exhibition with a gold medal. Steinway won the competition against several established, well-known American piano makers, including Chickering and Sons and Weber. This Steinway concert grand...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Map of South Australia by Tallis, 1851
By Thomas Kitchin
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map Australia titled 'Part of South Australia'. Decorative map of part of South Australia, surrounded by illustrations of Adelaide, natives on a catamaran, an Australian dog and a nymphicus bird illustrated. Originates from 'The Illustrated Atlas, And Modern History Of The World Geographical, Political, Commercial & Statistical, Edited By R. Montgomery Martin'. Published; John Tallis London, New York, Edinburgh & Dublin. 1851. Drawn and Engraved by J. Rapkin. Artists and Engravers: John Tallis (1817-1876) was a British map...
Category
19th Century Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Vintage Ship Propeller Display, English Bronze, Oak, Maritime, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large vintage ship propeller display. An English, bronze and oak decorative four-blade maritime mount, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950.
Of great proportion and superb decorative appeal
Displaying a desirable aged patina and in good order
Polished bronze blades present wonderful golden tonality
Propeller blades ringing...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
1684 Mallet Map of Amazon River & Kingdom of Amazons – Hand Colored, Miniature
Located in Langweer, NL
This map, titled 'Royaume des Amazones', was created by Alain Manesson Mallet and published in 1684 in a German edition of *Beschreibung des Gantzen Welt-Kreisses*, a renowned work d...
Category
1680s Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Educational botanical cross-sectional model of the inner part of sunflower flower
Located in Milan, IT
Educational botanical model in section of the sunflower flower showing its inner part, this is an enlarged and decomposable inner tubular corolla of a concrescent petal section in th...
Category
1950s Vintage Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bakelite
Il Mobile Déco Italiano (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
276 pages in soft covers with a dust jacket. Text is in Italian and the pages are profusely illustrated with black and white photographs plus 30 colour photographs. The book traces some of the best known designers of Italian Art Deco furniture...
Category
20th Century Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Le Corbusier: Furniture and Interiors 1905-1965 by Arthur Ruegg (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Le Corbusier, one of the world's most important and influential architects and accomplished visual artist, also created a vast oeuvre of interior and furniture designs. The chaise-lo...
Category
20th Century Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A Wooden Diptical Sundial Germany 1810's
Located in Firenze, IT
SHIPPING POLICY:
No additional costs will be added to this order.
Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included).
Pocket sundial, made out of wood, ...
Category
1810s German Neoclassical Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pleyel Upright Piano Satinwood Neoclassical Inlay Fluted, Columnar Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
An 1893, Pleyel upright piano with a satinwood cabinet.
Entire cabinet features intricate, Neocalssical style inlay. The front panels feature a symmetri...
Category
1890s French Neoclassical Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
20th Century Solid Silver & Leather Huge Hip Flask, Sheffield, c.1907
By Hawksley London
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early-20th Century Edwardian solid silver, blown glass and bound in sumptuous crocodile leather hip flask, unusually large, of rounded rectangular form, with a pull off cup, ...
Category
20th Century British Edwardian Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Antique Print of a Knight and Guard, 1842
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'A Knight and one of the King's Guards'. Old print of a knight and guard of the King. This print originates from 'A critical inquiry into antient armour as it ex...
Category
19th Century Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Checkers Game "The Solitaire" in Wood by Artek, Italy, 1970s
By Alvar Aalto, Artek
Located in Rome, IT
Checkers game "The Solitaire" in wood by Artek. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
It comes with its original box and instruction paper. The original label is still attached on the botto...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Georg Fortner Upright Piano Mahogany High Relief Carvings by Julius Bechler
Located in Leeds, GB
Antique, Georg Fortner upright piano for sale with an ornately carved, mahogany case and ornate candlesticks. Entire cabinet features carved flowers, foliage, musical instruments and grotesque heads on each piano cheek.
This upright piano was made to order by the german piano manufacturer Georg Fortner in Munich. The extravagant cabinet carvings were created by the famous wood sculpter, Julius Bechler, who ordered the piano for his private home in the the town Achensee in Austria. Julius Bechler was an appointed wood artist for King Ludwig II...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Scratch-Built Clockwork Boat
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century scratch-built clockwork boat
A brilliant example of an early 20th century scratch-built clockwork tugboat. Hand crafted from found o...
Category
1930s British Folk Art Vintage Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique Print of Seals of Nobility and Important Men of Scotland, 1792
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Plate XXX. Seals of Nobility and great Men of Scotland'. Original antique print showing Seals of Nobility and important men of Scotland. This print originates f...
Category
18th Century Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Bjørn Wiinblad Rosenthal Studio-Linie Boxed Solitaire Game
By Bjorn Wiinblad
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish vintage German Rosenthal Studio-Linie original boxed ‘Keramik-Solitärspiel’ (Solitaire Game) by renowned Danish painter, designer and artist B...
Category
1970s German Modern Vintage Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Georg Jensen Christmas Ornament 1999, Nina Schrøder
By Georg Jensen
Located in Brønshøj, DK
Every year a well-known Danish artist designs the Georg Jensen Christmas Ornament. In its many incarnations over the years it has becom...
Category
1990s Danish Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Automa Tedesco Gabbia Con Uccello Cantante e Animato 1920s Karl Griesbaum
By Karl Griesbaum
Located in Milano, MI
Automa Animato Tedesco Gabbia Con Uccellino del 1920 circa costituito da una gabbia rotonda in ottone dorato con al suo interno un uccello animato canterino su di un trespolo con un ...
Category
Early 19th Century German Art Deco Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
19thC Terracotta "Christus Consolator" Sculpture after Thorvaldsen R&T Magdeburg
By Bertel Thorvaldsen
Located in Lisse, NL
Large 19th Century German Terracotta "Christus Consolator" Sculpture After Thorvaldsen, Scagliola Finish.
This exquisite 19th-century German terracotta sculpture represents Jesus Ch...
Category
Late 19th Century German Arts and Crafts Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Terracotta
Double barrel hunting pistol - Engraved with foliage - Fluted walnut stock
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Double barrel hunting pistol - Engraved with foliage - Fluted walnut stock
Antique - Decoration - Armed 19th
Measures : 19cmx9,5cm H:3cm
Wear consistent with age and use : See Photos
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Antique Map of Chinese and Independent Tartary, Korea and Japan, 1806
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'A New Map of Chinese & Independent Tartary'. Beautiful map of Chinese Tartary, Korea and Japan.
Artists and Engravers: John Cary (1755-1835) was a British car...
Category
19th Century Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
An Impressively Large Victorian Carved Oak Floor Standing Dinner Gong
Located in Norwich, GB
An impressively large 19th Century carved oak floor-standing dinner gong and striker. British - Circa 1880.
Raised on hand carved intertwined mythical beasts, the bronze gong being ...
Category
19th Century British Arts and Crafts Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
French Late 19th Century Neo Gothic Gilded Metal Saint Statue
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful gilded metal saint statue with beautiful expression.
France, circa 1880-1900.
Weathered. Measurements include the wooden base.
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Map Holy Land La Terre Sainte Engraved van Loon Published N de Fer 1703 French
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
La Terre Sainte, The Holy Land, Tiree Des Memoires De M.De.La Rue. Par N. de Fer. Geographe de Sa Majeste Catoliq et de Monseigneur le Dauphin. Avec Privil du Roi 1703
Detailed map of the Holy Land from Nicholas de Fer's L'Atlas Curieux ou le Monde. East is oriented at the top.
MAKER Nicolas de Fer 1646-1720
The French cartographer and engraver, Nicolas de Fer, was a master at creating maps that were works of art. The maps that he published were printed during the Baroque period when the decorative arts were characterized by ornate detail. De Fer’s detailed maps and atlases were valued more for their decorative content than their geographical accuracy.
Nicolas de Fer was born in 1646. His father, Antoine de Fer, owned a mapmaking firm. At the age of twelve, Nicolas was apprenticed to a Parisian engraver named Louis Spirinx. The family business was starting to decline when his father died in 1673. Nicolas de Fer’s mother, Genevieve, took over the business after the death of her husband. In 1687 the business was passed on to Nicolas and the profits increased after he took over the firm. Nicolas de Fer was a prolific cartographer who produced atlases and hundreds of single maps. He eventually became the official geographer to King Louis XIV of France and King Philip V...
Category
Early 1700s French Louis XIV Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
An early 19th century gold and enamel vinaigrette, chain and ring
Located in Paris, FR
Antique gold and enamel vinaigrette suspended from two chains joined to a ring. The vinaigrette is decorated with multicolored bouquets of roses, an...
Category
1820s French Romantic Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Enamel
PH Grand Piano Vintage Model 'mid 1930's' by Poul Henningsen, Modern, Sculptural
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
This PH Grand Piano, from around the mid 1930's is an excellent-conditioned vintage instrument. It was in 1930 that this instrument was first designed b...
Category
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Rare Brionvega RR130 TOTEM Radio by Mario Bellini, 1970s
By Mario Bellini, Brionvega
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Incredible and rare Brionvega RR130 radio by Mario Bellini, Italy 1970s.
This incredibly rare radio has become an iconic piece, with its swiveling speakers which reveal the turntab...
Category
1960s Vintage Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Antique Map of Jamaica and Hispaniola (Saint-Domingue and Santo Domingo), 1802
Located in Langweer, NL
This is an original antique map titled "Carte des Isles de la Jamaïque et de St. Domingue," depicting the islands of Jamaica and Saint-Domingue (modern-day Haiti and the Dominican Re...
Category
Early 1800s Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A racing flag from the Royal Sailing Yacht Britannia, circa 1936
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A racing flag from the Royal Sailing Yacht Britannia, circa 1936. This large racing flag was made from pieced wool bunting with machine stitched bunting and a canvas sleeve stamped ‘5’. It is of rectangular form with the Prince of Wales feathers enclosed in a ducal coronet and the motto ‘Ich Dien’ on a halved blue and red ground, later framed and glazed. It is accompanied by 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.” King George died on 20 January 1936 which explains the black edge to the letter. English, circa 1936.
Height: 43in (109cm) Width:60in (152.5cm) Framed height: 57½ in (146 cm) Width: 81½ in (207cm)
Provenance: Royal Naval Club & Royal Albert Yacht Club, Portsmouth
R.S.Y. Britannia played an important part in preparing challengers for the America’s Cup. She was used as a trial horse for the Shamrocks and later, after conversion, for most of the ‘J’ Class yachts of the 1930s. Britannia was built in 1893 according to the plans of G. L. Watson for His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, a keen and able helmsman. From the beginning, Britannia was a successful racing yacht winning races against Kaiser Wilhelm’s Meteors, among many others. Britannia won over two hundred races in her career — a record that has yet to be surpassed. She was beaten once by Navahoe, one of Herreshoff’s boats, but fared better against another America’s Cup yacht, Vigilant, winning twelve races out of seventeen. When Britannia was converted to race in the ‘J’ Class she was stripped of her bulwarks, given a one-piece mast and a Bermudan mainsail. The transition did not interrupt her run of success, although she performed best in hard weather. She was scuttled off the Isle of Wight at the dying request of George V.
A grisaille by Charles Dixon of R S Y Britannia racnig at Cowes. Credit: Wick Antiques
Category
1930s English Vintage Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Textile
Abnorm Siberian Deer Trophy Mount on Wooden Plaque ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Abnorm Siberian Deer Trophy Mount on Wooden Plaque ca. 1900s
Item e6941
A large abnorm Siberian deer (Capreolus pygargus) trophy on a wooden turned plaque with black finish. The trop...
Category
Early 20th Century German Black Forest Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Antler, Wood
Original Antique Engraving of a Chinese Temple, 1736
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Temple Chinois'. Old print depicting a temple in China. Source unknown, to be determined.
Artists and Engravers: Made after J.C. Philips.
Condition: Very ...
Category
18th Century Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Parma Poker Case
By Giobagnara
Located in Milan, IT
This luxurious case is a perfect idea for a gift and a precious addition to any house. The case in mahogany and walnut wood is secured with a special magnetic closing. The interior i...
Category
2010s Italian Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Mahogany, Walnut
Stunning Antique Bronze Sculpture of a Sword Holding Joan of Arc in Chainmail
Located in Lisse, NL
Antique, mint and rare bronze statue of Jeanne D'arc, Frances most famous patron saint.
25 years after her short lived & heroic life, Joan of Arc, who had wrongly been sentenced to ...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Biblical Journeys: Apostle Paul's Voyages and the Israelites' Exodus, 1856
Located in Langweer, NL
Two maps in matting board. From the Pictorial Bible Atlas, published in 1856.
Title for Map 1: Voyages and Travels of Apostle Paul – Illustrated Antique...
Category
1850s Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Royal County Down Golf Course Print, Michael Brown, Life Association of Scotland
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Royal County Down Golf Course.
A framed and mounted Life Association of Scotland 1914 calendar. The calendar is with a wonderful colourful golfing picture ...
Category
1910s British Sporting Art Vintage Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Box Field Camera and Tripod, English, Accessories, Ornamental, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Field Camera and tripod. An English, mahogany and brass plate camera with accessories and lens, dating to the late Victorian p...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Original Antique Map of Africa
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Afrika'. Original antique map of Africa, drawn by Van Beusekom. Published by 'Seyffardt's Boekhandel' in Amsterdam, circa 1870.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1970s Vintage Pez Pig Disney Candy Dispenser U.S Pat. 2.620.061 No Feet, Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Stunning Pop Art PEZ dispenser from Austria. Made of plastic, in the 1970s. Marked made in Austria and US Pat. 2.620.061. It is a No Feet dispenser. Found at an estate sale in Vienna...
Category
1970s Austrian Modern Vintage Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Gast Upright Piano Quartered Walnut Neoclassical Inlay Brass Candlesticks
Located in Leeds, GB
Albert Gast upright piano with a quartered, walnut case and ornate, brass candlesticks. Entire cabinet inlaid in neoclassical designs. Piano has an eighty-eight keyboard and two pedals.
Front panel features inlay of a central urn surrounded by scrolling acanthus and flowers. The cabinet pilasters are carved Corinthian style with a palmette flourish. The scroll piano cheeks are carved with curlicue strapwork and inlaid with foliage and flowers. The piano legs...
Category
Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1970s Vintage Pez Panda Bear Candy Dispenser U.S Pat. 3.410.455 No Feet Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Stunning Pop Art PEZ dispenser from Austria. Made of plastic, in the 1970s. Marked US Pat. 3.410.455. It is a No Feet dispenser. Found at an estate sale in Vienna Austria. A nice add...
Category
1970s Austrian Modern Vintage Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Four Antique German Art Nouveau Jewelry Memory Pendants Ormolu, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Four lovely stylish sentimental pendants made to keep a photo of loved one. Made in Germany, circa 1900. Each one has a picture inside.
A very pretty piece of antique jewellery whic...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Map of the United States of North America, c.1882
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'United States of North America'. Old map of the United States of North America. This map originates from 'The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, Exhibiting, in a Se...
Category
1880s Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rococo Style Steinway Model B Grand Piano Hand-Painted Scenes Fete Galante
Located in Leeds, GB
Rococo Style, 1904, Steinway Model B grand piano.
Music desk is in a cut-out latticework design with a central lyre motif decorated with draping swag...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paint
CROSS OF CARAVACA 17th CENTURY
Located in Madrid, ES
CROSS OF CARAVACA XVII CENTURY
BEAUTIFUL CARAVACA CROSS FROM THE 17TH CENTURY IN BRONZE. MEASURES: 12.5X5.5 CM. IN GOOD CONDITION
good condition
Category
17th Century Italian Gothic Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Plates Commemorating Le Tour De France 1959 Luneville Faience
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Fabulous rare set of Tour de France commemorative plates for the cycling enthusiast
- In original condition, no damage
- Luneville 1959
1. June 25 depart Mullhouse, 26 June, 17 July, 18 July
2. June 29 Rennes June 30 Blain July 1 Nantes
3. July 2 Rochelle July 3 Bordeaux, July 4 Bayonne, July 5 Bagneres de Bigorre
4. July 6 St Gaudens...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pottery
Rare Engraving with a View of the City of Kom in Egypt
Located in Langweer, NL
This is an original antique print of the city of Kom in Egypt.
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Japanese Antique Hinamatsuri Doll 'Goninbayashi' Flute 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a doll which we use for Hinamatsuri day. This person is one of Goninbayashi.
This person had one flute but we don't find anymore. So it will not come with a flute.
This doll ...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Plastic
Set of 13 Limited Edition Artisan Vintage Blue Irish Linen Shell Tree Ornaments
By Katie Larmour Design
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Set of 18 Limited Edition Artisan Vintage Blue Irish Linen Shell Ornaments Christmas Tree by Katie Larmour
This is a luxury box set of artisan mad...
Category
2010s Unknown Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen
Antique Map of South East Australia by Stieler, c.1848
By Thomas Kitchin
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map Australia titled 'Süd-Ost Australien'. Detailed map of South East Australia. Orginates from 'Stieler's Hand Atlas', published in Germ...
Category
19th Century Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique German Art Nouveau Jewelry Heart Pin Brooch Ormolu with Stone, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This lovely stylish sentimental brooch was made for a loved one. Made in Germany, circa 1900. The brooch has a red stone and a white stone (probably moonstone) in it.
A very pretty ...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Map of Egypt, '1875'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte des l'Égypte'. Large map of Egypt. This map originates from 'Atlas de Géographie Moderne Physique et Politique' by A. Levasseur....
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Hand Colored Antique Map of the Department of Seine Et Marne, France
By Victor Levasseur
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Dépt. de Seine et Marne'. map of the French department of Seine Et Marne, France. This region produces a wide variety of wines and h...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1930s Deluxe Leather Suitcase or Business Case with Realistic Alligator Pattern
Located in Lisse, NL
Practical size and fine looking briefcase for the urban professionals.
This wonderful and slim design vintage briefcase is in very good condition. All hinges, clasps and also the lo...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Mahogany Billiard scoreboard
Located in Cheshire, GB
Wall-mounted billiard snooker scoring cabinet featuring a central panel flanked by sliders and revolving number bars All mounted on a ball storage box with glazed drawers for stake r...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Pair of Antique English Naval Cannon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Pair of antique English naval cannon each with a tapering three stage barrel flanked by plain trunnions, with a knob shaped cascabel button before a shaped rectangular raised vent and ending in a 3 1/2” bore muzzle, enclosing a removable conforming wood plug, circa 1800.
Stood upon a naval type bronze-mounted four wheeled wooden carriage, including its wedge shaped quoin with knob handle.
The Earls of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle, Cumbria, presumably by descent to Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944), until sold by his heir and brother, Lancelot, 6th Earl, as part of the contents of Lowther Castle, Maple & Co. Ltd./Thomas Wyatt, Tuesday 14 April 1947 and two following days, lot 558: ‘A pair of Old Gun Metal Cannons on teakwood carriages, 3ft. 6in. long’.
Mrs. P.M. Adie-Shepherd, sold Christie’s, London, 29 May 1970, lot 96.
Lowther Castle is a castellated mansion built by Robert Smirke between 1806 and 1814 for William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (1757-1844). It was constructed on the foundations of the former 17th century family seat, Lowther Hall, but it was only in the early 19th century that it was afforded the name ‘castle’ in keeping with the Europe-wide fashion for romanticism and which was promoted by influential characters such as William Beckford at Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire in England and by the writer Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford, Roxburghshire, Scotland. While it’s not known when these naval cannon were acquired for Lowther they would have been entirely fitting in the castle or its approaches and it’s likely that they were in place soon after the castle was completed, or perhaps acquired later by the 5th Earl. A tantalising possibility is that the cannon were originally aboard the East Indiaman Lowther Castle which was active in the early 19th century.
HUGH CECIL LONSDALE, 5TH EARL OF LONSDALE (1857-1944) AND THE DEMISE OF LOWTHER CASTLE
In 1882 at the age of 25 Hugh Lonsdale (1857-1944) unexpectedly inherited the earldom and with it the extensive Lonsdale estate, including tens of thousands of acres of Cumberland and Westmorland and coalfields at Whitehaven. However, despite his spectacular inherited wealth – he was suddenly one of the wealthiest men in England, over the course of his lifetime he managed to decimate the family fortune. He led a full and colourful life, one of adventure and luxury. An early intrepid escapade took place in July 1888 when, as part of an expedition called the Scotch Naturalist Society, he set embarked on horse sleigh...
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Europe - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
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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.