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Antique Porcelain Casket
Located in London, GB
Howell, James & Co were established in 1819, exhibited at the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition, the 1862
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Antique 19th Century English Boxes

Materials

Ormolu

Howard Sons Arts Crafts Queen Anne Revival Oak Breakfront Library Bookcase
By Howard Sons Ltd
Located in London, GB
Ltd, Bernier St. No. 3469 2128'. Howard and Sons exhibited at the great exhibition in 1851 and in
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Antique Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Bookcases

Materials

Oak

Herend "Victoria" 15 Pieces Hand Painted Porcelain Tea Service, Hungary, Modern
By Herend
Located in Cagliari, IT
most important of Herend since it was chosen by the great Queen Victoria in 1851 during the universal
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2010s Hungarian Rococo Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Antique English Carved Portland Stone Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
Houses of Parliament and the medieval court at the great exhibition of 1851.
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Antique 19th Century British Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

Finest Pair of Antique English Silver Plate Wine Coasters by Elkington, 1854
By Elkington Co.
Located in Bath, GB
way to electroplate, and in 1851 they exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 (Crystal Palace in
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Antique 1850s English Early Victorian Barware

Materials

Silver Plate

Cottam Hallen Waywiser
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Great Exhibition catalogue in 1851 Cottam Hallen were listed as inventors and manufacturers. A
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Antique Early 19th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles

A Magnificent Pair of Antique Armchairs By Alexandre-Georges Fourdinois
By Alexandre-George Fourdinois
Located in London, GB
Great Exhibition of 1851, a gold medal winner at the Paris Exhibition of 1855, and the cabinet maker of
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XIV Armchairs

Exceptional Late 19th Century Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Clock by Denière
By Jean-François Denière
Located in Long Island City, NY
J.B. Waring in his treatises on both the 1851 and the 1862 exhibitions, and George Wallis of the South
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Mantel Clocks

Materials

Bronze

An octagonal Derbyshire Black Marble table with Lapis Lazuli
By Tomlinson
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
table with a circular top exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Ashford marble, as it is
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Antique 1850s English Tables

Materials

Lapis Lazuli

Vintage Armchair by Michael Thonet for Jacob Josef Kohn
By Jacob Josef Kohn, Michael Thonet
Located in Oirlo, LI
architecture of the Crystal Palace (destroyed by fire in 1936), where it was built in 1851. the London Great
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Rattan, Beech

Antique 19th Century Carved Portland Stone Gothic Revival Mantel
Located in London, GB
court at the great exhibition of 1851.
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Antique 19th Century English Fireplaces and Mantels

Herend Hand Painted Porcelain Set of Two Egg Boxes, Hungary, 2021, New
By Herend
Located in Cagliari, IT
Victoria decor, one of the most important of Herend since it was chosen by the great Queen Victoria in 1851
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2010s Hungarian Victorian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Dining Room Table in Louis XVI Style
Located in Paris, FR
1849 Exposition des Produits de l'Industrie in Paris and at the Universal Exhibitions of 1851 in London
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Dining Room Tables

Materials

Bronze

Important Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Commode by Krieger
By Antoine Krieger
Located in Long Island City, NY
the 1849 Exposition des Produits de l’Industrie in Paris and at the Universal Exhibitions of 1851 in
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Commodes and Chests of Dra...

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Quality Victorian Carved Mahogany and Marquetry Tubular Chiming Longcase Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
importance and would have most certainly been exhibited in the Great Exhibition of 1851. It is in good
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Antique 1880s European Victorian Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

Materials

Mahogany

Late Victorian Walnut Library Arm Chair by Howard Sons
By Howard Sons Ltd
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
exhibited at all the large exhibitions of the nineteenth century including the Great Exhibition of 1851, the
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Antique Early 1900s English Victorian Armchairs

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Fabric, Walnut

Palissy Ware Lithographs, Set of Six, by Rose-Joseph Lemercier
By Rose-Joseph Lemercier
Located in Dallas, TX
(1510-1589), the inspiration for Minton's Majolica, shown at the 1851 Great Exhibition under the Palissy
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Baroque Prints

Materials

Paper

Set of Six Hand-Colored Palissy Ware Lithographs by Rose-Joseph Lemercier
By Rose-Joseph Lemercier
Located in Dallas, TX
(1510-1589), the inspiration for Minton's Majolica, shown at the 1851 Great Exhibition under the Palissy
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Baroque Prints

Materials

Paper

A Minton Majolica Master Salt
By Minton-Spidell
Located in Katonah, NY
created by Mintons Ltd, who first exhibited pieces at the Great Exhibition of 1851.
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Antique 19th Century British Rococo Decorative Objects

Silver Gilt Derbyshire Pietra Dura Box
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Great Exhibition in 1851. weight: 57.28 gram dimensions: 6.0 x 1.8 cm
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Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Boxes and Cases

Materials

Agate, Turquoise, Silver

Peter Cooper for R.W. Winfield Rocking Chair, circa 1950
By R. W. Winfield Co.
Located in Vienna, AT
Exhibition of 1851. This later copy from circa 1950 is made from an aluminum base with vintage tufted
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

19th Century Leather Upholstered Metal Rocking Chair
Located in London, GB
Exhibition of 1851 by R. W. Winfield, a prominent furniture maker of the period. It measures: 25 in - 63.5 cm
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Antique Late 19th Century British Rocking Chairs

Materials

Steel

Venetian 19th Century Smalti, Glass Mosaic Table
By Lorenzo Radi
Located in Brighton, Sussex
design and inclusion of chalcedony glass and gold smalti (see J.Meyer, Great Exhibitions 1851-1900
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Antique 1870s Italian Center Tables

Materials

Glass

19th Century Austrian Solid Silver-Gilt, Enamel Gem-Set Ewers, circa 1880
By Hermann Ratzersdorfer
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
at the London Exhibition (1851) and Paris Exhibition (1855), and for the 1873 Vienna Exhibition he
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Antique 19th Century Austrian More Dining and Entertaining

Materials

Multi-gemstone, Enamel, Silver

19th Century Gasolier by F. C. Osler
By F. C. Osler
Located in New Orleans, LA
, which formed the centrepiece of the entire Great Exhibition of 1851. Amongst their other displays were
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Antique 19th Century English Other Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Bronze Bust of Menelaus by Benedetto Boschetti, Italy, circa 1850
By Benedetto Boschetti
Located in Kinderhook, NY
at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London.
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Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Busts

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of Malachite Vases
Located in Warsaw, PL
International Exhibition of 1851. Dr. Ludmila Budrina of the Ekaterinburg Museum of the History of Stone-cutting
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Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Antiquities

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Malachite, Gold Plate

Collas French Empire Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in Astoria, NY
the Great Exhibition London (1851) and Exposition Universelle Paris (1855).
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Herend Hand Painted Porcelain Set of Two Egg Boxes, Hungary, 2021, New
By Herend
Located in Cagliari, IT
Victoria decor, one of the most important of Herend since it was chosen by the great Queen Victoria in 1851
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2010s Hungarian Victorian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Solid Silver Wine Coolers By Elkington Mason of Birmingham
Located in London, GB
cyanide succeeded, and the Great Exhibition of 1851 assured his fame and posterity, as he was allowed to
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Antique 1840s British Early Victorian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Centrepiece in Silver Plated, Fretworked and Engraved James Dixon, 1850
By James Dixon Sons
Located in Prato, Tuscany
produced between 1850 and 1851 when James Dixon & Sons participated in the Great Exhibition of 1851
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate

Materials

Silver Plate

Cobalt Glass Center Floor Bowl
Located in New Orleans, LA
Great Exhibition of 1851. Elsewhere on the European continent, makers reached their own artistic heights
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Decorative Bowls

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Bronze, Ormolu

Winfield Rocking Chair
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
in London for The Great Exhibition of 1851. Winfield is listed in the various directories between
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Antique Early 1900s British Rocking Chairs

Materials

Leather

An extremely fine Crystal Palace Vinaigrette made in Birmingham in 1850
By Nathaniel Mills
Located in London, GB
exceptional and these were made to commemorate the Great Exhibition in 1851. The interior displays fine
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Antique 19th Century English Boxes

Herend Hand Painted Porcelain Set of Three Egg Boxes, Hungary, 2021, New
By Herend
Located in Cagliari, IT
Victoria decor, one of the most important of Herend since it was chosen by the great Queen Victoria in 1851
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2010s Hungarian Victorian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Setting for 18, Fruit / Desert Knives and Forks, c.1860
By Martin Hall
Located in Bath, GB
to many international exhibitions including the Crystal Palace 1851 Great Exhibition. Each piece
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Antique 1860s European Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate

Materials

Silver Plate

Fine Early Victorian Amboyna Centre Table by Taprell and Holland Sons
By Taprell, Holland Son
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
. Granted the Royal Warrant in 1846, they exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and were represented at
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Antique 1840s English Center Tables

Materials

Amboyna

Rare Austrian Solid Silver Enamel and Rock Crystal Cup and Cover, circa 1885
By Hermann Ratzersdorfer
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
. Ratzersdorfer won medals at the London Exhibition (1851) and Paris Exhibition (1855), and for the 1873 Vienna
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Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Renaissance Vases

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Rock Crystal, Silver, Enamel

Bronze Sculpture of Augustus Roman Emperor by Boschetti
By Benedetto Boschetti
Located in London, by appointment only
Exhibition in London, 1851, where he won a prize medal. He fed the increasing demand for antique works of art
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Classical Roman Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Small Scale Tilt Top Octagonal Centre Table in the Manner of Falcini
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
they displayed to great acclaim at the 1851 Crystal Palace exhibition.   
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Other Furniture

Materials

Fruitwood

A mid Victorian mahogany framed ottoman
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
, particularly at the Great Exhibition of 1851. While Hobbs is not known for inventing a specific type of hinge
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Ottomans and Poufs

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Leather, Mahogany

Swiss Turn of the Century Small Black Forest Carved Bear
Located in Atlanta, GA
could be found at such events as the Great London Exhibition of 1851 or the Chicago World's Fair of 1893
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Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Antique Silver Plated Kettle on Stand by Martin Hall, 1900
By Martin, Hall Co. Ltd.
Located in Bath, GB
. The firm participated to the 1851 Great Exhibition, the International Exhibition (1862), the Sydney
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Antique Early 1900s British Late Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate

Materials

Silver Plate

A Miniature Skeleton Alarm Clock by Victor Athanase Pierret
By Victor Athanase Pierret
Located in Amersham, GB
pendulum. At the London Exhibition of 1851 he presented an alarm clock and a pendulum clock with a globe
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Antique 1850s French Victorian Mantel Clocks

Materials

Brass, Steel

Charles-Guillaume Diehl Center Table
By Charles-Guillaume Diehl
Located in New Orleans, LA
1870. Diehl participated in the Great Exhibition in 1851 and in all the major international exhibitions
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Antique 19th Century French Tables

Globe by W AK Johnston, Dated 1888
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
number of awards at the Great Exhibition of 1851. The business continued to function under the Johnston
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Antique 1880s British Globes

Materials

Wood

Saccharimetre a Penombres by Jj Duboscq
By J. Duboscq, Paris 1
Located in London, by appointment only
Great Exhibition of 1851. Measures: Height 20 ins (51 cms), width 18 ins (46cms), depth estimated at
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Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Scientific Instruments

Materials

Steel, Brass

19th Century Flame Mahogany Secretaire Chest of Drawers
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
columns. This piece is of such good quality we believe it may have possibly been made for the 1851 Great
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood

Herend, Hungary. A six-person “Queen Victoria” porcelain coffee set.
Located in København, Copenhagen
patterns is “Queen Victoria,” designed in 1851 for the Great Exhibition in London, where Queen Victoria
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Mid-20th Century Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

French 19th Louis XVI Style Ormolu Clock by Victor Paillard and Romain, Paris
By Victor Paillard
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century including the London great exhibition of 1851, where his fine technique was greatly
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Clocks

Fine Pollard Oak Occasional Table by George Morant Son
By George Morant
Located in London, GB
of the period, including the 1851 Great Exhibition in London and the 1853 New York World Fair
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Antique Early 19th Century English Center Tables

Materials

Oak

19th Century Oak Octagonal Parquetry Drum Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
. In the great exhibition of 1851 Hobbs was the first to pick Bramah's lock and the Chubb detector lock
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Antique 19th Century Console Tables

Materials

Oak

Pair of Bronze Statues of Minerva and Augustus, Attributed to B Boschetti
By Benedetto Boschetti
Located in London, by appointment only
workshop exhibited at the Great Exhibition in London, 1851, where he won a prize medal. He fed the
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Classical Roman Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

19th Century English Victorian Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
lock at the great exhibition of 1851. This piece is in good condition for its age, showing minor wear
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Desks

Materials

Mahogany

Rare Pair of Neo-Greek Candelabra Attributed to F. Barbedienne
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in PARIS, FR
honoured by contemporary critics. At the London exhibition in 1851 Barbedienne’s firm won two “Council
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Antique 1880s French Greek Revival Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Refined Renaissance Revival Display Bowl by F. Barbedienne
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in PARIS, FR
esteemed and he, himself honoured by contemporary critics. At the London exhibition in 1851 Barbedienne's
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Antique 1870s French Renaissance Revival Decorative Bowls

Materials

Marble, Bronze

‘The Opening of the Crystal Palace’ by Joseph Nash
By Nash
Located in London, GB
Edinburgh and Nottingham Art Galleries, inter alia. Paxton’s ‘Crystal Palace’ home of the 1851 Great
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Antique 1850s Great Britain (UK) Victorian Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

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1851 Exhibition For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the 1851 exhibition you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, fabric and glass, every 1851 exhibition was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a 1851 exhibition — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 19th Century. Each 1851 exhibition bearing Victorian hallmarks is very popular. A well-made 1851 exhibition has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Foxall Co. and Samuel Hawkins are consistently popular.

How Much is a 1851 Exhibition?

A 1851 exhibition can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,108, while the lowest priced sells for $396 and the highest can go for as much as $221,774.