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Pair Dutch Delft Hand Painted Imari Dishes 18th Century Circa 1780
Located in Katonah, NY
in the center, a bird is perched on the fence; a second bird flies above while numerous plants and
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Rococo Antique Flies
Materials
Delft
Framed Watercolor By Illustrator John Leech
Located in Essex, MA
at age 47 in 1864. Titled " Master George and The Dragon Flies". "A Caution to Young Anglers". Sold
Category
1850s English Antique Flies
Materials
Glass, Paper
ARETHUSA Genuine Ancient Greek coin 478-466 BC Silver Pendant
Located in Roma, IT
, guiding four horses while Nike, the goddess of victory, flies to the right above them, crowning the horses
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Greek Antique Flies
Materials
Silver
Insects Print: Dragonflies, Grasshoppers, Stick Insects
True Bugs – 1867
Located in Langweer, NL
insects, leaf insects, cicadas, flies, and true bugs, rendered in fine hand-coloured engravings. It
Category
1860s German Antique Flies
Materials
Paper
Resting Dromedar, 1861
Located in Stockholm, SE
they were pillars of porphyry, just dug up from some subterranean temple. Here the ibis still flies
Category
1860s Romantic Antique Flies
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Antique Italian Micromosaic Gold Brooch-Pendant And Earrings Suite, Circa 1870
Located in London, GB
hook catch fitting. The earrings feature a similar, scaled down design, with the flies, in circles, on
Category
1870s Italian Victorian Antique Flies
Materials
Gold
Vue de Bayonne du Côté du Port – Hand-Colored Optical Print by Basset, c.1790
Located in Langweer, NL
construction or repair, surrounded by smaller boats and workers. On the right, a fully rigged ship flies a flag
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Flies
Materials
Paper
Pieter Pieterszoon Hein – Dutch Naval Hero, 19th-Century Hand-Colored Lithograph
Located in Langweer, NL
sword in one hand and a plumed hat in the other. Behind him flies a Dutch flag, and at his feet lie
Category
1850s Antique Flies
Materials
Paper
Antique Dangling Earrings Fly Against The Evil Eye Onyx Opal Diamond 14 Kt Gold
Located in Munich, Bavaria
These unusual dangling earrings are carved out of onyx. Two golden flies have been rivetted onto
Category
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Flies
Materials
Diamond, Onyx, Opal, 14k Gold
19th Century English Mahogany Brass And Steel Magazine Rack
Located in Stamford, CT
spider and flies attached. All mounted on a stepped mahogany base. A wooden handle held by brass
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Flies
Materials
Brass, Steel
Captivating Natural History Prints: Insects, Life Cycles and Rare Details, 1832
Located in Langweer, NL
insects, from beetles and mantises to flies and their larvae. The engravings showcase the various stages
Category
1830s Antique Flies
Materials
Paper
Victorian Diamond Pearl Bird Leaf Pendant Necklace Green Gold Swallow Dove
Located in New York, NY
Wings. The bird flies toward two beautiful green gold leaves. The pendant has elements of the
Category
19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Flies
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, Gold, 10k Gold, Rose Gold
Vanitas, oil on canvas with a small cartouche, Italy circa 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
, caterpillars, flies, dragonflies and butterflies reveal an extreme attention to detail, the current life that
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Flies
Materials
Canvas, Fruitwood
Rose Cut Diamond Pearl Fly Insect Bug Earrings Victorian Antique 14 Karat Gold
Located in New York, NY
quality and exude the elegance of the period. The flies are beautifully made. The pearls are exquisite
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Flies
Materials
Pearl, Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
H. Turner - Late 19th Century Watercolour, French Fishermen
Located in Corsham, GB
flies on a mast at the centre of the composition. Presented glazed in a white wash line mount and a
Category
19th Century Antique Flies
Materials
Watercolor
$484 Sale Price
20% Off
Pink Sunset in Winter Birch Forest Giant Landscape early 20 Сentury Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
an armful of brushwood on his back. In the distance a small flock of birds flies in, alarmed by
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Antique Flies
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Early 20th Century Chinese Green Botanical Table Lamp on Wooden Base
Located in Queens, NY
motif of flora and dragon flies with brass hardware and a turned wooden base and top.
Ships without a
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Antique Flies
Materials
Ceramic
Citrine Amethyst Fly Insect Earrings Victorian Antique Gold Pearl
Located in New York, NY
faceted Amethyst and oval faceted Citrine making up the bodies of the flies. The flies are further
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Flies
Materials
Amethyst, Citrine, Pearl, Gold, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Insect Prints: Small Vibrant Engravings of Bugs, Leaves
Flowers, 1832
Located in Langweer, NL
second print features insects like a wasp (possibly Ichneumonidae), flies (Diptera), and a red mite
Category
1830s Antique Flies
Materials
Paper
French Charles X miniature mantel clock of Cupid carrying time
Located in London, GB
dial and movement which he carries on his back. This is an allusion to the way time flies when in the
Category
1820s French Antique Flies
Materials
Ormolu
Japanese Stacking Incense Box, Ju-Kobako, Meiji Period, Mid 19th century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
like arrowheads, dot the shore. A large heron in raised silver taka-maki-e flies overhead.
The wave
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Flies
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Clock Set by Francesco Flora 1890 Antique Three Piece French Mantel
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Flora. Which translates to ''Time Flies by Flora" in English.
The style and elegance of Francesco's
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Flies
Materials
Spelter
Large Antique Orientalist Painting of Tangier, Morrocco by Herzog
Located in London, GB
itself flies through a misty blue sky, adding to the painting’s sense of movement and intrigue. The
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Flies
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Rare Set of 9 Different Japanese Insects Made of Copper, Brass and Wood
Located in Doornspijk, NL
altered in shape by lifting up their wings or abdomens.
The set consists of 2 flies, 2 praying
Category
Late 19th Century Asian Antique Flies
Materials
Brass, Copper
The Siege of Nyborg, 1659: A Strategic Battle of the Dano-Swedish War, 1746
Located in Langweer, NL
rendered, flies the flags of their respective factions, adding to the drama and authenticity of the scene
Category
1740s Antique Flies
Materials
Paper
$209 Sale Price
20% Off
Sailor
s Woolwork of Royal Navy Five-Masted Ship under Steam, Minotaur Class
Located in Downingtown, PA
the sky. A Union Jack flies from the Foremast and a banner with a Red Cross from the Mainmast. The
Category
Late 19th Century English Folk Art Antique Flies
Materials
Wool
Free Standing Pine Apothecary Counter with 64 Drawers, Kitchen Island circa 1900
Located in Round Top, TX
store fishing lures/flies.
This pine counter ready to be used as it has been professionally restored
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Country Antique Flies
Materials
Pine
"The Coward" Original cover for Life magazine, Woman Kissing World War I Soldier
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
strong sense of movement - the sash tied around the woman’s waist flies out behind her and the soldier’s
Category
1910s American Realist Antique Flies
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu, Crystal and Mother of Pearl Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
designs, charming dragon flies and a most impressive central mother of pearl reserve. At the center is a
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Flies
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Victorian 9K Gold Fly Pin or Brooch with Diamonds, Rubies, and Sapphire
Located in Venice, CA
seen in Victorian jewelry. Flies were worn as a talisman against evil, and represent humility and
Category
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Flies
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
Victorian Era British Lepidoptera: A Hand-Colored Legacy, 1890
Located in Langweer, NL
Argus. It's a species that prefers grassy habitats and flies low to the ground. These butterflies have
Category
1890s Antique Flies
Materials
Paper
Set of 12 Art Deco Silver-Plated Knife Rests in the Manner of Christofle
By Christofle
Located in London, GB
centuries. This set consists of pairs of lions, fish, rhinoceri, seals, flies and cockerels, each finely
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Flies
Materials
Silver Plate
Firing the Salute
By Peter Monamy
Located in London, GB
centre of the work. The painting beautifully depicts one of the large vessels, that flies a Royal coat-of
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Antique Flies
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$9,857
19th Century French Papier Maché Snuff Box with Landscape and Figures Painting
Located in Milano, MI
lid depicting a mountain landscape with figures and herds crossing a river, a dove flies in the sky
Category
Mid-19th Century French Romantic Antique Flies
Materials
Other
A French Empire Clock of the Roman Goddess Aurora Announcing a New Day
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
dawn and flies across the sky. She announces the morning's arrival. She has a brother and a sister. Her
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Flies
Materials
Bronze
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian 12K Gold Diamond, Amethyst, Pearl, and Garnet Fly Brooch
Located in Venice, CA
has been around as a motif for centuries and was often seen in Victorian jewelry. Flies were worn as a
Category
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Flies
Materials
Amethyst, Diamond, Garnet, Pearl, Gold, Yellow Gold
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Rouge Griotte Marble Statue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
with two dragon flies in his hand and draped in a fine flowing fabric. He displays a sweet grin and is
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Flies
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Creil Polychrome Transferware Polychrome Plate, Le Nid D’Oiseau, circa 1830
By Creil et Montereau
Located in Philadelphia, PA
yellow period dress, comes across a nest of baby birds in a garden setting. The mother bird flies
Category
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Flies
Materials
Faience
French Landscape Tapestry Probably Beauvais, circa 1750 7
3 x 9
3
Located in New York, NY
summer air to the image. In addition, a startled bird, flies up to the right. The border is a trompe
Category
18th Century French Antique Flies
Materials
Wool
Bowles
s New Collection of English Moths and Butterflies by Benjamin WILKES
Located in Middletown, NY
flies.
The first edition of 1742 (British Museum holdings nos. 1914,0520.522 – 1914,0520.534, not
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Flies
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century genre oil painting of man preparing fishing tackle
By John Arthur Lomax
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
of a Judge is shown preparing flies for his fishing line. On the table can be seen a fly reel and fly
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Flies
Materials
Oil, Panel
Allegory of Surgery Engraving with Etching by B. L. Prevost, 1779
Located in Langweer, NL
and prepare herbs. A heron flies overhead. On the ground, numerous medicinal plants, among them aloe
Category
1770s Antique Flies
Materials
Paper
$247 Sale Price
20% Off
Where the Flowers Blow - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada II - 1864
Located in Roma, IT
wind).
Genji presents a poem to the sister of Lady Reikeiden. Inset image: A cuckoo flies over a hilly
Category
19th Century Modern Antique Flies
Materials
Woodcut
Rouen, Wyvern Platter "à la guivre", France 18th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
often live in tumultuous rivers, at the bottom of oceans... hence the lake over which this dragon "flies
Category
18th Century Antique Flies
Materials
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Period Bronze and Colored Glass Chandelier
Located in London, GB
shaped green glass. Through the centre of the loop flies a patinated bronze winged female figure
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Flies
Materials
Bronze
AUSTRALASIAN Off South Sydney Heads
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
the nautical activity at sea and shore also add value.
The ship flies the British Red Ensign, and was
Category
1880s Folk Art Antique Flies
Materials
Wool, Dye
Two Fools (or Fool and Foolish Woman)
By Hans Sebald Beham
Located in New York, NY
– wine drinking was at the time a metaphor for love-making. Many prints of the time show flies or
Category
16th Century Old Masters Antique Flies
Materials
Engraving
Antique Bible Print Fourth Plague of Egypt by J. Luyken, 1743
Located in Langweer, NL
. The swarm of flies was unbearable and this time Pharoah agreed to allow the people to go into the
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Flies
Materials
Paper
French Empire Gilt Silver Epergne, c1805
Located in valatie, NY
female figures, cherubs, dragon flies, and Egyptian heads, it stands on hoofed feet. The lid is adorned
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Flies
Materials
Silver
Butterfly Locket Ruby Pearl Enamel 14 Karat Gold Victorian Insect Pendant
Located in New York, NY
period when insect inspired jewelry was sweeping the land. The butterfly flies within the flowers and
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Flies
Materials
Pearl, Ruby, 14k Gold, Gold, Enamel
Regatta in Sydney Harbour
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
sail steam ship anchored in the center flies the Australian Colonial Ensign proudly.
Sight Size: 13 7
Category
1880s Other Art Style Antique Flies
Materials
Oil, Board
Ray Bret Koch, Original Air France Poster, Far East, Elephant Cornac, India 1938
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
promote tourism from Europe to the Far East.
A Dewoitine D.338 plane flies over a map on which different
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Flies
Materials
Paper
Four Framed Hogarth Engravings "Four Times of the Day"
By William Hogarth
Located in Alamo, CA
someone's wig flies through the air. Vegetable and fruit vendors are setting up their display for the
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Antique Flies
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Fisherman
s Luck Original Oil Painting by Charles De Feo
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
more years than he painted, he hand tied the most intricate and exquisite flies for the Atlantic salmon
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Flies
Materials
Paint
Entomological Treasury: A Detailed Study of Insect Diversity, 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
350,000 described species.
3. **Various Fly Species (Diptera)**: Flies are characterized by having only
Category
1840s Belgian Antique Flies
Materials
Paper
$180 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Chinese Chippendale Style Schiedmayer Piano Oriental Scenes Embossed Japanning
Located in Leeds, GB
pagoda, a female figure stretches out her hand towards a seated man, fanning himself as a swallow flies
Category
Late 19th Century German Chinese Chippendale Antique Flies
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Antique Burmese Mandalay Period Buddhist Dancer Nat Spirit Deer Figure Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
she does this, Ravana lifts Sita onto his shoulders and flies far, far away.
Ultimately I believe the
Category
Late 19th Century Burmese Antique Flies
Materials
Wood, Art Glass, Teak, Giltwood
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