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Art Nouveau Candlesticks by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise
Category
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Inventions
Materials
Metal
Perseus and Andromeda
By David Teniers the Younger
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
to Rubens’s invention but
unmistakably shaped by Teniers’s eye and hand.
Painted modelli connected
Category
1650s Old Masters Antique Inventions
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
Antique Victorian Carter’s Patent London Mahogany Adjustable Bed Reading Table
By John Carter (Furniture)
Located in Glasgow, GB
(fl.1876-1886) specialised in the invention and construction of quality mechanical adjustable invalid
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Inventions
Materials
Brass
17th century Flemish wooded landscape with castle and hilltop town.
Located in Firenze, IT
or an invention?
The answer falls between the two extremes. The structure of the town, the profile
Category
Early 17th Century Flemish School Antique Inventions
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century JW Wilson Salesman Sample Buggy Seat
Located in Dekalb, IL
. John W. Wilson explains his invention in his patent for 'Swing Seat for Drays' on April 7, 1898
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Inventions
Materials
Steel
Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Metal
Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Pewter
Holophane Pair of French Art Deco Flush Mounts, 1920
By Holophane
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Verlys
The story of Holophane begins in 1822 with Augustin Fresnel’s invention of the Fresnel lens
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Pedestal Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Metal
2 Pairs of Wedgwood
Bentley Black Basalt Urns and Cassolette/Jars 18th Century
By Wedgwood
Bentley
Located in Katonah, NY
Wedgwood described it, was among his proudest inventions. In a letter to Bentley, Wedgwood said, “The Black
Category
1770s English Neoclassical Antique Inventions
Materials
Stoneware
Antique German Toy Glass Marble Set 1910-1920s, in Original Leather Pouch
By Lauschaer
Located in Andernach, DE
pouch.
A true German classic, exported worldwide, also to the US.
The invention of the marble scissors
Category
1910s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Antique Inventions
Materials
Leather, Glass
Pedestal Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Pewter
Giambattista Piazzetta workshop (Venetian) - Set of six 18th century paintings
Located in Varmo, IT
18th-century carved and gilded wooden frames (not signed).
- The series derives from inventions by
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Antique Inventions
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$5,949 Sale Price
28% Off
Long-billed Curlew (City of Charleston) /// Ornithology John James Audubon Bird
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. Employing a new invention, the camera lucida, the images were reduced
Category
1840s Victorian Antique Inventions
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Art Deco Bronze Plates made by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco 1920s Czechoslovakian Carved, Green and Black Glass Vintage Necklace
Located in Skelmersdale, GB
has been a prevalent feature of costume pieces since the invention of fashion jewellery. It's
Category
1920s Czech Art Deco Antique Inventions
Great White Heron /// John James Audubon Ornithology Shorebird Key West Florida
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
invention, the camera lucida, the images were reduced in size, rendered in intermediate drawings by John
Category
1840s Victorian Antique Inventions
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Bronze Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Bronze
Venus Bacchus Ceres Paggi 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Mythologic
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
greedily grab the grapes.
In particular, we are looking at a very famous iconographic invention by the
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions
Materials
Oil
$11,756 Sale Price
20% Off
Vue du Viviers (View of Viviers)
Located in London, GB
invention of ready-mixed tubes of paint. Deborne’s career indicates that he favoured this approach to art
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Inventions
Materials
Oil, Board
Susanna Old Men Religious Roma nschool 17th Century Paint Oiul on canvas Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
structure of the composition in fact recalls, albeit revisited, an invention of Annibale Carracci, while if
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions
Materials
Oil
$9,776 Sale Price
20% Off
Elgin Gold Filled Art Deco Cushion Shaped Watch circa 1925
By Elgin
Located in Long Beach, CA
fees to Elgin for many of their inventions in watchmaking. Patek Philippe even used Elgin’s technology
Category
1920s American Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Gold-filled
Rare Original Thonet Settee with Cushions
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in High Peak, GB
Thonet (2 July 1796 – 3 March 1871) was a German-Austrian cabinet maker, known for the invention of
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Aesthetic Movement Antique Inventions
Materials
Bentwood
Tall Candlestick Holders by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko
Category
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Inventions
Materials
Pewter
Candlestick Holders by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko
Category
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Inventions
Materials
Pewter
Late 18th/19th Century French Empire Mantle Clock By Parisian Clockmaker Lepaute
By Lepaute
Located in Dublin, IE
invention and published it under his own name at the French Academy of Sciences in 1754. Upon learning of
Category
Early 1800s French Neoclassical Antique Inventions
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Sleeping Eros - Rome, 16th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
engagement with the creative imitation of antiquity. The motif became a paradigm of artistic invention
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Inventions
Materials
Carrara Marble
Bas relief in stucco of Madonna with child by Antonio Rossellino, Italy ca. 1880
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Renaissance sculptor Antonio Rossellino count among his most popular inventions. Next to autograph works
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Inventions
Materials
Plaster
Chimeric dressor
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This imposing walnut carved cupboard sideboard is a tour de force of artistic invention and
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Inventions
Materials
Wood
$104,709
Circa 1900 original advertising poster for Moteur Cérès by Tamagno
Located in PARIS, FR
implying that this mechanized invention is now a natural extension of the traditional agricultural world
Category
Early 1900s Antique Inventions
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Victorian Coromandel Inlaid Writing Box by Hausburg with Secret Compartment
By F.L. Hausburg
Located in Northampton, GB
pick compared to earlier mechanisms. Barron’s invention laid the foundation for modern lock designs and
Category
Mid-19th Century British High Victorian Antique Inventions
Materials
Brass
Victorian 14k Gold Silver Two-Stone Diamond Earrings Old Mine Cut, Antique
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Period ended, and The Grand era began.
• Grand Victorian jewelry
After the incandescent bulb invention
Category
Early 1900s Unknown Victorian Antique Inventions
Materials
Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
Hammered Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is unknown, it
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Pewter
"Residence At Terrell" Date 1881 TEXAS CATTLE SCENE GRANDFATHER TEXAS ART
By Frank Reaugh
Located in San Antonio, TX
his hands, and later made his own picture frames and patented several inventions. George Reaugh's
Category
1880s Impressionist Antique Inventions
Materials
Pastel
Monumental Bowls by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
.
Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Bronze
Antique Extremely Rare Large 13th Century Antiphonal Abbey Book Binding
Located in Doha, QA
magnitude and condition are exceptionally rare, as most were lost or disassembled after the invention of
Category
15th Century and Earlier Austrian Gothic Antique Inventions
Materials
Iron
Brown Pelican /// John James Audubon New Orleans Ornithology Animal Bird Art
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
printed and hand-colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. Employing a new invention, the camera lucida, the
Category
1840s Victorian Antique Inventions
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Louis XV Style Bureau de Dame, Walnut
Leather, England, Circa 1840
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
in 1730. This model of small secrétaire was an invention of BVRB, who designed it with smaller
Category
19th Century English Louis XV Antique Inventions
Materials
Bronze
Animal Locomotion: Plate 161 (Man Leaping), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Inventions
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 730 (Tiger Walking), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Inventions
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 682 (Stag Running), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Inventions
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 162 (Man Leaping Forwards), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
particular for his innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Inventions
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Animal Locomotion: 671 (Ox Walking), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Inventions
Materials
Photographic Paper
Victorian Barbazon School Landscape Oil Painting Cows and Calves in a Meadow
Located in ludlow, GB
invention of paint in tubes, the Barbizon artists could satisfy their desire to paint on site, leading the
Category
19th Century Barbizon School Antique Inventions
Materials
Oil
Animal Locomotion: Plate 92 (Nude Woman Ascending Staircase), 1887 - Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
in particular for his innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Inventions
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 158 (Man Performing a High Jump), 1887 - Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
in particular for his innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Inventions
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 89 (Nude Man Ascending Staircase), 1887 - Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
in particular for his innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Inventions
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 672 (Ox Walking), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Inventions
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 773 (Ostrich Running), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
photography and in particular for his innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Inventions
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 749 (Baboon Climbing), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
particular for his innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Inventions
Materials
Photographic Paper
Animal Locomotion: Plate 11 (Nude Man Striding), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
photography and in particular for his innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Inventions
Materials
Photographic Paper
Battle Horsemen Landscape Graziani Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
armour and costumes of the combatants.
Both the invention and the stylistic qualities of the painting
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions
Materials
Oil
$11,013 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Extending Dining Table with 2 Leaves
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Invention, it extends the table by means of a winding mechanism which is operated with its own handle, the
Category
1860s Victorian Antique Inventions
Materials
Sapele Wood
Exquisite Neo-Grec Ormolu
Champleve Enamel Jardiniere by Barbedienne
Sévin
By Louis-Constant Sevin, Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Queens, NY
artistic invention, the bronze mounts lending weight and permanence far surpassing purely ceramic or
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Inventions
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Pewter Jardinière by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions
Materials
Pewter
Lord Leighton (1830-1896), Studies for Captive Andromache
By Frederic Leighton
Located in Oxford, GB
with fluent manual dexterity, and his impressive fecundity of invention, evident in the repeated
Category
1880s Antique Inventions
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Edwardian Antique Natural Ruby
Old Mine Cut F/VS 0.14ctw Diamond Brooch 14K
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
invention but provides more security for a brooch of this importance.
Category
Early 1900s European Edwardian Antique Inventions
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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