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Worcester Crested Plate, for the House of O
Brien, c. 1813
By Flight, Barr
Barr Worcester
Located in Atlanta, GA
panel containing the heraldic crest of the O'Brien family. The motto reads in Latin: "Vigueur de Dessus
Category
19th Century English Antique Motto
Materials
Porcelain
Armorial Plate, Arms of Murray, Probably Spode, circa 1800
By Spode
Located in Geelong, Victoria
, with large central armorial, the arms of Murray & Motto Tout Prest (Quite Ready), within gilt chain
Category
Early 1800s English Chinese Export Antique Motto
Materials
Porcelain
George III Set of 6 Silver Gilt Dessert Knives by William Abdy, circa 1765
Located in London, GB
1765
The crest on one side of the handle shows the Royal crest, coronet and Garter motto as used by
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Motto
Materials
Silver
Drinking Flask with Removable Cup
By William Hutton
Sons
Located in New York, NY
will be approved after your death'. This is also the family motto of the Fairbanks family.
The
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Motto
Materials
Sterling Silver
Very Fine George II Mahogany Spoon-Back Hall Chair for the Earls of Kintore
Located in New York, NY
particularly graceful presentation.
The back is painted with the crest, coronet, initial K and motto Quae
Category
1730s English George II Antique Motto
Materials
Mahogany
1870s Eugene Fontenay Etruscan Revival Antique Brooch
By Eugene Fontenay
Located in New York, NY
with the motto "O Hippodrome". Suspended from the banner are seven double teardrop fringes. The 18
Category
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Motto
Materials
18k Gold
Mahogany Partridge Cage
Located in London, GB
recycled heat from steam boilers, the invention being reflected in the family’s motto, ‘Waste Not’.
Category
18th Century and Earlier English George III Antique Motto
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Victorian Sterling Silver Entree Dishes
Located in Vancouver, BC
crest and motto for General Sir Thomas Willshire, 1st Baronet. Measure: 14" x 12" (35.6 x 30.5cm), 121
Category
1830s English Antique Motto
$6,000 / set
Sterling Silver Presentation Trowel, Made by Omar Ramsden, London, 1925
By Omar Ramsden
Located in London, GB
trowel is engraved with the motto "ORA ET LABORA" followed below by a maple leaf on which is engraved
Category
1920s English Antique Motto
Materials
Silver
Rare Silver Counter of the Lord High Treasurer
Located in London, GB
, between 1602. Legend: Motto, SEMPER . FIDELIS. (Always faithful). Two roses after SEMPER and one after
Category
Early 1600s English Antique Motto
Materials
Silver
Erunt Duom Carne Una Early 17th Century Poesy Ring with Table Cut Diamond
Located in Brooklyn, NY
matrimonial bands typically feature a "poesy" - a poem, motto, or declaration of love - along the
Category
Early 17th Century British Antique Motto
Materials
Diamond, 22k Gold
16th Century South Italian Stone Carved Coat of Arms, circa 1540
Located in London, GB
).
Underneath the motto, in shortened latin, meaning either: Ius Fero - to bring justice, Ius Fert - the right
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Motto
Materials
Stone
Rare Masonic George III Giltwood and Gesso Wall Mirror
Located in Werkendam, NL
pediment in the middle with the royal motto 'Dieu et mon Droit' in the crest of the Duke of Sussex the then
Category
Early 19th Century British George III Antique Motto
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
Irish George III Sterling Silver Pierced Oval Basket with Handle, Dublin, 1775
By John Locker
Located in London, GB
. The base is beautifully engraved with a contemporary coat of arms and the motto "RIGHT CAN NEVER DIE
Category
1770s Irish George III Antique Motto
Materials
Silver
F.Messner/School Prof.Josef Hoffmann, Bedroom Furniture Suite, Viennna Secession
By Franz Messner, Clemens Pacher
Located in Vienna, AT
"Wiener Kunst im Hause" [Viennese Art in the Home] Association with the motto "Einfache Möbel" [Simple
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Motto
Materials
Maple
17th Century Gaming Counter of Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond
Located in London, GB
, the Lennox motto:- EN LA ROSE JE FLEURI (I flourish in the rose). Reverse:- Charles Lennox's very
Category
17th Century English Antique Motto
Materials
Silver
17th Century Gaming Counter of Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond
Located in London, GB
, the Lennox motto:- EN LA ROSE JE FLEURI (I flourish in the rose). Reverse:- Charles Lennox's very
Category
1690s English Charles II Antique Motto
Materials
Silver
German Silver Footed Beaker Cup Napoleonic War Prussian Veteran W/ Medal Insets
Located in Portland, OR
legend reading Preussens Tapfern Kriegren (Prussia's brave warriors). Surrounding on the edge is a motto
Category
Early 19th Century German Other Antique Motto
Materials
Silver
Victorian Silver Centrepiece by John Samuel Hunt
By John Samuel Hunt
Located in Hilversum, NL
with a now missing cut-glas bowl. The base engraved with foliage, Grabham family crest and motto
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Motto
Materials
Silver
In the Barn
Located in Amsterdam, NL
provenance folder.
Excellent service is our motto.
We pride ourselves in ensuring the paintings reach
Category
19th Century Romantic Antique Motto
Materials
Oil
Young Resting Woman
By Georg Papperitz
Located in Amsterdam, NL
.
Excellent service is our motto.
We pride ourselves in ensuring the paintings reach their final
Category
19th Century Romantic Antique Motto
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting After Hans Holbein, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
inscribed Gisze's motto: "Nulla sine merore voluptas" (no pleasure without regret), implying a symbolic
Category
19th Century European Northern Renaissance Antique Motto
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Straw On A Wooden Core (marqueterie De Paille) Toilette Box
Located in New York, NY
, occasionally punctuated by birds. Each of the sides incorporates mottoes, namely "VOUS ESTE PRIX" and
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Motto
Portrait of Captain Weber
By Herman Gustave Herkomer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artillery, an elite regiment whose Latin motto was “Ubique,” meaning that they served “everywhere.” Before
Category
Early 1900s Antique Motto
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil
Regency Carved Giltwood and Pietre Dure Centre Table
By Marsh and Tatham
Located in London, Middlesex
pointed star with a belt border inset with the motto PROBITAS VERUS HONOS, (meaning honesty or integrity
Category
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Motto
Materials
Giltwood
18th CENTURY ENGLISH OIL PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER IN A RED COAT
Located in London/Yorkshire, GB
the Symthe armour bears the motto ‘FUTURA PRAETERITIS’, meaning understanding the future by the past
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Motto
Materials
Oil
Arts
Crafts Copper Charger Keswick School of Industrial Arts
By Keswick School of Industrial Art
Located in Elswick, GB
the front of the building is the motto ‘The Loving Eye and Patient Hand Should Work With Joy and Bless
Category
Early 1900s British Arts and Crafts Antique Motto
Materials
Copper
Mother-love
By Paul César Helleu
Located in Amsterdam, NL
provide a complete history and provenance folder.
Excellent service is our motto.
We pride
Category
19th Century Romantic Antique Motto
Materials
Lithograph
Home Before Dark
By Anthony Andreas de Meijier
Located in Amsterdam, NL
.
Excellent service is our motto.
We pride ourselves in ensuring the paintings reach their final
Category
19th Century Romantic Antique Motto
Materials
Oil
Exodus from Antwerp on 8 October, 1914
By Louis van Engelen 2
Located in Brussels
Antwerp, BE
member of the art circle Als ik Kan (If I Can, the motto of the famous Flemish Renaissance painter, Jan
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Antique Motto
Fine Pair of George III Ambassadorial Silver Plates
By Paul Storr
Located in London, GB
of Donegal. His coat of arms, as seen on the plates, were augmented with the motto of the Order of
Category
1810s British George III Antique Motto
Materials
Silver
Rare 18th Century Masonic Painting "Freemasonry a Secret Unveiled"
By Jan Punt
Located in Werkendam, NL
is strength), the motto of The United Provinces of The Netherlands.
Wouldn’t it be great at this
Category
1760s Dutch Baroque Antique Motto
Materials
Linen
19th Century Framed Painting on Porcelain Woman and Children Charles Chaplin
By Charles Joshua Chaplin
Located in New York, NY
France by the French Second Republic, that had the motto Liberté, égalité, fraternité, and was ruled for
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Motto
William Leonard Baron Devon Art Pottery Motto Ware Teapot
By William Baron
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish Barnstaple, Devon art pottery motto ware teapot decorated with verse by renowned
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Motto
Materials
Terracotta
Sailor
s Double Large Valentine, with Motto- Thinking of You, Barbados
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's double large Valentine,
With Motto- Thinking of You.
Barbados, West Indes,
circa 1875
Category
1870s Bajan Folk Art Antique Motto
Materials
Shell
Double Sailor
s Valentine of Sea Shells and Motto "Ever Thine"
Located in Downingtown, PA
Double Sailor's Valentine of Sea Shells and Motto "Ever Thine",
Barbados, West Indies,
Circa 1885
Category
Early 20th Century Bajan Folk Art Antique Motto
Materials
Shell
Viennese Imperial Porcelain Collecting Cup
Wild Pansies
And Motto, 1813
By Viennese Imperial Porcelain Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
in various colours, framed by a motto in delicate gold lettering: above ‘Jeden Morgen denk ich Dein
Category
1810s Austrian Romantic Antique Motto
Materials
Porcelain
British Sailor
s Woolwork, With Motto of The Order of The Garter
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork,
With Motto of The Order of The Garter,
Circa 1880.
The unusual sailor's
Category
Late 19th Century English Folk Art Antique Motto
Materials
Wool
Pair Antique Armorial Porcelain Dishes Crest
Motto "Safety in Acting Justly"
Located in Katonah, NY
This pair of antique English armorial porcelain dishes display the crest & motto "Safety in Acting
Category
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Motto
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Nevers French Revolution Tin-Glazed Faïence Dish, Angel
Motto
By Nevers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
winged angel in flowing blue robes, blowing his Horn and holding a shield with a motto reading, ” Si les
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Motto
Materials
Earthenware
Rustic Country French Hand Carved Wood Motto
Wheat Sheaves Bread Board
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A round rustic, French hand carved wood bread board, showing the motto, “Donnez nous notre pain
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Antique Motto
Materials
Fruitwood
Arts
Crafts Oak Inlaid Mirror with Robert Burns Motto Circa 1910
Located in Norwich, GB
An Arts & Crafts oak wall mirror with Robert Burns incised motto and inlaid decoration. Circa 1910
Category
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Antique Motto
Materials
Glass, Oak
Painted Exotic Coat of Arms on Canvas, Motto- Esto Vigilans, 18th Century
Located in Downingtown, PA
Painted Coat of Arms on Canvas,
Motto- Esto Vigilans.
18th century
Possibly Spanish.
The
Category
18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Motto
Materials
Canvas
Victorian Chromolithograph What Is Home Without Mother Motto in Gilt Wood Frame
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An original framed Victorian Era Chromolithograph motto print, circa late 1800s-early 1900s.
The
Category
1890s American Victorian Antique Motto
Materials
Wood, Paper
Tudric
Pewter Rose Bowl With Motto By David Veasey For Liberty
Co
By David Veasey
Located in Petworth, GB
Arts & Crafts twin handle ‘Tudric’ pewter rose bowl
With stylised rose tree design and motto
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Motto
Materials
Pewter
Victorian Era Chromolithograph a Welcome to All Motto in Adirondack Wood Frame
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An original framed Victorian era chromolithograph motto print, circa late 1800s-early 1900s
Category
1890s American Adirondack Antique Motto
Materials
Wood, Paper
Large Double Sailor
s Valentine with Heart and Star
Motto Home to Stay
Located in Downingtown, PA
unusual motto Home to Stay above. To the right is a heart shape with a rose above.
A sailor's valentine
Category
Mid-19th Century Bajan Victorian Antique Motto
Materials
Shell
English Pearlware Franklins Motto Plate, Diligence is the Mother of Good Luck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Franklin's "Poor Richard’s Way to Wealth.”
The motto reads, “Diligence is the Mother of Good Luck. Now I
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Motto
Materials
Earthenware, Pearlware
Double Large Sailor
s Valentine with Motto "Love as Deep as The Ocean", Barbados
Located in Downingtown, PA
Large double Sailor's Valentine with motto "Love as Deep as The Ocean",
Barbados, West Indes
Category
19th Century Bajan Victorian Antique Motto
Materials
Shell
19th Century English Hand Painted Iron Coal Bucket with Plymouth Crest and Motto
Located in Dallas, TX
, is decorated with lions figures holding the coat of arms of Plymouth, and the city's motto: "Turris
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Motto
Materials
Metal, Tôle
Pair of Spode Armorial Dishes with Phipps Family Crest
Motto: Re E Merito
By Spode
Located in Katonah, NY
The crest of the family of Phipps* with the motto: Re E Merito emblazoned in grisaille on this pair
Category
1820s English Neoclassical Antique Motto
Materials
Porcelain
C1810 18K Fob Seal of Carnelian with Motto and Crest of Mason Family
Located in Baltimore, MD
reads "Demeure Par La Verite" and translates to "Keep Fast By the Truth". The motto is rooted in the
Category
1810s European Regency Antique Motto
Materials
Agate, Carnelian, 18k Gold
Parnell Family Motto
te digna sequere
on 12KGold Fob of Devil Playing Violin
Located in Baltimore, MD
carnelian embossed with a Borgase Family Crest and the Parnell Family Motto "te digna sequare" meaning
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Motto
Materials
Carnelian, Gold
English 19th Century Painted Glass Apothecary Jar with Coat of Arms and Motto
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English large painted glass lidded apothecary jar from the 19th century, with the coat of arms of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries. Born in England during the 19th century, ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Motto
Materials
Metal, Brass
Late Victorian Bloodstone 14K Yellow Gold Antique Heraldic Crest Signet Ring
Located in Philadelphia, PA
flourish'
It is the motto of the Duke of Richmond
Flush set and flanked by rounded shoulders
Stamped for 14
Category
Early 1900s Late Victorian Antique Motto
Materials
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
The large and interesting silver gilt trophy of Captain George
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
supporters each holding a British standard, motto ‘Auspicio Regis et Senatus Angliæ’), the other with six
Category
18th Century English Antique Motto
Materials
Silver
Pair of Silver Wine Coasters London Robert Hennell 1804
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
engraved finch. This is the motto of the Boileau family of Norfolk.
Size : Height 3.4cm, diameter 12.2cm
Category
Early 1800s British George III Antique Motto
Materials
Silver
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Antique Motto For Sale on 1stDibs
You are likely to find exactly the antique motto you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. Each design created in this style — which was crafted with great care and often made from Gold and 18k Gold — can elevate any look. If you’re looking for an antique motto from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 18th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 20th Century. An antique motto from Michel Victor Acier, Bilston Battersea and Chamberlains Worcester — each of whom created a beautiful version of this treasured accessory — is worth considering. An antique motto can make for a versatile accessory, but a selection from our variety of 1 Agate versions can add an especially stylish touch. Today, if you’re looking for a single cut version of this piece and are unable to find the perfect match, our selection also includes alternatives. If you’re browsing our inventory for an antique motto, you’ll find that many are available today for men, but there are still pieces to choose from for unisex and women.
How Much is a Antique Motto?
The price for an antique motto starts at $125 and tops out at $26,500 with these dining-entertaining, on average, selling for $1,600.
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