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Gold Panel and Vernis Martin Writing Case, French Craftsmanship, Louis XV
Located in Paris, FR
cagework setting, presented as alternating bands. The lid features an intricately sculpted motto which
Category
1770s French Neoclassical Antique Motto
Materials
Gold
Antique Inkwell, Baccarat Déposé, Gilded Brass, Late 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
.
Baccarat's stated motto was "perfection" and to achieve this the crystal factory hired the best glassmakers
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Motto
Materials
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
Gothic Revival Gilt Brass on Wood Wall Mirror with Glass Stones and Latin Phrase
Located in Lisse, NL
Mother too. We found that this phrase also is the motto of institutions in several countries and we are
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Motto
Materials
Brass
Plate Delftware, Inscribed 1744, Dutch, Great Yarmouth, Blue and White, Herring
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
is one of three recorded at the Visitation of 1563, and is that in general use with the Motto 'Rex et
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Motto
Materials
Earthenware
Antique Signet Ring Wilkinson Courtenay 18.5 ct Jasper 18K Gold US 3.75/12.8g
Located in SE
of the House of Courtenay / motto: Ubi lapsus quid fecit ("Where did I slip what have I done") / that
Category
18th Century European Medieval Antique Motto
Materials
Jasper, 18k Gold
Important Rothschild family French silver presentation plate by Maurice Mayer
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Or langued Gules
Sinister: a unicorn Argent langued Gules
Motto
Concordia, Integritas, Industria
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Motto
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver
England 1780 Georgian Battersea Enamel Baroque Decorated Box in Gilded Bronze
Located in Miami, FL
, were decorated in the Rococo style with mottoes, portraits, landscapes, or flowers. The shapes of the
Category
1780s English George III Antique Motto
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$2,388 Sale Price
20% Off
Ridgway Porcelain Dinner Plates and Compote with Green Rim and Floral Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
the back, presenting the lion and unicorn and the "Dieu et Mon Droit" motto. With their exquisite
Category
19th Century English Antique Motto
Materials
Porcelain
19C Aquatint Engraving of the Quay at Waterford
Located in Dallas, TX
, King Henry VII gave the city its motto: Urbs Intacta Manet Waterfordia (Waterford remains the untaken
Category
Mid-19th Century Irish George III Antique Motto
Materials
Paper
England 1770 Georgian Battersea Enamel Decorated Box in Sterling Silver
By Battersea
Located in Miami, FL
with mottoes, portraits, landscapes, or flowers. The shapes of the objects and the decorative motifs
Category
1770s English Georgian Antique Motto
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$3,188 Sale Price
20% Off
L
asino legge l
asino - Original Ink on Cardboard by G. Galantara - 1920s
By Gabriele Galantara
Located in Roma, IT
Donkey"), with reference to the motto of Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi: "Like the people is the donkey
Category
1920s Modern Antique Motto
Materials
Ink, Cardboard
19th Century English Sheffield Hall Marked Silver Table Service with Case
By Frederick Elkington
Located in London, GB
punch; engraved with a rampant lion, and the motto ‘Heb Dduw Heb Ddim’, the Welsh being translated as
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Motto
Materials
Silver
A Very Fine Georgian Serving Tray in Old Sheffield Plate by Matthew Boulton
By Matthew Boulton
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
' plaque engraved with a heraldic crest
motto, the rim decorated with applied foliate
scroll
Category
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Motto
Materials
Silver Plate
$1,800 Sale Price
25% Off
Original Hand-Colored Antique Print of a Carthusian Nun, 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
the Statutes, and their life combines both eremitical and cenobitic monasticism. The motto of the
Category
1840s Antique Motto
Materials
Paper
$208 Sale Price
20% Off
Gold, Enamel and Tablet Case
Located in Paris, FR
. On the other side; a dog raising in the grass a bird. The upper panels, meanwhile, have a motto in
Category
1790s Swiss Antique Motto
Materials
Gold, Enamel
$18,987
Vaughan
s Sermons, 1873-1874
By Rev. James Vaughan
Located in valatie, NY
themes to the working man. Sermons include "A New Year's Motto", "The Very Hairs on Your Head are
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Motto
Materials
Leather
Ladies Dress Shoes. Plate IX.
By T. Watson Greig 1
Located in New York, NY
motto first adopted by Alexander the Great - namely, 'Veni, Vidi, Vici."
Category
Early 1900s Naturalistic Antique Motto
Materials
Lithograph
Pair of George III Cased Tea Caddies, London, 1793, William Frisbee
By William Frisbee 1
Located in London, GB
the other is engraved with a contemporary Scottish Crest with the motto "Nil Conscrire Sibi - Consious
Category
1790s English George III Antique Motto
Materials
Sterling Silver
Admiral Viscount Bridport’s Gold and Hardstone Armorial Swivel Fob Seal
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
respectively with the crest of Hood within the motto ‘Tria Juncta in Uno for the Order of the Bath; the crest
Category
1780s English Antique Motto
Materials
Quartz, Gold
Arrival of the English King Charles II from Delft in The Hague, Holland, 1660
Located in Langweer, NL
who thinks evil of it" It has been used as the motto of the British chivalric Order of the Garter. In
Category
1660s Antique Motto
Materials
Paper
Memoir of the Abbé Lacordaire by the Count De Montalembert, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
motto was "Dieu et la Liberté!" ("God and Freedom!"). In that largely anti-clerical and revolutionary
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Motto
Materials
Paper, Leather
19th Century Silver Gilt Presentation Casket Awarded to Alderman Abel Heywood
By Elkington
Co.
Located in London, GB
motto 'Ring out the False, Ring in the True'.
Category
1890s English Gothic Revival Antique Motto
Materials
Vermeil
Huge Majestic 19th Century Victorian Cast Iron Gothic Revival Fire Grate-Basket
Located in Edinburgh, GB
female griffin supporters, hosted in turn by a scrolled benderole with the Latin motto "Conscie" meaning
Category
Mid-19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Motto
Materials
Iron
$15,609 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Gilt Bronze Rabbit Bookends, Edouard-Marcel Sandoz. France c 1925
By Susse Freres, Edouard-Marcel Sandoz
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
producer of sketches and water-colors.
His motto: “In art, one has to love everything: nature, science
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Motto
Materials
Bronze
Wine Green Glass Enamel Paintings Coat of Arms by Lobmeyr Vienna circa 1910-1915
By J.L Lobmeyr
Located in Vienna, AT
remarkable
coat of arms visible - with the motto 'LABORE' (= 'by effort') - and with three stylized lilies
Category
1910s Austrian Late Victorian Antique Motto
Materials
Glass
George III Coffee or Water Jug made by Charles Wright in London in 1773
Located in London, GB
mouldings. The main body is engraved with a contemporary Armorial with Crest above and Motto below, all
Category
1770s English George III Antique Motto
Materials
Silver
Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I, Ruler of the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy, 1743
Located in Langweer, NL
the Treaty of Utrecht, after his death.
His motto was Amore et Timore (Latin for "Through Love and
Category
1740s European Antique Motto
Materials
Paper
Hand-Pained Banner with the Seal of the State of Mississippi, circa 1872
Located in York County, PA
the Latin motto “E Pluribus Unum” (Out of Many, One), above and around which were 13 randomly placed
Category
1870s American Antique Motto
Materials
Cotton
Price Upon Request
Enamel and Gold Nelson Memorial Ring, Made for His Aunt, Mrs Thomasine Goulty
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Nelson’s heraldic motto: ‘Palman Qui Meruit Ferat’ (Let him bear the palm of Victory who has won it
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Motto
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Portrait of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, Grand duke of Alba, c.1690
Located in Langweer, NL
, Grandee of Spain and a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. His motto in Latin was Deo patrum
Category
1690s Antique Motto
Materials
Paper
$493 Sale Price
20% Off
Set Graduated Meat/Platter Covers or Domes by Durand, Paris, circa 1840, Eagles
By Francois Durand
Located in Bath, GB
motto and crest of the Bingham family. These were clearly an important set, undoubtedly commissioned for
Category
1840s French Early Victorian Antique Motto
Materials
Silver Plate
$4,929 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th Century Bronze and White Marble Bust of Marianne in Full Armor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
motto Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, the national anthem "La Marseillaise", the coat of arms, and the
Category
19th Century French Baroque Revival Antique Motto
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$24,950 Sale Price
27% Off
Antique Regency Chamberlains Worcester Plate Centerpiece National Gallery London
Located in Dublin, Ireland
. 254 crests, mottos and coronets painted onto the service were charged for separately, at 5 shillings
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Motto
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Monumental Carved Stone Garden Fruit Basket from Famed Vouziers Mansion
Located in St. Louis, MO
connections, private enterprise and negotiation as by conquest”. The family motto is "Deus Honestum Fortis
Category
1920s French Antique Motto
Materials
Stone
Elaborate Sailor Souvenir of Washington Crossing the Delaware, circa 1885-1912
Located in York County, PA
billowing streamer with the familiar American motto, in Latin, "E Pluribus Unum" (out of many, one).
This
Category
Late 19th Century Asian Antique Motto
Materials
Silk
Post Medieval Gold Posy Ring TOVT IOVRS LOIALL
Located in London, GB
disclaimed as Treasure under the Treasure Act, reference 2012T829.
There is no record of this motto, or any
Category
15th Century and Earlier Medieval Antique Motto
Materials
Yellow Gold
Art Deco Boch Freres by Charles Catteau Porcelain Panther and Snake
By Charles Catteau
Located in Dallas, TX
ceramic wares.
Charles Cotteau motto was “Art for All” and he also taught decorative painting at the
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Antique Motto
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen the Lucky Parents Model E 81 Michel Victor Acier Rococo made c. 1773
By Michel Victor Acier 1
Located in Vienna, AT
Motto Childs and he worked together with
Kaendler concerning the huge order having been placed with
Category
Mid-18th Century German Rococo Antique Motto
Materials
Porcelain
Large
Huntsman/Valet with his Hounds
Bronze Sculpture by PJ Mene - 1869
By Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in Dallas, TX
‘a cross inside a triangle‘ (as you can see from the photos).
Probably, the ‘crest/motto’, for the
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Motto
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$15,750 Sale Price
55% Off
Belgian Art Deco Charles Catteau BFK Ice Skater Sculpture
By Charles Catteau for Boch Freres
Located in Dallas, TX
ceramic wares.
Charles Cotteau motto was “Art for All” and he also taught decorative painting at the
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Antique Motto
Materials
Porcelain
Post Medieval Sergeant-at-Law ring
Long Live the King and the Law
Gold Ring
Located in London, GB
would bear a motto chosen by the Sergeant engraved to the exterior of the ring. This practice was
Category
17th Century Unknown Antique Motto
Materials
Yellow Gold
"Building the Allegheny Railroad, Pennsylvania" Alfred Wall, Scalp Level School
Located in New York, NY
logs down Bear Rock Run.
"Always tell the truth in your work" was the artist's motto, Dr. McWilliams
Category
1850s Hudson River School Antique Motto
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Royal Gurkha Rifles Dressed in Rifle Green
Located in Asheville, NC
to the British military establishment ever since. As the Gurkha motto tells Kaphar Hunnu Bhanda Mornu
Category
Early 20th Century Nepalese Malayer Antique Motto
$1,920 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Hand-Painted Patriotic Banner with the Seal of the State of Oregon
Located in York County, PA
lack of five, five-pointed stars arched below and the placement of the latin motto "Alis Volat Propriis
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Motto
Materials
Canvas
Price Upon Request
Charles Joshua Chaplin
French, 1825-1891
Girl with Bird
s Nest
Oil on Canvas
By Charles Joshua Chaplin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French Second Republic, that had the motto Liberté, égalité, fraternité, and was ruled for three years by
Category
19th Century French Rococo Revival Antique Motto
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
$39,850 Sale Price
38% Off
Hand-Painted 19th Century Banner with the 1867 Proposed Seal of Illinois
Located in York County, PA
of State Sharon Tyndale proposed that the phrases in the state motto be reversed. In the wake of the
Category
1860s American Antique Motto
Materials
Cotton
Price Upon Request
Hand-Painted Patriotic Banner With The Seal of the State of Illinois
Located in York County, PA
, is Lake Michigan. The motto “State Sovereignty National Unity” typically appears upon the streamer
Category
1860s North American Antique Motto
Materials
Canvas
Price Upon Request
Paul Storr English Georgian Order of the Garter Tray, 1810
By Paul Storr
Located in New York, NY
centaur and encircled with the motto of the Order of the Garter: Honi soit qui mal y pense. The Order of
Category
1810s English Georgian Antique Motto
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Gorham Medallion Coin Silver 5-Piece Coffee
Tea Set
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in New York, NY
. Engraved armorial with Latin motto (“Vigilate”) and monogram (AMO). Marked with maker’s and New York
Category
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Motto
Materials
Silver
Set of 4 Rundell, Bridge
Rundell Entree Dishes with Royal Provenance
By Digby Scott
Benjamin Smith, Rundell, Bridge
Rundell
Located in New York, NY
mounted to rope-bordered oval. Engraved royal arms with the mottos “Dieu et mon droit” (“God and my right
Category
Early 1800s British Georgian Antique Motto
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of English Victorian Georgian Sterling Silver Serving Trays, 1846
By William Ker Reid
Located in New York, NY
and Latin motto “Vive Ut Vivas” (Live That You May Live). Sturdy with nice heft and balance. Fine
Category
1840s English Georgian Antique Motto
Materials
Sterling Silver
Allegory of Abundance
Located in New York, NY
Ceres flank the goddess of love Venus and well-illustrate the motto Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Motto
Materials
Copper
Rare Pair of Irish Silver Sauce Boats Dublin 1772 by Richard Williams
By Richard Williams
Located in Cornwall, GB
armorial in a shaped cartouche depicting a motto in Gaelic above a symbol of the Sun surmounting a crown
Category
1770s British George III Antique Motto
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gilded Frame Sampler Motto
Located in Wainscott, NY
"Remember the Creator" Motto , Water Gilt Frame
Category
19th Century Antique Motto
Antique School Sign with Great Motto
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful antique Chinese sign which displays a schools heartwarming motto: "The greatest
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Motto
Materials
Pine
Gold Signet Ring with the Motto "Love Serves"
Located in London, GB
A wonderful rare 18ct gold signet ring which is Victorian, circa 1870. The motto is charming “Love
Category
1870s British Victorian Antique Motto
Materials
18k Gold
English Mid-19th Century Military Munitions Box with Royal Mottos, Coat of Arms
Located in Wells, ME
arms and mottos on the top: " Honi Soi (qui) Mal y Pense" and "Dieu et Mon Droit" surrounded by the
Category
Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Motto
Materials
Brass
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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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