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Gold Armorial Signet Ring Europe Late 16th century
Located in Firenze, IT
in gold with an octagonal shape that encloses inside it the engraving of a bird, surrounded by
Category
Antique 16th Century British Renaissance Signet Rings
Materials
Gold, 22k Gold
Ortolans from Martinet’s Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux (1780)
Located in Langweer, NL
Naturelle des Oiseaux*, with their finely detailed and meticulously hand-colored engravings. The birds are
Category
Antique 1780s Prints
Materials
Paper
1992 Papua New Guinea K100 Platinum 9.6 Grams Uncirculated
Located in New York, NY
a detailed design with the national emblem of Papua New Guinea. The intricate engraving showcases a
Category
Late 20th Century Brooches
Materials
Platinum
Elegant Avian Diversity: Illustrations from Buffon
s Ornithology, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
These hand-colored engravings depict various bird species from Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Prints
Materials
Paper
$598 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Feathers of Europe: A 18th Century Detailed Study of Finches
Bramblings, 1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Original hand-colored engraving with various bird species, depicted in a detailed and naturalistic
Category
Antique 1780s German Prints
Materials
Paper
Four framed prints, ornithology. 20th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Four framed prints, ornithology. Twentieth century.
Lot of four colored engravings with birds: a
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20th Century European Other Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Tranquil Homestead: A Family of Chickens, circa 1860
Located in Langweer, NL
painter known for his bird and poultry paintings.
- The engraving was done by W. French, as indicated
Category
Antique 1860s Prints
Materials
Paper
$169 Sale Price
35% Off
Majestic Hunter: The American Belted Kingfisher in Its Natural Habitat, 1749
Located in Langweer, NL
History of Uncommon Birds" (1743-1751) by George Edwards.
This hand-colored engraving showcases the bird
Category
Antique 1740s Prints
Materials
Paper
$332 Sale Price
20% Off
1870 View of Proposed Brooklyn Bridge and New York City
By Theodore R. Davis
Located in Alamo, CA
This framed engraving entitled "Birds-eye View of the Southern End of New York and Brooklyn
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Persian Brass Ewer With Silver Inlay Calligraphy, Mid 19th Century
Located in Islamabad, PK
themes such as freedom, spirituality, and transcendence. The engravings of bird figures on the base and
Category
Antique 19th Century Persian Islamic Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Brass
Antique Daubree Silver Vermeil Ice Cream Shovels/Spoons In Presentation Case
By Alfred Daubrée
Located in New Orleans, LA
presentation case, created by Alfred Daubree, Nancy. The spoons with incredibly detailed engravings depicting
Category
Antique 1870s French Belle Époque Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Vermeil, Silver
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Plan of Ancient Jerusalem – Cornelis de Bruijn’s Engraved City View c.1698
Located in Langweer, NL
identifying key locations and monuments. The engraving provides a bird’s-eye view of the city as it was
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Dutch Prints
Materials
Paper
$513 Sale Price
20% Off
Dutch Map and City Plan of La Roche-sur-Foron, France, 17th Century Hand Colored
By Coenraet Decker
Located in Alamo, CA
Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celestudinis Sabaudiae Ducis, published in 1682. This richly hand colored engraving
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Dutch Maps
Materials
Paper
Mother of Pearl Monogram Gaming Counter Lavender Moon Quartz Necklace
By Karen Sugarman Designs
Located in Colleyville, TX
such as Ombre, Quadrille, Loo and Whist. Starting with simple Chinese designs of flowers and birds
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Georgian Beaded Necklaces
Materials
Cultured Pearl, Freshwater Pearl, Quartz, 14k Gold, Aluminum, Sterling S...
$972 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Martinet Bird Engravings
Located in Boston, MA
19th century martinet bird engravings with later hand coloring in black painted frames.
Category
Antique 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
19th Century Martinet Bird Engravings
Located in Boston, MA
19th century martinet bird engravings with later hand coloring in black painted frames.
Category
Antique 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
Unknown Midcentury Scandinavian Modernist Vase with Two Bird Engravings
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Swedish Mid-Century Modernist vase with two nice bird engravings
It stands 24 cm tall and have
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Nine Francois Martinet Bird Engravings
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in New York, NY
FRANCOIS NICOLAS MARTINET ( B. 1731)
From Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux [Natural History of Birds
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Prints
$6,000 / set
Set of Eight Framed Rare Antique Bird Engravings, 1800s
Located in Gloucestershire, UK
A splendid set of eight rare framed hand colored engravings of exotic birds from around the world
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Prints
Pair Of Mid 18th Century Bird Engravings By George Edwards
By George Edwards
Located in Free Union, VA
A pair of hand colored engravings, nicely matted with filage and green marbleized filets in fine
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century German Georgian Prints
Materials
Burl, Paper
Two circa 1827 Audubon Framed Bird Engravings of Tennessee
Children
s Warbler
By John James Audubon
Located in Hudson, NY
Two Audubon matted and framed engravings of warblers. Plates CLIV and XXXV. Wonderful large-scale
Category
Antique 1820s English American Classical Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
A Set Of Twenty Four Early 19th Century Bird Engravings In Handmade Frames
By George Edwards
Located in London, GB
Copper plate engravings with original hand colouring after paintings by George Edwards and others
Category
Antique 19th Century British Prints
Shore Bird
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Raleigh, NC
Hand colored Martinet shore bird engraving on laid paper.
Wonderful condition with frame.
Framed
Category
19th Century Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Engravings of Birds
Located in Witney, OXFORDSHIRE
A very imposing and brilliantly executed pair of early 19th century colored engravings of birds, a
Category
Antique 19th Century English Drawings
$1,507 / set
Creation! Birds and Fishes - Framed 1584 Old Master Engraving Religious Bible
By Johannes Sadeler I
Located in Albany, OR
"Creation! Birds and Fishes", 1584. Framed. FIRST STATE, 1580-1584. Engraved by Johannes / Jan
Category
16th Century Northern Renaissance Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving
5 Engravings of Bird Nests 18th-19th Century
Located in Gravenmoer, NL
5 Engravings from the 5 volumes Dutch Bird Books of Cornelius Nozeman
[ 1712-1786 ] Handcolored
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Prints
$7,126 / set
Antique bird print of a golden tanager by Le Maout - Engraving - 19th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
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Medium: Hand coloured engraving on wove paper.
Category
1850s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Antique bird print of a finch on Rocouyev by Le Maout - Engraving - 19th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
is ca. 7 x 10.7 inch. The image size is ca. 3.9 x 8.5 inch.
Medium: Hand coloured engraving on wove
Category
1850s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Assembled Set Of Four Copperplate Engravings Of Birds By François Martinet
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Free Union, VA
Hand colored in delicate detail, framed and matted original late 18th century engravings, two with
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Louis XVI Prints
Materials
Giltwood, Paper
Antique Hand Colored Framed Engravings of Pink British Birds from the 1800s
Located in Gloucestershire, UK
Pretty hand colored engravings of British Birds from 1860. They depict a coral pink "Pine Crossbeak
Category
Antique 1860s English Prints
Pair of Martinet Birds
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in New York, NY
Birds.
Left: Femelle du Calao, de l'Isle Panay by Martinet - Original hand-colored engravings from
Category
Late 18th Century Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
"Shaft-Tailed Widah, " Antique Bird Print
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Hand-colored signed engraving after bird illustration by William Hayes (1735-1802) from "Portraits
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
1`890 Birds Eye View of Rome
By Henry Tidmarsh
Located in New York, NY
"ROME 1890" -- rare, original bird's eye view of Rome published in May 24th 1890 by The Graphic
Category
1890s Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
The Queen Flower (Bird of Paradise)
By Dr. Robert John Thornton
Located in Florham Park, NJ
, and/or stipple engraving finished by hand.
Approximately 17.75” x 22.5” Unframed.
5 frontice pieces
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint, Engraving
A curucui bird species by Barraband - Hand coloured etching - 19th century
By Jacques Barraband
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
zoological and botanical illustrator, renowned for his accurate depictions of tropical and exotic birds
Category
Early 1800s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
A Jacamar bird species by Barraband - Hand coloured etching - 19th century
By Jacques Barraband
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
exotic birds. Between 1801 and 1804, Barraband was commissioned directly by Napoleon Bonaparte to produce
Category
Early 1800s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
A woodcreeper bird species by Barraband - Hand coloured etching - 19th century
By Jacques Barraband
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
and botanical illustrator, renowned for his accurate depictions of tropical and exotic birds. Between
Category
Early 1800s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Set of Six Jacques Barraband Parrot Engravings
By Jacques Barraband
Located in New York, NY
, 1801-5
Set of 6
Jacques Barraband's engravings of birds are masterpieces of French ornithological
Category
Antique 19th Century Prints
$37,500 / set
Female cock-of-the-rock bird by Barraband - Hand coloured etching - 19th century
By Jacques Barraband
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
tropical and exotic birds. Between 1801 and 1804, Barraband was commissioned directly by Napoleon Bonaparte
Category
Early 1800s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Three-Toed Woodpecker
By John James Audubon
Located in Seattle, WA
John JAMES AUDUBON (American, 1785–1851) Three-Toed Woodpecker. Plate CX from Birds of America
Category
Early 19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Paradise Tanager
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Hand-colored engravings after bird illustration by William Hayes (1735-1802) from "Portraits of the
Category
19th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Purple Gallinule
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Hand-colored engravings after bird illustration by William Hayes (1735-1802) from "Portraits of the
Category
19th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Red Winged Oriole
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Hand-colored engravings after bird illustration by William Hayes (1735-1802) from "Portraits of the
Category
19th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Rose-Headed Ring Parakeet
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Hand-colored engravings after bird illustration by William Hayes (1735-1802) from "Portraits of the
Category
19th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Weaver Oriole
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Hand-colored engravings after bird illustration by William Hayes (1735-1802) from "Portraits of the
Category
19th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Red Headed Guinea Parrakeet
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Hand-colored engravings after bird illustration by William Hayes (1735-1802) from "Portraits of the
Category
19th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Waxen Chatterer, Male
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Hand-colored engravings after bird illustration by William Hayes (1735-1802) from "Portraits of the
Category
19th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
White Crowned Pigeon
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Hand-colored engravings after bird illustration by William Hayes (1735-1802) from "Portraits of the
Category
19th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Alexandrine Parrakeet
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Hand-colored engravings after bird illustration by William Hayes (1735-1802) from "Portraits of the
Category
19th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
The Kind of the Vultures
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Hand-colored engravings after bird illustration by William Hayes (1735-1802) from "Portraits of the
Category
19th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
The Erne
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Hand-colored engravings after bird illustration by William Hayes (1735-1802) from "Portraits of the
Category
19th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Grande Chasse a l
Oiseau
By Jean Moyreau
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
(The great falconry hunt.) Lively hunting scene with figures on foot and horseback, hunting birds
Category
Early 18th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Lace Vase
Located in NOVÝ BOR, CZ
woven by insects or birds. The engraving on the glass forms a deep negative relief, where the purple
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Vases
Materials
Glass, Cut Glass
$1,805
Antique 1880s Victorian Gilded Age Engraved Cityscape Gold Filled Cufflinks
Located in Seguin, TX
Antique circa 1880's gilded age gold filled engraved cufflinks. Detailed engraving has castle
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Gold Plate
Silver Metal Butterfield Dial Germany, circa 1780
Located in Firenze, IT
with hinged gnomon with bird indicator.
No engraving of cities with their latitude because it is a
Category
Antique Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Scientific Instruments
Materials
Silver, Brass
1673 Chickens, Poultry, Nicolas Robert, folio etching in hand colour
Located in Norwich, GB
series of 31 engravings of birds by Nicolas Robert. Fine impression. Hand coloured.
Nicolas Robert (18
Category
Antique Late 17th Century French Prints
Materials
Paper
1673 Turkey, Poultry, Nicolas Robert, Folio Etching in Hand Color
Located in Norwich, GB
31 engravings of birds by Nicolas Robert. Fine impression. Hand coloured.
Nicolas Robert (18 April
Category
Antique 1670s French Prints
Materials
Paper
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Bird Engraving For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic bird engraving available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of paper, wood and glass, every bird engraving was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer bird engraving, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right bird engraving, those designed in Georgian, Regency and Louis XVI styles are of considerable interest. Francois Nicolas Martinet, George Edwards and Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon each produced at least one beautiful bird engraving that is worth considering.
How Much is a Bird Engraving?
Prices for a bird engraving start at $47 and top out at $45,000 with the average selling for $1,200.