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"Sar The Essence of Indian Design" Book
Located in New York, NY
culture has been subject to myriad different influences, from the Mughal empire to the British Raj to the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Books
Materials
Paper
$80 / item
Road Map No43 London to Kings Lynn, Royston to Downham, John Ogilby, Britannia
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
edition of John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain', published in 1676. In private
Category
Antique Late 17th Century British Charles II Maps
Materials
Paper
Road Map John Ogilby London St David
s Britannia No 15 Abingdon Monmouth Framed
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
edition of John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain', published in 1676. In private
Category
Antique 1670s English Baroque Maps
Materials
Paper
Road Map Britannia No 32 the Road from London to Barnstable John Ogilby Framed
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Bassett and Richard Chiswell to their edition of John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain
Category
Antique Late 17th Century English Charles II Maps
Materials
Paper
Road Map Britannia No 25 London to the Lands End, John Ogilby Brown Gilded Frame
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
edition of John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain', published in 1676. In private
Category
Antique Late 17th Century British Charles II Maps
Materials
Paper
Road Map, John Ogilby, No 54, London, Yarmouth, Britannia
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Bassett and Richard Chiswell to their edition of John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain
Category
Antique 1670s English Baroque Maps
Materials
Paper
Map Road John Ogilby Britannia No 74 Ipswich to Norwich Cromer Framed
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
the Empire of Great Britain', published in 1676. In private correspondence, referring to this piracy
Category
Antique 1670s English Baroque Maps
Materials
Paper
Road Map John Ogilby No 75 Kings Lyn Harwich, Britannia Framed Wallhanging
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Bassett and Richard Chiswell to their edition of John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain
Category
Antique 1670s European Baroque Maps
Materials
Paper
Road Map Britannia No 15 London to St Davids John Ogilby Brown Gilt Frame
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
edition of John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain', published in 1676. In private
Category
Antique Late 17th Century British Charles II Maps
Materials
Paper
Map Road Strip Britannia Sheet 2 John Ogilby London Aberistwith Islip Bramyard
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Empire of Great Britain', published in 1676. In private correspondence, referring to this piracy, Ogilby
Category
Antique 17th Century English Baroque Maps
Materials
Paper
Road Map Britannia 1675/6 No 5 Road London to Barwick, London Stilton Grey Frame
By John Ogilby
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
of John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain', published in 1676. In private
Category
Antique Late 17th Century British Charles II Maps
Materials
Paper
sweet Pea Flowers - British 1930
s art floral still life oil painting
By Gerald Spencer Pryse
Located in Hagley, England
Party, The British Red Cross, and for the Empire Marketing Board. One of his most famous posters
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Vintage 1938 British Empire Games Poster Sydney Australia Commonwealth
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sporting event poster for The British Empire Games 5-12 February 1938 Sydney
Category
1930s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster For New Zealand Apples British Empire Trade Commonwealth
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Empire trade advertising poster for New Zealand Apples featuring a
Category
1930s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Buy British Empire Buying Begins At Home EMB
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster issued by Empire Marketing Board - Buy British Empire Buying
Category
1930s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Poster Learn to Think Imperially British Empire Chamberlain UK
Located in London, GB
British Empire in red with ships sailing at sea on the horizon in front of a dramatic orange and yellow
Category
1920s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Pair of English Art Deco Souvenir British Empire Exhibition 1925 EPNS Bud Vases
By Frederick Charles Herrick
Located in Port Hope, ON
purchased as souvenirs from the British Empire Exhibition held at Wembley in 1924-1925. They each bear the
Category
Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Vases
Materials
Silver
Solid Rosewood and rich inlay, British Empire Arm Chair
Located in Toronto, ON
The chair was brought to England by a family that was from the British establishment in India. It
Category
Antique 19th Century Indian Armchairs
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Boxwood, Rosewood
Wild Billy Childish
The Musicians of The British Empire
By Peter Doig
Located in New York, NY
Limited-edition of 100
Hand-signed by both Billy Childish and Peter Doig
Record and print featuring four new Billy Childish songs housed in a full color gatefold sleeve.
Custom fram...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Original Antique Propaganda Poster British Empire And Liberty Beaconsfield UK
Located in London, GB
Original antique poster - Empire and Liberty Beaconsfield - featuring a great design depicting a
Category
1920s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Propaganda Poster Our Ocean British Empire England Tennyson UK
Located in London, GB
Original antique poster - Our Ocean Empire with her boundless homes For ever broadening England
Category
1920s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Fruit Poster Australia Apples Grapes Pears British Empire Trade
Located in London, GB
background. Horizontal. Issued by Empire Trade Express. Good condition, restored folds, restored tears
Category
1930s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Australia Apples Pears Grapes Fruit British Empire Trade
Located in London, GB
- featuring a great design depicting an Empire Trade Express luggage label marked Eat More Fruit around the
Category
1930s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Empire Marketing Board Sugar Cane Elijah Albert Cox Art
Located in London, GB
to promote trade within the British Empire featuring a colourful illustration by the British painter
Category
1920s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Mid-century Arkana Black and Teak Safari Chair by Maurice Burke
By Arkana Furniture, Maurice Burke
Located in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
the British Empire for Military Campaign Safari chairs, followed by the Scandinavian designs of the
Category
Vintage 1960s Scottish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
19th Century Oak Silver Box
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Oak box with applied gilt silver plates engraved with the symbols of the British Empire, given by
Category
Antique 19th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
Early 19th Century Moon Phase Clock by William Cuff of Shepton Mallet
Located in Cheltenham, GB
continents of the British Empire.
The maker William Cuff of High St, Shepton Mallet recorded working 1783
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Grandfather Clocks and Longca...
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany
Original Vintage WWII Propaganda Poster British Commonwealth Of Nations Together
Located in London, GB
- featuring a dynamic military illustration depicting a group of British Empire Commonwealth soldiers in
Category
1940s More Prints
Materials
Paper
After A Bust by J. Nollekins, 19th Century Mezzotint of The Marquess Wellesley
Located in London, GB
Wellington, and a British politician and colonial administrator who expanded the British Empire in India and
Category
Early 19th Century English School Portrait Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Estate Art Deco Diamond Clip Brooch Circa 1930
Located in Dubai, DU
English swimmer who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games, where she won a gold medal.
Category
Vintage 1930s European Art Deco Brooches
Materials
18k Gold, Platinum
Original Vintage Poster New Zealand Apples NZ Flag Fruit Food Advertising Design
Located in London, GB
sides. Located in the Pacific Ocean the sovereign island country of New Zealand was part of the British
Category
1930s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Pair Of Pictures Made Woven Silk And Embroidered
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
of the coalition made by the British Empire, the French Empire and the Ottoman Empire against the
Category
Antique 19th Century English Tapestries
Materials
Silk, Wood, Stucco
$1,369 / set
1994 On Liberty Collection Vivienne Westwood Shoes
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in New York, NY
. And, hello! she received an Order of the British Empire from the Queen without wearing any knickers
Category
Late 20th Century English Accessories
British Officers Victorian Mahogany Military Chest, circa 1885
Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire
the arduous journeys and battlefields of the British Empire.
The lid opens to reveal a full storage
Category
Antique 1880s English Campaign Blanket Chests
Materials
Mahogany
Original Vintage Post War London Underground Transport Poster Whitehall Taylor
By Fred Taylor
Located in London, GB
Street of the British Empire and as such is without parallel." One of a series printed by the Baynard
Category
1940s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Wooden Syrian Wall Unit with Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in Cape Town, ZA
collection of Guy Brunton.
Guy Brunton OBE (order of the British Empire) born in 1878 in London, England
Category
Antique 19th Century Syrian Islamic Cabinets
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Large Victorian British Officers Brass Bound Camphorwood Trunk, circa 1890
Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire
used by a British officer to transport his uniforms and personal effects around the British Empire.
It
Category
Antique 1890s English Campaign Blanket Chests
Materials
Hardwood
Original Vintage WWII Poster Anti British State Values Domination Exploitation
Located in London, GB
three boxes below in Italian with messages about Englishmen creating the British Empire through the use
Category
1940s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Sliced Egg
By David Nash
Located in San Francisco, CA
Europe and the U.S. In 2004, he was awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire) for his distinguished
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Encased Egg
By David Nash
Located in San Francisco, CA
Europe and the U.S. In 2004, he was awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire) for his distinguished
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain, after Empire Engraving by Valentine Green
Located in Fairhope, AL
This large Empire Masterpiece is a faithful yet nuanced reproduction of "Charlotte, Queen of Great
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Empire Decorative Art
13th Century Giltwood Buddhist Figure
Located in London, GB
politics culminating in her being created a Dame of the Order of the British Empire in 1989 and in 1990
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Japanese Other More Asian Art, Objects ...
Materials
Wood
1762 Map of North America
By Thomas Kitchin
Located in New York, NY
"An Accurate Map of the British Empire in North America as settled by the Prelimmnaries in 1762" by
Category
1760s Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Emerald and Diamond Cocktail Ring with Pearls
By Laviere
Located in Dubai, Dubai
celebration of the great British Empire that at the time reigned over half of the world. Extraordinary center
Category
2010s Italian Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Materials
Emerald, 18k Gold, Platinum
The Beatles, Time (1965)
By Julian Wasser
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Photographed at the Saville Theater in London, The Beatles had just received Member of The British
Category
1960s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Unframed Poster, 1984
Located in London, GB
Inches). In 1935, Indiana Jones arrives in India, still part of the British Empire, and is asked to find
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Paper
Skyscraper, Mid-Century, Abstract, Minimalist, Sculpture
By Lynn Chadwick
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
of the British Empire in 1964 and a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres in 1993. He died on April 25
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Original Vintage Poster Buy British Tom Purvis EMB Empire Marketing Board
By Tom Purvis
Located in London, GB
economy following the Great Depression in America by buying British goods - Buy British from the Empire at
Category
1930s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Friday Milonga
By David Remfry
Located in Boca Raton, FL
2001 he was awarded the Honor of Member of the British Empire by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Dancers
By David Remfry
Located in Boca Raton, FL
2001 he was awarded the Honor of Member of the British Empire by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Victorian oak secretaire campaign chest
Located in Salisbury, GB
2 halves, this was to make transportation easier as it was taken around the British Empire by ship
Category
Antique 1870s English Campaign Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
C.F. Tunnicliffe watercolour painting of "Playful Leopards", England circa 1960
By Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe
Located in Macclesfield, Cheshire
Medal
1978 OBE ( Order of the British Empire )
Category
Vintage 1960s English Paintings
Glass Loving Cup, for the Coronation of George V and Queen Mary 1911
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
transformation of the British Empire into the Commonwealth of Nations. He was also known for his steadfast
Category
Early 20th Century British Neoclassical Revival Crystal Serveware
Materials
Blown Glass
Victorian campaign chest
Located in Salisbury, GB
the items he needed for his future career, to be transported to all corners of the British Empire.
It
Category
Antique 1870s English Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Teak
$5,271
Laughing Cavalier Butterfly Wing Silver Brooch, TL. Mott, circa 1920s, English
By Thomas L. Mott
Located in London, GB
. Thomas L. Mott History - Thomas L. Mott company exhibited this type of jewellery at “The British Empire
Category
Vintage 1920s British Charles II Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Silver
Allan Gwynne-Jones
1892-1982
"H M The Queen When Princess Elizabeth" Study
Located in Pewsey, GB
Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1980, two years before his death. Gwynne-Jones was married to the
Category
Vintage 1940s British Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Laura Knight Drawings
Located in London, GB
the British Empire at a time when such awards were rarely given and not so prolifically as today.
The
Category
Vintage 1960s British Other Drawings
Materials
Paper
$2,816 / set
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