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Antique Ptolemaic Map of Ceylon or nowadays Sri Lanka
Located in Langweer, NL
stipple engraved sea is filled with an oriental ship and two great sea monsters. The handsome map is
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Maps
Materials
Paper
Handcrafted Sterling Silver Dolphin Salt Shaker
Pepper Mill Signed Missiaglia
By Missiaglia 1846
Located in New York, NY
(fantastical sea monsters) wrapping around tridents. They are replete with incredible details including
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Ancient Greek Silver Distater Coin from Thurium , 400 BC, British Museum
Located in London, GB
the head of Athena, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a Skylla; a sea monster with a
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Historical Memora...
Materials
Silver
Tibetan Water Dragon Kyungbur Trunk
Located in Chicago, IL
elephant-like trunk of a makara, or sea monster. In each claw, the serpentine dragon grasps a colorful
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Blanket Chests
Materials
Pine
Pair of French Louis Phillipe Napoleonic Carved Mahogany Armchairs, circa 1840
Located in Shippensburg, PA
back, this round arm curving down into a sea-monster with beautifully detailed scales and hints of
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Early Map of Puerto Rico Printed in Venice by G. F. Camocio in 1571
Located in Langweer, NL
many locations. Includes decorative cartouche, 4 sea monsters and a compass rose. Also shows the Virgin
Category
Antique 16th Century Maps
Materials
Paper
Swedish Art Deco Scone by Arno Glossner for Bohlmarks, Sweden, 1938
By Glossner AB, Arvid Böhlmarks Lampfabrik
Located in Stockholm, SE
of Leviathan, a colossal sea monster resembling a massive fish or whale. In various mythologies
Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Pewter
17th Century Huge French Old Master Painting Perseus on Pegasus with Andromeda
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
).
The painting shows the hero Perseus flying through the air in combat to kill the sea monster who has
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Italian Vintage Set of 6 Fish Shaped Plates in Glazed Majolica Ceramics
By Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro
Located in Roma, IT
fairy tale book, or from an 18th century engraving depicting disturbing sea monsters.
Typical of
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Map of Hampshire County, Britain/England, from Camden
s" Britannia" in 1607
By John Norden
Located in Alamo, CA
engravers, William Hole. A sailing ship and a sea monster are seen in the English Channel. A list of towns
Category
Early 1600s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Late 16th Century Florentine School Perseus Freeing Andromeda
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
vulnerability and dignity, while Perseus, the mythological hero, is portrayed in full action, battling the sea
Category
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Map of Florida, Louisiana and the Bahamas – Set of Rare French Sea Charts, 1777
Located in Langweer, NL
artistic flourishes such as sea monsters and sailing vessels add to its historical charm.
Together, these
Category
Antique 1770s Maps
Materials
Paper
STATUE OF NEPTUNE IN CEMENT HEIGHT 184 CM WITH HORPOON AND WITH BASE 20th H: 246
Located in Madrid, ES
commanded sea monsters and storms. He is often represented standing on a chariot pulled by sea horses, and
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cement
Ireland: A Framed 17th Century Hand-colored Map by Jan Jannson
By Johannes Janssonius
Located in Alamo, CA
, augmented with two putti. The map is embellished with three sailing ships and a sea monster. Western
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
17th Century Hand-Colored Map of West Africa by Mercator/Hondius
Located in Alamo, CA
countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and Benin. A sea monster is seen in the
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century Dutch Maps
Materials
Paper
Valencia and Murcia, Spain: A 17th Century Hand-Colored Map by Mercator/Hondius
By Gerard Mercator
Located in Alamo, CA
lower part of the map. It is embellished with a sea monster and a sailing ship in the Mediterranean and
Category
1630s Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Bordeaux Region of France: A 17th Century Hand-Colored Map by Mercator/Hondius
By Gerard Mercator
Located in Alamo, CA
the name of the region and a scale, as well as a sea monster and a sailing ship. The map is
Category
1630s Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
English Antique Victorian Gothic Carved Oak-Leaf Writing Library Table Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
-width drawer retaining its original cast bronze hanging pulls in a circular form of opposing sea
Category
Antique 19th Century British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
French 18th Century Oil On Canvas Painting Nude Woman Andromeda
Located in Firenze, IT
walls of Philistia with chains waits to be saved by her beloved Perseus that will kill the sea monster
Category
18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moving Face in a Blue Sea 1979 Lithograph
By Karel Appel
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Karel Appel
Moving Face in a Blue Sea 1979
Animals and monsters series
Print - Lithograph 22.0'' x
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Julius Kronberg’s Angelica – A Romantic Heroine of Renaissance Legend
Located in Stockholm, SE
chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster (a scene mirroring the myth of Andromeda) before being
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Antique French Aubusson Tapestry, Hippocampus Greek Mythological Wall Hanging
By Charles Le Brun, Nicolas Poussin
Located in Dallas, TX
72244, antique French Aubusson tapestry, mythological sea dragon creature wall hanging. Drawing
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Baroque Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Ancient Greek 5th Century BC Athena Coin 18K Gold Pendant
By Steven Battelle
Located in Soquel, CA
, resting position. The sea goddess/monster Skylla adorns the top of the helmet. The coin, which also
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Classical Greek Pendant Necklaces
Materials
18k Gold
Swimmers (Sea Monster)
Original glazed ceramic unique mother child sculpture
By Madeline Donahue
Located in Brooklyn, NY
At once playful, vulnerable and surreal, Madeline Donahue’s work celebrates the postpartum body and depicts not only the joys of motherhood, but also confronting the taboos associate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Walnut Grotto Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A great Italian grotto chair featuring winged sea monsters as arm supports.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Upholstery
Tribal Carving
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An unusual tribal carved painted and inlaid with glass wall hanging of a serpent or sea monster.
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint, Glass
German "Fantasy Furniture" Grotto Table
Located in Natchez, MS
German "Fantasy Furniture" Grotto Table with shell top and sea monster climbing up the coral trunk
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Tables
Seahorse Grotto Chair
Located in High Point, NC
Carved wood Grotto Chair with silver leafed Scallop Shell seat and back with Seahorse and Sea
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs
Materials
Paint
$9,600
Italian Grotto Table
Located in Natchez, MS
Early 19th c Italian Walnut "grotto" table with rocaille decoration of shells and a sea monster
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian End Tables
Materials
Walnut
$3,600
Baroque Polychromed and Gilt Bracket
Located in San Francisco, CA
Italian Baroque Style polychromed and gilt wall bracket. Fantastic subject, breasted sea monsters
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Brackets
Materials
Wood
A rare bronze and gilt bronze Empire Clock, signed Lesieur à Paris
Located in London, GB
beeing saved by Pegasus from Cetus the sea monster: French, circa 1800
Category
Antique 19th Century Clocks
Three Fountain Plaques
Located in Dallas, TX
trident. Roman mythology tales often told of Neptune's triumph over sea monsters; representing good over
Category
French Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Cement, Iron
$3,500
Worcester vase
By Royal Worcester
Located in Seattle, WA
handle is in the form of a dragon or sea monster and is finely molded and gilt.
Category
20th Century English Vases
$850
Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg Argenta Series Bowl
By Wilhelm Kage, Gustavsberg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wilhelm Kage argenta series "sea monster" bowl for Gustavsberg.
Though best known as one of
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Pottery
Rare 18th Century Italian Map of Venice
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the wall map, it is beautifully engraved and features elaborate cartouche work of figures, sea
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Prints
Omega Stainless Steel Seamaster Automatic Wristwatch, circa 1968
By Omega
Located in West Hollywood, CA
smooth bezel and acrylic crystal. Signed Omega crown and embossed sea monster logo case back. Silvered
Category
Vintage 1960s Swiss Wrist Watches
Materials
Stainless Steel
A Fine Early 19th Century Convex Mirror
Located in London, GB
mythology. Also present are two stylised dolphins which continue the theme of sea monsters. The carving is
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Convex Mirrors
Carved coconut from early 19th century
Located in BORDEAUX, FR
remind us of the dangers of the ocean, a sea monster appears on the last third of the nut. The background
Category
Antique Early 1800s French Empire Nautical Objects
Materials
Coconut
Nautilus Mounted in Silver of the 19th Century "Shell Nautilus"
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Nautilus mounted in silver of the 19th century (Shell Nautilus)
The support consists of a sea
Category
Antique Early 19th Century German Northern Renaissance Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver
Omega Stainless Steel Seamaster Automatic Wristwatch, circa 1970
By Omega
Located in West Hollywood, CA
acrylic crystal with signed Omega crown and deeply embossed Omega sea monster logo case back. Featuring an
Category
Vintage 1970s Swiss Artisan Wrist Watches
Materials
Stainless Steel
Omega Seamaster Automatic Ref 168.024, circa 1969
By Omega
Located in West Hollywood, CA
crystal and signed crown. Deeply embossed Omega sea monster logo case back. Featuring an especially minty
Category
Vintage 1960s Swiss Wrist Watches
Materials
Stainless Steel
Omega stainless steel Seamaster Automatic Wristwatch Ref 166.067, circa 1971
By Omega
Located in West Hollywood, CA
acrylic crystal with signed Omega crown and deeply embossed Omega sea monster logo case back. Featuring an
Category
Vintage 1970s Swiss Wrist Watches
Materials
Stainless Steel
Cast iron fountain center piece - 19th century
By J.J. Ducel Foundry
Located in Richebourg, Yvelines
base decorated with shells and sea monsters confronting basins along with busy cherubs and plant motifs
Category
Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Fountains
Materials
Iron
A Beautifully Detailed 16th Century Miniature Globe
By Johannes Oterschaden
Located in New York, NY
ships and three sea monsters. The globe is joined along the plane of the elliptic and holes at the North
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Globes
Materials
Silver
Lobster
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
and sea monster.
Reference: C. Nissen. Die Botanische. Stuggart, 1966.
C. Grafton. 1300 Real and
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Animal Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Rag Paper, Engraving
Tab L. "Leo." Male Lions
Located in Florham Park, NJ
and sea monster.
Reference: C. Nissen. Die Botanische. Stuggart, 1966.
C
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Prints
Tibetan Copper Rain Spout
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Copper rain spout in the form of a Makara (India) or Chu Srin (Tibet) water or sea horse monster
Category
20th Century Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Iron
Grotto Settee Chair
Located in High Point, NC
Wood carved silver painted Grotto settee with scallop shells forming seats and sea monster arms and
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Settees
Materials
Wood, Paint
$5,800
Omega stainless steel Seamaster Deville self winding wristwatch, 1963
By Omega
Located in West Hollywood, CA
diameter case with deeply embossed sea monster logo, and with extended lugs, acrylic crystal, and original
Category
Vintage 1960s Swiss Wrist Watches
Materials
Stainless Steel
Perseus
Located in Oswestry, GB
dynasty. He beheaded the Gorgon Medusa for King Polydectes and saved Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus
Category
2010s Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Brand New- Hermès Shawl 140 “Cosmographia Universalis” in cashmere and silk
By Hermès
Located in Paris, IDF
square represents an imaginary landscape and combines architecture, fauna and flora. Using seahorses, sea
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Scarves
Grouping of Six Prints Featuring Antique Maps by Abraham Ortelius
By Abraham Ortelius
Located in Bridport, CT
cartouches and charming decorative illustrations such as sailing vessels and sea monsters. Rich patina and
Category
20th Century American American Classical Maps
Hic Sunt Leones
By KC PAILLARD
Located in Stockholm, SE
quote and practice of putting illustrations of dragons, sea-monsters and other mythological creatures on
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Tab. L. Leo
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
griffin, phoenix, unicorn, mermaid, dragon and sea monster.
Reference: C. Nissen. Die Botanische
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18th Century and Earlier Other Art Style Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper, Rag Paper
Elephas Tab. VII (Indian Elephant)
By Matthäus Merian the Younger
Located in Florham Park, NJ
griffin, phoenix, unicorn, mermaid, dragon and sea monster.
Reference: C. Nissen. Die Botanische
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Elephas Tab. IX (Indian Elephant)
By Matthäus Merian the Younger
Located in Florham Park, NJ
griffin, phoenix, unicorn, mermaid, dragon and sea monster.
Reference: C. Nissen. Die Botanische
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Lobster
By Matthäus Merian the Elder
Located in Florham Park, NJ
and sea monster.
Reference: C. Nissen. Die Botanische. Stuggart, 1966.
C. Grafton. 1300 Real and
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Animal Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Rag Paper, Engraving
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