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18th Century Decorative Lacquered Portrait Figures Wood Tobacco Snuff Box Black
Located in Brescia, IT
This antique and fine lacquered wood box, is painted on both the sides with an elegant portrait of a woman and on the other side a dancer.
The piece will be delivered with its certi...
Category
Austrian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$568 Sale Price
20% Off
XL Jurassic Ammonite Fossil 15.5 x 14 x 5.5 Inches Apx, with Nice Ribs
Located in Warrenton, OR
XL Jurassic Ammonite Fossil 15.5 x 14 x 5.5 Inches Apx, with Nice Ribs. We think this is a Kranaosphinctes species.
We love the substantial ridges (also called ribs, spines, and nod...
Category
Unknown Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$1,992 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Ming Ceramic Provincial Jar Celadon Glaze, Early 17th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Chinese hand-thrown ceramic provincial jar with a light celadon glaze which we date to the Ming period of the early 17th century or possibly earlier.
The jar is hand potted...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Extremely Rare Early 18th Century Regence Period Candlesticks
Located in Middleburg, VA
Made of gilded brass with intricate incised decoration on delicate molded stems with flanged bases. Comes as a pair. Dated 1717 Ile de France.
There is a date of 1717 scratched into ...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
A Pair of 2 Lovely Brass Candlesticks, Late Baroque, Early 18th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
A Pair of 2 Lovely Brass Candlesticks, Late Baroque, Early 18th Century
A charming pair of Late Baroque Candlesticks in a beautifully rich brass. Typical Late Baroque ornamentation ...
Category
Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
French Directoire Bronze Skeleton Clock
Located in Rome, IT
Extremely fine quality Directoire/Empire gilt bronze mounted gilt brass skeleton clock with enameled chapter ring and openwork movement. Roman numerals for the hours and outer half...
Category
French Empire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Head of Man, Italy, 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Head of man is a sculpture realized in polychrome ceramic with glass eyes.
Neaples, 18th Century.
Very good condition.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Virgin and Child in Majesty, also known as "Sedes Sapientae"
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
VIRGIN AND CHILD IN MAJESTY, ALSO KNOWN AS "SEDES SAPIENTIAE"
ORIGIN : SPAIN, CATALOGNE
PERIOD: EARLY 13th CENTURY
Height : 95 cm
Width : 32 cm
Depth : 28 cm
Softwood
No polychromy
In the middle of the 12th century, the Virgin took her place in churches, seated in Majesty, serving as a throne for her son Jesus. She is then called Sedes Sapientiae, meaning the Throne of Wisdom.
At that time, she is not represented for herself and only exists because she has been designated as Theotokos, the mother of God, at the Council of Ephesus in 431, where the divine nature of Christ was proclaimed from his birth.
The upright and perfectly hieratic bust of this Virgin and Child in Majesty is seated on a throne-bench. She is dressed in a tunic with a rounded neckline and covered with a fine mantle placed on her narrow shoulders. The supple and natural drapery follows the lines of the body.
Large curls frame her face with delicate and regular features, a long straight nose, almond-shaped eyes, and small lips.
She supports the Infant Jesus with her left hand. Like his mother, he is dressed in a long tunic, and his little feet are visible in the folds. He holds a small sphere in his left hand, while with his right hand, he gestures in blessing. The face of Christ bears a strong resemblance to his mother’s one, and he gives a slight smile.
The position of the Child is no longer as hieratic, nor frontal or central as in the early 12th century, but his face still turns towards the faithful.
The 13th century indeed emerges as a period of transition in the artistic domain. The statuary, while retaining certain characteristics still belonging to the habits of the previous century, also develops new formal solutions.
As a result, Mary maintains a hieratic and frontal position, while her son shifts to place himself well to the left on her knee. Similarly, while the Virgin seems perfectly still, Jesus, on the other hand, appears much more animated, especially in the positioning of his hands. His left hand holds the orb, and judging by the raised right arm directed towards the faithful, one can easily imagine that he was making a gesture of blessing.
The influence of the Sedes Sapientiae from previous centuries still seems particularly prevalent in this work.
These few characteristics allow dating this Spanish Virgin...
Category
Spanish Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Softwood
Pre-Columbian Standing Male Nude Figure
Located in Astoria, NY
Pre-Columbian Standing Male Nude Figure, probably Aztec, black burnished terracotta, mounted on ebonized wood base. 14.5" H x 7" W x 4.5" D. Provenance: From an Upper East Side Colle...
Category
Central American Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
18th Century
Florence Fragment
with a Calcite Crystal Cluster on Bobeche
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragment with a calcite crystal cluster in matrix mounted on a Italian glass bobeche base.
The fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved f...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal
A Rare 18th Century Porphyry
Gilt Metal Snuff Box, Continental Circa 1770
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The base
hinged lid are fashioned from panels of porphyry, specifically that of ‘Rhomb’ Porphyry, which is a relatively rare volcanic rock with very distinctive phenocrysts (cr...
Category
George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porphyry, Ormolu
Exquisite Polychrome Spanish santo wood sculpture of St. Dominic
Located in Leesburg, VA
Exquisite Polychrome Spanish santo wood sculpture of St. Dominic
Anonymous
ca. 1700; Spain or the Spanish Americas
Polychrome wood
Approximate ...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th Century French Marble Mortar
Located in Chicago, IL
An 18th-century French carved marble mortar, rich with history and softened by centuries of use, its surface worn smooth with a patina that only 250 years of culinary tradition could...
Category
French Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Authentic Megalodon Tooth
Located in New York, NY
This authentic Megalodon tooth fossil from South Carolina is an impressive collector’s piece measuring 5.13 inches tall and weighing 236 grams. With its broad triangular form, well-p...
Category
American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
Pair of Diminutive Delft Vases
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of diminutive delft vases with hand-painted blue floral and foliate decoration in a white ground on shaped bodies having hexagonal top collars above larger shoulders tapering ...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$2,900 / set
Antique Chinese Famille Rose Tobacco Leaf Porcelain Pseudo Tobacco Bread Plate
Located in Norton, MA
True antique of Chinese export porcelain dinner plate, meticulously hand-painted in the exuberant Pseudo-Tobacco leaf pattern with rich foliate and fl...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Adriaen Luffneu Delft Blue
White Tall Pierced
Cased Ginger Jars
By Delft
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Pair of fine antique ginger jars, circa 1699-1714) with pierced and cased cartouches and hand painted figural landscapes. Each with a different scene yet maintaining the mountain, la...
Category
Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Antique Frieze in Gilded Wood
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Elegant 17th century frieze in gilded wood, very rich, mounted on a simple plexiglass base: to be admired.
ref. O/3325 .
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
A 17th Century Mounted French Limestone Carving of a Winged Angel
Located in Dallas, TX
Originally part of a larger architectural from a French building in the 1600s, this hand-carved limestone fragment of a winged angel has been mounted more recently to a painted black...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Limestone, Metal
Neuralethopteris orPolymorphopteris Tree Fern Fossil, Paleozoic Era, 300+ m yrs
Located in Warrenton, OR
Neuralethopteris or Polymorphopteris Tree Fern Fossil, Paleozoic Era, 300+ million years old. Discovered in PA.
Colors occur naturally over time through the mineralization process. T...
Category
American Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Organic Material
18th Century Carved
Polychrome Bust of a Saint
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Carved & Polychrome Bust of a Saint with Glass Eye. Either Italian or Spanish. This piece retains a good portion of the original painted f...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Carcharodontosaurus Tooth (African T-Rex)
Located in New York, NY
This genuine Carcharodontosaurus tooth is a prehistoric treasure from one of the most fearsome predators of the Cretaceous period. With its razor-sharp serrations and blade-like shap...
Category
Moroccan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Bone
Purple Amethyst Grey Agate White Calcite Decorative Object Sculpture Crystal
Located in London, GB
A half polished geode with a thick agatised border. The inside covered by deep purple amethyst crystals and 2 beautiful calcite formations at the centre, one of them covered with a b...
Category
Uruguayan Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Pair 18th C. Hand Carved Marble Figures Lions Sculptures Garden Statues
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Pair 18th C. Carved Marble Terracotta Figures Lions Sculptures Garden Statues LA . Rare large Pair of early 18th century carved marble terracotta Figures of regal lions, holding an i...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Marble
Red Vanadinite Decorative Object Sculpture Crystal Table top
Located in London, GB
A striking specimen of vanadinite from Morocco, displaying an intense deep red colour and remarkable lustre. The surface is covered with brilliant, well-formed crystals of varying si...
Category
Moroccan Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal
18th Century Italian Baroque Angel Figure
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful angel figure
Italy, circa 1750. Weathered , losses
Measurement includes the wooden base.
Treated against woodworm.
H:36cm W:19cm D:19cm
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$799 Sale Price
45% Off
French 18th Century Balance Scale
Located in Round Top, TX
A handsome French 18th century balance scale in iron and brass. The balance mechanism is in iron. The foot and the plates are in brass. The...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Iron
Ancient Roman Bronze Herm on Stand, 1st-4th Century AD
Located in Bradenton, FL
Ancient Roman Bronze Herm Statue dating from the 1st to 4th Century A.D. A herm was a statue consisting of a a head atop a square pillar, originally an artifact to honor the god Herm...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
A Tosei Gusoku (Samurai
s Armour), 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Belonging to the period 1603-1867, most likely between the end of 17th and the beginning of 18th Century, this beautiful armour is a 32-plate suji kabuto made of brown-lacquered iron...
Category
Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Iron
Cronier Paris Louis XVI Period Gilt Bronze Wall Clock France
Located in New York, NY
A rare and important Louis XVI clock by Cronier, Paris, France circa 1790. Crafted in fire-gilt bronze with a round convex white enamel face with black Roman numerals for the hours A...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Immaculate Conception with Peruvian silver crown, Spanish school, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Immaculate Conception in polychrome and gilded wood with Peruvian silver crown, Spanish school, 18th century
A magnificent Baroque carving of the Immaculate Conception, crafted from carved, polychrome, and gilded wood, attributed to the 18th-century Spanish school. It depicts the Virgin in prayer on a cherub pedestal...
Category
Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Ming Dynasty Period Golden Brown Glazed Martaban Water Jar with Tiger Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Ming Dynasty period glazed ceramic Martaban water jar from the 17th century, with tiger motifs and petite handles. Created in China during the 17th century, this Ming Dynasty perio...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Italy Richard Ginori 1750 Pair of Porcelain Bowls Pink Tulip Decor
Located in Brescia, IT
Italian Richard Ginori 1750 pair of porcelain bowls with pink tulips drawings doccia
This amazing pair of Richard Ginori porcelain bowls is painted wi...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Wooden Phoenix Bird
Located in Kastrup, DK
Decorative 18th century wooden phoenix bird with polychrome lacquer. From Henan Province, China.
Untouched original condition.
Measures: Height bird 22....
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Pair Antique Very Large Chinese Porcelain Vases French Gold Ormolu Stands
Located in London, GB
Pair Antique Very Large Chinese Porcelain Vases French Gold Ormolu Stands
Porcelain: Chinese, 18th Century
Ormolu: French, Late 19th Century
Vases...
Category
Chinese Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Meteorite Impact Desert Glass
Located in London, GB
Libyan Desert Glass
Circa 29 Million y/o
Height: 9.5 cm
A beautiful, tactile piece of yellow glass, found between the high crested dunes of the Libyan De...
Category
Libyan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Japanese Antique Pottery Jar 16th-17th Century/ Wabi-Sabi Vase/Tokoname
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Tokoname is a region located in Aichi Prefecture.
It is a pottery production center with a very old history in Japan (around the 12th century).
These jars were probably fired during...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Italian 18th Century Carved Giltwood Neo Classical Style bird Ornament
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful handcarved giltwood bird ornament.
Made out of wood with later chalk restorations.
Italy circa 1780 . Weathered, losses and old repairs.
Measurements individual and includ...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$420 Sale Price
48% Off
Antique 18th Century Italian Ceramic Apothecary Jar
Located in Bradenton, FL
Tall antique 18th century Italian ceramic apothecary jar. Colors of blue, yellow and green on off white background.
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Conlinoceras Tarrantense Ammonite Fossil, 90+ Million Years Old
Located in Warrenton, OR
Conlinoceras Tarrantense Ammonite Fossil, 90-100 Million Years Old.
The Conlinoceras Tarrantense Ammonite is considered rare and is highly sought after as a collector's item.
Sin...
Category
American Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Small Baroque Frame Italy 17th Century
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Small Baroque frame, lacquered and gilded. Openwork wooden frame richly carved with leaf subjects.
Italy, 17th century.
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Pair of Antique Hand-Carved Wooden Griffin Figures – Exquisite Architectural Sal
Located in Lincoln, GB
Pair of Antique Hand-Carved Wooden Griffin Figures – Exquisite Architectural Salvage
Stunning pair of antique hand-carved wooden griffins embodies the drama and elegance of 18th to...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Georgian Harewood Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
With Tuscan Columns
Fan Inlay.
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are pleased to offer this Georgian Harewood Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of octagonal shape with a Harewood veneer...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Boxwood, Harewood
$2,618 Sale Price
35% Off
Large Georgian Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A good quality Georgian 18th century mahogany rectangular tea caddy having replacement brass axe drop handle to hinged lid enclosing cavity with attractive inlaid decoration throughout.
Tea was of course a very precious commodity throughout the 18th and 19th centuries and the purpose of a tea caddy was not just to preserve the and extend the life of the precious tea leaves...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Louis XV Candelabra
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Pair of wooden Louis XV candelabra.
Fantastic Pair of carved and gilded wooden palm holders. Terminating handles painted with plant elements and Chinese Lacquer (RARE). At the bott...
Category
Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$2,723 / set
Fossilized Turtle Skull
Located in New York, NY
A beautifully preserved fossilized turtle skull from the Kem Kem fossil formation in Morocco, exhibiting outstanding anatomical detail. The bone structure remains highly intact, with...
Category
Moroccan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
Pair of Chinese Jun Ware Bowls, Yuan Dynasty
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Chinese Jun ware bowls, Yuan dynasty (circa 1250-1400): Large Jun Yao, purple splashed stone ware bowl Yuan Dynasty, China. Well potted, on a neatly cu...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain, Stoneware
$2,800 / set
Important 15th Century Polychrome Wood Virgin and Child
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important 15th century polychrome wood virgin and child
Origin: Southern Germany
Period: Late 15th Century, Ca. 1480-1490
Height : 125 cm
Polychrome limewood
Good condition
Provenance : Private collection, Alsace, France.
As soon as 1430, sculpture starts a major and deep stylistic evolution than will unfold over a century, until around 1530. We call it the International Gothic. This production is particularly interested in a quest for realism.
This important Virgin and Child wears a long red dress with a round gilded neckline. A delicate golden belt...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Japanned steel clock face with English roses by Edmund Sagar, 1793-1805
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Japanned steel clock face with English roses in the spandrels and center with an Arabic numeral dial. The clock face retains its original steel ha...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Dryosaurus Altus Dinosaur Femur Fossil // 150 Million Years Old
Located in New York, NY
This is the well preserved and fully intact fossilized femur of a Dryosaurus altus, found in Emery County, Utah within the famous fossil-rich Morrison Formation spanning much of the ...
Category
American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
15th Century Burgundian Low-Relief Depicting Scenes of the Nativity
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Provenance : In the same private collection for several generations, Burgundy.
The canonical Gospels describe briefly the episode of the Nativity. It comprises three parts :
• The Preludes : the Journey to Bethlehem, the Census
• The Nativity
• The Announce to the Shepherds and the Adoration of the Magi
Only the Gospel according to Matthew (2, 1-12) speaks about the Adoration of the Magi. Staying vague about their number it does say they brought the newborn gold, incense and myrrh. The apocryphals, the fathers of the Church and many other authors have filled in the gaps of the evangelic tale. The sobriety and symbolic of the story have been a huge inspiration to artists. Although one of the oldest depictions of the Adoration of the Magi dates from the 2nd century the theme became very popular in Christian art during the late 14th century. One of the reasons explaining this success is that it celebrates both the Virgin and Christ at the same time.
This important walnut panel is carved in a strong relief and depicts the different steps of the story of Jesus’ birth.
On the left, the donkey and ox that have accompanied Mary and Joseph from Bethlehem are depicted behind a trough. On the thatch roof appears the star that would guide the magi to the place of birth of Jesus.
Mary is wearing a veil and is seating on a bed. She holds her baby at arm’s length to present him to the magi. Saint Joseph is by her side. The old man is holding a cane in his left hand while from the right hand he seems to uncover himself to greet the visitors.
A woman assists to the scene.
In front of the holy family the three magi stand behind one another to pay their homage to the newborn.
The first magi has a pointed beard. He is already kneeling out of deference and has placed his crown to his feet. He gives the baby a hanap filled with gold coins. This is Melchior as the legend describes him with white hair and a long beard.
Caspar, the second magi bears a cup of incense. He is looking at the third magi and with his right hand he points to the star that has guided them there. He has a short beard and wears crakow shoes, breeches and a wide sleeved doublet.
Finally Balthazar, the elegant last magi proceeds proudly towards the holy family with his one hand on the saber’s hilt and the other holding a cup. He brings the divine child the myrrh. He probably just dismounted as the horse can be seen behind him.
The scene is set in a very detailed and narrative decor. In the right part of the panel the shepherd receive the announce of Jesus’ birth. An angel comes down from heaven with a scroll bearing the good news in his hands. The herding dog sleeps peacefully while sheeps graze. At the top of the cliff we notice the gilded sheeps enclosure.
The panel’s moulded frame is carved with a foliated decor. In it’s centre appears a coat-of-arms. It is the alliance of the three magi’s arms. Indeed as it was common for legendary figures the three of them received imaginaries coat-of-arms. Thus, on a field of azure stands a star for Melchior, a crescent for Caspar and a pennon for Balthazar.
This high-relief panel is undeniably the work of a very skilled and imaginative artist. This key moment in the New Testament is transposed to a contemporary environment thanks to the figures’ clothing and the rural daily life scene. This way the universal dimension of the episode is highlighted allowing a better understanding for the contemporaries.
The sculptor has represented the episodes of the Adoration of the Magi and the Announce to the Shepherd with great talent and numerous details giving life to a picturesque and narrative scene. The important traces of polychromy give those already very animated scenes a stronger pictorial power and a rich dynamism.
Because of the picturesque and familiar realism so dear to the artists of the late Medieval era, of the didactic function of this type of panel as well as the quality of the sculpture this piece is an astounding example of Burgundian art of the 15th century.
Literature
Louis Réau, Iconographie de l’Art chrétien...
Category
French Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Late 18th Century English Cast Brass Tobacco Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-late 18th century cast brass tobacco box, English. Eight sides with conforming cover with bell metal finial.
5 1/8" x 3 5/16" x 4.5" h.
Whitehall Antiques is a family business t...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
George III Period Scottish Sterling Silver-Mounted Snuff Mull With Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
George III Period, sterling silver (unmarked, but tested)-mounted ram's horn snuff mull, Scotland, Ca. 1790-1810. There is a sterling silver disc on the top of the hinged lid that is...
Category
Scottish George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Japanese Antique Pottery Jar 17th-18th Century/ Wabi-Sabi /Tokoname
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Tokoname is a region in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, renowned as one of the country's oldest pottery centers, with a history dating back to the 12th century.
This jar, despite cracking ...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Ancient Celtic
Killed
Sword
Located in Long Island City, NY
Beginning in the Bronze Age, in much of what is now Europe, there emerged a practice of ritually “killing” weapons and other possessions to be buried with the warrior to whom they ha...
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$14,000
Cappelletti Rapino di Chieti Abruzzi
Located in Swadlincote, GB
Eighteenth century Italian Lidded vase, from the Castelli Maiolica school, marked 'Cappelletti Rapino di Chieti Abruzzi' to the underside of the lid and near the base of the pot, the...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Polished Petrified Wood Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage polished petrified wood paper weight, circa old! The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown and tan colors and measures 4.5"W x 3.5"D x 3.75"H. Col...
Category
Congolese Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Petrified Wood
English Mahogany Tall Case Clock Signed by Maker M. Richardson, London, C. 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
English Mahogany tall case clock with brass finials, arched bonnet with brass fluted columns, gilt ormolu and chased polished steel fa...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Steel
18th Century German Hammered Copper
Brass Bread Box, Kitchen Utensil
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful antique 18th century German bread box. Perfect for decoration in your old country kitchen. The piece is in good used antique condition with patina and a view minor dents. S...
Category
German Biedermeier Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Copper
Conlinoceras Tarrantense Ammonite Fossil, 90 to 100 Million Years Old
Located in Warrenton, OR
Conlinoceras Tarrantense Ammonite Fossil, 90 to 100 Million Years Old. A rare and highly sought after ammonite for collectors. The ammonite itself is somewhere between 5 and 6 inch...
Category
American Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$1,488 Sale Price
20% Off
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