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Technique: Painted
"O-HYA-WA-MINCE-KEE, "Chippewa Chief" McKenney Hall Hand Painted Litho C.1843
Located in Incline Village, NV
Completely original and full page folio from the McKenney and Hall iconic three volume series "Indian Tribes of North America"; which seeks to document and memorialize 120 Indians...
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1840s American Native American Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

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Paper

Masonic Ceremonial Hand-Painted Plate Signed Moustiers
Located in Miami, FL
Hand-painted Masonic ceremonial plate signed Bondil a Moustiers. Perfect condition. Measures: 8 1/4" diam. x 1" H
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20th Century French Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Porcelain

Pair French Miniature Portraits Of Commander Jean-baptiste Raymond De Lacrosse
Located in Bilzen, BE
A Pair of Napoleonic Portrait Miniatures Commander of Jean-Baptiste Raymond de Lacrosse Jean-Baptiste Raymond de Lacrosse (1760-1829) Career Joined the French Navy in the 1780sPartic...
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Late 18th Century French Empire Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

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Wood

Antique Grand Tour Souvenir Dactyl Library Book 36 Plaster Casts Rome 1840-50
Located in Munich, DE
This wonderful dactyl library in the shape of a book contains 36 plaster casts with the corresponding handwritten legends on the insides of both book covers.
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1840s Italian Victorian Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

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Plaster, Paper

Framed British Painted Coat Of Arms
Located in Essex, MA
Framed with a rampant lion within an ermine robe. Michael Kittredge Collection.
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1840s English Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Wood

19th Century Italian Voting Box Tuscan Confraternity Carved Barrel Ballot Box
Located in Milano, MI
19th century Italian Confraternity Voting Urn of Tuscan origin realized with turned and carved poplar wood. The barrel-shaped central body, in which hands were inserted to insert the ballot ball into one of the two holes connected to the small drawer below, where on the front we find the inscription YES and NO related to voting, SI and NO, in order to distinguish for and against votes on paper, then collected in two separate small drawers, just below. Standing on four curly feet, it has a beautiful curved handle and carved parts at both ends, highlighted by ebonized details. In a fraternity, this ballot box was used to collegially adjudicate community choices. In good age related condition, with sogns of wear and use. This antique Italian ballot wooden box, carved and painted, coming from Tuscany, in Central Italy. This ballot urn is an excellent example of a 19th century wooden voting box...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

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Poplar

1820s Tyrolean Tole Polychrome-Painted Tin Man Colonial Gentleman Figure
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Very rare painted metal figure. Absolutely stunning. It stands up fine and displays well. 14 inches tall. German or Italian made. In poor vintage condition; one foot is completel...
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1830s European Early Victorian Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Tin

19th Century Funerary Funeral Hatchment Sir Henry Oglander Memento Mori Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
19th Century Funerary Hatchment for Sir Henry Oglander, 7th Baronet of Nunwell Azure ground shows, a stork between three cross-croslets fitchee or,...
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19th Century English Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Canvas, Pine

Silhouette framed Miniature XIX° Siècle
Located in Bilzen, BE
A miniature silhouette in a papier-mâché frame with convex glass Not signed 11 x 13 cm, interior 5.8 x 7.4 cm
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19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Paper

Pair of Antique South African Railway Cast Iron Locomotive Plaques or Badges
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large and substantial pair of cast and cold-painted locomotive identification plaques show no foundry marks, but are presumed to have been cast in South Africa in circa 1910. Th...
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Early 20th Century South African Edwardian Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Iron

1940s Shelton Pharmacy Nebraska Painted Tin Sign Kreso Dip No.1 Vintage Medicine
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful condition. From an original 1940s location of Shelton Pharmacy in Shelton Nebraska. Which seems to still be in business, atleast in name form, according to online searches....
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Tin

17th Century Italian Ballot Voting Urn Carved Blue and Red Painted Wood
Located in Milano, MI
Antique Italian ballot urn shaped wooden box, carved and painted, coming from Tuscany, Monte San Savino near Arezzo in Central Italy. This ballot urn is an excellent example of a 17th century wooden voting box...
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Mid-17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Pine

Grande Stemma Barocco Famiglia Pasqui Firenze Inizio XVIII Secolo
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Grande stemma barocco racchiuso entro accartocciato, realizzato in pioppo dipinto in policromia e parzialmente dorato, Firenze inizio XVIII secolo. L'accartocciato è caratterizzato d...
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Late 18th Century Italian Other Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Poplar

Dawes Black Horse Brewery Large Cast Advertising Horse Sculptural Lamp Base
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large horse sculpture was done by Ross Butler to advertise and prooste Black Horse brand beer for Dawes Brewery of Montreal Canada. The det...
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Early 20th Century Canadian Art Deco Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Plaster

Unusual Crystal Palace Band Competition Painted Glass Certificate of Merit 1883
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual, possibly unique, historical Certificate of Merit awarded at the drum and pipe band contest held at Crystal Palace between 1880 and 1883 and awarded in 1883. The certificate is hand-painted on a rectangular sheet of milk glass and is painted as a hanging cloth banner...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Milk Glass

Pair of Early 19th Century Georgian Pinewood Oil-Painted Dummy Boards
Located in Chicago, IL
Early 19th Century Georgian Pair of Dummy Boards. Pinewood with oil-painted fine details. Charming and scarce pieces, it took the owner a couple of years to find them. There is no ag...
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Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Pine, Paint

George H W Bush 1991 double signed letter
By A. Ramsay
Located in San Francisco, CA
Spectacular 1991 handwritten on White House, stationary George Herbert Walker Bush letter. The letter discusses the gulf war and is double signed second signature is just signed Geor...
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1990s American American Classical Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Paper

19th Century Swiss Oil Painting of the Legend of William Tell
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century miniature Swiss oil painting on tin depicting the Legend of William Tell. Showing William Tell on bent knee aiming the crossbow at hi...
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Early 19th Century Swiss Romantic Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Tin

President William McKinley as Napoleon Large Toby Mug, by Morris Willmore
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
President William McKinley as Napoleon Large Toby Mug, by Morris & Willmore Made by Columbian Art Pottery / Morris and Willmore of Trenton, New Jersey This ...
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Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Pottery

Early 19th Century Framed French Miniature Portrait, Woman in Lace Cap Collar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An early 19th century French hand-painted miniature portrait, framed under glass, portraying an older woman wearing a lace bonnet and a floral dress with a lace collar, reflecting th...
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Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Natural Fiber

19th Century French Framed Miniature Portrait, Buxom Woman in Blue Bonnet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An early 19th century French hand-painted miniature portrait framed under glass, portraying an older woman wearing a bonnet tied with a blue ribbon, her ample bosom showing in a blue...
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Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Natural Fiber

Jenny Lind Rare Printed and Hand Painted Pot Lid Attributed to Ridgway
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and rare English potlid believed to depict Jenny Lind and attributed to Ridgway and dating from around 1850. The lid is printed with a lady seated in a garden landscape in a rather elegant white ball gown...
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Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Pottery

Americas Earliest Known Pyrography Pennsylvania Portrait, 1819
Located in South Burlington, VT
America’s earliest known dated pyrography portrait panel of a Pennsylvania couple. This unique work of art is hand-incised using a pyrographic (pyrography) wood burned technique and then hand stained/painted. A Pennsylvania Portrait...
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19th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Wood

KPM Porcelain Painting of Franz Josef of Austria in Ornate Giltwood Frame
Located in Savannah, GA
This detailed KPM porcelain plaque features a painting of Franz Joseph and is beautifully accentuated by a wide ornate antique giltwood frame. The porcelain circle measures seven and...
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Early 1900s German Baroque Revival Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Porcelain, Giltwood

Vtg Blown Glass Painted Peter Rabbit Easter Bunny Christmas Ornament Tree Topper
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
Such vintage sweetness!! I don't know if this is an early Peter Rabbit or Easter Bunny or just a Christmas ornament in the shape of a bunny but it is adorable!1 The ornament has been from clear glass into the bunny shape and is overpainted with the white & light brown fur, fun pink vest...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Folk Art Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Blown Glass, Paint

Presidential Firescreen or Garden Grate, Truman Little White House, Key West, FL
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Presidential outdoor firescreen or garden grate Truman Little White House, Key West, FL A rare find, with medallions of Dolphins, Palm trees, Bald Eagle a...
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20th Century American Hollywood Regency Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Aluminum

Important 1937 Papier Mâche Head/Masks Of "The 7 Dwarfs" - A Revue For The Movie
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A truly spectacular and important piece of historical American film art. A group of Dwarf Masks from the 1937 Theater Land on stage revue of the new movie "Snow White and the Seven D...
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20th Century Hollywood Regency Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Other

West Point Military Academy Trompe L’oeil Watercolor Graduating Class 1855
Located in Milford, NH
A nicely detailed trompe l’oeil watercolor on paper of a collage of autographs and scenes from the graduating class of the US Military Academy at West Point, 1855, attributed to Fran...
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1850s American Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Glass, Giltwood, Paper

19th Century Black Painted Leather French Primitive Fire Helmet Casque Pompier
Located in Haarlem, NL
19th century black painted leather French fire helmet with painted logo with what looks like a 'French Lily' and three hooked lines Made out of one...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Leather

17th/18th Century Queen Anne Letters Patent on Vellum with Partial Great Seal
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a Queen Anne letters patent on vellum with a partial Great Seal and beautifully detailed portrait of the Queen. This document dates to the late 17th or early 18th c...
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Late 17th Century English Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Other

Advertising Paper Mache Figure for Chi-Namel, C1900
Located in Sarasota, FL
An early 1900's papier mache sculptural advertisement for the Chi-Namel brand, developed by the Ohio Varnish Compay. The figure is shown in traditional Chinese dress with a queue bra...
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Early 20th Century American Chinoiserie Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Paper

1830 Watercolor and Gouache Painted Vignettes of Eastern Entertainers
Located in Savannah, GA
The caption of this charming pen and ink, watercolor and gouache vignette reads "A troupe of Eastern Entertainers taken from diary of G. Copeland 1830." Perhaps a rememberance from...
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1830s English Grand Tour Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Silk, Glass, Paint, Paper

French Hand Painted Porcelain Plate Ceremonial Masonic Plate from Moustiers
Located in Miami, FL
Hand painted Masonic ceremonial plate signed Moustiers. In perfect condition, signed Meret a Moustiers. Measurements: 10" Diameter x 1" High  
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20th Century French Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Porcelain

Milton Glaser Am., 1929 -2020 Sword Swallower, Painting Le Cirque Ny
Located in Bridgeport, CT
From pasta primavera to world-renowned decadent desserts, Le Cirque's ubiquitous reputation for presenting its fine dining fare with whimsy and fun, landed it on the map of must-dine destinations in New York for glitterati and foodies alike. No matter the location, monkeys and circus themes remained a design staple of the iconic restaurant. Although the landmark restaurant's NYC doors are now closed, We are pleased to offer items from the famed restaurant. Sword Swallower - Large Original Mural on...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Canvas, Wood

1950s Reach Stroehmann Sunbeam Bread Store Display Sign Rare Vintage Advertising
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A very rare advertising campaign tin tacker sign. 'Reach for Stroehmann's Sunbeam Bread.' A single sided tin (SST) embossed sign. Marked Q.B.A. Coop I...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal

Large Handmade Czech Highly Decorative Abacus, 1950s
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
A big and eye catching decorative piece for every room, this 1950s handmade abacus is beautifully patinated and made in colors that will keep you looking. Easy on the eyes, hard to f...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal

1940s Tin Sign Philip Morris Cigarettes Smoking Mid-Century Garage Decor Tobacco
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Over two foot wide 'Tin Tacker' Sign. A brightly colored embossed metal "Call For Philip Morris" cigarette advertising sign with a great graphics of a period bell hop...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Tin

French Educational Atlas Geographique Puzzle Box with Maps, Dated 1903
Located in Dallas, TX
This early 20th century French educational game is presented in its original decorative box, titled Atlas Géographique. Printed in Paris by Imprimerie Dufrénoy and dated 5–03 (May 19...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Paper

Mid-Century Royal Trust Company Framed Wall Plaque with Indigenous Chief
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This wall plaque is unsigned with respect to the maker, but it is presumed to have been made in Canada in approximately 1950 in a traditional style. The plaque is composed of a very ...
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Mid-20th Century Canadian American Classical Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Spelter

Fred Lundy CA Great Depression Cartoon Illustration, circa 1938
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare original cartoon illustration by listed American cartoonist Fred Lundy. Fred Ralph Lundy (1902-1989) studied art at the University of Oregon before moving to California in 1924. Following further study at the CCAC, he was an artist with the Oakland Tribune from 1935-1935 and an editorial cartoonist for the San Francisco Examiner from 1935 until retirement in 1976. His cartoons appeared in Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, Esquire, New Yorker, and other national magazines. He died in Daly City...
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Early 20th Century American Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Paper

Four Antique American Car or Automobile Association Membership Grill Badges
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This grouping of four metal automobile grill badges are all unmarked with respect to their respective maker, but presumed to have been made in the United S...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal

Mid-Century Investiture Chair Designed by Lord Snowden for Prince Charles 1969
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This chair was designed by Lord Snowden in 1969 and produced by Remploy for the Investiture ceremony of Prince Charles, and done in the period Mid-Cetury Modern style. The chair is made of ash with a bentwood back and painted in a bright red with Prince of Wales styled feathers on the back in gilt. These chairs are known as 'investiture chairs...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Wool, Bentwood

Two Metal Copper Plates Souvenir of Germany
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Two metal copper plates Souvenir of Germany. One of Cologne, Koln. Cologne is a major cultural centre for the Rhineland; it hosts more than 30 museums and hundreds of galleries. Exhibitions range from local ancient Roman archeological sites to contemporary graphics and sculpture, The other one of Aachen, Aachen is the westernmost city in Germany, located near the borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, 61 km (38 mi) west of Cologne[8][9] in a former coal-mining area.[9] One of Germany's leading institutes of higher education in technology, Each one is numbered. Handcrafted and hand painted with cast famous German monuments of each city. Copper with blue sky and some green trees. Dimensions: Large oval plate: 9" W x 6.75" H x 0.50" D. Smaller oval plate: 7.5" W x 5" H x 0.50" D. The oval cast copper souvenir plates...
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Mid-20th Century German Arts and Crafts Painted Historical Memorabilia

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Copper

Early 20th Century Israeli Iron and Enamel Street Sign
Located in New York, NY
Three languages iron and enamel street sign, circa 1920. The sign was made for 58 street in the city of Haifa. The three languages indicate the sig...
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1920s Vintage Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Iron, Enamel

Mid-Century Modern Folk Art Eno Antacid Advertising Sign
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This advertising sign was made during the 1960s in the Mid-Century Modern style and likely originates from South Africa. The sign is a combination of a professionally made molded, and silk screened plastic advertisement, which has been crudely mounted to a framed piece of pegboard with Styrofoam board in between. There is also a very light cord, presumably from a battery operated light...
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Mid-20th Century South African Mid-Century Modern Painted Historical Memorabilia

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Plastic, Wood

Art Deco Era "Exhibit s Contact" Military Aircraft Pinball Machine Back Glass
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage back glass was made by Exhibits of the United States and titled "Contacts" in 1939 in the period Art Deco style. This back glass depicts bi-planes flying around an aircr...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Glass

1950s Gates Vulco Belts Vintage Painted Tin Sign or Sales Display Ratrod Garage
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Heavily Oxidized Painted Metal Sign, Faded Graphics, but a nice even fade. It is very tall for Wall Hanging Display or Leaning against a wall, at 55.75 inches high. Structurally th...
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1950s American Industrial Vintage Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Steel

Chinese Painted Bamboo Walking Stick, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century walking stick from northern China is comprised of a length of thin bamboo that has been steamed and bent into a hook shape. The bamboo segments are painted in alter...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Folk Art Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

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Bamboo

Painting Oil on Canvas by Pio Joris Important Italian Artist of the 19th centur
Located in Rome, IT
Pio Joris (Rome, 1843-1922). The Via Flaminia, a Sunday morning," 1869, (winner of the Gold Medal Exhibition in Monaco, 1869) with frame 160 x 83 cm. Pio Joris attended the Istitu...
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19th Century Italian International Style Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Canvas

Framed British Coat Of Arms
Located in Essex, MA
Framed crest with Latin inscription " Spero Meliora". Translates to I hope for better things. Seems to relate to the Moffat Clan of Scotland.
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Wood

Mid-Century Modern British Ilford Selo Photography Film Store Display
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This store display was made for the English film manufacturer, Ilford to advertise their Selo film line during the 1960s in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The frame of the disp...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Painted Historical Memorabilia

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Metal

Vintage Lions Club International Metal Plaque / Painted Advertising Sign, 1940´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Vintage Antique Lion´s Club International Plaque / Sign with mostly original hand paint. It has some age wear, but overall very good conditions. Vintage Lions Club International metal plaque...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal

Large English Country House 19thC Oil on Board Armorial Coat of Arms Coach Panel
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An early 19th century coach panel, larger than the norm, oil on board of an armorial centred by a typical shield, drapes and a warriors arm holding a s...
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19th Century English Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

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Hardwood

A Wooden Gavel Presented to Chebra Rofei Cholim Krakauer Society, New York, 1884
Located in New York, NY
A Unique Wooden Gavel, Presented to Chebra Rofei Cholim Krakauer Society in New York, 1884. This wooden Gavel has a long baluster handle and a thick circular body with a dedicatory ...
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1880s Antique Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Wood

Goodyear Panoramic Factory Print with Gouache by Woodbury Co, Worcester MA
Located in Milford, NH
A finely detailed panoramic ink print with gouache of the Goodyear factory in the early 20th century done by Woodbury & Co, of Worcester, Massachusetts. This company was known for th...
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20th Century American Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Paper

Mid-20th Century Tin Charity Container by Alfred Zaltsman, Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
The front of the box is inscribed with Hebrew and German: "Rabbi Meir Baal Ha' Ness charity collecting funds for Shomrei Ha' Chomot Kolel" and decorated with two images; Hatam Sofer ...
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Mid-20th Century Israeli Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal

A Charity Container For Jewish Institute for the Blind by Alfred Saltzman, 1930
Located in New York, NY
A charity container for the Jewish Institute for the Blind by Alfred Saltzman from Jerusalem in 1930 reflects the efforts to support education and welfare for visually impaired indiv...
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1930s Israeli Vintage Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Tin

An Early 20th Century Sign for Rav Naftali Horowitz , Boro Park, New York
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th-century sign for Rav Naftali Horowitz in Boro Park, New York for the diverse Jewish population who emigrated to New York in that period. Painted in green, black, and o...
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Early 20th Century American Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Hardwood

Pair of Porcelain Apothecary Jars
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a pair of wide cylindrical white porcelain apothecary lidded jars. They are hand painted and decorated with some laurel’s branches in the front. The lids are shaped as doctoral ...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Porcelain Apothecary Jars
Pair of Porcelain Apothecary Jars
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Sha arei Tzedek Hospital Charity Container , by Alfred Saltzman Jerusalem, 1930
Located in New York, NY
A charity container for the Sha'arei Tzedek Hospital designed by Alfred Saltzman from Jerusalem in 1930 reflects the efforts to support healthcare and charitable initiatives in the e...
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1930s Israeli Vintage Painted Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal, Tin