Mid-18th Century Musical Instruments

Period: Mid-18th Century

18th century Cello By Carl Friedrich Lippold – Neukirchen, 1763

Located in Bilzen, BE

"Cello By Carl Friedrich Lippold – Neukirchen, 1763" Authentic 18th-century cello made by Carl Friedrich Lippold, a respected luthier from Neukirchen, Saxony, dated 1763. The instrum...

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German Other Antique Mid-18th Century Musical Instruments

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Wood

18th century Cello By Carl Friedrich Lippold – Neukirchen, 1763

$14,422

Louis XVI Serinette in the Form of a Miniature Commode by Richard, Paris, 1775

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

A very rare Louis XVI period serinette or bird organ in the form of a transitional style gilt bronze mounted and marquetry inlaid miniature commode in the manner of gilbert, by Robert Richard, Paris. With a label for ' RICHARD - maitre facteur d’orgues et mécanicien / Rue de richelieu à la bibliothèque Du Roy / Paris 1775'. This rare Serinette or Bird Organ has a wooden cylinder barrel mounted by twelve pins and linked to twelve sound pipes. A crank attached to the front panel controls the bellows that activates the mechanism. The exceptional marquetry inlaid case is in the form of a gilt bronze mounted transitional style miniature commode. The top of the commode is inlaid with a landscape scene with buildings, opening to an interior with an allegory of Love Conquering All, represented by two doves perching on a bow and quiver. The front of the commode depicts two obelisks centred by a Fine musical trophy and each side is inlaid with panels depicting the Medici Vase. The back of the commode is decorated with floral marquetry. A closely related Serinette dating from circa 1770, also in the form of a miniature commode, with the marquetry case stamped by the master marqueteur Leonard Boudin, is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. The term serinette is derived from serine, French for finch. The instrument worked like a small barrel organ with a barbed cylinder, wind box and lead pipes and produced a high, thin sound in imitation of birds. Other versions included a merline, which copied blackbirds and a turlutaine, which copied curlews. Used to teach caged birds to sing tunes, different barrels could be inserted to train different birds. It first appeared in France circa 1730 and became a popular drawing-room toy for fashionable women. An interesting painting commissioned in 1751 for Louis XV by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin and now in the collection of the Louvre, depicts a refined lady seated in her salon playing a bird organ to encourage her bird to sing. Robert Richard Robert Richard was a Parisian organ and harpsichord maker and the mécanicien du roi to Louis XV and Louis XVI and was based in the Bibliothèque du Roi in rue de Richelieu. Initially working alongside the Cliquot family who acted as 'facteur d'orgue du Roi', he is recorded as building an organ for the church of Notre-Dame de Quebec, in Montreal in 1753 (destroyed in 1759) and as the inventor of a mechanical concert shown in an engraving by d'Eisen in 1769. Canon Jean Marie De La Corne described Robert Richard as : ''Le plus habile ouvrier de paris, fameux mechanitien et Homme de probité''. French, Dated 1775. Literature: Pierre Kjellberg, The French Furniture of the 17th century, The Editions of the Amateur, 2008 Count Francois de Salverte, Cabinetmakers of the 18th century, Editions of Art and History, 1934 Raymond Russell, Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Musical Instruments, Volume I - Keyboard Instruments,(London, 1968; p. 69.) Elizabeth Miller...

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French Louis XVI Antique Mid-18th Century Musical Instruments

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Wood

Louis XVI Serinette in the Form of a Miniature Commode by Richard, Paris, 1775

$41,310

Rare Low Walnut Italian Baroque Period Cellist Lectern

Located in Montreal, QC

Rare Low Walnut Italian Baroque Period Cellist lectern.

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Italian Baroque Antique Mid-18th Century Musical Instruments

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Walnut

Rare Low Walnut Italian Baroque Period Cellist Lectern

$2,850

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French Country Mid-18th Century Musical Instruments

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Marble, Brass

French Faux Bamboo Miniature Commode

$700

H 13.5 in W 16.75 in D 8 in

19th Century Lectern Louis-Philippe Period

Located in Beuzevillette, FR

This Louis-Philippe period table lectern in cherrywood resting on four turned legs, has three positions for three different reading angles. France, circa 1840.

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French Louis Philippe Antique Mid-18th Century Musical Instruments

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Cherry

19th Century Lectern Louis-Philippe Period

$653 Sale Price

20% Off

H 10.24 in W 15.36 in D 13 in

18th Century Portuguese Altar

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

An exquisite work of 18th century Portuguese craftsmanship, this carved, painted, and gilded wood tabletop altar-niche would have been used to stage religious artifacts or statuary f...

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Portuguese Baroque Antique Mid-18th Century Musical Instruments

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Gold

18th Century Portuguese Altar

$2,650

H 34.25 in W 18.75 in D 9.88 in

Bronze Weight, 18th Century

Located in Madrid, ES

Weight of the 18th century. Bronze. Bronze weight, incomplete, with the container glass and two of the smallest, all decorated in cold with incised and...

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European Neoclassical Antique Mid-18th Century Musical Instruments

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Bronze

Bronze Weight, 18th Century

$901

H 4.73 in W 4.73 in D 4.34 in

Ancient Netsuke, Late 18th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Beautifyl Ancient bone netsuke created in Japan during Edo period, depicting a A small carved mask-like human face with exaggerated features Hollowed with string holes and a cord st...

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Japanese Antique Mid-18th Century Musical Instruments

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Ivory

Ancient Netsuke, Late 18th Century

$456

H 1.97 in W 0.99 in D 1.38 in

Grand Carved Wooden Niche – Italian Baroque, 18th Century

Located in PARIS, FR

A magnificent example of 18th-century Italian Baroque craftsmanship, this grand polychrome and gilded wooden niche embodies the opulence and theatricality of the period. At its cente...

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Italian Baroque Antique Mid-18th Century Musical Instruments

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Wood

Grand Carved Wooden Niche – Italian Baroque, 18th Century

$4,014

H 49.22 in W 33.86 in D 16.15 in

Portuguese 18th Century Christ Painting from a Church

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

Portuguese 18th century assemblage painting of Christ, likely an architectural fragment or retablo that would have hung in a church. Constructed of thick, wood panels the central vig...

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Portuguese Other Antique Mid-18th Century Musical Instruments

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Gold

Portuguese 18th Century Christ Painting from a Church

$5,500

H 22.5 in W 30.88 in D 2.25 in

18th Century Spanish Baroque Period Christ Crucified Altar Sculpture

By Juan De Mesa

Located in Forney, TX

A scarce Baroque Period Spanish altarpiece retablo / reredo, by (attributed) Luis Salvador Carmona (1708-1767), depicting thorn crowned Christ crucified / Cristo crucificado hand carved, polychromed wood with forged iron nails, mounted on later plaque. This rare antique religious work / object of art, circa 1750, most likely commissioned by the Catholic Church of Spain, destined to be prominently displayed as an altarpiece / retablo or as part of a much larger reredo, directly behind the main altar at a Spanish or Continental European Catholic Church (French, Italian, Iberian, Portuguese) The Crucified Christ, displayed mounted on a later faded red fabric upholstered shaped backboard plaque with textured gilt border. The exceptional hand sculpted, carved, gessoed, polychrome painted figure depicting bloodied Jesus, with crown of thorns atop his head, only wearing a undulating shaped cloth around his loin, arms extended and feet crossed, spear head form iron nails through both. The verso covered in an old paper printed backing with metal hook hardware at top for wall hanging. Dimensions (approx): Overall: 22" High, 14.5" Wide, 3.25" Deep Figure only: 16" High, 10" Wide, 3" Deep Historical background: Artist: (attrib) Luis Salvador Carmona (1708, Nava del Rey – 1767, Madrid) was a Spanish Baroque sculptor who came from a family of artists, including uncle of Manuel Salvador Carmona. He was sent to be trained in Madrid in the workshop of Juan Alonso...

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Spanish Baroque Antique Mid-18th Century Musical Instruments

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Iron

18th Century Spanish Baroque Period Christ Crucified Altar Sculpture

$5,500

H 22 in W 14.5 in D 3.25 in

18th Century Spanish Santos

Located in Dallas, TX

Hand carved Santos in original condition. Beautiful old patina.

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Spanish Antique Mid-18th Century Musical Instruments

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Wood

18th Century Spanish Santos

$6,127

H 42 in W 16 in D 12 in

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...

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French Antique Mid-18th Century Musical Instruments

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Brass, Iron

French 18th Century Balance Scale

$1,950

H 24.5 in W 24.5 in D 8 in

19th Century French Empire Miniature Commode

Located in Winter Park, FL

A fine early 19th century French Empire miniature sample commode with four dovetailed drawers. Made of burl of walnut veneer with oak and pine as secondary woods. Working locks with ...

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French Empire Antique Mid-18th Century Musical Instruments

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Walnut

19th Century French Empire Miniature Commode

$2,500

H 14 in W 18.5 in D 12 in

18th Century Portuguese Altar

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

A fantastic oratory or tabletop altar from 18th century Portugal, made of carved, painted, and gilded wood taking the form of a small cabinet (where religious statuary would be displ...

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