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Place of Origin: English
2 vol. A.T. Mahan, The Life of Nelson, First English Edition
Located in New York, NY
2 vol. A.T. Mahan, The Life of Nelson; The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain. First English Edition. Illustrated with 19 engraved plates and 20 maps and plans (two folding...
Category
19th Century Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Vintage Rolling Rule English Brass Scientific Instrument, Navigation, circa 1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage rolling rule. An English, brass scientific instrument to aid navigation, dating to the mid-20th century, circa 1950.
Attractive period instrument
Displays a desirable aged patina
Solid brass shows mellow golden hues
Used to draw parallel lines on navigation charts
Replete with the Ministry of Defense arrow mark and 160100 patent number
Oak faced box...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Modernist Matching pair of Enamel Gents Cufflinks, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
Extremely stylish and totally original are these matching pair of English Art Deco modernist enamel cufflinks dating to the 1930's. Fabulous geometric patterning and colour, with a s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
By Arthur Rackham
Located in Alamo, CA
"Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens" by J. M. Barrie was published in 1909 by Hodder & Stoughton. It was illustrated by Arthur Rackham. It contains fifty full-page color illustrations m...
Category
Early 20th Century English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Leather
$4,140 Sale Price
20% Off
Maîtresse / Mistress
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the 1976 film Maîtresse / Mistress.
This film was directed by Robert Schroeder and starred
Gerard Depardieu and Bulle Ogier.
The art work on this po...
Category
1970s Vintage English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Midcentury English Portobello Famous Wines in the World on Display Case
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1960s midcentury English Portobello "Famous wines" in the world on display case
Measures cm: H 34 W 108, D 9.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood
Recording Copper Rain Gauge by Casella
Co of London
By Casella
Located in London, GB
An 8" diameter recording copper rain gauge by C F Casella & Co of London.
With an internal 24 hour "Gluck" barometer recorder.
Height:63 cm.
Diameter: 28 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
$1,975 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian English Bib Necklace Garnets with Pearl Accents, circa 1870
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This regal necklace features 47 cut and polished deep red garnets. The entire bib is worked in silver gilt. Each linked piece is topped with a glowing bevel set garnet all the way ar...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Antique Victorian Carved Black Forest Bear
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual well carved antique Victorian Black Forest bear sitting on top of two cut glass table salts.
In lovely original condition.
Measures: H 7 cm
W 10 cm
D 4cm
Date 1880...
Category
19th Century Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Two Volume Set, First (Thus) Edition, 1790
By Daniel Defoe
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Defoe, Daniel. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived eight & twenty years all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver’d by Pyrates. Written by himself. Vol I. [With:] The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; being The Second and Last Part of his Life, And of the Strange Surprizing Account of his Travels Round three parts of the Globe. Written by Himself. Vol II. [With:] George Chalmer's "Life of Daniel Defoe". London: John Stockdale, 1790. First (Thus) Edition. Two Volumes, Octavo. Illustrated with engraved frontispieces, vignette title pages, and full-page illustrations by Thomas Stothard, engraved by Meland. Rebound in full calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, blind embossing to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, and a new archival slipcase.
Presented is the first (thus) edition of John Stockdale’s 1790 edition of Daniel Defoe’s classic tale of adventure. This two volume edition is beautifully illustrated with engraved frontispieces, vignette title pages, and twelve full-page illustrations by Thomas Stothard and engraved by Meland. It is presented here rebound in full brown and tan calf, with intricate blind embossing to the front and back panels, raised bands, gilt tooling and gilt titles to the spine.
Defoe’s first long work of fiction, The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe introduced two of the most-enduring characters in English literature, Robinson Crusoe and Friday. Defoe based part of Robinson Crusoe on the real-life experiences of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor...
Category
1790s Georgian Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Miniature Bow Fronted Chest, c1830
Located in valatie, NY
This handsome little oak chest has many of the same details of its larger counterparts. The bow fronted conforming top sits on three bowed drawers all with original brass pulls and e...
Category
19th Century Early Victorian Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Antique Apothecary Bottle Stand English Air Ministry Stamped, Early 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique apothecary bottle stand. An English, Air Ministry stamped stand dating to the early 20th century, circa 1920.
A rare su...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Beech
2 Volumes. William Whiston, The Works Of Flavius Josephus.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. William Whiston, The Works Of Flavius Josephus. The learned and authentic Jewish historian and celebrated warrior with three
dissertations. Bound in full brown calf, raise...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Christie
s Dundas Sale, 1997
Located in San Francisco, CA
Three of the Dundas Masterpieces are pictured and described in this
Auction Catalog by Christie's, sale on July 3rd, 1997.
Sir Lawrence Dundas
Scions of the ...
Category
1990s Adam Style English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare Set of 3 Map Samplers by A Charles. Italy, Spain
France
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Set of 3 Map Samplers by A Charles. All depict countries, cities, seas and landmarks of the respective countries. The first entitled, 'SPAIN and PORTUGAL'. The second, 'MAP OF FRANCE...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen
fishing float double buoy glass green rope
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
EXTREMELY RARE, GREEN GLASS & ROPE, DOUBLE FISHING FLOAT, c.1910
Exuding character and injecting atmosphere and conversation
Can be placed in the home or the garden
The green glass...
Category
1910s Vintage English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rope, Blown Glass
Sailing ship
s pulley fiddle block
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century Naval oak and elm fiddle pulley block, with two wood sheaves.
Marked with Roman Numerals: XXVIIII
For a similar fiddle block see the collection of: Chatham...
Category
Mid-18th Century Industrial Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
1748 Map of Richmond Upon Thames by John Roque
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A 1748 map of Richmond-Upon-Thames by famed surveyor and cartographer, John Roque. Placed in a simple black and gilt frame. The map is in fair condition but there are small sections ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
Gamages Gaff Rigged Cutter Pond Yacht
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautifully crafted early 20th-century pond yacht, attributed to the famed London-based retailer Gamage’s. This gaff-rigged cutter model features a finely painted red hull with a b...
Category
20th Century English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Hidcote the Garden and Lawrence Johnston, National Trust Book
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Title: HIDCOTE THE GARDEN AND LAWRENCE JOHNSTON. Published by The National Trust, 2007.
Hardcover with jacket.
Often described as “the most beautiful garden in England,” Hidcote is...
Category
Early 2000s International Style English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Birds
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 Horror, suspense film
The Birds. This film starred Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor.
This poster is conservation linen backed and ...
Category
1960s Vintage English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$2,400
Body Heat
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for The 1981 thriller Body Heat.
This film was directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starred William Hurt and Kathleen Turner.
This poster is conservation line...
Category
1980s Vintage English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$411
Victorian Miniature Mahogany Bowfront Chest Of Drawers
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Attractive And Elegant Mid 19th Century, Victorian Period, Mahogany Bowfront Miniature Mahogany Chest, Having Very Well Figured Top, Over Two Short And Two Long Drawers Retaining ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Telescope Tripod, English, Oak, Bronze, Support Stand, 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage telescope tripod. An English, oak and bronze support Stand, dating to the mid-20th century, circa 1940.
Displays a desirable aged...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
19th century Sikes scientific hydrometer set
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century sikes hydrometer set circa 1890.
Good quality presented in a mahogany box, with brass catches.
Labelled on the cartouche ' sike's hydrometer' and a 56 stamford street ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Microscope cloth counting glass by Casartelli
Located in London, GB
Microscope cloth counting glass by J. Casartelli & Son of Manchester. Circa 1910.
In original black leather case with satin and velvet lining.
Marked: J. CASARTELLI & SON SALFORD.6...
Category
Early 20th Century English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Regency Mahogany Miniature Bowfront Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality Late Regency Period Mahogany Miniature Chest, Of Bowfronted Form, Having Well Figured Top With Ebonised Stringing, Over Two Short And Three Long Drawers Retaining...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Mahogany Miniature Bowfront Chest Of Drawers
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality Late 18th Century, George III Period, Bowfronted Mahogany Miniature Chest Having Very Well Figured Top, Over Two Short And Three Long Drawers, With Replacement Tu...
Category
Late 18th Century George III Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
English Late 19th Century Large Brass Table Scale and Weights
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A stunning, large brass table scale, made near the turn of the 20th century, England. The scale is no longer operational, but still makes an mighty impact on a space like a kitchen c...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Brass, Copper, Iron
1794 Map of Jamaica by Bryan Edwards – Parishes, Plantations, Settlements
Located in Langweer, NL
1794 Bryan Edwards Map of Jamaica – Parishes, Plantations, Settlements
This is an important antique map titled “A Map of the Island of Jamaica, Divided into Counties and Parishes,” created by Bryan Edwards in 1794. It was published in the second edition of his influential work *The History of the British West Indies*, which provided detailed insights into the geography, society, and economy of the Caribbean at the height of British colonial influence.
The map meticulously depicts Jamaica divided into its traditional counties and parishes, each shaded to aid visual differentiation. Major settlements are clearly labelled, including Kingston, Montego Bay, Spanish Town, and Falmouth. The island’s intricate network of rivers, mountains, and coastal features are rendered with careful hachure and stipple shading to indicate elevation and terrain. Edwards uses small circular symbols to denote the locations of numerous sugar plantations that formed the backbone of Jamaica’s economy during this period, each plantation representing not only agricultural wealth but also the grim history of enslaved African labour central to the island’s prosperity.
Further notations identify churches, barracks, forts, and ports, demonstrating the comprehensive utility of this map for historical research into colonial infrastructure. The map even marks Bryan...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Georgian Miniature Oak Kneehole Desk
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Charming and Relatively rare mid 18th century, Georgian, oak miniature kneehole desk, having seven drawers with original turned brass knobs flanking central cupboard door with geometric inlaid decoration.
Often there is debate over miniature furnitures original purpose. Was it was made as an apprentice piece, which is where somebody who is looking for a job in a workshop would create something to showcase their talents, or was it made as a travelling salesman...
Category
Mid-18th Century George III Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Antique Bamlett Tractor Seat, English, Cast Iron, Decorative, Agricultural
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Bamlett tractor seat. An English, cast iron decorative agricultural piece and dating to the late 19th century, circa 1900.
Unusual decorative piece, suitable for wall hanging
Cast iron in good order with a desirable aged patina
Good, consistent colour to the graphite finish
Embossed with the Bamlett name within a hemispherical arc
Punch-hole fanned ovals decorate the rim of the seat
Presented upon the original seat arm, turned through 90 degrees for display
This is a fascinating antique tractor seat...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Sterling Silver and Paste Set Model of a Gentleman
By Edwin Thompson Bryant
Located in London, London
Carrying import marks for London, 1902 by Edwin Thompson Bryant, this handsome, antique silver model of a Gentleman, is wonderfully made with red and blue set paste to the Stand and ...
Category
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Frank Brangwyn, Armchair for the Canadian Pacific Liner
SS Empress of Britain
By Frank Brangwyn
Located in London, GB
Frank Brangwyn. An important armchair.
Brangwyn's last interior designs were for the Canadian Pacific Liner; 'The SS Empress of Britain', which was launched in 1931 by the Prince of Wales, later to be King Edward VIII who renounced his throne to marry Wallis Simpson in 1930.
These armchairs were designed for the 1st class dining room; 'The Salle Jacque Cartier' (see last image) and they were made by H.H. Martyn and Co. Cheltenham. The 1st class dining room was described in the Bulletin of The Decorative Arts Society 1890-1940 as 'In the fully fledge modern restaurant and cinema style of the 1930s'. The Studio in a long article on the liner, discusses and illustrates Brangwyn's Salle Jacques Cartier: 'So architectural it is, so true proportion, so devoid of Extraneous ornament. In contrast to this austerity of line, hue and colour, his great wall paintings are rich in colour; composed in the bold, yet intricate pattern of figure, fruit and flowers that characterizes Mr Brangwyn's decorative works'.
Tragically the liner was sunk in 1940 by a U-boat. Brangwyn also designed marquetry panels for the private dining rooms and they were executed by the Rowley Gallery, he also designed a frieze carved in wood for their gallery façade in 1936.
The armchair has a central under bar below the seat which still has the original bolt and eye to secure the chain to and then to the floor, that would prevent all the chairs from sliding around in stormy weather.
It is lacking ivorene numbered disc which would have sat in the very top of the head rail.
In October 1940 the most famous of the Canadian Pacific Railway liners and flagship of the company's Atlantic Fleet, the Empress of Britain, was attacked and sunk. She was travelling to Glasgow from Suez via South Africa, where she was bombed near the north-west coast of Ireland by a German Focke Wulf Condor plane. When the Condor attacked the Empress of Britain the ship's crew couldn't shoot the plane down and soon the Empress was burning out of control and the Captain C.H. Sapsworth gave the order to abandon ship. 45 people died and the remaining survivors including women and children, were later rescued that day by the British destroyer HMS Echo and the Polish destroyer Burza and 3 British naval trawlers Paynter, Cape Agona and Drangey. The Empress still burning managed to stay afloat and the day after 2 Royal Navy tugs, Marauder and Thames tried to tow her into port with many escort ships around her but in spite of the protection she was given from the escort ships on October 28th, a German U-boat, U-32, managed to get by the escorts un-noticed and torpedoed the crippled Empress. She sank within ten minutes. The Empress of Britain was the largest Allied passenger liner to be sunk and weighing 42,348-tons she was the biggest merchant ship loss of the war. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth had travelled aboard Empress of Britain after their 1939 Royal Tour...
Category
1930s Arts and Crafts Vintage English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
19th century Papier Mache Table Top Hinged Screen Butterfly and Bird Motif
By Jennens and Bettridge
Located in Savannah, GA
Unusual small size papier mache tabletop screen featuring hand painted flowers, a colorful bird and butterfly. Three brass hinged panels. Half round s...
Category
1860s Aesthetic Movement Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Art Deco Ladies 9 Karat Rose Gold
Diamond Cocktail Wristwatch
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique ladies cocktail or evening watch is hallmarked as originating from England and dates to approximately 1920 and done in the period Art Deco style. The case and band are c...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Gold
Very Rare Edwardian Sterling Silver
Pig Bell
London 1904 by William Hornby
By WILLIAM HORNBY, LONDON (1898-1913)
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1904 by William Hornby, this wonderful and very rare, antique sterling silver bell, is modelled as a quite charmi...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Unusual Large Victorian Sterling Silver-Mounted Crackled Crystal Match Striker
By Hilliard
Thomason
Located in New York, NY
Unusual, large, Victorian, sterling silver-mounted, crackled crystal match striker (looks like cracked ice) having an all sterling silver match cup, Birmingham, England, 1896, Hillia...
Category
1890s Victorian Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
British Island Group Map 1695 – Morden’s Smaller Islands of the British Ocean
Located in Langweer, NL
British Island Group Map 1695 – Morden’s Smaller Islands of the British Ocean
This rare and decorative late 17th-century map titled "The Smaller Islands in the British Ocean" was en...
Category
Late 17th Century Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Victorian era gold and Sciacca coral pin, England, 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
The Victorian era pin, is made out of 8 Kt.yellow gold and pink–orange Sciacca coral. A brunch of gold describes a curved motive with smaller brunches rising from it. At the end of e...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Coral, Gold
Antique English Mahogany and Brass Signed Games Box Compendium, Circa 1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Mahogany and Brass Signed Games Box Compendium, Circa 1880.
Includes chess, dominos, and checkers.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English Horse Jumping or Steeplechase 9 Karat Yellow Gold Brooch or Pin
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique brooch or pin is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1900 and done in the period Edwardian style. The pin is composed of nine karat yellow gold with a glass medallion in the center portraying a man dressed in classic period attire mounted on a jumping horse. The medallion is hand-crafted and either reverse painted, or enameled and mounted to the bezel. The bezel is marked on the back for nine karat gold...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Vintage Leather Small Model of a Seal, 1960s-70s
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Leather Small Model of a Seal,
1960s-70s
The rare small leather model of a tortoise shows the outer shell with typical markings on the back. The head has scored eyes and mo...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
English Stick Barometer by Loftus, London, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A late 19th century rosewood stick barometer by Loftus of London.
3 ¼ inches wide by 36 inches tall; 3 inches deep
Category
19th Century Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rosewood
Folded Leather Origami Elephant Sculpture from England circa 1960s
By Deru
Located in Oakland, CA
Hand crafted folded leather Elephant from England circa 1960s. A very creative approach using a single piece of leather to make the Elephant form that is folded then stitched togethe...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Complete Book of Traditional Aran Knitting by Shelagh Hollingworth 1982
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
The Complete book of traditional Aran knitting Book by Shelagh Hollingworth.
Collects patterns for knitting shirts, sweaters, jackets, coats, and other clothes in the style of the Aran Islands...
Category
20th Century Folk Art English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Inlay Wood Chess or Checker Board with Wide Wooden Perimeter and Felt Backing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful and very large chess or checker board made of inlay wood with a 3.75" Perimeter of solid wood and a detailed routed edging. The back is covered...
Category
Early 20th Century English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Georgian Mahogany Miniature Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A late 18th century mahogany miniature chest retaining good colour throughout, with rectangular top over four well figured long drawers having...
Category
Late 18th Century Hepplewhite Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Miniature Mahogany Breakfast Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An exceptional Quality Regency Period Miniature mahogany centre, or breakfast table, having superbly figured circular tilting top over turned central column and elegant four splay base, retaining original brass castors.
Sometimes there is debate as to the original purpose of antique miniature furniture. There are predominantly two types, that which was made as an apprentice piece and that which was made as a salesmans sample piece. There was also some miniature furniture of a particular scale which would have been made as dolls house furniture...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian gold bracelet with shell cameo. England 1860.
Located in Milan, IT
Victorian era bracelet with shell cameo. The bracelet is made with a band of woven 12K gold wire. The edges are reinforced with a continuous herringbone p...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
20th Century English Theodolite by W.F. Stanley London in Original Wooden Box
By W. F. Stanley
Located in Sofia, BG
20th century English surveyor's theodolite or transit instrument of brass by W.F. Stanley (Optical, Philosophical & Mathematical Instrument Manufacturer, London), circa 1930, in orig...
Category
Early 20th Century English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$1,751 Sale Price
20% Off
Complete Decorative Set of 6 Graham Greene Books Designer Edition, England
By Graham Greene
Located in Palm Springs, CA
We purchased a entire collection of books from a local (Rancho Mirage, CA) art collector/philanthropist chic and perfectly designed home library. We have decided to start selling the...
Category
Early 2000s Mid-Century Modern English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
English Monumental Polished Steel
Bone Carving Set, Hallmarks S.H, Circa 1835
By Samuel Harwood
Located in Charleston, SC
English monumental polished steel carving set with inlaid eagle bone handles depicting E. pluribus unum motto. Stamped with Hallmarks in Silver S.H. Samue...
Category
1830s William IV Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver, Steel
Early Panorama Children’s Book Hiawatha Illustrated by Willy Pogany London 1914
By Willy Pogany
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Antique panorama children’s book illustrated by Willy Pogany and retold by Edith L Elias. A total of 14 panels, one side with illustrations, and the other with text.
Published by George G. Harrap & Company.
This book is part of a children’s series by Willy Pogány of folding panoramas illustrations and text, inspired by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1855 epic, The Song of Hiawatha. Lines from Longfellow run underneath Pogány’s illustrations, which follow the Ojibwe child Hiawatha from his early kinship with the wild animals, through his struggles with Nahma, King of Fishes, and his own estranged father, Mudjekeewis, up to his courtship of Laughing Water (Minnehaha). The prose text by Edith Elias, printed on the verso of the panorama, carries Hiawatha’s story farther, through the death of Minnehaha and the coming of “the Pale-Face Chief.” Pogány’s dynamic frames, with their striking use of negative space, show the influence not only of Golden Age illustrators like Walter Crane, but also the new generation of cartoonists like Winsor McCay...
Category
1910s American Classical Vintage English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$375 Sale Price
25% Off
Late Regency 19th Century Burr Oak Miniature Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A delightful Regency Period burr oak miniature chest having
Superbly figured top above two short & three long drawers with
Original brass knobs flanked by elegant fluted stiles raised on
Original brass ball feet
(Often much debate is had as to whether miniature furniture was
made as an apprentice piece, which is when a craftsmen who is looking
for a job at a workshop would create something to showcase
their talents, or whether it was made as a travelling salesmans
sample piece, which is when a few articles were made as
scale models in advance of a road trip during which the salesman
would travel the country showing prospective clients
the kind of items they could produce back at the workshop and
take orders from. This particular miniature chest of drawers
is probably the latter and would have been made as a sample
piece. The construction is exquisite and the attention to tiny
detail phenomenal in all honesty. They work that would have
gone into constructing this with all of its fine details would actually
have been more of a challenge and taken a more skilled
craftsmen than its full size counterparts would have done.
It is also super quality and unusual being constructed from burr
oak which has taken on an exceptional rich colour and patina
over the years of its life. A really quite charming piece of
antique miniature furniture...
Category
Early 19th Century Regency Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Vintage Decorative Factory Mould, English, Mahogany, Pattern, Wall, Maritime
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage decorative factory mould. An English, mahogany and other wood pattern part, ideal for wall mounting or maritime tack and dating to the 20th century.
Of unusual, industrial interest to the keen collector
Displays a desirable aged patina commensurate with age
Mahogany displays grain interest
Vibrant red, hemispherical pattern adds further appeal
A pair of cylindrical posts could make an ideal maritime rope...
Category
20th Century English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian 18th Century Elm Table Top Bureau
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Rare Mid 18th Century, George II Period Elm Table Top, Miniature, Bureau Retaining Exceptional Colour And Patina To Figured Timber Throughout, Having Fall Front Enclosin...
Category
Mid-18th Century George II Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Elm
Mid-19th Century Bird
s-Eye Maple Simulated Miniature Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming mid-19th century simulated bird's-eye
Maple miniature chest of three long drawers
With original turned wooden knobs raised
On original plinth
(There is often debate ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Vintage Factory Barometer, English, Oak, Banjo, Official, Factory Act 1937
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage factory barometer. An English, oak banjo barometer, officially marked in compliance with the Factory Act 1937 and dating to circa 1940.
Select oak displays fine ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Victorian English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Oak
Victorian Half Hull Model of a 3 Masted English Schooner
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian half hull model of a 3 masted English schooner, shown facing left, the shaped soft wood hull with black painted top sides and applied wood toe rail and gunwales, the bow ...
Category
1870s Antique English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
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