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Period: 1890s
Lovely circa 1890 Victorian Hardwood Games Compendium Chess Horse Racing Dice
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this original Victorian games compendium with a complete suite of games This is a very well made and c...
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English Victorian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

Large Original Antique Map of West Virginia, USA, C.1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous map of West Virginia Original color Engraved and printed by the George F. Cram Company, Indianapolis. Published, C.1900 Unframed Free shipping.
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Large 19th Century Cast Iron , bronze, copper marbel Butcher s Balance Scale
Located in Buffalo, NY
A rare and visually commanding late 19th-century iron/ bronze balance scale, attributed to J. Motk & Co., circa 1890. this exquisite scale would have served in a traditional butcher’...
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Victorian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Copper, Iron

19th Century African Shona Dagger
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th Century dagger from the Shona people of Zimbabwe. It features beautiful carvings, a rich aged patina and a handmade steeped blade.
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Zimbabwean Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt, First Edition, in Original Boards, 1899
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Roosevelt, Theodore, The Rough Riders. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. Octavo. First Edition. Illustrated with plates throughout. Presented in original olive green cloth boa...
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American Victorian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Fabric, Paper

19th Century Wall Plate - Onyx Porcelain and Bronze Cloisonné - Holy Mary
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique religious wall plaque. Made of onyx and enamelled bronze, cloisonné technique. In the middle a beautiful portrait of the Holy Mary, painted on porcelain. A beauti...
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French Napoleon III Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Onyx, Brass, Enamel

c1895-9 La Comédie Humaine
Located in Bath, GB
The complete magnum opus of French novelist Honoré de Balzac 'La Comedie Humaine' in beautiful uniform Riverside Press half crushed morocco bindings. Undated Paris edition published...
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French Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Rare Carved Hand Nude Goddess Meerschaum Pipe in Case, Circa 1890
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare carved hand nude goddess Meerschaum pipe in case. Circa 1890.  
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Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Foam

Works, Life Letters Of Oliver Wendell Holmes. ARTISTS ED WITH AN ALS TIPPED IN
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. TITLE: The Works, Life And Letters Of Oliver Wendell Holmes. PUBLISHER: Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1892. DESCRIPTION: ARTISTS EDITION W...
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Vintage Croquet Set on Stand
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
F.H. Ayres Croquet Set On Original Jaques Stand. A fabulous garden croquet set with boxwood mallets, two with brass banding, two without. The mallets are stamped F.H. Ayres and come ...
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British Edwardian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

1890 The Nursery "Alice"
Located in Bath, GB
A signed presentation copy of the first edition, second issue of this unique abridgement of Lewis Carroll's beloved tale, illustrated throughout with vibrant chromolithographs. Inscr...
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British Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Large Original Antique Map of Nevada, USA, 1894
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous map of Nevada Original color By Rand, McNally & Co. Published, 1894 Unframed Free shipping.
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Eagle Eaglets Cast Iron Mechanical Bank by J. Stevens ca. 1890 All Original
Located in Petaluma, CA
One of the more popular mechanical banks, and from my own long time collection of these banks. Made for children to teach them to save their money by putting a penny away and have f...
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American Other Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Life of Napoleon Bonaparte by William Milligan Sloan, in Four Volumes, 1896
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Sloane, William Milligan. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York: Century Co, 1896. Four volume quarto set. Handsomely bound in half red Moroccan leather and cloth boards, spines r...
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Andrew Lang, the Blue Poetry Book, Publisher s Presention Copy, 1891
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Lang, Andrew. Title: The Blue Poetry Book. Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891. Description: publisher's presention copy. 1 vol., 7-3/16" x 5-1/4", blind stamped publisher's presentation to title page, illustrated by H. J. Ford & Lancelot Speed...
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British Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Kitton, Frederic G.-Dickens and His Illustrators-in a Fine Leather Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Kitton, Frederic G. Title: Dickens and His Illustrators. Publisher: London: George Redway, 1899. Description: Second edition. 1 vol., small folio, 11-3/8" x 9-3/8", ...
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Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Antique Victorian Pool Scoreboard and 2 Prints Palmer Sons-Joe Davis
Located in London, GB
This is an excellent antique mahogany pool scoreboard by Palmer & Sons, London late 19th century in date. This is one of the best examples of a pool scoreboard, with nine slides and a moulded pediment above the maker's label: PALMER & SONS, 111, HIGH STREET, BORO', LONDON Together with two prints in oak frames, THE RULES OF POOL & THE RULES OF PYRAMID POOL, Burroughes & Watts, London. Provenance: Sotheby's Belgravia sale on 6th December 1979 of World Champion Billiards/Snooker player 'Joe Davis' This is a fun piece which is sure to attract a lot of attention from your guests and be a welcome addition to any games room.. THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THAT THIS ITEM IS MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION AND DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY RESTRICTED MATERIALS. Condition: In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 65 x width 44 x depth 9 - scoreboard Height 58 x width 41 x depth 2.5 - print with frame Dimensions in inches: Height 25.6 x width 17.3 x depth 3.5 - scoreboard Height 22.8 x width 16.1 x depth 1.0 - print with frame Burroughes & Watts, London - firm, which would become one of the most famous of the English billiard table manufacturers, was founded in 1836 by William Burroughes in partnership with F. Watts. William had learnt his trade with Thurston's, and set up his new business at 19 Soho Square, London. He brought with him from Thurston's all the latest innovations for billiard tables, immediately starting to produce models with rubber cushions and slate beds. Even though the natural rubber cushions would give extremes of elasticity according to temperature, and the slates where only an inch thick, this was to be the future of billiard tables, and Burroughes and Watts were at the forefront from the very beginning. They were quickly recognised as a world-class manufacturer and received a prize medal for a table entered for the Great Exhibition of 1851, with a similar award being received at the subsequent London Exhibition of 1862. In 1860 they were making a modest 150 full-sized tables a year, but by the end of this decade production had doubled. In 1869 they followed the lead of Thurston's and improved their cushions with "vulcanised" rubber, which were designed to minimise the effect of temperature variations. The business now looked for expansion away from London, and in the early 1870's they opened up branches in Dublin and Belfast. At this time most tables in Ireland were made with cast iron frames, and the wooden framed Burroughes & Watts tables proved popular with the locals. In 1873 the company secured a major contract for billiard tables to "Her Majesty's War Department and Admiralty" and around the same time received the warrant of Queen Victorian and Edward, Prince of Wales. The following year, the champion, William Cook...
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English Victorian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mahogany, Oak

Large Original Antique Map of Maine, USA, C.1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous map of Maine Original color Engraved and printed by the George F. Cram Company, Indianapolis. Published, C.1900 Unframed Free shipping.
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

1899 Poole Brothers Antique Railroad Map of the Illinois Central Railroad
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an 1899 railroad map of the Illinois Central and Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroads, published by the Poole Brothers. The map focuses on the continuous United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Antilles. Remarkably detailed, the rail routes of the Illinois Central RR are marked in red, which each stop labeled. Major stops are overprinted in red, bold letters, with the short rail distances to New York listed above the stop and short rail distances to New Orleans listed below the name. In addition to the Illinois Central network, numerous different rail lines are illustrated and the company running that line is noted along with many stops along each route. Sea routes from New Orleans to locations in Central America, the Caribbean, and Europe are marked and labeled with destination and distance, along with routes originating from Havana. Inset at bottom left is a map of Cuba; an inset map of Puerto Rico...
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Large Original Antique Map of Massachusetts, USA, circa 1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous map of Massachusetts In 2 sheets. They can be joined but I have not done it Original color Engraved and printed by the George F. Cram ...
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Antique Golf Painting in Watercolour of Caernarvonshire Golf Club, Wales
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A fine landscape watercolour of Caernarvonshire Golf Club, Conway, by H.C. Whaite. golfers in the left hand corner, the course, sea and mountain range making up the rest of the painting. There are catalogue extracts on the rear of the painting 'Mullock's, Sporting & Golfing Memorabilia...
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British Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paint

Three Chamois Antler Mount Trophy on Black Forest Carved Wood Plaque Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A set of three antique Austrian Alps Chamois antler trophies on hand carved, Black Forest wooden plaques. I think they are from the 1890s or older. Tallest is approximate 10" high, 6...
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Austrian Folk Art Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Antler, Wood

Rare, special smoking table, tabbacco accessories, Black Forest, Tramp Art, 1895
Located in Wien, AT
Fascinating smoking table with detachable accessories, made in Bavaria or Austria at the end of the 19th century. The ingenious design features a column - stylized as a branch growi...
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German Folk Art Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

American Brass Nautical Ship Wheel Mounted on Geared Pedestal w/ Rope Base 1890
Located in Charleston, SC
American brass nautical ship wheel with a central circular brass hub, eight brass spindles with bulbous handles, solid brass geared pedestal, rudder indicat...
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American American Empire Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

19th Century Silver Gilt Presentation Casket Awarded to Alderman Abel Heywood
Located in London, GB
An Elkington & Company Silver Gilt Presentation Casket Hall Marked for Birmingham, 1891 and the maker; the casket, in the Victorian Gothic manner, with cluster columns at the angles...
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English Gothic Revival Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Vermeil

Antique Imperial Russian Silver Cloisonne Enamel Kovsh Ovchinnikov Moscow 1896
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Russian Imperial silver & cloisonne kovsh, Pavel Akimov Ovchinnikov, Moscow, 1896. Ovchinnikov is recognized as one of Russia's most famous enamellers, he produced inc...
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Russian Late Victorian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Vintage Pond Yacht with Makers Badge
Located in Norwell, MA
Fine antique clinker built pond yacht. Expertly planked hull. Canvas covered deck is painted green. Nice suit of linen sails. Fully rigged. Many brass fittings gaff rigged with a fly...
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European Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Rare 19th Century Automaton Theater
Located in Madrid, ES
This important and rare automaton theater dates from the late 19th century and features both its original mechanical system and later electrical modifications. Materials: Constructe...
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Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fruitwood

Pocket Watch, 19th century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Magnificent 19th century pocket watch. The glass is detached and bumps at the sides. On the back on the watch, there is a perpetual calendar
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French Napoleon III Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold

Locket Type Frame For Photo Reliquary of Embossed Nickel or Silver and Velvet
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Antique frame reliquary of embossed alpaca and velvet used to frame image or religious relic comes from Andalucia, Spain It is to hang on the wall and has a door with an iron where...
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Spanish Victorian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Velvet

Rare 4-piece set of bentwood Salesman Sample furniture made by Thonet
Located in Buffalo, NY
This is a rare set of salesman sample furniture made by Thonet, the master of bentwood furniture creator of the iconic bentwood chairs that altered the direction of furniture design....
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Austrian De Stijl Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Cane, Bentwood

Nineteenth Century Ship Model in Original Paint
Located in Norwell, MA
Fine period model showing a classic windjammer. Carved lifeboats hang from davits. Two more lifeboats are on the cabin roof. Scribed and varnished deck. Rigged with a full set of standing and running cords. Interesting carved cradle...
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North American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

MASONIC 1890 Art-Nouveau Enameled Vesta Matches Box In Repousse .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
An antique vesta box with enameled Masonic motifs. This is an amazing and rare vesta matches box, created in America with Masonic motifs, back in the 1890-95. The vesta box has been...
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North American Art Nouveau Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Original Buffalo Bill Cody, Chief Red Cloud, American Horse Photograph
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
Authentic, original D.F. Barry photo (3 marks), 11" x 14". Noted on back "William Cody, left of him is Red Cloud and right of him American Horse. Photo ta...
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American Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Other

Large Victorian Sterling Silver-Mounted Threaded Crystal Cup-Form Match Striker
Located in New York, NY
Large, sterling silver-mounted threaded crystal, cup-form match striker, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1897, Charles Mappin (of Mappin Brothers) - maker. Measures 4 inches...
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English Victorian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Crystal, Sterling Silver

Ornate English snooker or billiard table decorative carved mahogany
By Thurston and Sons
Located in Radstock, GB
This imposing decorative full size Louis XVI style 12ft x 6ft mahogany Billiard - Snooker table is made from Cuban Mahogany and features tasteful carved sections to the frame, legs a...
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British Late Victorian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mahogany

STUART TURNER 1898-1906 England Antique Half Beam Steam Engine Model
Located in Miami, FL
Scale model of motor engine designed by Stuart Turner Limited. This is a scale model of a steam engine created in England by the Stuart Turner company in the beginning of the 20th century. A very well-engineered model of a rotative beam steam Engine. This antique model is a miniature of the real one, manufactured to be installed during the British Industrial Revolution. Masterfully crafted with beautiful details and great materials, such; bronze, iron and steel. The model is mount in a customized mahogany wood base from the same period, for display. This so-called adult’s toys are highly collectable and display very well, a great conversation pieces. Recently cleaned and oiled for sharp function. The company of Stuart Turner Ltd was incorporated in 1906 and started to produce model steam engines...
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English Industrial Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze, Copper, Steel, Iron

Large Antique French Gilt Bronze Gothic Altar Jesus Statue Griffin Candlestick
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & large 33" tall antique French Gothic ecclesiastical gilt bronze "Vive Jesus" candlestick, circa 1890. The candlestick is very finely cast of heavy gilt bronze, the top havin...
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French Gothic Revival Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

[1896] The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful and exceptionally bright leather set of these collected major works of William Hickling Prescott. Complete in twelve volumes. A set of the major works of William H. Pr...
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British Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

American Carved Wood Painted Ship Officer on Watch with Ship Lantern, C. 1890
Located in Charleston, SC
American Folk Art carved wood and painted ship officer on watch standing on a two tiered squared plinth with a brass and galvanized ship lantern hanging from wrist. Late 19th Century.
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American Folk Art Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Paint

Polo Painting by Rossi, at the Polo Match
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Polo oil painting "At The Polo Match", By Alberto Rossi. This is a beautiful colourful original oil on board painting by renowned Italian artist Al...
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Italian Sporting Art Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Pepared Fish in Bow Fronted Case, Bream
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Taxidermy, Preserved Fish, Cased Bream. A cased bream by Frederick William Anstiss (1864 - 1936) in a nice bow fronted case with gilt lines. The case contains a cleverly modelled br...
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British Sporting Art Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass

A pair of celestial and terrestrial globes, E.Pini, Gussoni Dotti, Italy 1892.
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of Italian globes. On an ebonized wooden base, worked on the lathe, with a circular foot and perfect patina, are placed: a celestial globe of 9,2 inches, compiled by the enginee...
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Italian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Decorative Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Shoe Model, London, 1896
Located in London, London
Carrying import marks for London in 1896 by Edwin Thompson Bryant, this Antique Sterling Silver Model of a Shoe, features attractive chased decoration. The shoe model measures 3.75"(...
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English Victorian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Circa 1890 French Satinwood Concave Distortion Mirror Viewer Scientific
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Circa 1890 French concave mirror card viewer, all constructed of French polished light wood, with ebonised stained elements. Sliding card holder, hinged handle and mirror. In part...
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French Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Satinwood

Antique Dutch Tile With Golf Scene.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Dutch Delft Golf Tile. An early framed Dutch delft brown and white golf tile - hand painted with a scene depicting a golfer. The brown image is on an off white background with corner...
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Dutch Sporting Art Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ceramic

Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, 1898 Inauguration Commemorative Plates
Located in Sharon, CT
Offering four hand-painted Wilhelmina, “1890-1948” Inauguration plates, manufactured in 1898 by Petrus Regout & Co., Maastricht, Holland.
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Dutch Art Nouveau Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ceramic

Ichimatsu Ningyo Doll from Japan Around 1890
Located in Hamburg, DE
Ichimatsu Ningyo doll is a Japanese shell limestone doll from the Meiji period. The doll body as well as the head, forearms, hands, legs and feet are made...
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Japanese Meiji Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Limestone

Antique Austrian Girl Figural Cigar Cutter for Pocket Watch Chain, FOB, 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful cigar cutter, showing a lady on a chamber pot. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of bronze and metal. A beautiful nice collectible item or just a di...
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Austrian Art Nouveau Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Bronze

John Addington Symonds, the Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi, 1890, Leather Bound
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SYMONDS, John Addington. TITLE: The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi. PUBLISHER: London: John C. Nimmo, 1890. DESCRIPTION: LIMITED EDITION. 2 vols., 9-1/4" x 7", limite...
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British Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Rare Miniature Inlaid Dutch Marquetry Salesman s Sample or Jewelry Box
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Presenting an exquisite miniature Dutch marquetry cabinet, a beautifully crafted example of traditional European decorative arts. Standing 37" high x 31 1/2" wide x 14 3/4" deep, thi...
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Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Tulipwood, Walnut

1891-1896 The Novels of George Eliot
Located in Bath, GB
A handsomely bound set of the novels of George Eliot, as well as a short story collection, with many illustrations. A seven-volume set, one containing two volumes bound in one, in h...
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British Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

American Nautical Brass Yacht Binnacle Mounted in Mahogany Case, Circa 1890
Located in Charleston, SC
American nautical mahogany yacht binnacle with a hinged locking oval glass viewing port, original removable brass side light burner with font, brass carrying handle, and fitted with ...
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American American Empire Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

circa 1890s Micro-Beaded Drawstring Evening Bag
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
circa 1890s micro-beaded draw-string evening bag. Scenic design with Shaker Style houses appears in various bag designs & color variations. Silk lining i...
Category

American Arts and Crafts Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Beads

Ceramic Carlton Ware Pin Tray With Golf Scene.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Wiltshaw & Robinson Carlton Ware Golf Pin Tray. A ceramic Carlton Ware pin tray with a golfing scene and gilt rim. The golf scene shows one golfer dressed in ...
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British Sporting Art Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ceramic

19th C Wax F.Ziegler Anatomical Models Studies Embryo Plant Scientific Medical
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rare pair of wax studies by F.Ziegler taken from the imagery of F.Keibel We believe the larger of the two models to be off a human embryo and the other to be of a plant. The ...
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German Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Ships Binnacle by James Morton Limited
Located in Norwell, MA
Exceptional ships binnacle by James Morton Limited of Sunderland. This is the “Capitalize Morabiton” model. A clinometer is fitted into the mermaid’s wais...
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Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Carved Boxwood and Lacquer Netsuke of a Noh Dancer, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A fine lacquer decorated carved boxwood netsuke of a Noh dancer in a Hannya role, unsigned, Meiji period, late 19th century, Japan. The boxwood netsuke finely carved as a kneeling Noh dancer dressed in striking geometric patterned robes. The actor holds an opened war fan behind their back in one hand, a Shinto wand slung over the shoulder in the other. The war fan, tessen, decorated in red lacquer with a golden rising sun at the center. Tessen were sturdy fans used by samurai as protective devices, and sometimes as weapons. The wand, called an onusa, is a traditional Shinto ritual implement comprised of folded paper streamers, shide, attached to a wooden wand, often used in purification rituals. Here, the shide are crafted from silver maki-e, with the handle of the natural boxwood. The actor wears a fierce and unearthly hannya mask...
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Japanese Meiji Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Boxwood, Lacquer

Vintage "Old Boston Theatre" Blue Transferware Plate, 1899
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a blue-glazed transferware Wedgwood plate, dating to 1898. Made in England, this specific pattern celebrates the Old Boston Theater, at the corner of Federal and Frankli...
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English Late Victorian Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

1898-1899 The Works of Henry Fielding
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully bound, limited edition of this complete set of twelve collected works of Henry Fielding, with an introduction by Edmund Gosse. A Limited Edition set, one of only seven...
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British Antique 1890s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

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