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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Antique Map of London by Tirion 1754
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Kaart van Londen enz. en van het naby gelegen land ruim een Uur gaans rondsom dezelve Stad; getrokken uit de groote gemeeten Kaart van Hr. John Rocque'. In the se...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Navy Signal Cannon 18th / 19th Century European Brass Barrel And Wood Carriage
Located in Miami, FL
European signal cannon from the late 18th-19th century. An antique piece made and used in Europe, circa 1800. This kind of small scale toys were made to be used in the navy of some ...
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English Arts and Crafts Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Set of Four Original Antique Maps of Asia by Bolton Seale, circa 1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of four antique maps of Asia: 1) Asia plate 6, Part of China, Tibet and Tartary 2) Asia plate 2, Japan, Corea, the Monguls and part of China 3) As...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Edo-period Orange-Laced Samurai Suit
Located in New Orleans, LA
For samurai warriors, the functionality of their armor was as vital as its striking beauty—both elements held equal importance. This orange-laced armor is one of the rarest and most stunning complete Edo-period samurai suits ever crafted, designed for a military leader to convey the gravity of his power and warrior spirit at a single glance. This particularly rare armor...
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Asian Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Copper, Iron

Antique Map of Germany, Bohemia, Hungary and Part of Poland by R. Bonne ‘1780’
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled "L'Allemagne, La Bohême, et la Hongrie avec une partie de la Pologne" by Rigobert Bonne (1729-1795) for "Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre" by...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Antique Print of Palazzo Chigi by De Rossi, c.1710
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Finestra del medesimo piano Nobile (..)'. Old print of a window of Palazzo Chigi, Rome. This print originates from 'Studio d'archite...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Copperplate Engraving Showing Forts on the West African Gold Coast, Ghana, 1744
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'The Fort Fredricksburg formerly to ye Danes and now Fort Royal (…).' - A three panel copperplate engraving showing three forts on the West African Gold Coast, Ghana; a) The Fort Fredricksburgh formerly to ye Danes and now Fort Royal. English at Manfroe, b) The Fort Amsterdam at Cormentyn belonging to ye Hollanders, c) The Fort James, English at Accra. From: "A Collection of Voyages and Travels" published by John and Awnsham Churchill in London in 1744. Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Johannes Kip' after 'A. Churchill'. Johannes Kip (b Amsterdam, 1653; d London, 1722). Dutch draughtsman, engraver and dealer, active in England. He was a pupil of Bastiaen Stopendaal (1636–1707) from 1668 to 1670. His earliest dated engravings are of 1672 (e.g. the Siege of Groningen , Hollstein, no. 4), and he supplied numerous plates for books published from that date onwards. His work brought him into contact with the court of William of Orange and in 1686 he produced six plates depicting William of Orange, his Wife and Attendants near The Hague (Hollstein, no. 5). Shortly after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 Kip followed the court to England. After settling in Westminster, he worked extensively for London publishers, engraving works after Francis Barlow, Caius Gabriel Cibber (e.g. Interior of the Danish Church in London , 1697; Hollstein, no. 6) and other London-based artists. His engravings were principally destined for book illustrations. The work for which Kip is best remembered is his large corpus...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Antique Print of the Gardens at Cape of Good Hope by Van Schley, 1756
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Jardin de la Compagnie au Cap de Bonne Esperance, Compagnies Tuyn aan de Kaap de Goede Hoop'. This print depicts the Gardens at Cape of Good Hope (VOC). This pr...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Antique Map of the World in Hemispheres by Keizer de Lat, 1788
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Schuine Ronde Aard-Bolle waar van 't Middelpunt is Amsterdam (..)'. Interesting double hemisphere world map on polar projections. In North America, there is a large Island of California. Australia and New Zealand are shown with incomplete coastlines. The map contains six smaller astronomical...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Original Antique Map of the Southern Coast of France by Janssonius, 1657
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map of France titled 'Comté et Gouvernement de Provence'. Decorative map of the southern coast of France. This map originates from 'Atlas Novus,...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Antique Map of the World on Mercator s Projection, 1788
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Kaart van de Geheele Wereld (..)'. Uncommon small world map on Mercator's projection. Nice detail of the islands throughout the wor...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

18th / Early 19th Century Miniature Painting
Located in Delft, NL
An 18th / early 19th century miniature painting An 18th / early 19th century miniature painting painted on glass and framed. The copper framed miniature painting in another copp...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Copper

Antique Bible Plan of Ancient Jerusalem, 1743
Located in Langweer, NL
This plan originates from ‘Biblia Sacra, dat is, de H. Schriftuer van het Oude, en het Nieuwe Testament, naer de laetste Roomsche keure der gemeine Latijnsche overzettinge, in nederd...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

18th Century Carved Wooden Representing Christ on the Cross Folk Art
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Latin American 1700s wooden crucifix. Carved face and body features. Beautiful patina. Jesus on the Cross Folk Art. We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and V...
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Paraguayan Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

Original Antique Engraving of a Horse Race at a Japanese Racing Track, 1669
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique print, titled: 'Japansche Ren-baanen.' - View of a race at a Japanese (horse) racing track. A man runs beside a horse (the horse's rein in his hand). A man w...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Original Antique Engraving of a Sea Chart of the Western Mediterranean, ca.1650
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Pascaerte van 't westlyckste deel vande Middelandsche-Zee (..)'. Sea chart of the Western Mediterranean. The map extends from the Straits of Gibralter to Italy ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Scarce Plate Showing the Four Evangelists; John, Matthew, Marc and Luke, 1762
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique print titled 'S. Johannes - S. Matthaeus - S. Marcus - S. Lucas'. Scarce plate showing the four evangelists; John, Matthew, M...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Charles II Carved Crest Of The Arms Of Westminster School
Located in Essex, MA
A large crest with shell and scroll carved frame enclosing an azure ground with gilded coat of arms featuring a cross with four birds over lions and fleur de lis and Tudor roses. Onl...
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English Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood, Giltwood

Map of Martinique, Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, Désirade Saintes by Bonne, 1788
Located in Langweer, NL
Map of Martinique, Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, Désirade & Saintes by Bonne, 1788 This fine antique map, titled *Isle de la Martinique, Isles de la Guadeloupe, de Marie Galante, de la...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

18th Century hand carved walnut italian relic Santos
Located in London, GB
18th Century Santos A finely carved late 18th Century wooden Santos or Apostles head. Bears traces of original paint to top of its head. Mounted o...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Walnut

Antique Map of Manilla Bay Philippines by P. van der Aa, 1719
Located in Langweer, NL
Rare antique map titled 'La Baie de Manille (..)'. Map of Manilla Bay, the map is oriented with southwest at the top and includes a small town plan for Manilla and other places. This...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Thai Buddha Head in Bronze, 17th-18th Century
Located in Kastrup, DK
A small Buddha bronze head, measuring 11 cm in height, originating from Thailand (1600-1700 AD). It is loosely mounted on a hexagonal wooden base. This elegant...
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Thai Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

: Wooden pocket diptych sundial Ernst Christoph Stocket. Germany 1780 - 1811.
Located in Milan, IT
Wooden pocket diptych sundial Ernst Christoph Stocket - type, Bavaria. A folding wooden sundial is partially covered in paper with engraved/printed decorations and text. A compass is...
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German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood, Paper

"Madonna with Child and Angels". Italy, 15th-16th Centuries
Located in Madrid, ES
Bronze in its color and gold, lapis lazuli, rock crystal, enamel. In the centre of the work is presented, enthroned, the figure of Mary, with a mantel (fireplace) on her shoulders and hair and holding on her knees the child, who appears addressing one of the angels. The virgin is also sheltered by an ogee arch supported on turned columns, and raised visually by steps. This composition achieves a very striking contrast: the dark bronze figure, in contrast to the lapis lazuli background and the part of the arch and the outside of it, in gilded bronze. Under the steps there is a heraldic enamel shield with a key on an azure background. The angels, kneeling, are flanking this figure, and, appearing in dark bronze, visually share the "category" of religious figures with Mary, while their (lower) position gives more status to both the Mother and Jesus. The rest of the composition is completed with a delicate landscape: constructions and walls on mountains, clouds in the sky, plants, stones, etc. To the outside, another lapis lazuli frame is placed decorated in the corners with appliques, giving way to carved and polychrome wood. The lapis lazuli is a semiprecious stone already known in the seventh millennium BC., found in deposits from the Caucasus to Mauritania. From the end of the middle ages, it increased its export to Europe, its use being more frequent since then both to use it as a pigment in paintings after grinding it (giving rise to the finest and most expensive of the blues, and of the colors in many occasions), as for backgrounds of paintings, incrustations in works of art, jewelry and, a little later, in the well-known "hard stone works". The figure of Mary still shows an influence of Gothic models, although more European than Italian, along with elements that could already show a closeness to the Renaissance: although the nakedness of Jesus is already shown in Gothic works (Madonna with Angels by Fra Angelico ), the creation of space by playing with the cloth in front of Christ can be appreciated in more advanced paintings (Virgin with Child by Domenico Ghirlandaio, National Gallery of London); the presence of a powerful throne can be seen frequently in Italian Madonnas of the Quattrocento (and before), but not quite as presented here. As for the landscape, it is necessary to compare it, for example, with that of the fresco of the Condotiero Guidoriccio de Fogliano (Simone Martini, finished in 1328). This is a work of great technical and aesthetic quality, not to mention the materials chosen for its creation, comparable only to outstanding examples from around the world, such as those preserved in the Palazzo Madama in Torino (Italy), where the coral It also has an important role. It is essential to mention, also, works such as the plate of hard stones (lapis lazuli between them) with a relief of Mary with the Child in...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Lapis Lazuli, Bronze, Enamel, Other

Antique Map of Greece by Keizer de Lat, 1788
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 't Zuider Deel van Turks Europe genaamt Griekenland (..)'. Uncommon original antique map of Greece. This map originates from 'Nieuwe Natuur- Geschied- en Handelkun...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

1592 Abraham Ortelius Map "Lorraine: Lotharingiae Nova Descripti, Ric.A005
Located in Norton, MA
1592 Abraham Ortelius map entitled "Lorraine: Lotharingiae Nova Descripti Ric.a005 Description: Ortelius is best known for producing the atlas from which this map comes from, "...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Antique Buddhist Alter Shrine 17-16 th Century
Located in Kastrup, DK
Rare Buddhist alter shrine, made in pine wood. Rich on carved figural sceneries. Original polychrome lacquer, beautiful and untouched condition. From Shanxi Province in China.
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Pine

Georgian Yew Wood Miniature Chest Of Drawers
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Charming 18th Century Miniature Chest, Constructed Extremely Unusually From Yew Wood Timbers, Having Four Long Drawers Retaining Original Turned Brass Knobs, Raised On Elegant Orig...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Yew

RARE ‘De Conjugio Episcoporum et Diaconorum’ by Johannes Bugenhagen – 1525
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING AN EXTREMELY RARE EDITION hardback copy of De Conjugio Episcoporum et Diaconorum ad uenerandum Doctorem VVolfgangum Reissenbush monasterii Lichtenbergensis Prae ceptorem ...
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German Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather, Paper

Weather in Style: Exquisite 18th-Century French Barometer by Charles Desnioulin
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite 18th-century French barometer, crafted in 1778 by Charles Desnioulin (Signed), is a true masterpiece of both science and art. The finely carved wood frame, adorned wi...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood, Glass

Antique Map of Portugal by J. De Ram, circa 1680
Located in Langweer, NL
A detailed map of Portugal. Embellished with beautiful cartouche, sailing vessels and many putti. Very rare edition by J. de Ram, circa 1680.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar with Original Brass Lid: Hanover, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Origin: Delft Date: Second half of the 18th century Workshop: De Vergulde Bloempot (The Gilded Flowerpot) A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco with an o...
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Dutch Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Ceramic, Delft, Faience

Baroque Liturgical Vessel, Open Ciborium, Sanctuary Lamp, Aspersoria
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique baroque church liturgical vessel, open Ciborium, sanctuary lamp, Aspersoria. Late 18th century Italian Baroque open Ciborium, Sanctuary lamp ...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Gold Plate, Silver Plate, Brass

Antique Continental Renaissance Church Lavabo
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent medieval Renaissance period architectural holy water font lavabo. Born in a Christian church in Continental Europe during the middle ages, likely Italian 16th or 17th century, exquisitely hand-crafted by a highly skilled artisan, with exceptional craftsmanship, ornate and finely detailed, the rare and one of a kind forged bronze and brass upper presenting with gothic shaped palm frond back, domed lid with tall finial decorated in relief, the fountain reservoir is decorated with central mounted Star of Bethlehem four pointed pentagram star embellishment as well as other applied ormolu adornments, a narrow elongated spigot with valve dispenses the holy water below. A later gilt brass stoop catches the water, the nicely styled, demilune shaped wall mounted antique...
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European Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass, Bronze, Ormolu

Joseph GLANVILL. The Vanity of Dogmatizing. FIRST EDITION - 1661 - HIS 1st BOOK!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: GLANVILL, Joseph. TITLE: The Vanity of Dogmatizing: Or Confidence in Opinions Manifested in a Discourse of the Shortness and Uncertainty of Our Knowledge, and Its Causes, w...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather

Saint Nicholas Devotional Pendant on Support, Bronze, Textile, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint Nicholas devotional medal on support. Gilded bronze, textile, metal, 18th century. Golden bronze devotional medal placed on a support by wires that has an oval frame enhanced ...
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European Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze, Other

Framed Late 15th Century Illuminated Book of Hours Manuscript
Located in Houston, TX
Framed late 15th century illuminated Book of Hours manuscript circa 1500, France. Gouache, ink gold wash and gold burnishing on vellum. Framed within large decorative matt. In very g...
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French Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Gold Leaf

Large 1870 Original Religious Painting, Cherubs, Signed by S. Barber, Spain
Located in Miami, FL
1870 original religious painting. Cherubs Signed by S.Barber Interior measurements: 48.42in x 39.76in Frame: 2.75 in.
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paint

Important Lock in Sheet Steel from the 17th or 18th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very large lock mechanism in forged iron and handcut, formerly painted black. All the elements are riveted, some rivets are extensions of the cups This lock most likely comes from a church or castle door...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron

GOULD, William - An Account of English Ants - 1747 - FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: GOULD, William. TITLE: An Account of English Ants; Which Contains I. Their different Species and Mechanism. II. Their manner of Government,... III. The Production of their ...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather

Antique Town Plan Map, Poole, English, Framed Cartography, Georgian, Circa 1780
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique town plan map of Poole in Dorset. An English, framed atlas engraving, dating to the 18th century and later. Fascinating cartography with annotated streets and pl...
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British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Glass, Wood, Paper

IMPORTANT AND RARE LITURGICAL PSALTER, Spain, 16th Century (1550-1575)
Located in Madrid, ES
IMPORTANT AND RARE LITURGICAL PSALTER, Spain, 16th Century (1550-1750) Psalterium iuxta Romanum (Liturgical Psalter according to the Roman Rite) Latin (with Spanish additions), illu...
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Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Parchment Paper

18th Century Processional Painted Sunburst on a Baroque Silver Gilt Altar Vase
Located in Hastings, GB
A rare and exquisite 18th century iron processional sunburst with a painted central image of Holy Mother Mary presenting the rosary to Saint Dominic to one side and Ave Maria to the ...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron

Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A beautiful catalogue which was published in 1995, still in the original slipcase, to coincide with an exhibition of the collection of the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture in San Francisco...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

The Pennsylvania Journal and The Weekly Advertiser, Issued June 16, 1787
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an June 16, 1787 issue of Philadelphia's "The Pennsylvania Journal, and The Weekly Advertiser," containing coverage of the Constitutional Convention. The magazine period...
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American Federal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather, Fabric, Paper

Pair of Islamic Enameled Vessels, Ancient Urns
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This is an exceptional and historic pair of Damascus enameled metalwork vessels or urns. These art objects show signs of rough use and handling through the centuries. Although it is ...
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West Asian Islamic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Enamel

Virgin and Child Jesus. Carved and polychrome wood. Spanish School, 14th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Virgin and Child Jesus. Carved and polychrome wood. Spanish School, 14th century. A polychrome wooden carving with gold highlights depicting the Virgin Mary seated on a low throne, ...
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European Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Other

Pocket Globe by Nathaniel Hill, London 1754
Located in Milano, IT
Nathaniel Hill Pocket globe London, 1754 The globe is contained in its original case, which itself is covered in shark skin. There are slight gaps in the original paint on the sphere. The case no longer closes. The sphere measures 2.6 in (6.8 cm) in diameter whereas the case measures 2.9 in (7.4 cm) in diameter. lb 0.24 (kg 0.11) The globe is made up of twelve printed paper gores aligned and glued to the sphere. In the North Pacific Ocean there is a scroll with the inscription: A New terrestrial Globe by Nath. Hill, 1754. The celestial globe is depicted on the inside of the box. On the terrestrial globe much of central and southern Africa is empty. North America bears only the name of some British colonies. It shows California as a peninsula and the northwest coast of America as "unknown parts" (Alaska is not described and is only partially delineated; it would become part of the United States in 1867). The route of Admiral Anson is traced (1740) and the trade winds are indicated by arrows. Australia, still named New Holland (the new name would be introduced in 1829), is part of the west coast. (See Van der Krogt, P., Old Globes in the Netherlands, Utrecht 1984, p. 146 and Van der Krogt, P. - Dekker, E., Globes from the Western World, London 1993, p. 115.) Nathaniel Hill (London, news from 1746 to 1768) had impeccable professional credentials: he had done his apprenticeship with Richard Cushee, who at the time was carrying out surveying work for John Senex's Surrey map...
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English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Shagreen, Paper

Antique County Map, Rutlandshire, Framed Atlas Cartography, John Cary, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique county map of Rutlandshire. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest, dating to the Georgian period and later, circa 1790. Superb cartography ...
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British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Map of the Margraviate and Electorate of Brandenburg by de Beaurain - ca.1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Historical Map of the Margraviate and Electorate of Brandenburg by Chevalier de Beaurain - Circa 1750 This impressive historical map, titled "Carte du Marquisat et Electorat de Br...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

17th Century Carved Wooden Angel Cherub
Located in Bilzen, BE
17th Century Carved Wooden Angel Cherub (oak) with its original polychromes Height 14 cm, width 21 cm
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French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

The Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm is one of the most remarkable "chinoiseries" anywhere in the North of Europe-not because of its size and the splendour of its collections, but b...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

French Military Partisan/Halberd Polearm
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
French Military Partisan/Halberd Polearm.
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

1636 Jansson Map of Ireland Entitled "Comitatus Lageniae, " Ric.a007
Located in Norton, MA
1646 Jansson map entitled "Procinvia connactiae," Ric.a006 Description: The PROVINCE of CONNAVGT 490 x 380From vol 4 of Jansson's Atlas Novus 1646, published in Amsterdam with...
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Unknown Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin, With Essays, in Two Volumes, 1796
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Franklin, Benjamin. Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of His Life Written by Himself together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of t...
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English Federal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather, Paper

Antique Coach Road Map, East Devon, English, Framed, Cartography, Georgian, 1720
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique coach road map of East Devon. An English, framed lithograph engraving of regional interest, dating to the early 18th century and later. Fascinating 18th century h...
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British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

1590 Ortelius Map of Calais and Vermandois, France and Vicinity Ric.a014
Located in Norton, MA
1590 Ortelius map of Calais and Vermandois, France and Vicinity Ric.a014 Two rare regional Abraham Ortelius maps on a single folio sheet. Left map, entitled Caletensium, depic...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

17th Century Italian Massive Silver Crucifix with Golden Wood Frame, circa 1900s
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Very rare and precious 1600s Italian massive silver crucifix in bulletin board golden wood frame Measures cm: H 40, W 26, D 6 About: On an iconogr...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver

Purple Tabletop Amethyst White Calcite Quartz Decorative object Sculpture
Located in London, GB
A very rare and exquisite table-top amethyst formation. The long fromation preserves a prominent golden calcite crystal on a bed of deep purple amethyst and is particularly sculptura...
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Uruguayan Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

RARE ANTiQUE GEORGE III SHAGREEN GLASSES SPECTACLES CASE AND FOLDING GLASSES
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning George III Shargeen & Silver Spectacles case with folding glasses...
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European George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities

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Glass

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