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Period: 18th Century
Italian, 18th Century, Baroque Painted Metal Procession Cross
Located in Buisson, FR
Lovely baroque painted metal procession cross with a great patina. Italy circa 1750. weathered and small losses. Measurements include the wooden base. H:42cm W:28,5cm D:9cm
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

Antique Map of the French Coast at Boulogne and Picardy
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Les Costes du Boulenois et de la Picardie'. Map of the French coast at Boulogne and Picardy. Left a large wind rose. Part of a bundled collection of plans of batt...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

1750 The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher
By Francis Beaumont
Located in Bath, GB
A handsomely bound ten volume first complete collected edition of the works of these two celebrated Renaissance dramatists. he first complete edition of the works of these two drama...
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British Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Reference Book -The Colour Treasury of 18th Century Porcelain Siegfried Ducret
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Reference Book Chinese Japanese and European Porcelain and Antique -The Colour Treasury of 18th Century PorcelaiN Siegfried Ducret The Colour Treasury of 18th Century PorcelaiN Sieg...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Antique Italian “Parnaso Italiano” Literary Collection
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This late 18th century collection of 55 books, bound in animal hide and vellum, is pleasing to both the eye and the mind. From Dante's divine poetry to Petrarch's sonnets of love, an...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Animal Skin, Paper

Original Copper Engraved Map of France
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'New and Accurate Map of France from the latest improvements'. Original copper engraved map of France. Engraved by T. Bowen, published circa 1771.
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

A wooden sculpture depicting a prancing carousel horse, Italy 1750.
Located in Milan, IT
Italian wooden sculpture depicting a carousel horse launched in the act of ramping. Pale fruitwood. Modern metal base. The measurement refers to the horse only. Italy mid-18th century.
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Italian Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

Antique Map of the Coast of Roussillon, France
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Coste de Roussillon depuis Port Vendres, jusqu'au golphe de Rozes'. Original map of the coast of Roussillon, France. This map originates from 'Le Petit Atlas Mari...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Antique Map of the Coast of France Between Brest and Bayonne
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte des Costes de France depuis Brest jusquá Bayone'. Original old map of the coast of France between Brest and Bayonne. This map originates from 'Le Petit Atla...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Gironde, Where Rivers Dordogne Garonne Meet Near Bordeaux, France, ca.1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte des Entrées et Cours de la Gironde'. Large map of the region of the Gironde estuary. It is formed from the meeting of the rivers Dordogne and Garonne ju...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

French 18th-Century Master s Lock
Located in New Orleans, LA
French Master’s Lock 18th Century Ingeniously crafted with a hidden mechanism, this 18th-century French lock known as a serrure de maîtrise, or master’s lock, was likely used by saf...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron

Antique Print of the Old University Town Franeker in the Netherlands 1786
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Franeker van den kant van Schalsum te zien'. Old print with a view on the city of Franeker, as seen from Schalsum. This print originates from 'Hedendaagsche His...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Antique Print of Seals of Nobility and Important Men of Scotland, 1792
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Plate XXVIII. Seals of Nobility and great Men of Scotland. Original antique print showing Seals of Nobility and important men of Scotland. This print originates...
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British Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

18th Century Spanish Oil Painting of Mary Magdalene
Located in Round Top, TX
A breathtaking 18th century Spanish oil on canvas painting of Mary Magdalene - Madeleine - in is original frame. Beautiful detail.
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Spanish Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Canvas

Cervantes, Miguel de — Don Quixote — 4 volume set
Located in Middletown, NY
4 vols.; 8vo, 6 1/2 x 4 in. (165 x 102 mm) , vol. 1: (6), xl, 293; vol. 2: (1), 314; vol. 3: 910, xi, 331; vol. 4: 91), 322. With 28 copperplate engravings designed by F. Hayman and engraved by G. V. Neist; all are signed by both artist and engraver; all have “Vol” and “p.” indications, except those for Vol. I., which have “p." indications only. Three-quarter tan calf binding with marbled paper, all edges stained yellow, gilt title, decorations and raised bands on spine. The antique bindings...
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English Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather, Paper

Antique Map of Bavaria ‘Bayern, Germany’ by N. Visscher, circa 1700
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Bavariae pars inferior cum insertis et adjacentibus regionibus (..)'. Published circa 1700 in N. Visscher's World Atlas. The map "Bavariae pars inferior cum inse...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Antique French Carved and Incurved Oak Bas Relief Plaque of St Luke, circa 1720
Located in Dallas, TX
A magnificent display of mastery level woodworking, this antique oval plaque of St Luke was not only carved in bas relief, but it has an incurved shape. The concave plaque has severa...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal, Steel

Antique Map of the Empire of Morocco by Kitchin, c.1760
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'A Map of the Empire of Morocco Comprehending the Kingdoms of Fez, Morocco'. Original antique map of the kingdoms of Fez, Algiers, Segelmese, Tafilet and Morocco. ...
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British Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Cape of Good Hope – Fort and City Plan, French Colonial Map, c.1765
Located in Langweer, NL
Cape of Good Hope – Fort and City Plan, French Colonial Map, c.1765 This detailed French plan depicts the fortifications and urban layout of the Cape of Good Hope, one of the most s...
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French Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Antique Frontispiece of a Book about Europe by Tirion, 1734
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique frontispiece of the 6th volume of 'Hedendaagsche historie of tegenwoordige staat van allen volkeren (..)' by Thomas Salmon. This volume describes par...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Comore Island Original Antique Engraving by Van Schley, 1749
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte des Isles de Comore Johanna ou Anouan Mohilla ou Moaly et Mayote (..) - Kaart van de Eilanden Komoro, Anjuan, Moelia, en Mayotta (..)'. Copper engraving of ...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Beautiful Antique Map of the French Coast, from St. Valeri to Dieppe, 1720
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map France titled 'Les Embouchures de la Somme et de Bresle Riv. ou est St. Valeri, Eu et Dieppe'. Beautiful map of the French coast, fr...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Antique Map of Celebes Sulawesi , Island in Indonesia, 1754
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte De L'Isle Celebes ou Macassar'. Detailed copper engraved map of Celebes (Sulawesi, Indonesia), showing Makassar, which was the most important trading city o...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

18th Century Hand Forged Wrought Iron Church Pulpit Table
Located in Hastings, GB
18th century hand forged wrought iron church pulpit Originally from a church in Western France, dating circa 1770 The pulpit and original flooring has b...
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French Baroque Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wrought Iron

Large 18th century Spanish Colonial Religious Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large oil painting of the holy family on hand woven canvas. Peruvian or Bolivian. Acquired from an estate in the San Francisco Bay Area f...
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Peruvian Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Canvas

Set of 18th century bowling balls on wooden stand
Located in MILL, NL
Set of 2 beautiful solid hardwood original Bowling balls made of wood. Originated in Southern Europe, 18th century. Traces of woodworm, but not active. Beautiful color. On stand.
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European Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Hardwood

Swedish Royal 18th Century Wash stand with Chinese Water Cistern.
By Per Ljungs Art
Located in Stockholm, SE
A historically important 18th century piece of interior from the Swedish King Gustav III:s yacht Amphion built in 1777-1778. One of the last pieces in private hands to have survive...
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Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Porcelain, Mahogany

(NIVARDUS) - The Crafty Courtier: Or the fable of Reinard the Fox - 1706
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: [NIVARDUS, Hartmann Schopper]. TITLE: The Crafty Courtier: Or the fable of Reinard the Fox: Newly done into English Verse, from the Antient Latin Iambics of Hartm. Schopper...
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British Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather

Pair of 18th-Century Illuminated Mughal or Persian Leaves Featuring a Royal Hunt
Located in Madrid, ES
This report brings together two separate but stylistically linked manuscript leaves, written in Classical Persian (Farsi) with Sufi-inspired texts. Both feature flowing Nasta'liq cal...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

18th Century Carved Wooden Angel
Located in Houston, TX
Carved wooden angel from Private Chapel in Provence. Wonderful detail in Angel's hair and draped dress. Figure is mounted on an iron stand.
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French Folk Art Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor: POEMS on Various Subjects
Located in Middletown, NY
This is the FIRST EDITION of COLERIDGE'S FIRST BOOK OF POEMS. A. S. W. Rosenbach deemed it "An important literary volume." (Rosenbach 29:108). It includes four sonnets by Charles Lam...
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English Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather, Paper

Travel pharmacy in mahogany wood and brass, England 1790.
Located in Milan, IT
Travel pharmacy. Box in Mogano Sipo ( Entandrophragma utile ) wood and brass with recessed handles on both sides and a drawer on the front. The upper level opens, inside it there are...
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English Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Antique Map of Yemen by Schraembl, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Karte von dem groessten Theil des Landes Jemen'. Original map of Yemen, this map is the first printed map specifically of Yemen, and t...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Large Museum Quality 1700s Dutch Demijohn Bottle
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
Beautiful Dutch Demijohn. Hand blown bottle; with naval battle scene. Portrait of dutch admiral martin tromp, "The bravest and most skillful enemy t...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Blown Glass

18th Century Water Gilded Processional Cross with Embroidered IHS
Located in Hastings, GB
Glorious 18th century water gilded baroque processional cross, with embroidered IHS panels inset. Time worn patina, gesso over wood. Height 61 cm, Width 37 cm, Depth 13 cm
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Gesso, Wood

18th Century Italian Hand Carved and Painted Wood Madonna Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Italian hand carved and painted wood Madonna statue depicts the virgin Mary in contemplative prayer, and poised in triumph over evil. Orig...
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Italian Baroque Revival Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

A trunk style travel apotecary cabinet in mahogany wood and brass, England 1790.
Located in Milan, IT
English travelling apothecary made of mahogany Sipo mahogany (Entandrophragma utile) and brass with a rectangular base, a front drawer, an opening to...
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English Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Four 18th Century Vellum Covered Latin Books
Located in Hudson, NY
These four books printed in Latin are covered in beautiful old vellum covers and spines. Each book contains text, margin commentary and pictorial illustration to the fronts pages. All but one is from the same library with like beautifully embossed bindings and like blue colored paper borders. These three had at one point clasp binders now gone or in a damaged state. The final book is vellum bound but not in embossed covers and spines. Condition Disclosure: While we do our best to carefully inspect and give a full report on the condition of any item we sell, pointing out any repairs or alterations that may have been done to the best of our knowledge, as is the case with any antique and vintage item, there is a possibility that at some point in the life of the piece that there may have been damaged which has been professionally repaired and as such a repair undetectable, it is therefore impossible for us to disclose... we recommend that you also read and agree to the 1st dibs user agreement...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

18th Century Giltwood and Polychrome Painted Shield ECCE NUNCDIES SALUTIS
Located in Hastings, GB
Stunning 18th century carved wooden religious shield, Italian early 1700’s, in gilt and green with the words ECCE NUNCDIES SALUTIS (This is the Day of Salvation) to the centre. Hist...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Gesso, Wood

The Life Work of Thomas Chippendale, Set of 2 (Books)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Two brown cloth covered volumes in similar slipcase with gilt titles which was published to mark the bicentennial of Thomas Chippendale's death. Volume 1 is the text and covers - Chi...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Portuguese Baroque Sculpture of Jesus, Religious Art, 18th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
An 18th century Portuguese Baroque sculpture portraying the Infant Jesus, hand-carved in polychrome wood. This religious piece dates between 1770 and 1790, preserves its serene blue ...
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Portuguese Baroque Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver

Large 18th c. Wooden Jointer Plane c.1700-1799
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT Antique wooden carpentry plane used to make trim and moldings. Shown with life size hand mold for scale. CREATOR Unknown. DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1700s. MATERIA...
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Industrial Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Fruitwood

18th Century Gold French Gilded Wood Barometer, Antique Parisian Thermometer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rare antique finely worked French barometer with lyre shaped crest thermometer above a large hexagonal framed barometer. The Parisian décor piece is m...
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French Empire Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Giltwood

Wooden Hand of an Antique Mannequin, Italy, 18 th Century
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Beautiful sculptured hand of a wooden Mannequin, Italy late 18 th Century mounted on a wooden stand, very fine sculptured and good, old Patina of the wood, very beautiful decorati...
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Italian Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Fruitwood

French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Giltwood Barometer Thermometer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and extremely decorative French 18th century Louis XVI period giltwood barometer thermometer. The most decorative barometer thermometer retains its original glass pane enc...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Giltwood

Devotional plaque, Saint Dominic de Guzmán. Bronze. Spanish School, 17th-18th c
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional plaque, Saint Dominic de Guzmán. Bronze. Spanish School, 17th-18th centuries. Rectangular bronze devotional plaque with a ring at the top, a molded frame, and a relief f...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

Late 18th Century Lacquered Brass Table Telescope
Located in Huntington, NY
Late 18th century lacquered brass table telescope.
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English George III Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Anatomical model: a thyroid, Germany end of 18th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Coloured wax anatomic model depicting an human organ: Thyroid mounted on black painted wooden base. Germany end of XVIII sec.
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German Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

Scarce Antique Map of the Island of Java, Indonesia
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "Kaart van 't Eyland Groot Java: Antique Map of Java, Indonesia" Description: This antique map, titled "Kaart van 't Eyland Groot Java," offers a rare and valuable depiction ...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Large Pair of 18th / 19th Century Italian Silvered Reliquaries
Located in Milford, NH
A fine large pair of Italian silvered metal over wood reliquaries with putti, grape, shell, and scrollwork design. Each have memorial pendant displays with names (The left reads S. Innocentii M & S Clementiani M,” while the other is illegible. The pair is in very good condition, with great overall patina, some metal lifting...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

West Coast of Africa, Guinea Sierra Leone: An 18th Century Map by Bellin
Located in Alamo, CA
Jacques Bellin's copper-plate map entitled "Partie de la Coste de Guinee Dupuis la Riviere de Sierra Leona Jusquau Cap das Palmas", depicting the coast of Guinea and Sierra Leone in ...
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French Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

1778-84 Present State of Husbandry in Scotland
Located in Bath, GB
A scarce six volume collection regarding agriculture in Scotland during the eighteenth century, with delightful gilt spines. ESTC Citation No. T103102. This work examines agricultu...
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European Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

5 volumes. Picturesque Europe
Located in New York, NY
5 volumes. Picturesque Europe. Bound in full black calf with gilt tooled and embossed cover. Gilt-tooling on spines with red and green calf labels. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers....
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British Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather

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

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Wood

18th Century Carved Painted Symbolic Christian Plaque
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century carved & painted symbolic Christian plaque will make a unique and special addition to your devotional display! Hand-carved from fruitwood around the time of the founding...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Fruitwood

Early 19th Century Wooden and Paper Model of York Minster
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century wooden and paper model of York Minster. Housed within its original mahogany and glass case on stand, English, circa 1835.
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British Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Antique Engraving of Kirby Hall Near Gretton, Northamptonshire, England c.1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Principal Front of Kirby Hall'. Kirby Hall is an Elizabethan country house, located near Gretton, Northamptonshire, England. The nearest main town is Corby. One of the great Elizabethan houses of England, Kirby Hall was built for Sir Humphrey Stafford of Blatherwick, beginning in 1570. In 1575 the property was purchased by Sir Christopher Hatton of Holdenby,[1] Lord Chancellor to Queen Elizabeth I. It is a leading and early example of the Elizabethan prodigy house. Construction on the building began in 1570, based on the designs in French architectural pattern books and expanded in the Classical style over the course of the following decades. The house is now in a semi-ruined state with many parts roof-less although the Great Hall and state rooms remain intact. The gardens, with their elaborate "cutwork" design, complete with statues and urns, have been recently restored. Anne of Denmark stayed at Kirby on 9 August 1605 while King James stayed at Rockingham Castle. King James stayed for three days in August 1616. During a royal progress Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox died at Kirby of the "spotted ague" on 30 July 1624. The building and gardens are owned by the Earl of Winchilsea and are managed by English Heritage. Kirby Hall has been used as a filming location in many productions. These include the following; an episode (6. Protest and Communication) of Kenneth Clark...
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Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Matthaus Seutter, Framed 1730 Color Engraving Map of "Belgium Fonderatum"
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Label on verso. From Grosser Atlas. The name Belgium comes from the ancient designation "Gallis Belgica". Figural decoration upper left. M. Seutter was a famed German mapmaker in the...
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European Renaissance Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

An apothecary bronze mortar and pestle, Italy 1700.
Located in Milan, IT
Bronze Apothecary mortar, fitted with mortar pestle. Italy early 18th century.
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Italian Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

A 18th-Century scientific instrument: wooden screw dilator clamp.
Located in Milan, IT
A medical instrument. A brass screw clamp (dilator), with a rosewood handle. It consists of two symmetrical parts, each with a circular cushion element that continues with a cylindri...
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English Antique 18th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

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