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Period: Late 19th Century
Archie Simpson Of Carnoustie Putter
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Long Nose Scared Head Putter By Archie Simpson, Carnoustie. An elegant, scared head (or "scare joint") long nose golf club by Archie Simpson of Carnoustie. This long nose putter is w...
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Scottish Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Beech, Hickory

Tall Antique Taxidermy Showcase, English, Display Dome, Specimen Case, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a tall antique taxidermy showcase. An English, glass and mahogany display dome, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890. Pleasingly bright and well-proportioned ant...
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British Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Wood

Bhor Ghat a Mountain Passage Between Karjat Khandala, Maharashtra, India, 1883
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate: 'Bhor Ghat, 'Rampe du Chemin de fer, pres de Khandala'. This plate shows the Bhor Ghat a mountain passage located between Karjat and Khandala in Maharashtra, India. This plate...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Orientalist Nuremberg Late 19th Century, Arab Lead Sculpture
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Orientalist Nuremberg Late 19th Century, Arab Lead Sculpture Beautiful polychrome Nuremberg lead sculpture. Arab warrior seated on a camel, clad in robes and holding a rifle in his ...
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Other Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Lead

Tall Antique Taxidermy Specimen Dome, English, Glass Display Showcase, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a tall antique taxidermy specimen dome. An English, glass and ebonised base display showcase, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. Appealing example, with a use...
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British Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Wood

Antique Officer of the Watch Telescope, English, Terrestrial, Astronomical, Ross
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique officer of the watch telescope. An English, leather and nickel silver single draw refractor for terrestrial or astronomical use, by Ross of London, circa 1920. ...
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British Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Antique Treasury Of Botany, Vol 1&2, English Language, Reference Book, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique reference books 'The Treasury of Botany' by Samuel Maunder. Published in English by Longmans, Green & Co of London, in the Victorian period, dated 1884. F...
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British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Antique Opalescent Perfume Bottle with Brass Mounts and Painted Medallions
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique opalescent perfume bottle is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Europe, likely in France or Italy in circa 1890 for a Grand To...
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French Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

American Mahogany and Brass Ship Binnacle, Riggs Brothers, Phila. Circa 1880
By Riggs Brothers
Located in Charleston, SC
American mahogany ship binnacle with a brass-mounted dome helmet, internal dry compass by Ritchie of Boston, flanking removable burners with the original fonts and resting on an octa...
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American American Empire Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Antique Badminton Library Book, Fishing, Reference, English, Sporting Interest
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Badminton Library Book. An English language, hard bound reference title on fishing by Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell, dating to the la...
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British Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Anatomical model for class: a heart, France 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical model for class, depicting an animal’s heart, made out of painted papier mache. Ebonized wooden base, square shape. France circa 1890.
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French Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Antique Map of Java in 4 sheets by Dornseiffen, 1884
Located in Langweer, NL
Detailed map of Java in 4 sheets, with an inset map of Batavia (Jakarta). This map originates from 'Atlas van Nederlandsch Oost- en West-Indie' by Dr. I. Dornseiffen. Published by Se...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Antique Print of The Holy Family Made after Palma Vecchio c.1890
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The Holy Family'. Original antique print on chine collé, made after the painting by Palma Vecchio. Source unknown, to be determined...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

19th Century Wooden Fake Book Boxes
Located in London, GB
19th Century Wooden Fake Book Boxes A fine example of late 19th Century hand crafted pine fake book document boxes. Hand crafted individually and painted with dates and the name Roq...
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Unknown Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pine

L Amérique du Nord pittoresque by Quantin Decaux, 1880
Located in Langweer, NL
L'Amérique du Nord pittoresque by Quantin & Decaux. A 19th century exploration of the landscape of the United States and Canada, with numerous full page black and white illustrations...
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Late 19th Century German Ceramic Beer Stein
Located in New York, NY
Steins with anti-Jewish images were very popular in late 19th century Germany. The constitution of the newly unified Germany, adopted in 1871, emancipated all Jews. The following dec...
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German Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pewter

Goose Feather Hand Fan
Located in Pueblo, CO
Beautiful Victorian goose plume hand fan in perfect condition. This fan is perfect for use, or in costume, or display piece, put into a shadowbox frame. Wood handle with metal strun...
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American Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Feathers

A Grand Tour wooden maquette, depicting the Tower of Pisa, Italy circa 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Miniature Wunderkammer Grand Tour architectural model, entirely handmade, in balsa wood and brass, depicting the Tower of Pisa. The bells made of brass are inserted in the final part...
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Italian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

3 Antique Badminton Library Books, English, Boating, Driving, Cricket, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 3 antique Badminton Library Books. An English language, hard bound reference title on sporting topics, dating to the late Victorian ...
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British Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Antique Cased Optometrist s Set, English, Optical Instrument, Boxed, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique cased optometrist's set. An English, mahogany optical instrument box, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Fine display ...
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British Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Oval Antique Diorama Dome, English, Collector, Taxidermy Display Case, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an oval antique diorama dome. An English, glass collector or taxidermy display case, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Of usefully tall proportion, ideal for...
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British Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Wood

19th Century Bronze Sculpture of Napoleon Crossing the Alps
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A LOVELY late 19C Bronze Sculpture of Napoleon Crossing the Alps. 19th Century Bronze of Napoleon on Horseback in Battle, with c...
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French Napoleon III Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

Memoirs of Madame Junot Duchesse D Abrantes, 3 Vols. 1883, Leather Bound
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Junot, Laure, (Duchess of Abrantes). Title: Memoirs of Madame Junot Duchesse D'Abrantes. (Madame Junot). Publisher: London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1883. Descripti...
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British Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Italian Chess board - reversable tray with bronze chess pieces, Sorrento Ware
Located in Central England, GB
This exceptional and very rare Italian late 19th-century Sorrento ware olive wood reversible chessboard tray is truly unusual. The large tray has hinged, reversible wooden handles ...
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Italian Grand Tour Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Large Ship Model of La Sirene with Cannons Mermaid Masthead, France circa 1880
Located in Round Top, TX
This impressive large ship model depicts the French vessel “La Sirene." This three-masted ship of the line “La Sirene" was in use 1691–1702. Impressiv...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

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 Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

19th Century French Green Onyx and Cloisonné Enamel Holy Water Font Cross
Located in Dallas, TX
This exceptional French wall-mounted holy water font was crafted circa 1870 and showcases the luxurious artistry of cloisonné enamel combined with richly veined green onyx and finely...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Multi-gemstone, Marble, Brass

Works of William Shakespeare Comedies, Histories, Tragedies 3 Volumes
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century Works of William Shakespeare comedies, histories, tragedies 3 volumes Each volume is filled with a collection of outstanding highly detailed engravings Each volume...
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English Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Jewel walking stick, representing 5 cameos, Russia 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: jewel walking stick, round iron knob, with engraved gold parts, depicting 5 cameos. Macassar wood cane. Brass and iron ferrule. Russia circa 1880.
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Russian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold, Brass, Iron

19thc French Watercolor of a Franco-Prussian Officer Feeding His Horse
Located in valatie, NY
The watercolor on paper is monogramed and dated '79. It is framed, matted and glazed. The painting is depicting a Franco-Prussian officer feeding his horse after a watercolor by Jean...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Paper

19th Century Shakespeare 10 Volumes, circa 1894
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century Shakespeare 10 volumes, circa 1894 Edited by William Aldis Wright Macmillan and Co., London and New York Each volume measures 7" wide x 10.5" high Offered as...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Late 19th C Gregory Bottley Scientific Collection of Mineral Fossils Shell
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A good collection of Gregory Bottley mineral, fossils and shell all contained in there original teak trays and card board sleeves. Each specimen has its original hand written and nu...
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English Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Natural Fiber, Hardwood

English Victorian Briarwood and Brass Cane
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian style simple briarwood cane with small brass top and leather cord.  
Category

Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Rare Antique Judaica Torah Pointer/Yad Germany 1900
Located in Doha, QA
This very unusual Torah Pointer originated from Germany. The index finger has been professionally restored. The Pointer is complemented by ornamented sterling silver end. This Yad i...
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German Art Deco Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

English Brass Nautical Ship Wheel Mounted with Yacht Binnacle on Rope Base, 1870
Located in Charleston, SC
English Brass Nautical ship wheel mounted on a solid brass pedestal with an yacht binnacle having a gimballed signed compass, circular six spoke w...
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English William IV Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Antique Victorian Cast Iron Oak Dictionary Stand
Located in New York, NY
Antique 1890s dictionary stand with a cast iron base featuring four curved legs ending in small casters. The top features two adjustable oak book rests, designed to hold large books ...
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American Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Late 19th Century Model of an Electric Powered Road Vehicle
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century brass model of an electric powered road locomotive. 4 inch rear wheels with gear drive from electric motor, front 4 inch wheels w...
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English Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

19th Century Antique Flintlock Pistol Cabinet for Duelists
Located in Marseille, FR
Gun cabinet full time duelists 19th century in its original box with red velvet. Platinum finely chopped. Ebony butts No brand. It seems that there was no sinister use to believe an ...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Two Day Marine Chronometer, John Bliss, New York
By John Bliss Co.
Located in Norwich, GB
A Fine Two Day Marine Chronometer By John Bliss and Co, New York. No.3068 Two day marine chromometer by John Bliss and Co housed in a beautiful three tier brass bound box with brass carrying handles to the sides, brass push button knob opening to a third tier. The box has a wonderful rich patina and retains it’s original solid brass Tipsy key. The movement is housed within a gimballed brass surround which is stamped H.M.I and marked with the ordnance arrow The high quality 56 hour chain fusee movement has full brass plates joined by four ringed pillars, an Earnshaw-type spring detent escapement with maintaining power, split bi-metallic balance and cylindrical shaped temperature compensation weights, polished steel helical balance and faceted endstone. The silvered dial signed ‘John Bliss & Co, New York No 3068 with subsidiary dial below XII for ‘state of wind’ and subsidiary seconds dial above the VI, original ‘blued’ steel hands. C.1890 John Bliss & Co worked at 128 Front Street, New York between 1880 and 1929 and then 84 Pearl Street, New York from 1934 to 1939. Front Street runs from the Brooklyn Bridge to Hudson Ave. and Navy Street, close to the Docks area. On the death of John Bliss, his sons John and George carried on the business. Their chronometers were placed 3rd, 6th and 8th at the Washington Observatory Trials in 1886. They became suppliers to the US Navy and also made meteorological instruments and devised an original way of making mainsprings. Many of their movements were supplied by makers in England, particularly Victor Kullberg.
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English Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

19th Century Walnut Miniature Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Good Quality Late 19th Century Walnut Miniature Chest, With Crossbanded Decoration Top Top, Over Five Long Drawers With Replacement Turned Brass Knobs And Crossbanded Decoration, R...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Walnut

Large Antique Specimen Display Dome, English Taxidermy Showcase, Victorian, 1870
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique specimen display dome. An English, glass and ebonised pine taxidermy showcase, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1870. Appealingly tall example, with a ...
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British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Pine

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 Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paint

Antique Carved Wood Tobacco Pipe with Soldier Head
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Carved Wood Tobacco Pipe with Soldier Head A rare antique handcarved wooden tobacco pipe with a fine carved soldier head as pipe head. The head features a Confederated or a Union soldier. The pipe is executed in Germany ca. 1880. A great addition to every tobacciana collection. Good condition with a small repair on the hat brim. The tradition of wood carving, using manual skills to make everyday objects and fine art sculptures, is found throughout Europe. The incentive to create not only useful but also aesthetically beautiful things, distinguishes the craftsman from the artist. In addition to the well-known Swiss wood...
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German Black Forest Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Large Antique Botany Display Dome, English, Glass, Specimen Showcase, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique botany display dome. An English, glass over ebonised mahogany specimen showcase, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Of good proportion for dis...
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British Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass

Tall Victorian Antique Specimen Showcase, English Glass, Taxidermy, Display Dome
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a tall Victorian antique specimen showcase. An English, glass and ebonised pine taxidermy dome, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Well proportioned display d...
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British Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass

Antique Taxidermy Specimen Dome, English, Glass, Tall Showcase, Victorian, 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique taxidermy specimen dome. An English, glass and ebonised beech tall showcase, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Well proportioned Victorian dome, i...
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British Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Beech

Small Antique Display Dome, English, Taxidermy, Specimen, Showcase, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique display dome. An English, glass and ebonised mahogany taxidermy specimen showcase, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880. Charmingly petite and offerin...
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British Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Wood

French Bronze Cannon Model
Located in Queens, NY
French bronze World War I (19/20th Century) field cannon on rectangular white marble base
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French Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Marble, Bronze

British 19th Century Drum Table
Located in New York, NY
This charming 19th-century English regimental drum was fitted with a glass top to serve as a table. It bears the painted arms of the Royal Dublin Fusil...
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Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

A half hull model of iron barque “Java” 1881
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A half hull model of iron barque “Java,” 1881, on a bird’s-eye maple and mahogany backboard with 3 truncated masts, black topsides and a plaque stating ‘Java, Russell & Co. Ship Buil...
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Scottish Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Birdseye Maple, Mahogany

Large Gilt Bronze Mounted Maple Harp by Pleyel, Wolff, Lyon and Cie
Located in London, GB
This fine antique harp dates from the second half of the 19th century and was made in France by Pleyel, Wolff, Lyon and Cie. The renowned Parisian firm ma...
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French Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

Vintage Ironstone Shaving Mug
Located in Sheffield, MA
Wonderfully nostalgic white ironstone shaving mug is faintly labeled "Shaving Mug" on the front. Shaving the old fashion way.
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Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ironstone

19th Century Plaster Phrenology Bust by Vago of London, 1869
By Vago
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A tactile plaster cast phrenology head, primitively produced yet highly decorative and a obvious rare survivor. A inscribed label of the maker Vago alo...
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English Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plaster, Paper

Antique Taxidermy Dome, English Glass Display Showcase, Specimen, Late Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique taxidermy dome. An English, glass and ebonised base display showcase, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Appealing example, with a pleasingly brigh...
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British Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Wood

Roughing It by Mark Twain, First American Edition, Later State, 1872
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark, Roughing It. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1872. First American Edition, Later State. Illustrated throughout, with plates and in-text. In publisher’s black clo...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fabric, Paper

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 Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Velvet

4 Vols Antique Folio, Imperial Gallery of British Art, Engravings, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is 4 antique volumes of The Imperial Gallery of British Art. An English, illustrated folio of steel engravings, dating to the Victorian period, published by Cassell & Company in...
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European Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Rare Cabin Decor Antler Humidor, circa 1890-1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Rare Cabin Decor Antler Humidor, circa 1890-1900 An antique turned wooden box with lid, venered with several fine antler slices from the deer and decorated with tips of roe deer antlers. (woodcrack at the lid - see pictures). On top of the lid with hollow turned antler box for matches...
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Unknown Black Forest Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Antler

white and black alabaster chess board
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neo-classic style (19/20th Cent) white and black alabaster chess board
Category

Italian Neoclassical Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Alabaster

Antique Arts Book, Royal Academy, Harry Furniss, English, Exhibition, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique arts book, Royal Academy - An Artistic Joke by Harry Furniss. An English language, bound gallery exhibition catalogue, dating to the late Victorian period, 1888. ...
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British Late Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

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