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1st Violin Duke of Edinburgh: 19th C. Vanity Fair Caricature by Ape (Pellegrini)
By Carlo Pellegrini 1
Located in Alamo, CA
Vanity Fair color chromolithograph caricature of "First Violin " Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gothan by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini)...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Victorian 1870 Operculum Carved Shell Memento Ring In 14Kt Yellow And Rose Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Victorian ring with carved operculum shell
An extremely rare piece, created in England during the high Victorian era (1837-1901), back in the 1870. This is a very unusual memento carved cameo ring, carefully crafted with an oval shape in solid yellow and rose gold of 14 karats with polished finish. It is mount with a high relief cameo style masterfully carved with impeccable and precise details.
Operculum Shell: Mount on top in a bezel setting, with 1 round cabochon cut (23 x 18 x 10 mm) of a natural operculum shell. It is carved in high relief, with the portrait of a bearded man facing to the left,
Weight: 9.63 Grams, (6.17 Dwt).
Size: 4.5 and may be resized on request.
Measurements: 26 mm by 21 mm (1.02 x 0.83 Inches) and raise 10 mm over the finger.
Hallmarks: No marks as usual. Was electronically tested for 14 karats gold.
Victorian Jewelry
This era was one of the most influenced and influential periods of antique jewelry. This period is defined by the British monarch, in this case, Alexandrina Victoria, the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as well as the Empress of India, years 1837-1901. There are 3 sub-periods within this era. First, the early, Romantic period, which is soaked in traditions, natural motifs in gold and silver, clear stones only being worn during the day and colored gems by night. The second being the Grand or mourning period, which coincides with the death of Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert the consort, who died in December of 1861. This period included large, dark, somber, dramatic jewelry, with a lot of black onyx, jet wood, amethyst, garnet and gold. This lasted until 1880's, when the aesthetic period of jewelry began. The Late or third stage of the Victorian period, use more complex and feminine motifs, returning to the natural, including many floral and celestial designs, with more decadent gemstones, lasting until the turn of the century. The Victorian era of jewelry includes many movements found in other countries, including revivals such as the Etruscan the Roman and the Egyptian as well as the Art Nouveau, Liberty style and Arts and Crafts design movements which lead into the beginning of the twentieth century.
Operculum Shell Jewelry
First of all these unusual black and brown shells have a cat’s-eye appearance and were common used in Victorian jewelry. Operculum is Latin for “lid” or “cover” and is a unique type of freshwater snail shell. Widely popular in the Victorian era, operculum jewelry...
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Antique 1870s English Victorian Dome Rings
Materials
Natural Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold, 15k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
$2,228 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Victorian Scottish Silver Agate Earrings
Located in Stamford, CT
The terrific aspect of these Scottish earrings is that they compliment any silver jewelry or Scottish agate jewelry. The bloodstone and carnelian aga...
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Antique 1860s Scottish Victorian Dangle Earrings
Materials
Agate, Sterling Silver, Silver
Whimsical Naive Mediterranean Seaside Interior Folk Art Oil Painting Fanch Ledan
By Fanch (Francois Ledan)
Located in Surfside, FL
Francois "Fanch" Ledan (Born 1949) French American artist
Oil on Canvas.
Hand signed and dated
2002
Dimensions: overall Size: 25 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. Sight Size: 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.
D...
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20th Century Folk Art Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare British Bronze Sculpture “Snake Charmer” (1876) by Sir Thomas Brock
Located in Shippensburg, PA
SIR THOMAS BROCK R.A.
British, 1847-1922
"Snake Charmer" (1876)
Sand-cast and patinated bronze Unsigned, chiseled foundry mark for COX & SONS FOUNDERS cast circa 1880
Item # 409...
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Antique 19th Century English Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Imperial Russian 14k Gold Bracelet Rose Cut Diamonds Antique Estate
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A Victorian Imperial Russian 14k gold bracelet, featuring rose cut diamonds.
The bracelet is made of yellow gold with a subtle pinkish hue, it has the warm tone often associated with...
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Early 20th Century Russian Bangles
Materials
Diamond, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold, Silver
VICTORIAN 1890 GIA Bar Brooch In 14Kt Gold With 15.78 mm Natural Pearl
Diamond
Located in Miami, FL
An antique Victorian brooch with natural pearl
This is a beautiful bar brooch created in England during the Victorian period, back in the 1890-1900. The elegant brooch has been craf...
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Antique 1890s Austrian Late Victorian Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, White Diamond, Natural Pearl, Gold, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
$15,988 Sale Price
20% Off
Gita in famiglia, 1961 - Contemporary Photorealist Black
White Photography
Located in Brussels, BE
Created during the year 1961 & printed later for the collection "Art 2014", format 42 x 60 cm. SERIES OF 5 PRINTS + 2 AP
Artwork sold in perfect condition
During the 15 year period i...
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1950s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Portrait of a Girl, 1887 by Danish Realist Painter Peder Mørk Mønsted
By Peder Mørk Mønsted
Located in Stockholm, SE
This painting titled "Portrait of a Girl" by the Danish realist painter Peder Mørk Mønsted captures an enigmatic young woman whose identity remains unknown. The girl, elegantly posed...
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1880s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Small Sculpture of a Nude Boy on Malachite Base, Benjamin Schlick Mid-19th Cent
By Benjamin Schlick
Located in New York City, NY
A fine quality mid-19th century silver electroplate sculpture of a nude male figure after the antique, on original malachite base.
A classica...
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Antique Early 19th Century European Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Malachite
Antique Victorian Vulcanite Large Link Charm Necklace
Located in London, GB
This rare and remarkable Vulcanite necklace is a striking example of Victorian craftsmanship and design. Exuding the elegance and symbolism of its era, this piece is perfect for thos...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Chain Necklaces
Renaissance Revival 1880 Sword Jabot In 18Kt Gold With Demantoids And Diamonds
Located in Miami, FL
Renaissance Revival sword jabot-brooch.
An exceptional and very rare jabot type brooch, created in England during the Victorian era, back in the 1880. This piece is fantastic and has been crafted with renaissance revival patterns in the shape of a miniature sword with jewels, in solid yellow gold of 18 karats with accents in carved platinum. The sword is well proportionate and made with gorgeous details. It is completely decorated with twisted woven wires, engravings and chiseled designs. The sword sheath, the grip pommel and the rain-guard are embellished with a fantastic assortment of eleven natural earth mined gemstones; such white colorless diamonds and vivid green demantoids garnets. It is fitted with a sheath to slide the blade very tight, which is attached to a decorative security chain. This magnificent piece should be an important addition to any serious jewelry collection and will be a great conversation piece when you display it with your dress or on the lapel of your jacket.
Demantoids
Demantoid is the green gemstone variety of the mineral andradite, a member of the garnet group of minerals. Andradite is a calcium- and iron-rich garnet. Ferric iron is the cause of the green in the stone. Although garnets have been known since ancient times, the demantoid variety was not discovered until 1868 in Russia's western central Ural Mountains. The find was an alluvial deposit about 110 km from Ekaterinburg, north by northwest along the Bobrovka River, near the village of Elizavetinskoye. Miners were immediately stunned by the highly refractive nature of the gem material, which is atypical for garnet. They began comparing it to diamond and referred to it as "demantoid", from the old German Demant, meaning diamond. The reason is obvious, with its high brilliance and dispersion. However, as demantoid garnets are quite rare and found in so few locations, they can command quite high prices, especially if they have a particularly lovely horsetail inclusion. Most stones are less than one carat in size after cutting in polishing. Demantoid gems...
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Antique 1880s English Renaissance Revival Brooches
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Garnet, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
$5,588 Sale Price
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Saint Cecelia Chatelaine Pendant by Froment-Meurice, French, circa 1850
By François-Désiré Froment-Meurice
Located in London, GB
Saint Cecelia chatelaine pendant by Froment-Meurice. A gold and silver pendant in the Renaissance Revival style, the main element composed of an ornately carved openwork architectural structure in the form of an altarpiece, the central niche surmounted by a cupola set with pearls, with scroll and scalloped details to the interior and suspending a fleur-de-lis, containing a figure of Saint Cecelia playing a viola da gamba with two dancing putti to either side, flanked by two smaller raised pedestals issuing fleur-de-lis, each set with a putto (one playing a harp, the other playing a triangle), suspending a double swagged gold chain set with pearls, with two further chains suspending on one side a circular lapis lazuli seal in a trumpet form mount and on the other a watch winder, the whole accented with blue enamel and set to the reverse with a hinged band loop, approximately 9.5cm in total length. Tested yellow gold and silver, French, circa 1850.
François Désiré Froment-Meurice (1802-1855) was one of the most important French jewellery and silversmiths of the nineteenth century, described by Victor Hugo as the Cellini of his age. He exhibited in a number of International Exhibitions, where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were among his clients. The Renaissance Revival, as seen here, and the Gothic Revival were his two major decorative styles. This piece is also typical of his penchant for placing a silver figure, usually female, within a yellow gold architectural mount. The central figure and flanking putti are identical to those found on two brooches by Froment-Meurice, one in the Birmingham Museum and one in the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim. Another brooch by Froment-Meurice, in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, features a similar central figure, but this time as an angel with wings, in a silver oval blue enamelled frame. These examples also bear a similar gold and blue enamel architectural mount, and differ only in the surrounding and pendulant embellishments.
Saint Cecelia is the patroness of music, whose feast day is celebrated each November. A Roman maiden, she was amongst the earliest and most famous of the Roman martyrs, reputedly beheaded in 230 AD under the Emperor Alexander Severus. Throughout history, Saint Cecelia has inspired musicians and poets alike, appearing in John Dryden...
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Antique 1850s French Victorian More Necklaces
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Natural Pearl, Yellow Gold, Silver
18K Antique Victorian Snake Ring with Diamond Head and Carved Detailing
Located in Baltimore, MD
Our 18K snake ring is studded with a round diamond on its head and is crafted of a rich yellow gold. The richness of the gold-work is a feature of this ring. Note how the goldsmith c...
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Antique 19th Century British Victorian Band Rings
Materials
Diamond
VICTORIAN 1880 Etruscan Neo Gothic Necklace In 19Kt Yellow Gold
Natural Pearls
Located in Miami, FL
Victorian 19th century Neo-Gothic Etruscan Necklace.
This is a magnificent and exceptional antique necklace, created in England during the late Victorian era (1840-1901), back in 18...
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Antique 1880s English Etruscan Revival Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Natural Pearl, Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
$19,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 15 Carat White
Yellow Gold Fancy Link Two Tone Albert Chain, c.1920
s
Located in London, GB
Made famous by Prince Albert of England in the late 20th century, the Albert chains are one of the most versatile and loved pieces of jewellery.
This particular model is a very rare...
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Vintage 1920s European Edwardian Chain Necklaces
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold, 15k Gold
The Warwick Cup
, A Victorian Silver Racing Trophy by Elkington
By Elkington
Co.
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
The Warwick Cup
An Important Victorian Silver Presentation Horse Racing Trophy For The 1853 Warwick Races, by Elkington & Co. England. Modelled by Pierre-Emile Jeannest (French, 18...
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Silver
Victorian 1880 Ring In 18Kt Yellow Gold With Rubies And Round White Pearls
Located in Miami, FL
An European Victorian ring with rubies and pearls.
Beautiful and delicate antique ring, created in Europe back in the 19th century, circa 1880. This ring is most probably British an...
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Antique 1880s English Victorian Cluster Rings
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
$1,278 Sale Price
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VICTORIAN 1890 Blue Enameled Locket Necklace In 18Kt Yellow Gold
White pearls
Located in Miami, FL
A Victorian oval locket-pendant necklace.
This is a beautiful locket-pendant, created in England during the Victorian period, back in 1890. The locket necklace has been crafted with...
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Antique 1890s English Victorian Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, Natural Pearl, Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel, 18k Gold
$5,160 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Incredible Black Diamond 18 Karat Rose Gold Statement Serpent Ring
By Natkina
Located in Genève, GE
The Victorian era brought snake jewellery into the limelight after Prince Albert proposed to Queen Victoria with a ring in the image of a snake featuring an emerald-set head. The Que...
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2010s Fashion Rings
Materials
Diamond, Black Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
$9,552 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian 1870 Etruscan Revival Celestial Star Bracelet In 15Kt Gold With Pearls
Located in Miami, FL
Victorian Etruscan Revival celestial star bracelet.
Very rare bracelet of a celestial star highly decorated, created in England during the Victorian Era (1837-1901), back in the 187...
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Antique 1870s English Etruscan Revival Bangles
Materials
Pearl, Gold, 15k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
$7,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Parcel Gilt Go-to-bed Candle Holder
By Elkington
Co.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, antique Victorian English sterling silver parcel gilt Go-To-Bed candlestick; an addition to our silver candlestick / can...
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Antique 1840s British Victorian Candlesticks
Materials
Sterling Silver
Fine Quality Victorian Salon Chair, Upholstered in Regency Silk Fabric
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Fine quality Victorian salon chair, upholstered in regency silk fabric.
This beautiful carved chair has been ebonised in black, as was the fa...
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Antique Late 19th Century Hollywood Regency Armchairs
Materials
Silk
Victorian 18kt Gold Snake Ring with 3.50ct Ruby
0.45ct Diamonds
Located in Braintree, GB
Early Victorian-era snake ring, crafted in 18K yellow gold and styled in a coiled serpent design—symbolising eternal love and protection. The snake’s body wraps elegantly around the ...
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Antique 1830s European Early Victorian Fashion Rings
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Incredible Black Diamond 18 Karat Rose Gold Statement Serpent Drop Necklace
By Natkina
Located in Genève, GE
The Victorian era brought snake jewellery into the limelight after Prince Albert proposed to Queen Victoria with a ring in the image of a snake featuring an emerald-set head. The Que...
Category
2010s Drop Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Black Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
$7,648 Sale Price
20% Off
BEN MORE, Auchlyne, oil , by Frederick Richard Lee
Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in York, GB
BEN MORE FROM AUCHLYNE ROAD oil, by Frederick Richard Lee & Thomas Sidney Cooper
A beautiful 19th century landscape painting of the Scottish mountain (Munro) by the renowned artists Frederick Lee & Thomas Sidney Cooper
The painting is an oil on board, signed by both artists and dated 1854.Housed in a gilt frame.
The image size is 47cm x 62cm, whilst overall the size is 69cm x 85 cm
The painting is in very good condition, having had a light clean. There is some slight crazing to the sky section as to be expected with age, ( see photo close ups with flash) the frame is also in very good condition.
There is a handwritten label verso which reads
Note: According to Cooper, it was during a visit to Lee in Devon that a mutual decision was made to '...paint some pictures conjointly'. Lee was to paint the landscape first and Cooper to introduce the animals - and, at Lee's insistence, to handle the financial arrangements. In the late 1840s both artists were at the height of their popularity and their exhibited collaborations in the Dutch tradition created a 'great sensation' at the Royal Academy when they first appeared.
Prince Albert commented that they had '...caused a new want among patrons' and pronounced them 'the Beaumont and Fletcher...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique 18K Gold Black Enamel and Onyx Brooch
Located in Rotterdam, NL
This exquisite antique 18K gold brooch features a round black onyx centerpiece, elegantly accented with a delicate seed pearl at its center. The brooch is framed by a black enamel bo...
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Antique Late 19th Century European Late Victorian Brooches
Materials
Onyx, 18k Gold, Enamel
Victorian Mid to Late 1800s French Jet Antique Wraparound Bangle
Located in Skelmersdale, GB
This stylish black glass bangle is an entirely original, elegant antiques.
Condition Report:
Excellent
The Details...
This bangle is constructed from sections of curved metal pai...
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Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Bangles
Intini Jewels Victorian 20.22 Carat 18 Karat White Gold Diamond Brilliant Set
By Intini Jewels
Located in Milano, IT
Enjoy the absolute beauty of this resplendent, classic and extraordinary diamond parure. 18 karat white gold melts in 1352 spectacular and grandiose diamonds of 18.2 carats unified i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Early Victorian More Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Simple Yellow Gold Snake Ring 14K
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This ring comes out of Germany and is a simple 14K Yellow Gold Snake ring. It is sized 9.75 but it can be sized up or down. This ring is clean with a coiled spiral wrap four times ...
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Vintage 1960s British Artist Band Rings
Materials
Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
19th Century Exhibition Model of Expanding Table by Samuel Hawkins
By Samuel Hawkins
Located in New Orleans, LA
A masterpiece of both cabinetmaking and mechanical engineering, this one-of-a-kind expanding table was crafted by the renowned cabinetmaker Samuel Hawkins of London for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Diminutive in size, the fascinating table was designed as a model to demonstrate Hawkins’ innovative patent screw movement to visitors of the Exhibition – six million people in total over five months. It was exhibited again a century later at the Victoria & Albert Museum during the Festival of Britain, an event intended “to symbolise two main qualities of the national character: realism and strength on the one hand, and, on the other, independence and imagination” (Catalogue of the Exhibition, 1951, p.117). To this day, the miniature masterpiece demonstrates the quest of English furniture makers to combine technical innovation with superb craftsmanship.
Displaying exceptional ingenuity, Hawkins’ wind-out screw mechanism allowed one to extend the table’s base to accommodate concentric leaves with the simple crank of a handle. It is based on the inventive expanding table originally designed by Robert Jupe in 1835, which used a swivel mechanism to separate sections of the tabletop and allow for segmented leaves to be inserted. Hawkins’ tabletop, on the other hand, extends outwards directly from the center in order to accommodate additional leaves around its diameter. This unique design allowed the mechanism to also smoothly operate on rectangular tables, which could be wound out from the middle to allow for more table space.
Hawkins was not alone in his endeavor to combine the technical merits of engineering and mechanics with the most artful pursuit of cabinetmaking. The first half of the 19th century saw a prolific increase in the popularity of applying new ideas to traditional furniture principles, which allowed furniture to serve many purposes. The resulting “patent” furniture was practical and refined, though few were as innovative as Hawkins’ prodigious design.
Carved with the year of the Exhibition on the beautifully designed pedestal base, the table is a testament to the significance of this innovation. The model is mentioned in detail in the catalog of the Great Exhibition of 1851, the first international exhibition of industry, manufacturing, and science. Held at London’s dazzling Crystal Palace, its visitors were treated to exhibits from around the globe, including feats of engineering, innovations in industry, and marvels of design. Queen Victoria herself was a frequent visitor, along with her husband, Prince Albert, and others including Charlotte...
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Antique 19th Century English Other Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Victorian 14K Gold and Silver Mourning Remembrance Brooch
Located in Rotterdam, NL
This antique Victorian mourning brooch is a poignant and beautifully crafted piece of jewelry, rich with sentimental value and historical significance. Made from 14-karat gold with a...
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Antique Late 19th Century European Victorian Brooches
Materials
14k Gold, Silver
Vintage Sapphire Ruby 18 Karat Yellow Gold Snake Triple Coil Flexible Bracelet
Located in London, GB
A vintage sapphire and ruby 18 karat yellow gold snake triple coiled flexible bracelet, Circa 1890.
This exceptional antique bracelet is realistically modelled as a coiled snake han...
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Antique 1890s French Victorian Retro Bracelets
Materials
Sapphire, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
ANTIQUE VICTORIAN 10k GOLD HAIR ART MOURNING BROOCH WITH SEED PEARLS
Located in New York, NY
I have a long-held fascination with Victorian hair art and mourning jewelry, and this piece is full of amazing details. In the 19th Century Europe a...
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Antique 19th Century Victorian Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Pearl, 10k Gold
Hallmarked 1918 18K Double Headed Snake Ring w/ Diamond and Ruby Gemstones
Located in Baltimore, MD
Substantial 18K double snake ring fully hallmarked for Birmingham 1918 and stamped 18 carat and set with a diamond and a ruby. The gems are set into a carved diamond shape in a very ...
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Band Rings
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
Edwardian 18K Gold Royal Interest Cypher Monogram Enamelled Presentation Ring
Located in London, GB
A beautifully enamelled Royal monogram ‘cypher’ presentation ring of Prince Arthur William, Duke of Connaught and Strathern. It was made around 1905 and crafted in 18K gold. It would have started life as a royal presentation lapel pin and has since been converted into a ring. The cypher features crimson and ivory enamel and is placed below an intricate coronet with fleurs-de-lis and crosses pattée, the coronets used by children or grandchildren of the British sovereign...
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Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Signet Rings
Materials
18k Gold, Enamel
Louis Tinayre (1861-1942) An encampment of journalists, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Louis Tinayre (1861-1942)
An encampment of journalists in Chambéry,
signed and titled lower left "Campement de journalistes à Chambéry"
Ink on paper
In quite good condition, a a visible vertical fold in the centre, some stains and foxings
21 x 29 cm
Framed : 33.7 x 45.5 cm
Louis Tinayre's background and adventurous life obviously inform this humorous and detailed scene. He demonstrates a remarkable sense of observation, capturing this scene of extraordinary life like a journalistic illustrator.
A contributor, to whom I'd like to express my sincere thanks, sheds important light on the nature of this scene.
It appears that this drawing is the draft for an illustration published in “Le Monde illustré” of August 4, 1888 (page 77), to accompany the article “Épilogue du voyage présidentiel” (Epilogue to the presidential trip) - president Sadi Carnot- en Savoie et en Dauphiné (p. 74), which ends with: “As a picturesque note, we enclose an improvised journalists' dormitory in Chambéry, where our colleagues deeply regretted the comfort of the special train”.
As a quasi-ethnographic observer, Tinayre's interest lies in the journalists' camp, which he turns into a tender, comical scene. We understand him better when we know that he may have been similarly fascinated by the territories of Madagascar, the North Pole or the Far West that he painted and drew.
Louis Tinayre was born on 14 March 1861 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. His mother, Victoire Tinayre, was a teacher and a member of the International Workers' Association.
Louis was the son of a Communard couple. His father, Jean Joseph, known as Jules Tinayre (Issoire 1821 - Paris 1871) was shot during the Bloody Week. His mother, Victoire Tinayre, fled with her children. Louis was the first to be sent to Hungary, and the rest of the family (including his brother Julien) joined him there later. He studied Fine Arts at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in Budapest.
Returning to Paris in 1880 (after the amnesty), Louis Tinayre assiduously frequented Le Chat noir, where he met the positivists and Adèle Jacomet (Buenos Aires 1867-1946), whom he married in 1888.
He became an animal painter and press illustrator and was sent by Le Monde Illustré to cover the second expedition to Madagascar (then under French protectorate) in 1895.
He stayed there, fascinated, for six months and produced numerous drawings and photographs. Back in France, he created eight 5 x 4 meters dioramas presented at the National and Colonial Exhibition in Rouen in 1896.
He returned to Madagascar in 1898 to prepare the creation of a giant panorama representing the surrender of Antananarivo in 1895. The Malagasy pavilion at the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris allowed him to admire the dioramas (on the ground floor) and the panorama (on the first floor).
On his second trip, Tinayre took a Lumière cinematograph with him to document the daily life of the Malagasy people, no doubt to facilitate the design of the vast panorama. These short films were donated to the Cinémathèque française in 2009 by his grandson, Alain Tinayre.
One of the admirers of Tinayre's drawings, watercolours, paintings and photographs at the Universal Exhibition was Prince Albert I of Monaco: from 1901 onwards, Tinayre accompanied him on his hunts, painting scenes in North Africa, Russia, the Far West (Wyoming) and the North Pole. Tinayre, the official painter of the Prince's scientific expeditions, left his name to a glacier.
Together with the painter Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Brun, he painted the four murals in the large amphitheatre of the Oceanographic Institute in Paris. Louis Tinayre painted the figures while Alexandre Brun...
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1890s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Victorian 1880 Flying Dove Brooch In 14Kt Yellow Gold With White Pearls And Ruby
Located in Miami, FL
Flying dove brooch with pearls.
Very rare piece, created in England during the high Victorian era (1837-1901), back in the 1880. This fabulous brooch has been carefully crafted in t...
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Antique 1880s English Victorian Brooches
Materials
Pearl, Ruby, Natural Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
$4,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Diamond Platinum Snake Ring, Circa 1970
Located in London, GB
A vintage diamond platinum snake ring, circa 1970
This charming snake ring, coils twice around the finger of the wearer.
Crafted as a realistically modelled snake and grain set wit...
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Vintage 1970s Unknown Retro Band Rings
Materials
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage Sapphire Diamond 18 Karat Yellow Gold Snake Ring, Circa 1970
Located in London, GB
Vintage Sapphire Diamond 18 Karat Yellow Gold Snake Ring, Circa 1970
This charming snake ring, coils twice around the finger of the wearer.
Excellently crafted as a realistically m...
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Vintage 1970s Unknown Retro Band Rings
Materials
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
Bronze Reductions of a Young Queen Victoria on Horseback after Thomas Thornycrof
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
One of Fewer Than Fifty Bronze Reductions of a Young Queen Victoria on Horseback after Thomas Thornycroft for the Art Union of London 1854
A bronze equestrian portrait representing ...
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Antique 19th Century English Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century landscape oil painting of Cattle at Grizedale in the Lake District
By Sidney Richard Percy
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Sidney Richard Percy
British, (1821-1886)
Grizedale, Westmorland
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1883
Image size: 12 inches x 19 inches
Size including frame: 21.25 inches x 28.25 inches
A wonderful atmospheric painting of Grizedale Pike in the Lake District by Sidney Richard Percy. Cattle are shown moving along the path in the foreground as sheep roam the hillsides. In the mid distance a figure can be seen walking across a stone bridge whilst another has paused to rest behind them.
Sidney Richard Percy was born Sidney Richard Williams, on the 22 March, 1822 the fifth son of the artist Edward Williams Snr (1781–1855) and Ann Hildebrandt. His brothers Edward Charles (1807–1881), Henry John Boddington (1811–1865), George Augustus (1814–1901), Arthur Gilbert (1819–1895) and Alfred Walter Williams...
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19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early Victorian Ashford Marble Table
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The rectangular black marble and pietra
dura top is set above a walnut base
naturalistically carved with C-scrolls, lilies
and foliage on a central lily support with
outswept dolphin feet. At the back are two
cabriole legs headed by shells and equally
ornate carving. The inlaid decoration
comprises a central sunburst within a
patchwork border of specimen marbles and
fossils including: Madrepore, Petworth,
Portoro, Brocatelle, Sicilian Jasper and
‘Duke’s Red’. The top of the base is stamped
‘Artist R. Tudsbury Edwinstow. nOTsh.’
circa 1840.
Measures: Height 33in, 84cm
Width 60in; 152.5 cm
Depth 361/2in, 92.5 cm
Provenance:
Oberton Hall: “The Grecian-black marble
top, with its ribbon-banded tablet and
polychromed pietre dure compartment is a
masterpiece of the Derbyshire Black Marble
Works at Ashford and Old Royal Museum,
Matlock. It was probably designed by
William Adam (d.1873) who succeeded to
the Works in 1831. A trade sheet illustration
of the Museum featured a related table,
where the Museum was noted as being
‘under the Especial Patronage of his
Grace [Charles Cavendish, 6th] Duke
of Devonshire/Minerals and Shells/Inlaid
Tables/Mawe’s Original Royal Museum,
Matlock-Bath. The finest Spar, and elegantly
engraved Black Marble Ornaments,
Chimneypieces etc, London Jewellery’.”
Please see page 60 for further information
on Ashford Marble...
Category
Antique 1840s English Early Victorian Tables
Materials
Marble
Victorian Green Enamelled Serpent Bangle
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A Victorian green enamelled serpent bangle, with diamond-set head, nose and brows and cabochon ruby eyes, the tapered diamond encrusted body hinged in f...
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A Centrepiece Presented to Thomas Fairbairn for Organising the 1857 Manchester
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
J. B. Waring describes this oxidised silver Testimonial as follows: “The Manchester Art-Treasures Testimonial is surmounted by a figure of genius contending with an eagle, around whi...
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Antique 19th Century English Centerpieces
Materials
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19th century Louis Philippe Period Giltwood framed Print, after Winterhalter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality Continental 19th century Louis Philippe Period Giltwood framed Print, after Winterhalter. This stunning signed and dated 1859 print depicts an episode fro...
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Materials
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Victorian 9 Karat Yellow Gold Snake Ring
Located in London, GB
A Victorian 9 karat yellow gold snake ring.
This charming ring, is excellently modelled and features a pair of snaked coiled around the finger of th...
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Materials
Gold, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
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19th Century English Black Marble
Hardstone Inlaid Table by Thomas Woodruff
By Thomas Woodruff 1
Located in London, GB
An English Black Marble & Pietra Dura Table
By Thomas Woodruff
'Inlayer to the Queen'
A superb pedestal table of refined proportions and design, constructed entirely from black Ash...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Tables
Materials
Marble
On the banks of the Meuse near Waulsort by François Roffiaen (1820-1898)
Located in Gent, VOV
On the banks of the Meuse, near Waulsort (before the canalization of the Meuse)
Signed lower right
François Roffiaen (1820-1898): A Life in Brushstrokes
His kin, born from humble s...
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Materials
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A vintage sapphire and diamond set 18 karat yellow gold snake flexible bracelet.
This charming snake bracelet, coils around the wrist of the wearer, and expands to fit any wrist siz...
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Materials
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Victorian 14K Gold Enamel, Pearl and Diamond Star Bracelet circa 1880s
Located in Venice, CA
This gorgeous 14 karat gold bracelet has a fantastic design, with celestial motifs made up of sparkly rose cut diamonds, enamel and a pearl. The bracelet has a yellow gold dome at ce...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Victorian Cuff Bracelets
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold, Enamel
Shibayama Pair of Opera Glasses in original case by Negretti
Zambra
Located in London, GB
A superb and rare pair of mother of pearl Shibayama opera glasses in its original leather carry case. The beautiful mother of pearl case decorated by bugs. The Shibayama technique wa...
Category
Antique 1880s English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Austin
Seeley Gothic Style Armillary Sundial
By Austin
Seeley
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A striking focal point for any garden, this impressive sundial pairs a mid 19th century gothic style stone pedestal by Austin and Seeley (unsigned) circa 1840, with a 20th century steel armillary sphere.
Coupling composition stone intricacy with a contemporary armillary, this garden sundial offers a beautiful blend of antique and modern, perfect for instilling a courtyard or patio with history and interest.
This gothic style pedestal appears in appears in Austin & Seeley’s catalogue dated 1841 (pictured). Here it is described as a ‘Rich Gothic Font, designed from Henry VII’s Chapel’ of Westminster Abbey, London. The drawing also appears in an advertisement from The Civil Engineers and Architects Journal 1839 (pictured), suggesting that this stone pedestal could date from even earlier.
Austin and Seeley works were rarely stamped with makers marks.
Austin & Seeley
In 1828, Felix Austin established his own independent stone works...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Gothic Sundials
Materials
Stone, Composition, Metal, Steel
Austin
Seeley Antique Armillary Sundial
By Austin
Seeley
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An impressive antique sundial pairing a mid 19th century gothic style stone pedestal by Austin and Seeley (unsigned) circa 1840, with a 20th century s...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Gothic Sundials
Materials
Stone, Composition, Metal, Steel
Victorian Diamond Serpent Brooch
Located in London, GB
A Victorian diamond serpent brooch, the serpent curled in a figure-of-eight design, the head, the body and snout encrusted with old brilliant-cu...
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Brooches
Materials
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$13,298 / item
VICTORIAN 1900 Geometric Locket Pendant In Repousse 15 Kt Yellow Gold
Located in Miami, FL
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This beautiful locket-pendant was created in England at the end of the Victorian period, back in 1900. The locket has been crafted with an oval shap...
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Materials
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$2,316 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Era Inkstand with Boulle Marquetry in Ebonised Wood and Brass
By J. C. Vickery
Located in London, GB
Victorian era inkstand with Boulle marquetry in ebonised wood and brass
English, dated 1853
Measures: Height 17cm, width 38.5cm, depth 27.5cm
This 19th Century English inkstand ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Victorian Writing Table Mahogany Desk Holland and Sons 1870
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Mahogany 2 drawer writing table.
Circa 1870
This writing table comes with the makers mark of Holland and Sons
The writing table is raised upon ring turned legs with original brass ca...
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Materials
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French 1880 Etruscan Revival Pendant Earrings Suite 19Kt Gold with Natural Pearl
Located in Miami, FL
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Antique 1870s French Etruscan Revival More Jewelry
Materials
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$3,832 Sale Price
20% Off
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Located in New York, NY
Antique French 18 Karat Gold Rose Cut Diamond and Sapphire Double Snake Serpent Bracelet Bangle
Though it may come as a surprise to some...
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Materials
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