- WILLIAM HAYES, COLORED ENGRAVING, C.
1794, SIGNED William Hayes (British, 1735-1802), "White Stork", copperplate engraving, from Rare and Curious Birds Accurately Drawn and Colored from Their Specimens in the...
[more like this] - SILVER. CURIOUS GROUPING OF SILVER AND
STERLING Hollowware, Flatware, and Objects d'Art. Including a Danish Georg Jensen sterling pea pod ladle - stamped, "Sterling Denmark"; a .900 silver coffee pot - stamped,...
[more like this] - 93 FRANKLIN LIBRARY SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS
LEATHER 93 Franklin Library Leather Bound, Signed First Editions, to include: "The Man Who Was Late", Louis Begley, "Charley Bland", Mary Lee Settle, "The Copper Beech", Maeve...
[more like this] - CERAMIC DECORATIVE DISH, CURIOUS SWANUnique
dish with mustard yellow interior and long-neck swan peering around. Decorated with pink and green ribbon.
Artist mark at the rear towards the bottom.
Issued: 20th c.
Dimensions:...
[more like this] - SAM OVRAITI (NIGERIAN B. 1961-) WATERCOLORDESCRIPTION:
An original watercolor on paper by Nigerian artist, Sam Ovraiti titled:"Full Of Suspicion". Features a depiction of an abstract man with a curious, dismal expression on his...
[more like this] - CHARLES DICKENS, 5 CHRISTMAS BOOKS,
1ST EDS.Five (5) First Edition Christmas novels written by Charles Dickens. 1st item: THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST'S BARGAIN. A FANCY FOR CHRISTMAS TIME, First Edition, by...
[more like this] - TWO VOLUMES ON REMARKABLE, ECCENTRIC,
AND CURIOUS PEOPL...Two Volumes on Remarkable, Eccentric, and Curious People. Including The World's Encyclopedia of Wonders & Curiosities (New York, 1881) by Platt; and The...
[more like this] - AN ANTIQUE MAP, "CARTE CONTETANT LE
ROYAUME DU MEXIQUE ...AN ANTIQUE MAP, "Carte Contetant Le Royaume du Mexique et la Floride,"1719-17, HENRI ABRAHAM CHÂTELAIN (1684-1743), AMSTERDAM, from the Atlas Historique,...
[more like this] - AN ANTIQUE MAP, "EXACTISSIMA ASIæ,"
CAREL ALLARD, AMSTE...AN ANTIQUE MAP, "Exactissima Asiæ," CAREL ALLARD, AMSTERDAM, CIRCA 1705, hand colored engraving on paper, Carel Allard (Dutch 1648 - 1709), cartographer,...
[more like this] - LUCRETIUS "OF THE NATURE OF THINGS"
LONDON 1743Titus Lucretius Carus (d. 50s BCE), "Of the Nature of Things, in Six Books, Illustrated with Proper and Useful Notes. Adorned with Copper-Plates, Curiously Engraved...
[more like this] - IMPORTANT AND RARE MARK CATESBY APPENDIX,
FIRST EDITION...(British, 1679-1749)
Appendix to Volume II of The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands , 1747, complete with twenty (T.1-20), hand colored...
[more like this] - A Set of Six Grand Tour Engravings by
Thomas Worlidge
18TH CENTURY
from A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems, 1768.
Plate 3 x 2 1/2 inches; framed 24 x 18 inches.
Property from a Gentleman,...
[more like this] - PAIR OF EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND HISTORICALLY
SIGNIFICANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH BY JOSIAH SHEFFIELD, JR., KNOWN AS THE "LOG TEETH" CIRCA 1831-1835 LENGTHS 6" AND 6.25". INCLUDES STANDS. SIGNIFICANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S...
[more like this] - POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE DITTY
BOX DEPICTING ALWILDA MID-19TH CENTURY HEIGHT 2.75". LENGTH 7". WIDTH 5". BOX DEPICTING ALWILDA, Mid-19th Century, A rare example made entirely of panbone, the only known...
[more like this] - 12 ROYAL VIENNA DECORATED LIMOGES PORCELAIN
PLATES: Set of twelve hand-painted porcelain plates with pink to yellow roses at the center within a lustrous blue border that is heavily decorated with gilt floral swags,...
[more like this] - 3 vols. Optics: Farrar, John. An Experimental
Treatise on Optics,... Principles of The Science,... Explanation... Curious Optical Instruments and Optical Phenomena,... Cambridge, N.E.: Hilliard and Metcalf, 1826. 1st...
[more like this] - Breckinridge Family Archive Approx.
165 items including 130+ photographs cased images & portraits plus 35+ paper items and newspaper clippings.Since Kentucky was established as a state in 1792 the Breckenridge...
[more like this] - A DERBY DISH
painted in famille rose
enamels with a 'Mandarin' pattern, the principal scene with a group of Chinese figures, one in a purple robe with a curious hawk perched on his right hand, another carrying...
[more like this] - A DERBY OCTAGONAL PLATE
painted in
famille rose enamels and gilt with two deer by a curious lavender blue rock and flowering plants in looped gilt frame with a large spray, gourd flask and two tassels hanging...
[more like this] - [Exploration and Travel] A Curious Collection
of Voyages and Travels. The World Displayed: A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels. Philadelphia: Dobelbower Key and Simpson 1795-96 vols. 1-3 5-8 (of 8). First American...
[more like this] - Rare leatherbound book: Bartram's Travels
Bartram William. TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA EAST AND WEST FLORIDA. London: J.Johnson 1792. Illustrated. Binding with right cover detached; all edges...
[more like this] - ARCADE MACK SCISSOR DUMP TRUCK c. 1931
cast iron painted in red body nickeled seated driver features curious design w/nickeled scissor frame high dumping action cast iron spoked wheels nickel plated driver embossed...
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