- SIGNED EUROPEAN SCHOOL PAINTING, DON
QUIXOTE & SANCHO P...European School mixed media on paper painting depicting two men riding stuffed horses in a mountainous landscape setting, most likely Don Quixote and...
[more like this] - SCRIMSHAW PANBONE PLAQUE BY THE PANBONE
ENGRAVER CIRCA 1830 APPROX. 8" X 15.25". ENGRAVER, Circa 1830, Depicts a finely rendered and detailed whaling scene of the British-flagged "Mary Grove[s?]", three whaleboats,...
[more like this] - POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW PIE CRIMPER MID-19TH
CENTURY LENGTH 7".POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW PIE CRIMPER, Mid-19th Century, Walrus or whale ivory. Both sides of balustroid handle engraved and wax-inlaid with a red and green...
[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 WHALE'S TOOTH ATTRIBUTED
TO MOSES DENNING, KNOWN AS "THE STARK TOOTH" FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 8". INCLUDES STAND. TO MOSES DENNING, KNOWN AS "THE STARK TOOTH", First Half of the 19th...
[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] - POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH BY
THE BANKNOTE ENGRAVER FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 6". THE BANKNOTE ENGRAVER, First Half of the 19th Century, Obverse depicts a naval battle between an American-flagged...
[more like this] - [BINDINGS] -- [BIOGRAPHY] -- [LITERATURE].
A group of 3 works related to biography and literature, comprising:
1) FREEMAN, Douglas Southall. R.E. Lee a Biography. NY & L: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949, 1949, 1949,...
[more like this] - MIGUEL DE CERVANTES, THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN,
DON QUIXOTE, 1885, FOUR VOLUMESMiguel de Cervantes, The Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote, 1885, Four Volumes...
[more like this] - DUTCH SUSPENDED SUNDIAL CIRCA 1900 HEIGHT
11.25”. WIDTH 6.25". BOX HEIGHT 5". WIDTH 7.25". DEPTH 4.5".DUTCH SUSPENDED SUNDIAL, Circa 1900, Signed in the case "Nederlandsche Instrumentenfabriek Utrecht". Lacquered...
[more like this] - SCRIMSHAW PANBONE PLAQUE DEPICTING A
WHALING SCENE MID-19TH CENTURY APPROX. 5" X 8". WITH WOODEN STAND. WHALING SCENE, Mid-19th Century, Depicts a whaleship under partial sail off a small mountainous island,...
[more like this] - +SCRIMSHAW: THREE DECORATED WHALES TEETH,
INCLUDING: ONE WITH WHALING THEMED TUSK WITH DEPICTIONS OF SHIPS OF VARIOUS SIZES, A WHALE BEING HUNTED, AND A COASTAL ROCK FORMATION WITH THE GRAND UNION FLAG, TOOTH HAS...
[more like this] - [Swift, Jonathan]. A Complete Collection
of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, 1738 - Trusler, Rev. John. A System of Etiquette, Second Edition, Bath [1804]. 8vo., cont. calf. With 3 others (5)/Provenance: Spetchley...
[more like this] - RARE GROUP OF FOUR WOODBLOCK PRINTS
BY DING LIANGXIAN (ACTIVE 1735-1750)
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY ? ??? ???????? ??????? ? ??????? ???????comprising: three prints of ink, colour and gauffrage on paper, one...
[more like this] - ? FINE AND RARE CERAMIC 'SYDNEY COVE
MEDALLION' BY JOSIAH WEDGWOOD
THE ORIGINAL ISSUE, 1789 modelled from dark brown unglazed earthenware, with crisply moulded decoration depicting a female figure, emblematic...
[more like this] - BARBER TOY Fernand Martin France c.
1903 hand-painted tin amusing toy depicts barber attempting to polish bald man's head another clever and ingenious inventive toy clockwork driven. 7 3/4'' h. Staining to felt....
[more like this] - Two volumes Don Quixote: Charles Jarvis,
The Life and Exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de La Mancha, printed for J. & R. Tonson, London, 1742, full calf with gilt borders, red morocco spine labels...
[more like this] - Early Edition of Don QuixoteCervantes
THE LIFE AND EXPLOITS OF THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA (London: William Miller 1801) 4 volumes octavo calf covers raised and gilt spine copperplate engravings...
[more like this] - MARTIN MAID CARRYING DISHES France an
amusing depiction of a woman holding a stack of dishes in hand spring activates a calamity of falling plates very ingenious design. 7 3/4'' h Dishes are paper replacements...
[more like this] - LEHMANN MAN-DA-RIN Germany well detailed
tin toy depicts two coolies carrying sedan chair with seated Chinese Mandarin very ingenious toy design and concept clockwork driven. 7 1/4'' l. Wear at hands. (Exc. Cond)...
[more like this] - American Rococo Revival Rosewood Half-Tester
Bed, mid-19th century, attributed to the New Orleans warerooms of Prudent Mallard, the tester with arched serpentine front and serpentine sides, the carved crest depicting...
[more like this] - ***LOUIS XV-STYLE DINING TABLE. European
19th century oak with old finish. Four cabriole legs and carved scrolled apron. 30''h. 44''d. Ingenious under mounted leaves expand top to 60''. Small holes dings...
[more like this] - GEORGE BROWN BOY IN CART C. 1870 single
galloping horse boy used is same as velocipede re-secured to seat ingenious use of molded shoes to cart axle hand painted open cart has large cast spoke wheels. 17'' l. Horse...
[more like this] - LEHMANN UHU AMPHIBIAN AUTO Germany lithographed
and hand painted tin ingenious toy for its time paddle on wheels seemingly allowed open auto to travel on water celluloid windshield seated driver clockwork driven. 9'' l....
[more like this] - LEHMANN UHU AMPHIBIAN AUTO Germany lithographed
and hand painted tin ingenious toy for its time paddle on wheels seemingly allowed open auto to travel on water celluloid windshield seated driver clockwork driven. 9'' l....
[more like this] - LEHMANN ''VINETA'' MONORAIL Germany
lithographed tin one of the most ingenious of Lehmann toys outfitted with a concealed gyro done in red & blue single line wheels make it look impossible to travel on its own....
[more like this] - LEHMANN ''UHU'' AMPHIBIAN AUTO Germany
lithographed and hand painted tin ingenious toy for its time paddle on wheels seemingly allowed open auto to travel on water celluloid windshield seated driver clockwork driven....
[more like this] - Benjamin Rush autograph letter, 13 lines,
datelined "Philada Sept. 25 1803", carried by Dr. Wamesly by way of introducing him to Dr. McClelland [sic], Green Castle, Pennsylvania, "The bearer Dr. Wamsely…is...
[more like this] - PONTOON FOR RAISING SUNKEN VESSELS PATENT
MODEL Issued Oct. 1876 very ingenious design wooden boat with two show rotators at deck able to engage bottom metal working frame quite unique surely a museum quality curiosity....
[more like this] - FOLK ART EAGLE PULL TOY Early wood example
as toy is pulled upper mounted wheels and bird's wings flap very ingenious design painted in red and white well preserved. 11'' wingspan. (Pristine Cond.)...
[more like this] - FERNAND MARTIN CLIMBING FIREMAN France
tin figure wearing full outfit and fire helmet appears to climb a tin tri-fold ladder with outstretched hands quite ingenious mechanical action. 8'' h. Repaint to hat face...
[more like this] - a/ ARNOLD ''MAC 700'' MOTORCYCLE Germany
c. 1940's lithographed tin red version incredible detail. Features a rider able to dismount when cycle comes to complete stop often called the most ingenious cycle design...
[more like this] - Exceptionally Fine Chinese Carved Nephrite
Jade Water Dropper, 18th century, a superb example of an item for a scholar's desk, carved as two hollowed lotus seed pods enfolded within a curved lotus leaf, each seed...
[more like this] - LEHMANN VINETA Germany lithographed
tin monorail contains a gyroscope stabilizer allowing seemingly impossible travel very colorful lithograph one of the many ingenious Lehmann creations. 9 1/2'' l. (Exc. Cond)...
[more like this] - The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious
Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha Printed by W. Lewis for S.A. and H. Oddy London 1809. Hardcover. Two volumes. Octavo. Illustrated with engraved plates most with original...
[more like this] - CAT AND MOUSE RIDER TOY Germany hand
painted done in dark fur color ingenious key activated internal mechanism causes strong actions attributed to Gunthermann but not confirmed depicts lead mouse seemingly conducting...
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