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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Gold box with cut sides
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular gold box with cut sides. The hinged gold lid is adorned with concentric lines framed by a floral frieze of foliage on amati gold background. The frame is composed of four...
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French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold
Antique Large Micro-Mosaic of the Doves of Pliny, Hard Stone Plaque, 1825-1850
Located in Aspen, CO
Antique Micro Mosaic Large Hard Stone Plaque (paper weight), c. 1825- 1850. of the "Doves of Pliny" also called the Capitoline Doves.
A mosaic is a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces called tesserae. These were different types of hard stones, tile or glass.
This is a excellent example of early micro mosaic art...
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European Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
M. Fitaihi presents "Sallo Aleyih" from the Safawi School
Located in Jeddah, SA
Calligraphy - Islamic Art
USP: 1-of-1 exclusively handcrafted piece
Material used: Canvas, mahogany wood, hand gliding
Artwork Design Style of Modern School
Size: 60 x 60 cm
Category
Saudi Arabian Art Deco Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique Georgian 1760s 18K Gold, White Enamel & Grey Agate Etui or Needle Case
Located in Staines-Upon-Thames, GB
A Georgian gold, enamel and agate needle case or etui, comprising a needle case in polished grey agate, with an inscription in white enamel, with floral detailing in 18 karat yellow ...
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British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Agate, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Enamelled gold Swiss box. Late 18th century.
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular enamelled gold box. The hinged lid is decorated with a scene of young people dressed in neoclassical clothing and approaching near an altar where officiates a person dres...
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Swiss Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Very Rare 18th Century Micro Mosaic Depicting a Goldfinch Bird
Located in New York, NY
Very rare 18th century Micro Mosaic Depicting a Goldfinch Bird.
Measurements:
Without frame approximately 5.5 in x 6.5 inches
With frame approximately 8.44 x 9.63 inches.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Three-Tone Gold Oval Enamel Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Three-tone gold oval enamel snuff box with with repoussé gold work of musical instruments
Enamel plaque center
Circa late 18th century - early 19th century, Switzerland
Weight: 76.5g...
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Swiss Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, Enamel
German Gold & Porcelain Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
German gold & porcelain snuff box
Maker's Mark F(-) Crowned, Hanau Circa 1780, - Struck with the Hanau Town Mark for 18k Gold and a mark
resembling the Par...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold
Ancient Roman Bronze Tiger circa 1st-2nd century AD Guarantee Rare
Located in New York, NY
This is a very fine Ancient Roman Bronze Tiger Head dating to the 1st-2nd century AD. The Ancient Roman cast bronze head of the Tiger has extremely fine quality casting and superb ...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful 18th C Thomas Hawley European Gilt Bronze & White Marble Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent 18th Century English Gilt Bronze and White Marble Clock. Clock is Beautifully Comprised with a Bird Form Finial over the Circular dial with Arabic Numerals, flanked by ...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Ancient Roman Military Bronze Stag And Eagle 1st-2nd century AD Guarantee Rare
Located in New York, NY
This Ancient Roman Military Bronze eagle and stag, dating from the 1st to 2nd century AD, stands at a modest yet captivating 3 1/8 inches in height. The finely cast bronze sculpture ...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Bronze
Antique Abraham Portal Sugar Bowl Dish Spoon Set Solid Yellow Gold circa 1779
Located in Holland, PA
18k Solid Yellow Gold Set of Antique Sugar Bowl, Dish and Spoon by Abraham Portal circa 1779.
Abraham Portal's 18th century sugar dish, bowl, and spoon set, crafted from 18k gold, is...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Yellow Gold
Agate Mouse Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Agate Mouse Snuff Box.
Made Circa 1760.
Crafted from grey agate carved in the form of a mouse. This snuff-box features a rose gold mount. With a thumbpiece embellished with diamon...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Agate, Gold
Agate Lamb Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Agate Lamb Snuff Box.
Made circa 1750.
A snuff box carved from brown agate depicting a reclining lamb, featuring eyes adorned with diamonds.
The base is crafted from agate mount...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Agate, Gold
Antique Mid- 18th Century Gentlemens Miniature Shoe Snuff Box Coniferous Wood
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This beautiful snuffbox has been hand carved out of coniferous wood in the second half of the eighteenth century. The miniature version of a fashionable gentlemens shoe of mid 18th...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique 18th Century French Revolution Period Hair Comb Polished Steel Brass
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This rare hair comb was cut out of a plate of polished steel during the period of the French Revolution. The comb has been crafted in a very reduced design, fitting for the taste ...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Steel
18th Century Giacomo Raffaelli Micro Mosaic Rabbit Plaque
Located in New York, NY
18th Century Giacomo Raffaelli Micro Mosaic Rabbit Plaque
A micro mosaic depicting a fat rabbit eating leaves set in a wooden frame. Made by the late 18th century mosaicist Giacomo...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
18th Century Goldfinch Micro Mosaic Box
Located in New York, NY
18th Century Goldfinch Micro Mosaic Box
A sterling silver box with felt lining and a lid set with a stunningly detailed micro mosaic of a European Goldfinc...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
18th Century Hunting Eagle Micro Mosaic Plaque
Located in New York, NY
18th Century Hunting Eagle Micro Mosaic Plaque
A micro mosaic set in silver depicting an eagle grasping a rabbit. The design is a recreation of a part of the title page of "Various Birds & Beasts Drawn From Life" by Francis Barlow...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Antique French Silver Handbag Paisley fabric
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This fine 1st half 19th century Silber and fabric hand bag was made in France in the first half of the nineteenth century. on both outer edges of the bulges we see an impressed French makers mark and a French silver mark The bag is worn on a long silver chain. the paisley fabric...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
M. Fitaihi presents "Kiswa Kaba'a from the Ottoman Empire School" (Islamic Art)
Located in Jeddah, SA
USP: 1-of-1 exclusively handcrafted piece
Material used: Canvas, mahogany wood, hand gliding
Artwork Design Style of Ottoman School
Size: 120 x 200 cm
Year: 2018
Category
Saudi Arabian Art Deco Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique 18th Century Italian Brass Pricket Candlesticks
Located in Portland, GB
A fine pair of 18th century Italian brass pricket candlesticks impressively decorated in a baroque style with knopped stems and triform bases decorated with cartouche and foliage alterations. The columns are beautifully ornated on each side with leaves and floral motifs typical of the Baroque era. The finely detailed columns stand on tripartite bases. The columns are finished with large round brass cups that have scalloped edges and 75mm tall iron prickets. In the centre of each leg there is an elegant escutcheon surrounded by scrolls and finalised with a leaf decoration.
PROVENANCE: This pair of Italian candlesticks comes from the Cotswold collection, property of Mr Weil, antiques dealer who established his antiques company in 1932, during the Great Depression, creating a firm of international fame, trading in fine English furniture and antiques from showrooms in London, Bristol, Cheltenham and Broadway's Eadburgha House.
This rare pair of Italian antique pricket candlesticks...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Brass
Antique Chinese Moulded Porcelain 18 Arhats Luohan Snuff Bottle Qing Late 18c
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese moulded porcelain snuff bottle in compressed ovoid form, finely decorated in poly-chrome fencai with 18 Arhats Luohan in a continuous scene in high relief, with an ou...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique 18K Gold Mounted Box With Inlaid Stones
Located in New York, NY
An antique 18k gold mounted circular box with various plates of inlaid stones. The inside of the box is fully lined with tortoiseshell like material. The removable cover presents a decoration of stone inlaid stripe patterns, as well as the box edges. Probably, the German production of the late 18th century, mainly in Dresden. Weight: 112 grams. Antique Gold Stone Inlaid Boxes...
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German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Multi-gemstone, 18k Gold
Antique Georgian Handpainted Miniature Portrait
Located in Montreal, QC
Antique 18th-century handpainted miniature portrait of a young lady in a solid silver frame surrounded by square, rectangular and old mine cut crystals (one is missing or broken). Th...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Austrian 18th Century Egg Shaped Box In 18Kt Gold With Diamonds & Abalone Shell
Located in Miami, FL
Jeweled egg shaped box.
An exceptional and magnificent piece, made in the style of Louis XV in Europe. Most probably created in Vienna Austria, back in the middle of the 18th century, circa 1760. This box was carefully crafted in the shape of an egg, in solid yellow gold of 18 karats with small accents in .800/.999 silver for the settings of the rose cut diamonds. It is fitted with a discrete single barrel hinge and a push thumb. Embellished with earth mined natural diamonds and carved abalone shells...
Category
Austrian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Gold, Silver, Gold, 18k Gold
Late Renaissance Octagonal Gilded Brass Reliquary Pendant with Velvet Interior
Located in Chicago, IL
OCTAGONAL RELIQUARY PENDANT
Probably Italy, c. 1600
Fire-gilded brass, glass, velvet, ink on paper
Weight 63.2 grams; dimensions 82 × 47 × 21 mm (with loop)
Physical description: Double-sided pendant in octagonal form made of fire-gilded brass. Both sides of the pendant with deep profiled frames with glass. The slightly indented side panels comprise openwork friezes with symmetrical scrollwork. On the front is dark red velvet, onto which tiny bone relics of saints (now missing) would have been attached. Labels on a lace-like paper silhouette remain, with names written in ink, mostly faded; only “S. Agnes” is legible. The back is hinged and when opened reveals a velvet-lined interior and paper insert with floral decorations on a turquoise ground, on which fragments of bones are attached. Baluster shaped base for shield-like pendant loop and ring.
This reliquary pendant is difficult to situate historically because it is a composite object. It represents traditional handwork in the form of a paper cutout, combined with a jeweler’s beautiful fire-gilt brass case.
The work of paper cutting, painting, and ornamentation, sometime combined with needlework, is comparable to work still being done in the nineteenth century by nuns and pious ladies. It is prayerful work, a devotional exercise in itself, and shows reverence to the tiny relic fragments that it would have framed and honored. Early versions of this sort of handiwork might be found in the meticulous displays sometimes called “Paradise Gardens.” These were made, beginning in the sixteenth century, by the nuns at Mechelen, in northern Belgium, in multimedia handwork displays of sewing and gluing, combining relics with paper, cloth, glass, metal wire, and found materials. These textured and pious displays were then combined with paintings and cases by professional artists and artisans, as in the example in Cassel.
Unfortunately, because of water damage, only one of the labels of the original relic displayed in this reliquary is legible, inscribed “S. Agnes” at the center top; the other names are faded. Presumably the deep velvet-lined box would have also held an assortment of relics other than the ones that were visible through the glass, and perhaps there would have been another display in the glass on the other side of the pendant.
There is a second paper insert, this one decorated with a turquoise ground and silhouette flowers to which bone fragments seem to be still attached.
The octagonal case, in contrast to the paper cutout, is not at all “home-made.” It has an openwork frieze in scrollwork patterns familiar from enamel work and other metalwork done for European courts and nobility. It is not unlike cases for expensive watches...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Brass
Antique Late 18th Century Cameo of a Follower of Dyonisos or Bacchus Hardstone
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This fine hardstone cameo depicts a woman or men wearing a wreath of ivy. In Greek and Roman mythology the ivy wreath worn around head was the attribute of a followers of Dyonisos a...
Category
Italian Artist Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Quartz, Silver
18th Century Gold and Cut Crystal Perfume Flask
Located in Paris, FR
Conical shaped bottle in faceted crystal and gold setting. The conical bottle set in a gold mount opens with a hinge. Inside, the cap has a gripping shaped bird. Once the cap is clos...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Crystal, Gold
French 1790 Neoclassical Louis XVI Rectangular Snuff Box in Labrated 18kt Gold
Located in Miami, FL
French snuff box in solid gold.
Exceptional rectangular snuff box, created in Paris France during the kingdom of Louis XVI, in the last quarte...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Double Sided Rosary Bead with Head of Christ and Skull Carved in Bone
Located in Chicago, IL
ROSARY BEAD WITH WENDEKOPF
Germany, 16th century
Bone
Weight 12 grams; dimensions 29 × 23 × 24 cm
A double-sided bead made of bone with a finely carved head of Christ on one side an...
Category
German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
18th Century Grand Tour Bocca Della Verita Calcedony Intaglio Diamond Pendant
Located in New York, NY
Exceptionally rare 18th century diamond set calcedony intaglio pendant depicting the famed Roman marble Bocca della Verita, the Mouth of Truth. The eni...
Category
European Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Diamond, Gold, Silver
Antique Georgian Landscape Agate Claspfor Bracelet or Necklace 9 Karat Gold
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This unusual Georgian clasp is set with a landscape agate mounted in 9 karat gold. The clasp can be used for a bracelet or a necklace with up to 11 rows...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Agate, Gold, 9k Gold
M. Fitaihi presents "Rawda Curtain" from the Ottoman School
Located in Jeddah, SA
Calligraphy - Islamic Art
USP: 1-of-1 exclusively handcrafted piece
Material used: Canvas, mahogany wood, hand gliding
Artwork Design Style of Modern School
Size: 70 x 100 cm
Category
Saudi Arabian Art Deco Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique George III Topaz and Gold Shoe Buckles, circa 1790
Located in London, GB
A pair of George III topaz and gold shoe buckles, set with cushion cut foil backed topaz, with cut down settings forming the outer, curved, rectangul...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Topaz, Gold
Renaissance Reliquary Pendant with Pearl and Enameling
Located in Chicago, IL
RELIQUARY PENDANT WITH PEARL
Spain or Spanish Netherlands, c. 1620
Gold, rock crystal, enamel, pearl, bone relics
Weight 12.9 grams; dimensions 40 ...
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Pearl, Gold, Enamel
Rare Gold, Enamel and Jewelled Cutting Service
Located in New York, NY
A Rare Gold, Enamel and Jewelled Cutting / Carving Service.
The handles 18th century, Switzerland and the blades 19th century, England.
Comprising a knife and a fork, the handles decorated with blue, green and white gold enamel panels of flowers...
Category
Swiss Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Antique 18th Century Button Cameo of a Young Man Shell Carving Silver
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This rare button features a shell cameo of a young man carved in antique manner. The cameo is mounted in a silver button.
Category
European George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
French 1798 Neo Classic Stamp Seal in 18kt Gilded Silver with Carved Bust Flora
Located in Miami, FL
French neo classic desk seal.
Wonderful desk seal, created in France during the late 18th century, back in the 1798-1808. This magnificent piece of art was conceived as a miniature sculpture mounted in a Louis XVI neoclassical style base. This base is crafted in 18 karats gold over silver with chiseled and incised decorations, supporting a magnificent extremely detailed carving of a women. The carved piece, depicts, the naked portrait bust of the classical Greek-Roman goddess of the flowers and nature Flora (Heba), facing forward and exhibiting her breasts, undressed and crowned with flowers, wheat and ivy.
Flora or Heba
She was the deity of the flowering plants, fertility, spring, and blossoming. Although she was a minor figure compared to other goddesses of the Roman empire, she was important as a fertility goddess. Flora was responsible for the abundance of the crops in spring, so her worship strengthened as this season approached. Her name derives from the Latin floris, which means flower, and her Greek counterpart was the nymph, Chloris. The Sabine King Titus Tatius introduced Flora into the Roman pantheon...
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French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Silver
Art Deco 1800s Ruby Picture Pendant Art Decor
Located in Laguna Hills, CA
Spectacular, Art Deco, pendant, depicting an encased, renaissance cameo of a Cupid baby and mother lying on a cloud in sky background.
This unique a...
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European Art Deco Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Ruby, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver
M. Fitaihi presents "Samadiah from the Ottoman Empire School" (Islamic Art)
Located in Jeddah, SA
USP: 1-of-1 exclusively handcrafted piece
Material used: Canvas, mahogany wood, hand gliding
Artwork base: Design Style of Ottoman School
Size: 60 x 60 cm
Year: 2020
Category
Saudi Arabian Art Deco Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Presents "Kaaba Kandil" from the Ottoman School
Located in Jeddah, SA
Calligraphy - Islamic Art
USP: 1-of-1 exclusively handcrafted piece
Material used: Canvas, mahogany wood, hand gliding
Artwork Design Style of Modern School
Size: 70 x 100 cm
Category
Saudi Arabian Art Deco Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Presents "Ayat Al Kursi" from the Ottoman School
Located in Jeddah, SA
Calligraphy - Islamic Art
USP: 1-of-1 exclusively handcrafted piece
Material used: Canvas, mahogany wood, hand gliding
Artwork Design Style of Modern School
Size: 60 x 60 cm
Category
Saudi Arabian Art Deco Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
1850's Swiss Travel Clock with Breguet Engine Turned Case and Original Case
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: No Name, Swiss Made
STYLE / REFERENCE: Alarm Travel Clock with Original Case
METAL / MATERIAL: Gilded Brass
CIRCA / YEAR: 1850's
DIMENSIONS / SIZE: 2 1/4 Inches in Diameter
MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Cylindrical Escapement Key Winding / 7 Jewels / Alarm
DIAL / HANDS: Original Kiln Fired Enamel with Original Blued Steel Hands
WARRANTY: 18 months on the movement
LIFETIME SERVICE COMMITMENT
This truly unique travel alarm clock is still fitted with its original leather box. The original case is done in gilded brass and it still has the original finish on it. The gilding was called Mercury Fire Gilding and was done using real mercury. In my 20's I actually traveled with this little jewel and used it as my alarm clock. It is really dependable and keeps dependable time. The entire clock and case are hand made in Switzerland about 170 years ago. It is remarkable that this clock can still be used. You set the alarm by turning the star wheel...
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Swiss Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
18th century Gold and cut crystal perfume Flask.
Located in Paris, FR
Conical shaped bottle in faceted crystal and gold setting. The conical bottle set in a gold mount opens with a hinge. Inside, the cap has a gripping shaped bird. Once the cap is clos...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Crystal, Gold
Art Deco Brooch Vintage Pin Onyx & Diamond brooch pin 18KT white gold Old Europe
Located in Jupiter, FL
Rare Art Deco brooch pin made with a large onyx and a single diamond in the center, the diamond is Old European cut. The brooch year is unknown.
CENTER STONE: NATURAL DIAMOND
CARAT:...
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Art Deco Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Onyx, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
18th Century Enamel Bonbonnière Form of Love Birds Museum Piece Patch Box Snuff
Located in New York, NY
This is a Museum Quality Enamel on Copper Bonbonnière, Patch Box or Snuff Box in the form of Love Birds. The extraordinary bird form box is from the collection of the Indianapolis M...
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British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Copper, Enamel
No Oil Emerald Carving Medusa Gorgon
Located in Bangkok, TH
A figure of Medusa Gorgon seems to be frightening and dangerous, but if you remember her story, then Medusa was an innocently killed heroine who suffered because of her beauty
This No Oil Emerald...
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Thai Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Emerald
Antique Reliquary Book Pendant Locket
Located in Chicago, IL
RELIQUARY PENDANT IN BOOK FORM
Probably southern Germany, 1630–40
Gilded silver, verre églomisé
Weight 13.2 grams; dimensions 42 × 25 × 12 mm; opens to 40 mm
Gilded silver pendant in book form with hinged, lid, corded wire surround, and engraved spine. The front cover of the book is set with a plaque depicting Moses receiving the Law in verre églomisé, and the back cover shows the Sacrifice of Abraham. The scenes are in gold against a red background. When opened, the book reveals two portraits, probably of a husband and wife, wearing seventeenth-century dress. The costumes suggest a date c. 1630-40; the wife holds a daisy. Trefoil-shaped pendant loop on top and bottom, and book clasp.
As in the scenario described for the assemblage of these pendant miniature books (see no. 34), this book may have satisfied the desires of a particular patron, perhaps even one of the Jewish faith. The images that have been chosen for the four verre églomisé inserts are somewhat unusual within the group of comparable objects; on the front is Moses, on the back is the Sacrifice of Isaac. On the inside, instead of an iconic or doctrinal image, one sees portraits of the patron and his wife, in their finest dress, contents reminiscent of a modern locket...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gilt Metal
Antique H Chawmer 18th C English Georgian Sterling Silver Double-Sided Tea Caddy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Georgian double-sided tea caddy.
In sterling silver.
By Henry Chawmer of London, England.
Each side of the caddy has an engraved wreath cartouche below a small key...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Gold-Mounted Pendant Cameo Vinaigrette, Late 18th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
Oval-shaped, the cover set with an agate cameo male portrait bust, the grille a fine floral spray and initial name "B", with suspension ring.
1 in. (25 mm.) long without suspension r...
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French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Agate, Gold, 18k Gold
1700s Tibet Sino Tibetan Hand Painted Buddhist Thangka Vaisravana Framed
Located in New York, NY
THIS IS A SUPERB AND RARE EARLY ANTIQUE TIBETAN THANKGA PAINTING OF VAISRAVANA DATING TO THE 18TH CENTURY. THE PAINTING ON PAPER IS EXQUISITE WITH BLUES AND REDS AND BLACK LINE DRAW...
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Chinese Artisan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique 18th Century Snuff Bottle Hunting Theme Musical Instruments Dogs
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This snuff bottle was carved out of walnut in the last quarter of the 18th century. One side of the object is decorated with two dogs and hunting regalia, the other with musical ins...
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Unknown Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Antique Mughal Indian Enamel and Diamond Cup Saucer & Spoon Set
Located in New York, NY
Antique Mughal Indian Enamel and Diamond Cup Saucer & Spoon Set
A 200+ year old masterpiece: Incredible enamel on gold tea cup, saucer, and spoon. Set w...
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Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Diamond, Enamel
Antique George II Silver Wall Pocket
Located in London, GB
Antique Sterling Silver
George II - Dated 1733, Chester England
Wall pocket
with Rococo floral design
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
Pair of Antique Georgian English Sterling Silver Tea Caddies by Francis Crump
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine matched pair of English 18th century tea caddies.
In sterling silver.
Marked for Francis Crump, London, and 1758.
Having ce...
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British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Sterling Silver
Renaissance Cameo Pendant
Located in New Orleans, LA
The cameo at the center of this exceptional pendant is a stunning example of the art of gem engraving during the Renaissance. It likely dates to the early 17th century and features a sacrificial scene inspired by the Greco-Roman era. The central flaming altar is flanked by two figures preparing to sacrifice a ram, while a figure in a lion skin blowing horns stands in the left corner. The carver brilliantly uses the natural layers of the stone to achieve the illusion of shadow and musculature on the figures. A second, smaller cameo is set at the top of the pendant, while a myriad of multi-colored gems, pearls and enamel adorns the 18K gold setting. A large Baroque pearl suspended from an enamel dragon finishes the design, which embodies the opulence and theatricality of jewels from the Renaissance age.
Cameos and intaglios were highly popular amongst wealthy connoisseurs in Renaissance Italy, and owning the finest pieces was the privilege of princes. Although they were often elaborately mounted for display alone, cameos were also frequently worn as pendants, surrounded by enameled and stone-set gold frames. Such pieces were particularly prized by the Medici and Lorraine families, many of which can now be seen at the National Archeological Museum in Florence.
Very few Renaissance cameos...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Pearl, 18k Gold, Enamel
Antique 18th Century French Silver Footed Wine Goblet or Beaker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique French silver beaker.
Illegibly hallmarked to the base and side and inscribed with an owner's mark 'VB' to the foot.
Simply a won...
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French Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Silver
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Cartier Lighter Diamonds
Rolex Saudi
Rolex Watch School
Rolex Watch On Wish
Tiffany Sterling Key Ring
Baby Rolex
Babies Rolex
Cartier Ashtray
Rolex Board
Baby Rolex Watch
Tiffany And Co Silver Pen
Tiffany Co Silver Pen