Huqqa, bronze huqqa base, Indian water pipe close to the Turkish Narghile, the Arabic huqqah ".
This magnificent object, abundantly decorated at the end of the 18th century, comes from North India.
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Beautiful object, made of bronze (food bronze: airain), work of bell founders from the Jura, French or Swiss. Thanks to a lid which fits over the entire height of the container, this daubière, pheasan[...]
Meissen (?): Handle of cane in German porcelain in relief with polychrome decoration of a gallant scene and flowers. Slight wear on the decor and tiny scratch at the base.
Table stove in bronze, brass and copper -
rare with 4 punches on the crowned R (late 17th-early 18th century).
The crowned punch crowned R is older and rarer than the crowned C.
In an article publi[...]
Carte originale gravée sur cuivre de 1764. Bellin cartographe.
Coloris aquarelle. 2 infimes petits trous anciens restaurés, dans la partie centrale haute.
Bon état.
Format feuille : 34,5 x 25 cm.
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Beautiful wrought iron lectern with five candle arms, two adjustable arms on the side plus inclination of the support for book or score, all riveted without welding, electrified later, beautiful objec[...]
Beautiful pair of Far East specs, they are blond horn with their original lenses, they fold by a hinge in the center, which is blocked by a brass latch. The instrument is attached to the ears by silk [...]
Model arsenal gun in bronze on its mount and forecarriage
wrought iron and natural wood lacquered green with bronze wheels
Eighteenth century
Nice state of conservation
one pin missi[...]
Glazed terracotta oil jar, 18th century Auvergne. Height 38 cm / Diameter 33 cm. Good used condition, neither cracked nor repaired. Other 18th century jars available.
beautiful old object in its own juice
Le tambour-major est le sous-officier chargé de diriger une formation musicale militaire lors de défilé
En France, tambour-major est une fonction et non un grad[...]
Map engraved in 1751. Bellin cartographer.
Fine hand coloring .
Very good state.
Sheet format: 32 x 25 cm.
Engraving format: 28.5 x 19 cm.
Original card from 1753.
Possibility of secure paymen[...]
Watch case and its castel
Maroquin stamped, copper, red silk velvet
France, second half of the 18th
Good condition outside and inside, missing a hook
Watch and castel box with the interior [...]
Oriental jug with kawa in red copper and in superb condition.
Oriental art from the end of the 18th century.
Superb calligraphy and magnificent decoration of plants interwoven with hand repoussé on [...]
Large copper daubière from the 18th century, as evidenced by the niche mounting, visible in the photos. The handles are made of wrought iron. The interior is tinned. Lid with rolled edge with interior[...]
Amusing bronze, Robinson Crusoe himself, standing, as if out of a Parisian clock of gilt bronze, late 18th century, (and which is worth so much now .. see last photo) Ours is in condition of discovery[...]
solid silver skull presented on an antique biscuit column and under the globe, ideal cabinet of curiosity the crane measures 33 mm in length, the globe 12.5 cm for a diameter of 9 cm
Brass standard liter produced for the transition to the metric and decimal system throughout French territory at the end of the 18th century, for the calibration of measurements in the departments;
S[...]
Round snuff-box covered in turned loupe wood, interior lined with tortoiseshell, each side adorned with a micro-marquetry of colored wood: coach on a bridge, allegory of a river of love, and architect[...]
Jean Baptiste NOLIN (1686-1762) Cartographer.
GALLIAE CHRISTIANAE. PROVINCIA ECCLESIASTICA ARELATENSIS.
18th century map of the Camargue including the dioceses of Arles, Marseille, Toulon and the Pr[...]
Harp COUSINEAU Père et Fils in Paris (stamped on the top of the console) Rare model with a rotating pegs system, this characteristic and the very careful craftsmanship as well as the decorative repert[...]
Roman scale with flail graduated with copper and brass points, weight with slightly engraved sides and parts and wrought iron. XVIIIth century Very good condition. Payment or check payment (paypal 4 a[...]
Wrought iron mold from the 18th century, with rectangular paddles, decorated with sun, stationary cross, dated 1762, marked "N. MARY". Length 96 cm, weight 7.6 kg. Used condition, see photo.- We refus[...]
No doubt a work of the eighteenth for this wooden box carved imitation wicker wicker. The lid handle is made of steel imitating a leather strap. Application of small plates, nails and round metal all [...]
Mold wrought iron eighteenth forgotten, with rectangular pallets, decorated with cross, stars, flowers, tree of life, crucifix station, initials FR FR marriage. length 1 m, weight 6 kg. State of use, [...]
Bachelor's degree from the Montpellier University of Medicine. Printed in Latin and completed with gold ink on parchment. Recipient Mathurin Gaspard Tardy (1756- Rochefort, 1811-Rochefort) His tomb is[...]
Graduate degree from the Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier. Printed in Latin and completed with gold ink. Recipient Mathurin Gaspard Tardy (1756- Rochefort, 1811-Rochefort) doctor and surgeon of the [...]
Charming little chest of drawers in walnut.
The wooden tray and the facade, of curved shape, it opens with three drawers, catches in button, and rests on small curved feet.
Eighteenth century.
This[...]
There are in bibliophile beautiful and good books, beautifully connected, whose quality of printing does not yield in any way to the beauty of the text, even illustrations. And then, there are the rar[...]
Wide briefcase bellow monthly sorter morocco morocco burgundy discolored brown. Twelve compartments for the months and two for the cuts of 500 and 1000 each marked on golden iron labels. Silver brass [...]
Superb brass ladle beaten from the XVIII century to the crowned R plus another illegible punch, that of the master dinandier. The crowned R would be a tax stamp on copper, an equivalent of the crowned[...]
Chest of drawers, good size, made of oak from the late eighteenth century. Two drawers in facades worked with diamonds, as on the sides. Four fluted frustoconical feet, front band and cut sides? tray [...]
box of very beautiful form, it presents on one side a love playing the harp, and on the other a flower of thought, the whole is super state and patina!
Sphere in gilded metal, surmounted by a ruler graduated from 1 to 19. It was used to measure the degree of alcohol in the wine. It is protected by a boxwood case itself protected by its leather case i[...]
Very rare Spanish tailor ribbon
Cadiz, 1765
Yellow silk ribbon, graduated in ink from 8 to 100
Each graduation measures ~ 2cm
Precious Handwritten inscription at the end of the ribbon:
Cadiz no[...]
Voltaire - The Maid of Orleans, satirical poem that caused scandal in the Court of France and was long censored. 1762 (published in Geneva) Two volumes (12 x 18 cm). Binding calf triple nets on the pl[...]
Burning probably extracted from an account log. It reports on the cod fishery on the coast of Newfoundland, the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon and the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.
Some creases an[...]
Composite Atlas most certainly done late 19th century, early 20th century.
Large folio: 56, 5 x 43 cm. Full red sheepskin, decorated back, flat decorated with a large title in gold letter: Mapas Anti[...]
Très jolie balance en fer forgé , d'époque 18ème siècle.
Très beau travail dde ferronier , ouvragé et insisé.
Deux plateaux d'origine en cuivre étamé.
Bon état, à noter un petit trou d'usure dans [...]
Map from : Traité de la Police
In 1667, Lamoignon, first president of the Parliament of Paris, suggested to Nicolas de La Mare to write a book exposing the police methods applicable in a big city. L[...]
2 Astonishing hand-painted image, 48-space games, ancestors of the goose game, black wood engravings, watercolors, dimensions: 44cm x 32cm with margins, each of 48 square squares of 4.5cm is adorned w[...]
Beautiful 18th century optics view representing the view of the Arno and the city of Florence; taken out of the door of Saint Fredian. Colored by hand. Note: it is placed on a rigid cardboard and on a[...]
impressive piece of architecture, 1m60 x 75cm ... Found in our region. Composed of a wrought iron arrow flanked laterally by 4 reinforcements with complicated windings and flowers of iron and copper. [...]
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