CHESSBOARD - BACKGROUND Very beautiful 19th century chessboard and backgammon game of Syrian origin in ivory marquetry and colored wood. 2 or 3 very small gaps in the marquetry, missing a nail at one [...]
Rare is a magnificent children's horse tricycle in wood and cast iron from the 19th century, crank system. Presented nature in good state of conservation, I announce for the purists, an old accident w[...]
Le Cuisinier Moderne, les secrets de l'art culinaire
Édition originale 1887
Paris, Garnier Frères, grand in-4, 2 tomes, 278 pages.
Ouvrage complet illustré de 60 planches (330 dessins)
Un cachet r[...]
19th century apothecary's grinding mortar in white porcelain. Grain mill type, well known, to obtain fine powdered flour. This mortar or "mill" was also to make the substance finer. This apothecary's [...]
Music box in working condition requires cleaning of the spring only one toothless blade the last but the mechanisms: Stop, Play, Repeat, Change, work perfectly Key to the box and Label mentioning the [...]
SARRAZIN (Jean-François) - Selected works. Paris, N. Delangle, 1826; in-12, 164 pp., red half-morocco binding with corners, spine decorated with four raised bands. From the collection of "Petits Class[...]
Beautiful Kanak Puzzle - New Caledonia - Melanesia Dense hardwood with beautiful shiny patina
Length : 69 cm / Weight : 1.100g
Nice old example, the club head has a phallic or bell shape, the uppe[...]
Beautiful Kanak Puzzle - New Caledonia - Melanesia Hard and Dense wood with a beautiful shiny patina
Length: 76 cm / Weight: 1.160 g
Beautiful old copy, the head of the club in the shape of a phalli[...]
LARGE WOODEN BOX COMPLETE COFFEE GAME: JACQUET BACKGAMMON
30 TOKENS + 2 DES + 2 CORNETS: ALL IN WOOD
INTERIOR: MARQUETRY
MARQUETRY ON THE LID: CHARDON LORRAIN AND CHATEAU DU HAUT-KOENIGSBOURG
SOLI[...]
Huge pair of slave bracelets, in bronze. Scarified decor. Height: 10.5cm. Diameter at +: 16 cm. Total weight: 4.117 kg. Beautiful condition. Postage extra: 22 € by registered mail for France, thank yo[...]
Folding traveling surgeon's case with 3 flaps in leather and interior in pink silk and red velvet; this kit is complete with as many instruments as loop housings; all the tortoiseshell folding instrum[...]
Snuff box in finely carved corozo*, decorated with two small birds framing a crest, surrounded by foliage and flower motifs on the lid; on the other side, a little Cupid holding a bird in his hands, w[...]
Large Kadjar circular tray, polylobed in tinned copper, from the late 19th century or begining 20th. Decorated with large concentric friezes enclosing a ceremonial scene specific to Persian history. T[...]
English-made telescope in brass and leather for the grip. From the Aitchison workshops in London. Bears the reference The Target N 5700. in good working order with its original leather case.
Quick description
Ancient sculpture of an angel, popular religious art around 1800.
Made from a section of oak, deliciously naive workmanship.
A small nail is on his chest, which could give him [...]
POPULAR ART/CHOCOLATE CUP COMTAT DE FORCALQUIER PROVENCE CIRCA 1850. Large 19th century chocolate cutter (circa 1850) in fruit wood (cherry, walnut, chestnut) for the body and wrought/beaten iron for [...]
French work, early 19th century period Very small two moving bodies all in carved oak from the early 19th century period, high quality companion work. Opening has two doors sculpted in the upper and l[...]
Very rare model of Martin's very large "protractor scale" manufactured by Colombi. It is also a copy of a present offered to "Monsieur le Directeur de l'Institut de France" and accompanied by a drawin[...]
Rare thread scale for weighing balls of silk, linen or cotton thread. Large model, Height 61.5 cm Width 52 cm No shipping - hand delivery please Ref AP149
Rose water sprinkler (Gülabdar) in solid silver, of Ottoman origin from the 19th century, in the shape of a fruit, with a fluted spherical body, a branch of roses in relief surrounds the sprinkler. th[...]
RICHEPIN (Jean) - Twenty contemporary portraits by André Gill. Paris, M. Magnier et Cie, 1886; folio, about 40 pp., publisher's navy blue cloth binding, front cover stamped with the name of André Gill[...]
Snuffbox decorated with a painting representing a bearded man wearing a shako, headdress of the hussars of the First Empire. Tobacco was introduced into France in the mid-16th century. The fashion for[...]
Very beautiful terracotta jug, 19th or very early 20th century, in the shape of a hen, with its beautiful original patina. Origin southwest of France or Spain. It is in very good condition, with some [...]
Tripod iron support in iron and brass, perforated for the upper part decorated with a rosette in the center, and scrolls around the perimeter, the handle is in fruit wood. Shipping extra. Payment by b[...]
Large pipe bowl in briar root wood carved with the head of a bearded man, with his sulphide eyes. Root left natural unsculpted to form the hat embellished with falling trimmings below at the level of [...]
Carte originale levée en 1825 et gravée en 1831. Beautemps-Beaupré ingénieur hydrographe.
Infimes traces de rousseurs dans la marge droite. Très bon état.
Format feuille : 94,5 x 66,5 cm.
Original [...]
PUSHING HORSES 1870 Superb and rare painted metal toy from the Napoleon III period. A small handle at the back allows the child to push the horses which then gallop. Some chips of paint on 2 rear legs[...]
Game of bone dominoes in its box with 2 compartments which are zippered;The box is standing on 4 feet decorated with hollow motifs, with an openwork frieze on 3 sides, the fourth being open for the pa[...]
Old leather surgeon's kit. Interior lined with purple silk. Contains various hallmarked solid silver elements and tortoiseshell scalpels. Set in good condition with normal wear. Work of the Lüber hous[...]
Napoleon III marquetry table pyrogen box Brass marquetry and mother-of-pearl flower on rosewood veneer and rosewood molding. interior with two compartments to place matches. Scraper in natural materia[...]
Harpist's chair from the Charles X period In rosewood marquetry and light wood fillets Swivel and adjustable seat Very nice model and in good condition (light old restorations)
great toy or theatrical object,? two stretcher bearers from the 1870s transport a wounded man who is not very animated using a rod mechanism, large format and made of riveted and painted cut sheet met[...]
A beautifully carved 19th century wooden/snuffbox with a beautiful old patina in the shape of a shoe Good condition as shown in photos Height 4.2cm and 13cm long
TOY TELEPHONE 1900 Beautiful and rare toy telephone circa 1900. In metal wood and electrical system. 14 x 8 cm Earpiece: 11.5 cm Superb original condition, a small metal part to be reattached
Book containing an exact knowledge of the Horse, and the manner of distinguishing and of curing its Diseases. Together, a Treaty of the Ferrure which is suitable for him. By M. Lafosse, Marshal-Expert[...]
WAR HELMET called Kabuto
Suji-bachi type
Japan, second third of the Edo period (1603-1868)
Natural iron, silk and cord
H.: 27; L.: 33.5 cm
(lacquer accidents)
Hachi helmet, the stamp, with si[...]
Erotica Bronze Woman Callipyge Dressed in the Antique Very beautiful subject late 19th century early 20th century Amusing statuette ideal for a cabinet of curiosities. Shipping offered in metropolitan[...]
I offer this program in very good original condition. It has only one sheet which opens in double pages. Very good vintage condition. I leave the surprise of the continuity to the future buyer.
Baluster-shaped copper chai pitcher with straight and oblique foot and indented throat, equipped with a robust tubular handle. Height: 48 cm, width with handle 37 cm. Good general condition, with trac[...]
Hughes writing telegraph.A set of printing telegraphs built by Siemens & Halske.This teleprinter was invented by David Edward Hughes in 1856.Good overall condition.A similar telegraph can be found at [...]
Important model of Ottoman Islamic ewer in chiseled brass, placed on its basin, model of great decoration.
the ewer chiseled on the body with three calligraphies separated by epigraphic decorations r[...]
Carved wooden nutcracker representing a "bearded monkey's head". Late 19th or early 20th century. Good condition. Height 25 cm, width 5 cm.
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Beautiful large copper lid with its fully polished and varnished handle from the early 19th century, Lid with a pot au feu or a large stewpot. Dimensions diameter 36.5 cm height with the handle 5 cm.
ISLAMIC ART / POPULAR ARTS / ORIENTALISM / NORTH AFRICA / BERBER MEJMER LATE XIXTH Mejmer brazier in copper, brass sheets, lacquered metal, tripod, with spacer. It was used to heat and keep the tea ho[...]
Algerian "Setla" in tinned copper from the 19th century, decoration of vegetable friezes, foliage. Beautiful patina, well present calcareous crust demonstrating the frequent and usual usefulness of th[...]
PRÉVOST (Abbé) - History of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier des Grieux preceded by a study by Arsène Houssaye. Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1884; in-12, XXXII - 172 - 142 pp., blue half-morocco [...]
Toraja tomb door in hardwood, carved with a stylized buffalo head.
Whitish patina due to the limestone deposits of the cliff in which the tombs are dug.
Sulawesi, Indonesia - 19-20th century
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Naughty Snuffbox 1850 Amusing Napoleon III period snuffbox in boiled cardboard showing the shadow of a horned man while his wife and lover appear in the background. State of use 9 cm in diameter
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