A charming late 1800’s French child’s processional crown/circlet often worn for religious parades such as Easter or Christmas. Crowns/circlets are also often used as symbols of religious status or respect. This piece being called a circlet, which is a crown, but has no arches or ...
A charming late 19th century French child’s processional crown/circlet often worn for religious parades such as Easter or Christmas. Crowns/circlets are also often used as symbols of religious status or respect. This piece being called a circlet, which is a crown, but has no arches ...
Blockhead: An unusual but fun piece of history, a 17/18th century French blockhead or wig last. The head is covered with layer upon layer of vellum paper which was used to size for a persons head. The smaller head size and narrow width shows ...
A unique Baroque Italian hand carved wooden coat of arms with a central cartouche that was never inscribed. Two smaller cartouches, one above and one below, which were never inscribed either. Foliage embellishments in the original yellow paint surround the pale pink cartouches. Unusual shaping ...
A rare and outstanding 17th century Swedish coat of arms from the reign of Charles X Gustav, King of Sweden from his coronation on June 6,1654 until his death on February 13, 1660. Very rare to see a coat of arms with three shields, one ...
An elegant and highly decorative 19th century Italian Catholic holy water font hand carved from one piece of wood with shell features on the bowl and face. This piece while worn shows highlights of gilding and has a blue front so classical of the Italians. ...