Made by Hand
The materials in this category are made by hand.
Perfume and Toiletries, Women's Fashion, Beauty
United States: Lynas Perfumer, 1920s. "Milady's Toilet": a 6 pp. tri-fold advertising pamphlet with chromolithographed illustrations for Lynas brand perfumes...
Price: $110.00
Sand Painting, Lace Paper Brading, Kynges Towne
A 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" scene created using applied color sand with watercolor background. It depicts the Ecclesiastical Parish...
Price: $150.00
Childhood Ephemera, Made by Hand, Anthropomorphism,
UK: 1861. Heavy stock hand constructed covers with book tape spine. Concertina style. Inscribed Jan 28th T.H.E.A. A continuous roadway...
Price: $1,100.00
Religion, Folk Art, Manuscript
A pencil drawing of an angel on a 9 1/2" x 8" single-fold letter sheet with embossed border decoration.. The...
Price: $65.00
Advertising to Children, Children's Books, Estes & Lauriat, Price List
Dayton, Ohio: United Brethren Publishing House, 1889. Two chromolithographed advertising cards (each 3" by 5") for children's books published by...
Price: $175.00
Original Art, Made by Hand, Baby Book
May 26th,1890. 12 leaves. vellum, bound with braided silk tie. Cover reads "Baby's Book" With quote at top "each day...
Price: $900.00
Overlay, Metamorphosis, Made by Hand, Social History
France: 1830s. A 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" watercolor bust of a women - side profile on a 9 1/4"...
Price: $2,700.00
Fortune Telling, Spiritualism, Prognostication, Games, Wheel of Fortune, History of...
[London?], England: 1840s. A hand-colored and visually striking fortune telling party game for young women called "The Original Norwood Gypsy"...
Price: $600.00
Love & Friendship, Original Watercolor, Folk Art, Eternal Knot of...
c1840s. A 6 1/2" x 10 1/2" hand penned and watercolor eternal knot of love with a continuous intersection verse...
Price: $725.00
Silk embroidery, embroidery, needle point, needle artwork
New London, CT: The Brainerd & Armstrong Company, 1898. 76 pp. A guide with comprehensive descriptions of items sold and...
Price: $70.00
Gold Leaf, Metal Leaf, Printing and Publishing, Design
New York: Baer Brothers, [1900]. A polished stock wrapper complete with content of fine Metal Leaf Bronze powder. The package...
Price: $550.00
advertisement, poster, print, design, event, charity, play
Connecticut: c1925. Two hand-made posters by Anna-Louise (Rudin) Falk. She was an artist who lived in Connecticut and was known...
Price: $200.00
Typewriters and Typewriting,Glyphs and Symbols,Typographic Design,Humor
United States: 1960s? A veritable "emoji incunable": three sets of whimsical shapes formed by typewriter keystrokes, including: The Parade of...
Price: $85.00
Herbarium, Made by Hand
Mexico: April 5, 1877. A title page done in pressed flowers plus three (3) pressed flower works including the title...
Price: $2,000.00
Hair Art, Love and Friendship, School Girl
c1820s. Single-fold 5" x 3 3/4" sheet with sentiment and circle of plaited hair and decorative hand cut paper hearts...
Price: $175.00
Lustres, Reference
15 Page, color illustrated book, “English Gold Lustres,” by John M. Clarke, Director of the New York State Museum, published...
Price: $85.00
Paper with a Secret, hidden message, mechanical paper
At first glance one sees an artfully executed watercolor stem with leaves topped by blue and yellow polished paper pinwheel...
Price: $450.00
Architecture, History of architecture, Prospectuses and advertisements
New York, New York: Bruno Hessling, Publisher, 1890s. Illustrated bifolium prospectus (10.75" by 7") for the Third Revised Edition of...
Price: $175.00
Social History, Sewing, Gender Roles, Women's History
NY: Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann Lith. [1880]. A 2 1/2" x 4" paper trade card. It depicts an admiring woman...
Price: $85.00
Quarto lace paper valentine, dobbWatercolor lithograph valentine, hand colored lithograph...
A handcolored lithograph printed quarto valentine depicting a stately gentleman at the garden’s gate being advised by Cupid. A women...
Price: $200.00
Love and Friendship, Lace Paper, Bookmark, Watercolor
London: Dobbs, [1850]. A 9 1/2" x 7 1/2" lace paper valentine with an applied 8" x 1 1/2" silk...
Price: $300.00