Description: You are bidding for a stunning and very beautiful antique watercolour painting by J.Stannard. It is titled to the front with J Stannard of Norwich. As you can see looking at the picture of the back this painting was probably remounted 50 - 60 years ago and hasn't been opened or disturbed,this is when a professional framer would have added the artist to the gold mount. 

The painting under an eye glass confirms its an original watercolour and not an elaborate print. The seascape/nautical theme is typical of this artists genre. On investigation many others show a similar theme

Joseph Stannard (13 Sep 1797 – 7 Dec 1830) was an English marine and landscape painter, and etcher, a prominent member of the Norwich school of artists (1803-1833). 

Stannard was born in Norwich, England, and became, for a short time, a pupil of Robert Ladbrooke. One of his paintings was exhibited at the Norwich Society of Artists as early as 1811 and there was a positive review of his work in a local newspaper, "The Norwich Mercury", in August 1818. He made connections with Norwich's Theatre Royale 1819-20, and his youthful work included a Scene in a Norwich Ale-house, depicting several well-known colourful characters who lived in the city.

In 1819 Stannard exhibited in London and in 1821 he visited Holland. The following year he exhibited The Ferry, from a celebrated Picture of Berchem in the Musee des Tableaux, Amsterdam. This visit to the Netherlands contributed to a new oil technique and deepened his interest in marine subjects.

The painting is shown within a white mount then a larger gold coloured mount which is titled, this is then behind glass in a gold painted wood frame with Barbola styled flowers and scroll relief, some of which over the years has become loose and touched up.

If you are a collector of fine antique paintings and love seascape and or Stannards work then you will love this

(Some of the money from sale of this painting will be given to a youth charity)

Size (inches) The frame is approx 12" high x 14.5" wide, the actual visible painting is approx 6.25" high x 8.75" high

Condition: , The frame is as stated above and as shown, the painting has no rips or repairs none or very minimal foxing if any. As you can see this is a great painting by a listed artist

Postage. We send 1st Class Recorded in the UK and International Signed For overseas this is reflected in the postage as shown. Please pay straight away so that we can send it within a few days

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A truly splendid and rare large antique original framed Dutch Castle ruin seascape-landscape oil painting.

The magnificent & majestic work executed during the early part of the 20th century, and depicting an amazingly detailed Dutch castle ruin scene in what appears to be on one of the many Dutch canals.

The painting is unsigned, but it is very clear for all to see that the artist was an extremely highly accomplished and very professional artist indeed.

The attention to detail, the clear understanding of the subject matter and the fabulous water reflection really do stand out in this work as one of the great artists of the day.

Indeed, this painting just about has it all! The scene depicts a number of native Dutch folk enjoying the canal in their boats, whilst a small duck family paddle across the open water.

The condition and colours of this work can only be described as virtually perfect, and it benefits from a stunning (but Later) conforming moulded frame that has a type of roped gilt decoration which compliments the work brilliantly.

A superb, almost impressionist style of painting that will guarantee to put a huge smile on any new owners face, as well as providing for a great future investment.

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Water colour of Wishing Well

Wishing Well

Please see the scanned image for the condition. If you have any additional questions about the condition of the item, please contact us before bidding.

Image size - 270 x183mm

Mount size - No mount

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On offer here is a beautiful oil on board painting from the Victorian period of the 19th century.

Here we have a lovely oil on board painting in a gilt frame signed to bottom by W. Collins. The scene is a classic image of a waterfall and rolling forested hills. A lovely piece.

Condition.

In good condition commensurate with age, please do not expect this item to be as new, the gilt frame is damaged with chips and cracks to paint, but the image itself is fine.

COLLECTION IS FREE OF CHARGE AND AVAILABLE - MONDAY - FRIDAY. 9am - 5pm. We also have limited weekend appointments.

Delivery charges to other destinations.

United Kingdom - See Listing. Europe - Dependant on size of item, call or email for a postage quote. USA and other Countries - Dependant on size of item, call or email for a postage quote.

Timescales - We aim to deliver within a maximum 21 days within the UK and 45 days for continental Europe. If you have a special requirement please call or email us and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Exceptional circumstances - In exceptional circumstances we may not be able to complete the transaction within the timescales or guide prices above. If this is the case we will agree this with in advance.  Although we hope it will not be necessary,  you also can reserve the right to cancel the transaction. 

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Description.

On offer here is a beautiful oil on board painting from the Victorian period of the 19th century.

Here we have a lovely oil on board painting in a gilt frame signed to bottom by W. Collins. The scene is a classic image of a waterfall and rolling forested hills. A lovely piece.

Condition.

In good condition commensurate with age, please do not expect this item to be as new, the gilt frame is damaged with chips and cracks to paint, but the image itself is fine.

COLLECTION IS FREE OF CHARGE AND AVAILABLE - MONDAY - FRIDAY. 9am - 5pm. We also have limited weekend appointments.

Delivery charges to other destinations.

United Kingdom - See Listing. Europe - Dependant on size of item, call or email for a postage quote. USA and other Countries - Dependant on size of item, call or email for a postage quote.

Timescales - We aim to deliver within a maximum 21 days within the UK and 45 days for continental Europe. If you have a special requirement please call or email us and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Exceptional circumstances - In exceptional circumstances we may not be able to complete the transaction within the timescales or guide prices above. If this is the case we will agree this with in advance.  Although we hope it will not be necessary,  you also can reserve the right to cancel the transaction. 

Telephone: 01249 783260 Email:Sales@2mk.co.uk

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IT IS A RUSTIC COUNTRYSIDE SCENE WITH A WHITE COTTAGE AND BARN WITHA TREE STUMP PRESUME ITS AN AXE ? STUCK IN IT , THERE IS A TREE IN THE FAR CORNER AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE WASHING ON A LNE IN THE DSTANCE 

IT IS SIGNED ON THE CORNER BUT ITS REALLY DIFFICULT TO MAKE OUT THE NAME BUT THE DATE IS QUITE CLEAR 1898 NAME LOOKS A BIT LIKE E HENRICHS??? BUT MAY BE SOMETHING ELSE

THERE IS AN INTERESTING PAPER LABEL ON THE REVERSE AGAIN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO READ AND AS BEE TORE OFF IN PLACES A LONG TIME AGO . LOOKS LIKE 'TO ?????? EU G HENRICHS??????????? WATERLOO ROAD?

THE PICTURE HAS BEEN FRAMED A LONG TIME AGO AND IT HAS BEEN REMOVED A LONG TIME AGO AS THE EDGE IS LIGHTER IN COLOUR

THE PAINTING ITSELF IS IN GOOD ORDER CONSIDERING ITS AGE ONLY DAMAGE IS THE WOODEN BOARD..TINY CHIP OFF TOP CORNER AND PIECE OFF BOTTOM CORNER BUT IF IT IS RERAMED THEN THESE WOULD NOT BE SEEN THE BACK OF THE BOARD IS IN GOOD ORDER

CAN BE COLLECTED 

1st Class Recorded Delivery within the UK is £3.65.

Internationally signed for airmail delivery to EU countries is £8.08.

Internationally signed for airmail delivery to USA and worldwide is £9.01.

 GEORGIAN PAINTING 

A silhouette refers to a featureless portrait painting which depicts the outline of the sitter. They were particularly popular during the 18th and early 19th century.

This silhouette is Georgian in date and features a gentleman with a high collar and tied cravat. His name is written on the back of the painting but is illegible. He is said to be a departmental head at The Bank of England.

It is painted on paper and housed in a traditional, ebonised frame complete with acorn hanger. It measures 11cm x 9cm x 2cm. 

A gilt bezel surrounds the painting and it is encompassed in convex glass. The glass a few very light markings but overall is in excellent order with no chips.

The back features a strut to allow the picture to sit on a table or mantel etc. This was probably added at a later time.

Silhouette paintings are very collectable and this is a very nice example. I'm sure it would make a nice addition to any collection.

Thanks for looking!

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Once purchased, your item will be well and carefully packed. With regards to cost, I try to offer buyers the best deal I can whilst maintaining good and plentiful packing materials. 

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If, within 7 days of receipt, you decide you are not happy with your purchase, you are welcome to return it. Just let me know first, via email, and provided this item is in it's original condition, I will refund your purchase price ( less shipping ). Be sure to visit my about me page to view my full terms and conditions before buying. Thanks.

My mission is to recover varied and interesting goods from the past. I then restore, renovate and reconstruct them. The end result is a unique, vintage item with an individual quality.

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Description.

On offer here is a 19th century oak framed highland landscape oil paintiung.

Here we have a brilliant mounted and oak framed oil painting of a highland landscape. The painting has a tree in the foreground with a stream and rocks which is being fed from the hills further in the back ground. A Lovely piece.

Condition.

In very good condition commensurate with age, please do not expect this item to be as new

COLLECTION IS FREE OF CHARGE AND AVAILABLE - MONDAY - FRIDAY. 9am - 5pm. We also have limited weekend appointments.

Delivery charges to other destinations.

United Kingdom - See Listing. Europe - Dependant on size of item, call or email for a postage quote. USA and other Countries - Dependant on size of item, call or email for a postage quote.

Timescales - We aim to deliver within a maximum 21 days within the UK and 45 days for continental Europe. If you have a special requirement please call or email us and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Exceptional circumstances - In exceptional circumstances we may not be able to complete the transaction within the timescales or guide prices above. If this is the case we will agree this with in advance.  Although we hope it will not be necessary,  you also can reserve the right to cancel the transaction. 

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Size: Painting is 19" by 12", frame is 24.5" by 17.5" inches. Click HERE if you cannot see the images.

Description: For sale is a original antique oil painting on board of a Wooded River Landscape with a Horseman and Sheep. The painting is signed and dated lower right 'Thos Creswick 1841' (Thomas Creswick 1811 - 1869). The painting is unframed, though comes with a wood and gesso frame that is possibly original to the painting though requires restoration. The painting was bought last year from an antique shop in Lewes, and I have since found there is some auction house provenance with Gorringes Auctioneers where it was previously listed for sale, though I am not familiar enough with the artist to offer my usual personal guarantee that it is a genuine by Thomas Creswick. There are many auction listings with paintings as school and circle of the artist. There is a condition report below. The images are slightly sharper if viewed on Picasa by the above link. Worldwide shipping is included in the price.

Thomas Creswick is a well known and collected British artist, his work appeas regularly at auction houses including Christie's and Bonhams. There are 573 Auction House results on Blouin Art Sales Index up to £32,000, and 119 examples on findartinfo.com.

Buy Now for £699, or Make Your Best Offer for this painting before it goes to someone else. I do accept offers!

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Artist: Thomas Creswick, British, (5th February 1811 - 28th December 1969) was an English landscape painter and illustrator, and one of the best-known members of the Birmingham School of landscape painters.

Creswick was born in Sheffield (at the time it was within Derbyshire). He was the son of Thomas Creswick and Mary Epworth and educated at Hazelwood, near Birmingham. At Birmingham he first began to paint. His earliest appearance as an exhibitor was in 1827, at the Society of British Artists in London; in the ensuing year he sent to the Royal Academy the two pictures named Llyn Gwynant, Morning, and Carnarvon Castle. About the same time he settled in London; and in 1836 he took a house in Bayswater. He soon attracted some attention as a landscape painter, and had a career of uniform and encouraging, though not signal success. In 1842 he was elected an associate, and in 1850 a full member of the Royal Academy, which, for several years before his death, numbered hardly any other full members representing this branch of art.

In his early practice he set an example, then too much needed, of diligent study of nature out of doors, painting on the spot all the substantial part of several of his pictures. English and Welsh streams may be said to have formed his favourite subjects, and generally British rural scenery, mostly under its cheerful, calm and pleasurable aspects, in open daylight. This he rendered with elegant and equable skill, color rather grey in tint, especially in his later years, and more than average technical accomplishment; his works have little to excite, but would, in most conditions of public taste, retain their power to attract.

Creswick was industrious and extremely prolific; he produced, besides a steady outpouring of paintings, numerous illustrations for books. He was personally genial, a dark, bulky man, somewhat heavy and graceless in aspect in his later years. He died at his house in Bayswater, Linden Grove, after a few years of declining health. Among his principal works may be named England (1847); Home by the Sands, and a Squally Day (1848); Passing Showers (1849); The Wind on Shore, a First Glimpse of the Sea, and Old Trees (1850); A Mountain Lake, Moonrise (1852); Changeable Weather (1865); also the London Road, a Hundred Years ago; The Weald of Kent; the Valley Mill (a Cornish subject); a Shady Glen; the Windings of a River; the Shade of the Beech Trees; the Course of the Greta; the Wharfe; Glendalough, and other Irish subjects, 1836 to 1840; the Forest Farm Frith for figures. The artist Richard Ansdell occasionally worked in collaboration with Creswick.

Creswick has paintings in several British Collections including Sheffield, Canterbury, Derby Art Gallery and the Nothampton Gallery.

Condition: The painting has two small areas of missing paint along the left and right edge, a small 1 inch scratch from the center bottom edge, though the surface varnish has a lot of visible crackalure on the left side the actual paint underneath is in good condition throughout, there are no visible signs of any restoration. The painting is darker than my camera has represented due to lighting and the varnish. The frame has many loses though I think many of these have been saved in the bag as shown. The photographs form part of the description, please study all the images to fully satisfy yourself as to the condition.

Price: Buy Now for £699 or Make Your Best Offer.

Postage: £ree Worldwide.

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ITEM SPECS

A TRULY SUPERB 19TH CENTURY VICTORIAN DOUBLE SWEPT GILT FRAMED OIL ON BOARD SNOWY WINTER LANDSCAPE PAINTING BY THE LISTED ARTIST:

'ARTHUR SPENCER'

THE AMAZING WORK IS OFFERED IN OVERALL FABULOUS CONDITION & DEPICTS A GORGEOUS WINTER LANDSCAPE SCENE THAT IS TITLED ON THE SLIP FRAME:

'NEAR SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE' 

THE WORK PORTRAYS A MARVELOUS RURAL SCENE WITH A LONE CHARACTER ENJOYING THE SOLITUDE WHILST WALKING DOWN THIS COUNTRY PATH, WITH SNOW CAPT TREES ALL AROUND HIM A SUNSET EITHER RISING OR DRAWING TO A CLOSE.

THIS IS A SUPERB PAINTING THAT WILL ADD CHARM, CHARACTER AND GRANDEUR TO ANY WALL OF THE HOUSE THAT YOU CHOOSE TO PLACE IT.

Please feel free to telephone us with any questions/delivery quotes if ( where applicable)required.

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We also welcome email enquiries, but due to the huge amount of emails received daily, we would prefer that you called so that your enquiry can be dealt with correctly.

 EMAIL: worldwidefineart@hotmail.com

Viewings for any of our pieces are welcome.

Worldwide Antiques accept payment via most major debit & credit cards, paypal payment, cheque, bankers draft, bank transfer (bacs), and prior agreed arrangement, cash on collection.

Any purchase must be paid for in full, within 7 days from the date of purchase, unless otherwise agreed by prior arrangement.

Any cheque/bank transfer (bacs) payments must be cleared in full before collection or delivery that commence.

95% of our retail stock includes 'Free UK mainland insured delivery ( unless otherwise stated) so in most instances, you will not need to worry about any additional shipping costs!

We will always endeavor to deliver your purchase (throughout the UK mainland) within 5-14 business days.

Faster delivery times are of course in most instances possible, but you will need to contact a member of staff prior to purchase to arrange/confirm this.

European and international delivery time scales very depending on your location, so please remember to supply us with your full postal/zip code when requesting any quotations.

If you are an overseas buyer feel free to contact us for a very reasonable shipping/delivery quote.

We will always try our best to find you a good competitive shipping price.

Worldwide Antiques offer a full 'No quibble' refund policy.

If you are not entirely satisfied with your purchase upon receipt, please let us know in the first instance, and we will happily refund the sale price within 7 days of receipt of the item received(minus any postage & packaging.)

Please take a moment to click your pc cursor on the 'ME' link, that can be found at the top of the ebay page.

We list just a small fraction of our actual stock throughout ebay, and have in fact over 500 antique items for sale at any one time, including quality furniture, fine art, antique lighting, mirrors, silver, ceramics, rugs, and much more!

To view a current list of our most recent acquisitions, please click your pc cursor onto the 'red shop door' where you will find many other pieces on offer.

Please feel free to contact our sales department directly, where one of our personal antiques advisers will help with any questions or enquiries that you may have.

TEL:01684 56 44 43

We are open for enquiries form monday - saturday ( 9.00am- 5.00pm).

Please check in advance for bank holidays

We also welcome email enquiries, but due to the huge amount of emails recieved daily, we would prefer that you called so that your enquiry can be dealt with correctly.

 EMAIL: worldwidefineart@hotmail.co.uk

Viewings for any of our pieces are welcome.

A good quality unsigned 19thc oil painting on canvass of fisherman and fishing boats with sail under a darkening red sky with seagulls in attendance. Very atmospheric.

Measuring 23” x 14.5” including the frame which is original and showing wear. The actual painting is about 18” x 10”.

Framed in Edinburgh.

Postage: Recorded delivery. The price quoted is for mainland UK delivery.

International buyers please email for shipping prices. 

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For sale today a

History Of The Crystoleum Painting

The crystoleum was a modern application of an ancient technique where colour was applied behind a print or lithograph which had been rendered transparent with wax or varnish. In the case of the crystoleum, also known as a chromo-photograph, an albumen print was pasted face down to the inside curve of a piece of concave glass. Flat glass was not so suitable.

The paper backing of the photograph was then carefully removed with sandpaper until only the emulsion was left adhering to the back of the glass. The photograph was then rendered transparent with a slow-drying oil or wax, and the image was ready for the first application of colour.The intricate detail of the photograph, such as jewellery, lips, and eyes, was then coloured with a fine brush. When this was finished a second, matching curved glass was placed behind the first with spacers to keep it close to, but not touching, the photograph which had just been coloured. The two glasses were then bound together at the edge.The broad areas of colour were then applied to the back of the second glass, no detail being required as this was on the photograph itself which was now safely sandwiched between the two pieces of glass. Portions of the broad areas of colour could be removed and reapplied until the right effect was achieved, and when the artist was satisfied white card could be attached to the back of the second glass and the whole assembly mounted in a frame.The materials for crystoleum painting were a commercial item and available until around 1915

An early crystoleum entitled ' The Vase Painter' by German artist Friedrich Paul Thumann (1834 - 1908). Thumann was a historical, portrait and genre painter as well as a print maker and illustrator. He was appointed Director of the Berlin Academy in 1878. Signed and resembling reverse glass paintings, crystoleums are a combination of print and hand painting that gained huge popularity in the 30 years from 1885. Prints of the original paintings were pressed up against curved glass, the detail and colour gently rubbed away until all but the ink outlines were left and the colour and detail was then hand painted inside - the curved glass giving added depth to the image. Though thousands were painted, few survive and the quality and condition of these is excellent. Dating from around 1900, the painting retains its original gilded frame. Many hours of painstaking work went into these exquisite works of art

Any enquiries regarding this item please contact Abbey Antiques on:  011 44 1432 357753.

This item is sold with a full thirty day no quibble money back guarantee.

Abbey Antiques provide free Worldwide shipping insurance, up to the value of the bid price.

Wherever you are in the World, buying from Abbey is as simple as buying from the shop down the road. You have the choice to make payment by a variety of methods, and then the goods are delivered Worldwide to your door.

We offer easy payment terms on request, whereby our customers may pay with interest free instalments.  

PLEASE NOTE: In the interest of safety the glass will be removed from glazed pictures before shipping.

Our Ref: 12247