George Glazer Gallery, Antiques

Four lithograph views of what are now the U.S. Virgin Islands, but were then the Danish West Indies. These images were published by Emilius Baerentzen in Copenhagen in 1856 as part of a lithographic tour of the Danish empire, and are among the very few pictures of these places from such an early date. Shown above are views of St. John, St. Croix, and St. Thomas. Tell us you saw them on our Tumblr account and get a discount on the set (subject to availability).

The Wall Street Journal featured our W. & A.K. Johnston/ Kittinger 30-inch Floor Globe in the article “The Gentleman Cave: How to Create a Tastefully Macho Room.” (Photo and text from the article shown above.) This huge globe — on a bold, impressively carved stand — makes a major statement in a library, entrance hall, or executive office. The one in the article was quickly put on hold, but we have another impressive 30-inch globe from the same period, discounted through 7/15/18 to $27,500 (pictures and description available upon request).

Happy Easter and Happy Passover to our Tumblr followers! https://www.georgeglazer.com/wpmain/product/sculpture-rabbit-cast-iron-garden-decor-vintage-mid-20th-century/

We don't usually post sold items here, but this 18th-century print after the Flemish painter David Teniers, titled "Philosopher Laughing at Magick," intrigues us. It might be presumed that the fantastical creatures and supernatural forces associated with alchemy and magic that surround the philosopher — a man of reason — are described in the book that he is reading with a bemused and skeptical smile on his face.  The title of the print states that the philosopher is laughing at magic, but its overwhelming presence in the print makes his relationship with mysticism and the occult somewhat ambiguous. Is he instead an alchemist or fascinated by the theories of alchemy? See more here: https://www.georgeglazer.com/wpmain/product/old-master-philosopher-laughing-at-magick-david-teniers-antique-print-london-c-1775/

Lots going on in this antique moonlit view of the 1884 Montreal Winter Carnival! A huge ice palace with a procession of men with torches, visitors, and horse-drawn sleighs, and inset views of tobogganers on a steep hill and ice skaters in festive costumes. The print is highlighted with glitter, giving a snow blown effect. On sale now: http://www.georgeglazer.com/news/features.html?tab=2

The scarce decorative advertising broadside from the 1860s is currently on loan from the George Glazer Gallery to a temporary exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York. New York on Ice — currently on view until April 15th — is an entertaining look at the history of ice skating in the city (lower right in the installation photo). The print is featured in a section on the skating craze in the mid 19th century, when the Central Park Lake drew huge crowds of New Yorkers of all ages and social classes. The broadside advertises skating equipment sold by a Lower Manhattan sporting goods store in a playful composition that is over three feet wide. Also available after the exhibition closes at a special sale price -- email us at [email protected] if you're interested! More info about the exhibition is at http://bit.ly/mcnyice

Along with Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs and Jack Kramer are the main characters in the new movie "Battle of the Sexes," starring Emma Stone, Steve Carell and Bill Pullman, that tells the story of the televised match King played against Riggs in 1973. 25 years earlier, Riggs and Kramer were international tennis stars competing against each other, as shown in this vintage 1948 poster from our gallery. https://www.georgeglazer.com/wpmain/product/tennis-posters-world-championship-1940s-jack-kramer-pancho-gonzales-bobby-riggs/

THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 1846: Original manuscript illustration of the predicted solar eclipse over North America on April 25, 1846, with handwritten notations, dedicated December 6, 1839. This work is by Asa Smith, the author and artist for the diagrams in the popular 19th-century textbook, Smith’s Illustrated Astronomy, which was first published in 1848. https://bit.ly/1846eclipse

This attractive medium-sized 8-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe by C.S. Hammond shown above was made around 1925. As with all globes, it is based on the geometry of a sphere. It sits on a traditional cast iron cabriole leg stand, appropriate for desk or shelf display. On sale through 4/15/17. See all our current sale items on the theme of “Picturing Math”: https://www.georgeglazer.com/news/features.html

In honor of International Women's Day, today we're featuring the botanical art of Sarah Ann Drake (1803-1857), a prolific British botanical illustrator. She was trained to create drawings from living plants by botanist and leading member of the Royal Horticultural Society John Lindley, and went on to illustrate a number of books by Lindley and others. This print of orchids is from Lindley's "Sertum Orchidaceum." In acknowledgement of her contribution to his work, Lindley named the genus Drakea for her. More here: https://www.georgeglazer.com/prints/nathist/botanical/drakeinv/drakeinv.html

Happy Valentine's Day! This month we've followed our hearts and put a couple on sale. Check out all our sale items at http://www.georgeglazer.com/news/features.html

KEEP INSURED: Homestead Fire Insurance Company issued this Map of New York City as a promotional piece in the 1860s or '70s under the slogan "Keep Insured." The hand-colored lithograph wall map shows Manhattan from the Battery to the northern end of Central Park, along with a section of Brooklyn and Roosevelt Island. The map is decorated with engravings of the company's Nassau Street headquarters and a small illustration of firefighters putting out a blaze. Tell us you saw it here and get a 20% discount! More here: https://georgeglazer.com/maps/newyorkmaps/homestead.html

NEW YORK PRE-1907: Bogue Laundry Soap issued this promotional colorful bird's-eye view of the Brooklyn Bridge. The vista takes in the Lower Manhattan buildings in the foreground and a portion of what was then the Manhattan entrance in the lower left. Along with that entrance structure are other buildings that no longer exist, such as the obelisk-like Tatham Shot Tower to the right of the bridge which was demolished in 1907. On the back advertising copy proclaims the soap "Shortens the Wash day and Makes Home Happy!" Read more: https://www.georgeglazer.com/m…/newyorkmaps/boguebridge.html

This globe was made in Belgium between 1908 and 1914. The Upper Midwest of the United States, where tribes today are protesting the building of a pipeline in North Dakota, is labeled "Sioux Indiens." Another unusual, probably unique, feature of this globe is the inclusion of five illustrations representing different races by a portrait head and a caption noting where each is indigenous. https://www.georgeglazer.com/globes/table/windels.html

We think the moderators for the next presidential debate could use a gavel, and what would be more appropriate than one made out of White House wood? We have a selection of gavels made during the Coolidge and Truman administrations of antique wood salvaged from renovations. See them here: http://www.georgeglazer.com/decarts/objects/gavels/whitehousegavel.html

The featured antique in New York Cottages & Gardens' Fall Style issue is our mid-18th-century armillary sphere by French globe maker Louis-Charles Desnos (magazine page shown left), under the title "Orbit of Influence." The full page article quotes George as to "what makes it special": "This is a particularly early example of an armillary sphere by a famous maker. It was produced during the Age of Enlightenment, when astronomy was considered an important component of a well-rounded intellect." George also notes it is unusual to see an armillary sphere of this age in such good condition. Read more here: http://bit.ly/orbitinf On sale through Oct. 15, 2016. (http://www.georgeglazer.com/news/features.html)

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