A grand Viennese court ball, painted by Wilhelm Gause, 1900

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Purveyors of the Rare & the Remarkable · Est. mdccclxxxvii

A Cabinet of
Victorian Curiosities

Antiques, oddities, and honest relics of the nineteenth century — each one catalogued by hand, each one singular. What you find here, you will not find twice.

Featured curiosityPlate No. I

No. I · The Frontispiece

Orrery in Lacquered Brass

Attributed to a London maker, c. 1852

The Standing Collection

Lately Acquired

Of the House

Honest relics, plainly told

We deal in the genuine article. Every piece is examined, dated as closely as the evidence allows, and described without flattery — its virtues and its wear set down alike. Where a thing is singular, we say so; where it has been mended, we say that too.

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Departments

  • Cushions & Textiles01
  • Dolls & Automata02
  • Portraiture03
  • Mourning & Memento04
  • Natural History05
  • Scientific Instruments06
  • Furnishings07
  • Domestic Curiosa08
  • Horology09