Antique Nurses

A rare and historically significant antique enamel graduation badge created by Tiffany & Co. for The Brooklyn Hospital Training School for Nurses, crafted in solid 14 karat yello...

A charming pair of 19th-century French Provençal nurse’s chairs, distinguished by their notably low seats, a form traditionally associated with fireside seating and domestic interiors.

Etching and aquatint realized by Thomas Rowlandson in 1817. Plate from "The Dance of Life" by William Combe. Very good condition. Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) was an english artis...

Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1901 by Able & Charnell, this attractive, Antique Sterling Silver Nurses Belt Buckle, features delicate engraved decoration and vacant cartouches.

This antique belt buckle was made by the well known George Angell and Company of England in approximately 1880 and done in the period Victorian style. The buckle is composed of sterl...

German porcelain figure of a red cross nurse, Rosenthal, circa 1920. Signed.

The boy Bôtarô watches his nurse Otsuji haul a bucket of water from the well.

Artist: Henry Perronet Briggs, Attributed to, English (1793 - 1844) Title: Juliet and Her Nurse with the Page Peter from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Year: circa 1820 Medium: Oil o...

Hallmarked in London 1901 by John Tiley, this stylish, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Belt Buckle, measures 3.75"(9.5cm) wide and weighs 1.5 ozt.

Antique print titled 'Nourrice à Madrid'. No. 114 from 'Musée Cosmopolite'. This print originates from a section illustrating costumes of Spain and Portugal.

  "...It is proper to inform you, that this sick-nurse was no other than the Marsh-mallow. On the earth, it had been her constant aim to gratify her benevolent inclinations." 

Romney fell ill with fever and was nursed by the daughter of his landlady, A Miss Mary Abbot who he would marry in 1756 after Abbot fell pregnant.

Sensitively rendered wearing a light brown fabric, she nurses twins, and is seated on a high-backed throne patterned with herringbone which suggests a wicker construction.

At 1 World war time she worked as a compassionate sister, nurse, maid at Russia, Lithuania and Poland. She returned at Latvia, after graduation book keeping curse, she worked as a cl...

They needed support financially, through the purchase of war bonds and rationing, and emotionally, through volunteer service (men for the armed forces, women for the nurse corps), di...

A scene from Homer's *Iliad* depicting Hector, the Trojan Commander-in-Chief, meeting his wife Andromache and son Astyanax (who is carried by a nurse) at the city gates before depart...

Doctor's / Nurse's Medical Swivel Stool with Terrific Patina in Aluminium and Iron Manufactured in Spain, 1930-1940.

In the shadow to the left, a nurse also turns away a figure in a hat. The costumes suggest a fashionable social gathering, while the laughter and insistent curiosity of those present...

Her love of Japanese art began when she served with a contingent of nurses in Tokyo and Kyoto from 1947-1951. It was at this time that she joined the Kyoto Folk Art Association and f...

He produced decorative compositions, most of them destined for various public buildings in Paris: St Julian the Nurse in 1883, Joan of Arc in 1885, The Park in 1901 for the town hall...

From 1915 to 1918, Heckel worked as a nurse for the Red Cross in Flanders, then returned to Berlin, which remained his main residence until early 1944.

Pelew-Eilanders – Antique Hand-Colored Engraving of Palau (c.1800) A finely hand-colored early 19th-century ethnographic engraving titled “Pelew-Eilanders,” depicting two Indigenous...

To the reverse is a scratched or engraved name, Angela Darkin, suggesting this may have been a personalised accessory, perhaps for a nurse or lady in uniform during the late Victoria...

Instead of a combatant role, he worked as a nurse for a military hospital in Ancenis - intriguingly, many of his fellow nurses were his portrait clients and patrons.

The American Red Cross ARC was formed in 1881 as non-profit humanitarian organisation founded by the American Civil War nurse Clara Barton (Clarissa Harlowe Barton; 1821-1912); durin...

Mead's stay at Westminster was brief before having to return home to nurse her father. After his death Mead studied under Auguste Joseph Delécluse in Paris, where a pastel portrait w...

To the center of the plate is a handpainted scene of Odysseus's wife Penelope being awakend by Odysseus's nurse Eurycleia, the scene taken from Homer's epic "The Odyssey".

Instead of a combatant role, he worked as a nurse for a military hospital in Ancenis - intriguingly, many of his fellow nurses were his portrait clients and patrons.

In fact it is recorded that the person who was closest to Wilhelm in his early childhood was, his nurse, Emma Hobbs. She left the German Royal service to return to Britain to marry ...

To the left, a *nourrice et garçon cosaque* (Cossack nurse and boy) stand near a *laitière* (milkmaid), representing the domestic and working-class population of Imperial Russia.

Which suggests it was a nurses watch. You can wear though all the time and count on it, even if you do not need to take a pulse.

The original hallmarked hinged cover is ornamented with embossed oval designs, incorporating an Art Nouveau style portrait of a female nurse in period attire to the centre. The co...

The Red Cross is personified as a beautiful ghosted nurse cradling a sick soldier who is lying in a cot.

The backrest is also topped with floral motifs. This nurse's armchair, children's armchair or fireside armchair is made of white painted wood on four curved legs.

Whilst at the Academy he formed the start of a long-standing friendship with his fellow student Vincent Van Gogh, whose constant clashes with the establishment led to regular bouts o...

The adult figure — likely a mother, nurse, or governess — watches calmly and points as if offering quiet instruction or comfort.

The watch came to us many years ago from the original family, the great grandmother was a nurse during WW1 and this was her watch. They traded it in because they wanted something mor...

The early 20th century saw this kind of pin/brooch watch created for nurses. But this particular item was surely made for a high society lady.

La Croix-Soleil features a nurse, and the line of Les Pansements La Croix-Soleil white bandages that she is using are rendered in pure white to emphasize the antiseptic qualities of...

In Greek, it was called the "horn of Amalthea" after Amalthea, a nurse of Zeus, who is often part of stories of the horn's origin.

She is the patron saint of breast cancer patients, martyrs and wet nurses. She died during the persecution of Decius (250-253) for her steadfast profession of faith.

Antique French embossed crocodile leather doctors bag / nurse bag c. 1920 The bag is in a nice antique condition after ca. 100 years as you can see on the photo's.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849) Poem by Bunya no Asayasu (Fumiya no Asayasu), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki) 「百人一首うはか...

Remaining very close to Sickert, she taught with him at his Rowlandson House school in London and then followed him to Dieppe where she nursed him through periods of ill health. She ...

During the War, Gray volunteered as a nurse with the Scottish Women's Hospitals and was sent to France where she also found time to paint and sketch.

. * **Florence Nightingale** – Shown in nurse’s cap and shawl, likely near a grouping of women in medical service. * **Queen Victoria** and **Prince Albert** – Appearing in regalia, ...

Plot & Symbolism The presence of: A mother cradling the infant, symbolizing new life and maternal devotion A clergyman in formal attire, possibly a priest or pastor, conducting ...

Margaret’s father disowned her, her nurse adopted her, and Margaret converted, consecrating herself and her virginity to God.

Mary is carrying her son, the infant Jesus, who is wrapped in a cloak, in her lap. Jesus is being nursed by his mother, held by her left hand. This remarkable depiction, imbued with...

Posted to the RAF Hospital at Halton, she nursed injured airmen and turned her hand to medical illustration – documenting reconstructive surgery in forensic detail.

Mary Ann died in 1857 in London, and his only child Alice Williams was born shortly afterwards to Sarah Susannah Horley, who had been Mary Ann's nurse – Edward and Sarah did not marr...

An invaluable addition to the 19th century home, this domestic medicine chest contained nearly everything needed to nurse a member of the household back to health. Made by the firm o...

A 19th century genre painting by the colorful scene is set in a reading room, where the elegantly dressed nobleman, who recently fought in a battle (reference to the helmet and armor...

THE CADUCEUS IS OFTEN USED AS A SYMBOL FOR MEDICINE AND IS A WONDERFUL JEWEL FOR THE DOCTOR, NURSE, PA, MD, PHYSICIAN, AS WELL AS LOVERS OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY, AND PEACE AS WELL AS HER...

According to legend, it was from this horn, which could be filled with whatever the owner wished, that the god Zeus was fed as an infant by his nurse, the nymph Amalthaea. Later, the...

In 1911, a 35-year-old artist living at 9 Launceston Place, Kensington, London with his 38-year-old wife Mary and their 5-year-old daughter Gabrielle, with a nurse and two indoor ser...

Designed in 1932, the “Measured Time” clock and kitchen timer predates his more famous commercial "Radio Nurse" baby monitor designed in 1936. Tested and working.