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Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

Adorable and Therapeutic Musical Clown Automaton Figure Toy
Located in Miami, FL
A fine quality therapeutic musical automaton clown toy in wonderful vintage condition. Features
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Metal

Adorable and Therapeutic Musical Clown Automaton Figure/Toy
Located in Miami, FL
A fine quality therapeutic musical automaton clown toy in wonderful vintage condition. Features
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Textile, Porcelain

Adorable and Therapeutic Musical Clown Automaton Figure Toy French
Located in Miami, FL
A fine quality therapeutic musical automaton clown toy in wonderful vintage working condition
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Metal

Roland Paris Bronze Art Deco The Clown
By Roland Paris
Located in NANTES, FR
Art Deco bronze with green and brown patina around 1930. Bronze clown on Portor marble base
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Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Marble, Bronze

Retro Roland Paris Bronze Art Deco The Clown
Roland Paris Bronze Art Deco The Clown
H 20.87 in W 18.31 in D 5.12 in

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Unique antique oak pharmacy cabinet full of storage options, early 1900s
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This very large and striking, completely original pharmacy cabinet comes from the early 1900s. The cupboard is made up of several parts and can be arranged according to your own wish...
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Early 20th Century Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Wood, Oak

Therapeutic Jute Children Toy Hippo by Renate Müller Germany 1970s
By Renate Müller
Located in Vienna, AT
This authentic animal toy from the 1970s was designed by Renate Müller. Unique in shape and workmanship. This example shows hippo made of jute.?The high quality toy is handmade from ...
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1970s German Mid-Century Modern Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Leather, Jute

Walnut Dressing Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
Walnut dressing table, the impressive superstructure consisting of a large central bevelled mirror and smaller mirrors to either side. The rectangular well figured walnut top with mo...
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Early 20th Century British Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Walnut

Walnut Dressing Table
Walnut Dressing Table
H 66 in W 48 in D 20.5 in
1940's Folk Art John Carr's Jacquard Puppets The Turnip's, Scarecrow & Gardener
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming collection of hand crafted puppets by John Carr, (William & His Turnips) depicting a scare crow, a gardener with a hoe and 12 turnips. Developed in the early part of th...
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Mid-20th Century English Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Fabric, Pine

Dutch Oak Grocery Store / Apothecary Shop Cabinet, 1920/30s
Located in Nijmegen, NL
This shop cabinet was produced during the 1920/30s in the Netherlands. This piece features 8 drawers and 5 shelves and was made in two sections. It was originally used in a pharmacy ...
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1930s Industrial Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Oak

Rare Brionvega RR130 TOTEM Radio by Mario Bellini, 1970s
By Mario Bellini, Brionvega
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Incredible and rare Brionvega RR130 radio by Mario Bellini, Italy 1970s. This incredibly rare radio has become an iconic piece, with its swiveling speakers which reveal the turntab...
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1960s Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Metal

Vintage Mid-Century Dutch Mahogany Shop / Apothecary Cabinet
Located in Nijmegen, NL
This cabinet was produced during the 1950/60s in the Netherlands. It features drawers in mahogany and a large door with a shelve behind it. It was originally used in pharmacy in Ams...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Mahogany

Pair of Joaquim Berao Brutalist Bronze Sculpture, Spain
Located in L'Escala, ES
Rare and beautiful pair of brutalist bronze by Joaquim Berao manufactured in Spain in 1990s. Very decorative object, brutalist design. Joaquim Berao is a great sculptor in Spain, and...
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Late 20th Century Spanish Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Metal, Bronze

Georgian Mahogany Cheval Dressing Mirror
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very fine quality George III period mahogany cheval Dressing mirror having extremely elegant turned supports Enclosing swing frame with replaced mirror plate flanked By ormolu c...
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Mahogany

Bed Dog Sample Dolls Tester 4 Poster Upholstered Antiquarian Jacobean Style Oak
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
• Rare diminutive, Antiquarian, oak, tester or 4 poster, upholstered bed in the Baroque-style. Either intended as a cabinet maker’s sample or a dog or doll’s bed. • Characterful an...
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1950s British Baroque Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Velvet, Oak

Vintage Russian Samovar Doll Teapot Cosy, Teapot Cover
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage Russian samovar doll teapot cosy or samovar teapot cover. This large sized handmade doll has a molded fabric head with painted eyes, red lips and a large green dress with l...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Folk Art Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Fabric

Japanese Export Carved Dragon Chair
Located in New York, NY
Eye catching highly carved sculptural dragon armchair. Japanese dragon motif carried throughout arms and chair with fantastic detailed hand carvings. Victorian era cabriole legs fini...
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19th Century Japanese Japonisme Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Wood

Victorian Tall Mahogany Chemist Shop Fitting
By T. G. Hawkes & Co.
Located in Dereham, GB
Victorian Tall Mahogany Chemist Shop Fitting, Mahogany Framed glass& Mirrored Pediment, Reads: DISPENSING DEPARTMENT , With Gold Lettering behind the glass, with pair Carved scroll s...
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Mid-19th Century British Victorian Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Mahogany

Victorian Tall Mahogany Chemist Shop Fitting
Victorian Tall Mahogany Chemist Shop Fitting
H 111.03 in W 46.46 in D 18.51 in
Automaton Singing Birds
Located in Norwich, GB
Automaton Singing birds Automaton singing birds housed in a gilded case standing on a stepped gilded base. Three articulated singing birds standing on a green base with l...
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1950s British Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Brass

Automaton Singing Birds
Automaton Singing Birds
H 14.5 in W 10.5 in D 8 in
Domestic Medicine Chest by Thompson & Capper
By Thompson & Capper
Located in New Orleans, LA
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...
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19th Century English Other Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Brass

Domestic Medicine Chest by Thompson & Capper
Domestic Medicine Chest by Thompson & Capper
H 8.25 in W 15.75 in D 12.25 in
Dutch Oak Apothecary / Filing Cabinet, 1930s
Located in Nijmegen, NL
This apothecary cabinet was designed and made from oak ca 1930 in the Netherlands. It features 7 large drawers with metal art deco style hardware. The inside of the drawers measure: ...
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1930s Dutch Art Deco Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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Oak

Dutch Oak Apothecary / Filing Cabinet, 1930s
Dutch Oak Apothecary / Filing Cabinet, 1930s
H 30.32 in W 70.87 in D 16.15 in

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Adorable and Therapeutic Musical Clown Automaton Figure/Toy
Located in Miami, FL
A fine quality therapeutic musical automaton clown toy in wonderful vintage condition. Features
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

Materials

Metal

Set of 2 Oversize 3.5’ Commedia dell’Arte Porcelain Pierrot Clown Dolls, 1984
Located in Tucson, AZ
, articulated oversized Pierrot clown dolls with stuffed hands, feet and body and painted porcelain heads. Black
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1980s Taiwanese Retro Porcelain Clown Dolls

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There are a variety of figurative sculptures on 1stDibs created by artists working in a number of styles, including Art Deco, Art Nouveau, mid-century modern and more. A large figurative sculpture can introduce an excellent focal point in a guest bedroom, while smaller works might draw the eye to spaces such as wall shelving or a bookcase that people may otherwise overlook.

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