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Period: 1930s
Copper "Not Under Command" Ship's Lantern with Glass Fresnel Lens by Meteorite
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships anchor lantern from the English firm "Meteorite." Fitted with a Fresnel glass lens. Removeable red filter. Wired for home use. Meticulously polished and lacquered, mounted to a...
Category

English Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Copper

Eiffel Tower, Sacré-Coeur, Arc de Triomphe Souvenir Building Architectural Model
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A decorative Eiffel Tower, Sacré-Coeur and Arc de Triomphe souvenir building sculpture. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal and a marble base. This item ...
Category

French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Marble, Metal

Brain Antique Anatomical Plate by Lehrmittelverlag Hageman Düsseldorf 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical didactic plate of the 1930s on canvas paper depicting the brain, the spinal column and the sense organs, mounted on two black painted wooden sticks. Signed Lehrmittelverla...
Category

German Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Ulm Minster Church Souvenir Building Vintage, Germany, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A 1930s souvenir building architectural model. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal. A beautiful nice desktop item or jus...
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German Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Fuset y Grau Indian Style 18K Gold Gem-Set and Diamond Bracelet
Located in New York, US
Our extraordinary 18k gold, gem-set and diamond bracelet by Fuset y Grau, circa 1930, depicts a ceremonial procession of Indian royalty including riders i...
Category

Spanish Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Multi-gemstone, Gold

Heavy Butterscotch Bakelite Bangle Bracelet
Located in Van Nuys, CA
1/4" thick Bakelite bangle bracelet in a butterscotch color. 2 3/8" inside circumference.
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bakelite

Ship's Cabin Lantern by Davey of London
Located in Norwell, MA
Early twentieth century highly polished and lacquered ships cabin lantern with three beveled glass panels, back reflector and hinged door. Mounted to a varn...
Category

British Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Waugh, Evelyn, Waugh in Abyssinia, First Edition, Presentation Copy, 1936
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Waugh, Evelyn. Title: Waugh in Abyssinia. Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1936. Description: First Edition Presentation Copy. 1 vol., inscribed on the ...
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British Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fabric

Boxed Boat Compass by Wilcox Crittenden
Located in Norwell, MA
Small gimballed boat compass by Wilcox Crittenden of Connecticut. Flush mounted into a custom wood box. Overall dimensions: Weight is 2 pounds. 3" H x 5" L x 5" Deep.
Category

Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Pair of Spun Aluminum & Turned Oak Ashtray Stands, Attributed to Russel Wright
Located in Dorchester, MA
This pair of 1930s standing ashtrays are attributed to Russel Wright. Each Machine Age smoking stand features a turned oak support between a spu...
Category

American Machine Age Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum

1930s Germany Botanical Model of the Lamium Purpureum Flower
Located in Milan, IT
Educational model of the Lamium purpureum L. (false purple nettle) flower made of painted papier mâché with a Bakelite base from the 1930s, German ma...
Category

German Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Parchment Paper

Original Mexican Retablo "Exvotos" Oil on Tin
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this original Mexican ex voto, due to the effects of time, the writing has been erased.
Category

Mexican Folk Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Wood Table Ship's Door
Located in Norwell, MA
Unique table fabricated from a great old ships door with built in brass porthole with door handle and hinges. Arts and crafts trestle base. Overall dimens...
Category

Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Gertrude Stein, Operas and Plays, Inscribed by Alice Toklas, Plain Edition 1932
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: STEIN, Gertrude. Title: Operas and Plays. Publisher: Paris: 27 Rue de Fleurus, 1932. PLAIN EDITION INSCRIBED BY ALICE TOKLAS. 1 vol., limited to 500 copies, inscrib...
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French Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Pair of Steel Port and Starboard Lights
By Artistic Brass & BZ Wks NYC
Located in Norwell, MA
Pair of ship's lanterns, port and starboard, with polished steel cases that have been stripped and meticulously polished and lacquered. This is a first class pair of lanterns with copper badges from Marine Division Artistic Brass and Bronze...
Category

American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

Yacht Blueprint of a Fifty Foot Yacht by Howard Chapelle
Located in Norwell, MA
Original blueprint drawing of a fifty foot "Express Cruiser" from the workshop of Eldredge-McInnis Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts. Interesting design...
Category

American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Set of Five Botanical Models of a Plant Embryo, London UK, 1930
Located in Milan, IT
A set of five botanical models depicting in numbered sequence the development of a vegetal embryo. Made out of hand painted plaster, the models are mounted on a wooden base. T. Gerra...
Category

British Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Early 20th Century Jigger Doll
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century jigger doll We are proud to offer an early 20th century hand carved jigger doll. Made for a light pine wood, with hand carved detail across its face and lovely Chelsea boots. Jig dolls or les gigueux are old and established wooden or tin – plate “toys...
Category

British Folk Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pine

English Art Deco Sterling Silver Cigarette Holder Case
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful English Art Deco period sterling silver tobacco cigarette holder case, circa early-20th century, England. Marked 'Sterling' on inside...
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English Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Art Deco Lipstick Holder in Silver, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A small lipstick holder in 830/1000 silver. Intricate guilloché around its perimeter. It weights in around 50 gr. and is signed by the maker and Hallma...
Category

Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

John Alden Blueprint No. 583 of an Auxiliary Cruising Yawl
Located in Norwell, MA
Exceptional and stunning original yacht blueprint from John G Alden of Boston. The legend panel reads “Auxiliary Cruising Yawl” cabin plan. March 21, 1934. C.A. Alberg John G. Alden ...
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Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Rare RCA Victor Childs Folding Chair, Nipper Dog and Horn
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare RCA Victor Childs folding chair, nipper dog and horn. I’ve only seen one other in 40 years, Classic 1930s childs size folding chair with original RCA V...
Category

American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

1930s Italian Medical Sketch of a Campaing to Fight Tuberculosis
Located in Milan, IT
Sketch of a futurist poster, 1930s, ten cents to fight tuberculosis, for the national campaign to inform people about the prevention of this illness. Measures: cm 32 x 42, inches 12....
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Italian Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

American Bosch Model 854T '1939' The Largest Tombstone Radio
Located in Oakland, CA
American Bosch model 854T (1939) am/shortwave with mini-jack installed. The largest made table radio is as fine a radio as it is in size. The radio is a ten tube model offering both ...
Category

American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Wood

Ship's Binnacle by Baker Lyman of New Orleans, Louisiana
Located in Norwell, MA
Ship's binnacle with maker's plate from Baker Lyman Company of New Orleans, Louisiana. Wonderfully restored binnacle with gimballed compass and interior lighting. Overall dimensio...
Category

American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Large Tooth, Bauhaus Era Porcelain Tray for Dental Instruments, Germany, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Striking heavy white tooth shaped porcelain tray used by a Dentist in the Southern part of Denmark during the 1930s. Manufactured in Germany probably on order. Beautiful intact antiq...
Category

German Bauhaus Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Starling Burgess & Morgan Yacht Blueprint No. 52-06
Located in Norwell, MA
Rare starling burgess yacht blueprint of a fifty four foot ketch dated March 1930. Construction plan showing hull framing, stubbed masts, hatches, cabins, skylights, etc. One can spe...
Category

Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Vintage Style Photography, Framed Alpine Ski Photograph, The Race
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Style Photography, Framed Alpine Ski Photograph, The Race. 'THE RACE', a modern framed and mounted black and white photograph after an original 1930's skiing photograph. The...
Category

British Sporting Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper, Wood

Original Blueprint for the Sailing Dingy “Burp” by John Alden
Located in Norwell, MA
Blueprint from John G Alden, naval architect, 131 State St, Boston. Plan is for No. 559, a class A sailing dingy named "Dunk.” Showing all hull lines in great detail. Rich blue color...
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Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Ship's Trawling Lantern with Red and Blue Filters by Meteorite "A-11175"
Located in Norwell, MA
Rare English ship's lantern known as a trawling lantern. Fitted with red and green filters for port and starboard with a clear strip up the center. Very large and heavy. Brass maker'...
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English Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

Solid Brass Ships Porthole Table
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ships porthole fitted to a bar height cocktail table stand. Highly polished and lacquered ships porthole has hinged door and two dog ...
Category

Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Actinometer Antique Measuring Instrument made by Griffin & Tatlock London in 30s
By Griffin & Tatlock ltd
Located in Milan, IT
Herschel actinometer, 1930s, wood and brass, signed Griffin & Tatlock ltd London. It is an instrument invented in 1825 by John Herschel and used for the measurement of the solar heat...
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British Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Yacht Model Built Plank on Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Plank on frame yacht model with long cabin. Built to a Basset Lowke plan. Removeable cabin. No engine. Weight is 10 lbs 12" H x 11" W x 50" L.
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Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Godard Armand "Woman Sitting with Doves" Art Deco Sculpture black marble
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
"Jeune femme aux colombes" "young woman with doves" By Armand Godard. Beautiful sculpture with beautiful patina Art Deco period representing a woman sitting feeding birds on oval terrace in black marble. Very fine work. Signed. France,  circa 1930 Armand Godard made many chryselephantine statuettes in bronze and ivory in the Art Deco style, especially for the foundry Edmond Etling. In the 1920s and 1930s, he exhibited in Paris in the salons of the Society of French Artists. During the 1937 Universal Exhibition in Paris, he showed a monumental statue 4.5 meters high and a patinated plaster sculpture.
Category

French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Marble

Antique Mahogany Racquets or Squash Racket Press
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Mahogany Racket Press. An octagonal racket press in good original condition. The press can hold up to two rackets and has three securing bolts with wing ...
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British Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Sold Brass Ship's Searchlight Mounted to a Ship's Decking Pedestal
Located in Norwell, MA
Ship's spotlight with meticulously polished and lacquered finish. Glass lens. Mounted on an iron pole with a mahogany and holly replicated ship's decking. The base weighs over 200 po...
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Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Solid Copper Ships Lantern with Fresnel Lens
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid copper ships lantern with Fresnel glass lens. No burner. With vented top, carry handle, and hinged door on rear. Note the flake to the lens....
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Unknown Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Copper

Blueprint Yacht Gypsy By John Alden No 355
Located in Norwell, MA
Alden blueprint of Motor Yacht Gypsy which was a 101 foot yacht built in 1927. This is a hull lines drawing of this plum bow vessel. Weight is 16 pounds. 20" H x 53" L .
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Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Vintage 1930s Black Leather Medicine Ball from a Gym, Czech Republic, 1930s
Located in Vienna, AT
A decorative handcrafted medicine ball from a Czech gym, dated circa 1930s. Made of thick black saddle leather in good vintage condition with charming patina...
Category

Czech Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Antique Cricket Weathervane, Lords Father Time
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Lords old father time weather vane. A vintage replica of the father time cricket weather vane that can be found at Lord's Cricket Ground, London. The weath...
Category

British Sporting Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum, Brass, Steel

Alpine Ski Photograph, 'Haircut Sir', Taken from 1930s Original
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage, antique Alpine Ski photograph. 'HAIRCUT SIR', a new mounted black and white photographic image after an original 1930s skiing photograph. Prior to being a recreational activity skiing was purely a means of travelling from A to B through the snow, it only started to become the sport it is today in the mid-1800s. The price displayed is for the mounted photo only. Image size 40cm x 25.5cm = 15 ½" x 10". The alpine photograph...
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English Sporting Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Double Front and Back Lithograph Depicting Portovenere and Pisa in Italy, 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Double front and back lithograph depicting Portovenere and Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa, dating back to the thirties. Very good condition. Cm 21.5 x 27.5.  
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Italian Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Large Solid Brass Perko Ships Anchor Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships anchor lantern by The Perkins Marine Lamp Company. With protective brass bars, vented top with hoisting ring. Lantern is mounted to a thick mahogany base. Lantern is wired with...
Category

American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Brass Bow Light from a Boat
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass bow light, early twentieth century. Door on rear is embossed Universal Metal Spinning and Stamping Company of New York. With Fresnel glass lens. ...
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Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Selection of Authentic Kongo Knives
Located in Leuven , BE
The knives were handmade with heavily decorated Forged Iron blades with embellished wooden handles. They would use brass or leather wrappings and tacks that turned their weapons into...
Category

Congolese Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Kay Bojesen, Vintage Painted Zebra Figure, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A wooden toy zebra made from Danish beech and hand painted white and black. It was designed by Kay Bojesen in 1936. This particular example was manufactured in the 1950s. It has bee...
Category

Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Beech

Italian Trolley Mill Industrial Archeology
Located in bari, IT
Trolley from an old industrial cotton mill made with mixed timber dating back to the 1930s.
Category

Italian Industrial Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Botanical Model in Enlarged Section of a Moraceae Syconium, Italy, 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Model in enlarged section of a Moraceae syconium (fig for example is a syconium). The model is made of painted plaster and almost certainly made by Paravia in the 1930s. Measures cm ...
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Italian Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plaster

18K White Gold Diamond and Emerald Estate Necklace
Located in Lambertville, NJ
18 karat white gold with natural Columbian emerald and Diamond pendant. 2.12 karat emerald with 4.92 karats of diamonds.
Category

American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Multi-gemstone, Gold

Vintage Style Photography, Framed Alpine Ski Photograph, Davos, Parsenn
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
'DAVOS, PARSENN', a modern framed and mounted black and white photographic image after an original 1930s skiing photograph. The frame is a hand coloured reeded wooden black frame. Bl...
Category

English Sporting Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper, Wood

Vintage Style Photography, Framed Alpine Ski Photograph, Safety First
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
'SAFETY FIRST', a modern framed and mounted black and white photograph after an original 1930's skiing photograph. The frame is black with a burgundy undercoat, the glazing is clarit...
Category

British Sporting Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper, Wood

Botanical Model in Enlarged Section of a Moraceae Syconium, Italy, 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Model in enlarged section of a Moraceae syconium (fig for example is a syconium). The model is made of painted plaster and almost certainly made by Paravia in the thirties. Measures ...
Category

Italian Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plaster

Vintage Billiard, Snooker, Pool Cue Tipper in Boxwood
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Billiard, snooker, pool cue tipper. A very good quality billiard / snooker cue tipper, made from boxwood with brass fittings and steel file attached on a cha...
Category

English Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Boxwood

Botanical Model in Enlarged Section of a Moraceae Syconium, Italy, 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Model in enlarged section of the Moraceae syconium (fig for example is a sicon). The model is made of painted plaster and almost certainly made by Paravia in the 1930s. Measures cm 3...
Category

Italian Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plaster

Vintage Natural Columbian Emerald and Diamond 18k White Gold Earrings
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Stunning estate Columbian emerald and 18k white gold earrings.  
Category

American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Multi-gemstone, Gold

Antique Botanical Plate Boehmeria tenacissima Bohemian Manufacture of the 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Colored lithograph applied on light cardboard depicting botanical study with various sections of Boehmeria tenacissima Roxb and of Corchorus capsularis L. Bohemian manufacture of the...
Category

Czech Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Alpine Ski Photograph, 'Happy Skiers' Taken from 1930s Original
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage, Alpine ski photograph. 'Happy Skiers', a new mounted black and white photographic image after an original 1930s skiing photograph. Black and white alpine photos are the perfect addition to any home or ski lodge. Prior to being a recreational activity skiing was purely a means of travelling from A to B through the snow, it only started to become the sport it is today in the mid-1800s. The price displayed is for the mounted photo only. Image size 25.5cm x 40cm = 10 x 15 ½" ". The alpine photograph...
Category

English Sporting Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Alpine Ski Photograph, 'Scheidegg' Taken from Original 1930s Photograph
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Alpine Ski photograph. 'SCHEIDEGG', a new mounted black and white photographic image after an original 1930s skiing photograph. Prior to being a recreational activity skiing was purely a means of travelling from A to B through the snow, it only started to become the sport it is today in the mid-1800s. The price displayed is for the mounted photo only. Image size 40cm x 25.5cm = 15 ½" x 10". The alpine photograph...
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British Sporting Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

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