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Austrian Pair Art Deco Mounted Bronze Maiden Head Bookends
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning pair Austrian attributed Art Deco bronze bookends modeled as maidens heads dating from the 1920/30's. The heads are mounted by two screws on a s...
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Bronze
Staunton Fierce Knight Weighted Club Chess Set 8.5cm Kings Jointed Box, 19th C
By Jaques of London
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good quality and complete English handmade hardwood "Weighted" Club Chess Set game of 32 pieces, in the Staunton Fierce Knight pattern, all within a jointed wood box ...
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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Hardwood
Modern Art of Metalwork: Brohan-Museum V1 '1889-1939 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This catalogue covers the Brohan Museum hollowware collection of silver, pewter, brass, copper, stainless steel, nickel, aluminium and metal alloys such as nickelsilver, from the late nineteenth century and the first part of the twentieth century up to 1939. Flatware was not included, since this is the subject of another publication. There is an excellent inventory of artists from Belgium...
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Early 20th Century Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
Venini Glass, Two Books Catalogue Raisonne by Frano Deboni (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This two-volume set of books is the much-awaited 2007 reprint, which has now been enlarged to include a section on lighting, a directory of some of the major artists...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
Antique Long Nose Golf Club, McEwan, Musselburg
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Long Nose Golf Club, McEwan Of Musselburgh.
A fine long nose golf club, spoon by McEwan of Musselburgh. This club has a wonderful and graceful shape, only the like found on c...
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Late 19th Century Scottish Antique Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Hickory
Set Of Gaming Or Poker Chips
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Gaming Chips, Cards and Container.
A nice set of gambling counters (poker, gambling, gaming chips) in a rectangular beech-wood keeper with brass central carry handle and a li...
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20th Century British Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Beech
Snaffles Fox Hunting Print 'Merry England'
By Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Snaffles Hunting Print, Merry England.
A hand coloured Snaffles photolithograph entitled 'Merry England' with secondary caption "and worth a guinea a minute". The main image ...
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Early 20th Century English Sporting Art Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper, Wood
Small Library of Eleven Vintage Fly Fishing Books Largely First Editions
Located in San Francisco, CA
The library of 11 books contains the following:
1st Editions with dust jackets:
Steelhead Paradise by John Fennelly, Mitchell Press Canada, 1963
Sport Fishing in Canada by Francis Wh...
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Mid-20th Century American Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
Antique Russian Silver Crook Handle Walking Stick Cane 89cm 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique Russian silver crook head handle walking cane, circa 1880 in date.
The cane features a crook handle with Russian hallmarks and stylised engraved initials...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Silver
Antique Continetal Silver Ebonized Walking Cane Stick Late 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique continetal silver handled walking stick, circa 1870 in date
The striking stick features a silver Crutch handle which is engraved 'C J Stuilt' on a gentle...
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1870s English Antique Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Silver
Small Library of Ten Volumes of Vintage Fishing Books Largely First Editions
Located in San Francisco, CA
This library of 10 books (mostly 1st Editions) contains 3 volumes with dust jackets:
Nymph Fishing in Practice by Oliver Kite, London Herbert Jenkins (reprinted 1969)
The Salmon by...
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20th Century American Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
Three Queen Victoria Silver Jubilee Gilded Boxed Medallions
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A charming set of three boxed coin shaped medallions celebrating the silver jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. The medallions of rounded shape are each contained in a turned boxwood ...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Metal
Leather Holdall Type Bag
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Leather Holdall Travel Bag.
A good leather travel bag with two strong carry handles and very unusual type of securing the bag closed. The securing mechanism very reminiscence...
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Early 20th Century Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Leather
$1,498
Eileen Gray: Architect/Designer by Peter Adam (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Eileen Gray (1878-1976) was one of the most innovative architect/designers of the 20th century. Her pioneering tables, mirrors, lamps, and lacquer screens have become modern classics...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
Ruhlmann Vintage Photograph Album (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A unique photograph album in original grey card wrappers with the Ruhlmann name embossed on the front and the name of the client Monsieur Molinie also...
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Early 20th Century Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
Leather Football
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage No.5 Leather Soccer Ball.
A great vintage leather football ball with twelve guaranteed hand sewn leather panels. The ball is stencilled but unreadable, it has a lace-up slit ...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Leather
$286
Antique Single Pine Bed, Continental.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Single Sleigh Bed Frame.
A single pine sleigh bed frame, the head and foot boards have wooden bed knobs and turned legs, there is no mattress supplied with this bed. The bed ...
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Early 20th Century German Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Pine
Limited Edition Elton John Signature Series Red Piano Yamaha
By Yamaha
Located in London, GB
Limited Edition Elton John Signature Series Red Piano Yamaha
Japanese, 2005
Piano: Height 102cm, width 155cm, depth 213cm
Stool: Height 52cm, width 61cm, depth 41cm
A striking ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Modern Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Metal
Ensembles Mobiliers 18 Volume (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a brand new (apart from volume 1/2 which is in a mylar cover for protection there is a 1cm tear in the front top left hand corner) still in cellophane complete 18 volume set (published as 17 because 1 and 2 form the first volume). Originally published by Charles Moreau between 1937 and 1960 in portfolio form, these reprints from 2005 have been published as oblong quarto books, this is an important work which traces the trends and fashions of The Salon des Artistes Decorateurs which is basically the history of French furniture in the 20th century. Most of the legendary names are featured, including Ruhlmann, Jean Dunand, Maurice Dufrene, Jacques Adnet, Dupre´-Lafon, Jean Royere, Jules Leleu, Maxime Old, Eugene Printz, Andre Arbus and Florence Knoll. 792 full pages black and white plates...
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Paper
$1,550 / set
Antique English Bone Telescope Walking Stick Cane 19th Century 92cm/36 inches
By Stanley & Co., London 1
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique Victorian sectional bone telescope walking stick, marked for the maker, Stanley of London, and dated 1885.
The striking stick features a handle composed of a...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Brass, Bronze
Coronation Record of King George V by The Illustrated London News , London 1911
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an original 1911 edition of the Illustrated London News Coronation Record celebrating the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary.
This Royal Memorabilia magazine publica...
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
Cecil Beaton's Scrapbook (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a very good 1st edition (second issue) of this much sought after society journal which is still in a very good dust jacket though there are one or two short closed tears and ...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
La Bible “Illustrations for the Bible” by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
[Verve (Vol VIII, Nos. 33-34] 30 lithographs, including the cover (18 in color). Text in French by Jean Wahl and Meyer Schapiro. No dust jacket. some damage to the spine but lithogra...
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Mid-20th Century French Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
10 Vols. Edgar Allen Poe, The Complete Works with a Critical Introduction...
Located in New York, NY
10 Vols. Edgar Allen Poe, The Complete Works with a Critical Introduction by Charles F. Richardson. Illustrated by Frederick S. Coburn. "Tamerlane Edition" limited to 300 sets, print...
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20th Century English Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Leather
Vintage Hardy 'Tweed' Salmon Fishing Cast Wallet
By Hardy Bros.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy Bros. Fly Cast Wallet.
A good leather fishing cast wallet in good original condition embossed to look like crocodile skin. Embossed inside in gilt 'Hardy Brothers Ltd., Makers,...
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20th Century English Edwardian Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Leather
Vintage English Telescope Walking Stick Cane Dolland 20th Century
By Dolland
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful vintage telescope walking stick by Dolland London, late 20th century in date.
The striking stick features a chrome cap unscrewing to reveal a small telescope wit...
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Late 20th Century English Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Chrome
Christie's The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Christie's hardback auction catalogue Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th October 1999 New York.
In October of 1999, Anna Strasberg sourced Christie’s, the renowned auction company, to ...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
English Burl Walnut Brass Mounted Book Safe with 2 Tree Calf Leather Bindings
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rare and unusual English burl walnut brass mounted book safe of unusually fine quality containing 2 leather bound volumes marketed by Asprey & Company, England. I have never seen a...
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Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Brass
Vintage 16th C Style Complete Suit of Armour, Castell Gyrn 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous hand crafted complete suit of 16th century style armour dating from the second half of the 20th century.
The fully articulated suit is mounted on a wooden stand complete with a two handed double edged sword.
This is an fabulous quality life size suit of armour...
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1970s British Vintage Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Metal
19th C Antique Chess Set Game Regency Shape with 96mm Kings in Pine Lidded Box
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good and complete handmade, hardwood chess set game of 32 pieces in a handmade pine box with a sliding lid, which we date to the turn of the 19th Century, Circa 1900.
...
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Late 19th Century British Régence Antique Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Hardwood, Pine
Bronze Figurine Sculpture by or after Paul Philippe cold painted, Art Deco C1920
By Paul Philippe
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a cold painted bronze figurine of a Turkish dancer with a Parrot, by or after Paul Philippe, made in France in the Art Deco period, circa 1920 ....
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Onyx, Bronze
Robert Kime by Alistair Langlands (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A stunning collection of twelve definitive Robert Kime projects, ranging from Bloomsbury to the Bahamas, from the Irish countryside to la France profonde. Magnificent, specially-comm...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
Antique Brass Club Fender
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Brass Club Fender.
A wonderful club fender with an open front, brass uprights and a shaped brass base. The upholstered seat is 20 cm wide with the measurements inside the sea...
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Late 20th Century British Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Brass
Vintage Croquet Set on Stand
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
F.H. Ayres Croquet Set On Original Jaques Stand.
A fabulous garden croquet set with boxwood mallets, two with brass banding, two without. The mallets are stamped F.H. Ayres and come ...
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1890s British Edwardian Antique Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Wood
Antique French Silver Walking Cane Stick 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique sterling silver pommel walking stick circa 1880 in date
The striking stick features an ornate silver chequered pommel on a gentle tapering ebonized shaft...
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1880s English Antique Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Sterling Silver
Antique Golf Club, Brassie By Army & Navy Stores
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Army & Navy Hickory Brassie Golf Club.
A typical period socket head persimmon wood driver by the Army & Navy Stores, London. This great looking club has a polished club head,...
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Early 20th Century British Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Wood, Hickory
The Americans Robert Frank, Jack Kerouac 1st Enlarged Ed. 1969
Located in CA, CA
First printing of the first revised & enlarged hardcover edition of The Americans by Robert Frank with writings by Jack Kerouac published by Aperture /Grossman 1969.
The landmark ...
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1960s Vintage Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
Royal Caledonian Curling Club, Curling Medal.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Edwardian Royal Caledonian Curling Club Silver Medal.
An unused, silver, district curling medal with blue ribbon and bar from the Royal Caledonian Curling Club. The curling medallion has no hallmarks or makers marks but comes in a Hamilton and Inches, 88 Princes Street, Edinburgh cardboard box. The reverse embossed 'Royal Caledonian Curling Club, Instituted 25 July 1838, District Medal, front depicts a curling match in play with the Scotland Coat of arms...
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20th Century Scottish Sporting Art Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Silver
Travelling Marble Solitaire Board Game with 35 mixed stone Marbles, Circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good and complete board game of Marble Solitaire, with a hand turned hardwood board and 35 agate stone and clay marbles, which we date to t...
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Stone, Agate
Beacon Lights of History by John Lord in 5 volumes
Located in San Francisco, CA
A five volume leather bound set titled "Beacon Lights of History" by John Lord
published in New York in 1884 by Fords, Howard and Hulbert profiling various historical luminaries from...
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1880s American Antique Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Leather, Paper
The Stylemakers: Minimalism and Classic Modernism 1915-1945 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
by Mo Amelia Teitelbaum
In Paris in the 1920's a new style was born, rejecting the embellishments of Art Nouveau and Art Deco, it allied the linear proportions of late eighteenth-cen...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
Claude & Francois-Xavier Lalanne forward by Adrian Dannatt (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Essays by Pierre Berge, Peter Marino and Reed Krakoff
A stated first edition of a very scarce book on the husband and wife sculptors Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne. Beautifully p...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
Antique Carved Fish Trophy of a Fochaber Salmon.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Carved Wye Salmon Trophy Fish.
An excellent Fochaber's studio carved wooden cock salmon. The half block salmon has relief fins and is beautifully executed and painted to a high stand...
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Early 1900s British Sporting Art Antique Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Pine
Piero Fornasetti Magazine Rack
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Piero Fornasetti magazine rack with wooden frame and
Hand colored silk-screened decoration.
Fornasetti label to the base.
Atelier Fornasetti, Italy, circa 1950.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Brass, Steel
Vintage 356 Siemens Telephone 1954 Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A rare vintage colour model 356 telephone manufactured by Siemens Brothers & Co Ltd in 1954 for the Post Office.
The phone has got a removable tray for storing your local dialing co...
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1950s English Vintage Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Other
Geo III Mahogany Fold-Over Card Table with Cluster-Leg & Concertina Action c1780
Located in valatie, NY
Geo III Mahogany fold-over card table with cluster-leg and concertina action c1780. The hinged Leather lined and gilt tooled top opens and is supported by hinged, concertina-action r...
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Mahogany
Gold Fishing Brooch With Trout And Rod
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Gold, Silver & Enamel Rainbow Trout Fishing Brooch.
An exquisite 9 Carat gold fishing brooch by Alabaster & Wilson, Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter (established in 1887). The fishing ...
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Early 20th Century British Sporting Art Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Gold, Silver, Enamel
Pierre-Emile Legrain 1889-1929 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The Galerie Jacques De Vos hosted an exhibition featuring Pierre-Emile Legrain from the 12th September to 12th October 1996. Legrain, a bookbinder and designer, was known for his inn...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
Old Pottery Matt Green Arts & Crafts Antique Umbrella Stand Brush Roseville
Located in Wilton, CT
Old Arts and Crafts pottery umbrella stand in matt green glaze, circa early 20th century. I think this was made by Brush-McCoy Pottery. 17" high, 8" diameter. Chip on footrim, marks ...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Pottery
Cromwell Motorcycle Helmet, ACU Approved Pudding Basin Racing Helmet
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A.C.U approved Cromwell racing motorcycle crash helmet.
A silver painted motorcycle, pudding basin shape helmet made in England by Cromwell. This helmet has a cork interior, fitted with a fabric headband and straps keeping a space between the head and outer case of the helmet. Strong leather neck and ear flaps are also fitted as is a chin strap and goggle strap to the rear. Inside the helmet is a cloth Cromwell trade label stating it conforms to A.C.U requirements, it has the British kite mark and is sized 7. This is an ACU (Auto-Cycle Union) approved racing helmet...
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1960s English Vintage Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Leather
Vintage Anti Shank Golf Club
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Mashie-Niblick golf club by Gibson of Kinghorn.
A good Mashie-Niblick iron (Smith's model) made by Gibson of Kinghorn with a hickory shaft and suede leather grip. The head with hand...
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1930s British Vintage Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Steel
Diego Giacometti by Daniel Marchesseau (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A beautifully photographed book which covers the work and career of one of the 20th centuries greatest metal ware artists and sculptors. 220 pages with 284 photographic illustrations...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
Josef Hoffmann: Interiors 1902-1913 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a hardback book with a dust jacket, in very good condition. Published in conjunction with a Hoffmann exhibition held at the Neue Gallery in New York 2006/2007. 224 pages most...
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Early 20th Century Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
Pair Of 18th Century Mahogany Bedside Night Tables
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality, Extremely Well Matched, Pair Of Late 18th Century, George III Period, Mahogany Bedside Night Tables, Or Tray Top Commodes, Having Galleried Tops With Pierced Han...
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Mahogany
$8,077 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Observation Binoculars by Toko, Japan, 20 X 120
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Japanese Ex-navy 20 x 120 binoculars.
A large pair of Japanese ex-navy observation binoculars mounted on a vintage adjustable wooden tripod. The WWI...
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1940s Japanese Industrial Vintage Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Aluminum
$23,438 Sale Price
20% Off
Staunton Style Chess Set
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Large Antique Staunton Style Chess Figures.
A large Staunton style chess set with Ebonised and Boxwood weighted chess pieces. The pieces with wide bases for added stability, underside of each chess piece being covered with felt allowing the pieces to slide more easily across the chess board. The chess set comprises of thirty-two pieces, four Knights featuring the head and neck of a horse. Two kings, being the tallest pieces at 11½ cm high, both with a crown topped with a cross whilst the two Queens feature a coronet topped with a tiny ball (10 cm high). The four Rooks are towers (castles) with a crenelation top and the four Bishops with mitres. The sixteen Pawns are the smallest pieces at 5½ cm high and are topped by a plain ball. All the pieces with a collar except the rooks and knights, with a single white Rook with a red crown painted onto the top.
The antique mahogany box...
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Early 20th Century British Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Boxwood
$2,657
Concord, British Airways Aeroplane Model
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Rare Vintage 1:36 6' British Airways Concorde Aeroplane Model
A very fine and rare vintage fibreglass and resin composite 1:36 scale model of ...
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1990s British Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Resin, Fiberglass
Vintage Bussey Fishtail Tennis Racket, the Gordon
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
George Bussey Wooden Fishtail Tennis Racket, The Gordon
A lawn tennis racket by Bussey, 'The Gordon'. A nice ash frame with convex walnut wedge. The wedge is stamped 'The Gordon', to...
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Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Ash
Brazilian Furniture Design editor Otavio Nazareth (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The First in a series of Brazilian furniture design, this book abstains from discourse. The pieces have been chosen for the consistency of the work done by their creators and because...
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20th Century Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
Henry Howell YZ Nut Bird Match Holder, Striker & Ashtray
By Henry Howell Co. Ltd
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Rare and iconic Art Deco YZ bird novelty match holder, striker and ashtray designed by Henry Howell & Co for Alfred Dunhill and dating from around 1920.
Henry Howell made a vast range of these figures in various forms which, due to the bodies being formed from shaped and polished nuts, became known as ‘nutbirds’. The designs are unique by the fact that the natural nut shapes are being used to form these quirky and unusual items and today these have become highly collected and in huge demand. The designs were drawn up by Bernard Charles...
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1910s British Art Deco Vintage Antiques Associations Members More Furniture and Collectibles
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Bakelite, Macassar
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