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A Large First World War Leather Shell Carrier Stick Stand
A Large First World War Leather Shell Carrier Stick Stand

A Large First World War Leather Shell Carrier Stick Stand

Located in London, GB

A Large First World War Leather Shell Carrier Stick Stand An impressive and rare, larger-sized shell carrier featuring a rich, original color and its intact leather handle.

Category

Early 20th Century English Edwardian Umbrella Stands

Materials

Brass

First World War Print, The Ypres Salient - W L Wylie
First World War Print, The Ypres Salient - W L Wylie

First World War Print, The Ypres Salient - W L Wylie

Located in Oxfordshire, GB

The Ypres Salient By William Lionel Wyllie. A poignant reminder of WWI in this framed collotype of biplanes over Ypres by W.L. Wyllie, taken from his watercolour drawing "The Ypres S...

Category

Early 20th Century British Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Bronze 1st World War Kilted Scottish Soldier.
Bronze 1st World War Kilted Scottish Soldier.

Bronze 1st World War Kilted Scottish Soldier.

Located in London, GB

Noted French Sculpter. Good model of a first world war kilted Scottish soldier in full kit.

Category

Vintage 1920s French Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Second World War Swillbin painting, British Valentine Tank
Second World War Swillbin painting, British Valentine Tank

Second World War Swillbin painting, British Valentine Tank

Located in London, GB

Swill-bin was a wall-newspaper produced by soldiers; it originated in the First World War and was revived once again during the Second World War.

Category

1940s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Second World War Swillbin painting, British Matilda Tank
Second World War Swillbin painting, British Matilda Tank

Second World War Swillbin painting, British Matilda Tank

Located in London, GB

Swill-bin was a wall-newspaper produced by soldiers; it originated in the First World War and was revived once again during the Second World War.

Category

1940s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Pair of World War I Brass Trench Art Shells/Vases, France
Pair of World War I Brass Trench Art Shells/Vases, France

Pair of World War I Brass Trench Art Shells/Vases, France

Located in London, GB

Trench Art is usually associated with the First World War Measures: H 29 D 10cm.  

Category

Early 20th Century French Folk Art Vases

Materials

Brass

Second World War Swillbin painting, British Valentine Tank II
Second World War Swillbin painting, British Valentine Tank II

Second World War Swillbin painting, British Valentine Tank II

Located in London, GB

Swill-bin was a wall-newspaper produced by soldiers; it originated in the First World War and was revived once again during the Second World War.

Category

1940s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Second World War Swillbin painting, Soviet T-34/76
Second World War Swillbin painting, Soviet T-34/76

Second World War Swillbin painting, Soviet T-34/76

Located in London, GB

Swill-bin was a wall-newspaper produced by soldiers; it originated in the First World War and was revived once again during the Second World War.

Category

1940s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Second World War Swillbin painting, German Pz.Kw.Mark III
Second World War Swillbin painting, German Pz.Kw.Mark III

Second World War Swillbin painting, German Pz.Kw.Mark III

Located in London, GB

Swill-bin was a wall-newspaper produced by soldiers; it originated in the First World War and was revived once again during the Second World War.

Category

1940s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Second World War painting, Anti-Aircraft Battery
Second World War painting, Anti-Aircraft Battery

Second World War painting, Anti-Aircraft Battery

Located in London, GB

He contributed to the wall-newspaper "Swillbin," a tradition from the First World War, and designed army Christmas cards.

Category

1940s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Pencil

"November 4th, " Powerful and Poignant World War I Memorial, Sculptural Bronze
"November 4th, " Powerful and Poignant World War I Memorial, Sculptural Bronze

"November 4th, " Powerful and Poignant World War I Memorial, Sculptural Bronze

By Egidio Boninsegna

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Here he memorializes over a half million Italian soldiers who died in the First World War, poignantly depicting a half-draped male soldier being carried to his tomb by an angel and a...

Category

Vintage 1920s Italian Art Nouveau Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Silver Handle Walking Stick, France, 1915.
Silver Handle Walking Stick, France, 1915.

Silver Handle Walking Stick, France, 1915.

Located in Milan, IT

Walking stick: silver knob milord shape handle, depicting six soldiers, representing six European states involved in the First World War conflict. Ebony macassar wood shaft.

Category

Early 20th Century French Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Silver

Professor Herbert Raymond Moody
Professor Herbert Raymond Moody

Professor Herbert Raymond Moody

By Anton Otto Fischer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

And of the chemistry division of the national research council, member of the First World War industries Board

Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Set of Twelve French Military Plates
Set of Twelve French Military Plates

Set of Twelve French Military Plates

By Sarraguemines

Located in New York, NY

Twelve unique and individual French creamware military scene from the first world war. Each plate numbered Sarraguemines manufactured.

Category

Vintage 1920s French Dinner Plates

Materials

Creamware

Chromolithography of Douaumont Fort - Verdun battle - WWI - Great War
Chromolithography of Douaumont Fort - Verdun battle - WWI - Great War

Chromolithography of Douaumont Fort - Verdun battle - WWI - Great War

Located in PARIS, FR

Built between 1884 and 1886 and modernized between 1901 and 1913, the fort was one of the emblematic places of the battle of Verdun in 1916: taken by the German troops in February, i...

Category

1930s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Vintage Flame Mahogany Sideboard by Waring & Gillow 20th Century
Vintage Flame Mahogany Sideboard by Waring & Gillow 20th Century

Vintage Flame Mahogany Sideboard by Waring & Gillow 20th Century

By Waring & Gillow

Located in London, GB

Gillow's had established a reputation for the outfitting of luxury yachts and liners, including the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, liners Lusitania,Heliopolis and Cairo, Queen Mary...

Category

Late 20th Century English Regency Revival Sideboards

Materials

Ormolu

Vintage Mural Wall Chart Treaty of Locarno Weimar Republic End of World War I
Vintage Mural Wall Chart Treaty of Locarno Weimar Republic End of World War I

Vintage Mural Wall Chart Treaty of Locarno Weimar Republic End of World War I

Located in Berghuelen, DE

The vintage pull-down wall chart shows a scene at the signing of the Treaty of Locarno, Weimar Republic, end of the First World War. Colorful print on paper reinforced with canvas.

Category

Vintage 1970s German Country Posters

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paper

"Mutter und Kind" original etching

"Mutter und Kind" original etching

Located in Henderson, NV

This etching is from GENIUS: Zeitschrift fur Werdende und Alte Kunst, a deluxe art revue founded in 1919 in the aftermath of The First World War. Not signed.

Category

1910s Expressionist Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching

A Fatal Pass, War remains emerging from the snow. Black and White landscape
A Fatal Pass, War remains emerging from the snow. Black and White landscape

A Fatal Pass, War remains emerging from the snow. Black and White landscape

By Luca Artioli

Located in Miami Beach, FL

The Exhibition was part of Myth and Machine: The First World War in Visual Culture curated by Jon Mogul at The FIU Wolfsonian Museum in Miami Beach FL -USA.

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

(Wounded Soldiers)
(Wounded Soldiers)

(Wounded Soldiers)

Located in New York, NY

While this is a World War II drawing, the barbed wire recalls the tranches of the First World War.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

"Der Hirte" original woodcut

"Der Hirte" original woodcut

Located in Henderson, NV

This print is from GENIUS: Zeitschrift fur Werdende und Alte Kunst, an art revue founded in 1919 in the aftermath of The First World War. Not signed.

Category

1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

World War I Trench Art Carved Wallking Stick Cane of Sculpture Pig Soldier
World War I Trench Art Carved Wallking Stick Cane of Sculpture Pig Soldier

World War I Trench Art Carved Wallking Stick Cane of Sculpture Pig Soldier

Located in Shippensburg, PA

The helmet, with its domed crown and projecting spike, closely resembles the German Pickelhaube associated with the Imperial Army during the First World War. The helmet retains trace...

Category

20th Century Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

"Forever Fled, " Rare Color Print by Grace Genoi Pettit
"Forever Fled, " Rare Color Print by Grace Genoi Pettit

"Forever Fled, " Rare Color Print by Grace Genoi Pettit

By Grace Genoi Pettit

Located in Philadelphia, PA

The ecstatic sensuality and limpid nudity of this rare 1946 print by Pettit clearly shows her debt to Picasso, who led the return to classical and mythological themes in the 1920s an...

Category

Vintage 1940s American Prints

Materials

Ink, Paper

Mid-Century Italy Settee, Sofa,  in the Manner of Neo-Plasticist Gerrit Rietveld
Mid-Century Italy Settee, Sofa,  in the Manner of Neo-Plasticist Gerrit Rietveld

Mid-Century Italy Settee, Sofa, in the Manner of Neo-Plasticist Gerrit Rietveld

By Gerrit Rietveld

Located in Vigonza, Padua

Neo-plasticism refers to the austere, geometrical style of concrete art developed by the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) just after the First World War. Measure in cm: H 86\...

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Canvas, Walnut

Sitzende Frau
Sitzende Frau

Sitzende Frau

By Fritz Schmidt

Located in Wien, 9

The New Objectivity movement began immediately after the First World War, when artists returned to the world of the visible and often depicted socially critical themes in their paint...

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century Patinated Bronze Study of a Musician by Marcel Debut
19th Century Patinated Bronze Study of a Musician by Marcel Debut

19th Century Patinated Bronze Study of a Musician by Marcel Debut

By Marcel Debut

Located in Brighton, Sussex

He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1883 until the outbreak of the First World War. He is best known for his humanistic sculptures.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Romantic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Michael Powolny Ribbed Glass Vase, Loetz Design, Austria, 1918-1919
Michael Powolny Ribbed Glass Vase, Loetz Design, Austria, 1918-1919

Michael Powolny Ribbed Glass Vase, Loetz Design, Austria, 1918-1919

By Michael Powolny, Loetz Glass

Located in Klosterneuburg, AT

This elegant object of the Loetz glassworks was produced immediately after the First World War, in the years 1918- 1919. Although stylistic as well as technical recourse to past tech...

Category

Vintage 1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vases

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass

Regina Lamp By Bunte & Remmler BUR Circa 1930s
Regina Lamp By Bunte & Remmler BUR Circa 1930s

Regina Lamp By Bunte & Remmler BUR Circa 1930s

Located in Gloucester, GB

By the outbreak of the first world war they are one of the largest German manufacturers of electric lights in Germany.

Category

Vintage 1930s German Industrial Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Steel

WW1 ‘Oh Les Aura!' French Poster by Jules-Abel Faivre, Mid 1980s
WW1 ‘Oh Les Aura!' French Poster by Jules-Abel Faivre, Mid 1980s

WW1 ‘Oh Les Aura!' French Poster by Jules-Abel Faivre, Mid 1980s

By Jules-Abel Faivre

Located in Faversham, GB

The most famous French poster of the First World War and in wonderful condition. Original and linen backed in the mid 1980s.

Category

20th Century French Arts and Crafts Posters

Materials

Linen, Paper

Peter Ilsted, a Rainy Day, Interior with the Artist's Family, Etching
Peter Ilsted, a Rainy Day, Interior with the Artist's Family, Etching

Peter Ilsted, a Rainy Day, Interior with the Artist's Family, Etching

Located in København, Copenhagen

In very good condition Louis Moe was one of the most important book illustrators in the Nordic countries before and around the First World War, especially for fairy tale books with ...

Category

Antique Early 1900s Danish Prints

Materials

Other

Mid Century English School Oil on Board Still Life of Flowers
Mid Century English School Oil on Board Still Life of Flowers

Mid Century English School Oil on Board Still Life of Flowers

Located in London, GB

Stella Marie Lane was born in Camberwell, London during the time of the First World War. Having spent a large part of her life in the seaside town of Scarborough, she is well known f...

Category

Mid-20th Century English Paintings

Materials

Paint

Pair of WW1 British Brass Artillery Shells Dated 1917
Pair of WW1 British Brass Artillery Shells Dated 1917

Pair of WW1 British Brass Artillery Shells Dated 1917

Located in Dallas, TX

Take a piece of history into your home with these authentic English bombshells from the First World War (WWI 1914-1918). Made of brass, the impressive pieces of artillery are round i...

Category

Early 20th Century English Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Brass

Oldnordic urn / evaporator of terracotta lacquered with an antique bronze
Oldnordic urn / evaporator of terracotta lacquered with an antique bronze

Oldnordic urn / evaporator of terracotta lacquered with an antique bronze

By Michael Andersen & Son

Located in DK

These imaginative creations, paraphrasing ancient urns and jars, were modern around the time of the First World War. They were produced at all the pottery factories on Bornholm.

Category

Antique Early 1900s Danish Scandinavian Modern Urns

Materials

Bronze

Les Aveugles ( The Blind )

Les Aveugles ( The Blind )

By Henry de Groux

Located in Paonia, CO

He became an inspired witness of the First World War (1914-1918) and produced many works depicting the horrors of that time.

Category

1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ambulkance

Ambulkance

By Henry de Groux

Located in Paonia, CO

He became an inspired witness of the First World War (1914-1918) and produced many works depicting the horrors of that time.

Category

1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Les Drapeaux ( The Flags )

Les Drapeaux ( The Flags )

By Henry de Groux

Located in Paonia, CO

He became an inspired witness of the First World War (1914-1918) and produced many works depicting the horrors of that time.

Category

1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Physionomie Du Front (Front View)

Physionomie Du Front (Front View)

By Henry de Groux

Located in Paonia, CO

He became an inspired witness of the First World War (1914-1918) and produced many works depicting the horrors of that time.

Category

1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maurice Bouval Bronze Art Nouveau
Maurice Bouval Bronze Art Nouveau

Maurice Bouval Bronze Art Nouveau

By Maurice Bouval

Located in NANTES, FR

Length: base 11 cm Depth: 9,6 cm Height: 30,5 cm Weight: 3kg Maurice Bouval, Art Nouveau sculptor Pupil of Alexandre Falguière, Maurice Bouval created a great number of br...

Category

Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

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    The world's first quartz watch was the Seiko Astron 35SQ. It debuted in 1969. After its release, other watchmakers introduced economically priced quartz watches to meet the growing demand for the timepieces. By the mid-1970s, the watchmaking industry found itself in the midst of the Quartz Crisis. During this period, many luxury watchmakers struggled financially due to reduced interest in traditional mechanical watches. Find a variety of vintage Seiko watches on 1stDibs.
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    Opinions on which World War II propaganda poster is the most famous differ. However, two posters introduced characters that would go on to become iconic. The first is "We Can Do It," featuring Rosie Riveter, who has become synonymous with women's equality. Another influential design is " I Want YOU For U.S. Army," with its bearded figure wearing a star-spangled top hat. The image gave birth to Uncle Sam, the well-known symbol of the U.S. On 1stDibs, find a range of WWII posters from some of the world's top galleries.
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    During World War II, the American flag was the 48-star flag used from 1912 (incorporation of New Mexico and Arizona) to 1959 (incorporation of Alaska). The rows and columns of stars were arranged in a regular pattern, unlike the offset rows of the modern American flag. On 1stDibs, you’ll find a collection of antique American flags from some of the world’s top sellers.
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    More than 200,000 propaganda posters were made during World War II. The Office of War Information (OWI) was responsible for hiring artists to design the artwork. Famous posters include “I Want You” for the U.S. Army, featuring the well-known Uncle Sam character, while the popular “We Can Do It!” design depicts Rosie the Riveter. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of World War II posters and other vintage and antique posters.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The easily recognizable poster created during World War I in 1917 is I Want You for U.S. Army. James Montgomery Flagg designed the poster, which shows Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer. Find a collection of James Montgomery Flagg art on 1stDibs.