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Rudyard KIPLING. Many Inventions. 1893 - FIRST EDITION - SIGNED !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: KIPLING, Rudyard. TITLE: Many Inventions. PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1893
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1890s British Antique Inventions

Materials

Fabric

Edison: His Life and Inventions by Frank L. Dyer and Thomas C. Martin, 2 Volumes
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Dyer, Frank Lewis and Thomas Commerford Martin. Edison: His Life and Inventions. New York: Harper
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1910s American Edwardian Antique Inventions

Materials

Fabric, Paper

Antique Georgian Pinchbeek Long Guard chain Snaskes Head Clasp
Located in Munich, Bavaria
period representing eternity in love and friendship. The material Pinchbeck was the invention of the
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1820s English Antique Inventions

Materials

Pinchbeck

Antique German Toy Glass Marble Set 1910-1920s, in Original Leather Pouch
By Lauschaer
Located in Andernach, DE
pouch. A true German classic, exported worldwide, also to the US. The invention of the marble scissors
Category

1910s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Antique Inventions

Materials

Leather, Glass

Forgan Gassiat Type Putter
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
. The difference being, the patent protects the invention, focusing on functionality and how it works
Category

Early 20th Century Scottish Antique Inventions

Materials

Wood, Hickory

Antique Forgan Gassiat Type Putter
Forgan Gassiat Type Putter
$880
H 34.45 in W 3.94 in D 2.45 in
Original Hickory Gassiat Putter
By Jean Gassiat
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
number. The difference being, the patent protects the invention, focusing on functionality and how it
Category

Early 20th Century French Antique Inventions

Materials

Wood, Hickory

Antique Original Hickory Gassiat Putter
Original Hickory Gassiat Putter
$785
H 33.86 in W 4.14 in D 2.45 in
Victorian Extending Dining Table with 2 Leaves
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Invention, it extends the table by means of a winding mechanism which is operated with its own handle, the
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1860s Victorian Antique Inventions

Materials

Sapele Wood

Bramble Pattern Golf Ball, The Challenger
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
invention of the automatic winding machine by John Gammeter (an engineer at Goodrich) and the change of
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Early 20th Century British Antique Inventions

Materials

Rubber

18th Century by Antonio Mercurio Amorosi Portrait Little Girl with Cat
By Antonio Mercurio Amorosi
Located in Milano, Lombardia
portrait or a genre invention by Amorosi is still open to question.
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pedestal Pewter Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of
Category

1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Edwardian Antique Natural Ruby & Old Mine Cut F/VS 0.14ctw Diamond Brooch 14K
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
invention but provides more security for a brooch of this importance.
Category

Early 1900s European Edwardian Antique Inventions

Materials

Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Just Andersen, Art Deco Pewter Table Lamp, Denmark, 1920s.
By GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Just Andersen, Just Andersen
Located in Malmö, SE
for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko
Category

1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Late 19th Century French Cast Iron Salesman Sample Plow by Morcrette
Located in Dekalb, IL
soils. His inventions were part of a regional hub for farm equipment, alongside larger, more known firms
Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Inventions

Materials

Steel, Iron

Animal Locomotion: Plate 161 (Man Leaping), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Inventions

Materials

Photographic Paper

Animal Locomotion: Plate 162 (Man Leaping Forwards), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
particular for his innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Inventions

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White

Animal Locomotion: Plate 730 (Tiger Walking), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Inventions

Materials

Photographic Paper

Animal Locomotion: Plate 682 (Stag Running), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Inventions

Materials

Photographic Paper

Animal Locomotion: 671 (Ox Walking), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Inventions

Materials

Photographic Paper

Seated Woman Holding a Staff
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
supervision, Acidini sees no trace of Federico’s hand in either the invention or execution of the figure
Category

16th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Ink

Animal Locomotion: Plate 11 (Nude Man Striding), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
photography and in particular for his innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Inventions

Materials

Photographic Paper

Animal Locomotion: Plate 89 (Nude Man Ascending Staircase), 1887 - Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
in particular for his innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Inventions

Materials

Photographic Paper

Animal Locomotion: Plate 158 (Man Performing a High Jump), 1887 - Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
in particular for his innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Inventions

Materials

Photographic Paper

Animal Locomotion: Plate 92 (Nude Woman Ascending Staircase), 1887 - Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
in particular for his innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Inventions

Materials

Photographic Paper

Animal Locomotion: Plate 672 (Ox Walking), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Inventions

Materials

Photographic Paper

Animal Locomotion: Plate 749 (Baboon Climbing), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
particular for his innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category

Early 19th Century Antique Inventions

Materials

Photographic Paper

Animal Locomotion: Plate 773 (Ostrich Running), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
photography and in particular for his innovation and invention of new photographic techniques.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Inventions

Materials

Photographic Paper

Diskometal Flowerpot by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
. Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and
Category

1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Saint Francis Receiving The Stigmata. Oil On Copper, Flemish School, 17 century
Located in Firenze, IT
popular models, inspired by well-known inventions generally attributed to reformist Tuscan mannerists like
Category

17th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Copper

Amphora-Style Pewter Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is unknown, it
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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Alloy Putter, By J. Randall
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
. 685349). The difference being, the patent protects the invention, focusing on functionality and how it
Category

Early 20th Century British Antique Inventions

Materials

Hickory

Alloy Putter, By J. Randall
Alloy Putter, By J. Randall
$115
H 35.04 in W 4.34 in D 1.38 in
Hermes Mercury Roman God Bloodstone Intaglio Ring Gold Victorian Hand Carved
Located in New York, NY
invention, art, literature, and trade. The bloodstone is 10mm by 8mm. The ring is currently a size 6 US
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19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Inventions

Materials

Quartz, Gold, 10k Gold, Rose Gold

Pewter Vase Trio by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise
Category

1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Coptic Monastery Plan, Ammonia Oven & Egg Incubator, Egypt c.1776
Located in Langweer, NL
, allowing for large-scale poultry production long before the invention of modern incubators. This plate is
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Inventions

Materials

Paper

A Victorian Walnut Davenport Desk By Wilkinson & Son, London
By Thomas Wilkinson & Sons
Located in London, GB
Guild, producing forward-thinking designs exhibited at the International Inventions Exhibition (1885
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1830s English Victorian Antique Inventions

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Collection of Pewter Vases by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of
Category

1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Pewter Flowerpots by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
. Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and
Category

1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Pewter Flowerpots by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Pewter Flowerpots by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
$1,060 / set
H 3.15 in W 7.09 in D 4.73 in
Announcing Angel Gabriel Maratta 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
, both from the point of view of compositional invention and from the point of view of execution, and the
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Oil

Early XXth Century Bentwood Hall Stand Thonet Style
By Michael Thonet
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Michael Thonet (2 July 1796 – 3 March 1871) was a German-Austrian cabinet maker, known for the invention
Category

1920s European Edwardian Antique Inventions

Materials

Bentwood

Early XXth Century Bentwood Hall Stand Thonet Style
Early XXth Century Bentwood Hall Stand Thonet Style
$1,787 Sale Price
20% Off
H 81.11 in W 29.14 in D 29.14 in
Aristotle Phyllis Spranger 16/17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
against the pleasures of the flesh. The iconography is taken from an invention by Bartholomäus Spranger
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16th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Oil

Unique Low Cabinet with Intarsia by Viktor Lurje for Wiener Werkstätte c. 1926
By Viktor Lurje, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Berlin, DE
now working in Berlin. Always a lively spirit, rich in imagination and invention, he always knows how
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1920s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Inventions

Materials

Wood

Art Deco 1920s Red Glass Vintage Tasseled Flapper Necklace
Located in Skelmersdale, GB
prevalent feature of costume pieces since the invention of jewellery. An easily accessible material that can
Category

1920s Art Deco Antique Inventions

Pewter Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy
Category

1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Pewter Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Pewter Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
$471
H 5.52 in W 3.15 in D 2.37 in
Venus Bacchus Ceres Paggi 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Mythologic
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
greedily grab the grapes. In particular, we are looking at a very famous iconographic invention by the
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Oil

Susanna Old Men Religious Roma nschool 17th Century Paint Oiul on canvas Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
structure of the composition in fact recalls, albeit revisited, an invention of Annibale Carracci, while if
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Oil

Tall Pewter Vases by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of
Category

1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Early Diskometal Table Lamps by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
. Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and
Category

1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Art Deco Diskometal Goblets by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
. Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and
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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

English Novelty Dog Kennel Sterling Silver and Enamel Vesta Case
By George Heath
Located in Newark, England
name from the term Newton used for his invention, and they became known as “vesta cases”, “vesta boxes
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Late 19th Century British High Victorian Antique Inventions

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

German Miniature of Boat Outing
Located in New Orleans, LA
invention of photography in the 1840s. Circa 1820-30 Miniature: 3 3/8" diameter Frame: 6 5/8" high x 6 5/8
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19th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Copper

German Miniature of Boat Outing
German Miniature of Boat Outing
$1,550
H 6.63 in W 6.63 in D 1 in
Pedestal Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is unknown, it
Category

1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Charles Oudin Silver Chatelain Cartouche Bezel Pendant Watch
Located in Long Beach, CA
Oudin was a premier watchmaker in France. He is renowned for this invention of the Mystery Watch which
Category

1820s French Antique Inventions

Pewter Sugar Jar and Creamer by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko
Category

1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Large Pedestal Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise
Category

1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Antique Lithography Print depicting a Bear Hunt 19th Century
Located in Berghuelen, DE
a carved wooden frame. Litography is based on an invention by Alois Senefelder from 1798. In the
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Mid-19th Century German Country Antique Inventions

Materials

Glass, Wood

Pedestal Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of
Category

1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Antique Lithography Print with Sporting Dogs 19th Century
Located in Berghuelen, DE
wooden carved frame. Litography is based on an invention by Alois Senefelder from 1798. In the 19th
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Late 19th Century German Country Antique Inventions

Materials

Glass, Wood

Service à thé Art Déco métal argenté martelé Sampson Mordan & Co LTD, circa 19th
By Samson Mordan and Co
Located in Paris, FR
Belfast Chambers. Known primarily for their pioneering work in mechanical objects, including the invention
Category

19th Century English Antique Inventions

Materials

Silver Plate

Antique Lithography Print Hunting Welding Dog 19th Century
Located in Berghuelen, DE
framed behind glass in a wooden carved frame. Litography is based on an invention by Alois Senefelder
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Late 19th Century German Country Antique Inventions

Materials

Glass, Wood

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Find a variety of antique inventions available on 1stDibs. The range of distinct antique inventions — often made from metal, wood and fabric — can elevate any home. Antique inventions have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique inventions are generally popular furniture pieces, but Victorian, Baroque and neoclassical styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Antique inventions have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by The Stenotype Co., Christofle and George Hunzinger are consistently popular.

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Antique inventions can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $3,401, while the lowest priced sells for $98 and the highest can go for as much as $295,000.