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Pewter Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Pewter Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Pewter Vase 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 utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Pair of Art Nouveau Wall Sconces
Pair of Art Nouveau Wall Sconces

Pair of Art Nouveau Wall Sconces

Located in NANTES, FR

He is best known for his innovations in the production of vessel glass, his contributions of new, medieval-like glass to the Arts and Crafts Movement, and the invention of innovative...

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1920s French Art Nouveau Antique Inventions

Materials

Brass

Bronze Bowl designed by Just Andersen, 1930s, Denmark
Bronze Bowl designed by Just Andersen, 1930s, Denmark

Bronze Bowl designed by Just Andersen, 1930s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Bronze

Antique French Silver Plated Mirrored Surtout de Table Plateau 19th Century
Antique French Silver Plated Mirrored Surtout de Table Plateau 19th Century

Antique French Silver Plated Mirrored Surtout de Table Plateau 19th Century

Located in London, GB

Surtout de table first appeared in 1692 at the meals for the wedding of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (then duc de Chartres) and Louis XIV's legitimized daughter Françoise Marie de Bo...

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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Inventions

Materials

Silver Plate

Old Master, Dutch, etching, Jan Booth, excellent impression, very rare
Old Master, Dutch, etching, Jan Booth, excellent impression, very rare

Old Master, Dutch, etching, Jan Booth, excellent impression, very rare

By Jan Both

Located in Fairlawn, OH

He also etched subjects after designs by Andries, including The Five Senses, which should be distinguished from Jan’s own landscape inventions. Selected museum holdings The examples...

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1640s Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Etching

Couple paints Adam Eve Cain Abel De Vos 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master
Couple paints Adam Eve Cain Abel De Vos 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master

Couple paints Adam Eve Cain Abel De Vos 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Many prints of his works regularly served as graphic models for the painters and collaborators in his circle, who transposed his graphic inventions onto canvases and panels intended ...

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17th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Oil

Art Nouveau Pewter Candle Sconce by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Art Nouveau Pewter Candle Sconce by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Art Nouveau Pewter Candle Sconce 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 utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

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1920s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Piranesi Etching of a Monumental Candelabrum with Cranes from Hadrian’s Villa
Piranesi Etching of a Monumental Candelabrum with Cranes from Hadrian’s Villa

Piranesi Etching of a Monumental Candelabrum with Cranes from Hadrian’s Villa

By Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Located in Downingtown, PA

Although the plate presents the candelabrum as an antique, recent study has shown that some three-quarters of the Oxford candelabra is new carving, and they are best understood as Pi...

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1770s Italian Grand Tour Antique Inventions

Materials

Paper

Pedestal Diskometal Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Pedestal Diskometal Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Pedestal Diskometal Vase 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 utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Old Master, Tiber River, Roma, Fishermen, Jan Both (active 1643-1652)
Old Master, Tiber River, Roma, Fishermen, Jan Both (active 1643-1652)

Old Master, Tiber River, Roma, Fishermen, Jan Both (active 1643-1652)

By Jan Both

Located in Fairlawn, OH

He also etched subjects after designs by Andries, including The Five Senses, which should be distinguished from Jan’s own landscape inventions. Selected museum holdings The examples...

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1640s Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Etching

Old Master, Dutch, 17th entury, Jan Both, etching, 1640's, excellent impression
Old Master, Dutch, 17th entury, Jan Both, etching, 1640's, excellent impression

Old Master, Dutch, 17th entury, Jan Both, etching, 1640's, excellent impression

By Jan Both

Located in Fairlawn, OH

He also etched subjects after designs by Andries, including The Five Senses, which should be distinguished from Jan’s own landscape inventions. Selected museum holdings The examples...

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1640s Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Etching

Old Master, etching, Jan Both, brilliant impression, Dutch Landscape, very rare
Old Master, etching, Jan Both, brilliant impression, Dutch Landscape, very rare

Old Master, etching, Jan Both, brilliant impression, Dutch Landscape, very rare

By Jan Both

Located in Fairlawn, OH

He also etched subjects after designs by Andries, including The Five Senses, which should be distinguished from Jan’s own landscape inventions. Selected museum holdings The examples...

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1640s Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Etching

17th Century Flemish Italianate Landscape with Boats and Horses, Oil on Panel
17th Century Flemish Italianate Landscape with Boats and Horses, Oil on Panel

17th Century Flemish Italianate Landscape with Boats and Horses, Oil on Panel

Located in Firenze, IT

The motif of the river crossing belongs to a visual culture widely disseminated through prints, through which the inventions of the great Northern landscapists circulated throughout ...

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17th Century Mannerist Antique Inventions

Materials

Oil, Board

Art Nouveau Diskometal Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Art Nouveau Diskometal Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Art Nouveau Diskometal Vase 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 utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

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1920s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Early Diskometal Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Early Diskometal Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Early Diskometal Vase 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 utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

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1920s Danish Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Old Master, Tomb Design, After: Cornelis Floris (before 1514-1575), van Doetecum
Old Master, Tomb Design, After: Cornelis Floris (before 1514-1575), van Doetecum

Old Master, Tomb Design, After: Cornelis Floris (before 1514-1575), van Doetecum

By Johannes van Doetecum

Located in Fairlawn, OH

The extended title identifies the publication’s practical purpose. Its “new inventions” of antique tombs, grotesques and compartments were described as suitable for sculptors, stonec...

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16th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Etching

THORENS New York 1926 Art-Deco Design Portor Single Claw Marble Desk Petrol
THORENS New York 1926 Art-Deco Design Portor Single Claw Marble Desk Petrol

THORENS New York 1926 Art-Deco Design Portor Single Claw Marble Desk Petrol

By Thorens

Located in Miami, FL

Swiss Thorens technicians and engineers have developed numerous innovative features and groundbreaking inventions. Between 1913 and 1964, Thorens produced over 5 million lighters, in...

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1920s Swiss Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Marble, Steel

Antique Blonde Oak Tantalus Dry Bar 3 Decanter & Games Compendium 19th C
Antique Blonde Oak Tantalus Dry Bar 3 Decanter & Games Compendium 19th C

Antique Blonde Oak Tantalus Dry Bar 3 Decanter & Games Compendium 19th C

Located in London, GB

Due to the quality of his manufacturing, his name became a byword amongst British Engineers for engineering excellence and many of his inventions are on display in the Science Museum...

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1880s English Victorian Antique Inventions

Materials

Silver Plate, Brass

THORENS Swiss 1926 Art-Deco Design Portor Single Claw Marble Desk Petrol Lighter
THORENS Swiss 1926 Art-Deco Design Portor Single Claw Marble Desk Petrol Lighter

THORENS Swiss 1926 Art-Deco Design Portor Single Claw Marble Desk Petrol Lighter

By Thorens

Located in Miami, FL

Swiss Thorens technicians and engineers have developed numerous innovative features and groundbreaking inventions. Between 1913 and 1964, Thorens produced over 5 million lighters, in...

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1920s Swiss Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Steel

Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Pewter Bowl 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 utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

Category

1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Set of Flowerpots by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Set of Flowerpots by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Set of 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 utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

THORENS Swiss 1926 Art-Deco Double Claw Flared Desk Petrol Lighter Gun-Metal
THORENS Swiss 1926 Art-Deco Double Claw Flared Desk Petrol Lighter Gun-Metal

THORENS Swiss 1926 Art-Deco Double Claw Flared Desk Petrol Lighter Gun-Metal

By Thorens

Located in Miami, FL

Swiss Thorens technicians and engineers have developed numerous innovative features and groundbreaking inventions. Between 1913 and 1964, Thorens produced over 5 million lighters, in...

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1920s Swiss Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Steel

THORENS Swiss 1926 Art-Deco Single Claw Steel Flared Desk Petrol Lighter
THORENS Swiss 1926 Art-Deco Single Claw Steel Flared Desk Petrol Lighter

THORENS Swiss 1926 Art-Deco Single Claw Steel Flared Desk Petrol Lighter

By Thorens

Located in Miami, FL

Swiss Thorens technicians and engineers have developed numerous innovative features and groundbreaking inventions. Between 1913 and 1964, Thorens produced over 5 million lighters, in...

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1920s Swiss Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Steel

Diskometal Inkwell designed by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Diskometal Inkwell designed by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Diskometal Inkwell designed 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 utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Art Deco Table Lamp by Just Andersen, Denmark, 1920s.
Art Deco Table Lamp by Just Andersen, Denmark, 1920s.

Art Deco Table Lamp by Just Andersen, Denmark, 1920s.

By Just Andersen, Akta Brons, GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, SVM Handarbete 1

Located in Malmö, SE

Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Collection of Pibeholders by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Collection of Pibeholders by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Collection of Pibeholders 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 utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal, Pewter

Untitled (White Pickett Fence) - Vintage Ambrotype, 19th Century, Unique, 1850's
Untitled (White Pickett Fence) - Vintage Ambrotype, 19th Century, Unique, 1850's

Untitled (White Pickett Fence) - Vintage Ambrotype, 19th Century, Unique, 1850's

Located in Denton, TX

Half plate Case is included (not pictured) Framing included About ambrotypes: The invention of wet collodion photography processes in the 1850s allowed the development of two new ki...

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19th Century Other Art Style Antique Inventions

Materials

Ambrotype

Untitled (Family) - Vintage Ambrotype, Anonymous, 19th Century, Unique
Untitled (Family) - Vintage Ambrotype, Anonymous, 19th Century, Unique

Untitled (Family) - Vintage Ambrotype, Anonymous, 19th Century, Unique

Located in Denton, TX

About ambrotypes: The invention of wet collodion photography processes in the 1850s allowed the development of two new kinds of photographs--ambrotypes and tintypes.

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19th Century Other Art Style Antique Inventions

Materials

Ambrotype

Creamware Pottery Sailor's Farewell and Chinoiserie Punch Bowl
Creamware Pottery Sailor's Farewell and Chinoiserie Punch Bowl

Creamware Pottery Sailor's Farewell and Chinoiserie Punch Bowl

Located in Downingtown, PA

The painter has kept the sailor's folded arms and cocked hat and the lady's towering hat and furled umbrella, but has dropped the print's classical temple and lapdog and set the coup...

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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Inventions

Materials

Creamware, Pottery

Pair of 1920s Dress Forms, Paris and Moch Figuren Cologne, Artriculated
Pair of 1920s Dress Forms, Paris and Moch Figuren Cologne, Artriculated

Pair of 1920s Dress Forms, Paris and Moch Figuren Cologne, Artriculated

Located in Madison, WI

Together forever as the world has swung around the sun many times since their uniting, bringing times of chaos, war, depression and spectacular invention. Measurements are for the a...

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Early 20th Century French Edwardian Antique Inventions

Materials

Wire

Portrait of King Charles I, in Armour, after Sir Anthony van Dyck, Carved framed
Portrait of King Charles I, in Armour, after Sir Anthony van Dyck, Carved framed

Portrait of King Charles I, in Armour, after Sir Anthony van Dyck, Carved framed

Located in London, GB

This handsome and unusually intimate image of King Charles I brings one of Sir Anthony van Dyck’s most commanding royal inventions into a scale ideally suited to private display.

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17th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

Landscape Mary Magdalene Bril Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master
Landscape Mary Magdalene Bril Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master

Landscape Mary Magdalene Bril Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

The drawing is based on a famous print depicting the penitent Magdalene in a landscape, engraved by Raphael Sadler around 1583 and based on an invention by the Flemish painter Marten...

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17th Century Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Oil

THORENS Swiss 1926 Art-Deco Bijou Small Single Claw Catalin Desk Petrol Lighter
THORENS Swiss 1926 Art-Deco Bijou Small Single Claw Catalin Desk Petrol Lighter

THORENS Swiss 1926 Art-Deco Bijou Small Single Claw Catalin Desk Petrol Lighter

By Thorens

Located in Miami, FL

Swiss Thorens technicians and engineers have developed numerous innovative features and groundbreaking inventions. Between 1913 and 1964, Thorens produced over 5 million lighters, in...

Category

1920s Swiss Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Steel

THORENS Swiss 1926 Art-Deco Design Square Single Claw Catalin Desk Petrol
THORENS Swiss 1926 Art-Deco Design Square Single Claw Catalin Desk Petrol

THORENS Swiss 1926 Art-Deco Design Square Single Claw Catalin Desk Petrol

By Thorens

Located in Miami, FL

Swiss Thorens technicians and engineers have developed numerous innovative features and groundbreaking inventions. Between 1913 and 1964, Thorens produced over 5 million lighters, in...

Category

1920s Swiss Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Set of Three Early 20th Century Metal and Wood Kitchen Utensils
Set of Three Early 20th Century Metal and Wood Kitchen Utensils

Set of Three Early 20th Century Metal and Wood Kitchen Utensils

Located in Coral Gables, FL

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the kitchen became a remarkable field of invention. Everyday actions such as beating, chopping, peeling, slicing, pressing, and straini...

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Early 20th Century Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain Goblet, Grisaille Panel after Angelica Kauffman
Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain Goblet, Grisaille Panel after Angelica Kauffman

Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain Goblet, Grisaille Panel after Angelica Kauffman

By Chamberlains Worcester, Humphrey Chamberlain

Located in Downingtown, PA

Angelica Kauffman's four Elements of Art, Invention, Composition, Design and Colour, were commissioned by the Royal Academy for the ceiling of its Council Chamber at Somerset House, ...

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Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Inventions

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Restored Beech Armchairs by Mart Stam, Germany, 1930s
Pair of Restored Beech Armchairs by Mart Stam, Germany, 1930s

Pair of Restored Beech Armchairs by Mart Stam, Germany, 1930s

By Mart Stam

Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj

Stam was extraordinarily well-connected, and his career intersects with important moments in the history of 20th century European architecture, including the invention of the cantile...

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Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Antique Inventions

Materials

Chrome

Edouard Marcel Sandoz Porcelain Lying Fennec Candy Box, 1921
Edouard Marcel Sandoz Porcelain Lying Fennec Candy Box, 1921

Edouard Marcel Sandoz Porcelain Lying Fennec Candy Box, 1921

By Edouard-Marcel Sandoz

Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR

Their collaboration produced highly collectible works combining artistic invention with exceptional French porcelain production.

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1920s French Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Ceramic

A polonaise visiting dress in blue silk taffeta and Falbalas France, circa 1875
A polonaise visiting dress in blue silk taffeta and Falbalas France, circa 1875

A polonaise visiting dress in blue silk taffeta and Falbalas France, circa 1875

Located in Toulon, FR

Note on the colour blue: Jean-Michel Raymond’s invention led to the creation of other prussiate-based blues, such as the Lyon blues discovered by Charles Girard and G. de Laire in 18...

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1870s French Antique Inventions

Francis Mecum 1891 Walking Plow Salesman Sample with Museum Display
Francis Mecum 1891 Walking Plow Salesman Sample with Museum Display

Francis Mecum 1891 Walking Plow Salesman Sample with Museum Display

Located in Dekalb, IL

The accompanying Chico Enterprise-Record article chronicles the history of the invention and the survival of this scale model decades after its creation.

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1890s Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Round Bronze Bowl designed by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Round Bronze Bowl designed by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark

Round Bronze Bowl designed 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 utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is ...

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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Bronze

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