Antique Oddities

Antique Victorian Paper Mache Flower Mourning Wreath Shadow Box Frame Oddity. Item features ornate paper mache colorful flower arrangement, burlwood frame, glass front, very nice ant...

Would make a great addition to any magic or oddity collection. Measures 19" by 14".

Antique Victorian Wax Flower Floral Mourning Wreath Shadow Box Frame Oddity. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 21" H x 23" W x 4" D.

Once used as a sentimental keepsake or mourning memento, this floral oddity is typical of the poetic spirit of Victorian decorative arts.

Victorian horse hoof inkwells mounted by tier-one London stores like Army & Navy or Rowland Ward hold significant appeal among militaria, equestrian, and oddities collectors. Go...

It's an extremely useful piece for a book lover, collector of artefacts and oddities or even in a modern kitchen as an open pantry. 

A small blemish on the left side of the paper face is a perfect match to the clock pictured on page 74 of Michael Herman's book, "Wedgwood Jasper: Classics, Rarities, & Oddities ...

In 1923 Seligman dedicated his book, Oxford Oddities, to A.A. Milne and, soon after the publication of the Pooh books, Milne gave prototypes of Pooh and Piglet soft toys to Barbara.

It and extremely useful piece for a book lover, collector of artifacts and oddities or even in a modern kitchen as an open pantry.

Its raw elegance and historical soul make it a perfect accent for eclectic interiors, loft spaces, or anyone drawn to the unexpected. A true oddity with Parisian provenance—function...

In later life, he did well with portraits of children, and amongst his most accomplished works is the enormous group portrait in the collection of the Marquess of Lothian, which show...

An identical example is published on page 122 of Michael Herman's "Wedgwood Jasper: Classics, Rarities, & Oddities from Four Centuries" (2007).

Together, these three engravings present a cross-section of ichthyology as understood in the late 18th century, ranging from familiar edible fish to exotic marine oddities. They rema...

Singular piece of quirky sculpture for the adventurous collector, appealing in its oddity and uniqueness,. Mexican, circa 1920's.

They are appealing in their oddity and uniqueness. Measures: 12 inches high 12 wide 10 deep (base alone 10 by 10 by 2.75).

They are appealing in their oddity and uniqueness,. Mexican, circa 1900. Measures: 15.5 inches high 8 wide 10 deep.

They are appealing in their oddity and uniqueness,. Mexican, circa 1900.

Mounted on a custom steel plate, it's the perfect doorstop or just an oddity to put on display.

These include: New York women gambling in Wall Street, An "actual telephone to the moon," (which was likely a fictional or imaginative topic), Why American girls crave titles (possi...

Other topics include anecdotes more biographies, history, curiosities of literature, oddities of human life and character, short and largely factual pieces and with in-text engraving...

The depiction of such an unusual creature alongside the butterfly may reflect the era's fascination with natural oddities and the diversity of the animal kingdom. These illustrations...

Gilles Plazy says of him that he is a “collector of debris who composes original works with worn things , works that one can find morbid but which are always full of oddities, incong...

Metz was an innovator, with over 20 patents for safety designs and such oddities as an improbable ten-seater bicycle (now on display at the Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan).

Dimensions: 3 1/8" high x 2 7/8" wide x 1/2" deep Provenance: From my own personal collection of silver oddities and novelty items; acquired from a prominent West Coast collection ...

A scarce example of medical quackery, period technology, and American medicine history, this strange, somewhat freaky apparatus presents in a refined, professional display, that toda...

Uniquely uncommon, highly unusual, and remarkably decorative, this work of furniture art makes for the ideal atypical statement piece, conversational curiosity, oddity, or fascinatin...

For twenty years, Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, is away from his kingdom and feared lost as he encounters the many journeys and oddities of his titular odyssey at sea. His faithful w...

Most every military museum has some trench art as a curio in its collection, but there’s recently been a move away from treating it as an oddity and towards using it as insight into ...

The 39th state did not come for another 13 years, which makes centennial-era 39 star flags both an oddity and a testament to American desire for continued growth.

Barnett had a passion for collecting oddities. He retrofitted a former brewery house to exhibit his private collection.