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Set Of Antique Circus Juggler's Clubs, English, Beech, Juggling Tool, Circa 1920
Set Of Antique Circus Juggler's Clubs, English, Beech, Juggling Tool, Circa 1920

Set Of Antique Circus Juggler's Clubs, English, Beech, Juggling Tool, Circa 1920

Located in Hele, Devon, GB

This is a set of 7 antique circus juggler's clubs. An English, beech performance aid, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1920.

Category

Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Circus Antique

Materials

Beech

Circus Ceramic Vase by Gio Ponti, Art Deco, Two-Handled, Italy, 1924
Circus Ceramic Vase by Gio Ponti, Art Deco, Two-Handled, Italy, 1924

Circus Ceramic Vase by Gio Ponti, Art Deco, Two-Handled, Italy, 1924

By Gio Ponti

Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C

Two-Handled vase decorated in relief with circus theme. Valerio Terraroli (2007) "Italian Art Ceramics: 1900-1950" p. 165.

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1920s Italian Art Deco Circus Antique

Materials

Ceramic

Art Deco Original Vintage French Circus Poster 'Teddy-Ted And Partner', 1926
Art Deco Original Vintage French Circus Poster 'Teddy-Ted And Partner', 1926

Art Deco Original Vintage French Circus Poster 'Teddy-Ted And Partner', 1926

Located in Melbourne, Victoria

Art Deco original vintage French circus poster 'Teddy-Ted And Partner', 1926 This is an original vintage poster from the Art Deco period of the mid-190s.

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1920s French Art Deco Circus Antique

Materials

Paper

Mid 19th Century Gen. Tom Thumb Calling Card P.T. Barnum Fairground Circus
Mid 19th Century Gen. Tom Thumb Calling Card P.T. Barnum Fairground Circus

Mid 19th Century Gen. Tom Thumb Calling Card P.T. Barnum Fairground Circus

Located in Lowestoft, GB

A rare survivor a miniature printed card for Tom Thumb measuring 14 by 30mm. Mounted on an old piece of album paper with ink inscription beneath (The General?s Card) and pasted newsp...

Category

Mid-19th Century British Circus Antique

Materials

Paper

19th C The Albino Family Barums Museum New York Sideshow Fairground Circus
19th C The Albino Family Barums Museum New York Sideshow Fairground Circus

19th C The Albino Family Barums Museum New York Sideshow Fairground Circus

Located in Lowestoft, GB

Currier and Ives hand coloured lithograph print of The Albino Family circa 1860 “They have pure white skin, silken white hair and pink eyes,Rudolf Lucasie, Wife and Child who have ...

Category

19th Century American Circus Antique

Materials

Glass, Oak, Paper

Large Vintage Hunt's 3 Ring Circus Date Poster 28" x 42", circa 1920's
Large Vintage Hunt's 3 Ring Circus Date Poster 28" x 42", circa 1920's

Large Vintage Hunt's 3 Ring Circus Date Poster 28" x 42", circa 1920's

By Andy Warhol, Christopher Wool, Roy Lichtenstein

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Hunt's Three Ring Circus Date Poster 28" x 41 5/8" September 11th, circa 1920's "poster / circus is from the northeast" "large original circus date poster" "in very good vintage as...

Category

1920s American American Classical Circus Antique

Materials

Paper

Early 20th C Robert Lakin & Co Fairground Carnival Circus Pillars Edwin Hall
Early 20th C Robert Lakin & Co Fairground Carnival Circus Pillars Edwin Hall

Early 20th C Robert Lakin & Co Fairground Carnival Circus Pillars Edwin Hall

Located in Lowestoft, GB

A truly fantastic group of totally original untouched decorative fairground pillars by the infamous Robert J Lakin Company of 67 Besley Street, Streatham, London The pillars are h...

Category

Early 20th Century English Circus Antique

Materials

Pine

Samson Porcelain Mazarine Blue Punch Bowl with London View, Derby Style
Samson Porcelain Mazarine Blue Punch Bowl with London View, Derby Style

Samson Porcelain Mazarine Blue Punch Bowl with London View, Derby Style

By Samson & Cie

Located in Downingtown, PA

The Royal Circus opened there in 1782; rebuilt after a fire in 1805, it was renamed the Surrey Theatre in 1810.

Category

Late 19th Century French Georgian Circus Antique

Materials

Porcelain

Plan of Ancient Rome with the Fourteen Augustan Regions, d'Anville, 1818
Plan of Ancient Rome with the Fourteen Augustan Regions, d'Anville, 1818

Plan of Ancient Rome with the Fourteen Augustan Regions, d'Anville, 1818

Located in Langweer, NL

Within the walls the Campus Martius, the Pantheon, the theater of Pompey, the Circus Flaminius, the Forum Romanum, the Circus Maximus and the Flavian amphitheater are marked, togethe...

Category

Early 19th Century French Circus Antique

Materials

Paper

Edwardian Sterling Silver and Cut Crystal Vanity Bottle by Drew & Sons
Edwardian Sterling Silver and Cut Crystal Vanity Bottle by Drew & Sons

Edwardian Sterling Silver and Cut Crystal Vanity Bottle by Drew & Sons

Located in San Francisco, CA

MAKER: This piece was retailed and manufactured by Drew & Sons, a premier luxury goods and luggage maker based at 33 Piccadilly Circus, London, as stamped in the inner lid. The o...

Category

Early 20th Century English Edwardian Circus Antique

Materials

Crystal, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver

Antique View of the Obelisk of Theodosius, the Atmeidan, circa 1850
Antique View of the Obelisk of Theodosius, the Atmeidan, circa 1850

Antique View of the Obelisk of Theodosius, the Atmeidan, circa 1850

Located in Langweer, NL

The Atmeidan is the single most historically charged open space in the city, a Roman circus turned Ottoman parade ground, and Allom's view sets the Pharaonic obelisk, the Delphic ser...

Category

Mid-19th Century British Circus Antique

Materials

Paper

19th Century Victorian Sterling Silver Travelling Collapsible Beaker
19th Century Victorian Sterling Silver Travelling Collapsible Beaker

19th Century Victorian Sterling Silver Travelling Collapsible Beaker

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

The underside of the beaker and interior of the case cover bears the retailer's mark 'Drew & Sons, Picadilly Circus'; the mark to the interior of the case incorporates '33&37...

Category

1890s English Victorian Circus Antique

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Antique Strongman Acrobat Toy with Balancing Weights, Late 19th Century.
Antique Strongman Acrobat Toy with Balancing Weights, Late 19th Century.

Antique Strongman Acrobat Toy with Balancing Weights, Late 19th Century.

Located in Seattle, WA

The strongman is depicted mid-act, evoking early circus or vaudeville performances, and the toy disassembles into two parts for easy storage.

Category

Late 19th Century Mid-Century Modern Circus Antique

Materials

Wood

"Les Pauvres" Pablo Picasso, Modernist, Early Period, Family, Black and White
"Les Pauvres" Pablo Picasso, Modernist, Early Period, Family, Black and White

"Les Pauvres" Pablo Picasso, Modernist, Early Period, Family, Black and White

By Pablo Picasso

Located in New York, NY

His career evolved through several distinct phases, including the Blue Period (1901–1904), characterized by somber, monochromatic paintings, and the Rose Period (1904–1906), known fo...

Category

Early 1900s Modern Circus Antique

Materials

Paper, Drypoint, Etching

"John's Fairy Fountains and Living Statuary" c.1900- Linen-backed Theater Poster
"John's Fairy Fountains and Living Statuary" c.1900- Linen-backed Theater Poster

"John's Fairy Fountains and Living Statuary" c.1900- Linen-backed Theater Poster

Located in Spokane, WA

As a certified vintage poster, it includes a Certificate of Authenticity for confident collecting. Perfect for circus, vaudeville, and Belle Époque enthusiasts, bars, theatres, or e...

Category

Early 1900s Circus Antique

Materials

Lithograph

Oil On Wood Paintings Pair Of Portraits In Costume, 19th Century
Oil On Wood Paintings Pair Of Portraits In Costume, 19th Century

Oil On Wood Paintings Pair Of Portraits In Costume, 19th Century

Located in PARIS, FR

His joyful expression and dynamic posture recall the world of the circus and popular theater. The second painting presents a musketeer or a nobleman of the 17th century, dressed in a...

Category

19th Century Other Circus Antique

Materials

Wood

Pablo Ruiz Picasso. Études de personanages. 1905. 24.8 x 32.1 cm
Pablo Ruiz Picasso. Études de personanages. 1905. 24.8 x 32.1 cm

Pablo Ruiz Picasso. Études de personanages. 1905. 24.8 x 32.1 cm

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Barcelona, CT

With Apollinaire, he shared an interest in the world of the circus; both were interested in the figure of the itinerant, uprooted circus performer, as an evocation of the artist's si...

Category

Early 1900s Circus Antique

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper

Pair of Marsh and Hen Harrier Bird Prints by Stonham, 1908
Pair of Marsh and Hen Harrier Bird Prints by Stonham, 1908

Pair of Marsh and Hen Harrier Bird Prints by Stonham, 1908

Located in Langweer, NL

This pair shows two elegant landscape-format harrier plates: Left print: Marsh Harrier Scientific name: Circus aeruginosus Also known as Western Marsh Harrier or Eurasian Marsh Harr...

Category

Early 20th Century British Circus Antique

Materials

Paper

Large Painting by Celso Lagar, Still Life with Squashes and Fruits
Large Painting by Celso Lagar, Still Life with Squashes and Fruits

Large Painting by Celso Lagar, Still Life with Squashes and Fruits

By Celso Lagar

Located in Madrid, ES

Both in his residence in Paris and in his rooms, since 1928, in Normandy he will develop an artistic production with very specific themes: still lifes, Spanish reminiscences, landsca...

Category

1920s Circus Antique

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rare Edwardian Solid / Sterling Silver Travelling Medical Kit - 1903
Rare Edwardian Solid / Sterling Silver Travelling Medical Kit - 1903

Rare Edwardian Solid / Sterling Silver Travelling Medical Kit - 1903

Located in Bath, GB

Their main address was 33 to 37 Piccadilly Circus, though they also had premises at 155 Leadenhall Street in London and 42 Kings Road in Brighton.

Category

Early 1900s British Edwardian Circus Antique

Materials

Sterling Silver

Les Saltimbanques
Les Saltimbanques

Les Saltimbanques

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Wien, 9

The artwork explores the lives of circus performers, or saltimbanques, who were often subjects of introspective melancholy in Picasso's art during this time.

Category

1910s Modern Circus Antique

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

A pair of Italian 18th century patinated wood and Giltwood prints
A pair of Italian 18th century patinated wood and Giltwood prints

A pair of Italian 18th century patinated wood and Giltwood prints

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

The first engraving showcases a depiction of a sarcophagus once found in the courtyard of the Orsini Palace, while the other displays an ancient Etruscan racing/circus chariot. Each ...

Category

18th Century Italian Grand Tour Circus Antique

Materials

Giltwood, Paint

Mid-19th Century English Brass "Black Eagle" Prancing Horse Hanging Souvenir
Mid-19th Century English Brass "Black Eagle" Prancing Horse Hanging Souvenir

Mid-19th Century English Brass "Black Eagle" Prancing Horse Hanging Souvenir

Located in Chapel Hill, NC

Black Eagle was owned by circus proprietors John & George Sanger - he danced to music & famously performed for Queen Victoria.

Category

Mid-19th Century English Victorian Circus Antique

Materials

Brass

Original Antique Advertising Poster Fete De L'Eau Water Festival Niermans
Original Antique Advertising Poster Fete De L'Eau Water Festival Niermans

Original Antique Advertising Poster Fete De L'Eau Water Festival Niermans

Located in London, GB

Original antique advertising poster for the Fete de l'Eau Grand Bal de Nuit Travesti / Water Festival Grand Night Time Costume Drag Ball held at the Nouveau-Cirque / New Circus (1886...

Category

1920s French Art Deco Circus Antique

Materials

Paper

A Race Horse in a Stable Framed Antique Oil painting
A Race Horse in a Stable Framed Antique Oil painting

A Race Horse in a Stable Framed Antique Oil painting

By Emil Volkers

Located in St. Albans, GB

National de Arta al Romaniei) – ‘The Village Messenger’, in Cologne Museum - ‘A Family of Bohemiams’, in Riga – ‘In the Circus Stable’ and in Wiesbaden – ‘Romanian Peasants Going to ...

Category

1890s Victorian Circus Antique

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century Watercolour of The Arch of Titus After Clarkson Frederick Stanfield
19th Century Watercolour of The Arch of Titus After Clarkson Frederick Stanfield

19th Century Watercolour of The Arch of Titus After Clarkson Frederick Stanfield

Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire

Created later than Panini’s fanciful capriccio style paintings of the mid 18th century, the arch remains in partial ruin and was not fully restored until 1824. A circus style tent i...

Category

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Circus Antique

Materials

Wood, Paint

1920s Sterling Silver and Crocodile Skin Hip Flask
1920s Sterling Silver and Crocodile Skin Hip Flask

1920s Sterling Silver and Crocodile Skin Hip Flask

By James Dixon & Sons

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

The underside of the drinking vessel incorporates the volume marker '1 1/2 PT', in addition to the retailer's mark 'Drew & Sons, Piccadilly Circus W, Makers to the Royal Family'....

Category

1920s British Circus Antique

Materials

Sterling Silver

Original Glass Fairground Mirror
Original Glass Fairground Mirror

Original Glass Fairground Mirror

Located in Kingsbridge, GB

Probably a unique opportunity to purchase an Original Glass Circus Mirror. It is very unlikely that there are more than a handful of these on the market anywhere in the world.

Category

Early 20th Century English Industrial Circus Antique

Materials

Glass

Czech Street Scene, Kino, Couples Shopping Weimar Era 1929 Lithograph
Czech Street Scene, Kino, Couples Shopping Weimar Era 1929 Lithograph

Czech Street Scene, Kino, Couples Shopping Weimar Era 1929 Lithograph

By Vojtech Tittelbach

Located in Surfside, FL

The resurrection of the expressive expression in the circus environment (after the Second World War ) was replaced by the influence of socialist realism in portraits , monumental wor...

Category

1920s Expressionist Circus Antique

Materials

Lithograph

Czech Park Scene, Swing Set Weimar Era 1923 Lithograph
Czech Park Scene, Swing Set Weimar Era 1923 Lithograph

Czech Park Scene, Swing Set Weimar Era 1923 Lithograph

By Vojtech Tittelbach

Located in Surfside, FL

The resurrection of the expressive expression in the circus environment (after the Second World War ) was replaced by the influence of socialist realism in portraits , monumental wor...

Category

1920s Expressionist Circus Antique

Materials

Lithograph

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Hen Harrier, Italy 1880.
Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Hen Harrier, Italy 1880.

Stuffed bird for natural history cabinet, Hen Harrier, Italy 1880.

Located in Milan, IT

Stuffed bird of pray (Circus Cyaneus Linnaeus, 1766) Hen Harrier, mounted on an oak branch with dry leaves, resting on a rectangular, inlaid, veneered wooden base covered in moss, wh...

Category

Late 19th Century Italian Other Circus Antique

Materials

Wood

Pair Antique Candlesticks modelled as Performing Bears
Pair Antique Candlesticks modelled as Performing Bears

Pair Antique Candlesticks modelled as Performing Bears

Located in Montreal, QC

Each bear is surrounded by various circus objects such as knives, pins, dumbbells and circus balls.

Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Black Forest Circus Antique

Materials

Metal

collection of 8 pencil signed etchings of various locations.
collection of 8 pencil signed etchings of various locations.

collection of 8 pencil signed etchings of various locations.

By William Walcot R. E. Hon. R. I. B. A.

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

This group of eight pencil signed etchings contain a variety of views, including, Trafalgar Square, London, Piccadilly Circus, London, Fleet Street, London, etc. also include Flore...

Category

Early 20th Century Circus Antique

Materials

Paper, Printer's Ink, Pencil, Etching

Set of two Wood Vintage Pull Toys, 20th Century
Set of two Wood Vintage Pull Toys, 20th Century

Set of two Wood Vintage Pull Toys, 20th Century

Located in Chappaqua, NY

Set of two vintage wood pull toys, 20th Century. Charming folk art circus wagon and pair of ducks. Circus wagon has applied lithograph of performing characters.

Category

Early 20th Century Folk Art Circus Antique

Materials

Wood, Paper

Nordic Harriers Triptych — Swedish Lithographs, Scandinavian Birds of Prey 1929
Nordic Harriers Triptych — Swedish Lithographs, Scandinavian Birds of Prey 1929

Nordic Harriers Triptych — Swedish Lithographs, Scandinavian Birds of Prey 1929

Located in Langweer, NL

BG-11219-2-29 Circus cyaneus (male) English: Hen Harrier (male) Northern Harrier (North American terminology) German: Kornweihe (Männchen) Dutch: Blauwe kiekendief (mannetje) Fre...

Category

1920s Swedish Circus Antique

Materials

Paper

Carnival Rome Navona square Cerquozzi 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Italy
Carnival Rome Navona square Cerquozzi 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Italy

Carnival Rome Navona square Cerquozzi 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Italy

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

The painting is set in Piazza Navona, and the detail on the right of the famous Fountain of the Four Rivers designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini is clearly recognisable, dominated by the...

Category

17th Century Old Masters Circus Antique

Materials

Oil

Monumental Grand Tour Imperial Roman Triumphator Chariot/ Quadriga
Monumental Grand Tour Imperial Roman Triumphator Chariot/ Quadriga

Monumental Grand Tour Imperial Roman Triumphator Chariot/ Quadriga

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Similar four-horse teams were also featured in the celebrated chariot races of the Circus Maximus, where skilled drivers competed before enormous crowds in one of the most popular sp...

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Circus Antique

Materials

Onyx, Bronze

Art Deco Juggler Table Lamp by Roland Paris, Patinated Bronze, 1925
Art Deco Juggler Table Lamp by Roland Paris, Patinated Bronze, 1925

Art Deco Juggler Table Lamp by Roland Paris, Patinated Bronze, 1925

By Roland Paris

Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C

A silk canopy-like lampshade in the shape of a circus tent and electrified with three lights. Austria, CIRCA 1925.

Category

1920s French Art Deco Circus Antique

Materials

Bronze

Ancient Roman Fragment with Damnatio ad Bestias
Ancient Roman Fragment with Damnatio ad Bestias

Ancient Roman Fragment with Damnatio ad Bestias

Located in BARCELONA, ES

This punishment could be carried out in different ways, but it usually took place in the circus arena. The custom, of Eastern origin, was imported to Rome not only as a punishment fo...

Category

15th Century and Earlier Greco Roman Circus Antique

Materials

Marble

Set of Four Hand-Colored Lithograph Ornithological Prints from "The Ibis" Birds
Set of Four Hand-Colored Lithograph Ornithological Prints from "The Ibis" Birds

Set of Four Hand-Colored Lithograph Ornithological Prints from "The Ibis" Birds

By Philip Lutley Sclater

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: Philip Lutley Sclater (English, 1829-1913) Titles: "Circus Spilonotus (Eastern Marsh Harrier)", "Accipiter Pectoralis (Gray-Bellied Hawk)", "Circaetus Beaudouini (Beaudouin's...

Category

1860s Victorian Circus Antique

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

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Find many varieties of an authentic circus antique available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and paper, every circus antique was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer circus antique, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each circus antique bearing Folk Art, Victorian or Art Deco hallmarks is very popular. Bill Bailey, Carl Schmuelling and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec each produced at least one beautiful circus antique that is worth considering.

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