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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

Art Deco Bear Over Circus Ball, Car Mascot Hood Ornament, France, 1920
Art Deco Bear Over Circus Ball, Car Mascot Hood Ornament, France, 1920

Art Deco Bear Over Circus Ball, Car Mascot Hood Ornament, France, 1920

By Marcel-André Bouraine

Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos

Rare Art Deco silvered bronze statuette of a bear over a marble circus ball. Car mascot hood ornament. Figure mounted over a black marble base.

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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Circus Antique

Materials

Bronze

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 ...

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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...

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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...

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Early 20th Century English Circus Antique

Materials

Pine

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.

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Late 19th Century Mid-Century Modern Circus Antique

Materials

Wood

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...

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19th Century Other Circus Antique

Materials

Wood

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...

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Early 20th Century British Circus Antique

Materials

Paper

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.

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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.

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1910s Modern Circus Antique

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

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.

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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Circus Antique

Materials

Brass

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'....

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1920s British Circus Antique

Materials

Sterling Silver

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 ...

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1890s Victorian Circus Antique

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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...

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1920s French Art Deco Circus Antique

Materials

Paper

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

Katorga  (Hard Labor). Moscow. Printed By Govoenkino, 1928
Katorga  (Hard Labor). Moscow. Printed By Govoenkino, 1928

Katorga (Hard Labor). Moscow. Printed By Govoenkino, 1928

Located in New York, NY

Although Dlugach concentrated on film posters, he also created political and circus posters and designed art exhibitions, both in the Soviet Union and abroad.

Category

1920s Constructivist Circus Antique

Materials

Lithograph

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

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

Fine 19th Century Italian Oil Painting of Belle Epoque Society Gent & Horse Gig
Fine 19th Century Italian Oil Painting of Belle Epoque Society Gent & Horse Gig

Fine 19th Century Italian Oil Painting of Belle Epoque Society Gent & Horse Gig

Located in Gerrards Cross, GB

During his career Tominz exhibited in Vienna, Rome, Milan, and Turin, as well as in Prague where his painting of the Circus Maximus was awarded a gold medal at the 1891 World’s Fair,...

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Late 19th Century Italian School Circus Antique

Materials

Oil

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

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...

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17th Century Old Masters Circus Antique

Materials

Oil

A Hayfield at Sunset - Divisionist Impressionist Landscape Oil - Gustave De Smet
A Hayfield at Sunset - Divisionist Impressionist Landscape Oil - Gustave De Smet

A Hayfield at Sunset - Divisionist Impressionist Landscape Oil - Gustave De Smet

By Gustave De Smet

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

.): Dance-Hall (1922); Woman and Child (1922); Landscape (1937); Barebreasted Young Woman (1937-1938) Ghent (Mus. voor Schone Kunsten): Church at Afsnée (1906); Interior with Porcela...

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1910s Pointillist Circus Antique

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Madeleine" Pablo Picasso, Les Saltimbanques, Female Portrait, Muse, Etching
"Madeleine" Pablo Picasso, Les Saltimbanques, Female Portrait, Muse, Etching

"Madeleine" Pablo Picasso, Les Saltimbanques, Female Portrait, Muse, Etching

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, Etching

Monumental Grand Tour Imperial Roman Triumphator Driving a Four-Horse Quadriga
Monumental Grand Tour Imperial Roman Triumphator Driving a Four-Horse Quadriga

Monumental Grand Tour Imperial Roman Triumphator Driving a Four-Horse 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...

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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Circus Antique

Materials

Onyx, Bronze

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.

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Early 20th Century English Industrial Circus Antique

Materials

Glass

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...

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15th Century and Earlier Greco Roman Circus Antique

Materials

Marble

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...

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1890s English Victorian Circus Antique

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

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...

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1920s Swedish Circus Antique

Materials

Paper

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...

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Late 19th Century Italian Other Circus Antique

Materials

Wood

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

Pommes de Pin et Aiguilles - Fauvist Still Life Study Gouache by Raoul Dufy
Pommes de Pin et Aiguilles - Fauvist Still Life Study Gouache by Raoul Dufy

Pommes de Pin et Aiguilles - Fauvist Still Life Study Gouache by Raoul Dufy

By Raoul Dufy

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Cantini): Martigues Harbour (1904); Trees at l'Estaque (1908); Arcades at l'Estaque (1908); Statue with Two Red Vases (1908); Tuilerie St-Henri, or The Factory (1908) Nantes (MBA): P...

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1920s Fauvist Circus Antique

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Chiswick High Road, London by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Oil painting, London scene
Chiswick High Road, London by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Oil painting, London scene

Chiswick High Road, London by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Oil painting, London scene

By Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro

Located in London, GB

By 1904 living in Paris, he found the nightlife and the habitués of the cafes, theatres, circuses and cabarets compelling subjects for his work and changed dramatically the style of ...

Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Circus Antique

Materials

Oil, Board

Ancient Giallo Antico Marble Roman Herm of the god Mars
Ancient Giallo Antico Marble Roman Herm of the god Mars

Ancient Giallo Antico Marble Roman Herm of the god Mars

Located in BARCELONA, ES

During the period of the Kingdom, their function was more architectural than religious: they supported curtains inside houses, and in the Circus Maximus they were used to support bar...

Category

15th Century and Earlier Greco Roman Circus Antique

Materials

Marble

Floral design for a wallpaper - Fauvist Still Life Study Gouache by Raoul Dufy
Floral design for a wallpaper - Fauvist Still Life Study Gouache by Raoul Dufy

Floral design for a wallpaper - Fauvist Still Life Study Gouache by Raoul Dufy

By Raoul Dufy

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Cantini): Martigues Harbour (1904); Trees at l'Estaque (1908); Arcades at l'Estaque (1908); Statue with Two Red Vases (1908); Tuilerie St-Henri, or The Factory (1908) Nantes (MBA): P...

Category

1920s Fauvist Circus Antique

Materials

Paper, Gouache

1898 original poster by Lem titled Charmion – Elle est attendue !
1898 original poster by Lem titled Charmion – Elle est attendue !

1898 original poster by Lem titled Charmion – Elle est attendue !

Located in PARIS, FR

Charmion was likely a stage or circus performer known for acts that combined acrobatics with theatrical flair, and this poster serves as both advertisement and celebration of her per...

Category

1890s Circus Antique

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

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

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, Herm of Pan in Giallo Antico Marble
Ancient Roman, Herm of Pan in Giallo Antico Marble

Ancient Roman, Herm of Pan in Giallo Antico Marble

Located in BARCELONA, ES

They were also used in imperial public architecture, serving a purely architectural function, as is the case with the hermai that supported the barriers of the Circus Maximus. This ...

Category

15th Century and Earlier Greco Roman Circus Antique

Materials

Marble

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

Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist

Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist

By Maurice Kish

Located in Surfside, FL

This portrait of a clown by Maurice Kish is part from a series of carnival figures, circus clowns and carousel horses and riders that he did in the 30s and 40s.

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Circus Antique

Materials

Oil, Board

St Catherine (The Miraculous Wedding)

St Catherine (The Miraculous Wedding)

Located in London, England

Works such as The Shaftesbury Memorial (Eros) located at the southeastern side of Piccadilly Circus, The Alexandra Memorial opposite St James Palace, and The Clarence Tomb at St Geor...

Category

1890s Victorian Circus Antique

Materials

Bronze

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Circus Antique For Sale on 1stDibs

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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