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Pre-War Metal Inkwell with Bird Figurine
Located in Opole, PL
Pre-War Metal Inkwell with Bird Figurine Metal inkwell with a bird figurine, dating back to the
Category

Early 20th Century European Inkwells

Materials

Metal

Pre-War Metal Inkwell with Bird Figurine
Pre-War Metal Inkwell with Bird Figurine
H 5.91 in W 11.42 in D 7.09 in
Pre-War Electric Lamp Base Lighter, Circa 1930
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Pre-War Electric Lamp Base Lighter, featuring a modified lamp socket fixed with an electric lighter
Category

Vintage 1930s American Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Chrome

Pre-War French Art Deco Table Lamp
Located in Kingston, NY
This beautiful French Art Deco table lamp, circa, 1925 is from the pre-war period, with a bronze
Category

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Glass, Wood

Intermezzo 1947 Czech Pre-War Film Poster
Located in New York, NY
Original 1947 Czech pre-war poster for the first Czech theatrical release of the 1939 film
Category

Vintage 1940s Czech Posters

Materials

Paper

Pre-War Circa 1938 Estonian 875 Silver Box
Located in Mount Kisco, NY
Handmade craftsman Pre War Estonian 875 Silver Box with gilded interior. Table top chest design wit
Category

Vintage 1930s Estonian Boxes and Cases

Materials

Silver

Pre-War Cobalt Creamer with Silver Leaf Chinese Dragon, circa 1900
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Pre-War cobalt blue creamer vase with silver leaf Chinese dragon. circa 1900.
Category

Antique Early 1900s Chinese Pitchers

Materials

Ceramic

Timeless Cherry Blossoms in Central Park Pre-War Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Cherry Blossoms in Central Park with a lone figure in a blue shirt set against the iconic pre-war
Category

2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Antique Art Deco Pre War Philco 1939 Console Tube Radio Walnut Case 39-40
By Radiobar Corp. and Philco
Located in Dayton, OH
Philco 39-40 tube radio. The last of the pre-war Philcos before they went to the plastic
Category

Vintage 1930s Art Deco Cabinets

Materials

Walnut

Pre-War Table Lamp, 1930's, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Prw-war table lamp in the shape of a mushroom. It was made in the former Czechoslovakia in the
Category

Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Fabric, Fiberglass

Pre-War Table Lamp, 1930's, Czechoslovakia
Pre-War Table Lamp, 1930's, Czechoslovakia
H 30.32 in W 18.9 in D 18.9 in
Enormous Pre-War Toy Steel Hoisting Crane
Located in Doornspijk, NL
This gigantic - nearly man high - steel hoisting crane will give a dull corner the right Industrial look and feel you are looking for. The fully operational toy dates from the firs...
Category

Early 20th Century Dutch Industrial Toys and Dolls

Materials

Steel

Enormous Pre-War Toy Steel Hoisting Crane
Enormous Pre-War Toy Steel Hoisting Crane
H 66.93 in W 43.31 in D 23.63 in
Pre-War Carved Wood Playing Dice Craps Bookends
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Elevate your bookshelf with a touch of modern charm using our Cream Wood Dice Bookends. These stylish accents blend contemporary design with shabby chic aesthetics, featuring a cream...
Category

Vintage 1930s American Bookends

Materials

Wood

Pre War Gerrit Rietveld Style Modernist Painted Chair
By Gerrit Rietveld, Donald Judd
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rear modernist white painted side chair. Vintage, minimalist and sturdy design crafted from 4 individual planks of chipboard with rounded edges and thin half round natural oak glides...
Category

Vintage 1940s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Pre-War Abstraction - Modernism - Tan Bronze Tope - Nonrepresentational
By Elsie Driggs
Located in Miami, FL
take to make her mark in the New York art world. Driggs was part of the pre-eminent first group of
Category

1930s Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Pre-War Japanese Iron Fish Dish Vintage Flounder
Located in Hyattsville, MD
The flounder symbolizes many things among many different cultures; from good luck, to adaptability, to a bringing of change, or new life. Good condition; No chips and no cracks to th...
Category

Vintage 1910s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Iron

Pre War Ormo Wrist Watch by Raisch & Wossner, Germany
Located in Mount Kisco, NY
Circa 1940-1944, Pforzheim, Germany, this vintage beauty offered by Ormo proudly displays retro simplicity through its round 34mm Boden Edelstahl stainless steel case made for the Ge...
Category

Vintage 1940s German Wrist Watches

Materials

Steel

Pre-War Vintage Georg Jensen Pyramid Coffee Set 600A
By Harald Nielsen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A three-piece vintage sterling silver Georg Jensen coffee service with ebony handles in the Pyramid pattern, design #600A by Harald Nielsen from 1930. This set includes – Coffee Pot ...
Category

20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets

Materials

Sterling Silver

Workers - INDUSTRIAL ART - Pre War German School - Signed Lithograph
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Hermann Kätelhön (German, * 22. September 1884 in Hofgeismar; † 24. November 1940 in München) Workers - Lithograph, Sheet ca. 56 x 41 cm - Signed bottom right - The photographs sho...
Category

Early 20th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Pre-War Jug and Milk Jug, C.T. Tielsch
By Carl Tielsch & Co. 1
Located in Chorzów, PL
A large porcelain jug with a milk jug. Hand-decorated, painted titmouse and pink flowers. Very good condition. Signed C.T. Tielsch Measures: Jug: Height 28cm, width 25cm ...
Category

Vintage 1920s German Art Nouveau Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Torii Kotondo Signed and Sealed Pre-War Japanese Woodblock Print Rain Ame 1929
Located in Studio City, CA
. This work, titled Rain (Ame), is a highly coveted pre-war printing done in 1929 (the title "Ame" is
Category

Vintage 1920s Japanese Showa Prints

Materials

Paper

Vintage Pre-War Wind-Up Toy "Boy on Motorcycle Delivery Truck" by Marx
By Louis Marx and Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
of pre-war Americana. Dimensions: 9 7/8" long x 5 7/8" wide x 5 3/4" high After 40 plus years of
Category

Vintage 1930s Folk Art Toys

Materials

Tin

Torii Kotondo Signed Pre-War Japanese Woodblock Print Steam Bath Yuge Vapor 1929
Located in Studio City, CA
. This work, titled Steam (Steam Bath)/ Vapor (Yuge), is a highly coveted pre-war printing done in 1929
Category

Vintage 1920s Japanese Showa Prints

Materials

Paper

Restored Pre-War Stacked Rattan and Mahogany Vanity w/ Mirror
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage 1930s Streamline rattan vanity with mahogany top and drawers completed with a top round mirror.
Category

Vintage 1930s Bedroom Sets

Materials

Rattan

Cloth Fair - City of London Pre-War English Street Scene Oil on Board Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A fine c.1935 oil on board by Rex Vicat Cole which depicts a pre-war view down Cloth Fair, close to
Category

1930s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Rare Hungarian Judaica Hasidic Rabbi with Shtreimel Pre War Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
14.25 X 12.5 with frame. 8.75 X 7.25 without frame
Category

20th Century Naturalistic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Coal Miners - INDUSTRIAL ART - Pre War German School - Large signed Woodcut
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Hermann Kätelhön (German, * 22. September 1884, Hofgeismar; † 24. November 1940, München) Coal Miners • Woodcut, sheet measures ca. 55 x 40 cm • The sheet is mounted (fixed at the...
Category

1920s Naturalistic Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Woodcut

"Kadi" Pre-war Wind-Up Toy by Lehman Company. Germany Circa 1905
By E.P. Lehman Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
of the finest makers of children's toys from 1885 through World War II; shipping and marketing his
Category

Antique Early 1900s German Folk Art Toys and Dolls

Materials

Tin

German Jewish Weimar Era Silver Gelatin Photograph Pre War Judaica Costume Party
Located in Surfside, FL
as contentious relationships with the victors of the First World War. Resentment in Germany towards
Category

20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Pre-War Mahogany Art Deco Era Dining Room Chair Set of Four
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Set of four mahogany Art Deco era dining room chairs, each with petite sculpted seat back and tapestry style seat covers. Circa 1940. These chairs have some scratches on the wooden f...
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Side Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Orig Pre-War Beach Polynesian Girl Oil Painting on Velvet, Roger Fowler, Tahiti
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original late 1930s/1940s Polynesian girl on beach oil painting on velvet signed "Roger Fowler, Tahiti" Fowler's paintings were sold at Don The Beachcombers restaurant in Huntington...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Velvet

1935, W.H. Gispen for Gispen, Pre War Easy Chair 411 without Cushions
By Gispen Culemborg, Willem H. Gispen
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
. :-) Gispen 411 easy chair in chrome, produced before the second world war. Beautiful interesting design; no
Category

Vintage 1930s Dutch Industrial Armchairs

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Pre-War Black Velvet Art Deco Bead and Rhinestone Cocktail Dress – L, 1940s
Located in Tucson, AZ
A jewel of Art Deco design in an unheard-of larger size, this beautiful dress exudes machine-age minimalism and geometry. Its richly-adorned notched V neckline is outlined with a sta...
Category

1940s Unknown Cocktail Dresses

1932, W.H. Gispen for Gispen Culemborg, Holland, Original Pre War Typing Chair
By Willem H. Gispen, Gispen Culemborg
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
This item is part of the private collection of Casey Godrie and is situated in his private house. Ask him for competitive shipping quotes. His incredible Dune Villa, Amsterdam Beach...
Category

Vintage 1930s Dutch Industrial Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Metal, Chrome

1932, W.H. Gispen for Gispen Culemborg, Holland, Original Pre War Typing Chair
By Willem H. Gispen, Gispen Culemborg
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
This item is part of the private collection of Casey Godrie and is situated in his private house. Ask him for competitive shipping quotes. His incredible Dune Villa, Amsterdam Beach...
Category

Vintage 1930s Dutch Industrial Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Metal, Chrome

1932, W.H. Gispen for Gispen Culemborg, Holland, Original Pre War Typing Chairs
By Willem H. Gispen, Gispen Culemborg
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
This item is part of the private collection of Casey Godrie and is situated in his private house. Ask him for competitive shipping quotes. His incredible Dune Villa, Amsterdam Beach...
Category

Vintage 1930s Dutch Industrial Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Metal

1932, W.H. Gispen for Gispen Culemborg, Holland, Original Pre War Typing Chair
By Willem H. Gispen, Gispen Culemborg
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
This item is part of the private collection of Casey Godrie and is situated in his private house. Ask him for competitive shipping quotes. His incredible Dune Villa, Amsterdam Beach...
Category

Vintage 1930s Dutch Industrial Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Metal

Orig Pre-War Beach Polynesian Beauty Oil Painting on Velvet, Roger Fowler Tahiti
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original late 1930s/1940s Polynesian beauty portrait oil painting on velvet signed "Roger Fowler, Tahiti" Fowler's paintings were sold at Don The Beachcombers restaurant in Huntin...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Velvet

Original Pre-War Beach Polynesian Oil Painting on Velvet by Roger Fowler, Tahiti
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original late 1930s/1940s beach Polynesian girl oil painting on velvet signed "Roger Fowler, Tahiti" Fowler's artwork paintings were sold at Don The Beachcombers restaurant in Hunti...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Velvet

1927, W.H. Gispen for Gispen Culemborg, Original Pre War Gispen 102 Painted Wood
By Willem H. Gispen, Gispen Culemborg
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
This item is part of the private collection of Casey Godrie and is situated in his private house. Ask him for competitive shipping quotes. His incredible Dune Villa, Amsterdam Beach...
Category

Vintage 1920s Dutch Industrial Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Carl Aubock Art-Deco Salt and Pepper Shaker Set, Pre-War Production, Early 1930s
Located in Vienna, AT
Art-Deco Salt and pepper shaker set. Prewar production - very early 30s. The body of the shakers (apple and pear) is made of coloured Bakelite, the stems are of silver plated brass....
Category

Vintage 1930s More Dining and Entertaining

Materials

Silver Plate, Brass

Les Bars, selected prints
By Almery Lobel-Riche
Located in Wilton, CT
6 plates from the Lobel- Riche books, Les Bars depicting pre- war Paris fashions in the bars and
Category

1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

1944 UK poster: Great Britain's War Effort (Taxation) - World War II propaganda
Located in London, GB
figures issued by HM Government November 1944." Pre-war taxation: £472,000,000 War-time £1,169,000,000
Category

1940s Modern More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Rare Huge Lalique "Stars" Dans la Nuit Post-War Factice Perfume Bottle
By René Lalique
Located in Van Nuys, CA
design the bottle. This particular item offered is a crystal pre-war production bottle signed
Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Glass

Materials

Crystal

Rare European 19C Judaica Havdalah Hebrew Plate
Located in Surfside, FL
Yiddish greeting. A rare piece of Jewish Porcelain from the Pre War era. In a bold black and red color
Category

Late 19th Century Folk Art More Art

Materials

Porcelain

Park I Wall Sconce
By Workstead
Located in Hudson, NY
produced during the pre-war period, the fixture incorporates delicate metal rods that suspend a handblown
Category

2010s American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Enamel

Park I Wall Sconce
Park I Wall Sconce
H 5.5 in W 4.5 in D 7.75 in
Park I Wall Sconce in Brushed Aluminum
By Workstead
Located in Hudson, NY
produced during the pre-war period, the fixture incorporates delicate metal rods that suspend a hand blown
Category

2010s American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Enamel, Aluminum

Park I Wall Sconce in Brushed Aluminum
Park I Wall Sconce in Brushed Aluminum
H 5.5 in W 4.5 in D 7.75 in
Vintage 14 Karat Yellow Gold Knot Sapphire Cuff Links
Located in Mount Kisco, NY
Finer details give that finished look. Enjoy this pair of pre-war fourteen karat 14K yellow gold
Category

Vintage 1930s American Cufflinks

Materials

Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Japanese Antique Iron Ball "Shell" 1900s-1940s / Figurine Steel Object Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
be a pre-war (1900s-1940s) artillery shell. Very rare item. The texture of rusted iron is beautiful
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Metalwork

Materials

Iron

English Armstrong Siddeley Motorcar Advert Illustration c1936 Artwork
Located in Bristol, CT
in the boot watercolour c1930s illustration in a burlwood frame! Rare Watercolour of a Pre-War
Category

1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Antique French Hand Cut Glass Decanter and Four Glasses
Located in New Orleans, LA
shot glasses sourced from a pre-war French bistro (at the time “Victors”). Imagine the pre-WWII
Category

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Glass

Materials

Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Reeded Glass

A Paul Ysart Rondel Millefiori Paperweight, c1930's
By Paul Ysart
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Paul Ysart Rondel Millefiori Paperweight, c1930's Additional information: Date : Pre war
Category

20th Century Scottish Paperweights

Materials

Glass

Rosenthal Porcelain Coffee Set, Germany, 1923-1925
By Rosenthal
Located in Chorzów, PL
A pre-war Rosenthal porcelain set from 1923-1925. Very good condition. the set includes: - jug
Category

Vintage 1920s German Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Original Bauhaus wardrobe by Rudolf Slezak in a 1930s emerald green color
By Robert Slezák
Located in PRAHA 4, CZ
refurbished according to our specifications in pre war technologies. This wardrobe is without any defects and
Category

Vintage 1930s Czech Bauhaus Wardrobes and Armoires

Materials

Steel

Suprematism Woman Painting Ukraine
By Kazimir Malevich
Located in Munich, DE
-related good condition. Russia probably pre-war, framed on black and golden wood. We dated this painting
Category

Mid-20th Century Ukrainian Bauhaus Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Suprematism Woman Painting Ukraine
Suprematism Woman Painting Ukraine
H 33.27 in W 25.01 in D 1.19 in
Workstead Park IV in White Enamel
By Workstead
Located in Hudson, NY
The PARK IV references porcelain fixtures of the pre-war period with its gently arched base curving
Category

2010s American American Classical Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Enamel

Workstead Park IV in White Enamel
Workstead Park IV in White Enamel
H 4.5 in W 4.5 in D 6 in
Workstead PARK IV in Brushed Aluminium
By Workstead
Located in Hudson, NY
The PARK IV references porcelain fixtures of the pre-war period with its gently arched base curving
Category

2010s American American Classical Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Aluminum

Workstead Park IV in Black Enamel
By Workstead
Located in Hudson, NY
The PARK IV references porcelain fixtures of the pre-war period with its gently arched base curving
Category

2010s American American Classical Flush Mount

Materials

Enamel

Workstead Park IV in Black Enamel
Workstead Park IV in Black Enamel
H 4.5 in W 4.5 in D 6 in
Eltham, London 1932
By Francis Dodd
Located in East Grinstead, GB
early morning pre war metropolitan scene, walking the children to school.
Category

1930s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Eltham, London 1932
Eltham, London 1932
H 9.25 in W 12 in D 0.5 in
Park II Wall Sconce
By Workstead
Located in Hudson, NY
porcelain fixtures produced during the pre-war period, Park II is an iconic sconce for modern-day use. This
Category

2010s American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Enamel

Park II Wall Sconce
Park II Wall Sconce
H 18 in W 2.5 in D 2.5 in
Park II Wall Sconce in Brushed Aluminum
By Workstead
Located in Hudson, NY
porcelain fixtures produced during the pre-war period, Park II is an iconic sconce for modern-day use. This
Category

2010s American Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Enamel, Aluminum

Folk Art Wooden Fireman Sculpture, Early 20th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Stunning Folk Art wooden sculpture of a Fireman. This pre-war statue of a marching fireman or
Category

Early 20th Century European Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

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Pre War For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic pre war available at 1stDibs. Each pre war for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and glass. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer pre war, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A pre war, designed in the Art Deco, Industrial or Mid-Century Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made pre war has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Tom William Chantrell, Alvar Aalto and Charles Eames are consistently popular.

How Much is a Pre War?

A pre war can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,250, while the lowest priced sells for $319 and the highest can go for as much as $18,500.