Balance Toy
Handmade Large Rhinoceros Toy by Renate Müller for, Germany, 1968
By Renate Müller, H. Josef Leven
Located in Utrecht, NL
The work of Renate Müller can be described best by the artist herself, her first slogan was the wonderfully succinct: "Therapeutic toys—coarse but cute…". Honouring the tradition of ...
Category
Vintage 1960s German Other Toys
Materials
Leather, Jute
Large antique Japanese samurai doll 武者人形 (Musha ningyô): black horse with rider
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Impressive, rare, very large antique samurai doll (Musha ningyô) of a prancing black horse with a noble rider:
The horse prances up high, creating a dynamic pose, almost throwing it...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Toys and Dolls
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Wood, Lacquer
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H 22.84 in W 17.92 in D 7.68 in
Vintage Wood Monkey on Red Balance Rope Hanging Toy Kay Bojesen Denmark 1960s
By Kay Bojesen
Located in National City, CA
Mid-Century Modern vintage hanging toy wood work out monkey toy figure with articulating joints accompanied with hanging red plastic balance piece.
Unsigned. In the manner of Kay Bo...
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Chechen Wood Floor Lamp by Alina Rotzinger
Located in Geneve, CH
Chechen Wood Floor Lamp by Alina Rotzinger.
Dimensions: H 25 x W 25 x D 155 cm.
Materials: Certified Chechen tropical wood, aluminium details.
Composed by Alina Rotzinger as design ...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Aluminium
Harmfull Ceramics Flower Holder 3 by Alina Rotzinger
Located in Geneve, CH
Harmfull ceramics flower holder 3 by Alina Rotzinger
Dimensions: H 75 x W 25 x D 20 cm.
Materials: high temperature ceramics and dead flowers.
Composed by Alina Rotzinger as design ...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Ceramics
Materials
Other
Harmfull Ceramics Flower Holder by Alina Rotzinger
Located in Geneve, CH
Harmfull ceramics flower holder by Alina Rotzinger.
Dimensions: H 30 x W 35 x D 10 cm.
Materials: High temperature ceramics and dead flowers.
Composed by Alina Rotzinger as design d...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Ceramics
Materials
Other
Trasnfera Bench by Alina Rotzinger
Located in Geneve, CH
Trasnfera bench by Alina Rotzinger
Materials: Phenolic birch plywood treated and lacquered with epoxy resin, epoxy resin spheres, steel metal base lacquered with epoxy resin.
Dimensi...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Trasnfera Mirror by Alina Rotzinger
Located in Geneve, CH
Trasnfera mirror by Alina Rotzinger
Dimensions: H 63 x W 155 x D 2 cm
Materials: Welded and shaped steel, lacquered with epoxy resin.
Produced in Spain/Mexico.
Composed by Alina Rot...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Steel
Trasnfera Side Table by Alina Rotzinger
Located in Geneve, CH
Trasnfera side table by Alina Rotzinger
Materials: Phenolic birch plywood treated and lacquered with epoxy resin, Steel metal base lacquered with epoxy resin.
Dimensions: H 40 x W 65...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Tables
Materials
Steel
Harmfull Ceramics Flower Holder 2 by Alina Rotzinger
Located in Geneve, CH
Harmfull ceramics flower holder by Alina Rotzinger
Dimensions: H 35 x W 30 x D 20 cm.
Materials: High temperature ceramics, oxide pigments and dead flowers.
Composed by Alina Rotzin...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Ceramics
Materials
Other
Harmfull Ceramics Sculpture by Alina Rotzinger
Located in Geneve, CH
Harmfull ceramics sculpture by Alina Rotzinger
Dimensions: H 35 x W 30 x D 20 cm.
Materials: high temperature ceramics, oxide pigments and dead flowers.
Composed by Alina Rotzinger ...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Other
New Gotica Personality Rack by Alina Rotzinger
Located in Geneve, CH
New Gotica Personality Rack by Alina Rotzinger
Materials: Tropical wood and heat painted bronze bar.
Dimensions: H 180 x W 140 x D 40 cm.
Composed by Alina Rotzinger as design direc...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Materials
Bronze
Transworm Three-Piece Worm by Alina Rotzinger
Located in Geneve, CH
Transworm Three-piece Worm by Alina Rotzinger
Dimensions: H 80 x W 25 x D 25 cm.
Materials: Phenolic birch plywood treated and lacquered with epoxy resin, Steel metal base lacquered ...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Transfera Floor Lamp by Alina Rotzinger
Located in Geneve, CH
Transfera floor lamp by Alina Rotzinger
Dimensions: H 150 x Ø 20 cm.
Materials: Phenolic birch plywood treated and lacquered with epoxy resin.
Produced in Spain/Mexico.
All our lamp...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Birch, Plywood
Philippe Berry, "Sans Les Mains"
By Philippe Berry
Located in New York, NY
Philippe Berry (French, 1956-2019), number 2 of an edition of eight, entitled: ''''Sans les Mains'''' (Without Hands), 1996, cast aluminium, initialled ''''P.B.'''', dated, and inscr...
Category
1990s French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Aluminium, Cut Steel
Geometra Wall Panel Polished Stainless Steel
By Katz Studio
Located in San Jose del Cabo, BCS
To force the familiar into abstraction, and to elicit fascination from the effortlessly simple; that is, in many ways, the challenge at the heart of the Geometra collection. This ser...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Bec Brittain FKA THEMIS 68 Balancing Sconce, Marble Bracket, Handblown Glass
By Bec Brittain
Located in Long Island City, NY
Originally inspired by Victorian balancing toys, Themis combines handblown glass diffusers with an elegant marble and brass bracket to provide a soft glow. The forms are derived from...
Category
2010s American Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Marble, Brass
H 18.5 in W 8.5 in D 68 in
Bec Brittain FKA THEMIS 27 Balancing Sconce, Marble Bracket, and Handblown Glass
By Bec Brittain
Located in Long Island City, NY
Originally inspired by Victorian balancing toys, Themis combines handblown glass diffusers with an elegant marble and brass bracket to provide a soft glow. The forms are derived from...
Category
2010s American Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Marble, Brass
H 16 in W 8.5 in D 27 in
Bec Brittain FKA THEMIS Six Sconce, Marble Bracket, and Hand Blown Glass
By Bec Brittain
Located in Long Island City, NY
Originally inspired by Victorian balancing toys, Themis combines handblown glass diffusers with an elegant marble and brass bracket to provide a soft glow. The forms are derived from...
Category
2010s American Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Marble, Brass
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19th Century Articulated Ives USA Elephant Balancing Toy
Located in London, GB
19th Century articulated elephant balancing toy with boot and legs
Branded “Ives Company, Connecticut, Patent 1873”
American, c.1873
Size in inches: H 2.5” x W 3.5” x D 1”
...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
English Vintage Balancing Executive Desk Toys, Set of 5
Located in Port Chester, NY
A cool collection of 1960''s chrome executive desk toys from England, each balancing on it''s base--the slightest push makes the toy sway on its fulcrum. Price is for the set. Five ...
Category
Vintage 1960s English Toys and Dolls
Materials
Chrome
Charming American Folk Art Piece Depicting Balancing Parrot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charming American folk art piece depicting a balancing parrot perched on his stand. The parrot is perfectly weighted so with a small push he can swing beautifully on his base for fun...
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Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Toys
Materials
Iron
Predicta Chalet Mid-Century Modern Space Age Television by Telstar
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Mid-Century Modern style Predicta Chalet television produced by Telstar. The only Predicta TV ever produced with two-axis rotation! The Chalet (affectionately dubbed t...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Toys
Materials
Chrome
Child's Battery Operated Vespa Scooter Made in Italy by Peg Perego For Ages 3-Up
Located in Chicago, IL
Vespa Scooter by Peg Perego.
Child's very realistic Vespa Scooter, smaller and of course approved by Piaggio & C. S.p.A. the makers of the original Vespa Scooters. The children's Ve...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Toys and Dolls
Materials
Steel
H 23.5 in W 40 in D 15.25 in
Wunderkammern Mechanical Toy Automation 1900 circa German Juggling Clown
Located in Milan, IT
Early 20th century juggling clown realised in Germany with painted paper-mache, standing on a paper lined base, equipped with a mechanism, to impress a fun movement.
Turning the key...
Category
Early 20th Century German Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Textile, Paper
Postmodern Memphis Style Glass Table after Peter Shire
By Peter Shire
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Peter Shire is an LA-based artist whose work eludes all attempts at categorization. He has created ceramics, furniture, toys, interior designs, and public sculptures, that seem to at...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Tables
Materials
Concrete, Metal
Elena Lyakir "The Enchantress" Raw Cut Quartz Crystal Necklace, 2020
By Elena Lyakir
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Elena Lyakir''s "The Enchantress" Raw Cut Quartz Crystal Necklace is part of her Armed With Ardour jewellery line. This one of a kind piece is made of ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Collectible Jewellery
Materials
Quartz, Brass
Pair of Derby Porcelain Figures of Mars and Venus, Rococo, 1759-1769
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous pair of Derby porcelain figures of Mars and Venus, made between 1759 and 1769, which was the Rococo era. This is what is called the "Patchmark" era of Derby''s fig...
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Antique 1760s English Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Balancing Toy
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English Folk Art balancing toy
A cast metal original example of a Folk Art English balancing toy in the form of a timber jack figure. Double sided hand painted...
Category
Vintage 1930s British Folk Art Toys
Materials
Sheet Metal
Louis Armstrong ''Satchmo'' Wind Up Toy, American, circa 1950''s
By Nomura Toy Industrial Co. Ltd.
Located in Incline Village, NV
1950s wind up toy depicting legendary trumpet player, Louis Armstrong articulating his motion by moving back and forth; rotating trumpet left and right; and kicking leg to and fro, a...
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Folk Art Toys
Materials
Tin
Late 19th Century Flat Bottom Toy Noah''s Ark with 20 Animals, German
Located in Incline Village, NV
Offered for sale is a very traditional Folk Art item; a handcrafted Noah''s Ark toy with 20 hand-painted and hand-carved wooden animals. The flat bottom ark indicates that it was pro...
Category
Antique 1890s German Folk Art Toys
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Flat Bottom Toy Noah''s Ark with 37 Animals, German, circa 1890
Located in Incline Village, NV
Offered for sale is a very traditional Folk Art item; a handcrafted Noah''s Ark toy with 37 hand-painted and hand-carved animals. The flat bottom ark indicates that it was probably m...
Category
Antique 1890s German Folk Art Toys
Materials
Wood
H 5.75 in W 13.5 in D 3.88 in
Toy Elephant by Renate Müller
By Renate Müller
Located in New York, NY
SM4841.
"Therapeutic Toy" elephant in black jute with leather detailing. Designed and made by Renate Müller, Germany, 2014.
Renate Müller began designing and producing toys in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Toys and Dolls
SUNDAY, Mid-Century Style Wooden Hanging Mobile
By par-avion co.
Located in Norwich, GB
Our first collaborative series with Studio Logan Howes - HORIZON MOBILES, is a series of ''zero waste'' hanging mobiles.
Utilising reworked wood offcuts from our pi collection these...
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2010s British Mid-Century Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century Large Dappled Grey Bow Rocking Horse, circa 1820-1830
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The large and early 19th century dappled grey rocking horse on bow rocker, at almost seven feet wide, the well carved painted and gessoed horse having pricked ears, flared nostrils a...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Toys
Materials
Gesso, Ash, Pine
Early to Mid-19th Century Grey Bow Rocking Horse, circa 1830-1840
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The early to mid-19th century grey rocking horse on bow rocker, showing a wonderfully textured finish to painted hues of grey, blue and green, the well carved painted and gessoed hor...
Category
Antique 1830s English Early Victorian Toys and Dolls
Materials
Gesso, Beech, Pine
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Balance Toy For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the balance toy you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A balance toy — often made from metal, glass and stone — can elevate any home. There are 6 variations of the antique or vintage balance toy you’re looking for, while we also have 6 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a balance toy — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A balance toy is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in folk art, modern and Scandinavian Modern styles are sought with frequency. A well-made balance toy has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Bec Brittain, Katz Studio and Las Animas are consistently popular.
How Much is a Balance Toy?
Prices for a balance toy can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at £50 and can go as high as £23,640, while the average can fetch as much as £3,040.
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