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Period: Early 20th Century
Vintage Solid Mahogany Aircraft Propeller, England C. 1920-1930
Located in Kastrup, DK
Decorative vintage aircraft propeller, elegantly crafted from solid mahogany.
Features a natural, age-related patina that adds to its character.
Believed to originate from an English...
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English Other Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Small Japanese Articulate Crab Jizai Okimono Meiji Period Signed
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small copper crab with articulated legs made by Myochin Hiroyoshi in the late Meiji Period circa 1890-1900s. One of the pair (the other one is listed separately LU945037876072, but...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Early 20th Century German Feather and Down Processing Machine Model
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century German Feather and Down Processing Machine Model
An incredibly detailed diorama of a feather and down processing machine. Reinigungsmaschine fur federn model um G...
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German Victorian Antique Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Rare Japanese Articulate Silver Lobster Jizai Okimono Myochin Hiroyoshi Meiji
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is a rare articulate spiny lobster (Ise-Ebi) in pure silver made by Myochin Hiroyoshi in the late Meiji Period circa 1890-1900s. As an ornamental display item, this type of ...
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Japanese Meiji Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Silver
French Tailor's Mannequin, early 20th Century
Located in Berghuelen, DE
French Tailor's Mannequin, early 20th Century
French 20th century tailor's mannequin. Made of paper, fabric and metal. It features a mechanism inside which allows the tailor to adju...
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French Folk Art Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Japanese Articulate Praying Mantis Jizai Okimono Myochin Hiroyoshi Meiji
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare articulate praying mantis made by Myochin Hiroyoshi in the late Meiji Period circa 1890-1900s. As an ornamental display item, this type of item is known in Japanese as Jizai O...
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Japanese Meiji Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Unis France Magic Projector / Lantern, wood label France
Located in Valladolid, ES
Outstanding and one of a kind folding magic lantern produced by the Unis France association in the first quarter of the 20th century. The function of this optical object is to projec...
Category
French Art Nouveau Vintage Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Iron
$2,542 Sale Price
20% Off
A large Art Deco kinetic figurative carousel sculpture, early 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
An incredibly rare Art Deco expressionist sculpture of a kinetic figure, mid stride with valise, mounted on rotating metal stand, early 20th century. Little is known about the proven...
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Unknown Art Deco Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Marcel Duchamp Thonet Readymade "Porte Chapeau"
Located in Sharon, CT
Thonet manufactured this object (11022) around the turn of the century and was illustrated in their 1904 catalog (see photo). In 1917 Duchamp hung one from the ceiling of his New Yor...
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French Modern Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Small Japanese Articulate Crab Jizai Okimono Meiji Period Signed
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small copper crab with articulated legs made by Myochin Hiroyoshi in the late Meiji Period circa 1890-1900s. One of the pair (the other one is listed separately LU945044034102, bu...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Antique Head of a Sicilian Puppet, ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Head of a Sicilian puppet, ca. 1900s
Antique Head of a Sicilian puppet depicting a knight. Made of handcarved and handpainted wood with handfo...
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Italian Black Forest Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pair of French Steel Architectural Roof Finials, c. 1900
Located in New York, NY
This impressive pair of French architectural roof finials is crafted from solid steel, each measuring 43.5" high by 21" wide and 6" deep. Featuring a dramatic radial arrangement of s...
Category
French Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Circa 1920s Merry Go Round Sample
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A circa 1920s American salesman's sample of a playground suspension merry go round. Iron. Original paint. Lacks 2 struts. With a custom made metal display bracket.
14 1/4" h., 13 3/4...
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American Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Iron
$720 Sale Price
55% Off
Antique English W. F. Milne Esq Detailed Half Hull Ship Model Hull England
Located in Atlanta, GA
Hull England, late 19th to possibly early 20th century.
An antique half hull builder's ship model by W. F. Milne Esquire - Naval Architect, Hull Eng...
Category
English Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Walnut, Pine, Paint
$3,116 Sale Price
20% Off
Tall original French Art Deco dancer by Descomps, patina, silver and gilt bronze
Located in New York City, NY
A tall original French Art Deco bronze sculpture of a semi-nude, female dancer holding a bow with arrow.
The striped cloth which drapes dramatically around the woman's body creates an interesting dialogue and complement to the graceful position of her arms and the movement it creates. The entirety resting on the original onyx base is accented by a touch of gold plated decoration on the statue's earrings, pearls, arm bracelets...
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French Art Deco Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Antique French Cast Iron Scale
Located in High Point, NC
This cast iron scale was made in France, circa 1900. A ubiquitous classic in the home or the market, scales of these dimensions were commonly used to weig...
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French French Provincial Antique Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Iron
Early 20th Century French Clock Tower Automaton Figures
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century French Clock Tower Automaton Figures
A rare matched pair of French (Paris) clock tower automaton figures, in the form of oriental male dressed dancing figures. Dat...
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French Late Victorian Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Early 20th century decorative dutch working windmill
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century decorative dutch working windmill circa 1920.
We are pleased to offer this delightful scale model of a dutch windmill. This could have only been commissioned for...
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Dutch Rustic Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Steel
1920s Merry Go Round Sample
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A circa 1920s American salesman's sample of a playground merry go round, this holding up to 18 children at once! Original red painted surface. With a cu...
Category
Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Iron
$720 Sale Price
55% Off
Medida :1920, Car Sculpture in wood Sign: Argentor wien
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Material: Wood and silver plated bronze
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Austrian Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Wood
1920s Tilting Seat Swing Sample
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A 1920s American salesman's sample of a playground tilting seat swing in orignal paint with a custom made wall bracket for display.
14 1/8" h., 13 7/8" dia.
Whitehall Antiques is a ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Iron
$720 Sale Price
55% Off
Pair of Great Dragon Temples Chinese Minguo Period
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of great dragon temples.
Chinese Minguo period (1912-1949), in carved bone plates. With detailed dragon carvings. Sitting on a wooden base. faults ...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Bone
$35,975 / set
Pair of Ring Bookends in the Style of Walter von Nessen for Chase USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of brass and copper art deco bookends in the style of Walter von Nessen for Chase USA. The pair of bookends feature two circles, one larger and a second smaller set on a brass s...
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American Art Deco Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Brass
Antique 20th Century Gilt Bronze Butterfly By Carl Kauba (1865-1922)
By Carl Kauba
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A early 20th Century metamorphic painted gilt bronze butterfly by Austrian maker Carl Kauba (1865 - 1922), modelled as a butterfly perched on a foliate base, opening to reveal a nude...
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Austrian Other Antique Early 20th Century Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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Located in Vosselaar, BE
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Located in Milan, IT
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