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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Color: Silver
Returnable Items Only
Edwardian Sterling Silver-Mounted Threaded Crystal Match Striker
Located in New York, NY
Unusual, sterling silver-mounted threaded crystal match striker with hand-blown light green handles, London, circa 1910. Hallmarks are rubbed in ...
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
1990's Sterling & Hematite Artist Studio Handmade Earrings
Located in Seguin, TX
Artist studio hand wrought sterling silver and hematite earrings by Linda Thompson. Circa 1990's, sterling post, bezel set hematite cabochon stone, hammered finish. Overall patina, v...
Category
1990s American Brutalist Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Eigil Jensen Designed for Anton Michelsen Sterling & Enamel Brooch & Earring Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This brooch and earring set was designed by Eigil Jensen for Anton Michelsen of Denmark in approximately 1960 in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Bibelot 19th/20th C. Horn Cyclist Trophy Drinking Cornucopia Horn of Plenty CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Bibelot 19th/20th C. Horn Cyclist Trophy Drinking Cornucopia Horn of Plenty CA
Mounted in silver plated cover on top a lion holding coat of arms.
Oak Tree Holding up the Scottish Trophy Elaborate Embossing and Engraving with a rarely seen cyclist figure standing by his bicycle. End of Victorian Era. A very large drinking horn or 'Horn of plenty' Very elaborated decorative engraving and embossing on the copper and metal parts, a real impressive piece. Antique Dealer Los Angeles West Hollywood Melrose Ave La Cienega blvd.
This beautiful garniture on a desk a table or a console will add instant elegance. vibrant and charmin In a modern interior design or an old world charm traditional, decorative object for interior decoration design, A perfect gift during the holiday season, or special house warming present. It will be a great addition to your special collection in a library as part of the bibelot
This beautiful trophy goes to the time at the end of the beautiful Victorian Era
When the Scotts had incredible Cyclists with the formal attire and high boots.
It reminds me as well of the movie “ Chariots of fire...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Jewish Silver, Enamel and Jewel Torah Crown Keter
Located in London, GB
This Torah crown is a small (15cm high), exquisitely-crafted and lavishly-decorated piece of Judaica.
The Torah – the first of five books of the Hebrew...
Category
19th Century European Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Zuni Triple Strand Fetish Native American Necklace
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century Zuni triple strand Fetish native American necklace
A dramatic triple-strand fetish necklace is festooned with birds, fish, b...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Silver
Set of Eight Italian Silver Crab-Form Boxes by Buccellati
Located in London, GB
These charming silver boxes, which could have been made as salt and pepper or pill pots, are each crafted to resemble a small crab. Crafted with great precision and superbly realisti...
Category
20th Century Italian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver and Porcelain Miniature of Wood Stove
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver / porcelain wood stove miniature.
The main structure was made of sterling silver while the central body is hand painted porcelain.
Some pa...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Revival Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1990s Sterling Silver Hand Symbol Pendant Artist Studio
Located in Seguin, TX
Vintage 1990's sterling silver sculptural hand symbol pendant. Lost wax cast sterling silver hand pendant by Linda Thompson (20th/21st century) Texas, unsigned. With glass trade bead...
Category
1990s American Rustic Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Native American Indian Motif "Note Holder" American, Circa 1880
Located in Incline Village, NV
Very rare and unusual piece, a sterling silver "note holder" fronted by an Indian Chief on the front in high relief. A bale on top provides for a necklace and hanging as a decorative...
Category
1880s American Native American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1990's Large Sterling Silver Copper Shell Artist Studio Brooch
Located in Seguin, TX
Large one of a kind circa 1990's artist made sterling silver and patinated copper brooch. Signed Linda Thompson (20th/21st century). Artistic dimensional...
Category
1990s American Brutalist Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Agate, Sterling Silver, Copper
Etruscan Style Cuernavaca Sterling Necklace and Earrings
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Stunning Cuernavaca sterling necklace and earrings, each fully marked: M.D. O.925 Hecho En Mexico Cuernavaca. c.1935-50 in Etruscan style. Work identical to that of Rafael Dominquez....
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Antoñio Pineda Silver and Moonstone Brooch, Taxco, Mexico
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th Century Antoñio Pineda (1919-2009) Silver and Moonstone Brooch, Taxco, Mexico
This beautifully crafted silver brooch contains eight oval-cut moonstone cabochons set in a curved row above six stylized leaves. The marks on the back of the pin are: TAXCO SILVER BY TONO, Made in Mexico, with a 17 eagle stamp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Joseph Crossard French Silver Gold Plated and Engraved Traveling Liqueur Bottle
By Joseph Crossard 1
Located in Delft, NL
Joseph crossard French silver gold plated and Engraved traveling liqueur Bottle, 1900.
A French Art Nouveau crystal bottle, richly decorated with gol...
Category
Early 20th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Silver
German 18th Century Silver Hanukkah Lamp by Herfurth
Located in London, GB
German 18th century silver Hanukkah lamp by Herfurth
German, c. 1760
Height 17.5cm, width 23cm, depth 7cm
This exceptional German Hanukkah lamp was produced in the 18th century ...
Category
Mid-17th Century German Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Stunning English Solid Sterling Silver 1936 Art Deco Style Cigarette Dispenser
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this lovely 1936 solid sterling silver art deco cigarette dispenser
A very good looking and well made piece, full...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1991 Artist Made Sterling Copper Agate Necklace & Earrings
Located in Seguin, TX
Vintage 1991 artist made dimensional sterling silver, red tigereye, copper and agate sculptural asymetrical necklace and earrings by Linda Thompson....
Category
Mid-20th Century American Bohemian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Agate, Sterling Silver, Copper
Small Oval Dutch Silver Gold Plated Box with a Scene of the Goddess of Victory
Located in Delft, NL
A small oval Dutch silver gold plated box with a scene of the Goddess of Victory.
A small oval Dutch silver gold plated box.
A silver box, gold plated with a style cut cabuchon i...
Category
20th Century Dutch Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Vintage 1991 Large Brutalist Sterling & Etched Copper Studio Brooch
Located in Seguin, TX
Large 1991 bold dimensional artist made reticulated sterling silver and etched patinated copper brooch. Signed Linda Thompson (20th/21st century) signed,...
Category
1990s American Primitive Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver, Copper
Small Oval Dutch Silver Gold Plated Box with a Scene of the Birth of Venus
Located in Delft, NL
A small oval Dutch silver gold plated box with a scene of the birth of Venus
A silver box, gold plated with a style-carved cameo in stone. The stone with a scene of a mythological...
Category
20th Century Dutch Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
20th Century Edwardian Solid Silver & Horn Lizard Shaped Cigar Lighters, C.1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early-20th Century Edwardian solid silver & horn mounted pair of table cigar lighters. The two blackbuck antelope horns are mounted with a ...
Category
20th Century British Edwardian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Late 20th Century Artist Studio Turquoise Sterling Silver Necklace & Earrings
Located in Seguin, TX
Circa 1990's artist made sculptural turquoise, coral and sterling silver multistrand necklace and earrings by Linda Thompson. Necklace is 24" long not counting drops which are 2" lon...
Category
Late 20th Century Bohemian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Sterling & Pearl Tone White Enamel Bracelet Norway "A" 925
Located in Toledo, OH
Vintage gilded sterling silver and white or pearl tone enamel figure eight links bracelet with "A" 925 stamped on the back. Similar styling as David Anderson and Arne Nordlie...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Pair of Hollow Silver Incised Bracelets, China
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century pair of hollow silver incised bracelets, China
A pair of beautifully made hollow silver bracelets with incised floral and geometric designs. The interior circumfe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Tribal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Count Gleichen’s shrapnel paperweight. Russian and English, 1854
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Count Gleichen’s Russian shell paperweight, the tooth shaped fragment of a Russian armament shell set above another of rectangular form both raised on a silver mount on an ebonized rectangular plinth, applied with a plaque reading ‘Two fragments of a Russian shell fired at Mr Fred Burne assist.t paymaster and Mr Henry Crave St John midshipman of H.M.S. Cumberland in Aug.t 1854 from Tsee Fort Bonarsund whilst conveying refreshments to the English camp – for their messmate – H.S.H. Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Midshipman landed with the Naval Brigade in 1854’. With a framed caricature of Count Gleichen inscribed Vanity Fair, London, July 5, 1884. Vice Admiral H.S.H Count Gleichen – the Queen’s Nephew.Russian and English, 1854.
The print has the following biography on the reverse and on the mount ‘His Serene Highness Prince Victor …. of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, is better known in England as Count Gleichen and as the Queen’s nephew. Born fifty years ago, he was sent to school at Dresden; but at the age of fourteen he conceived ideas not to be bounded within the confines of the small life of a German principality. So he ran away from school to go to sea, and his aunt the Queen of England, being informed of the fact, proposed to her sister to let her adventurous nephew become naturalised as an Englishman and enter the English Navy. This was accordingly done, and Prince Victor, as he was then called, was appointed to the Powerful on the Mediterranean Station, in 1848. He served in the Crimean War and in the operations in China he proved a popular officer and a good sailor-man, and was three times wounded in battle. In 1861 he married the daughter of Admiral Sir George Seymour, sister of the fifth Marquis of Hertford on which occasion it was that he put down his title of Prince and took up for future use that of Count. He became, in due course a Vice-Admiral, and in the meantime he also became a sculptor. It is in the latter art that he now mainly busies himself, and he has created many pleasing busts of his royal relatives and some works of greater pretensions than family portraits. An Alfred the Great, a Beaconsfield, and a Prince Imperial...
Category
1880s English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Silver
Sterling Silver Holly Smoke Collection Set from 19th Century - 20th Century
By Puiforcat
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 19th Century (1830) Crowned Lion of Judah shaped censer made of 800-silver by Candido Silva in Buenos Aires for the Bishop Mariano Medrano y Cabrera. 9.5H x 14W x 4D (inch)
Early 19th Century Spanish Colonial Silver oil lamp with lion motif handle. 3.5 H x 6.5Wx 2.5D (inch)
Early 20th Century Sterling Silver tray, lighter and matching holding canister by Buccellati, Milan. 2 H x 13.5W x 12D (inch) and 3 H x 4Wx 2D (inch)
and 3 H x 2.8 D (inch)
19th Century French Sterling Silver tong and spoon by Puiforcat. 1.3 H x 5.6 D (inch) and 1.3 H x 5.6 D (inch)
Early 19th Century Spanish Colonial Sterling Silver incense boat with attached matching spoon. 5 H x 8W x 4.2D (inch)
Early 19th Century English wood canister...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Art Deco Solid Silver & Guilloche Enamel Ashtrays, C.1929
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th century Art Deco pair of solid silver ash trays, applied with a beautiful blue enamelled borders, Hallmarked English Silver (925 standard), Birmingham, year 1929 (E), Ma...
Category
20th Century British Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver Nurses Belt Buckle from 1901 by John Tiley
By John Tiley
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London 1901 by John Tiley, this stylish, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Belt Buckle, measures 3.75"(9.5cm) wide a...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Victorian Carved Bamboo Pelican Cane
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian bamboo cane having a handle carved as stylized pelican with a silver collar and brass tip.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Brass
19th Century Italian Jesus Christ on the Cross Silver
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Refined and delicate figure of Jesus Christ on the cross in silver, 1880s. Great artistic quality please look at the details from the face to...
Category
1880s Italian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Rare English Silver & Enamel Picture Frame, Allies of 1914
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent and rare English sterling silver photograph frame by the top notch silversmith, Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company L...
Category
1910s European Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique English Sterling Silver Cigar / Cheroot Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver six finger cigar/cheroot case; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique sterling silver cheroot case has a rounded rectangular shaped form.
The lobed surface of this antique case is plain and unembellished.
This exceptional cigar/cheroot case secures with a hallmarked push fit catch, allowing access to the six-channelled interior.
Such six-fingered examples are becoming increasingly difficult to locate.
Condition
This antique cheroot holder...
Category
1930s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Silver Mezuzah Case by Shuki Freiman
By Shuki Freiman
Located in New York, NY
Late 20th century silver Mezuzah case handmade by the artist Shuki Freiman. The base of the mezuzah case is adorned with floral engraving throughout, while the cylinder is decorated ...
Category
Late 20th Century Israeli Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Queen Victoria’s Silver Coffee Service by William Bateman & Daniel Ball
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Queen Victoria’s silver coffee service, by William Bateman & Daniel Ball, comprising a coffee pot and burner, a cream jug and a sugar basin, each...
Category
1830s English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Double Pipe Holder
Located in VALENZA, IT
Queen Anne style double pipe holder in solid silver.
The pipe holders have a round fluted base pods and are fixed on the silver tray with small bolts that are removable for cleanin...
Category
1990s Italian Queen Anne Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
1950s Sterling Silver English Padlocked Charm Bracelet with Seventeen Charms
Located in Haarlem, NL
This English 1950s heavy sterling silver bracelet has 17 large three-dimensional charms and opens or closes with a heart shaped padlock on a little safety chain.
Some of the charms have moving or opening parts.
The windmill really turns, the lid of the beer mug opens, the ship opens up, the leaves on the orange are separate from the orange, the bellow bellows, the treasury chest opens, the corn has loose leaves and the scissors 'cut'.
Three of them are European solid silver pendants:
the acorn (Italy 925)
the long pendant (sword Dutch 835, used from 1906-1953)
the German beer mug...
Category
1950s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Chinese Double Gourd Hairpin, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Although eyes were certainly drawn to the high, fan-shaped headdresses that Qing-dynasty women affixed to back of their heads, it was the finishing touch of a hairpin or two that com...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
20th Century Silver Plated Statue of a Retriever Dog, C.1920
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Stunning early-20th century large silver plated statue, beautifully and realistically modelled as a retriever, with a hinged head and set with gla...
Category
20th Century European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century Dutch Silver Pipe Stopper with Ship
Located in Delft, NL
A 19th century Dutch silver pipe stopper with ship.
A ship on a plateau on the stem. The stem is openwork and twisted. The pipe cleaner was originally a simple instrument only intended to empty the pipe bowl. 19th Century and Dutch hallmarked with the "Sword" used from 1814-1906. The silversmith mark is faded
The size of the pipe cleaner is 10,5 cm high, 2 cm wide and the depth is 0,7 cm
( 4.1 Inch x 0.8 Inch x 0.3 Inch)
The weight is 14 grams
The silver version of the pipe cleaner, consisting of a pen topped by a figure, has no relation to the luxurious multi-piece garnish or the clipping tube. It originated from the simple brass or copper predecessor or the more popular variant of wood, bone or in a rare case also ivory. It is a consumable with only one purpose: to remove the tobacco plug at the bottom of the pipe bowl and to clean the kettle. The point is the working part of the object, the decorative element functions as a handle. In addition to the pipe stopper intended for pressing the smoldering tobacco, the rooting tool is an indispensable tool for the smoker to empty the pipe bowl after smoking.
Strangely enough, there is little relationship between the pipe stopper on the one hand and the pipe rooter on the other. It is especially remarkable that the silver rooters...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Pflueger Summit 1993-L Engraved and Jeweled Fishing Reel with Box, Bag & Papers
By Pflueger
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This bait fishing reel was made by Pflueger of the United States in the period and style of the Art Deco era. The reel is plated with nickel silver and intricately engraved with jewe...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Meershaum Pipe with the Head of Julius Caesar, Vienna 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Carved meershaum pipe, with amber mouthpiece and silver band. In the bowl of the pipe, the head of the dictator Julius Caesar, is depicted with a laurel wreath on his head. Original ...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Silver
1802, Richmond “Gold Cup”, by Robert Adam, Paul Storr and Robert Makepeace
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This exceptional silver-gilt trophy was made by Paul Storr in 1802, by arrangement with the London retailer Robert Makepeace. It is in the form of a classi...
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Colen Hewer Cheshire Sterling Silver Cigarette Case
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Colen Hewer Cheshire sterling silver cigarette case.
Category
Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
English Victorian Ebonized Cane with Stirrup Top
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian ebonized cane with silver stirrup loop top.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Israeli Ben Zion Sterling Silver Shabbat Candlesticks Candle Holders Judaica
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage pair of Ben Zion Israel sterling silver candlesticks / Shabbat / holiday candle holders with ornated tapered form and scalloped details. Marked inside cups.
Provenance : J...
Category
Late 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Silver-Plated American Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, silver-plated Hanukkah lamp made in the United States. Typical of late 19th century revivalism in Judaica, the lamp is designed in a combination of styles such as the rococo scrollwork and diamond pattern and the Gothic niches...
Category
Late 19th Century American Rococo Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
Very Unique Austrian Silver & Enamel Cigarette Case by Kurzer & Wolf, Dated 1916
By Kurzer & Wolf
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
This is without question a most unique Austrian silver cigarette case, the front of the case is decorated with a finely detailed road ma...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Centrepiece Presented to Thomas Fairbairn
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
J. B. Waring describes this oxidised silver Testimonial as follows: “The Manchester Art-Treasures Testimonial is surmounted by a figure of genius contending with an eagle, around which are allegorical figures of Painting, Sculpture and Industrial Art. On the columns are the rose, shamrock and thistle and the motto of the Exhibition, from Keats’ Hyperion – “a thing of beauty is a joy for ever”. On the vase are the names of the principal artists whose works adorned the Exhibition, and on the angles infantine figures of Fame hold portrait medallions of Michael Angelo, Titian and Cellini”. On an ebonized stepped plinth. Assay marks, ISH, London, 1859.
Published: J. B. Waring, Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition 1862...
Category
1850s English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
19th c. Optometrist Eye Testing Kit c.1890
Located in San Francisco, CA
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An original Victorian optometrist eye testing kit. The interior of the kit is lined in velvet with the name and number of the lenses. The optical tes...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Seal, France 1900, Sigillo Liberty, Francia, 1900
Located in Milan, IT
Art Nouveau seal made out of silver depicting mistletoe. The handle made out of semi-precious stone. France, 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Jewish Ritual Objet Totem
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jewish ritual objet
Besamin TOTEM
Silver spice tower
Origin Germany Circa 1900
at its base it has the silver seals
Possibly a flag missing
95 g of weight.
Category
Early 1900s German Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Chinese Longevity Hairpin, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Although eyes were certainly drawn to the high, fan-shaped headdresses that Qing-dynasty women affixed to back of their heads, it was the finishing touch of a hairpin or two that com...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
1970s Italian Sterling Silver Car Models or Table Ornaments
By UnoAErre
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive pair of vintage Italian sterling silver table ornaments realistically modelled in the form of cars; an addition to...
Category
20th Century Italian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Cross Pendant Attributed to T Foree, a Set of 6
Located in Plainview, NY
A set of 6 hand crafted antique cross pendant. Each pendant is different in style and shows Native American design in the style of pendant is mad...
Category
Late 20th Century American Tribal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique English Victorian Sterling Silver Christening Cup with Boys Playing Tops
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique sterling silver Christening cup was made in England in approximately 1848 in the period Early Victorian style. The front o...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Model of a Royal Scots Dragoon Guard
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1970, this handsome, Sterling Silver Model of a Royal Scots Dragoon Guard (formerly 3rd Carabiniers) is wonderfully modelled and sta...
Category
1970s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Pendant with Great Patina
Located in New York, NY
A stunning and rare 19th century amulet with detailed central imagery of a man astride a horse. This piece, from India, conveys it's age and history through the gorgeous patina created over several generations. Worn with a simple leather cord or silver chain, this antique amulet...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Mid-20th Century Israeli Silver-Plated Mezuzah Case by Israel Hadany
Located in New York, NY
Handmade in Jerusalem, this Israeli silver-plated mezuzah is distinguished by its strikingly modern aesthetic. Bold Hebrew letters from top to bottom read, “Shaddai” used for one of the names of G-d. The letters displayed shows a modern aesthetic of linear and minimalistic quality. Easy to read, the original silver-plated mezuzah is in great condition with an engraved signature of Hadany found on the back. The Mezuzah is a tiny receptacle that houses a parchment scroll which contains two verses from the scriptures. It is attached to the doorway of every Jewish home.
Israeli artist, Israel Hadany is both a sculptor and crafter with specialization in silver made Judaica. He studied painting at the Avni Institute in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1957. Thereafter, Hadany went on to teach Sculpture and Design at Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem, Israel. He continued with his imprint on the international art scene through his representation of Israeli artistry. Some of his notable public works include 1973 Sculpture, Eshkol Park, Dimona, 1975 Glass Sculpture in Beit Yad Lebanim, Jerusalem, 1977 Memorial Sculpture at Ben...
Category
Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique and Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities for Sale
Antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities can bring whimsy and wonder to any interior.
Decorating with old scientific instruments, historical memorabilia and vintage musical instruments, as well as other authentic collectibles and curiosities that can be found on 1stDibs, presents an opportunity to create a unique, natural history museum-like atmosphere in your home that can provoke conversation as often as it pays tribute to how far we’ve come in understanding our world.
And bringing collectibles and curiosities into your space is actually on trend — Wunderkammern, or curiosity cabinets, were all the rage in Europe during the 1500s and continued to have adherents there and in the U.S. in the following centuries. Today, however, they’re experiencing a real surge in popularity and influencing how many interior designers are furnishing and decorating homes — combining contemporary with antique, scientific with tribal, earthly with extraterrestrial, Les Lalanne tables with Flemish tapestries.
The original Wunderkammern were entire rooms filled with objects demonstrating their owners’ worldly knowledge: A proper one included artificiala or preciosa (objets d’art); naturalia (such as skeletons, shells, minerals); exotica (taxidermy or dried plants); and scientifica (scientific instruments), frequently alongside religious relics and ancient artifacts.
Pay tribute to a history of rich and diverse musical traditions that have taken shape all over the world by decorating your home with a collection of antique and vintage musical instruments — with a little help from strong hanging wire or some wall hooks, vintage brass instruments such as a gong, French horn or trumpet can help elevate a home office or complement the efforts you’ve made to ensure a welcoming vibe in your home’s entryway. Bells or antique wind instruments can add provocative metallic contrasts to dark woods as tabletop decorative objects.
Create an intriguing focal point with Georgian scientific instruments, such as stick barometers with mahogany cases or lacquered brass telescopes. These items stem from an era named for the monarchies of the four King Georges, who ruled England in succession starting in 1714 (plus King William’s reign, which lasted until 1837). Just as there was beautiful jewelry produced during the period that today is coveted by collectors, there is much to be found in the collectibles and curiosities realm too.
Wanderlust, nostalgia and a shared love of good design are contributing factors to certain trends in decorating — just as vintage trunks and luggage have reappeared as furniture or home accents in a bedroom or foyer, decorating with globes, maps or nautical objects is similarly rooted in the allure of travel and a penchant for the stylish finishing touch that collectibles bring to our homes.
Find a wide range of antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities on 1stDibs.
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Whaam! Blam! Pow! — a New Book on Pop Art Packs a Punch
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A gorgeous new book celebrates — and memorializes — the iconic jeweler’s rich heritage.
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