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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1920s
Stunning handmade circa 1930 Childrens Rocking Horse of a Dachshund Sausage Dog
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this one of a kind hand made in England rocking horse in the form of a Sausage dog.
What a charming period piece of children’s folk art...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Rene Lalique Art Deco Snake Pendant
By René Lalique
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Rene lalique was a word famous jeweler before becoming a successful glass designer.
He was a man of the Art Nouveau style and his creations were celebrated by French artists as Sarah bernard...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Art Deco Rock-Ola "Loboy" Porcelain Enamel Coin-Op Penny Scale
By Rock-Ola
Located in Norwalk, CT
Beginning in the Late 19th Century, the penny scale offered a means for passersby to quickly check their weight without going to the trouble of seeing a doctor; simultaneously - and perhaps more notably - they provided an irresistible opportunity for businesses to advertise and earn extra revenue. Penny scales quickly became a platform for creativity in advertising and design, as machines competed to attract the attention of customers on the street.
This scale - the "LoBoy" model - was produced by the jukebox manufacturing company Rock-Ola in the 1930s and features a Classic skyscraper-inspired Art Deco Silhouette in black and white porcelain enamel. The mirrored glass display features instructions ("Stand Still - Keep Clear") as well as a reference chart which provides 'healthy' weights for men and women by height. The scale itself has been modified to function without needing to deposit a coin. This piece would make a super unique and functional addition to any retro bathroom!
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Enamel
PH Grand Piano Vintage Model 'mid 1930's' by Poul Henningsen, Modern, Sculptural
Located in Copenhagen, DK
This PH Grand Piano, from around the mid 1930's is an excellent-conditioned vintage instrument. It was in 1930 that this instrument was first designed b...
Category
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Solid Brass Highly Polished Ships Porthole
Located in Norwell, MA
Highly polished ships porthole of solid brass with lacquer finish. Fitted with glass. This is by John Roby Limited of Rainhill. Roby produced portholes for the grand liner including ...
Category
1930s European Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Large Original Vintage Map of Israel, circa 1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of Israel
Original color.
Good condition
Published by Alexander Gross
Unframed.
Category
1920s English Edwardian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Plastel Medal of Mussolini by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Plastel medal of Mussolini made by Aurelio Mistruzzi, in the 1930s.
Measures: D 10 cm.
Good conditions.
Category
1930s Italian Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Vintage Catholic Lourdes Souvenir Building with Music Box, France 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This vintage silvered Music Box was a souvenir from a pilgrims journey to the famous City of Lourdes in France. It is made of metal and wood. The mu...
Category
1920s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Eight Spoke Ships Wheel with Solid Brass
Located in Norwell, MA
Eight spoke ships wheel with solid brass – Lannan Gallery with brass hub and trim ring. Eight turned posts are fitted to a heavy outer ring with thick inlaid brass band and hub. Varn...
Category
1920s European Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Six Spoke Solid Brass Yacht Wheel
Located in Norwell, MA
Exceptional yacht wheel, very heavy. With wood handles. Center hub has a keyhole. This is as good as they come.
Weight: 23 LBS
Overall Dimensions: 31" Diame
Made: America
Mater...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Photography Panoramic 1922 Black and White Pennsylvania Fireman DuBois Hose Co.
Located in Savannah, GA
Large black and white panorama photograph featuring forty-six members of the J.E. DuBois Hose Company pictured with their Bureau of Fire, DuBois, P...
Category
1920s American Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Solid Brass Long Line Tuna Reel
Located in Norwell, MA
Vintage industrial tuna reel from Simplex Foundry and Machine Works LTD., Victoria British Columbia. With three reels, two rigged with wire. Quite a piece of gear. This has been meti...
Category
1930s Canadian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage Willow Cricket Bat
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Wellington Cricket bat.
A good willow cricket bat stamped 'TRADE MARK WELLINGTON' with the Wellington trade mark on the shoulders of the bat. The embossin...
Category
1930s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Willow
Historic Ship Model from the DeCoppet Collection
Located in Norwell, MA
Nineteenth Century ship model of an American Brig from the esteemed New Bedford Whaling Museum, formerly the Old Dartmouth Historical Societ...
Category
1920s European Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Solid Brass Ships Porthole
Located in Norwell, MA
Early 20th century solid brass ships porthole. Hinged door with four dog bolts. Clear glass. Highly polished and lacquered.
Weight: 47 LBS
Overall...
Category
1930s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Large Vintage Brown Leather Medicine Ball, 1930s
Located in Praha, CZ
Original vintage heavy leather training ball with beautiful patina. The ball is made of handstitched genuine leather in former Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. It can be used as an origi...
Category
1930s Czech Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Early 20th Century American Library Globe
Located in Norwell, MA
Fine library globe with makers logo from Atlas School Supply Co., Chicago. Hardwood base with rich finish and nice detail. Celestial globe with equ...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Inedited Works of Bakst, Illustrated Book of Stage/Dance/Theater Designs
Located in Middletown, NY
LEON BAKST, Inedited Works of Bakst; Essays on Bakst by Louis Reau, Denis Roche, V. Svietlov and A. Tessier.
New York: Brentano's, 1927.
FIRST, LIMITED EDITION
Folio, 12 3/8 x 9 3/4 inches (315 x 248 mm); pp. 127, [2]; THIS IS NO. 59 of 600 COPIES PRINTED; Alternative title page: The art of Bakst / by V. Svietlov; half-title: Bakst; in variant contemporary pebbled blue library...
Category
1920s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paint, Paper
Lonsdale Library Equestrian Book
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Horsemanship - The Way Of A Man With A Horse, Lonsdale Library Book.
One of the volumes from Lonsdale Library, Horsemanship - The Way Of A Man With A Horse. The book with over ninety illustrations, the first is of The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale on 'Marble'.
The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, Editors The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, Sir Theodore Cook & Mr. Eric Parker...
Category
1930s British Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Salmon Fishing, Oil Painting, Autumn Run by Arthur Burgess
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
The Autumn Run, Salmon Fishing Oil Painting.
A signed oil painting on board of a leaping salmon by Arthur J.W. Burgess, R.I. R.O.I. The oil painting is si...
Category
1920s British Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paint
Andre Lurcat: Projets Et Réalisations
By André Lurcat
Located in New York, NY
Monograph on the work of Andre Lurcat, important French modernist architect, designer, urban planner, and younger brother of the textile artist Jean. ...
Category
1920s French International Style Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Exstremely Rare Collection Alcoa Aluminum String Instruments, Bass, Cello, Violin
Located in Buffalo, NY
This set took me over 20 years to procure.....Dont miss this opportunity!!!!Being offered extremely rare collection of aluminum string instruments,,string bass, ,cello,,and violin....... circa 1930s, all 3 instruments originaly wood grain painted, have been stripped and polished.. re-strung and set up, new bridge and custom (alcoa) tail piece, original ebony fret board, All play and Sound amazing. If purchasing to play, wonderful decorative sculpture,
Pfretzschner aluminum bass
In 1928, The Aluminum Company of America manufactured 50 aluminum double basses...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Aristitde Maillol Illustrated: Daphnis & Chloe
By Aristide Maillol 2
Located in Middletown, NY
According to Eleanor Garvey "The Artist and the Book" (p. 122) this work is "perhaps the most harmonious of Maillol's illustrated books."
Aristide MAILLOL, illus.; LONGUS author
Daphnis and Chloe; A Most Sweet, and Pleasant Pastoral Romance for Young Ladies, translated out of the Greek of Longus by Geo. Thornley.
London: A. Zwemmer [printed in Paris by Philippe Gonin], 1937. Limited Edition.
8vo, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (200 x 132 mm); pp. vi, 211,colophon,12;
Copy 21 of 250 numbered copies on hand-made Maillol paper and SIGNED BY THE ARTIST on the colophon, with 52 original woodcuts, and 4 woodcut initials, printed in bistre; leading and bottom edges deckled. Full vellum with laced-in thongs, gilt lettering on spine, faint; pencil notations and tipped in label from earlier booksellers on inside front cover, edges stained on first 2 and last 2 blanks.
EXTRA SUITE of 45 WOODCUTS in a separate vellum portfolio, printed in black.
Fine copy in simple cardboard slipcase.
Colophon: "Aristide Maillol engraved with his own hand the wood-cuts which illustrate this book, The text is that of Thronley's translation of 1657, revised and augmented. Philippe Gonin of Paris undertook the achievement of this work, and printed it on his hand-press, for A. Zwemmer, London. Paris December 7th, 1937", followed by MAILLOL'S SIGNATURE IN PENCIL.
Garvey 174; Garvey Wick 22; BNF32393010
Condition: FINE
An ancient Greek novel written during the Roman Empire, the only known work of the 2nd century AD Greek novelist and romance writer Longus, translated by George Thornley...
Category
1930s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Parchment Paper
Grouping of 1940s Toy Robot Molds
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Graphic collection of assorted steel spacemen and robot molds from the 1940s.
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Antique George V Period Sterling Silver 'Aladdin's Lamp' Lighter, 1920
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1920 by John Collard Vickery, this stylish, Antique Sterling Silver Cigar Lighter is modelled to look like an...
Category
1920s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Old Whaleboat Rudder
Located in Norwell, MA
Large wood whaleboat rudder with brass pintles and maple tiller. What a great Classic shape on this awesome whaleboat rudder. Awesome relic.
Weight: 45 lbs
Overall Dimensions: 70...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Rope Twist Carved Oak Nautical Barometer
Located in Norwell, MA
Early twentieth century barometer with porcelain face with merchants name A Black & Co., Nautical Optician, Glasgow. Carved rope twist case with brass bezel. Brass hanging tab. Nice ...
Category
1930s European Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1930 Portable Gramophone His Master's Voice Phonograph
Located in Oakland, CA
1930 Portable Gramophone his master’s voice original covered finish. This 1930 Portable Gramophone is the real deal. It’s an HMV Model 101, part of a small collection of such classic sound machines...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Coronation Flag, 1937
Located in Hastings, GB
British Royal Family
A Rare And Historical Royal Coronation Flag from The Coronation Of HRH King George VI in 1937. Flag shows King George VI alongside Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor...
Category
1930s English Empire Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Solid Brass Ships Porthole
Located in Norwell, MA
Highly polished ships porthole with lacquered finish. Early 20th century very heavy relic with tempered glass. The original glass shows imperfections fro...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ships Fixed Porthole
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass highly polished ships portlight with tempered glass. The glass has imperfections from years at sea. This porthole has been polished and lacquered.
Weight: 16 LBS
Over...
Category
1930s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
King George VI Coronation Flag 1937
Located in Hastings, GB
British Royal Family
A Rare And Historical Royal Coronation Flag from The Coronation Of HRH King George VI in 1937.
George VI (Albert Frederick Arth...
Category
1930s English Empire Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Early 20th century French Plaster Nativity Scene Figurines signed Marron, 1920s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice and rare 20th century French set of plaster nativity scene figurines.
Twelve pieces are representing the religious nativity characters and the animals.
Large dimensions. ...
Category
1920s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Cameraman
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card for The Cameraman, 1928.
This silent comedy was directed by Edward Sedgwick and an uncredited Buster Keaton. The film stars Keaton, Marceline Day and Harold G...
Category
1920s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Machine Age Ribbonaire Fan Designed by W.O. Langille for Singer, 1931
By Singer Sewing Machine Co., W. O. Langille
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Ribbonaire Bakelite Electric Fan designed by W.O. Langille in 1931 for the Singer Sewing Machine Company. Aerodynamic Design that pivots front to back to angle the breeze. Unique des...
Category
1930s American Machine Age Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Bakelite
Savoy Cocktail Book Cradock Harry London Constable 8° Illustrated Orig
Located in Munich, DE
First edition of this iconoc, definite text on cocktails features highly decorative pictorial endpapers. The book is illustrated throughout in Art Deco manner by Gilbert Rumbold. On ...
Category
1930s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Baines Golfing Trade Card, Swindon
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Baines Golfing trade card, Swindon.
A rare circular golf trade card in the shape of a bramble golf ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines went on to produce not only football cards...
Category
1920s British Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Delightful Austrian Bergmann Cold Painted Owl Mounted Dish
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful early Art Deco Austrian marble pin dish mounted with two cold painted owls attributed to Franz Xaver Bergmann (Austrian, 1861-1936) and d...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
1930s Cast Saving Pig / Money Box Made by Swedish Gold Smith Olof W. Nilsson
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Absolutely beautiful and unique saving pig / money box made by Swedish gold smith Olof W. Nilsson in Kristianstad Sweden in the 1930s.
This money box is beautifully detailed shaped ...
Category
1930s Swedish Other Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Hand Etched Cylinder Table Lighter, Circa 1930
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Art Deco era Etched zigzag steel cylinder Lighter named "The Executive" By AR.
Circa 1930, Measures: 3.5" tall X 2" diameter.
Category
1930s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Solid Brass Ships Sextant In Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Late Nineteenth Navigators Sextant. T Frame design. Box has label of H.A. Johannesen Compass Adjuster, Fish Dock Rd., Grimsby. Circa 1920. Phone number on...
Category
1920s Norwegian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Lenci Hand Painted Ceramic Crucifix, Decorator Maria Balossi, Turin, Italy 1930s
By Lenci
Located in Torino, IT
LENCI
hand painted ceramic
crucifix, decorator
Maria BALOSSI
ORIGIN
Turin, Italy
PERIOD
1930s
AUTHOR
Maria BALOSSI
Decorator at the Turin ceramic factory 'Lenci' from...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Large Original Vintage Map of S.E Asia, with a Vignette of Singapore
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of South East Asia
Original color. Good condition
Published by Alexander Gross
Unframed.
Category
1920s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Baines Football Trade Card, Hunslet Celtic, Play The Game
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Baines football trade card, Hunslet Celtic, Play The Game.
A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines went on to produce not only football cards...
Category
1920s British Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Original Vintage Map of South Africa, circa 1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of South Africa
Original color.
Good condition / repair to a minor edge tear middle bottom
Published by Alexander Gross
Unframed.
...
Category
1920s English Edwardian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Big Art Deco Original Advertising Promotional Poster Heater/Fire, 1930s
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1930s
- suitable for framing
- original, no reprint
- good original condition with some damages, not seen when framed
- jr.
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Baines Football Trade Card, South Liverpool
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Baines football trade card, South Liverpool.
A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Bain...
Category
1920s English Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Baines Football Trade Card, Adel Training School, Play Up
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Baines football trade card, Adel Training School, Play Up.
A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines went on to produce not only football cards...
Category
1920s British Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Gold Painted Bronze Figure "Phoenician Dancer" by Demetre Chiparus
Located in BILBAO, ES
Dancer by Demétre Chiparus 1886 - 1947
Large chrysoelephantine sculpture in gilt bronze Marble base.
Signed "D. H. Chiparus".
Measures: 52 cms. alt. total and 17 cms. diam. base
Good...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Baines Football Trade Card, Newcastle, Well Centred
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Baines Football Trade Card, Newcastle. Well Centred.
A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines went on to produce not only football cards...
Category
1920s British Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Baines Football Trade Card, Newcastle, Well Centred
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Baines football trade card, Newcastle, Well Centred.
A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines went on to produce not only football cards...
Category
1920s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Virginia Woolf. the Years, First Edition, 1937 in a Fine Full Leather Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Woolf, Virginia.
Title: The Years.
Publisher: London: The Hogarth Press, 1937.
Description: First Edition. 1 vol., 7-3/16" x 4-15/16", boun...
Category
1930s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Old Danish Police Club, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Authentic Danish Police Club used in service during the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Its made from a thick rubber-like material, has cork stoppers that allow to adjust the clubs weight with s...
Category
1930s Danish Bauhaus Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Cork
Vintage Leather Cigar Case W. B Corter
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Tan leather cigar case.
A fine leather cigar case inscribed in ink 'W.B. Corter. June 06'. A great usable item, will take maximum cigar diameter of...
Category
1930s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Rare American Advertising “the Swan Pen” by Mabie. Todd & Co
Located in London, GB
Rare American advertising “The Swan Pen” by Mabie. Todd & Co
A rare example of an early-20th century American shop advertising display. In the form of an oversized hand-crafted wooden pen with brass tip. With its original metal fixtures and braided hanging rope still in place. This example is rare not only due to its condition and form but simply because of its size standing 40 inches tall.
The company originated in America from the beginnings during the 1860s when a Mr. Todd and a Mr. Mabie began making pencil cases and pen holders in New York. Later they were joined by the Bard Brothers who made Gold nibs and by 1873 the company of Mabie Todd and Bard were established in New York.
Size in inches: H 40” x W 2.5” x D 2.5”
Completely solid in structure, aged surface as shown with a deep natural patina. The wooden painted surface is scuffed in areas, the metal surface is rusted and aged as shown. The House of Antiques...
Category
1920s American Early Victorian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage Style Ski Photography, Framed Alpine Ski Photograph, St. Moritz
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
'St. MORITZ', a modern framed and mounted black and white photograph after an original 1930's skiing photograph. The frame is black with a burgundy undercoat, the glazing is clarity+ premium synthetic glass. Black & white alpine photos are the perfect addition to any home or ski lodge, so please do check out our other ski photos and winter landscapes.
Prior to being a recreational activity skiing was purely a means of traveling from A to B through the snow, it only started to become the sport it is today in the mid-1800s.
St. Moritz is a luxury alpine resort town in Switzerland's Engadin valley. It has hosted the Winter Olympics twice, has the Cresta Run...
Category
1930s English Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
Set of Four Vintage Weights, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of four vintage weights: 5, 2, 1 and a half kilograms. By unknown manufacturer, circa 1920.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with...
Category
1920s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Large Original Vintage Map of British Island Possessions, circa 1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of British Island Possessions
Original color. Good condition
Published by Alexander Gross
Unframed.
Category
1920s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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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