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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Medieval
Large Pair Gothic Revival Hand Crafted Brass Table or Altar Candlesticks
Located in Lisse, NL
Large and heavy pair of altar candle sticks.
These handcrafted and heavy candleholders are made around 1930 by H. v/d Heijden. With beautiful scro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Gothic Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Modernist Cello Case
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A unique cello case with cubist angles in its design.
Category
1950s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Leather
Mid-19th Century English Cast Iron Commodities Scale, Marked Birmingham
Located in Charleston, SC
A large 19th century English cast iron scale, circa 1840, marked Birmingham, England and features scrolling decorative and organic elements. It was purchased in the U.S. and would ha...
Category
19th Century British Gothic Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Vintage Electric Company Meter Lamp
Located in Hanover, MA
This is a wonderful piece of suburban folk art and mid-century Americana. It is a vintage 'bench made' table lamp incorporating an actual working electric company meter. When the l...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
English Art Deco Men’s Cufflinks
Located in Devon, England
Fabulous pair of matching Art Deco men’s cufflinks with a great geometric pattern. Silver toned metal with black enamel decoration. Condition i...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
Art Deco English Sterling Silver and Guilloche Enamel Scent Bottle
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Art Deco English sterling silver and guilloche enamel scent bottle
The bottle of this charming scent is beautifully rounded shaped like a small pumpkin
The silver lid is set of...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel
Antique Mahogany and Oak Propeller from the Engine of a 1919 Avro 504 Airplane
Located in London, GB
A historic propeller from the Le Rhone Rotary engine of an Avro 504 airplane. This fine early, large laminated, mahogany and oak propeller, made circa 19...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
Set of Six Large Brass Candleholders and a Crucifix, France, Early 20th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Set of six large brass and tôle peinte candlesticks from a church, plus a crucifix.
Dimensions provided below are for the candlesticks.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Important Linocut Print and Unique Biographical Documents for Eduard Ulreich
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Both a unique work of art and an extraordinary historical document, this print and group of documents were created by Eduard Buk Ulreich, best known as a muralist for Radio City Musi...
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1960s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Robert Garret Thew American Sculptor Rare Art Deco Bronze Cigar Stand, Penguin
By Robert Garret Thew
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Fabulous deco penguin design- bronze cigar stand by Connecticut sculptor Robert Garret Thew, (1892-1964).
Signed on the base "G.Thew" and dated 1929. In e...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Ring : Black Pearl on White Brushed Gold with Sapphires
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Unusual vintage ring in white brushed gold with Black Pearl from Tahiti diameter. 7 mm., with ten Sapphires and ten little Pearls.
Category
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Shagreen Bag
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Shagreen bag original from the 1930s in good original condition .
Handle is 50cm long , bag with handle is 50cm high
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Shagreen, Suede
Cire Perdue Bronze Sculpture by Charles Sabouret
By Charles Sabouret
Located in London, GB
A very stylish Art Deco cire perdue (lost wax) bronze sculpture of a cross-country skier, circa 1925 with all-original patina and finish, the skier in trad...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
French Cubist Bronze by Ferdinand Parpan
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Ferdinand Parpan (1902-2004)
"St. Francis", a black patinated cubist bronze on rouge marble base, signed, monogrammed and dated 1950 in the bronze. Mea...
Category
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Diamond Neglige Platinum and 18-Karat
Located in New York, NY
A stunning original Art Deco three-carat of cushion/european diamonds set in a neglige of two floral drops with smaller diamonds along the chain and bar set in platinum along a plati...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Platinum
Art Deco Ring Gold 585 and 3 Carat Diamonds, Vienna Austria, circa 1920
Located in Vienna, AT
Golden Art Deco ring of high value with many diamonds (Vintage cuts / 3 carat)
White gold ( checked / 14 ct 585) / Diamonds (Vintage cuts / 3 Carat)
Most El...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Diamond Modernist Platinum Cuff Bracelet
Located in New York, NY
A strong but elegant modernist open fret bracelet with rows of brilliant cut and baguette diamonds 12-carats of fine quality diamonds set in platinum.
When worn it is a fantastic an...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Platinum
Opal and Diamond Art Deco Ring, circa 1930s
Located in Incline Village, NV
Opal is natural and ring itself is palladium with nicely appointed floral pattern engraving around the entire band.
There are 22 small diamonds set around the opal for a total of 1.3...
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Opal
ART DECO BABYFOOT TOULET EST 1857 FOOTBALL OR FOOSBALL TABLE WiTH CHROME PLAYERS
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning early 20th century Babyfoot Toulet est 1857 Football table with Chrome players
Please note th...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Chrome
French 1930 Art Deco Cigarette Dispenser Mechanical Box Of A Parisian Moor Kiosk
Located in Miami, FL
Mechanical cigarette dispenser and musical box.
An exceptional and very beautiful desk piece, created in France during the art deco period, back in the 1930. This rare mechanical ci...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Golden Lion, circa 1950
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful lion standing on a rock, its mouth half open ready to roar.
Golden plaster
1950s work.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Ferdinand Parpan, L'Intuition des Formes, Jean Charles Hachet
Located in London, GB
Ferdinand Parpan L'Intuition des Formes
by Jean Charles Hachet
Published by Somogy Editions, 2001.
A comprehensive look at Ferdinand Parpan's work and life. Parpan became intri...
Category
Early 2000s French Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Set of 40 Leather Bound Mini Books of William Shakespeare's Plays with Bookcase
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of forty leather bound William Shakespeare plays were presumably done in England in approximately 1920 in the period Art Deco style. Each miniature book from this set measures approximately one and a half inches in height, and vary in thickness depending on the play, but are bound in black leather. The books come with a miniature wooden library styled bookcase...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
INRI - Italian Crucifix in Glazed Ceramic, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A one of a kind piece and very well made wall crucifix in hand-sculpted and glazed earthenware. It was made in Italy circa 1930-40. INRI: Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum or 'Jesus the...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Earthenware
Antique Vintage English Ladys Gentlemas Malacca Wooden Walking Stick Cane 1920
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stylish Well Grained Pale Malacca Wood Ladies or Gentleman's Walking Stick with Crook Handle and decorative rosewood and bone banding of English origin, first Quarter of the Twentiet...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Schiaperelli Fashion Review Paper Dolls in Full Color, 1st Edition 1988
Located in London, GB
Published by Dover publications, Inc, New York, 1988, Soft-back
Most fashion historians would agree that to review the incredible career of Elsa Schiaparelli is, in essence, to rev...
Category
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Dulcephone horn gramophone c. 1910. Wooden horn, large, magnificent phonograph
By HMV, Decca
Located in London, GB
Dulcephone horn gramophone, c. 1910.
Superb grand scale, stunning wooden horn.
This is a stunning early 20th Century horn gramophone in outstanding ori...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
c1920's French Art Deco World Globe on Pedestal
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1920's French Art Deco Worl Globe On Pedestal. Rare form, this globe stands beautifully on this original base.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
The Decorative Arts in France 1900-1942 1st US edition 1990
Located in London, GB
Published by Rizzoli New York 1990. hardback
The go-to reference on the French Society of Decorative Artists arranged chronologically and featuring the work of Guimard, Ruhlmann, Ch...
Category
1990s Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1930s Rockwell Kent Bacchus Copper Cigarette Box Chase Art Deco Relief Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
"An incredibly rare piece of American Art Deco history. A "Bacchus" cigarette box designed by Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971) for the Chase Company. On...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
1930s Racing Car Stainless Steel Scale Model, Highly Detailed, Big Size
Located in Milano, IT
Stunning contemporary reproduction of a vintage racing car from the 1930s. The streamlined body, inline engine, wheels and dashboard are all faithfully reproduced and highly detailed...
Category
2010s European Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel, Chrome
Ardagh Chalice, an Antique Sterling Silver and Enamel Replica Dublin 1914
By West & Son
Located in London, London
The Ardagh Chalice is considered to be one of the greatest treasures of the early Irish Church, and one of the finest known works of Insular art. It is thought to have been made in the 8th Century AD, and was discovered in 1868 by Jim Quin & Paddy Flanagan just outside the village of Ardagh in County Limerick, Ireland.
Hallmarked in Dublin in 1914 by West & Son, this handsome, Antique Sterling Silver Replica of the Ardagh Chalice, is decorated with Celtic bands...
Category
1910s Irish Medieval Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Austria 1918 Art Deco Cigarette Case in .900 Silver with Enameled Dressed Woman
Located in Miami, FL
Austrian Art Deco enamelled cigarette box.
An impressive and beautiful cigarette case, created in Vienna Austria, during the beginning of the Art Deco period back in the 1918. It ...
Category
1910s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Crucifix Cross Cloisonné Art Deco Enamel Mounted Holy Water French, circa 1920
Located in Mimizan, FR
Crucifix Cross Cloisonné Enamel Mounted Holy Water French circa 19Z0.
All mounted on brass.
Will hang on the wall.
In good vintage condition with only very minor signs of age.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Onyx, Enamel
1940s Antique Silver Telephone Western Electric Bell System Rotary Dial
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1940s Antique Silver Telephone Western Electric Bell System
Rotary dial vintage Phone with ringer untested.
9 w x 5 d x 5 h
Selling as is presented v...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Classic Vintage Streamline RCA "on Air" Art Deco / Machine Age Studio Light
By RCA
Located in Buffalo, NY
The most iconic “on air” sign warning lights were made by RCA Victor in the 1930s. When radio and television stations were creating live programs, they had...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Monumental Polish Silver Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century monumental, silver Hanukkah lamp made in Poland. Designed in an Art-Deco style, the lamp is decorated with floral motifs at its base, while a detailed figure of an eagle appears at the top of its central, supporting pillar, overlooking the eight candleholders and the servant light.
Marked with Polish marks.
Every item in Menorah Galleries...
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Early 20th Century Polish Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Rare 1930s Alcoa Aluminum Double Bass / Fiddle / String Bass
By John Burdick, Alcoa Aluminum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Extremely rare aluminum string bass, circa 1930s, bass was originaly wood grain painted, has been stripped and polished.. restrung and set up, new bridge and custom (alcoa) tail piece, original ebony fret board, Sounds 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
Stunning White and Black Art Deco Porcelain Penny Scale by Navco
By NAV
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning white and black Art Deco porcelain penny scale by Navco. Amazing design, reminiscent of a womans cloaked silouette, retains original key...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Marvelous Aviation Design Solid Walnut Art Deco Style Mantel or Desk Clock
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautifully handcrafted and practical size, airplane theme table clock.
Over the years we have sold a number of striking (no pun intended) clocks, but never one as decorative and co...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Metal
Jade and Sterling Silver Matchbox Cover by Edward Farmer
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An Art Deco sterling silver and carved jade matchbook cover by Edward Farmer NYC . The carved oval jadeite held with 14 k gold pins on a sterling base. Signed, rare, one of a kind.
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Jade, Sterling Silver
Ciner Art Deco Style Swarovski Crystal Statement Earrings
By Ciner
Located in Ferndale, MI
Swarovski crystals make these stunning and gorgeous statement earrings perfect for that glamorous look. Vintage 1980s punch with Art Deco timeless style. Gold plated white metal (the...
Category
Late 20th Century American Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Fin de Siecle de la Collection Silverman - Alastair Duncan
Located in London, GB
Alastair Duncan. Chefs d’Ouvre Fin de Siecle de la Collection Silverman. Published by Bordas, 1989 Paris.
Masterpieces of the Fin de Siecle and Art...
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Late 19th Century French Art Deco Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Adjustable Necklace Stand And Jewelry Holder
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage adjustable necklace stand and jewelry holder.
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Jean Puiforcat by Francoise De Bonneville (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A now out of print book which is the catalogue raisonne of the great deco silversmith Jean Puiforcat. 339 pages with bilingual text in French and English and illustrated throughout w...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Antique, Large and Hand-Carved French Wall Crucifix / Jesus Christ on the Cross
Located in Lisse, NL
Large size sculpture and an impressive religious work of art.
Looking at Christ suffering like this, the crucifix (in our view) is a symbol of what 'telling people the truth' can le...
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Official Uruguay 1930 F.I.F.A. World Cup Poster, Art Deco Football, Soccer
By Guillermo Laborde
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Official Uruguay 1930 F.I.F.A. World Cup Poster, Art Deco Football, Soccer,
92 year-old poster for the first World Cup, held in Uruguay in 1930. Pos...
Category
Mid-20th Century Uruguayan Art Deco 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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