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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1960s
4 Volumes. J.A. Spencer, History of the United States.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. J.A. Spencer, History of the United States. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco, bordered in gilt-tooling. Raised band spine with gilt-tooled detailing. All edges marbled with marb...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

3 Volumes. Samuel Rush Meyrick, Ancient Armour.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Samuel Rush Meyrick, Ancient Armour. Bound in full tan calf with the covers displaying gilt-tooled borders and an open-tooled cross-hatching pattern. Respines in purple mo...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Antique Book Set, 13 Vols Charles Dickens Novels, English, Fiction, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique set of 13 Charles Dickens novels. An English language, comprehensive library of fiction books, dating to the Victorian period, published 1866 to 1868. Synonymous...
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Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

1 Volume. John Brown, The Self-Interpreting Holy Bible.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. John Brown, The Self-Interpreting Holy Bible. Bound in full black morocco with the covers and raised bands displaying gilt-tooled detailing. All edges gilt, gilt-tooled den...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

25 Volumes. Sir Walter Scott, The Waverley Novels.
Located in New York, NY
25 Volumes. Sir Walter Scott, The Waverley Novels. Centenary Edition. Bound in full tan calf with gilt-tooled bordering on the covers. Raised band spine with gilt-tooled detailing an...
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Late 19th Century Scottish Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

2 Volumes. Colonel Wilson, Picturesque Palestine, Sinai & Egypt.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Colonel Wilson, Picturesque Palestine, Sinai & Egypt. Bound in full black morocco with open and gilt-tooled detailing on the covers and raised band spines. All edges gilt ...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

9 Volumes. Horace Walpole, The Letters.
Located in New York, NY
9 Volumes. Horace Walpole, The Letters. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards, bordered in gilt-tooling. Raised band spines with gilt-tooled det...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

1 Volume. Emma Roberts, Hindostan.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Emma Roberts, Hindostan. Bound in full red morocco with the covers displaying open-tooled central details, and gilt-tooled floral bordering details. The spines display raised bands, label lettering, bordering, and panel details, all gilt-tooled with some open tooling. All of the edges are gilded with floral gilt-tooled dentelles. Includes landscapes, palaces, tombs, temples, the shores of the Red Sea, and the sublime and romantic scenery of the Himalayan Mountains. Illustrated in a series of views drawn by Turner, Stanfield, Prout, Cattermore, Roberts, Allom, etc. Published by Peter Jackson...
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19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather

4 Volumes. J.R. Green, A Short History of English People.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. J.R. Green, A Short History of English People. Illustrated Edition. Bound in 3/4 red morocco and marbled boards bordered in gilt-tooling. The...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

6 Volumes, M. Rollin, the Ancient History
Located in New York, NY
6 Volumes. M. Rollin, The Ancient History. Bound in full tan calf with the covers displaying a gilt-tooled border and open-tooled cross-hatching. The spines display red and green mor...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

8 Volumes. Charles C.F. Greville, The Greville Memoirs.
Located in New York, NY
8 Volumes. Charles C.F. Greville, The Greville Memoirs. Bound by Bayntun in full navy morocco with the covers displaying gilt and open-tooling. The spines display raised bands, borde...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

2 Volumes. Samuel Rogers, The Writings.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Samuel Rogers, The Writings. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full navy calf with the covers displaying a double border with floral corner flourishes, both gilt-tooled. The spines d...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

1 Volume. Walton & Cotton, The Complete Angler.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Walton & Cotton, The Complete Angler. Bound by Bayntun in 3/4 tn calf and marbled boards. The Spine displays raised bands, figurine panel details, bordering, and label lett...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

2 Volumes. Colonel Wilson, Picturesque Palestine, Sinai & Egypt.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Colonel Wilson, Picturesque Palestine, Sinai & Egypt. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and linen boards with gilt-tooled borders and title lettering. The spines display raised b...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Antique Book, Thoughts on Hunting by William Beckford, English, Georgian, 1810
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique book, Thoughts on Hunting by William Beckford. An English language hard bound compendium of sporting letters, dating to the Georgian period, published 1810. An En...
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Early 19th Century European Georgian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

2 Volumes. Madame Campan, The Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Madame Campan, The Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette. Limited Edition. Bound in 3/4 blue morocco and linen boards double bordered in gilt-tooling. The spines displa...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

1 Volume. James Walter, Memorials of Washington.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. James Walter, Memorials of Washington. Edition de Luxe. Bound in 3/4 green morocco and linen boards with a gilt-tooled crest on the cover. The spines display gilt-tooled le...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Late 19th Century Iraqi Silver Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Unique silver Hanukkah lamp, Iraq, circa 1880. On four feet, a handmade silver tray with nine candle holders for eight days of Hanukkah, and one for t...
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Late 19th Century Iraqi Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

4 Volumes, George Rawlinson, History of Herodotus
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. George Rawlinson, History of Herodotus. Second Edition. Bound in 3/4 green morocco and linen boards double bordered in gilt-tooling. The spines display raised bands, borde...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

8 Vols. Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Located in New York, NY
8 Volumes. Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Bound in full tan calf with the covers displaying a floral border and a central crest, both gilt-to...
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19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

10 Volumes, Samuel R. Gardiner, History of England
Located in New York, NY
10 Volumes. Samuel R. Gardiner, History of England. Bound in full brown calf with the covers displaying borders, floral corner flourishes, and a central crest, all gilt-tooled. The s...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

1 Volume, Edward Fitzgerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Bound in full brown morocco with the cover displaying floral gilt-tooled detailing with red inlay. The spines display raised ba...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

3 Volumes. G.N. Wright, The People's Gallery of Engravings.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. G.N. Wright, The People's Gallery of Engravings. Bound by John Mylrea in 3/4 red calf and marbled boards bordered in floral open-tooling. The spines display a black morocc...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

2 Volumes, Edward Fitzgerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. First Edition. Bound by Pagnant in full brown morocco with the covers displaying ornate bordering and central floral gilt-tool...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

52 Volumes, William Makepeace Thackeray, the Works
Located in New York, NY
52 Volumes. William Makepeace Thackeray, The Works. Limited Edition. Bound in full tan calf with the covers displaying a ruled border and f...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

2 Volumes. W. Fraser Rae, Sheridan: A Bibliography
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. W. Fraser Rae, Sheridan: A Bibliography. Extra-Illustrated Edition. Bound by Bayntun in full blue morocco with the covers displaying an intricate gilt-tooled border. The s...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

19 Volumes, Bret Harte, the Writings
Located in New York, NY
19 Volumes. Bret Harte, The Writings. Autograph Edition. Bound by Stikeman in full blue morocco with the covers displaying ornate gilt-tooled bordering with floral details. The spine...
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Late 19th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

2 Volumes, Thomas Archer, Pictures and Royal Portraits
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes, Thomas Archer, Pictures and Royal Portraits Illustrative of English and Scottish History. Bound in the publisher's pezux binding in full red morocco with the covers displa...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Three Framed Plates from "L'ornement Polychrome" Edited by Racinet
By Auguste Racinet
Located in Hanover, MA
Three mounted and giltwood framed chromolithograph plates from L'Ornement Polychrome: Motifs de tous les styles, art ancien et asiatique, Moyen Age, Renaissance, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, by A. Racinet, 1869-1873. Published by Firmin-Didot, Paris. Specifically, the three framed plates are Middle Ages, Renaissance and 17th century. This reference work “created to render major services to our industrial arts” brings the archeological art...
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Giltwood

2 Volumes. Anthony Trollope, Orley Farm
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Anthony Trollope, Orley Farm. Bund in 3/4 green morocco and linen boards. The spines display raised bands, gilt-tooled floral details, and ...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

A meershaum pipe: a woman's head with with flower in hairstyle, Vienna 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Carved meerschaum pipe, with amber mouthpiece and gold band. In the bowl of the pipe, a woman's head is depicted with hair gathered with a hairstyle of ribbons and flowers. Vienna, A...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Stone, Gold

Large Antique Soild Oak Sculpture of Saint John the Baptist w. Lamb of God 1850
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique hand carved church statue of Jewish prophet, John the Baptist, circa 1850. When you think of the life of Saint John the Baptist (or Baptiste as it is spelled here) then you can only come to the conclusion that in fact he was one of the most important human beings in the history of the world in general and of Christianity in particular. Saint John is sometimes depicted with a lamb to symbolise his recognition of Jesus as the Son of God. When John baptised Jesus in the River Jordan he said 'Behold, the Lamb of God'. In this case the sculptor chose to portray a standing lamb which is a rare feature and this antique was obviously carved in the Baroque Style. This Style is less detailed (or some would say 'more naive') than for example the Renaissance Style, but there are many collectors who love and collect this Style. Also, because it was most used in antique churches all over Europe and this Style also is most used in antique religious paintings of the old masters. Just like with 17th century Baroque Saint...
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Mid-19th Century French Baroque Revival Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood, Oak

Taxidermy Composition with Rare Exotic Birds in a Large Bowed Glass Case
Located in Leuven , BE
A wonderful glass case with a selection of 20 rare exotic birds in a natural environment of tree branches and grass. The case has a rare bowed front glass and is in good condition fo...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Organic Material

Photograph of the U.S.S. Isla De Cuba Warship from Glenview Naval Air Station
Located in Chicago, IL
Removed to the Glenview Naval Air Station in Glenview, Illinois that closed in 1995. The USS Isla de Cuba was a former Spanish Navy cruiser, captured by and commissioned into the Uni...
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1890s American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

19th Century Miniature French Sedan Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Charming miniature vitrine in the style of a Sedan chair. Very rare and unique piece to display a favorite item from your collection..
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19th Century French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Late 19th/Early 20th Century Pair of Black & Plum Leather Falconry Hoods
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A highly decorative pair of falconry hoods, later mounted on matching period brass and ebonised turned stands. The larger example is second quarter of the 20th century in age, black...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

French 19th Century Gothic Revival Hand Carved, Lacquered, Parcel Giltwood Spire
Located in Firenze, IT
An impressively large and well detailed French late 19th century architectural model of a Gothic inspired transept-spire or church pinnacle. This Neo Gothic decorative finial is han...
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19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

Early Single-soled Curling Stone
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Granite Curling Stone. A late 19th century single-soled curling stone with a brass (gun metal) and wood handle. The handle is fixed to a bar that is set into the top of the s...
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1860s British Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Granite

Antique and Quality Hand Carved Oak Gothic Church Wall Bracket or Shelf / Table
Located in Lisse, NL
Wonderful and superbly hand carved, 19th century Gothic Revival bracket / side table. This all handcrafted, Gothic Revival wall bracket has the ideal size and shape to be used as ...
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Late 19th Century Dutch Gothic Revival Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood, Oak

19th Century Dutch Miniature Secretaire Cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
19th century miniature secretaire cabinet made from Oakwood. Decorative object, can be used as jewelry/letter box. Originates Netherlands, dating, circa 1800
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Oak

Edmé Beauchêne disarticulated human skull with museum provenance, France
Located in Leuven , BE
Edmé François Chauvot de Beauchêne (1780, Île-de-France – 1830, Paris), was a French physician, surgeon and anatomist. He was Chief of l'hopital Saint-Antoine Paris, the Deputy Chief...
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19th Century French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Early 19th Century Parcel Gilt Gothic Revival Harp By Sebastian Erard
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine and elegant Regency Satinwood and parcel-gilt double action Harp from the workshop of the famous harp and piano maker Sebastian Erard (1752-1831), decorated in the Grecia...
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Early 19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Large French 19th Century Hand Carved Wooden Fragment of a Marionette
Located in Buisson, FR
Very nice handcarved fragment of a marionette. France, circa 1850. Weathered, small losses and old repairs Measurement include the wooden base.
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19th Century French Folk Art Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Textile, Wood

Raymond Loewy Designed Nordmende Spectra Futura Transistor Radio in Red & Orange
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Nordmende Design Center collaborated in the late 1960's with renowned American designer Raymond Loewy, who created iconic designs like the Coca-Cola bottle and Lucky Strike pack. Collaborating with the American designer was an excellent choice. The device that was the result. the Spectra Futura...
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Seguso Murano submerged glass table lighter 1960s
Located in Catania, IT
Submerged Murano glass amber table lighter by Flavio Poli for Seguso. 1960s in very good condition as pictured
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1960s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Murano Glass

Russian 19th Century School: Icon Painted in Watercolor with Inscriptions -1X37
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Transport yourself to the mystical world of Russian art with this 19th-century icon, crafted in watercolor with inscriptions dating back to the 1880s. Executed on a cardboard support...
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1880s Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Canvas

1968 Walnut Yamaha G0 Baby Grand Piano Excellent Soundboard
Located in Long Branch, NJ
​Gorgeous 1968 Walnut Yamaha G0 Baby Grand Piano Excellent Soundboard Dimensions : 4'7" Long X 58.5" Wide X 38.5" Tall Gorgeous Yamaha made in Japan in 1968 The soundboard is in gr...
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1960s Japanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Walnut

Brass nautical tamper in the shape of a spear W. Pilley Co Makers circa 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Brass nautical log or solcometer counter in the shape of a spear, signed W. Pilley & Co Makers Birmingham , from the second half of the 1800s. It is an ancient nautical instrument, v...
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1870s Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

System walking stick with grain measuring the function, France 1820.
Located in Milan, IT
System walking stick: stick with grain measuring function. Oak wood barrel, graduated on the outside with brass nails. Iron knob, brass ferrule. By unscrewing the knob, a graduated i...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass, Iron

System walking stick, a telescope, England 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Gadget-System stick. The tip is made of iron and brass, high and decorated by a series of thin circles. The shaft is made entirely of painted brass and constructed to emulate a bambo...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass, Iron

Antique Map of the City of Vienna by Balbi '1847'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Vienne'. Original antique map of the city of Vienna, Austria. This map originates from 'Abrégé de Géographie (..)' by Adrien Balbi. Published 1847.
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Mid-19th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

19th Century Victorian Solid Silver & Enamel Playing Cards Box, London c.1898
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late-19th Century Victorian solid silver playing cards box. Featuring a plain silver exterior and is adorned with an enamelled heart latch to the lid. Inside, it houses two s...
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1890s British Other Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Small Cast Iron Sewing Machine 1890 Junker & Ruh Art Nouveau Germany
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Small Cast Iron Sewing Machine 1890 Junker & Ruh Art Nouveau
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1890s German Art Nouveau Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Antique Apothecary Mortar and Pestle, English, Bronze, Beech, Chemist, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique apothecary mortar and pestle. An English, bronze and beech chemist's aid, dating to the Victorian period and later, circa 1890. Graced with a bright appearance a...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Antique Map of Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Guyana by A & C. Black, 1870
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Brazil'. Original antique map of Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Guyana. This map originates from ‘Black's General Atlas of The...
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Late 19th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Gorgeous Antique Hand Carved Oak Gothic Revival Bible Stand w. Dragon Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique, wonderfully sculptural and meaningful Gothic church bible stand. This relatively large, hand carved antique Gothic Revival bible stand is another one of our recent rare find...
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19th Century European Gothic Revival Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Oak

Brian Bijan Hot Air Balloon Table Top Sculpture in Copper, Brass & Stone
By Brian Bijan
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Brian Bijan Attributed Hot Air Balloon Mixed Media Table Sculpture. Featuring a handcrafted, welded mixed metal sculpture in Copper, Iron coated Brass and Basalt, with tethered early...
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1960s American Brutalist Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Stone, Brass, Iron

African Coin Bracelet in Bronze - lost wax - Africa 19th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
This long, rare bronze bracelet was worn by women from tribes located in the common area between Nigeria, Cameroon and Ghana. These bronze bracelets were a symbol of wealth and were ...
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Late 19th Century African Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

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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