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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Period: Early 2000s
Period: 1920s
Furniture Masterpieces of Duncan Phyfe by Charles Over Cornelius, 1st Ed 1928
Located in valatie, NY
Furniture Masterpieces of Duncan Phyfe by Charles Over Cornelius. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1928. This book contains a detailed g...
Category
1920s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Austrian Bronze Mortar and Pestle, Original Patina, Pharmacy or Herbalist
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Offered is a beautiful antique solid brass mortar and pestle set. The mortar has a cylindrical shape with a flared mouth and two angular handles at the sides. The baton-shaped pestle...
Category
1920s Austrian Hollywood Regency Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Ship Model of American Bark
Located in Norwell, MA
This antique rigged model has standing and running cords, cabins, hatches, etc., colorful paint job. Great old mustard paint. Set onto a simple cradle. Ide...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Polo Match Scene Bronze Sculpture, France, 1920´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
1920´s Art Deco polo match bronze sculpture.
Scene of two polo players on their horses. Made of Silvered Bronze mounted of a Italian Portoro marble base...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Narragansett Machine Company Forearm Exercise Machine , 1920s, USA
Located in San Francisco, CA
Collectible Antique Narragansett Machine Company Forearm Exercise Machine is constructed of wood and iron. To operate, one merely turns the grip in different directions to engage dif...
Category
1920s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Elegant Gun Case from Holland & Holland from the 1920-30s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant Gun Case from Holland & Holland from the 1920-30s. Discretely marked Holland & Holland at the top of the case. (see picture)
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
1920s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
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
Set of 6 Sterling Silver Gorham Wallace Towle Christmas Cross Tree Ornaments
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Set of six sterling silver Christmas Ornaments. Largest is 4 1/2" tall x 3 1/2" wide and smallest is 3 1/4" tall x 3 1/8" wide. They are made by Wallace, Reed & Barton, Gorham, and T...
Category
Early 2000s American Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Complete Decorative Set of 6 Graham Greene Books Designer Edition, England
Located in Palm Springs, CA
We purchased a entire collection of books from a local (Rancho Mirage, CA) art collector/philanthropist chic and perfectly designed home library. We have decided to start selling the...
Category
Early 2000s English Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Japanese Art Deco Showa Period Hakata Ningyô of a Boy Holding a Fish, Ca. 1920
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Art Deco Showa Period Hakata Ningyô of a Boy Holding a Fish, Ca. 1920
Signed on the bottom.
DIMENSIONS
8” high x 7.5” wide ...
Category
1920s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
A. A. MILNE. Toad Of Toad Hall. 1929 - FIRST DELUXE EDITION - SIGNED
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A. (Alan Alexander).
TITLE: Toad Of Toad Hall. A Play From Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind In The Willows".
PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1929.
DESCRIPTION...
Category
1920s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
Georg Jensen Christmas Ornament 2001, Regitze Overgaard
By Georg Jensen
Located in Brønshøj, DK
Every year a well-known Danish artist designs the Georg Jensen Christmas Ornament. In its many incarnations over the years it has becom...
Category
Early 2000s Danish Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Majolica: A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, Book by Karmason & Stacke
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Majolica: A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, by Marilyn Karmason & Joan Stacke – Updated and Expanded edition, 2002.
Out of Print.
The first major work on the field, a com...
Category
Early 2000s American International Style Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Gerrit Rietveld Schroder Model House 1924
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gerrit Rietveld Schroder House Model Produced in the Netherlands in 1987. Originally sold as a model kit consisting of 93 parts in a 1/50th scale. Good shape glued together in the ...
Category
1920s Dutch De Stijl Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Colibri Original Swiss Made Lift-Arm Pocket Lighter, 1928
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Colibri was founded in 1928 by Julius Lowenthal, who in the same year, invented the world's first working semi-automatic lighter known as the Colibri "Original". This vintage Swiss-m...
Category
1920s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Rare and Collectable Droopy and Girl by Demons & Merveilles Figurine Statue
Located in Sofia, BG
Figurine statue of Droopy and the Girl sitting on a bench by Demons & Merveilles.
Made in 2001 in its original box in perfect condition.
Perfect gift and a part of a large collection...
Category
Early 2000s American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Pair of Sterling Silver Knights On Horseback, Import Marked London 1927
Located in London, London
Carrying import marks for London in 1927 by Israel Segalov, this wonderful pair of Sterling Silver Knights On Horseback, are handsomely modelled. Each measures roughly 12.25"(31cm) tall, by 12.5"(32cm) wide, by 4.5"(11.5cm) deep, and the pair together weigh 96 troy ounces.
The design for the Knights is taken from a relief which can be found at the tomb of Emperor Maximilian I in the 'Hofkirche' of Innsbruck in Germany. The relief shows Emperor Maximilian I at the Battle of the Spurs (also known as the (second) Battle of the Guinegate), and was created by Albrecht Durer.
The knights are believed to depict Emperor Maximilian I & King Ferdinand I.
Category
1920s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Stanley Antique Square Ruler Vintage Carpentry Tool in Rosewood & Brass
By Stanley
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For consideration: Antique tool square ruler carpentry measuring by Stanley.
Metal with brass and rosewood handle. Made in the USA.
Size: 9.5 W x 5.63 Tall x .63 Thick
Original an...
Category
1920s American Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Bike Themed Smoking Set, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco Bicycle-Themed Smoking Set, France, 1920s. This whimsical French Art Deco smoking set from the 1930s features a charming bicycle theme...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pewter
Voltaire's Candide, Illustrated by Clara Tice
Located in Middletown, NY
This edition, enriched by Cara Tice's racy and whimsical illustrations, is an "Exact reprint of the earliest English text" and was printed in Holland by the Johann Ecnchedé en Zonen ...
Category
1920s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
English Jigger Doll
Located in London, GB
English Jigger Doll
We are proud to offer an early 20th century hand carved folk art English jigger doll example. Carved from pine and joined with brass supports. Jig dolls are traditional wooden or tin-plate ‘toys’ for adults or children. Obtained from a private collection in London and untouched in form with all its original featured intact. They are dolls with loose limbs that step dance...
Category
1920s British Folk Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
Line Vautrin scarce 1st of the Limited Edition of 600 copies 2003
Located in CA, CA
Published by Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 1st edition, 2003, Hamburg. Hardback with German and French text woven throughout.
This is a very scarce and extremely finely produced catalogue, it was published alongside an exhibition, in a very small number of 600 only, this being number 369. There are 22 photographs with German text followed by a catalogue of 145 objects thereafter with text in French and German. This sumptuous catalogue is strewn with gorgeous buttons, brooches and buckles, powder compacts and large necklaces - which like great works...
Category
Early 2000s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Bronze Jewelry Box Ancient Sarcophagus Reliefs Greek Roman Caesar Gladiator
By Line Vautrin
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A wonderful heavy cast bronze, hinged/lidded box, lightly polished, and glowing. Depicting ancient relief scenes / characters of Ancient Roman or Greek...
Category
1920s Italian Greek Revival Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Black Forest Carved Wood Figural Humidor Bear Head with Glass Eyes
Located in Barntrup, DE
The Black Forest carved wood figural humidor in the shape of a bear head with glass eyes, circa 1920.
This antique, dark brown, linden wood humidor is masterfully carved and features...
Category
1920s Swiss Black Forest Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1930's Marx Marcrest Pressed Steel Pure Milk Dairy Toy Truck
Located in Van Nuys, CA
We have A white Marx Marcrest Pure Milk Dairy Truck modeled truck produced by Marx Toys, a prominent American toy company known for manufacturing a wide ra...
Category
1920s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Art Deco Gold Painted Bronze Roman Dancer by Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet
Located in BILBAO, ES
Roman Dancer by Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet 1880 - 1950
Large chrysoelephantine sculpture in gilt bronze Marble base.
Signed "C.L.J.R Colinet
Measures: height 45cm (54 with base...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Secret and Unusual Paris, French Book by Rodolphe Trouilleux, 2003
Located in Atlanta, GA
Paris Secret et Insolite (Secret and Unusual Paris), French book by Rodolphe Trouilleux.
Under the cobblestones, surprises: forgotten dead-ends, a cloister converted into workshops, a real-fake medieval house, the slabs of the guillotine, a 17th-century metro, a mineral water fountain, a tiny house, a miraculous Vespasian, a chapel in spare parts, Russian isbas, hidden gardens, revolutionary inscriptions, a forgotten cannonball, a working-class town in the upscale neighborhoods, a fashionable ox, abandoned convents, a washhouse facade, a bastion on the fortifications, an itinerant chapel, a pierced castle, sleeping villas, a lemon tree in a telephone booth, that's Paris!
The French capital has not finished revealing its mysteries: a Palladian villa, a 15th-century tower, an acclimatization square, rats nibbling on a facade, an old Protestant cemetery, a medieval sign...
Category
Early 2000s French Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare and Collectable Droopy Scooty by Demons & Merveilles Figurine Statue
Located in Sofia, BG
Figurine statue of Droopy riding blue Vespa Scooter by Demons & Merveilles.
Made in 2001 in its original box in perfect condition. Limited edition 2792/...
Category
Early 2000s American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Early-1900s Waikiki Hawaiian Wood Plank Surfboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1920s original plank-style surfboard made for the waves at Waikiki Beach, Hawaii. Before Hawaiian surfing patriarch Duke Kahanamoku, early surfboards w...
Category
1920s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Softwood
Amazing Book of the work of Enrique Metinides, master of Tabloid Photojournalism
By Enrique Miralda
Located in Mexico, DF
Hard to find book showcasing the work of Enrique Metinides (Feb. 1934- Jan. 2022) Mexican photojournalist known for his amazing and shocking photos o...
Category
Early 2000s Mexican Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Michael Jackson Opus Large Collector Table Book
By Opus Canada
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Michael Jackson Opus Large heavy collector coffee table book.
"The Official Michael Jackson Opus" is the definitive publication about the ‘King of...
Category
Early 2000s American Hollywood Regency Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Smokers Stand with Figural Nude Female
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Highly stylized Art Deco brass and cast iron smoking stand with figural nude female on top surface. It also features a pull-out drawer and a handle for carrying.
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Iron
20th Century G Lines Rocking Horse
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Early 20th Century Lines Brothers tri-ang dapple grey rocking horse is a classic children’s toy from the early 1900s. Lines Brothers was a British toy manu...
Category
1920s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tulipwood, Paint
Circa 1920s English Ship's Masthead Lantern
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1920s ship's masthead lantern, English. A fine example of copper with brass fittings & heavy molded clear glass panel. Retains the likely original oil lmap on copper sliding pa...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Copper
Antique Leather Spine 6 Volumes National Geographic Magazine 1924 1925 and 1926
Located in Miami, FL
Set of antique 1924/1925 and 1926 National Geographic Magazines. 6 Well bound leather-spine & corners and dark cloth books, 2 volumes per year, January-June and July-December. A ti...
Category
1920s American International Style Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Wooden Staircase Model, England, 1920s
Located in San Francisco, CA
This lovely diminutive English staircase model from the 1920's is certain to add interest to doll houses and playlands of every scale. The model is of traditional design and carved o...
Category
1920s British Edwardian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Large French Art Deco Three-Masted Barque Ship Model, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Large French Art Deco three-masted barque ship by Anthoine Art Bois, France, 1920s. Wood and metal. Painted white metal sails, wood hull and painted black base
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Check List of Early American Bottles And Flasks by Stephen Van Rensselaer
Located in valatie, NY
Check List of Early American Bottles And Flasks by Stephen Van Rensselaer. Privately printed, New York, 1921. Original first edition softcover. ...
Category
1920s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Michael Graves Backgammon Set with Carry Case
Located in New York, NY
Backgammon folding game board and playing pieces designed by Michael Graves.
One of the oldest table games has found a new sense of style in this backgammon set - where strategy c...
Category
Early 2000s Minimalist Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Beech
RONSON USA 1927 Art Deco Tabourette Desk Lighter In Chromed Steel
Located in Miami, FL
A Tabourette desk lighter designed by Ronson.
Very beautiful Tabourette desk lighter, created in New Jersey United States by The Ronson Co. during the art deco period, back in the 1...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Collection of Leather Bound Art Deco Photo Albums of European Travel
Located in Atlanta, GA
Collection of Leather Bound Art Deco Photo Albums of European Travel, the actual albums are probably French, circa 1920's. They document fabulous trips throughout Europe in the 1920'...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Vintage Set of Three Child's Golf Clubs by Halley & Co
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Halley & Co. Children's Hickory Golf Clubs.
Set of three child's golf clubs comprising of a iron, a mashie and a putter. All are with suede leather grips and brass heads stamped wit...
Category
1920s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
New York Beat: Jean-Michel Basquiat Downtown 81 (Inscribed by Glenn O’Brien)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
New York Beat: Jean-Michel Basquiat in Downtown 81: INSCRIBED by GLENN O’BRIEN:
Inscribed by early Basquiat champion & historic downtown art scene critic & curator, Glenn O’Brien, ‘New York Beat’, brilliantly documents the production of Downtown 81, director Edo Bertoglio's seminal take of New York's Downtown scene, featuring a turn, 19 year old Jean-Michel Basquiat as semi-biographical protagonist.
Includes text by the film’s co-producer, Glenn O'Brien - who has hand inscribed this example; with photographs by Bertoglio & Maripol. Reverse of interior jacket forms a striking vertical poster...
Category
Early 2000s American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare Limited Edition Designer Toy Killjoy by Michael Lau
Located in Weesp, NL
Limited edition Designer toy Killjoy 0271/1000 designed in 2000 by Michael Lau for Crazysmiles. This rare piece comes with its original box in great condit...
Category
Early 2000s Hong Kong Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic, Rubber
Vacheron Constantin Ref. 92115, a very fine, unique 18K pink gold pocket watch
Located in London, GB
Vacheron Constantin Ref. 92115, an extremely fine and unique 18K pink gold pocket watch
Swiss-made, October 2001,
Height 9cm, width 6.5cm, depth 1.5cm
Open: height 9cm, width 13cm, d...
Category
Early 2000s Swiss Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Memento Mori, Wooden Skull from Innsbruck, Austria
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Unique sculptured wooden Skull from Innsbruck, Austria,
from around the 1920 ties,
extremely fine sculptured piece of Artisanal work,
looks like a real skull...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fruitwood
Helmut Newton Sumo Book by Taschen, Germany, 2009
By TASCHEN
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Helmut Newton Sumo book by Taschen,
Second Edition with its original stand,
Germany, 2009.
Measures: 30 x 38.5 x 6 cm.
Category
Early 2000s German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Christie's London: a Private European Collection 'J M Frank'
Located in New York, NY
Catalog of a Christie’s London sale held on Wednesday, May 10, 2000 dispersing an important collection of French 20th century decorative arts, featuring al...
Category
Early 2000s English Art Deco 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: 56cms. alt. total and 19 cms. diam. base ( 22.04 x 7.48 ) inches
Excellent condition.
Demétre Haralamb Chiparus was a Romanian Art Deco era sculptor who lived and worked in Paris, France.
He was one of the most important sculptors of the Art Deco era.
Sculptures of Chiparus represent the classical manifestation of Art Deco style in decorative bronze and ivory sculpture.
Traditionally, four factors influenced his creative activity
*the Russian Ballets of Serge Diaghilev's, Nijinsky and Rubinstein
*ancient Egyptian art,
*French theatre, music halls and cabarets
*Early motion pictures and fashion magazines with dancers, stars and models
Which made him create figures with a long, slender, stylized appearance. like the faces of “Persian Dance” and the dress in “Starfish Girl” exactly reproduces the sketch for Goldfish's dress from the ballet “Underwater kingdom” by Lev Annensky.
After the tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered in 1922, the art of ancient Egypt...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
1920s J.C. Deagan 725 Marimba Model B, Rosewood Keys, 3 Octave
By Deagan
Located in Buffalo, NY
1920s J.C. Deagan 725 Marimba model B, rosewood keys, 3 octave, original condition, amazing Art Deco design. Retains 4 original mallets, Last patent date 1926.
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Steel
Rene Lalique Plum Glass 'Lezards' Pendant
By René Lalique
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique purple coloured Glass 'Lezards' pendant. This design features lizards. Engraved makers mark, 'Lalique'. Book reference: Marcilhac 1648.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
VISIONAIRE 46: Uncensored by Mario Testino (0804/2500) (sealed)
By Visionaire
Located in Kleinburg, ON
Limited edition, numbered 0804 of 2500 copies.
From the Visionaire website:
In 46 UNCENSORED, Mario Testino reveals a keen sense of contemporary art, curating a selection of scinti...
Category
Early 2000s American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Plexiglass
Exceptionally special smoking set, ashtray, elephant, bakelite, art deco, 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Very beautiful, pure Art Deco smoking set, astray with cigarette box, designed with an elephant head, made of Bakelite.
The object was probably made in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s. ...
Category
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bakelite
Vintage Original Aviation Pencil Drawing Depicting a Hanriot HD 1 WWI Aircraft
Located in Milan, IT
Pencil drawing depicting a single-seat biplane airplane fighter Hanriot HD 1, by Riccardo Cavigioli. Measure with frame cm 49 x 31 - inch19.3 x 11.8.
Riccardo Cavigioli was born in ...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Fox Moviestone Follies of 1929
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1929 Comedy musical romance starring John Breeden, Lola Lane, DeWitt Jennings
This film was directed by David Butler
Thi...
Category
1920s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1930s Architecture in Paris, French Book by Jean-Marc Labordiere, 2009
Located in Atlanta, GA
L'Architecture des Années 30 a Paris (1930s Architecture in Paris), French book by Jean-Marc Larbodiere.
The International Style comes from the Modern Movement (Bauhaus in Germany, L...
Category
Early 2000s French Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Eight Spoke Ships Wheel with Iron Hub
Located in Norwell, MA
Wood ships wheel with eight spokes and an iron hub. Painted finish. Sturdy and heavy. 40" Diameter.
Made: America
Date: 1920
Weight: 35 lbs.
Category
1920s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
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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