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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Style: Art Nouveau
Style: Industrial
Antique Iron Worker Hand Forged Vintage Tools Set of 9
Located in Chula Vista, CA
collection handmade Iron Blacksmithing Tools- Set of 9 Antique Iron Worker Tools
forging metal
circa early 1900s
tool total 9
25 the longest x 3...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron, Metal
Large Vintage Gold Smith Leather Boxing Gloves c.1950 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Original leather boxing gloves filled with horse hair. The leather is very soft and in good condition. .
CREATOR Wilson Sporting Goods.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1950-1...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Natural Fiber
Midcentury Tin Litho Toy Car by Bandai Japan 1959 Cadillac 4 Door Sedan
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Blast from the past! 1959;Cadillac sedan de ville in gold paint with tin litho interior. Has a dent in the hood and plastic windshields need to be installed. See pics. Shows wear, fr...
Category
1950s Japanese Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Ship's Nautical Porthole Windows Converted Bar Cart, Deborah Lockhart Phillips
Located in Nantucket, MA
Two original ship's chrome porthole windows converted to a bar cart by Deborah Lockhart Phillips. Brass rivets have been replaced around the border of the windows (the originals pop ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Art Nouveau Peacock Bimini Art Glass Sculpture Figurine, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early-20th century hand blown Peacock Figurine, made probably in the Lauscha Thuringia Area in Germany. Peacock with Spun Glass "Feathers" and...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Blown Glass
Pharmacy Child Measure Stand, Pitch Pine Measuring Stick or Somastometre
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Pharmacy Child Measure Stand, Pitch Pine Measuring Stick or Somastometre
Once these along with scales were common place in Doctors Surgeries, Chemist Shops and Drug stores, the pati...
Category
1890s Industrial Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Beech
Large Kodak Folding No. 3A Camera with Mahogany Inlay c.1910 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A large Eastman Kodak No. 3A folding camera with red bellows and Mahogany inlay. The body is wrapped in leather with chrome and brass accents. The camera folds to 2.5 inches. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Antique Japanese Leather Kendo Mask c.1920 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An antique Japanese Kendo leather mask with steel face guard and thick padding.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1920.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Leather, Ste...
Category
Late 19th Century Industrial Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Viking Soldier Decorative Bronze Statue Sculpture, Vienna Austria 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous classic decorative Statue or Miniature Sculpture. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of a kind of metal, we think it's bronze or brass. Very decorativ...
Category
1950s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Seat of Health Antique Rowing Machine
Located in Peekskill, NY
Unusual and beautifully designed this early 20th century collapsible rowing machine abdominal exerciser manufactured by the Health Developing Apparatus Co., inc., Bridgeport, Conn. Made of lightweight aluminum which also makes it perfect to hang up as unique vintage wall art...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Rare Cigar Striker Bergman Style Cold Painted Art Deco Arabian Carpet Trader
Located in High Wycombe, GB
An Unusal Cigar Striker In The Franz Xaver Bergman Style Art Deco Cold Painted Vienna Bronze, Arabian Carpet Trader With Camel Mounted on a Black Glaze...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Spelter
Tall Painted Decorative Steel Eifel Tower Inspired Lighthouse Sculpture or Model
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Standing 34.5 inches tall this beautiflly crafted architectural sculpture inspired by the Eifel Tower makes a great impression. An intricate system o...
Category
Late 20th Century Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Antique Webber Costello Globe on Metal Tripod Base c 1900 / 1920's
Located in New York, NY
Rare floor model globe made by Weber Costello, circa 1900. The 12" globe rests on a folding metal base. This example is in very good, original condition, showing only light wear, nor...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Large Impressive 1800s Kalidoscope
Located in Peekskill, NY
This scope is unsigned and was acquired from a European collector. It could be American but I'm guessing its not. The eyepiece and turning mechanism are brass. The tube is canvas wra...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Industrial Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fruitwood
Port & starboard dredge control by Simons Lobnitz of Renfrew
Located in London, GB
Double port and starboard dredge pumping control by Simons Lobnitz Ltd of Renfrew. Circa 1960.
Two 12 ½ inch dials, and two 4 ¼ dials, with internal lights.
Simons-Lobnitz Ltd of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scottish Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
1970s British Classic Blue & Chrome Ac Gmt Co. Industrial Wall Clock White Dial
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Rescued from Industrial scrap yards and brought back to life in our UK workshop, our expert process allows us to create a high quality clock of luxury standards.
At A.C GMT Co. we ...
Category
1970s English Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Friedr. Herder Solingen Knife Scissors and Shaving Razor Advertising Enamel Sign
By Friedrich Herder A. Sn Solingen
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Fantastic Friedrich Herder Abr. Sohn Solingen bayonets, knives, razors, enamel porcelain advertising sign. Never used, it was found on the original packaging. Perfect gloss. German m...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Large Antique Silver Hand Arm Ex Voto, Antique European, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A cute petite religious Ex Voto. I do not know what it is made of, thin and light filigree silver or silver plated metal. It is handmade, embossed and then welded. Given the delicacy...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate, Sheet Metal
Art Nouveau Maribou Cigar Cutter By Ignatius Taschner
Located in Montreal, QC
Figural cigar cutter with ash tray in the shape of a maribou, leaning over a bowl. The bird's-eye is the opening for the cigar and the beak is the knife. the stub falls into the bowl...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Bronze Magnifying Glass w/ Art Nouveau Nude, ca. 1910
Located in Petaluma, CA
This lovely high quality magnifying glass makes a perfect piece for the art nouveau lover, or anyone who wants to hold a beautiful object when trying to magnify something. Note the ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Metal Laboratory Beaker Stand
Located in High Point, NC
An intriguing and unique accent, this vintage lab-ware stand holds various vintage technical glasswares. Industrial, utilitarian, and scientific, yet also playful and curious, this vintage beaker...
Category
20th Century French Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Friction Tin Litho Soft Top Toy Car Fiat 600 by Bandai Japan
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and in near mint condition Fiat 600 with a rollback cloth convertible top. From a lot of seventeen that were probably stored from day one, and never played with. Made by Ban...
Category
1960s Japanese Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Early 20th c. Wood and Leather Horse Pull Toy c.1930
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An early 20th century carved wooden horse pull-toy covered in fabric with glass eyes, leatherette ears, leather saddle and halter, human hair tail and mane mounted on a shaped...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Beautiful Framed Silver Sacred Heart Ex Voto Monogramed, Antique European, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Framed and donated in the 1970s this antique ex voto is a real beautiful collectible. I do not know what it is made of, thin and light filigree silver ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate, Sheet Metal
19th Century Art Nouveau Player Piano, circa 1900
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A wonderful coin operated player piano from Paris, circa 1900. Needs tuning but functions. In original condition other than the repaint of top half. Would have originally had glass.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ebony
Diminutive 19th Century American Mercantile Trade Store Display Model
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and historic diminutive hand-crafted and painted antique American country display model general store - mining trade mercantile cabinet.
Mos...
Category
19th Century American Industrial Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wrought Iron
Vintage Metal Laboratory Beaker Stand
Located in High Point, NC
An intriguing and unique accent, this vintage lab-ware stand holds various vintage technical glasswares. Industrial, utilitarian, and scientific, yet also playful and curious, this vintage beaker...
Category
20th Century Czech Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Antique Dollhouse Pewter Bird Cage with Bird, By Babette Schweizer, Germany
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An outstanding bird cage in painted soft metal with a colorful Bird. To hang in your dollhouse or to put on a table in a salon or a parlor.
Made of pewter. Nice for every decoration...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Vintage Metal Laboratory Beaker Stand
Located in High Point, NC
An intriguing and unique accent, this vintage lab-ware stand holds various vintage technical glasswares. Industrial, utilitarian, and scientific, yet also playful and curious, this vintage beaker...
Category
20th Century Czech Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage Metal Laboratory Beaker Stand
Located in High Point, NC
An intriguing and unique accent, this vintage lab-ware stand holds various vintage technical glasswares. Industrial, utilitarian, and scientific, yet also playful and curious, this vintage beaker...
Category
20th Century Czech Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Jugendstil WMF Marked and Silvered Holy Water Font Depicting Mary & Child Jesus
Located in Lisse, NL
Antique silvered wall font with original and excellent condition glass vessel.
This rare Jugendstil wall font by German makers WMF is in excellent condition and it even comes with t...
Category
Early 20th Century German Jugendstil Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage Metal Laboratory Beaker Stand
Located in High Point, NC
An intriguing and unique accent, this vintage lab-ware stand holds various vintage technical glasswares. Industrial, utilitarian, and scientific, yet also playful and curious, this vintage beaker...
Category
20th Century Czech Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Industrial Design large Pulley, Cable Pull, 1950s
Located in Saarburg, RP
Old large Pulley Industrial Design - 1950/60s
The old pulley (cable pull) in industrial design is an impressive piece of the past times. It combines the charm and sturdiness of the past industrial era.
This iron pulley...
Category
1950s European Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Rare Singer Model 24 Chain Stitch Small Sewing Machine
By Singer
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a rare Singer Model 24 chain stitch small sewing machine. Its background is painted black and adorned with red and white foliages decal. A gold color ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Beautiful Framed Silver Sacred Heart Ex Voto Monogramed, Antique European, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Framed and donated in the 1970s this antique ex voto is a real beautiful collectible. I do not know what it is made of, thin and light filigree silver ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate, Sheet Metal
Late 19th Century Scientific "Cyclo-Stormograph" by Short & Mason Tycos
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and appears to be completely intact. Short & Mason Tycos Cyclo-Stormograph under beveled glass & mahogany with a drawer which contains extra graph paper, tiny key and origin...
Category
Early 1900s English Industrial Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Art Nouveau Arts & Crafts Copper Table Top Dinner Gong
Located in Norwich, GB
An Art Nouveau copper and brass table top dinner gong. Circa 1910.
The brass gong is suspended from the copper stand embossed with sinuous stylized flower design. It has a lovely re...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Nouveau Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Copper
Antique Eight Spoke Mahogany Ship Boat Steering Wheel Nautical Maritime
Located in Antwerp, BE
This is a superb and very large antique Victorian mahogany and brass set ships wheel, circa 1880-1900 in date. This exceptional nautical collectable...
Category
20th Century Belgian Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Copper
American vintage cash register from NATIONAL, made of metal
Located in Milano, IT
We present a timeless treasure: the antique American cash register from the early 20th century, revisited and enriched with the charm of Italian lire!
Enter a world where history an...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Early 20th C. Brass and Leather Field Binoculars C.1930-1940 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original pair of brass field binoculars wrapped in leather. The objective lenses are clear and their optics are good. The metal focus wheel works well. The piece is in go...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Wood and Metal Throwing Discus circa 1930-1940-ONE LEFT (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Wood and metal discus available. The other two have sold.
Antique wood and brass and solid rubber discus. Two are marked "Gill".
CREATOR Gill Sporting Goods Company.
DATE...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Metal
Old railway wheel model on tracks 1930s
Located in Wien, AT
Old railway wheel model on tracks.
Old school model from the 1930s, complete and in excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cast Stone, Aluminum
Old spoked wheel model of a railway on tracks 1930s
Located in Wien, AT
Old spoked wheel model of a railway on tracks.
Old school model from the 1930s, complete and in excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cast Stone, Aluminum
French Art Nouveau Golden Ring with Violet Agate Surronded with Flowers
Located in Sofia, BG
French ring in yellow gold decorated with flowers and leaves that cradle a violet agate in this organic Art Nouveau look. Lovely piece of jewellery in very good condition.
Size 53
...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
1980s Citizen Japanese Blue Steel Retro Vintage Industrial Antique Quartz Clock
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Citizen super tanker slave clock original blue finish.
A reclaimed and restored maritime slave clock also called secondary clock of superior build quality.
These clocks were us...
Category
1980s Japanese Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome, Cut Steel, Steel
Vintage ETAS Lock Catalogue, English, Illustrated, Trade Directory, Circa 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage ETAS lock catalogue. An English, bound trade directory of locks and fittings, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930.
Enoch Tonks & Sons - with the trade nam...
Category
1930s British Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
20th Century Czech Wooden Industrial Element
Located in High Point, NC
This 20th-century wooden foundry mold, repurposed as a captivating decorative piece, stands as a testament to the fusion of industrial history and artistic charm. Crafted from solid ...
Category
20th Century Czech Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Industrial Explosion Proof Phone by Crouse-Hinds C1955
By Crouse-Hinds
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Rare and unusual industrial explosion proof telephone by Crouse-Hinds from the 50s. Cast aluminum with a bakelite style phone. No dial. Supposed to be from a blasting site. Untested....
Category
1950s American Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
1950s Gates Vulco Belts Vintage Painted Tin Sign or Sales Display Ratrod Garage
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Heavily Oxidized Painted Metal Sign, Faded Graphics, but a nice even fade. It is very tall for Wall Hanging Display or Leaning against a wall, at 55.75 inches high. Structurally th...
Category
1950s American Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Midcentury Japanese Tin Litho Toy Plymouth Valiant, circa 1962
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous Japanese tin toy replica of a early 60s Plymouth Valiant sedan. Two tone paint with a tin Litho interior. These cars, 17, came from a lot of ...
Category
1960s Japanese Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1900s Decorative Wall Hanging „Multimeter“ Scientific Slide Rule Calculator
Located in Vienna, AT
A dekorative appr. 120-year-old, large, wall-mounted round „Multimeter“ analog slide rule calculator. Dated around 1900, made in Germany. It has a rotatable glass disc and offers multiple features like multiplication, division, interest-calculation and square root...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Early 20th C Cast Iron Toy Sedan by A C Williams Original Red with Nickel Wheels
By A. C. Williams Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and classic cast iron toy from the early thirties. In what looks like to the original Red with Nickel Wheels and the right amount of wear to th...
Category
1930s American Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron, Nickel
Tin & Wood Open Touring Hill Climber Toy Car by Clark, circa 1903
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous early toy example by the Clark co. This hill climber works great, and is almost totally complete. It's missing it's passenger in the back. Cast iron...
Category
Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron, Tin
Nautical Ship's Bronze Porthole Converted to Side Table. Industrial Marine
Located in Nantucket, MA
A bronze ship's porthole converted to a side table by Deborah Lockhart Phillips. It has been designed to come apart leaving the porthole free of the legs and base. The rivets have be...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Bronze
A Royal Air Force P10 Aircraft Compass No. 23145 T M
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Royal Air Force P10 Aircraft Compass No. 23145 T M
The compass has a brass body finished in black, it comes in its battleship grey painted wooden ...
Category
1930s Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1900s French Metal Anvil
Located in High Point, NC
A metal anvil created in 1900s France. Weighty, battered, and time-worn, this solid chunk of history and craftsmanship radiates a palpable sense of a sim...
Category
20th Century French Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
1890s Chilion Men’s Wooden Frame Bicycle by M.D. Stebbins Mfg. Co.
Located in Peekskill, NY
If you are a seasoned antique bicycle collector than you already know how rare a find this Chilion really is. All wooden wheel and frame antique bicycles are among the rarest. There ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Industrial Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Iron Pharmaceutical Corker
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An interesting part of 19th century history is brought back to life with this rare French cast iron pharmaceutical bottle corker circa 1870. We are reminded of the craft and tools us...
Category
19th Century French Industrial Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
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.
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