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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Style: Neoclassical
Style: Rococo
Antique 19th Century Miniature French Edition Globe by C. Abel-Klinger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique French Edition miniature globe.
By C. Abel-Klinger.
On a turned wooden stand with an uncalibrated brass half meridian.
The globe is marked with an integral l...
Category
19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Benjamin Franklin, by A. Carrier-Belleuse
Located in New York, NY
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (France, 1824-1887)
A rare seated bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin holding his walking stick and hat, with a book in his ri...
Category
19th Century French American Classical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Round Commemorative Plate of President Nixon 37th President
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A circular cream round commemorative plate of President Nixon. Reads Richard M. Nixon 37th President. Gold detail around the edges, with the image of P...
Category
20th Century North American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Virgin with Child, Devotional Medal or Pendant. Spain, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Medal. Spain, 18th century.
Devotional medal made of gilded metal that shows an image of the Virgin Mary, placed on a pedestal and surrounded by a r...
Category
18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Swiss Gold and Enamel Musical Vinaigrette
Located in New Orleans, LA
A musical movement distinguishes this wonderful early 19th-century gold vinaigrette box. The vessel is covered in delicate engraving highlighted by bl...
Category
19th Century Swiss Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Reliquary Cross Pendant, Silver, Glass, 17th-18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional pendant made in silver with a Latin cross shape, decorated on the outside with simple scrolls, spikes, pearls and other elements of classicist inspiration, as well as a ri...
Category
18th Century European Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
19th C American Marbleized Slate Chess Board
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th C American marbleized slate chess board, resembling fine marble inlay., in the neoclassical style.
With a two inch geometric border, and a ten inch...
Category
Mid-19th Century North American Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Slate
Antique Articulating Teddy Bear Driving Wagon Platform Pull Toy Americana
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique wheeled platform articulating pull toy featuring a teddy bear stuffed animal seated in a red white and blue wagon with arms that move up and down a...
Category
Early 20th Century American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mohair, Hardwood
French 19th Century Rococo Style Miniature Painted Cabinet with Arching Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Rococo style miniature painted cabinet from the 19th century, with arching top, open shelves and two doors. Created in France during the 19th century, this miniature cabinet will make for a great decorative addition to any child's room! Featuring an arching cornice sitting above open shelves, the cabinet showcases two petite doors in its lower section. Painted in blue accented with gilt highlights, this miniature 19th century French Rococo style cabinet...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Silver Mass Cruet Set, Estrada, Zaragoza, Spain, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of cruets with tray. Silver. Estrada, Saragossa, 18th century.
With contrast markings.
Set made of silver in its color composed of two cruets with a circular foot, an oval body narrowing towards the top, a stepped lid towards the center (topped by a circle with a V for the wine container...
Category
18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Fine American 18th Century Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fine American 18th century portrait miniature of a gentleman, of a distinguished gentleman in a blue coat, with white silk scarf, measures 2" wide x 2.5" high. Framed in a later (19th Century) elaborate carved giltwood oval frame...
Category
18th Century American American Classical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Giltwood
Montereau Creil French Creamware Faïence d’Aix en Provence Architecture Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French Neoclassical faïence transfer printed creamware plate produced by Montereau, Creil, circa 1824-1836.
A black transfer of an architectural im...
Category
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Creamware
Rococo Style Heavy White Metal Call Bell
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a bronze color heavy white metal call bell with a stand and a small bell stick. The bell is adorned with some repousse bay leaves branches. It hangs fro...
Category
20th Century Unknown Rococo Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Finest Quality Reuge Swiss 3.72 Note Grand Piano Inlaid Music Box Plays 3 Songs
Located in Tustin, CA
Astounding, finest quality, hand-made estate 3.72 note "Reuge" music and jewelry box grand piano with gorgeous instrumental motif marquetry on burl walnut wood case. The music box plays 3 songs. Flawless sound featuring a 72 note Swiss movement. The wood piano case is handmade in Italy by the world's best master artisans in marquetry.
One cylinder; 3 melodies playing one after another. It plays for a very long time when fully wound.
Reuge 72...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Burl
Large and Rare Patinated Bronze Bust of George Washington, by F. Barbedienne
Located in New York, NY
A Large and Rare Patinated Bronze Bust of George Washington, after Houdon by F. Barbedienne Foundry, circa 1870.
Very nice quality green patinated bronze bust of President...
Category
19th Century French American Classical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Boy With Thorn "Spinaro" Sculpture Alabaster 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Pretty alabaster sculpture of a young man removing a thorn from his foot.
Theme taken up many times in the sculpture, the oldest known example of the boy with thorn...
Category
19th Century Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Alabaster
19th Century Mahogany Tilt-Top Tripod Table, Mini, Salesman or Example Sample
Located in New York, NY
An early 19th century mahogany tilt-top tripod table
Mini, salesman or example sample.
With tilt-top, tripod base.
Category
Early 19th Century American American Classical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Ten Piece Set of 20th Century Rococo Style Continental 800 Silver Doll Furniture
Located in Middleburg, VA
Ten Piece Set of 20th Century Rococo Style Silver Doll Furniture
Grouping of continental 800 silver doll furniture, each miniature exquisitely rendered ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Rococo Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Montereau French Creamware Faïence Le Palais Royal Architecture Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French Neoclassical faïence transfer printed creamware plate produced by Montereau, Creil, circa 1824-1836.
A black transfer of an architectural image on a creamware body, depicting Le Palais Royal...
Category
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Creamware
Late 19th to Early 20th Century Sedan Chair Miniature Table Top Display Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th to early 20th century sedan chair miniature table top display cabinet
Charming custom made and hand painted miniature table top ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Rococo Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1884 Chromolithograph 'Run for the Stakes' Children's Horses Game Board, Framed
By McLoughlin Brothers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An original lithographed childrens’ game board, titled ‘Go On or the Run for the Stakes,’ by The McLoughlin Brothers., NY, NY, copyright Jan. 1884....
Category
Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Late 18th Century German Silver Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A late 18th century German silver Hanukkah lamp. This magnificent Hanukkah lamp has a shaped rococo cartouche backplate, chased with a swag of flowers and arched edges. The rectangle box...
Category
Late 18th Century German Rococo Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Mid-19th Century British Yacht Half Hull Model "Vivid"
Located in Bridgeport, CT
2.44 yacht half hull model of a racing sloop. An 1840s-1850s "Plank on Edge" cutter half block hull with applied stem, keel and rudder. The deck with stubbed bowsprit, stub mast, and...
Category
19th Century American Classical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Pair of Porcelain Apothecary Jars
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a pair of wide cylindrical white porcelain apothecary lidded jars. They are hand painted and decorated with some laurel’s branches in the front. The lids are shaped as doctoral ...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Expanding Spyglass Brass & Leather
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mid-century spyglass brass & leather (similar to a telescope) expands from 7 1/8 to 17 1/4" - from a Palm Beach estate.
How you focus a spyglass - Pull out all sections all the way ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Important Teddy Roosevelt Letter of June, 1911
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a very important Teddy Roosevelt Letter of June 1911 .
On ‘The Outlook’ letterhead. Typed and personally signed and amended by President Theodore Roosevelt.
Dated June 20th 1911.
What makes this letter so important is the author, the office and the content.
It refers to the beliefs and opinions of the then President and First Lady (Edith) towards the women’s sufferage and empowerment movement that was the ‘hot topic’ of the time.
It is addressed to Eliza Calvert Hall/Obenchain who was a well known author at the end of the 19th Century and Early 20th Century. In 1905, Teddy referred to her book “Aunt Jane of Kentucky’ in a speech and recommended that every man in America should read it to understand ‘the plight of their womenfolk’. He regularly corresponded with her and we have a number of those letters in our collection. It appears that both he and Edith became big fans of Mrs Hall/Obenchain who was also heavily involved in the Suffragist movement.
The letters also provide a fascinating and historic record of Roosevelt’s personal beliefs and feelings on female empowerment.
The Letter Reads:
The Outlook
287 Fourth Avenue
New York
Office of Theodore Roosevelt
June 20th, 1911
“My dear Miss Hall:
I am touched by your sending me “To Love and To Cherish”. But then, I am one of those included in the dedication, for I well know and dearly love ” Aunt Jane of Kentucky”. Mrs. Roosevelt and I do not feel that the hero ought to have yielded to his wife’s feelings ! Ultimately it was doing an injustice to her and to his children, as well as to the State. It is a good thing to have a Governor’s wife a woman who can be as gracious a hostess, and of as fine a type, as Dolly Madison...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
American Car Design Now: Inside the Studios of America's Top Car Designers
Located in North Hollywood, CA
American Car Design Now: Inside the Studios of America's Top Car Designers
by C. Edson Armi.
This title provides in-depth examinations of the creative process behind more than 30 c...
Category
20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Creil Ét Montereau French Creamware École Militaire À Paris Architecture Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French faïence neoclassical transfer printed plate from Creil ét Montereau, circa 1820-1830.
A black transfer of an architectural image on a creamware body, depicting the École ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Creamware
Sketches of North Carolina by Rev WH Foote
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a rare book, namely, Sketches of North Carolina by Rev WH Foote.
Titled: “Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, Illustrative of the principles of a p...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Important Teddy Roosevelt Letter of January 1918
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a very important Teddy Roosevelt letter of January 1918.
On ‘Sagamore Hill’ letterhead. Fully handwritten and personally signed by President...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Creil Neoclassical French Creamware Palais des Beaux Arts Architecture Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French neoclassical faïence transfer printed creamware plate, Creil, circa 1824-1836.
A black transfer of an architectural image on a creamware bod...
Category
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Creamware
Set of Two 18th Century Italian Silk Frames with Embroidery and Saints Figures
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of antique embroidered frames, rectangular shape, in ivory colored silk satin with embroidery in cotton and gold lamé of floral elements and love knots. These are devotional monastic Italian...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paste, Silk
Mid-Century Royal Trust Company Framed Wall Plaque with Indigenous Chief
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This wall plaque is unsigned with respect to the maker, but it is presumed to have been made in Canada in approximately 1950 in a traditional style. The plaque is composed of a very ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Spelter
Rare American Gold Intaglio Seal of George Washington, Early 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
A rare American gold mounted intaglio seal of a bust-length portrait of the first President in uniform enclosed by the inscription "George Washington", early 19th century.
In a fitted green leather box retailed by: D.S. Lavender Antiques Ltd., Bond Street, London, England;
Provenance:
D.S. Lavender Antiques Ltd., Bond Street, London, England
Anita and Irvin Schorsch Collection
Exhibited:
Museum of Mourning Art...
Category
19th Century American American Classical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Douglas Kirkland's Light Years Three Decades Photographing Among the Stars
Located in North Hollywood, CA
For thirty years Douglas Kirkland's camera has negotiated our relationship with the stars. Light Years is his photographic autobiography --a brilliant cons...
Category
20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Early 19th Century Italian Majolica Holy Water Font
Located in Milan, IT
Small and lovely Italian Holy Water font from Italy, a shaped polychrome ceramic artwork dating back to Neoclassical period, early 19th century.
This rare religious work is finely ...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Maiolica, Majolica
Important Teddy Roosevelt Letter from White House June 1907
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting A Very Important Teddy Roosevelt Letter from White House June 1907.
On ‘The White House’ letterhead. Typed and personally signed and amended by President Theodore Roosevelt.
With it’s original White House envelope, stamp and postage marks.
Dated June 14th 1907.
What makes this letter so important is the author, the office and the content.
It refers to the beliefs and opinions of the then President and First Lady (Edith) towards the women’s sufferage and empowerment movement that was the ‘hot topic’ of the time.
It is addressed to Eliza Calvert Obenchain who was a well known author at the end of the 19th Century and Early 20th Century. In 1905, Teddy referred to her book “Aunt Jane of Kentucky’ in a speech and recommended that every man in America should read it to understand ‘the plight of their womenfolk’. He regularly corresponded with her and we have a number of those letters in our collection. It appears that both he and Edith became big fans of Mrs Obenchain who was also heavily involved in the Suffragist movement.
The letters also provide a fascinating and historic record of Roosevelt’s personal beliefs and feelings on female empowerment.
The Letter Reads:
The White House
Washington
Oyster Bay, N.Y.,
June 14, 1907
Personal
“Dear Mrs. Obenchain:
I gladly accept the autographed copy of “Aunt Jane” which you have been so kind to send me. But Aunt Jane is so good and so wise that she must not (amount “race (illegible)) fall into the terrible mistake of the self-indulgent, selfish, shortsighted women, cold in heart and in temper, who shirk the duties of mother-hood and then try to cover up to themselves and to others their cowardice or self-indulgence by making believe they are actuated by wise or lofty motives. *
With great regard, believe me,
Sincerely yours,
Theodore Roosevelt
*And she must not give aid and comfort to unsexed or sexless creatures by a jest which they may take for earnest !
Mrs. Eliza Calvert Obenchain,
Bowling Green, Kentucky.“
The envelope is From: The White House.
Addressed to: Mrs. Eliza Calvert Obenchain, Bowling Green, Kentucky and marked ‘Personal’.
It is stamped on the front as posted from Oyster Bay, New York Post Office on June 16 1907.
It has a red 2 Cent...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Stone, Coquerel et Le Gros French Creamware Neoclassical Architecture Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French Neoclassical faïence transfer printed creamware plate from Stone, Coquerel et Le Gros, circa 1820-1830.
A black transfer of an architectural image on a creamware body, de...
Category
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Creamware
PH Choisy French Creamware Vue de Fontainbleu à Paris Architecture Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French Neoclassical faïence transfer printed creamware plate produced by P&H Choisy, circa 1824-1836.
A black transfer of an architectural image on a creamware body, depicting t...
Category
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Creamware
Annuaire connaissance des arts 1968 des ventes publiques en France Hardcover
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Annuaire connaissance des arts 1968 des ventes publiques en France Hardcover – January 1, 1968
French Edition by Francis Spar (Author)
Publisher ? : ? Hach...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1930s Cast Iron Checkered Potted Geranium Floral Bouquet Painted Doorstop
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vintage cast iron doorstop showing a geranium plant set inside a woven checkered flower pot on an iron plinth. Retaining the original painted finish. Beautiful patina.
Circa 1930 ...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Red & Black FDR's Fala Scotty Dog American Glass Ice Bowl, circa 1930-1940
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A charming pre midcentury ice bucket or ice bowl, American clear glass, circa late 1930s-early 1940s. The Scotty dog glass collectible craze began when President Franklin D. Roosevel...
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Silver Mesh Bag, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Silver mesh bag in its color decorated with triangular elements on the bottom that has a smooth closure by hinges and a chain of alternating long and short li...
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Early 19th Century Italian Hand-Carved and Polychromed Wood Crucifix "Cadore"
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 19th century Italian hand-carved and polychromed wood crucifix sculptural school "Cadore"
Measure cm: H 70, W 37, D 8
About:
The...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Walnut
The Life of Francis Marion by Simms, 1855
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a very rare eleventh edition hardback illustrated copy of The Life of Francis Marion W. Gilmore Simms. J.C. Derby 119 Nassau Street, New York...
Category
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Framed 1839 Hand Colored Map of the United States
Located in Stamford, CT
Framed hand colored map of the United States of America from 1839. Newly framed in a giltwood frame.
Category
1830s American American Classical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood, Paper, Glass
Red and Black FDR's Fala Scotty Dog American Glass Pitcher, circa 1930-1940
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A charming Pre midcentury pitcher, American clear glass, circa late 1930s-early 1940s. The Scotty dog glass collectible craze began when President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Scottish Te...
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
The World of Armand Hammer by John Bryson, Hardcover Coffee Table Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The World of Armand Hammer by John Bryson -
Large hardcover coffee table book.
A photographic journal follows the eighty-seven year old oil executive as he chairs a panel devoted t...
Category
Late 20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
President Dwight D. Eisenhower Commemorative Ceramic Plate
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A round ceramic commemorative plate of President Dwight Eisenhower. The plate is circular, with gold detail around the edges, and a portrait of Presi...
Category
20th Century North American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Silver Incense Boat (Naviculae). with Hallmarks. Spain, 18th Century
By Juan Antonio Sanz de Velasco
Located in Madrid, ES
Silver incense boat (naviculae). SANZ DE VELASCO, Juan Antonio (1720-1778). Valladolid, Spain, 18th century. With hallmarks.
The hallmarks on the base place the realization of the piece in Valladolid (note that it is the one which some experts place in time until the appointment as a "fiel contraste" of Antonio González...
Category
18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Large Custom Framed 1857 U.S. Coast Survey of the Chesapeake Bay
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An antique 1850's nautical map with hand-painted color accents entitled “Chesapeake Bay; Sheet no. 2: Head of the Bay to the Mouth of the Potomac River”....
Category
1850s American American Classical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sculptural 18th Century Chalice with Calcite Crystals in Sphalerite on Lucite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian wood chalice decorated with calcite crystals in sphalerite on a Lucite base. The hand carved and painted chalice is from a...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rock Crystal
Fine Romance Hollywood Broadway: the Magic, the Mayhem, Hardcover Table Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A Fine Romance Hollywood Broadway: The Magic, The Mayhem, The Musicians
By Denkert, Darcie.
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2005. 360 pages.
Darcie covers the love/hate rel...
Category
20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
PH Choisy French Creamware Neoclassical Temple à Paris Architecture Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French Neoclassical faïence transfer printed creamware plate produced by P&H Choisy, circa 1824-1836.
A black transfer of an architectural image on a creamware body, depicting the Temple de Gloire...
Category
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Creamware
Early 20th Century, Miniature Rococo Style Dutch Chest of Drawers Oak and Beech
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and hand crafted in 1900-1920.
This beautiful miniature looks much nicer both in shape and in color when it is not in a picture. Somehow the lens makes it look less wide from t...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Rococo Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Nautical Sailboat or Yacht Model in Blue and White with Painted Wood Body, 1930s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Beautiful model sailboat or yacht created from wood, brass, and canvas. The body is painted in a deep blue at the bottom with white edges. A brass propeller sits underneath. All on a...
Category
20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Bronze Aspergillum, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Hyssop. Bronze, 18th century.
Swab made of bronze, forming the usual circular part, followed by a shaft decorated with moldings, which separate a tubular part from another with a b...
Category
18th Century European Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
1830 Mexico and United States Framed Map
Located in Stamford, CT
Map of North America published circa 1830. Map shows United States into Canada. Mexico extending into the upper California territory. Texas appears in name but prior to the period of...
Category
1830s American American Classical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, 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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