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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1940s
Antique Golf Club Walking Stick, Sunday Club.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Sunday Club, Golf Club Walking Stick.
A desirable walking cane with the handle in the shape of a left-handed longnose styled golf club head. The gentleman's walking stick has a persimmon socket head handle with a pegged horn insert and a lead weight to the rear. The crown of the club head stamped with the 'plume of feathers' and a 'Lion' cleek mark. It is with hickory shaft with black and white hosel bands and a brass ferrule at the end.
The ban on golfing on the Sabbath, Sunday, had the effect of the club makers producing walking sticks for canny golfers. They fashioned the canes with a golf club head as a handle and they became known as 'Sunday Clubs' or 'Sabbath sticks'. It is said that on the Sabbath a Sunday Club owner, when nobody was looking, could still enjoy a crafty putt or swing.
Dimensions:
Height
96 cm / 38"
Width
10 cm / 4"
Depth
4 cm / 1 3⁄4"
Period
1900-1949
Year
Circa 1930's
Medium
persimmon & hickory
Country
United Kingdom
Condition
Possibly a later replaced shaft. Good usable walking stick...
Category
1930s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hickory
Vintage Art Deco Silver Cigarette Case by Elgin MFG. CO., 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Art Deco Silver Cigarette Case by Elgin MFG. CO.
Sterling silver.
Very good condition.
Category
1930s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Art Déco Silver Cigarette Box, 1930s
By HCF
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage sterling silver HCF Cigarette Case.
Good condition.
Category
1930s European Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Vintage Bauhaus Cigarette Case, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage German Bauhaus cigarette case.
Very good condition.
Category
1940s German Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Art Deco Silver and Gold Cigarette Case by Wise & Son, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Wise & Son sterling silver Cigarette Case with 14k gold inlays.
Very good condition.
Category
1930s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Art Deco Elgin American MFG. CO. Silver Cigarette Case, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Art Deco Silver Cigarette Case by Elgin MFG. CO.
Sterling silver.
Very good condition.
Category
1930s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Art Deco Bliss Silver and Gold Cigarette Case, 1930s
By Bliss
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Bliss sterling silver Cigarette Case with 14k gold inlays.
Very good condition.
Category
1930s European Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Antique Salter Family Scales No 50 a Well Loved and Used Family Scales
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Antique Salter Family Scales No 50
A well loved and used Family Scales, made by Salter, the cast iron body is in Dark green with Gold highlights, it has...
Category
1940s Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Original Vintage Scale from the 20th Century 'Designed by Berkel'
By Berkel 2
Located in Udenhout, NL
Original personal scale from 1946 designed by Berkel in Belgium.
(Made in Brussels.)
Very nice Industrial decorative object.
Category
1940s Belgian Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Art Deco Ashtray Stand, chrome and Bakelite by Demeyere, Belgium, 1930s
By Demeyere
Located in Bingen am Rhein, RP
Art Deco ashtray stand
This beautiful and rare Art Deco Ashtray Stand from the 30s/40s is in the streamline modern art deco style. The designer of this extraordinary object has succ...
Category
1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Iron
Rare Mexican Modern Silver Jewelry Suite Caviar Model William Spratling
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare four-piece suite of Mexican Modern silver jewelry suite circa 1940s from Taxco, Mexico and crafted by William Spratling (1900-1967), an American designer and entrepreneur who ...
Category
1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Mobo Toys Steel Riding Hobby Horse
By Mobo Toys
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage, 1940s, painted, pressed steel hobby horse manufactured by Mobo Toys, England with casters on feet and excellent patina.
Category
1940s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Painting and Decorating Craftsman's Manual and Textbook, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Painting and Decorating Craftsman's Manual and Textbook. 1st Ed hardcover. Published by Theo Audel & Co Publishers, 1949. With original fold out paint chart. A valuable resource for ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Wrist Watch's / HAMILTON, GRUEN, BENRUS, original dials , serviced
By Benrus
Located in Buffalo, NY
Art Deco Wrist Watch's including HAMILTON, GRUEN, BENRUS, Selling separately, PRICED PER WATCH. All three watch's have been cleaned and serviced,, running and keeping perfect time.Wonderful original condition.
c. 1945 Collectible and Original 14k Rose Gold filled Mid-Century Gruen Curvex Sovereign Watch...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Plate
1936s Italian Savoia Marchetti SM 85 Walnut Lamellar Propeller Antique Aviation
Located in Milan, IT
The first and only example of a walnut lamellar propeller of the Savoia Marchetti SM 85 prototype flown for the first time on 19 December 1936 by Adriano Bacula, the company's test pilot.
During the tests some modifications were made, including the change of the propeller from wooden two-blade to metal three-blade.
On the prop it reads:
SAVOIA MARCHETTI 85 B.G.
PIAGGIO VII
DIAM: 2:70
PASS 170 – 2.84
DIS 0599
MN 029252
The S.M. 85 was developed by the Italian company Savoia Marchetti in the 1930s as a dive bomber based on a project by Eng. Alessandro Marchetti for the Regia Aeronautica...
Category
1930s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Rare WWII Vulcano "Démarreur" Machined Aluminum Lighter, Made in Eritrea Africa
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The Vulcano Aluminum "Démarreur" Lighter Made in Eritrea Africa is a rare collectible from Wartime WWII production. It is crafted from machined aluminum with tortoiseshell cataline c...
Category
1940s Eritrean Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Yacht Model of the Schooner Yacht Wanderer
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique ship model of the American schooner yacht Wanderer. The masts are rigged with deadeyes, pulleys, and standing and running rigging. The varnished deck carries two built up cab...
Category
1930s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Rare 1930s Art Deco Evans Chrome & Enamel Cigarette Case and Matching Ligher Set
By Evans Case Company
Located in Red Lion, PA
Rare 1930s Art Deco Evans Chrome & Enamel Cigarette Case and Matching Trig-A-Lite Lighter Set – Streamline Engine-Turned Design
This rare and exceptional 1930s Art Deco Evans cigare...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
A rare collection of twelve mid 20th Century WW2 hand carved combat figures
Located in London, GB
A rare collection of twelve mid 20th Century WW2 hand carved combat figures
This rare collection would have been used in military combat plans, to position soldiers in the field of ...
Category
1930s British Late Victorian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique Ship Model of the Bark Thalia
Located in Norwell, MA
Sailor's model of the sailing bark Thalia. The scribed and varnished deck carries cabins, hatches, wheel box with wheel, lifeboats, skylights, etc. Fully rigged with standing and run...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
This I Remember, Signed and Inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt, First Edition, 1949
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Roosevelt, Eleanor. This I Remember. New York: Harper & Brothers , 1949. Stated First Edition. Inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the first free endpaper, in black ink. In the origin...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Hand Carved Wood and Leather Chess Set
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Intricately hand-carved wooden chess with leather game board. King piece measures 4.25" high.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Wood
Art Deco / Modernist 1940s Aluminum "Amperite" RBLG Ribbon MICROPHONE
By Universal Microphone Co. Ltd
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare 1940s Aluminum Amperite RBLG ribbon MICROPHONE,, tested and working,, missing on/off toggle switch,Super unusual design, Art Deco, Machine Age,, Modernist,,
The Amperite RBL...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Pair Of Vintage Decorative Prayer Figures, Bronze Thai Deity, Bookends, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage decorative prayer figures. An Oriental, gilt bronze cast iron statue of two kneeling Thai deities, dating to the late Art Deco period, circa 1940.
Appealin...
Category
1940s Thai Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Ronson USA 1934 Art Deco Black Lacquered Rondette Desk Lighter in Stainless Stee
Located in Miami, FL
A stainless steel lighter designed by Ronson.
Very beautiful desk Rondette lighter, created in New Jersey United States by The Ronson Co. during the art deco period, back in the 1934. This is a very unusual lighter designed with wonderful geometric patterns and crafted in solid steel with a central round body set upon two smaller cylindrical feet. Embellished with black lacquer, creating a great contrast with the base polished steel. Extremely well made and solid construction with very nice care and attention to all details. This surely is a very decorative piece and a great conversation item in gorgeous and exceptional preserved condition.
Weight: 104.9 Grams, (67.24 Dwt).
Measurements: 66 mm by 21 mm by 82 mm (2.59 x 0.83 x 3.23 Inches).
Marks: Stamped with the maker's mark and signed, "RONSON US PAT.RE.NO.19023 RONSON RONDETTE ART METAL WKS INC NEWARK NJ US PAT.RE.NO.19023".
The Ronson lighter company started as The Art Metal Works in 1897 and was incorporated on July 20, 1898, by Max Hecht, Louis Vincent Aronson and Leopold Herzig, in Newark, New Jersey. Louis V. Aronson was a huge creative driving force for the company; and, with a few business adjustments, including the addition of Alexander...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Original Mexican Retablo "Exvotos" Oil on Tin
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this original Mexican ex voto of San Lazaro saint. Guanajuato México 1958.
Damos gracias a San Lazaro por el alivio de mis piernas.
Esperanza Rodriguez y Jesus Amezquita.
...
Category
1940s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Camel sculpture attributed to Liberty London
Located in Lugo, IT
Leather camel attributed to the Liberty atelier in London
Good condition.
Thank you
Category
1940s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin
Teak and Brass Ships Binnacle by Kelvin White of New York
Located in Norwell, MA
Five brasses have been meticulously polished and lacquered. Warm Lighting has been installed inside. A lantern housing is fitted to the hood. Brass bolts a...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1930s Moorman Farm Feeds Cast Iron Anatomical Pig Salesman Sample Figure
Located in Lancaster, PA
This rare cast iron pig was produced by the Moorman Manufacturing Company of Quincy, Illinois, as a traveling salesman’s sample in the 1930s. Designed to open on a central hinge, the...
Category
1930s American Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Ashtray Stand, brass and Bakelite by Demeyere, Belgium, 1930s
By Demeyere
Located in Bingen am Rhein, RP
Art Deco ashtray stand
This beautiful and rare Art Deco Ashtray Stand from the 30s/40s is in the streamline modern art deco style. The designer of this extraordinary object has succ...
Category
1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Iron, Brass
WMF Necklace with Myra Glass Beads – Art Deco c1930
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : WMF necklace with Myra glass beads
Date : c1930
Period : Interwar
Origin : Geislingen-an-der-Steige. Germany
Decoration : Iridescent myra glass beads with orignal metal spa...
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Picasso by Gertrude Stein
Located in valatie, NY
Picasso by Gertrude Stein. B.T. Batsford, LTD, London, 1948. 3rd Ed hardcover no dust jacket. With 64 illustrations in color and B&W. The famous writer ...
Category
1940s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1940s Large Medical School Anatomical Heart Model
Located in Montclair, NY
A circa 1940s to mid 1950s large anatomical model of the human heart used to teach anatomy in medical school. Hand painted in multi color mat enamel with all the chambers and parts o...
Category
1940s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Rubber
Art Deco Ashtray Stand, chrome and Bakelite by Demeyere, Belgium, 1930s
By Demeyere
Located in Bingen am Rhein, RP
Art Deco ashtray stand
This beautiful and rare Art Deco Ashtray Stand from the 30s/40s is in the streamline modern art deco style. The designer of this extraordinary object has succ...
Category
1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Iron, Chrome
Set Of 10 Mid-Century Aluminum And Brass Pots, Baking Pan And Sieve 1940s
Located in Palermo, IT
Set of 10 Mid-Century Aluminum and Brass Saucepans, Baking Pan and Sieve 1940s
The large pots have a diameter of 27 cm.
Good condition, signs of aging.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
18K White Gold Diamond and Emerald Estate Necklace
Located in Lambertville, NJ
18 karat white gold with natural Columbian emerald and Diamond pendant. 2.12 karat emerald with 4.92 karats of diamonds.
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold
Paris 1937 -- Exposition Internationale
By Eugene Beaudoin and Marcel Lods
Located in London, GB
Original French poster for the Exposition International in Paris, 1937.
This award-winning Art Deco design was created by Eugene Beaudoin (1898-1983) and Marcel Lods...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Ulm Minster Church Souvenir Building Vintage, Germany, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A 1930s souvenir building architectural model. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal. A beautiful nice desktop item or jus...
Category
1930s German Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Japanese Wood Soroban Abacus, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A hand-made wooden Soroban or Abacus, Japan, circa 1945-1952.
A student abacus, made of wood, with wooden beads on metal spokes.
Hand painted Japanese numbers.
An abacus is a calc...
Category
1940s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Ronson 1936 Pik a Cig Magic Monkey Striker Touch Lighter & Cigarette Dispenser
Located in Miami, FL
Art deco magic monkey mechanical dispenser box designed by Ronson.
An extremely rare and very decorative mechanical desk box, created in the city of Newark, New Jersey United States by The Ronson Metal Works Co. during the art deco period, back in the 1936. This is the mechanical Pik-a-Cig Monkey box...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Steel
Antique Vintage Kodak Glass Beaker
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage 1940s glass Kodak developer beaker. This amazing piece is minimal and cool, and features a large 32 ounce capacity for holding and measuring liquids. Used primarily in dark rooms for photo developer solution, this beaker would be a great gift for that avid photographer, or use as a very unique flower vase...
Category
1940s American Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Floor Standing Telescope by Piet G. Meesters
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This beautiful floor standing telescope, 60mm f/15 NEDOPTIFA, dates from the 1930s and was made by Piet G. Meesters.
One of the most famous Dutch amateur astronomers of the last cent...
Category
1930s Dutch Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Iron
RONSON 1936 Maltese Art Deco Machine Age Desk Black Clock And Touch-Tip Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
A Maltese clock & touch tip lighter designed by Ronson.
This is an extremely rare Ronson Maltese clock Touch-Tip lighter. This is a very iconic piece made in 1936 at Newark, New Jersey in the United States by the Ronson Art Metal Works Inc. This touch tip lighter began a very successful era for Ronson Touch Tip series of lighters which pushed out the strike lighters from the market. This fabulous Art Deco / Machine Age design, was crafted with streamline patterns. Solid construction in polished chromium plate and parts of the metal body are treated with black lacquer and the lighter base is padded with green felt. This surely is a very decorative piece and a great conversation item in gorgeous and exceptional preserved and almost mint condition. This version with the large dial are more rarer and more prized and desirable for collectors than the small dial version. It is illustrated at the Cummings book as very rare. This piece was used in 1941, in the Hollywood movie titled The Maltese Falcon, there the nick name for this specific model.
Weight: 897.45 Grams, (1.87 Pounds).
Measurements: 108 mm by 64 mm by 103 mm (4.25 x 2.52 x 4.06 Inches).
Marks: Stamped with the maker's mark and signed, "RONSON TOUCH TIP US PATS. 1,986,754-DES PAT. 97,247 BRITISH PAT. APPLY FOR CANADA PAT. 349,148 NEWARK NJ-USA-ART METAL WORKS INC". With all supportive Ronson stickers and labels at the bottom.
The Ronson lighter company
The company started as The Art Metal Works in 1897 and was incorporated on July 20, 1898, by Max Hecht, Louis Vincent Aronson and Leopold Herzig, in Newark, New Jersey. Louis V. Aronson was a huge creative driving force for the company; and, with a few business adjustments, including the addition of Alexander Harris (1910–11) as Business Manager, the company soon became World Famous. In the 1910s The Art Metal Works were producing very good quality Hood Ornaments and gained a reputation as a dependable supplier of same. All accounts state that Louis Aronson was a gifted man, who at 16 years old set up a money-making shop in his parent's home - before receiving a U.S. patent for a commercially valuable metal-plating process he developed when he was 24 years old, and he sold half the rights while retaining the Right to Use. "His experiments, which he has been conducting since his early youth, resulted in 1893 in the discovery of a process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended upon improving the process... and has been of great practical value to the whole industry. Retaining its rights, he sold half the patent rights, and later used part of the proceeds to open the Art Metal Works in Newark, N.J. Soon the company was producing a variety of high-quality Lamps, Book ends, Art Statues and other decorative items, prized today for their detail in the collector marketplace.
Literature: Urban K. Cummings, Ronson, the World's Greatest Lighter : Wick Lighters...
Category
1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Rare Set of Twelve Mushroom Clip-On Christmas Ornaments Vintage, German, 1940s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A rare Christmas ornament set of twelve mushrooms. Each is made from thin mouth blown glass. This would be a great antique addition for your Christmas or feather tree. Found at an Es...
Category
1940s German Folk Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wire
Jesus Statue at Sacré-cœur Basilica Souvenir Building Paperweight Desktop Statue
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A decorative Sacré-Coeur souvenir building sculpture. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal and a marble base. This item was bought as a souvenir in Paris,...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Metal
Elegant Radiator Emblem, Aero-Club de Cannes, France from the 1930-40s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Very elegant Radiator Emblem, Aero-Club de Cannes, France from the 1930-40s. Made in chrome with gilt details. Number 111 in the Aero-Club de Cannes.
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
1940s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Berlin Kindl Beer Advertising Pocket Cigar Cutter Antique, German, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A Berlin Kindl (Child) Beer advertising cigar cutter. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of lithographed sheet metal and a shaving blade. This item was a giveawa...
Category
1930s German Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1930's Jacques Adnet Style Barometer by Dirk Muller
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leather and brass barometer by Dirk Muller, 1930's. In good, working, original condition with visible wear consistent with its age and use.
Category
1930s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Smiths Astral 'Great Britain' Shipboard Clock, circa 1930s
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Early 20th century Smiths Astral [Great Britain] shipboard brass clock, circa 1930. A brass case with inset beveled glass panel that reveals a silvertone...
Category
1930s English Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Large Vintage Scientific Botanical Plant 3d Educational Leaf Cross-Section Model
Located in Lafayette, IN
1940's leaf cross-section model by Denoyer-Geppert of Chicago, Illinois. Model stands 19" tall and features Hand-painted details with excellent original...
Category
1940s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rubber
Art Deco Rolled Gold Plate 17 Jewel Dress Watch by Elgin w/ Leather Band
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original Art Deco era gold-filled watch exudes timeless sophistication and enduring quality with a warm rolled gold casing showcasing a modern form with delicate detailing, reflectin...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Boxed Boat Compass by Wilcox Crittendon
Located in Norwell, MA
This classic marine instrument was made by Wilcox Crittendon of Middletown Connecticut. Solid brass marine compass fitted to a varnished wood box.
...
Category
1930s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Ship Model of an Armed Brig
Located in Norwell, MA
Nice antique ship model of an American brig. Deck details include cannons on carriages, capstan, anchors, longboat, gratings, etc. The model is rig...
Category
1930s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Early Handmade Wood Model of the RMS Queen Mary
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
An early (probably late 1930s) model of the RMS Queen Mary all hand carved and painted down to the smallest detail. The condition is quite good with...
Category
1930s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Dorothy M.T. Colles Anthology Manuscript in Painted Binding
Located in Middletown, NY
This elegantly decorated Florentine album belonged to the young Dorothy Colles, who received it as a present in 1931 when she was 14 years of age. On the cover Colles notes "This boo...
Category
1930s European Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
1930s Dunhill "Globetrotter" Crocodile Leather Wrapped Sports Lift Arm Lighter
By Dunhill
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Art Deco "Globetrotter" Sports Petrol Lighter by Dunhill. The lighter is wrapped in Crocodile Leather with rhodium-plated trim. The Art Deco design blends streamlined contours with g...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
French Art Bronze Brooch St Eloi by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare bronze brooch St Eloi by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin ((French, 1913–1997) circa 1946. Brilliantly designed in the shape of horseshoe with the saint spreading his arms ho...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
PH Grand Piano Vintage Model 'mid 1930's' by Poul Henningsen, Modern, Sculptural
Located in Copenhagen, DK
This PH Grand Piano, from around the mid 1930's is an excellent-conditioned vintage instrument. It was in 1930 that this instrument was first designed b...
Category
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
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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The Sparkling Legacy of Tiffany & Co. Explained, One Jewel at a Time
A gorgeous new book celebrates — and memorializes — the iconic jeweler’s rich heritage.
What Makes a Gem-Encrusted Chess Set Worth $4 Million?
The world’s most opulent chess set, weighing in at 513 carats, is literally fit for a king and queen.