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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Baroque
Bright Orange Glossy Cross, Abstract Christ Figure, Modernist Religious Art
Located in Chicago, IL
This ceramic crucifix is a sublime representation of mid-century European studio pottery, handcrafted with meticulous care by a skilled artisan. The cross is enveloped in a vibrant v...
Category
1950s European Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
17th-18th Century Italian Hand carved Wooden Reliquary Bust of a Saint
Located in Buisson, FR
Spectacular and very decorative piece. Large hand carved wooden reliquary bust of a saint. Beautiful weathered color and gilding. Small losses/Old repairs and without the relics. Ita...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Cigarette Case Black Baroque style hand engraving Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular cigarette case with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with Baroque style hand engraving and black fired enamel, Russian niello type. Measurement cm. 5.8 x 9 x 1...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
17th-18th Century Italian Hand carved Wooden Reliquary Bust of a Saint
Located in Buisson, FR
Spectacular and very decorative piece. Large carved wooden reliquary bust of a Saint. Beautiful weathered paint and gilding. Small losses / old repairs and without the relics. Italy ...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Ronson 1938 Art Deco Table Touch Tip Octette Lighter Machine Age Geometric
Located in Miami, FL
An Octette desk lighter designed by Ronson.
This Ronson Touch-Tip Octette table lighter was made between 1935 and 1951 by the Ronson Art Metal Works Inc. located in Newark, New Jers...
Category
1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Enamel
Art Deco Pin Brooch Dove in Sterling Silver
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A stylized pin brooch in the shape of a dove. A classic symbol of love and peace. It is executed in 925/1000 sterling silver. Unknown Scandinavian maker circa 1930. Inscribed 925 to ...
Category
1930s Scandinavian Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare 17th Century South American Colonial Shrine
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Rare 17th Century South American Colonial Shrine
Straight box with pediment cut into stylized volutes. Made of polished cedar, with wrought iron fittings, this oratory reflects the ...
Category
Late 17th Century Brazilian Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cedar
Wurlitzer Juke Box Model 700 Original and Restored Art Deco Circa 1940
By Wurlitzer
Located in Oakland, CA
Wurlitzer 700 was a design masterpiece by Paul Fuller, its smooth art deco lines have stood the test of time, and it is a beautiful creation. This model plays 78-style records and th...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
French 1930 Art Deco Parisian Moorish Kiosk Cigarette Dispenser Mechanical Box
Located in Miami, FL
Mechanical cigarette dispenser box.
An exceptional and very beautiful desk piece, created in France during the art deco period, back in the 19...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Bronze
18th Century Gold Processional Religious Church Cross
Located in Hastings, GB
Wonderfully ornate gilt gesso over carved wood processional cross, probably northern Italy late 18th century. The large floral wreath with carved gilt ribbons, a small cross to the c...
Category
1780s Italian Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
French 18th Century Baroque Wooden Madonna with Child
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered oak Madonna with child, France, circa 1750. Weathered.
Measurement includes the wooden base.
Category
18th Century French Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Kramer Retro 1940s -50's Amethyst /Rhinestone Art Deco Brooch
By Kramer of New York
Located in Buffalo, NY
Kramer Retro 1940s -50's Amethyst /Rhinestone Art Deco Brooch
Category
1950s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Amethyst, Crystal
Vintage 1946 Wurlitzer Model 1015 Bubbler Phonograph Original Rare
By Wurlitzer
Located in Oakland, CA
Vintage Original 1946 Wurlitzer Model 1015 Bubbler Collector Multi-Selector Phonograph. This Jukebox is in exceptional condition, fully restored, and with a full set of 78s. The sound is amazing, the amp was rebuilt, and the original 15″ speaker. Special electronics allow you to surpass mechanical coin operations to make as many selections as you like.
Contact us by message and I can send you a video with sound of it playing.
This posting is for the Wurlitzer JukeBox...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome, Nickel
1930s Floor Standing Airplane Fan
Located in Peekskill, NY
You may never see another early fan like this. Its a first for me. The plane sits on a sturdy Brass and cast iron articulating base. The top joint is a locking ball that will allow y...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
London After Midnight by Marie Coolidge Rask, Photoplay Edition, 1928
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a photoplay first edition of London After Midnight by Marie Coolidge Rask. This printing was published by Grosset & Dunlap, in New York, in 1928. The book has been beautifully rebound in striking ¼ green leather and cloth boards, with raised bands and gilt stamps and tiles to the spine, and a matching green archival slipcase. The book is illustrated with eight stills from the original silent film.
One of the most collectible Grosset & Dunlap photoplay editions, this book was a novelization of the 1927 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer mystery horror film of the same title, co-produced and directed by Tod Browning. The movie starred Lon Chaney in a dual role of Scotland Yard Inspector and vampire; this was his only movie role as a vampire. Due to the success of the film, Marie Coolidge Rask penned the novelization of the movie. Rask worked from Tod Browning’s screenplay as well as the original source material, Browning’s short story "The Hypnotist.” The book was published by Grosset & Dunlap in 1928 and included eight stills from the silent film.
The last known copy of the film was destroyed in the 1965 MGM vault fire, along with hundreds of other rare early films, making it one of the most sought-after “lost” silent films. Copies of the film have never surfaced. This 1928 book is therefore important and collectible, as it is one of the few remaining records of the film’s content and storyline.
Alexander Grosset and George T...
Category
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Devotional plaque, Adoration of the Magi. Bronze. Spanish school, 17th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional plaque, Adoration of the Three Wise Men. Bronze. Spanish school, 17th century.
Rectangular devotional plaque made of bronze, which presents the scene of the Birth of Jesu...
Category
17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Devotional plaque, Ecce Homo. Bronze. Spanish school, 17th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional plaque, Ecce Homo. Bronze. Spanish school, 17th century.
Bronze devotional plate with an oval shape and a washer at the top that presents a relief within a frame of smoot...
Category
17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Stuffed Mickey Doll, Children's Toy
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage stuffed Mickey Doll.
A Mickey Mouse children's toy circa 1930 - 1940.
This Mickey doll is stuffed with straw, has glass eyes, a teddy open mouth,...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mohair, Cotton, Glass
Art Deco Kodak Vigilante Junior Six-20 Folding Camera c.1940-1948
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An Art Deco Kodak Vigilante Junior Six-20 Folding Camera with a leather wrapped body, chrome accents and flip out view finder. Folds neatly to 1.5 inches.
Shown with life siz...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Antique French 1930 Art Deco Astrolabe chrome desk decoration kinetic sculpture
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Very decorative & most rare this antique Art Deco Astrolabe from the 1930s
Made from polished chrome, with 5 turning rings and a large center sphere.
This would make a stunning decorative piece on any desk or office space
Amazing for collectors of scientific antiques
The Astrolabe remains in great antique condition with only a minor patina on the metal
Turns smoothly and looks great!
This antique Astrolabe...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Large French Art Deco Three-Masted Barque Ship Model, 1930s
By Anthoine Art Bois
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Large French Art Deco three-masted barque ship by Anthoine Art Bois, France, 1930s. Wood and metal. Painted white metal sails, wood hull and painted black base
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Antique Rare Judaical Wooden and Rose Quartz Torah Pointer (Yad) 1900s
Located in Doha, QA
This unique Wooden Torah Pointer is decorated with stunning Rose Quartz pointer and round ball on top, held up by sterling silver strings, surrounded by multi-gemstones and sterling ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver
Antique 14K Gold Articulated Snake Bracelet
Located in Norwood, NJ
Art Deco 14k gold, diamond, Jade and amethyst enameled and articulated bracelet in the form of a snake. 8 rose cut diamonds. Jade and amethyst cabochons with multicolored enamel. 4...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Amethyst, Jade, Gold, Enamel
Suite of 10 1930s Golf Clubs.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Suite of 10 1930s Golf Clubs.
Suite of 10 vintage golf clubs, wooden handles, from the 1930s, including 8 iron and 2 wood.
Dimensions each: h: 105cm, w: 10cm, d: 7cm
Category
20th Century European Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Modern Cabinet Console Record Player attributed to Ico Parisi design
By Ico Parisi
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Cabinet Console of the 1930s in burr walnut and walnut flame applied veneered. Cabinet with two shelves, the upper with central flap drawer with internal turntable Record...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Paris Ephemeral Decorations, French Book by André Granet, Original 1948 Edition
By General Decoration
Located in Atlanta, GA
Décors éphémères: Les Expositions Jeux d'Eau et de Lumière, (Ephemeral decorations: water and light games exhibitions,) French book by André Granet, Original edition 1948, Preface by...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Italian 18th Century Hand Carved And Silvered Wooden Baroque Reliquary
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful and detailed reliquary holder with its beautiful weathered original silver,
Italy, circa 1750. Weathered and small losses and old repairs.
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Mills Novelty Art Deco Green Porcelain Penny Scale
Located in Ferndale, MI
Art Deco period penny scale by Mills Novelty co. Period green porcelain pedestal with cream colored foot hold.
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
A Classic Cartier Briquet Cigarette Lighter With Original Cartier Box
By Cartier
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A Classic And Elegant Cartier Briquet Standard Steel Satin Finish Cigarette Lighter With Original Cartier Box Made in Switzerland
Serial number N10009
Purchased 25/9/00
Original re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Art Deco Kodak Senior Six-16 Folding Camera c.1937-1939 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An Art Deco Kodak Senior Six-16 Folding Camera with a leather wrapped body, chrome and black accents and flip out view finder.
Shown with life size hand. Sold as decorative o...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Art Deco French Geometric Chrome & Enamel Ladies Powder Compact, c1930s
Located in Devon, England
This is a really cute and rare find, a 1930's Art Deco compact with the most delightful enamel decoration, featuring a red geometric design on a chrome casing. The interior is an eng...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
Art Deco Sabino Artistic Glass Opalescent Fish by Marius Ernest Sabino
Located in Lisbon, PT
An Art Deco fish opaline glass figure miniature with mouth up by Marius Ernest Sabino.
Circa 1933
“Sabino” signed.
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Vintage Georg Jensen Smoker’s Set 639 by Harald Nielsen
Located in Hellerup, DK
Sterling silver Georg Jensen Art Deco smokers set, including a cigarette box and matchstick stand, design #639 by Harald Nielsen from the early 1930s. ...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Eastman Kodak "No. 2 Folding Pocket Brownie" Camera c.1909
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original "No. 2 Folding Pocket Brownie" camera with leather wrapped body, brass and chrome accents. Autographic film window in back with iron stylus for writing notes dir...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Antique "No. 1A Kodak Junior" Folding Camera c.1914-1927
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
The body of camera is leather wrapped with a leather handle and brass and chrome accents. It folds smoothly closed to 1.75 inches.
Sold for decorative purposes only. May or...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Brass, Chrome
1930s Art Deco Bakelite + Celluloid Linked Necklace Dark Green Arching Dangles
Located in Hyattsville, MD
USA c.1930s. Unknown Maker, possibly Mazor. A light green Celluloid linked chain and (11) dark green Bakelite dangles. They have an organic feeling of arching reeds or arcing grass...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bakelite
Sevres Boulogne-Billancourt, Independent Ceramic, French Book by F. Slitine 2007
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sevres - Boulogne-Billancourt, La Ceramique Independente (Sevres - Boulogne-Billancourt, The Independent Ceramic), French Book by Florence Slitine, 2007.
Preface by Emmanuel Bréon and David Caméo.
What happens when Emmanuel Bréon - Chief Curator of the Museum of the 1930s in Boulogne-Billancourt, and David Caméo, Director of the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, conceive the project to discover the ceramic heritage of their respective cities?
They decided to show them in a joint exhibition and this book. The book writing was entrusted to Florence Slitine, project manager at The Manufacture. With the help of collectors and several museums who lend their pieces and exchange their knowledge, this is the first book that takes stock of the work of these artists. From the end of the 19th century to the 1960s, those industrial ceramic artists worked in Boulogne-Billancourt and the town of Sèvres, on the fringes of the productions of the famous Manufacture.
It allows them to restore, in their geographical context, the work of leading artists, to discover ceramists hitherto unknown, and to take stock of the production carried out in Sèvres but outside the National Manufacture.
This book publishes unpublished works, marks, and documents, which will fascinate lovers of modern ceramics.
It contains entries relating to the following 25 artists: Paul Beyer...
Category
Early 2000s French Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Baroque Style Baptismal Charger in Brass
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A 19th century baptismal plate in brass with beveled flower decoration to celebrate the birth of the infant.
The dish can be wall-mounted.
Category
Mid-19th Century European Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
French Signed Lalique Crystal Tokyo Table Lighter with Frosted Floral Medallions
By René Lalique
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
When it comes to defining elegance and affluence as a lifestyle, Lalique crystal comes to mind for most people. From its earliest days to present times, the Lalique Company has consi...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Brass
1930s Architecture in Paris, French Book by Jean-Marc Labordiere, 2009
By General Decoration
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, Le Corbusier, and the Esprit Nouveau in France), an extension of Art Nouveau. This book invites the Parisian walker and tourists to recognize the buildings built in Paris by the greatest architects of the 1930s.
After the excitement of the Roaring Twenties, France faced a major economic crisis and political and social uncertainty. Cultural life sees the emergence of mass culture. In architecture, modernism is spreading in society. In 1926, Le Corbusier set...
Category
Early 2000s French Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1935 Ronson Hound Dog Table Striker Lighter by Ronson
By Ronson
Located in Van Nuys, CA
In 1935, a desk-mounted striker lighter was crafted. It featured a basset hound canine adorned with a layer of chromium plate, positioned on a sleek black enameled metal base. The ta...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Nina Ricci L'Air Du Temps Lalique Double Dove
By Nina Ricci, Lalique
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Nina Ricci L'Air Du Temps double dove in yellow box.
Rare, Nina Ricci L'Air Du Temps glass perfume bottle in box .
Circa: 1950s
The p...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal
Art Deco Dunhill of London Engine Turned "Square Boy" Model Petrol Lighter 1937
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Art Deco Dunhill of London Diamond Engine Turned "Square boy" Model Petrol Lighter 1937
Silver plated Dunhill London lighter Made in Switzerland
UK Patent Number 477768
USA Patent...
Category
1930s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Bakelite Nº11 Cubist NYC Art Deco Cherry Red Charm Necklace
Located in Hyattsville, MD
USA c.1930s. Unknown Maker. Celluloid linked chain and Bakelite cube charms. With a good clasp, this necklace is ready to wear.
Fair Condition because one smaller cube is chipped a...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bakelite
"No. 1 Kodak Junior" Folding Camera c.1914-1927 with Case (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A rare model that offered many lens/shutter combinations. The body of camera is leather wrapped with a leather handle and chrome accents. It folds smoothly closed to 1.5 inc...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Cinderella, Edited by C.S. Evans, Signed by Arthur Rackham, Edition de Lux, 1919
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Evans, C.S. (editor). Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). Cinderella. London & Philadelphia: William Heinemann and J.B. Lippincott Co., 1919. Numbered #53/325 copies of the Edition de Lux...
Category
1910s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
French Art Deco Mother & Child Sculpture, 1930s
By Paris Studio
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco mother & child statue by René Mercier, France, 1930s. Wood. Hand carved statue of mother & child. Height : 11.7"(29.8cm), width : 6.3"(16cm), depth : 4.1"(10.5cm).
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique Art Deco Portable Underwood Champion Typewriter c.1936
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An Art Deco portable Underwood Champion typewriter in high gloss black finish and chrome. Bakelite and nickel keys with black and white lettering. Original Underwood lettering...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Nickel, Chrome
ANTIQUE CIRCA 1920 ART DECO LEATHER CLAD CASE PLAYiNG CARDS SET BRASS CARDS TOp
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very nice and highly collectable Art Deco brown leather card case with brass cards plaque to the top an...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique "No. 1A Kodak Junior" Folding Camera c.1914-1927 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
The body of camera is leather wrapped with a leather handle and brass and chrome accents. It folds smoothly closed to 1.75 inches.
Sold for decorative purposes only. May or...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Brass
Crosley Art Deco 179 "Dual Four" Antique Tombstone '1934' Radio
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco Crosley radio from the earlier 1930s. The radio is highly decorative with a “skyscraper” shape, a chevron book-match face, silver-painted sides, and a highly detailed frame ...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Ronson 1926 Art Deco Rare Near Mint Banjo Automatic Lighter in Silver on Steel
Located in Miami, FL
Banjo lighter designed by Louis V, Aronson for Ronson.
An extremely rare and virtually in near mint condition with no traces of wear or usage Banjo lighter designed by Louis V, Aronson for The Ronson Company. This Banjo automatic lighter is an American icon and was created during the Art Deco period in 1928. Crafted in solid steel and brass parts, with a .925/.999 sterling silver overlay. The body is accented with horizontal incised straight lines in a sequence of one line, a space and five lines, Fitted in one side only, with a diagonal 45 degree plain rectangle for engraving.
Designer: Louis V. Aronson.
Company: Ronson.
Weight: 54.60 Grams, (35.04 Dwt).
Measurements: 62 mm by 58 mm by 13 mm (2.44 x 2.28 x 0.51 Inches).
Hallmarks Stamped with the maker's mark, the patent and signed, "Ronson LIGHTER THE ART METAL WORKS NEWARK N.Y". Text engraved on the snuffer, "Ronson LIGHTER P.T.D. DEC 31 1918 OTHERS PAT PDG.".
The Ronson Lighter Company
The 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...
Category
1920s North American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Brass, Steel
Pair of Late 18th Century Gold Wood and Gesso Baroque Altar Vases
Located in Hastings, GB
A pair of late 18th Century German baroque altar vases, in carved and gilded wood, small areas of gilt loss and patina as to be expected given their age. These would have been displa...
Category
1780s German Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Rene Lalique Blue Glass 'Ceriser' Bracelet
By René Lalique
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique blue glass 'Ceriser' Bracelet. The bracelet consists of 14 rectangular, cylinder-half shaped tablets, strung together with elastic. Cer...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Art Deco Period Sterling Silver Engine Turned Cigarette Case
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco, sterling silver cigarette case with gilt interior and hinged lid, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1927, W.T. Toghill and Co., Ltd. - makers. Sterling silver is eng...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
18th Century French Baroque Architectural Fragment
Located in High Point, NC
A wooden ornament made in 19th century France. The gold and cerulean blue paint has slowly worn away to create a pleasant collage of subtly color variations, including the natural hu...
Category
18th Century French Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Table or Desk Top Brass Mounted 7" Double Convex Magnifying Glass
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco desk/table top adjustable magnifying glass. A 7" diameter double convex lens in an open topped brass frame suspended between two vertical posts rising from a stepped two-tie...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Evans 1952 By Ross Blackinton Table Desk Automatic Lighter In Solid 925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Table-Desk automatic lighter designed by Evans.
Very rare table-desk petrol lighter, created by the silversmith Ross Blackinton & Company for the Evans Lighter...
Category
1950s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
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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