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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1960s
Nineteenth Century Ship's Compass by Robert Merrill
Located in Norwell, MA
Fine antique ship's compass by Robert Merrill of New York. Brass bowl on gimbal fitted to a dovetailed timber box. Paper compass card with fleur-de-lis at north. Compass points north...
Category
1860s North American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Ship's Foghorn from the U.S.S. Virginian, 1898
Located in Norwell, MA
Crank handle bellows foghorn in a wood box with leather carry handle and copper trumpet. Lettering on the side reads "U.S.S. Virginian, 1895." Rotating the handle sounds the foghorn....
Category
1890s North American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Three Framed Plates from "L'ornement Polychrome" Edited by Racinet
Located in Hanover, MA
Three mounted and giltwood framed chromolithograph plates from L'Ornement Polychrome: Motifs de tous les styles, art ancien et asiatique, Moyen Age, Renaissance, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, by A. Racinet, 1869-1873. Published by Firmin-Didot, Paris.
Specifically, the three framed plates are Middle Ages, Renaissance and 17th century.
This reference work “created to render major services to our industrial arts” brings the archeological art...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
Antique Marquetry Wood Music Box by Langdorff & Fils
Located in London, GB
Antique marquetry wood music box by Langdorff & Fils
Swiss, Late 19th Century
Height 31cm, width 68cm, depth 35cm
Crafted in the late 19th century, this exquisite music box was pro...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Belle Époque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage Pond Yacht with Makers Badge
Located in Norwell, MA
Fine antique clinker built pond yacht. Expertly planked hull. Canvas covered deck is painted green. Nice suit of linen sails. Fully rigged. Many brass fittings gaff rigged with a fly...
Category
1890s European Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1968 2001 A Space Odyssey
By Arthur C. Clarke
Located in Bath, GB
A sought after first edition of one of the most important sci-fi novels of all time, signed by Arthur C. Clarke to the title page.
The first U.S. edition, first printing.
Signed by...
Category
1960s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Fishing Book, British Fresh Water Fishes
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Two Book Volumes Of 'British Freshwater Fishes' By The Rev. W. Houghton.
First edition (1879) fishing book, bevelled edge hard bound copies of 'British Freshwater Fishes' by The Rev. W. Houghton. M.A., F.L.S. The two volumes are covered in pebbled faux-red leather cloth with gilt title on front and spine, also having gilt pictorial vignettes of an angler wearing waders in the river holding a fish on the covers, with black pictorial decorations to the corners of a geometric image of three-fish-one-head. These fishing books...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
English Victorian Cane with Brass Flame
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian light oak walking cane with bronze flame form handle and brass tip.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Bronze
European Carved Oak Coat Of Arms
Located in Essex, MA
Well carved cartouche with three central roundels under a jousting helmet and crown.
Category
Mid-19th Century European Renaissance Revival Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
A Nias nobleman's gold ‘nifato-fato’ necklace
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Indonesia, North Sumatra, Nias, 19th-20th century
A crescent-shaped gold necklace hammered into folded ridges, the end fastened by interlocking hooks.
Diam. 27 cm
Provenance:
Col...
Category
Late 19th Century Indonesian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Cameo or intaglio. Glass. Possibly Italy, 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Cameo or intaglio. Glass. Possibly Italy, 19th century.
Blue glass cameo that presents a scene of marked classical influence in which a man with a diadem can be seen, semi-naked an...
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Audrey Hepburn, Original Vintage Photograph by Vincent Rossell, Paris, 1962
Located in Devon, GB
From the Personal collection of Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn and William Holden on the set of 'Paris When it Sizzles,' Paris, 1962 by Vincent...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Rare Neoclassical Style French Giltwood Clock and Barometer Set
Located in London, GB
Rare neoclassical style French giltwood clock and barometer set
French, 19th century
Measures: Height 90cm, width 38cm, depth 12cm
This du...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel
Christo and More SMS A Collection of Multiples 'William N. Copley, 1968'
Located in Chicago, IL
Christo and More SMS A Collection of Multiples 'William N. Copley, 1968'
S.M.S. is an art collection in a box that was available by subscription in 1968. Through February and December, subscribers were mailed six issues containing assorted works of art curated by William N. Copley. The portfolios consist of “original reproductions" by 73 artists including William Copley, Christo, Marcel Duchamp, Roy Lichtenstein, Joseph Kosuth, Walter de Maria, Yoko Ono, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Artschwager, Man Ray, Bruce Nauman, John Cage, Terry Riley and more.
S.M.S. included renowned and unknown artists side by side. As form of protest against galleries, S.M.S. made contemporary art affordable and accessible at a modest price of $125.00 per subscription. The portfolios are all kept in their original display covers.
Edition of approximately 2,000 published by Letter Edged in Black Press.
Volume No. 1 February 1968
Little Box of Earthquake and Cotton (cover), Irving Penn; Black Dress, James Lee Byars; Chicago Project…, Walter de Maria; My Country ‘Tis of Thee, Kasper Konig; Luggage Labels Nancy Reitkopf; Project for a Bridge, Sue Braden; A Postcard for Mother, Richard Hamilton; Two Propositions in Black, Le Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; Store Front, Christo; Sol Mednick; Pharmaceuticals, Julian Levy.
Volume No. 2 April 1968
Seven Minute Recording of Contapetrie, a surrealist word game (cover), Marcel Duchamp; The Mirror of Genoveva, Meret Oppenheim; Three Color Separations, Alain Jacquet; A Two-Year-Old Girl Choked to Death Today on an Easter Egg, Ray Johnson; A Proposed Comic Section for the New York Times, Bernard Pfreim; Farwell to Faust, George Reavey; Album, Clovis Trouille; Legal Tender, Bruce Conner; 10 collages, Marcia Hertscovitz; Cynocephalus & Co., Nicolas Calas.
Volume No. 3 June 1968
Untitled abstract landscapes (cover), John Battan; Clouds, William Bryant (Bill Copley); Ode to London, Dick Higgens; Two Drawings, Ronnie Landfield; Bush in Hand, Roland Penrose; The Father of Mona Lisa, Man Ray, signed and numbered; Glove, Enrico Baj; Four Titled Abstracts, Joseph Kosuth; Correspondence, H.C. Westerman; Signal Flag Poem, Hannah Weiner; Poppy Nogoods All Night Flight, Terry Riley; Poems, Atograf.
Volume No. 4 August 1968
Untitled (cover), Robert Stanley; Drift Study 4:37:4:05:09:50 5 VII 68, La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; Permanent Parking Decal, Robert Watts; 100 Year Calendar, On Kawara; Lichtenstein Hat, Roy Lichtenstein; Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) continued, John Cage; Phenakistiscope, Hollis Frampton...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
MacIntyre Moorcroft 'Poppy' Patterned Art Pottery Tobacco or Dresser Jar
By James Macintyre & Co.
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique art pottery covered tobacco or dresser jar was made by the James MacIntyre company of England, under the design direction of William Moorcroft...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pottery
Antique Map of Calvados ‘France’ by V. Levasseur, 1854
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Dépt. du Calvados'. Map of the French department of Calvados, France. This area of France is known for its production of Calvados, the world's fines apple brandy....
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$192 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Plays by Casimir Delavigne Dating from the 19th Century, France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old bound books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These 3 books are the set of different plays by Casimir Delavigne of the French Academy...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Taxidermy Curio "Amber Containing an Inset Zanzibar 1887" Francis Amasa Walker
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A victorian amber specimen, with a small inset captured within. Housed in it original cardboard and glazed display case, with a label reading "Amber Co...
Category
Late 19th Century African Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Natural Fiber
Russian Imperial Porcelain Easter Egg 19th century Rising Christ
Located in Sweden, SE
A rare and highly collectible Easter egg covered with exquisite miniature painting and gilding, created at the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory during the reign of Alexander II. The r...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Empire Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Large English Country House 19thC Oil on Board Armorial Coat of Arms Coach Panel
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An early 19th century
coach panel, larger than the norm, oil on board of an armorial centred by a typical shield, drapes and a warriors arm holding a s...
Category
19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood
Painted Pine 19th Century Miniature Chest Of Drawers
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Attractive Mid 19th Century Painted Pine Miniature Chest, Having Elegant Decoration To Top And Sides, With Two Short And Two Long Drawers Retaining Original Turned Brass...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
Jute and Leather Giraffe by Renate Müller for H. Josef Leven Kg, Germany 1960
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A rare therapeutic toy giraffe designed by Renate Müller, manufactured by H. Josef Leven Kg in Germany around 1960.
Made of high quality jutte and coloured (red and blue) leather, t...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Jute
Works of F. Crawford in 5 Volumes Bound in Blue Morocco Leather with Gilt Spines
Located in San Francisco, CA
The works of Victorian period American author F. Marion Crawford (1854-1909) an erudite novelist born in Italy, the son of a sculptor. The set includes some of his better known works...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Moroccan Handmade Silver Hamsa with Lizard Symbol – 1880
Located in New York, NY
This rare handmade Moroccan Hamsa pendant, crafted in 1880, is made of intricately engraved silver and features a three-dimensional lizard, a symbol of health, healing, and regenerat...
Category
Late 19th Century Moroccan Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Antique Edwardian 9-Karat Yellow Gold Slide Watch Chain Necklace & Key
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique 9-karat yellow gold watch chain is presumed to have originated from England and dates to circa 1880. This long and substantial tight round link chain features a shield shaped slide with ornate decoration and seed pear accents. The gold watch...
Category
Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Immortal He Xiangu Painting on Canvas, China, 19th Century Asian Art
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Chinese painting depicting He Xiangu reproduced three times but with a different attribute: up a lotus flower, bottom left a fly hunt and bottom right again the lotus flower, each time surrounded by disciple the one praying right, the one on the left seems to bring him a bowl.
Pigments on linen or hemp,
19th century.
He Xiangu or Ho Hsien-ku, "Immortal Demoiselle He," is an immortal Taoist, a member of the group of Eight Immortals. She is represented holding in her hand a lotus symbolizing spiritual fulfillment, and sometimes also a sheng, a peach of immortality, a wooden ladle...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas
American Solid Brass Five Spoke Ringed Yacht Wheel, Circa 1870
Located in Charleston, SC
American solid brass five spoke ringed yacht wheel with original brass hub, Late 19th century.
Category
1870s American American Empire Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
ANTIQUE ENGLISH 18 PIECE HARDWOOD WALL MOUNTED SNOOKER POOL BiLLIARDS CUE HOLDER
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique Mahogany snooker or pool cue wall mounted holder that takes 18 cues
Please note the del...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood
$532 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Victorian Cast Iron & Oak Dictionary Stand
Located in New York, NY
Antique 1890s dictionary stand with a cast iron base featuring four curved legs ending in small casters. The top features two adjustable oak book rests, designed to hold large books ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Sterling Silver Cigar Tube, Hallmarked Birmingham 1875
Located in London, GB
Splendid sterling silver cigar case designed to hold a single cigar. Hallmarked Birmingham 1875 and stamped with maker's mark.
Dimensions: 11 cm/4⅜ inches (length) x 2 cm/¾ inch (ma...
Category
1870s British Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Model of a Full Rigged Windjammer
Located in Norwell, MA
Carved wood sails set at a graceful angle on the three masts. Details include surrounding railing, cabins, hatches, capstan, anchors, chain, scribed deck, wheel, etc. Set into a case...
Category
1890s North American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
$4,895 / item
American Tin Toy Trolley, circa 1880
By George W. Brown & Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
Horse drawn trolleys or "horse buses" were the main source of "mass transit", along with trains in the late 1800s in America. Thus they were ubiquitous subject matter for toy makers to exploit as toys for young children. While many tin toy...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
A bench cigar cutter depicting a poodle dog, Austria 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
White metal sculpture on a rectangular base depicting a poodle dog acting as a cigar cutter. Signed DRG Musterschutz. Austria around 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
19th C. Scientific Optical Mirror in Black Hardwood Frame on Tripod Brass Stand
Located in Haarlem, NL
A large 19th Century scientific optical mirror in round blackened hardwood frame on brass articulated tripod stand. The mirror looks concave or convex shaped, but if you look closely...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
French Tole Bicorn Hat
Located in Essex, MA
Red painted and possibly a hat makers sign. With a chain strap and button.
Category
19th Century European Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
$1,250
Sterling Silver Antique Judaica Torah Breast Plate, Late 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Sterling silver antique Judaica Torah breast plate, Late 19th century
Continental, 1882
Height 34cm, width 26cm, depth 5cm
This wonderful piece of...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
1823 The British Essayists with Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical
Located in Bath, GB
A smartly bound complete collection of eighteenth century journals and periodicals from British essayists, compiled by James Ferguson.
Complete in forty volumes. Second edition. Com...
Category
1820s British Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique 19th Collection Of Seven Dog Collars In Leather & Metal On Stand c.1800
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century collection of seven dog collars, made from leather and metal. Some collars have metal studs and chains while others are smooth leather. A superb piece of history...
Category
Early 1800s British Other Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
William Milligan Sloane, Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1896, Complete 4 Vol. Set
Located in Bridgeport, CT
New York The Century Co. 1896. An oversized set in dark brown leather with four spine bands and gilt lettering. Blue gray marbleized papers.
12 1/2" H x 8 7/8" W x 2 1/8" D
Conditi...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Giallo Antico Marble Grand Tour Column of Phocas
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Grand Tour marble and bronze sculpture of Phocas.
Surmounted by a bronze figure, inscribed with latin to the pedestal, and set on a stepped levanto marble base, this anti...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
American Mahogany and Brass Ship Binnacle, Riggs & Brothers, Phila. Circa 1880
By Riggs & Brothers
Located in Charleston, SC
American mahogany ship binnacle with a brass-mounted dome helmet, internal dry compass by Ritchie of Boston, flanking removable burners with the original fonts and resting on an octa...
Category
1880s American American Empire Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Chinese Woven Bamboo Foot Soldier's Helmet, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This conical woven hat originates from 19th century China and is expertly crafted entirely of bamboo. The outside consists of slivers of bamboo woven together with rattan strips, sec...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bamboo
Anatomical model for class: a heart, France 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Anatomical model for class, depicting an animal’s heart, made out of painted papier mache. Ebonized wooden base, square shape. France circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
20th century French Vintage Brass Flower Ashtray, 1960s
Located in LEGNY, FR
very nice brass ashtray in the shape of a flower dating from the 60s.
Open or in bud, this pretty flower offers 6 removable petals which form as many small individual ashtrays.
Deco...
Category
1960s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
An early 19th century gold and enamel vinaigrette, chain and ring
Located in Paris, FR
Antique gold and enamel vinaigrette suspended from two chains joined to a ring. The vinaigrette is decorated with multicolored bouquets of roses, an...
Category
1820s French Romantic Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Enamel
19th Century French Chestnut Diminutive Armoire
Located in High Point, NC
19th century chestnut miniature armoire from France. This is a wonderful piece of craftmanship, with a lovely crown following down to a case which is entirely raised panelled and peg...
Category
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chestnut
English Gothic Style Ibach Upright Piano Carved Oak Traditional Folk Art Motifs
Located in Leeds, GB
English Gothic style, 1895, Ibach upright piano with a carved, oak case and ornate brass candlesticks and handles. Cabinet features traditional folk art motifs and carvings.
Pilasters carved with hearts and stylised trees. Piano cheeks feature a carved sun in a half hex and stylised bird in flight.
Front panel inlaid with folk elements including trinity tulips symbolising faith, hope and charity in a central urn with stylised foliage.
Piano legs are turned with carved spiraling detail .
Piano pedals feature a raised, ornate brass footplate in a curlicue design.
Repeating, carved barrel vaults...
Category
Early 19th Century German Gothic Revival Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
19th Century, Irish Marine Botany Specimens Made for the Niagara Falls Museum
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century Irish Marine Botany Specimens made for Thomas Barnett of the Niagara Falls Museum. Seaweed samples were collected off the West Coast of Ireland in 1871 by Mrs. Maria J.W. Kirkwood and presented to Thomas Barnett Esquire, proprietor of the Niagara Falls Museum. These come as two separately framed pieces with hand embroidered lettering surrounded by seaweed and a poem written by Victoria Hall.
Free shipping within the United States and Canada.
The Niagara Falls Museum was a museum most notable for being the oldest Canadian museum (1827), as well as for having housed the mummy of Ramesses I for 140 years before its return to Egypt in 2003. It was founded by Thomas Barnett of Birmingham, England and underwent a few vocational changes in its history.
More on Thomas Barnett and the Niagara Falls Museum.
Thomas Barnett was born on December the 4th, 1799 near Birmingham, England. He moved to Canada in the early 1820s and opened the Niagara Falls Museum in 1827 at the base of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls. Barnett had a passion for collecting oddities. He retrofitted a former brewery house to exhibit his private collection. Although Barnett was aware of the collection patterns of his North American contemporaries, his own approach bore an uncanny similarity to the British tradition, such as the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, the first traditional museum in Britain.
The Niagara Falls Museum had humble beginnings. In 1827, the first museum contained Thomas Barnett's own cabinet of taxidermic curiosities. Although the details were not documented, the collection was likely composed of a number of mounted animals of local origin, combined with a smattering of Native American artifacts. Barnett's collection however rapidly grew. Prior to 1844, an account of the museum's contents stated that there were over 5000 items, including bipeds, quadrupeds, birds, fish, insects, reptiles, shells, minerals, and Native American curiosities. Through the first fifty years of its existence, the Niagara Falls Museum continued to acquire similar artifacts through the diligent efforts of the Barnett family and their associates.
In 1854, Sydney Barnett (son of Thomas Barnett) made the first of his three trips to Egypt (two by himself and one with Dr. J. Douglas of Montreal) and purchased four mummies as well as a host of other Egyptian antiquities. In 1857, mastodon remains were discovered in St. Thomas, Ontario and later placed in the museum. In 1859 an inventory of the museum's contents included, in addition to the previously mentioned artifacts, an egg collection...
Category
19th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
$3,250 Sale Price / set
27% Off
A Very Good 19th Century Hand Painted Mexican Retablo Dated 1884
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The naïve, hand painted vignette depicts a woman praying to the images of Saint Anthony holding The Christ Child, together with The Holy Mother, all shown hovering above a group of t...
Category
Late 19th Century Mexican Folk Art Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
Victorian era gold and Sciacca coral pin, England, 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
The Victorian era pin, is made out of 8 Kt.yellow gold and pink–orange Sciacca coral. A brunch of gold describes a curved motive with smaller brunches rising from it. At the end of e...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Coral, Gold
1870 Lord Lytton's Works
By Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Located in Bath, GB
A very pleasing set of thirty-seven volumes in uniform leather bindings of the works of Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
The works of Edward Bulwer-Lytton, a stunning collection in thirty-seve...
Category
1870s European Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$5,888
A botanic model of a pale pink tulip, Brendel, Germany 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A rare Brendel botanical model of Tulipa gesneriana, the Tulip N.200 (Liliaceae), light pink color. The wooden ebonized round base holds the model which opens revealing the flower. T...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1960s Stunning Blue Table Lighter in Murano Sommerso Glass By Flavio Poli
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Stunning Blue and Yellow Table Lighter in Murano Sommerso Glass By Flavio Poli for Seguso. Made in italy
The item is in excellent condition and it works perfectly
Dimension:
2,...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Murano Glass
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Era Walnut Chess Table, Circa 1885
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th century English Victorian era walnut chess table, circa 1885.
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
ANTIQUE 1830 THOMAS CRESWICK GEORGIAN PLAYiNG CARDS WITH FIZZLE ACE OF SPADES
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely sublime original 1830 Thomas Creswick Georgian complete playing cards set with rare Fizzle A...
Category
1830s English William IV Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,514 Sale Price
20% Off
Sioux Brain Tanned and Beaded Work Bag
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Hidatsa Sioux work bag from Fort Berthold, North Dakota. Properly referred to as a woman's work bag that was used for holding sewing materials, sinew, awls and beads. Sinew sewn on brain tanned...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hide
Pair of White Gorgonian Branches, Italy, 1870
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of sand-white gorgonian branches from the Wunderkammer in the shape of a fan. The bases are in carved and silvered wood in the shape of a vas...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
19th Century Carved Giltwood Reliquary
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Finely carved and detailed with a mix of silver and gold leaf together. Overall width is 18.5" Dated and signed on back side.
Category
19th Century Austrian Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
Carl Auböck Horn Salad Servers, Austria, 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck Salad Servers made of Horn, Austria, 1960s.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Horn
A fine model of sailing ship Vimiera built for Duncan Dunbar, 1851
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This wooden model is painted in both light and dark grey with a white gunport band and faux gunports, a golden lion figurehead and the name Vimiera in applied gold lettering on the b...
Category
19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
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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