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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Style: Neoclassical
Style: Georgian
Early 19th Century Neoclassical Automaton Windmill Sewing Box
Located in Essex, MA
Rare early 19th century working automaton sewing box with hidden compartments for necessaries and sewing implements. Original handmade clockwork inside which operates a working windm...
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Alabaster
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
George III Mahogany Miniature Chest
Located in Essex, MA
Salesman size with rectangular top over two over three drawers, splayed bracket feet.
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Antique George I Sterling Silver Tobacco Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional antique early Georgian English sterling silver tobacco box; an addition to our smoking related silverware collection
This dine antique George I sterling silver tobacco box has a plain oval rounded form.
The surface of the box is plain and embellished with fine engraved circular motifs and leaf decoration to the cover hinge.
The flush hinged hallmarked cover is ornamented with the contemporary engraved inscription ‘Richard Smart’ to the centre, in addition to a simplified engraved shell and scrolling leaf design to the shaped thumbpiece.
This impressive Georgian tobacco box has an exceptional color and patination.
This antique tobacco box...
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1720s English Georgian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
English Antique George II Mahogany Stick Barometer by Polti of Exeter
By C. Polti
Located in Devon, GB
A rare George II period mahogany stick barometer with finely carved cistern cover and surround to partly conceal the mercury tube. Most unusually the signed register plate is made of...
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Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
George III Mahogany Childs Armchair
Located in Essex, MA
With serpentine crestrail over a pierced ribbon back, drop in seat and straight square legs.
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
John Bull Original Annuals from 1820-1829
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a set of 9 volumes, leather bound John Bull yearly annuals.
All the weekly newspaper publications of John Bull for the years 1820-1829 (Inclusi...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Empire Portrait Painting of Julie and Desiree Clary by Robert Lefevre
By Robert Jacques LeFevre
Located in Essex, MA
Period First Empire portrait of the Sisters Julie and Desiree Clary, Future Queens of Spain and Sweden by Robert Jacques Francois Lefevre (1755...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas
Antique Grand Tour Italy Miniature Landscape Monuments Campagna Embroidery
Located in Munich, DE
This is a rare embroidered Grand Tour souvenir of an italian landscape with archutectural motifs.
This beautiful miniature embroidery is in good...
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1790s English George III Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton, Oak
American Realism A Pictorial Survey from the Early 18th Century to the 1970s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
American Realism, a pictorial survey from the early 18th century to the 1970s.
Mathey, François
Published by Portland House, 1987
Title: American Realism: A pictorial survey from....
Category
Late 20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
PH Choisy French Creamware Neoclassical Palais à Paris Architecture Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French neoclassical faïence transfer printed creamware plate, circa 1820-1830.
A black transfer of an architectural image on a creamware body, depicting the Palais de la Chambre...
Category
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Creamware
Double Sided Northamptonshire 1645 Hand Colored Antique Print Map Rare Find
Located in GB
We are delighted to this lovely antique Atlas page map of Northamptonshire printed in 1645 Amsterdam Staffordiensis Comitatvs Vulgo
I have three of th...
Category
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
PH Choisy French Creamware Neoclassical 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
19th Century Antique English Mahogany Marine Barometer signed Nixon
By Nixon
Located in Devon, GB
An early 19th century mahogany marine barometer of exceptional quality and originality. The elegant carved, fluted and turned case has an inset engrav...
Category
19th Century British George IV Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Children, Polychromed Pine Wood, Spain, 18th Century and Later
Located in Madrid, ES
Couple of children. Polychrome pine wood, Century XVIII.
Pair of polychrome pine wood carvings that represent two children in an attitude of playing a musical wind instrument, both seated, with their hands towards their faces, and slightly raising one leg to add some movement to a posture that, otherwise, it would be perhaps too static. Due to their postures and attitudes, they would be part of a large and quality altarpiece, judging by the size, the details, the hair, the proportions, etc., elements in which the musical angels were not something strange. Note that those present do not have wings, calling themselves in these cases "putti" and being, in the same way, figures of habitual presence in religious environments despite having emerged from Renaissance classicism and its sources from Antiquity. The proportions of the sizes, the anatomy, the symmetry, the certain plasticism of the hair, etc. are elements that speak of an influence of Neoclassicism in these sculptures. Likewise, a certain resemblance to works from the 18th century of the Castilian school can be appreciated."
Size: 22 x 42 x 85 cms / c/peanas 37 x 37 x 180 cm. Weight is merely orientative. Bases and wooden instruments...
Category
18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
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
Portrait Miniature Pendant with Gold Frame, Late 18th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
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The pendant holding a late 18th ce...
Category
1790s English Georgian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ivory
Adie Brothers Ltd Antique 1920s Yellow Gold Vesta Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English 9 karat yellow gold vesta case; an addition to our boxes and cases collection.
This exceptional antique George V English...
Category
1920s English George V Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Choisy French Creamware Neoclassical Arc de l’ Étoile 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
Early Panorama Children’s Book Hiawatha Illustrated by Willy Pogany London 1914
By Willy Pogany
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Antique panorama children’s book illustrated by Willy Pogany and retold by Edith L Elias. A total of 14 panels, one side with illustrations, and the other with text.
Published by George G. Harrap & Company.
This book is part of a children’s series by Willy Pogány of folding panoramas illustrations and text, inspired by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1855 epic, The Song of Hiawatha. Lines from Longfellow run underneath Pogány’s illustrations, which follow the Ojibwe child Hiawatha from his early kinship with the wild animals, through his struggles with Nahma, King of Fishes, and his own estranged father, Mudjekeewis, up to his courtship of Laughing Water (Minnehaha). The prose text by Edith Elias, printed on the verso of the panorama, carries Hiawatha’s story farther, through the death of Minnehaha and the coming of “the Pale-Face Chief.” Pogány’s dynamic frames, with their striking use of negative space, show the influence not only of Golden Age illustrators like Walter Crane, but also the new generation of cartoonists like Winsor McCay...
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1910s English American Classical Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
English Mahogany Stick Barometer Signed T. Taylor London
Located in Savannah, GA
Stick Barometer signed T. Taylor London featuring mahogany case with bone plinth, inlay and knob. Broken arch pediment above a flush-glass door, enclosing register plate and thermometer. Fully restored and calibrated by Julian Gibbard, Harpers Ferry...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
19th Century Porcelain Huqqa with Bird Paintings
Located in London, GB
This huqqa (or hookah) is a wonderful item which is crafted from porcelain and finely hand painted and parcel gilt. The huqqa was created in the late 19th century, most likely in Rus...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Arquebus. Miguel de Zegarra. Madrid, Spain, 1773-1774.
By Miguel de Zegarra
Located in Madrid, ES
Marks: cannon (inscription, trademarks and countermark); key (punch); trigger guard (punch); medal with rope (inscription).
Date: 1774 cannon; key of 1773.
Author: Miguel de Cega...
Category
1770s Spanish Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Steel
George III Coconut Flask
Located in Firenze, IT
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The entire surface decorated with ...
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Coconut
Four Antique Italian Extreme Erotica Hand Painted Pottery Tiles of Monks & Nuns
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of four antique hand painted pottery tiles are all unsigned, so no specific artist can be identified, but are presumed to have be...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pottery
Georgian Antique 18th Century Mahogany Miniature Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming mid-18th century mahogany miniature chest
retaining exceptional untouched color and patina with
two short and three long drawers and original brass
handles raised on or...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Devotional Pendant, Gold, Enamel, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Mary Magdalene and John the Baptist.
Possibly mallorquin. One of the glasses is fractured. Oval pendant ornamented in its outline by turned gold loops and small metallic pearls. On ...
Category
18th Century European Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Other
Portrait Miniature Louis of France, '1661-1711' Le Grand Dauphin
Located in Firenze, IT
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Louis of France (1661-1711), 'Le ...
Category
Early 18th Century British Georgian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Ropes and Tackle for 19th Century Waling Vessel
Located in New York, NY
Tools ropes and tackle for 19th century waling vessel.
Category
19th Century American American Classical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rope, Maple
19th Century Large Civil War Era Bronze and Tin Pitcher
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a fabulous historic treasure of times past, namely, a 19th century large Civil War Era bronze and tin pitcher.
From circa 1850, this is an American frontier piece.
I...
Category
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Copper, Tin
Lignum Vitae Treen Vices Pair of Minature Tree of Life
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Collector's specimens
- Lignum vitae is sought after for the beauty of its grain, coloring, patina, density and toughness
Translated from Latin, vignum vitae means “wood of lif...
Category
1750s English George II Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Important Georgian Mahogany Mercury Stick Barometer by Stott, Dumfries
Located in Norwich, GB
Fine Georgian mahogany bow fronted stick barometer. Bow fronted glass set in front of the silvered register plate with sliding vernier controlled by an ivory turned knob. Concertina ...
Category
1790s English Georgian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Swiss Gold Musical Vinaigrette
Located in New Orleans, LA
This early 19th century Swiss gold vinaigrette has the charming addition of a musical mechanism. The entire box is crafted of 14-karat yellow gold envelo...
Category
19th Century Swiss Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Double Sided and Glazed Cheshire 1645 Hand Colored Antique Print Map Rare Find
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique Atlas page map of Cheshire printed in 1645 Amsterdam Staffordiensis Comitatvs Vulgo
I have thre...
Category
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
George III Mahogany Mercury Stick Barometer by Henry Andrews, Royston
Located in Norwich, GB
George III stick barometer in a finely figured mahogany case with canted corners and architectural pediment surmounted by a central ivory finial. Exposed mercury tube with bulb ciste...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Monumental Peat Buckets
By John and Francis Booker
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A unique pair of monumental brass bound mahogany Irish Georgian style turf or peat buckets with shell motifs. The fitted brass liners makes them especially...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Irish Georgian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Georgian Mahogany 18th Century Miniature Chest of Drawers
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming late 18th century mahogany miniature chest
having three long drawers with brass handles
raised on elegant splayed feet
(Much discussion is had over the original purpo...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Royal Panoply Brief Lives of the English Monarchs by Carolly Erickson Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
From medieval conqueror to Renaissance autocrat to Victorian Empress to modern melodrama, Royal Panoply is the story of some of the most fascinating people in world history.
With he...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Georgian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
English Titled 18th c Lady with Coat of Arms Portrait Oil Painting Gilt Frame
Located in Savannah, GA
18th century English noblewoman in a gold gilt ornate period frame. Lovely detail and color, coat of arms in corner. Unsigned.
Without the frame the painting itself measures 29 inche...
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1790s English George III Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Gentleman Dressed in Armour Framed Oil on Canvas
Located in Savannah, GA
Remarkable 18th century oil painting on canvas depicting the portrait of an old gentleman dressed in armour. Very expressive facial features. Unsigned. The detailed frame is 19th cen...
Category
1790s English Georgian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Immaculate Conception Chapel, Second Half of the 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Sculpture, carved wood, glass, metal.
Carved wooden chapel with decoration on the top of balustrade and balusters in the shape of a vase of a certain Baroque memory, which presents t...
Category
18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Other
Saint Nicholas Devotional Pendant on Support, Bronze, Textile, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint Nicholas devotional medal on support. Gilded bronze, textile, metal, 18th century.
Golden bronze devotional medal placed on a support by wires that has an oval frame enhanced ...
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18th Century European Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Other
H.M. Tomlinson "The Sea and The Jungle" 1st Edition Woodcuts by Clare Leighton
By Tomlinson
Located in San Francisco, CA
H.M. Tomlinson "The Sea and The Jungle" First Edition with woodcuts by Clare Leighton, circa 1930
Rare First Edition. Very good condition. Fantastic woodcuts by noted artist Clare...
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Early 20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Bronze Weight, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Weight of the 18th century. Bronze.
Bronze weight, incomplete, with the container glass and two of the smallest, all decorated in cold with incised and...
Category
18th Century European Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
The New Clay Techniques and Approaches to Jewelry Making, book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The New Clay: Techniques and Approaches to Jewelry Making.
A wonderful book, with over 100 color photos, on making intricate beads and jewelry using modeling clays such as "Fimo" and "Sculpey."
Everything you need to know to work with the new polymer clays is covered clearly in this book. Excellent working diagrams show how easy it is to make the most complex looking designs.
One of the first books...
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20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Irish Georgian Silver by Douglas Bennett (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is the standard and essential reference book for any collector or dealer of rare Irish Georgian silver. 369 pages profusely illustrated with...
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19th Century Georgian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Telescope, Large, Single Draw Refractor, Cary London, circa 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique telescope, a large single draw refractor for terrestrial or astronomical use. An English, late Georgian piece dating to circa 1820.
Perfect for bird watching, landscape appreciation, wildlife, or maritime observation. Equally suitable for observing the night sky. Supplied ready to enjoy; Fully inspected and lenses cleaned by our in-house restorer.
Larger than most presenting a clear, sharp optical performance
Tapered, original painted, primary barrel in good order
Draw tube in good order with smooth action
56mm, 2.25" objective lens
Presents a good, sharp and bright image
Engraved 'Cary, London'
Complete with lens CAP and swivel dust cover
Supplied with an London Fine oak and brass 'Captain's Stand' for display
An historic, period piece as good to use today as it was two hundred years ago.
Dimensions:
Max Drawn Length: 112cm (44''
Closed Length: 76cm (30'')
Objective Glass Diameter: 5.6cm (2.25'')
About Cary, The Stand, London
William Cary was born in 1759, the third of four brothers to George and Mary Cary. The eldest, George, was a haberdasher, John a map maker and the youngest, Francis, an engraver.
William served his apprenticeship under Jesse Ramsden, arguably one of the finest instrument makers in England, and went on to produce Fine instruments himself, working alongside his brother John. They produced telescopes, microscopes, navigation and surveying equipment, mechanical calculators...
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Bronze Devotional Plaque, St Vincent of Saragossa or Martyr, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional plaque, San Vicente Mártir, or Huesca or Zaragoza, or Valencia. Bronze, 19th century.
Oval bronze plate with a circular element at the top and a frame to enhance the reli...
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Antique George III Mahogany Stick Barometer by Cremonino
Located in Devon, GB
A fine and well-proportioned early 19th century figured mahogany barometer signed ‘Cremonino, Fecit.’
This barometer has a broken arch pediment above a flush-glass door, enclosing ...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Complete English Zebra Wood Backgammon Game Box, Circa 1830
Located in Hollywood, SC
English zebra wood backgammon game box. Game consist of board, two sets of 15 checkers, two pairs of dice, a doubling cube and pair of leather dice cups...
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1830s English George IV Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
George III Silver Tray for Lt. Robert Chester
Located in New Orleans, LA
This fascinating George III silver tray is a work of skillful English artistry, intricately chased and engraved it represents a prestigious commemorative gift for service. The tray rests on 4 bracket feet with oval handles and a delightful gadrooned border. The tray is distinguished by a spectacular engraved inscription of unmatched quality that bears a presentation inscription. The inscription is surrounded by a laurel wreath border with arms, two coat of arms and flags, two of which bear the monograms for King George III and George Spencer...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Italian Neoclassic Walnut Miniature Commode
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with diamond inlay over three drawers with similar inlay, slight cabriole legs.
Category
1790s Italian Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
John Bennett Georgian Barometer
By John Bennett
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional Georgian barometer by the leading London instrument-maker John Bennett strongly reflects the prevalent furniture style and archite...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Pair of Maitland Smith Style Obelisks with Travertine and Marble Veneer
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of handsome and high quality stone veneered obelisks. Done in a pale travertine outlined with gray marble borders, the upper part raised on four marble balls above a rectangular...
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Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Travertine
Bronze Mortar with Inscription, Spain, 1846
Located in Madrid, ES
Mortar with inscription. Bronze. Spain, 1846.
Mortar made of bronze with flared mouth and truncated cone body developed without discontinuity and decreasing in diameter to the base....
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1840s Spanish Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
William IV Policeman’s Truncheon
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A William IV Policeman’s truncheon
A great piece of social history, the baton has a shaped handle, the lower part is ebonised and the upper part has a blue background with the cro...
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Nutwood
18th Century Galician Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in Firenze, IT
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The backplate pierced with a vase ...
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Late 18th Century Polish Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Still, Copper, Iron, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Still with flared copper body, cap on the top with the usual piece on these objects and a simple support to place the appliance on the fire. It has four iron handles to move it. This...
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper, Iron
Antique and Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities for Sale
Antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities can bring whimsy and wonder to any interior.
Decorating with old scientific instruments, historical memorabilia and vintage musical instruments, as well as other authentic collectibles and curiosities that can be found on 1stDibs, presents an opportunity to create a unique, natural history museum-like atmosphere in your home that can provoke conversation as often as it pays tribute to how far we’ve come in understanding our world.
And bringing collectibles and curiosities into your space is actually on trend — Wunderkammern, or curiosity cabinets, were all the rage in Europe during the 1500s and continued to have adherents there and in the U.S. in the following centuries. Today, however, they’re experiencing a real surge in popularity and influencing how many interior designers are furnishing and decorating homes — combining contemporary with antique, scientific with tribal, earthly with extraterrestrial, Les Lalanne tables with Flemish tapestries.
The original Wunderkammern were entire rooms filled with objects demonstrating their owners’ worldly knowledge: A proper one included artificiala or preciosa (objets d’art); naturalia (such as skeletons, shells, minerals); exotica (taxidermy or dried plants); and scientifica (scientific instruments), frequently alongside religious relics and ancient artifacts.
Pay tribute to a history of rich and diverse musical traditions that have taken shape all over the world by decorating your home with a collection of antique and vintage musical instruments — with a little help from strong hanging wire or some wall hooks, vintage brass instruments such as a gong, French horn or trumpet can help elevate a home office or complement the efforts you’ve made to ensure a welcoming vibe in your home’s entryway. Bells or antique wind instruments can add provocative metallic contrasts to dark woods as tabletop decorative objects.
Create an intriguing focal point with Georgian scientific instruments, such as stick barometers with mahogany cases or lacquered brass telescopes. These items stem from an era named for the monarchies of the four King Georges, who ruled England in succession starting in 1714 (plus King William’s reign, which lasted until 1837). Just as there was beautiful jewelry produced during the period that today is coveted by collectors, there is much to be found in the collectibles and curiosities realm too.
Wanderlust, nostalgia and a shared love of good design are contributing factors to certain trends in decorating — just as vintage trunks and luggage have reappeared as furniture or home accents in a bedroom or foyer, decorating with globes, maps or nautical objects is similarly rooted in the allure of travel and a penchant for the stylish finishing touch that collectibles bring to our homes.
Find a wide range of antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities on 1stDibs.
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