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Period: 1930s
Period: 1920s
Vintage Snaffles Horse Racing Print, A Point To Point. Charles Johnson Payne.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Snaffles Horse Racing Print, A Point To Point. Charles Johnson Payne.
A good framed equestrian hand coloured lithograph by Snaffles, titled 'A Point To Point'. The colourful ...
Category
1920s British Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare Set of Four House, Teddy Bear and Fish Christmas Ornament Vintage, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A rare Christmas ornament set of four. Each is made from mouth blown glass, this would be a great addition for your Christmas or feather tree. Size alwa...
Category
1930s German Folk Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wire
Southwest Genuine Skookum Native American Women Dolls - Set of 4 from 1930s
By Skookum
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of four genuine Skookum dolls. Made with leather, real hair, wool, and fabric, these Native American dolls were the original American Girl....
Category
1930s American Native American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Wool
Antique Industrial Clock from the International Time Recording Company 1920’s
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful antique clock from 1925 by the International Time Recording Company. This piece originally was used in commercial/industrial setting...
Category
1920s North American Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Ronson 1930 Pik a Cig Magic Penguin Touch Tip Cigarette Dispenser Desk Box
Located in Miami, FL
Art deco magic penguin mechanical dispenser box designed by Ronson.
A beautiful, exceedingly rare and very decorative mechanical dispenser desk box, created in the city of Newark, N...
Category
1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Steel
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
1939 the Story of the Lamp and the Candle Book
Located in Seguin, TX
The Story Of The Lamp and the Candle by F. W. Robins. Published by Oxford University Press, London, 1939. Blue cloth binding, many black and white illustrations, shelf wear, exlib,...
Category
1930s American Other Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Presentation Rowing Rudder, Pembroke College, Head of the Lent Races
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Cambridge University, Pembroke College, Presentation Rowing Rudder.
An original presentation trophy rudder 'Pembroke College, Head Of The Lent Races 1933' with gold calligraphy and t...
Category
1930s English Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1929-1933 The Works of Shakespeare
Located in Bath, GB
A fantastic, bright set of this Nonesuch limited edition of William Shakespeare's works.
The first edition of this Nonesuch set.
A super set with much more even colour than usually seen.
With the text based on the first folio, with quarto variants and a selection of modern readings. It follows the text of the First Folio faithfully, in its misprints and intermittent use of a comma for a full stop at the close of an uninterrupted speech. The editors note describes in detail the intention and treatment regarding substantive errors between the early editions.
Numbered 60 of 1600 copies of this work, which have been designed by Francis Meynell and printed by Walter Lewis, printer to the University at the Cambridge University Press. The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited edition and private press. They were founded by Francis Meynell, his second wife Vera Mendel and their friend David Garnett. Their aspiration was for their publications to be aligned with the same aesthetic standards as the private press movement. They were unusual as they used a small Albion press...
Category
1930s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare Art Deco Epiphone Electar Model M Lap Steel Electric Guitar and amp combo
By Epiphone
Located in Buffalo, NY
Epiphone Electar Model M Lap Steel Electric Guitar, with original matching amplifier...black lacquer finish, maple body and etched aluminum top. A very early...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Moby Dick by Herman Melville, First Edition, Illustrated by Rockwell Kent, 1930
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Melville, Herman. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Moby Dick. New York: Random House, 1930. First Trade Edition with Kent Illustrations. Rebound in full leather. Housed in a matching cu...
Category
1930s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1939 Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
By T.S. Eliot
Located in Bath, GB
An uncommon, first edition copy of T S Eliot's famous poetry collection regarding feline psychology and sociology. This anthology forms the basis of Andrew L...
Category
1930s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Ronson 1936 Art Deco Tourette Geometric Bronze Table Touch Iip Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
A bronze Tourette desk lighter designed by Ronson.
Very rare desk table Touch-Tip lighter, created in Newark New Jersey by Ronson, at The Art Metal Works Co. during the art deco per...
Category
1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Diary In Silver And Art Deco Enamels
Located in Madrid, ES
Diary In Silver And Art Deco Enamels
Elegant diary in solid silver and enamel from the art deco period. Circa 1920-France. Contains the original pen that closes the lid. Size: 10x7x1cm
Category
1920s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Leather Fly Fishing Wallet, Sport Fishing.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Leather Fly Wallet.
A good pigskin leather fishing fly and cast wallet with embossed tram line decoration. The brown leather is in original condition. The wallet has two ins...
Category
1920s British Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
A Royal Air Force P10 Aircraft Compass No. 23145 T M
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Royal Air Force P10 Aircraft Compass No. 23145 T M
The compass has a brass body finished in black, it comes in its battleship grey painted wooden ...
Category
1930s Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
SYMONDS - The Life Of Benvenuto Cellini - 2 vols. - IN A FINE FULL CALF BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SYMONDS, John Addington - translator.
TITLE: The Life Of Benvenuto Cellini Written By Himself.
PUBLISHER: NY: Brentano's, 1929.
DESCRIPTION: 2 vols, 9-1/16" x 6-1/8", num...
Category
1920s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Moroccan Stone Encrusted Silver and Bone Dagger
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-451 hand crafted Moroccan silver dagger with stone inlay and animal bone handle.
Category
1920s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Agate, Silver
Dunhill 1935 Art Deco Triangular Desk Silent Lighter Chrome, Bakelite & Catalin
Located in Miami, FL
Triangular desk silent lighter designed by Irving Florman for Dunhill.
Very rare silent lighter, created in America during the art deco period, back in the 1935. This triangular model was patented by Irving Florman for the Dunhill Company. Crafted with chromed brass parts, with three cylinders mounted in a triangular black bakelite base and a catalin (plaskon) spherical ball on top the torch wand. Embellished with application of black lacquer. This lighter is base in the German version designed in the 1933.
Weight: 118.5 Grams, (10.87 Dwt).
Measurements: 67 mm by 67 mm by 93 mm (2.64 x 2.64 x 3.68 Inches).
Marks: Signed with the maker's mark and inscribed in both pars, "DUNHILL SILENT LIGHTER TABLE LIGHTER U.S. PAT. 2020142 MADE IN U.S.A".
Patent: US Utility Pat. as Electric Cigar lighter...
Category
1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Ronson 1939 Art Deco Table Touch Tip Octette Lighter Machine Age Bakelite Steel
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 American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Vintage Pre-War Wind-Up Toy "Boy on Motorcycle Delivery Truck" by Marx
Located in Incline Village, NV
This brightly lithographed tin wind-up toy in colors of red, yellow, and blue, with a driver dressed in appropriate motorcycle clothing, depicts a young man driving a delivery cart with "Speed Boy Delivery" printed on each side of the wagon. The manufacturers logo is clearly marked on both sides of the stake wagon and on the right shoulder of the driver "MAR" with a circle around it and "Made in The United States of America, New York, N.Y." around the circumference (see images). The license plate number is "268", which, along with the red painted inside of the drivers arms (as it should be!) indicates this earlier version and authenticity.
Nearly 100 years old, it still operates fine and, upon winding the attached wind-up key a few times and placing the toy on the ground, the motorcycle and driver move across the floor on the way to their deliveries; do not over wind. (see video attached to this listing).
The toy is completely original and in very good condition, with no repairs or restorations of any kind and no touch up or repaint. The arms and steering handle bars are also original (sometimes replaced) and they have the appropriate paint and markings.
This would make a welcome addition to a collection of pre-war Americana.
Dimensions: 9 7/8" long x 5 7/8" wide x 5 3/4" high
After 40 plus years of dealing and collecting toys, I am justly qualified to guarantee and present the authenticity of antique and vintage toys...
Category
1930s Folk Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
Golf, Amateur Gold Medal 1934 Belgium Open Championship
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
1934 Amateur Belgium Golf Open Championship Gold Winners Medal.
The medal was awarded to Francis Ricardo (Addington Golf Club) author-golfer and the winner o...
Category
1930s Belgian Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
House at Pooh Corner, by A. A. Milne
Located in Middletown, NY
Milne, A.A. (Alan Alexander: 1882–1956). The House at Pooh Corner.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. First Edition.
Crown 8vo, 7 1/2 x 5 in (192 x 127 mm), pp. 178, full-page and...
Category
1920s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Toy by Lindstrom Dancing Dutch Boy Playing Accordion American Circa 1930
Located in Incline Village, NV
Very difficult antique toy to come by, especially to find with the original box, as this example. In excellent and all original condition and paint in bright blue, white, and yellow paint and lithography with no touch up; there is zero restoration, and the toy is in outstanding operating condition; just wind up the attached wind up key on the back of the boy and the he dances around in a circular motion for quite some time while seemingly playing his accordion (see the video attached). "Dancing Dutch Boy" is an all tin wind up toy...
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
Ronson 1935 Buffalo Touch Tip Striker Lighter In Black Cast Steel & Chrome
Located in Miami, FL
Desk buffalo touch tip Striker designed by Ronson.
The striker lighters made by Ronson are famous under collectors. This extremely rare desk Striker L...
Category
1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Dressmaker’s Hem Height Skirt Marker Beech Skirt Marker
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Dressmaker’s Hem Height Skirt Marker
Beech Skirt Marker for measuring the height of a skirt from the floor up . This would have been used in a shop to make alterations to the length...
Category
1930s Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Beech
Large Original Vintage Map of Brazil, circa 1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of Brazil
Original color. Good condition
Published by Alexander Gross
Unframed.
Category
1920s English Edwardian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Brass Case Antique Shops Model "Mercedita" of Boston
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique Shop model of the barkentine "Mercedita" of Boston. Old model in original grey and gold paint. Scribed deck with many cabins and hatches. Other details include anchors, capst...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Map of Philadelphia with a Historical Tribute to its Volunteer Fire Companies
Located in Langweer, NL
This elaborate map of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania served as a historical tribute to the city's first volunteer fire departments. It was drawn by J...
Category
1930s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Eight Antique Blacksmith's Hammers Made in Italy, 1930s
Located in Palermo, IT
Eight antique blacksmith's hammers, Italy, 1930
Found in a bed base factory that belonged to my great-grandfather. The wooden handles need to be added.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Rare, Petite Vintage French Geometric School House Molds
Located in Houston, TX
Circa 1930s. Zinc molds from French school house. Set of six molds. These are rare and unusually petite versions of school house shape molds. The rectangular mold featured in this pi...
Category
1930s French Arts and Crafts Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Zinc
Ronson USA 1938 Art Deco Touch Tip Lighter Junior Bar In Steel & Lacquer
Located in Miami, FL
Junior barman with touch tip lighter designed by Ronson.
An exceptional and very beautiful desk piece, created in New Jersey United States by The ...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Delco R-1150 Art Deco 1939 Tube Radio With Swirled Catalin Blue Colors
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco Catatin tube radio designed by Delco.
Very cool custom art deco Delco midget bakelite tube radio model R-1150 created in 1939. This is a 5 tube one band am set with all n...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bakelite
Vintage French Hour Sand Glass in Pewter
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
French Pewter and Sand 15 Minutes Hour Glass
Category
1920s French Folk Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pewter
North American Indians by George Catlin, Two Volumes, First Grant Edition, 1926
By George Catlin
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Catlin, George. North American Indians: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years' Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in...
Category
1920s Scottish Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Style Photography, Framed Alpine Ski Photograph, Three Peaks
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
'THREE PEAKS', a modern framed and mounted black and white photograph after an original 1930's skiing photograph. The frame is black with a burgundy undercoat, the glazing is clarity...
Category
1930s English Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Wood
Vintage Style Ski Photography, Framed Alpine Ski Photograph, Panoramic View
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
'PANORAMIC VIEW', a modern framed and mounted black and white photograph after an original 1930's skiing photograph. The frame is black with burgundy undercoat, the glazing is clarit...
Category
1930s English Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Wood
Winston CHURCHILL. The World Crisis - 6 vols. - ALL FIRST EDITIONS 1923-1931
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Winston.
TITLE: The World Crisis. 1911-1918 / The Aftermath / The Eastern Front.
PUBLISHER: London: Thornton Butterworth, Ltd., 1923-1931.
DESCRIPTION: ALL FIR...
Category
1920s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Ronson 1938 Art Deco Machine Age Geometric Deluxe Classic Desk Touch Tip Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
A Deluxe desk lighter designed by Ronson.
This extremely rare Ronson Deluxe Classic Touch-Tip lighter was made in 1938 by the Ronson Art Metal Works Inc. located in Newark, New Jersey in the United States. This lighter began a very successful era for Ronson Touch Tip...
Category
1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Steel, Chrome
Early 20th century clockwork Automaton Diorama
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century clockwork Automaton Diorama
A truly wonderful example of an early 20th Century Dutch clockwork automaton diorama. The animation takes place after both clockwork me...
Category
1930s Dutch Victorian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Early Vintage Chein Company All Tin Toy Wind-Up Limousine, American, Circa 1930
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is one of the earlier, New York City based, J. Chein Company, tin toy pieces. They started doing lithography in 1930.
This toy wind-up sedan was made circa 1930 and is brightly ...
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
Antique Polar Bear Cub in Silver Plate on Quartz Rock
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Polar Bear Sculpture.
An arctic sculpture of a polar bear on an iceberg. The polar bear is well made, silver plated and the iceberg is made of...
Category
1930s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Quartz, Silver Plate
"Komikal Kop" Tin Wind-Up Toy by Louis Marx Co., circa 1930
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is the more rare and desirable variation of this toy, with the dog riding "shotgun", sitting on the running board of the auto. The tin lithographed and hand painted wind-up toy by the Louis Marx Company of New York City, circa 1930, was undoubtedly influenced by Mack Sennett's Keystone Kops series featured in silent films.
The toy portrays a New York City policeman, seated behind the steering wheel of a car with his dog by his side on the running board; driving erratically; forward and backwards, left and right; doing "popping wheelies", while spinning his head around in utter confusion attempting to negotiate traffic.
The toy works great; just as it did when new, (see the attached 40 second movie with the listing). Simply wind up the fixed clockwork key in place a few times (do not over-wind) and watch the action described above.
This "Komikal Kop...
Category
1930s Folk Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
1927, Entomology Collection of Fourteen Morpho Didius Butterfly Specimens
Located in Downham Market, GB
A beautiful collection of Morpho Didius butterflies specimens.
A wonderful entomology collection of fourteen vivid blue Morpho butterflies in their...
Category
1920s British Victorian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood
Milne, A. A. Winnie the Pooh, 'Specimen Page, 1926'
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A..
TITLE: Winnie The Pooh.
PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926.
DESCRIPTION: SPECIMEN PAGE. 1 page folded, 7-1/8" x 4-5/8", printed in red and bl...
Category
1920s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Yacht Pulley Block by Merriman
Located in Norwell, MA
Nautical pulley block by Merriman of Boston. Brass badge with trident and M.B. Hardwood housing is pinned together and holds the polished brass sheave. Awesome restoration. Great Nau...
Category
1930s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Collection of Leather Bound Art Deco Photo Albums of European Travel
Located in Atlanta, GA
Collection of Leather Bound Art Deco Photo Albums of European Travel, the actual albums are probably French, circa 1920's. They document fabulous trips throughout Europe in the 1920'...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Ships Wheel by John Hastie of Greenock
Located in Norwell, MA
Very nice antique solid brass ships wheel that has been highly polished and lacquered. The hub has deeply engraved makers name "John Hastie & Co...
Category
1930s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Brass nautical compass signed DIRIGO Eugen M. Sherman Seattle USA 1920
Located in Milan, IT
Nautical compass on gimbal signed DIRIGO Eugen M. Sherman Seattle USA 1920s, mounted on custom-made walnut and brass board. Eight-twenty rose complete with protractor circle. The com...
Category
1920s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Japanese Silver Karabitsu Bonbonniere Box, Taisho Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Japanese silver bonbonniere box in the shape of a karabitsu, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan.
The small bonbonniere crafted of silver in the form of a karabitsu, a storage ...
Category
1920s Japanese Meiji Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Art Deco 1920 Egyptian Revival Pharaoh Retractable Pencil Pendant Brass & Enamel
Located in Miami, FL
Egyptian revival Pharaoh mechanical pencil.
With the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, "Egyptian Revival" souvenirs became incredibly popular in the Western world. Thi...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Austrian Bronze Mortar and Pestle, Original Patina, Pharmacy or Herbalist
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Offered is a beautiful antique solid brass mortar and pestle set. The mortar has a cylindrical shape with a flared mouth and two angular handles at the sides. The baton-shaped pestle...
Category
1920s Austrian Hollywood Regency Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Brass
Alpine Ski Photograph 'Matterhorn & Skiers', Taken from Original 1930s Photo
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage, antique alpine ski photograph.
'Matterhorn & Skiers', a new mounted black and white photographic image after an original 1930s skiing photograph. Black abd white alpine photos are the perfect addition to any home or ski lodge, so please do check out our other ski photos...
Category
1930s English Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of American Cities, Vignette of New York City, circa 1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great maps of American Cities
Unframed
Original color
By John Bartholomew and Co. Edinburgh Geographical Institute
Published, circa 1920
Category
1920s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Webster & Sons 1925 Art Deco Red & Black Enameled Smoking Set in Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Rare smoking set designed by the E. G. Webster Company.
Very cool and beautiful smoking set, created in America during the art deco period, circa 1925. This colorful set is compos...
Category
1920s North American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Medical Device Wooden Case for Bleeding Needle and Loop Kit with Tin Can
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Medical Device Wooden Case for Bleeding Needle and Loop Kit with Tin Can. 0Original paperwork, solid wood case, 2 swing doors, tin metal...
Category
1930s Jacobean Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
Polaire Paris 1935 Art Deco Bauhaus Table Desk Lift Arm Tower Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
Table desk tower lighter designed by Polaire Paris.
An sleek and elegant table lighter, created in Paris France by the Polaire company, back in the 1935. It was crafted with pure ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Chrome
1920s English Small Silver Glass Matchstriker
Located in Stamford, CT
1920s petite English glass and sterling silver match striker.
Makers mark on the silver rim.
Matches shown in photos are not included.
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
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.
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