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Set of Three Sawfish and Swordfish Rustrums
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Set of three small sawfish and swordfish rostrums . Swordfish is 32" high. Two sawfish rostrums are 23" and 22" high.
Category
Early 1900s Hollywood Regency Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone
Table Cigar Lighter Four-Leaf Clover Malachite Stone Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table cigar lighter in the shape of a four-leaf clover with frames in 925/1000 sterling silvergold plated and real malachite stone. Piezoelectric m...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Malachite, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Flag 1953
Located in Hastings, GB
British Royal Family
A Rare And Historical Royal Coronation Flag from The Coronation Of HRH Queen Elizabeth 2nd, June 2nd 1953.
Due To The Size T...
Category
1950s English Empire Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Vintage Large Kenneth Jay Lane Bee and Rose Cream Enamel Earrings, 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Rare design, glamorous estate KJL rich cream enamel gold plated ear clips with bees and roses motif.
Lovely Spring/Summer accessory for garden aficionados, wedding celebrations, int...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel
Brooch by Line Vautrin, Beige Talosel Encrusted with Violetts Mirrors
By Line Vautrin
Located in Brussels, BE
This brooch by Line Vautrin is distinguished by its elegance and refinement, thanks to the inlay of rectangular purple mirrors arranged vertically. This arrangement creates a singula...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mirror, Talosel
Lucian Freud a Life
Located in New York City, NY
A breathtaking visual biography of Freud, told through his own words, unpublished private photographs, and painted portraits
This unprecedented look at the private life of Lucian ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
20th Century Made in Japan Brass Opera Binocular, 1950s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice opera binocular from the 50s in its original fabric pouch and box.
Made of brass. Removable handle using a small key.
Adjustment of the view thanks to a wheel at the fron...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Sea Chart of Hudson Bay and Arctic Canada by Van Keulen, circa 1681
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Pascaarte vande Noorderzee Custen van America (..)'. Sea chart of Hudson Bay and Arctic Canada. Compass roses, loxodromic lines, and ships decorate the oceans and...
Category
Late 17th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Endre László Szász for Hollohaza Porcelain Violin
By Endre Szasz
Located in Delft, NL
Endre László Szász for hollohaza porcelain violin, Hungary 1979-1980.
A Hungarian porcelain violin on a round stand with a brown painted scene o...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Silver Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Standing Hanukkah lamp made in London, England, 1926. Stamped and marked with English silver hallmarks for 1926, London. In the center stands the “Lion of Judah,” a pair of recumbent lions raised on pedestals, carrying the Ten Commandments, topped with a Torah crown...
Category
1920s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
19th Century Two French Sevres Discs in Biscuit with Profile of a Young Lady
Located in Sofia, BG
Two discs in fine white biscuit made by Sevres in France in the late 19th century. Both have identical form of a left profile of a young lady, her hair held up by a lace headdress. D...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Peter Paul Rubens: the Drawings by Anne Marie Logan, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) by Anne Marie Logan. Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005. 1st Ed hard cover Exhibition Catalog. This boo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Coronation Mug by Richard Guyatt for Wedgwood
By Wedgwood
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Coronation Mug by Richard Guyatt for Wedgwood
Sold Individually, Three Coronation Mugs available
England, Circa 1953...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Solid Brass Ships Nautical Miles Gauge
Located in Norwell, MA
Made in England by Thomas Walker and Son LTD Birmingham. Triple dial, anchor logo, nautical miles, and per mile and hundred miles gauges. Great piece of nautical décor.
Weight: 8 ...
Category
1970s European Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Map Devonshire Richard Creighton J&C Walker Sculp Samuel Lewis
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Devonshire drawn by Richard Creighton with reference to the Unions
Artist Richard Creighton
Engraved by J&C Walker Sculp
Published in Samuel Lewis Topographical Dictionary 1831, a...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Charles DICKENS, Our Mutual Friend, 1865 A PERFECT SET IN THE ORIGINAL 19 PARTS
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DICKENS, Charles.
TITLE: Our Mutual Friend. (20 Parts in 19).
PUBLISHER: London: Chapman and Hall, 1865.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION A PERFECT SET IN THE ORIGINAL 19 PARTS. first issue of text with "pricipal" for "principal" in part 14, illustrated by Marcus Stone, original pictorial blue paper wrappers.
CONDITION: A completely unsophisticated set with none of the spines being rebacked, some wear to the head and foot of spines, chipping to a few corners, internally clean and bright...
Category
1860s British Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage 1920s Black Japanned Dry Fly Fishing Box
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage black Japanned dry fly fishing box.
A black japanned tin fly box with cream interior and four compartments with transparent celluloid lids so ...
Category
1920s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
Houses Extraordinary Living
Located in New York City, NY
Explore 400 of the world's most innovative and influential architect-designed houses created since the early 20th century throughout history, houses have presented architects the wor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Letter from Theodore Dreiser Dated 19 Dec 1916 to Eliza Calvert Hall
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A FABULOUS Original hand-written Letter from Theodore Dreiser dated 19 Dec 1916 to Eliza Calvert Hall.
The letter is entirely hand written with pen and signed by the re...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Ruin and Redemption in Architecture
Located in New York City, NY
Lost, forgotten, reimagined, and transformed: the compelling beauty of abandoned, reinvented, and rescued architecture
Ruin and Redemption in Architecture captures the awe-inspir...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Fan in Its Antique Box
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Hand painted antique fan in a special old wooden box decorated thirty years ago with decoupage by an Italian artist.
The fan is perfect. From my private ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
The Shaker World by John T. Kirk
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Shaker World by John T. Kirk. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. of New York. Printed and bound in Japan. 277 illustrat...
Category
Late 20th Century Shaker Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
in and Out of Fashion, William Klein, 1st Edition, Jonathan Cape, 1994
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1994.
This truly amazing book, published to accompany an exhibition at the International Center of Photography in New York, collects the fashion work of legendary photographer William Klein. Showing his early and inventive work for Vogue and others as he explored and developed styles and techniques, we can see a different side to his work than his radical street photography, and how that in turn would feed back into his fashion work and film work through the years. Covering a broad span of his career with fashion and Classic, subversive films like 'Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?' and 'Mister Freedom...
Category
1990s British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Christie's Sale Catalogue of the Contents of Castlegar, Ballinalsoe, Co. Galway
By Christie's
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's Sale Catalogue of the Contents of Castlegar, Ballinalsoe, Co. Galway and remaining contents of Somerton, Castleknock on 24th and 25th May, 1988. 1st Ed softcover auction c...
Category
1980s Northern Irish Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Walter Albini Published by Carla Sozzani 1st Edition 1990
Located in London, GB
A very scarce book published by Carla Sozzani founder of 10 Corso Como in Milan as a tribute to Walter Albini (1941-1983) and his contribution to Italian...
Category
1990s Italian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Chess Marble Game
Located in Paris, FR
Game Chess Marble all in carved and polished marble.
Chess: L80,3xD80,3xH6cm.
small pawns: H9cm, each.
Pieces from rook to king: H10cm to 16,5cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
Fa Yeung Nin Wah / in the Mood for Love
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese mini flyer poster for In the Mood for Love.
This film was directed by Kar Wai Wong and starred TTony Chiu-Wai Leung, Maggie Che...
Category
20th Century Japanese Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Prometheus Unbound, First Edition Second Issue, 1820
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
Title: Prometheus Unbound A Lyrical Drama In Four Acts With Other Poems.
Publisher: London: C and J Ollier, 1820.
Description: First edition ...
Category
1820s British Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Steve McCurry, Animals, Art Edition No. 1-100 ‘Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2010’
Located in Los Angeles, CA
From an elephant lovingly resting on his master’s shoulder to a dog led through the rubble of Kabul on the back of a bicycle, these images by Steve McCurry tell a thousand stories, e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Rare Pierre Cardin Pop Art Futuristic Ambiance Phone
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Rare and highly collectable Pop Art futuristic Ambiance phone.
Category
1980s Taiwanese Futurist Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
15-16th Century Sandstone Standing Buddha Sculpture
Located in Kastrup, DK
400-500 years old hand carved sandstone sculpture of a standning Buddha flanked by a munk and a mythical animal.
Originates from pagoda / temple in Ara...
Category
16th Century Burmese Other Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sandstone
Uranium HOBE Festoon Bib Glass Necklace Earrings Hollywood 1930s Jewelry
By Hobé Jewelry
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Black Japanned Prog setting filled with Emerald, Peridot, and Citrine Rhinestones in Round, Emerald and Teardrop Cut. The Citrine Rhinestones are Vaseline Glass and Glow Brilliantly under UV light. Oversized stones and incredible detail make this Hobé set a piece of Costume Jewelry History.
The Earring’s fit very securely and are constructed with a built in cushion roller for comfort. They measure 1.25”
The Necklace is a Festoon Bib with jointed connectors creating a tailored fit that moves along with you. This stunning necklace will glitter and sparkle with every breath while lighting up the room. One jewel connection is fused, this might be an old repair, pictured. The Necklace measures 15” long
Each piece is signed Hobé with the signature used 1920’s to the 1950’s.
HOBE Jewelry
The original Hobe family was in business in the US from 1927 to 1995. William Hobe...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
The Loom of Art by Germain Bazin, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Loom of Art by Germain Bazin. Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1962. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. In ten chapters of text and plates, Bazin,...
Category
1960s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Automaton Singing Birds
Located in Norwich, GB
Automaton Singing birds
Automaton singing birds housed in a gilded case standing on a stepped gilded base.
Three articulated singing bird...
Category
1950s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Handcrafted Midcentury Hand Brass Figurine Key Ring Chain Holder
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist hand keyring / key holder / keychain, designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s. Handmade of solid polished brass by Werkstätte Auböck in Austria. Fully stamped and m...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
William Caxton, an Original Leaf from the Polycronicon 'Polychronicon', 1482
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Caxton, William - Higden, Ranulf (Ranulphus).
Title: Polycronicon. (Polychronicon).
Publisher: [Westminster]: William Caxton, 1482.
De...
Category
15th Century and Earlier British Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Sterling Silver Antique Globe Match Striker Finnigans London 1913
Located in London, GB
Very Large Antique Globe sterling silver Match striker. Date London 1913 by makers Finnigans Ltd 18 New Bond St London SW1
This is the largest format...
Category
Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Carl Auböck Handcrafted Midcentury Peanut Brass Figurine Key Ring Chain Holder
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist peanut keyring / keyholder / keychain, designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s. Handmade of solid polished brass by Werkstätte Auböck in Austria. Fully stamped and ...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage Nautical Signal Flag in Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Framed maritime signal flag representing the number "4", "FOUR" in the international code of signals. This authentic and ocean used pennant is made of individual panels of red and wh...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
New York 'World's Fair' Bamboo Lamp with Parasol Shade by Christopher Tennant
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The World’s Fair Collection is a family of fixtures handmade from sustainably sourced materials and upcycled antique paper parasols given to visitors at ...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cement, Brass
Mid-20th Century Ceramic Montserrat Virgin Memorabilia
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mid-20th Century traditional Spanish 'Montserrat' virgin statue made of ceramic.
Made in Barcelona, Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, pre...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Solid Brass Ships Nautical Miles Gauge
Located in Norwell, MA
Made in England by Thomas Walker and Son LTD Birmingham. Triple dial, anchor logo, nautical miles, and per mile and hundred miles gauges. Great piece of nautical décor.
Weight: 8 ...
Category
1970s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Sotheby's Summer Travel New Grand Tour, Aspen, Basel & Dukes of Northumberland
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Summer Travel The New Grand Tour, Aspen, Basel and More The Dukes Of Northumberland 500 Years Of Collecting, June-July 2014 London and New York. Published by Sotheby's, 2014. 1st Ed softcover. Beautifully illustrated catalog with great information on museums, books on travel, summertime attractions in NYC, Aspen Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Once Upon a Time, Lord Snowdon, Robert Glenton, Stella King, 1st Edition, 1960
By Lord Snowdon
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Anthony Blond, London, 1960.
Presenting 'The Story of Antony Armstrong Jones', known as Lord Snowdon, as he told it to h...
Category
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Co-Art: Artists on Creative Collaboration
Located in New York City, NY
Twenty-five leading artist duos and collectives give insight into how and why to work collaboratively
Art history is traditionally presented as the individual's struggle for self-expression, yet over the past fifty years, the number of artists working collaboratively has grown exponentially. Co-Art: Artists on Creative Collaboration explores this phenomenon through conversations with twenty-five leading art-world pairs and groups, who offer insight that is relevant beyond the art world, making this book vital for all who seek to work creatively and effectively with others.
Artists featured: Allora & Calzadilla, Assemble, Auguste Orts, ayr, Biggs & Collings, Broomberg & Chanarin, ChimPom, Claire Fontaine...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Biblia Cum Concordantijs Veteris & Novi Testamenti & Sacrorum Canonum, 1519
Located in Delft, NL
Biblia cum concordantijs veteris & novi testamenti & sacrorum canonum, 1519
A Bible by auteur Alberto da Castello, printed by Luca-Antonio Giunta, Latin Anno 1519, Venice
27-532-55 pages
First alphabetical list- Tabula Tertia, after that comes the 1st full page woodblock plate.
This title page in red and black with a surrounded frame in woodcut. Above the page “San Jerome” illustrated and below the page the printers mark “ Giunti’s Mark” from the family of printers in Florentine. The initials L A of Luca-Antonio Giunta.
After this page starts a full-page woodcut illustration after that are 3 pages not numbered and then starts numbered page 2 – 532
On page 401 is also a full-page woodcut plate
There are ca 345 small woodcuts...
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16th Century Italian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Nautical Signal Flag in Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Framed maritime signal flag representing the number “7”, “SEVEN” in the international code of signals. This authentic and ocean used pennant is made of individual panels of yellow an...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Vintage Whiting & Davis Evening Bag
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
A perfect elegant vintage American evening bag! All beaded by Whiting & Davis Co. - For You, now. With classic style and color, this vintage ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Acrylic
Jessica Stockholder Revised and Expanded Phaidon Contemporary Artists Series
Located in New York City, NY
The definitive book on a creative force who continues to influence sculpture and installation art
Jessica Stockholder has long broken down the boundaries between painting, sculp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare Collection of 35 Antique Plaster Medal Models
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Rare collection of 35 plaster casts from XIX century, as Grand Tour Souvenir.
I found them like this: You can put them in frame according to the size...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
19th Century Sioux Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux fully beaded moccasins. Red, white and blue with geometric stacked colors. Hard soles, cotton cuff edging.
Period: Late 19th Century
Origin: Gr...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hide, Beads
Distinctly Modern Interiors
By Rizzoli International Publications, Emily Summers
Located in New York, NY
The first book by AD 100 designer Emily Summers, featuring interiors that celebrate a new idea of American modernism.
Weaving mid-century Continental furniture and modern art by the likes of Frank Stella and Jasper Johns into important American homes, Summers has created a vast collection of cohesive, covetable interiors notable for their streamlined beauty. From a contemporary city penthouse to a 1940s ranch, from Summers' Round House...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique German Christmas Scene Doll in Sled, with Music Box, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This beautiful Bisque Head doll, with a smaller baby doll, is seated in a metal sled. The doll has brown glass eyes, blonde hair and teeth. The coat is made of pressed cotton. The sl...
Category
Early 20th Century German Folk Art Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Achille Salvagni
By Achille Salvagni, Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
A meticulously curated glimpse at the career of a design-world superstar.
"Stylistically, Salvagni is an avowed modernist; his work displays an elegant economy of means that is ut...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Ettore Sottsass Pink Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase, by BD Barcelona
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shiva ceramic flower vase designed by Ettore Sottsass, circa 1973, edited by BD in Barcelona.
In good original condition with minor wear consistent with age and use preserving a b...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Sioux Beaded Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux fully beaded moccasins. Red, yellow and blue on white background. Soft soled brain tanned hide.
PERIOD: Late 19th Century
ORIGIN: Great Plains ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hide, Beads
19th Century French Mother-of-Pearl and Ormolu 'Palais Royal' Perfum
By Palais Royal
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th century French Palais Royal mother of pearl and ormolu six-bottle perfume casket.
Category
1860s French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Bras, The Tastes of Aubrac
By Phaidon
Located in New York City, NY
The story behind one of the most influential restaurants in the world, situated in the picturesque Aubrac region of France.
With this long-awaited book, Sébastien Bras, son of legendary French chef Michel Bras, invites us through the doors of Le Suquet, his two Michelin-star restaurant with dramatic views over the breathtaking countryside.
Through never-before-published recipes and specially commissioned photography, Bras tells the story of his family, where cooking is not only passed from generation to generation but is constantly reinvented and imagined. Grounded and shaped by the terroir of his home in Aubrac, Bras' cuisine is internationally recognized as one of the most influential in the world, particularly for having raised vegetables and herbs to an art form.
Featuring 40 iconic recipes, including Gargouillou of Young Herbs and Vegetables; Curry Cream Coulant; Onion Squash Aligot; and Potato Waffle filled with Beurre-noisette Cream; along with sumptuous and evocative images of the restaurant and surrounding landscape, Bras: The Tastes of Aubrac opens the Bras family album, showcasing the amazing story...
Category
2010s Chinese Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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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