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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Style: Rococo
Color:  Gold
Bronze Vienes Miniature enamel
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bronze Vienes miniature living room set Miniature with enamel Origin France Circa 1930 Materials Bronze and enamel in perfect condition Rococo style 7 pi...
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1930s Austrian Rococo Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Bronze Vienes Miniature enamel
Bronze Vienes Miniature enamel

Bronze Vienes Miniature enamel

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Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock and Barometer
Located in London, GB
In their elaborate use of C-scrolls, putti figures, stylised acanthus leaves and flowers, this clock and barometer are clearly Rococo in their style. The Rococo came into fashion in ...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel

Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock and Barometer
Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock and Barometer

Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock and Barometer

French Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Clock and Barometer by Charpentier
By Charpentier et Cie
Located in London, GB
Designed in the French Rococo style, this clock and barometer set have been beautifully ornamented with scrolling foliate gilt bronze forms. The two are diamond shaped, with symmetri...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze

French Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Clock and Barometer by Charpentier
French Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Clock and Barometer by Charpentier

French Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Clock and Barometer by Charpentier

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Large Antique French Rococo Gilt Bronze Candelabra Clock Set
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Rosy Top Clock, Gilded
By Creel and Gow
Located in New York, NY
Clock rosy top gilded shell 3". Creel and Gow has been working with the same atelier in Rome, Italy for over 20 years to make our signature silvered shells. Our workshop has been ope...
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Rosy Top Clock, Gilded

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H 2 in W 3 in D 3.5 in
1970s British Bronze AC.GMT.Co. Industrial Wall Clock Chrome Bezel Black Dial
By Industrial Design
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Rescued from Industrial scrap yards and brought back to life in our UK workshop, our expert process allows us to create a high quality clock of luxury standards. At A.C GMT Co. we apply new paint finishes or lustrous copper and bronze to the clock case. Our high speed polishing machine restores the chrome bezel, which then frames one of our high definition screen printed dials. These clocks were originally slave or secondary clocks used on cargo ships and super tankers, they would have been controlled by a master clock...
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1970s English International Style Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Chrome, Bronze, Steel

1970s British Bronze AC.GMT.Co. Industrial Wall Clock Chrome Bezel Black Dial
1970s British Bronze AC.GMT.Co. Industrial Wall Clock Chrome Bezel Black Dial

1970s British Bronze AC.GMT.Co. Industrial Wall Clock Chrome Bezel Black Dial

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Late 19th Century Louis XV Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Cartel Wall Clock
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
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Late 19th Century Louis XV Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Cartel Wall Clock

Late 19th Century Louis XV Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Cartel Wall Clock

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H 13.39 in W 8.67 in D 1.58 in
French Pendulum Clock & Aneroid Barometer, circa 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
Clock and aneroid barometer in walnut made circa 1960. The aneroid barometer (or holosteric barometer) was developed by the Frenchman Lucien Vidie who filed a patent for it in 1844 ...
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Mid-20th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities

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French Pendulum Clock & Aneroid Barometer, circa 1960
French Pendulum Clock & Aneroid Barometer, circa 1960

French Pendulum Clock & Aneroid Barometer, circa 1960

H 13.39 in W 7.88 in D 3.55 in
Antique Smith 8-Day Shipboard Clock
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A brass circular base with a central inset hinged glass panel that reveals a white metal face with black enameled Roman numerals hours and Arabic numerals seconds. The clock lacks a ...
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Antique Smith 8-Day Shipboard Clock
Antique Smith 8-Day Shipboard Clock

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H 3.75 in Dm 8 in
1970s British Bronze and Chrome AC GMT Co. Industrial Wall Clock White Dial
By Industrial Design
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
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1970s British Bronze and Chrome AC GMT Co. Industrial Wall Clock White Dial
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French Musical Automation Picture Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
This incredible work of art blends the beauty of a painting with the mechanical complexities of both a cylinder music box and an automaton. A clock is integrated within the arched giltwood and gesso frame, and, when activated, this painting quite literally comes alive. As the cylinder mechanism within plays its lovely tune, every character in the farrier's shop becomes animated – from the group of farrier's toiling away at the forge and anvil forming the horseshoes, to the wagging of the charming terrier's tale. This musical automaton picture clock is attributed to Xavier Tharin of Paris who was the preeminent creator of these fantastical "moving pictures", especially this particular scene. His process mixed oil painting and hand-colored lithograph images that were layered starting from the back and into the middle and foreground to craft the complex series of movements throughout the painting. A look inside this particular work reveals the complex mechanism (with the three gongs, pendulum and cylinder components immediately visible) which run the timepiece, the cylinder musical component, plus the multitude of moving elements in the painting -- a truly incredible feat considering the technical prowess to create just one of these devices. Musical picture clocks...
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French Musical Automation Picture Clock
French Musical Automation Picture Clock

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H 48.5 in W 44 in D 10.25 in
Antique Gilt Bronze Enamel Travel Altar Triptych
Located in New York, NY
An antique Catholic gilt bronze travel altar triptych case featuring inside a crucifix cross set within malachite decorations and fine cast floral frami...
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Designs for Gilt Bronze Objects from the French Restoration 1814-1830, 1st Ed
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H 9.5 in W 6.75 in D 0.5 in
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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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