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Models and Miniatures For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 1920s
Period Builders Model of the Private Yacht "Caritas"
Located in Norwell, MA
Builders model of a Lawley built private yacht named "Caritas". She was built in 1922 for sugar magnate J. Percy Bartram. Designed by Cox and Stevens of...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Set of Five Botanical Models of a Plant Embryo, London UK, 1930
Located in Milan, IT
A set of five botanical models depicting in numbered sequence the development of a vegetal embryo. Made out of hand painted plaster, the models are mounted on a wooden base. T. Gerra...
Category
1930s British Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Iron
Master Built Cased Cutty Sark Scale Model
Located in Peekskill, NY
The clipper ship Cutty Sark was an icon of design in 1869 and still remains a model builders favorite. I remember as a child my father building the same shi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Wooden & Canvas Handmade Model Sail Boat
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Model sail boat made by hand of wood and canvas, 1940s.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Early to Mid-20th Century Hand Carved Black Forest Sitting Eagle Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Quality carved, mint condition and majestic bird of prey.
This stunning bald eagle sculpture stands out, because the artist has managed to create a perfectly realistic eagle without...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Black Forest Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Giant Art Deco Brass Fountain Pen and Mechanical Pencil Display Models
By Wahl Eversharp Co
Located in Hanover, MA
Oversized retail advertising presentation brass fountain pen and mechanical pencil display signs from the early 1920s when they would have been featured within a wood and glass display cabinet at the pen counter of a stationary store.
Originally the fountain pen would have been marked on its side "Wahl Pen...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass
Paris Newstand Kiosk Case
Located in New York, NY
Paris newstand kiosk case. Novel Bellows & Co liqueur bottle case in the iconic Parisian French advertising kiosk shape. Vintage shaped and paper laminated circular card liqueur box...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Metal
Antique 1950s Italian Handcrafted Oak Doll / Miniature Folding Chair
Located in New York, NY
A charming model of a folding chair, entirely handmade in Italy in oak,
quality of construction and attention to details, in excellent original condition. A decorative item to brin...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Metal
Large Hollywood Regency Brass Seashell
Located in Houston, TX
Large Hollywood Regency brass seashell. Beautiful table accessory.
Great patina!
Could be polished if desired.
Category
1960s Hollywood Regency Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass
Vintage Miniature Wood Workbench, 1940s
Located in Wien, AT
This miniature workbench was made in the Czech Republic in the 1940s and was used for viewing in a school. Very nice vintage condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Vintage Instructional Mushroom Model
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage instructional mushroom model from an art school in France. Entire set pictured together in last three images.
Category
1940s French Folk Art Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Concrete
Vintage Murano Glass Rhinoceros
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Murano glass Rhinoceros. This realistic Murano rhino sculpture is clear and gray glass with controlled bubbles and in great condition.
Category
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Three Matchbox Toy Construction Machines by Lesney, England, 1960-70s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Three matchbox construction machine toys; Scammel Heavy Wreck Truck, K12 Hercules Mobile Crane & Case Tractor. All made by Lesney in the 60s-70s. Very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Models and Miniatures
Materials
Metal
Midcentury English Portobello Famous Wines in the World on Display Case
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1960s midcentury English Portobello "Famous wines" in the world on display case
Measures cm: H 34 W 108, D 9.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Models and Miniatures
Materials
Glass, Wood
Collection of Antique Trains
Located in Redding, CT
Collection of antique trains. It includes two 1950s American Flyer streamline aluminum trains. One engine and one pull car. Some are Lionel Trains and som...
Category
1950s Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Tin, Metal, Iron
Art Deco Style Traditional Wooden Artist Mannequin Model Vintage, 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A handmade wooden Artist mannequin model - all joints move as they should. Found on a Estate sale in Vienna, Austria.
Shows some wear - but lo...
Category
1950s German Art Deco Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Metal
Vintage Italian Gold Gilt Camel Figures, a Pair
Located in Cordova, SC
A fantastic pair of Italian gold gilt camel figurines. Marked Italy on the felted base. One of the camels has some damage to the lower neck. This is pho...
Category
1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rare Lenaerts Carousel Motorbike, Belgium, 1950s
By Jeff Lenaerts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A very rare carousel motorbike, manufactured by Lenaerts, circa 1950.
This eye-catching model remains in beautiful original condition. It is made of high quality metal in a nice g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Models and Miniatures
Materials
Metal
Vintage 1940s Retail Counter Top Female Mannequin Doll Store Display Black Paint
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage 1940s department store retail counter top female mannequin or doll store clothing display on round wood base. Original black paint shows age, ar...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Composition
Pair of 1930s Tlingit Totems
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Tlingit culture is divided into two moieties, or groups: Eagles and Ravens. These groups, also called clans, are exogamous – which means they marry out to the other group – and are m...
Category
1930s American Native American Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Cedar
Pair of Sterling Silver Knights On Horseback, Import Marked London 1927
Located in London, London
Carrying import marks for London in 1927 by Israel Segalov, this wonderful pair of Sterling Silver Knights On Horseback, are handsomely modelled. Each measures roughly 12.25"(31cm) tall, by 12.5"(32cm) wide, by 4.5"(11.5cm) deep, and the pair together weigh 96 troy ounces.
The design for the Knights is taken from a relief which can be found at the tomb of Emperor Maximilian I in the 'Hofkirche' of Innsbruck in Germany. The relief shows Emperor Maximilian I at the Battle of the Spurs (also known as the (second) Battle of the Guinegate), and was created by Albrecht Durer.
The knights are believed to depict Emperor Maximilian I & King Ferdinand I.
Category
1920s English Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Monumental and Unusual Folk Art Stage Coach Figure and Horses, 1927
Located in Buffalo, NY
Monumental and unusual Folk Art stage coach figure and horses, 1927. All hand executed, amazing detail, working lamps, velvet interior on coach.
Category
1920s American Folk Art Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Leather, Velvet, Plaster
Midcentury Large Brass Key in Walnut Wood Flat Box Shaped as a Door
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very pretty and heavy vintage brass 'front door' key in a box made of walnut wood, shaped as a flat door with little brass hinges, little fake keyhole and doorknob.
I have no idea what or who this novelty object...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass
Sterling Silver Wager Cup, Import Marked London 1962, I. Freeman & Sons
Located in London, London
Carrying import marks for London in 1962 by I. Freeman & Sons, this striking, Sterling Silver Wager Cup, is modelled as a lady in costume, an...
Category
1960s English Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Johnnie Walker Memorabilia Set, circa 1950
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
The world-famous and iconic figure – Johnnie Walker’s “The Striding Man” who walks energetically and purposefully, wearing his eye-catching red jacket, white riding breeches...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Models and Miniatures
Materials
Plastic
Life Size Child Wood and Plaster Articulated Mannequin, 1920s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice and rare life size wood and plaster articulated child mannequin from the 1920s.
Clothes for his size. Sulfide eyes.
Very good quality and condition.
Can stand up thanks ...
Category
1920s French Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood, Plaster
Miniature Dutch Walnut Long Case Clock
By Jan Henkels
Located in Den Haag, NL
Love this miniature Dutch walnut long case clock. Not only great looking but also a good working
time piece. Comes with a good quality watch. M...
Category
1950s Dutch Baroque Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Walnut
Ashtray, Brass and Wood, Carl Auböck Vienna, Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
An ashtray by Carl Auböck made of brass.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass
Eskimo Model Kayak, Wood Covered with Seal Skin, Lined with Bone
Located in Leuven , BE
What makes this model so special is that all the hunting devices are still present: spears, harpoons, spear thrower, wood float board, and bladder, paddles and other equipment used for seal hunting. Please note how well these are made in a stunning combination of wood and bone and lashed on deck under bone and sinew spear securers. Despite the kayak frame...
Category
1930s American Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
Art Deco Ford Trimotor Desk Airplane Wooden Model, ca. 1925
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Ford Tri-motor desk airplane wooden model - ca. 1925.
Fantastic desk / counter airplane, made of polished wood and polished aluminium. Fully Restored and ready to display.
Some History:
The Ford Trimotor...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Aluminum
Baroque Style Green Upholstered Dog House, French, 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
Dog house upholstered with green velvet and green and cream fringe. Hinged top revealing green pillow within.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Baroque Revival Models and Miniatures
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Guido Cacciapuoti Bronze Horses Couples 1940 Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Guido Cacciapuoti bronze horses couples 1940 Italy.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Bronze
Didactic Resin Anatomical Model of an Enlarged Jaw, Germany, 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Didactic anatomical model of an enlarged jaw, mounted on a wooden board with hooks for hanging. In evidence the circulatory system, the roots of the teeth, and two caries. Made in ha...
Category
1950s German Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Resin, Wood
Wood Carved American Folk Art Muscle Car
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Hand carved Folk Art American Muscle car. Wood carved with original paint surface.
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Antique Sign "Appia" Model for Società Adriatica di Navigazione, Venice, 1960s
Located in taranto, IT
splendid and very rare LUMINOSA sign from the 1960s of the Adriatic shipping company of Venice, which belonged to a travel agency, with, inside, a real scale model AND IN METAL, of the appia ferry, used for the Bari-Durres-Bari line
the sign lights up both in the lower part, in correspondence with the writings, and behind and around the model of the ship, with a vintage electrical system still miraculously functioning, as can be seen from the attached photos
plastic vintage car models...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Folk Art Ship Model of a Steamship
Located in Norwell, MA
Charming model of a coastal steamship set into clay waves and a felt lined glass and wood display case. Intricate model with exceptional cabin detail with arch top windows...
Category
1920s Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Era Folk Art Made Collection of Miniature Antique Farm Implements
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This framed collection of over two dozen handcrafted miniature antique farm implements are all unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Canad...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art Models and Miniatures
Materials
Leather, Softwood
20th Century Antique Porcelain Doll Heads
Located in Casteren, NL
20th century antique porcelain doll heads, various sizes and ages.
25 items in total.
Originates France, dating, circa 1950-1960.
Category
1950s French Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Porcelain
Engineer's Scale Model of Extending Fire Escape Ladder
Located in London, GB
A detailed engineer's model of a lattice-girder extending fire escape ladder.
The ladder can be extended by the powered mechanism, or by a winder...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of Nuu-Chah-Nulth Model Totems
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
This matched pair of Nuu-chah-nulth model poles each feature thunderbirds, wolves, lightning snakes and eagles. The poles are nearly identical and vary only in minute details and color choices. The thunderbirds...
Category
1920s Canadian Native American Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Cedar
Old English Leather Rhino Made in the 1950s
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
This is a rhino made in England sometime in the 1950's.
The rhinoceros is covered with real leather, presumably bovine leather, beautiful brown in color.
This is a nice item to...
Category
1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Leather
Vintage, Good Size & Stunning Hand-Carved Bali, Indonesia Wedding Couple Statue
Located in Lisse, NL
Artistically carved sculpture of newly weds from 1940-1950.
This beautifully executed and romantic sculpture is of a madly in love Balinese male and female. This all-handcarved out of a dense hardwood work of art has the most beautiful and warm patina. This rare & unusually intimate sculpture is in excellent condition and it must has taken a skilled craftsman an enormous amount of time, focus and dedication to create. The 'Loro Blonyo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Balinese Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Pin Cushion Doll Head by William Goebel
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this petite and very skillfully painted Art Deco pin cushion head manufactured by the German factory of William Goebel. Measuri...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Models and Miniatures
Materials
Ceramic
Factice of Bottle of Champagne, Piper Heidsieck
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Stunnig display of bottle of Piper Heidsieck champagne,
Great piece of decoration.
Category
1960s French Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Plastic
Vintage Scale Model of The 1928 Mercedes Benz SS in German Silver, Circa 1950
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A rare scale model of the classic 1928 Mercedes Benz SS (Super Sport) which was the fastest car of its time. Made entirely of solid silver, the chassis shows a vented & belted hood, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Modern Models and Miniatures
Materials
Silver
Golden Lion, circa 1950
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful lion standing on a rock, its mouth half open ready to roar.
Golden plaster
1950s work.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Models and Miniatures
Materials
Plaster
Spanish Vintage Wooden Shoe Last, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Vintage wooden shoe last.
By unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1940.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and u...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Antique Anatomical Model of the Human Ear Painted Plaster by Somso 1950s
By Somso
Located in Milan, IT
Didactic model of the human ear, painted plaster, made in 1950s by Somso, a German company active since the second half of the nineteenth century, known as an excellence in the devel...
Category
1950s German Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Plaster
Cased Model of the Famous Quincy Mass
Located in Norwell, MA
Cased model of the famous Quincy Mass built seven masted schooner Thomas W Lawson. Detailed with crew on deck and a full suit of sails. Fitted to a custom ...
Category
1950s Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
Botanical Model in Enlarged Section of a Moraceae Syconium, Italy, 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Model in enlarged section of a Moraceae syconium (fig for example is a syconium). The model is made of painted plaster and almost certainly made by Paravia in the 1930s. Measures cm ...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Plaster
Germany 1950 Didactics Medical Anatomy Enlarged Model of a Human Trachea
By Deutsches Hygiene Museum Dresden
Located in Milan, IT
Didactic anatomical enlarged model of a trachea made in the 1950s, made of hand-colored cellon and mounted on a bakelite base. On a label on the base you read Deutsches Hygiene Museu...
Category
1950s German Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Bakelite
Godard Armand "Woman Sitting with Doves" Art Deco Sculpture black marble
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
"Jeune femme aux colombes" "young woman with doves" By Armand Godard.
Beautiful sculpture with beautiful patina Art Deco period representing a woman sitting feeding birds on oval terrace in black marble.
Very fine work.
Signed.
France,
circa 1930
Armand Godard made many chryselephantine statuettes in bronze and ivory in the Art Deco style, especially for the foundry Edmond Etling. In the 1920s and 1930s, he exhibited in Paris in the salons of the Society of French Artists. During the 1937 Universal Exhibition in Paris, he showed a monumental statue 4.5 meters high and a patinated plaster sculpture.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Marble
Large Vintage Cast Metal Decorative or Toy Colonial Canon Model
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large cast metal canon shows no maker's marks, but is presumed to have been made in the United States in circa 1965 in a Colonial Revival style. This model canon...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Colonial Revival Models and Miniatures
Materials
Metal
1960s Tin Toy Servis Pick Up truck with ladder by Nekur, Ne-Kur , Turkey
Located in Antwerp, BE
1960s lithographed Tin Toy Car - Tin Toy Truck.
A Ford Service - Servis truck , Pick up Van with ladder by Nekur , Ne-Kur Turkey.
Vintage Toys - Tin ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Models and Miniatures
Materials
Tin
Dressmaker's Dummy
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Dressmaker's dummy signed Cavanaugh New York and dated 1951.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Chinese Carved Zitan Table-Form Stand, Republic Period, Mid-20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A finely carved zitan wood display stand in the form of a round table, China, Republic Period, mid 20th century.
The circular display stand carved from rare and precious zitan wood. Fashioned as a classical Chinese round table...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Models and Miniatures
Materials
Zitan
French Art Deco Elephant Figurine in the Cubist Style
Located in Austin, TX
A fine French Art Deco elephant figurine in the cubist style with a lustrous, iridescent black ceramic glaze.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Models and Miniatures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Earthenware
Nine 1920s Geometric Cardboard Science Crystals School Teaching Material Models
Located in Haarlem, NL
Nine stackable very decorative early 20th century large brown speckled cardboard crystal teaching forms
These crystal models used to be used as teaching material at school, to sh...
Category
1920s Czech Vintage Models and Miniatures
Materials
Paper
Antique and Vintage Models and Miniatures
There’s a place in every room for antique and vintage models and miniatures to fit in as small pieces of decor with character. Given their diversity of design, they are well suited to fit any style of space. From boats and spaceships to animals and race cars, there is a model for every taste.
Among the earliest known uses of miniatures are models found in Egypt dating back to 3,000 B.C. They were placed in pyramids as part of religious ceremonies. Elsewhere in the ancient world, small-scale architectural models were used in burial rituals. Since then, people have made miniaturized models for a variety of purposes.
Around the turn of the last century, toy companies created sought-after miniatures like trains. In the 1930s, airplane model kits took off in popularity. Later, Pop artists helped turn these kid treasures into a higher art form, such as Andy Warhol’s 1983 Toy Paintings.
Many people now use miniatures to decorate. Miniatures and models can be a playful accent, especially in areas of leisure, like a living room, salon or bedroom. Some collect miniatures to show off a range of favorite passions, while others focus on one type of model to add sophistication to their home.
Models can depict animals, people or places — as they do for an interactive project called Gulliver’s Gate in New York — and can contribute to the curation of a space or express a personality. Connoisseurs can find folk art and historical miniatures from every era. They have been created in classic and modern designs ranging from kitsch collectibles to old-world oddities.
Explore the collection of models and miniatures on 1stDibs today to build your collection and bring whimsical joy to your home.
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