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Period: 1940s
Place of Origin: European
WWII Kriegsmarine Binoculars 1940 -1945
By Carl Zeiss
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Fully polished German Kriegsmarine binoculars that were used on German warships during the Second World War for anti-aircraft guns and as observation binoculars.
The lenses are coate...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
1947 Hand Painted Premier British Royal Airforce Drum with Royal Coat of Arms
Located in Morristown, NJ
1947 England, a hand painted Premier Percussion British Royal Air Force drum. The drum has been painted with a black main body, a richly colored royal coat of arms and the motto of t...
Category
1940s Campaign Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin, Paint, Rope, Leather
Petite Red Stone Decorated Silvering, 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Decorative and special vintage silvering with 12 red/orange stones on a decorated silver base. From circa 1940s.
Silverstamped: 925. Measures: Inner diameter is 16 mm. Size of stone front...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Silver
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has been meticulously polished and lacquered. We just restored a great collection of thes...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
MONTHERLANT, Henry de.. La Reine Morte. 1944 - BOUND BY JACQUES BLANCHET
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MONTHERLANT, Henry de.
TITLE: La Reine Morte.
PUBLISHER: Paris: Aux depens d'un groupe de bibliophiles, 1944.
DESCRIPTION: BOUND BY JACQUES BLANCHET. 1 vol., 12-3/4" x 9-...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Off White Ceramic Sauceboat, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, ES
Ceramic Sauceboat, Circa 1940.
by IT manufacturer, Spain.
Stamped to the underside
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina....
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Mobo Toys Steel Riding Hobby Horse
By Mobo Toys
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage, 1940s, painted, pressed steel hobby horse manufactured by Mobo Toys, England with casters on feet and excellent patina.
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Queen Anne silver metal table lighter - Ronson - England 1950's vintage
By Ronson
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very elegant "Queen Anne" table lighter from Ronson in silver metal from the mid-20th century.
This lighter works on gas.
This pretty lighter has an elongated, oval shape decorated w...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Vintage Craftsmanship: Set of Four Solid Wood Shoe Lasts, c. 1940
Located in Barcelona, ES
Era: circa 1940
Material: Solid Wood
Original Condition Vintage Charm Timeless Craftsmanship
Discover the allure of authentic craftsmanship with this set of four solid wo...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Albert Engstrom Leather & Gilt Swedish Book Set, C. 1945
By Bonniers
Located in Ross, CA
Set of 6, leather bound book set written by Albert Engstrom (1869-1940), published by Bonnier's in Stockholm in 1945. The Swedish language books are books are filled with the author...
Category
1940s British Colonial Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
French Bronze À La Gloire des Phoques Brooch Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A bespoken bronze brooch by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1946 named "À La Gloire des Phoques" (The glory of the seals). This bronze brooch features a se...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Bespoken Large French Bronze "Chatelain" Link Brooch Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large bespoken bronze brooch by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940. Called "chatelaine", this bronze brooch features articulated chain links with hangi...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Mid 20th Century French Hermes Solid Silver Gilt Smoker's Requisites c.1940
By Hermès
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Stylish mid 20th Century French Art Deco Hermes 3 piece vermeil solid silver smoker's requisites, contained in the original Hermes fitted grosgrain case, comprising four cigarette ca...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
1940s Art Deco French Oversized set of two Bakelite Butterscotch Caramel Dice
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very pretty set of two large and heavy oversized jumbo bakelite dice in luscious dark butterscotch and delicious caramel swirl colour.
Art Deco at its best in design and colour, these are must have for a collector and they are not easy to find in this colour.
So far they belonged to my own extensive dice collection...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bakelite
1940's WW2 Carl Zeiss BLC 12x60 'T' Flak Binoculars
By Carl Zeiss
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Carl Zeiss blc Flak 12 x 60 'T' binoculars.
A beautiful set of WW2 binoculars in excellent condition made in Germany during World War 2. These were designed to be used in conjunctio...
Category
1940s Industrial Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
The Charles London 1947 Pocket Petrol Lighter Guilloche Plated Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
The Charles petrol lighter designed by Meyer Maximilian Levene
An exceptional and rare silver-plated 'The Charles' petrol pocket lighter stamped 'The Charles Lighter', made in London England, back in the 1947. It was rafted with slim rectangular form, decorated with engine-turned casing, double entry hinged lids with innovative internal mechanical features, including a revolving flint tube to provide even wear to the flint, and a rear barrel containing spare flint chambers so that semi-automatic loading of the spare flint can be undertaken. The Charles Lighter has an extremely complicated mechanism. The flint rotates while grinded by the friction wheel. Also interesting is the revolving magazine for spare flints. A fine example of complete over-engineering. This was made only for a very short period and was patented by Meyer Maximilian Levene in 1949.
Weight: 70.50 Grams, (45.19 Dwt).
Measurements: 48 mm by 43 mm by 12 mm (1.89 x 1.69 x 0.77 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark and signed in full, "THE CHARLES LIGHTER MADE IN ENGLAND BRITISH & DOMINION & FOREIGN PAT GRANTED.".
Literature: Stuart Schneider and Ira Pilossof, The Handbook of Vintage Cigarette Lighters...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Baier German 1947 Army Truck Lighter Cigarette Holder And Ashtray In Aluminum
By Walter Baier Company
Located in Miami, FL
Army Truck Lighter, Cigarette case & ashtray by Walter Baier Company.
Beautiful large sized aluminum lighter by the Baier Company, in the shape of a...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Brighton Rock
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the 1947 Crome thriller Brighton Rock.
This film was directed by John Boulting and starred Richard Attenborough, Hermonie Baddeley, William Hartnell....
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Cassettiera portacucito, italiana metà secolo, Filofort di Tre Cerchi ISC 1940s
Located in MIlano, IT
Cassettiera portacucito Filofort con struttura in legno chiaro, con maniglie in tinta noce.
Prodotta da Filofort di Tre Cerchi ISC. e cucirini Cartoni Coat nel 1940 ca.
Buone condizi...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
WWII Carl Zeiss Anti-Aircraft Kriegsmarine binoculars
By Carl Zeiss
Located in Telluride, CO
This is an exceptional 20th century WWII German 12x60 Kriegsmarine binocular, presented on an adjustable wooden or chrome Tripod. The binoculars were manufactured by the company Carl...
Category
1940s Other Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
1946 Come, Tell Me How You Live
By Agatha Christie
Located in Bath, GB
A vanishingly scarce signed first edition of this evocative travel memoir by Agatha Christie. Signed and dedicated to her secretary and friend, Carlo Fisher.
The first edition, firs...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Wood and Chrome Airplane SeaPlane Aviation Model, France 1940s
By Various Makers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fantastic French Art Deco chrome and wood airplane/seaplane model mounted on a stylized wood plinth. A superbly crafted rendering of the legendary quadri-propellers seaplane, strik...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Plaster Cast for Coin by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1940s
By Aurelio Mistruzzi
Located in Roma, IT
Plaster reproduction of an ancient coin is a work by Aurelio Mistruzzi, created in the 1940s.
Cast of a medal of the Papal States from 1833, Gregory XVI An.III Wishes of Peace.
"Petri inopiam Chiristiani stipe svstentant" - Antiqua pietas revocata.
4,5 x 4,5 cm.
Good conditions, edge slightly damaged.
Aurelio Mistruzzi (Villaorba, 7 February 1880 – Rome, 25 December 1960) was an Italian sculptor and medalist. Born in Villaorba di Basiliano in 1880, he attended the Udine School of Art at the courses of the sculptor De Paoli...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Plaster Cast for Coin by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1940s
By Aurelio Mistruzzi
Located in Roma, IT
Plaster cast for coin is an artwork realized by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1940s.
Slightly damaged plaster.
Written in Latin not completely visible.
4 x 4 cm.
Aurelio Mistruzzi (Villaorba, 7 February 1880 – Rome, 25 December 1960) was an Italian sculptor and medalist. Born in Villaorba di Basiliano in 1880, he attended the Udine School of Art at the courses of the sculptor De Paoli...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Goldstone and Silver Cartier Lighter
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
Goldstone and silver Cartier lighter. A most handsomely chic objet by Cartier from the Forties. Carved goldstone with smooth varied patterning i...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Silver
Pinocchio
Located in London, GB
Original artwork used to create the British front of house stills. Gouache on artboard.
This original artwork features the films scene where Pinocchio is under the sea.
Exceptionally rare. Original artworks rarely surface, as the majority were destroyed.
Pieces on the Classic Disney films are always highly prized. This original artwork only recently surfaced, and was previously owned by an English lady, who had been given this piece in the 1940s. Prior to this discovery no other Pinocchio artwork for posters or front of house stills had been seen.
Walt Disney's second animated feature film was made after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, (1937). Pinocchio, the world’s most famous wooden puppet, is originally the creation of the Italian writer and social commentator Carlo Collodi. Entitled The Adventures of Pinocchio...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paint
Vintage Cricket Bat, The Nonpareil
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Juniors Willow Cricket Bat.
A good quality willow cricket bat 'The Nonpareil'. The two shoulders stamped 'W.J. Breeden', blade syamped to the front and rear 'The Nonpareil, Extra Spe...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Willow
Robert Simpson Golf Bookends
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Robert Simpson Bookends, No. 3 Iron & Wood.
A pair of bookends hand crafted from high quality traditional materials with original 1940's club heads. The...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Paris Ephemeral Decorations, French Book by André Granet, Original 1948 Edition
By General Decoration
Located in Atlanta, GA
Décors éphémères: Les Expositions Jeux d'Eau et de Lumière, (Ephemeral decorations: water and light games exhibitions,) French book by André Granet, Original edition 1948, Preface by...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Baby Jesus in Wax, Music Box and Movement, Italy, 1940s
Located in Palermo, IT
Baby Jesus in wax, music box and movement, Italy, 1940s
He gently moves his head and opens and closes his eyes. Intact and functioning. Small signs of wear, as per descriptive photog...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Ceramic Piggy Bank by Eva Jancke Björk, Bo Fajans, 1940s
By Eva Jancke-Björk, Bo Fajans
Located in Grythyttan, SE
A charming piggy bank designed by Eva Jancke Björk for Bo Fajans. While the piggy banks from Bo Fajans may share similar shapes, each one boasts a distinct hand-painted face and atti...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Baier German 1947 Army Truck Lighter Cigarette Holder And Ashtray In Aluminum
By Walter Baier Company, Walter Baier Company
Located in Miami, FL
Army Truck Lighter, Cigarette case & ashtray by Walter Baier Company.
Beautiful large sized aluminum lighter by Baier in the shape of a jeep with a ...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Enamel
Leather Fishing Fly and Cast Wallet
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 strap and buckle is...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Steel Shafted Tom Morris Golf Club, St Andrews
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Steel Shafted Tom Morris Golf Club.
An early steel shafted golf club, No. 7 iron, stamped Tom Morris, St Andrews. The club head has a curved hollowed back and is stamped 'Walker Cup...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Early 20th Century Belgian Black Board, Chalkboard
Located in Udenhout, NL
Early 20th Century Belgian Black Board, Chalkboard, in a good state.
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Slate
Vintage Cricket Bat, Nicolls 'White Toe'
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Nicolls Cricket Bat.
A good Nicolls willow cricket bat 'White Toe'. The writing on the front of the blade 'NICOLLS, White Toe, Toughened And Damp Proof, Patent No. ??????, Me...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Willow
Johan Rippen Grand Piano in Off-White Cast Aluminum
By Rippen Pianos
Located in Waalwijk, NL
J.J. Rippen for Rippen Pianofabriek N.V, grand piano, cast aluminum, wood, brass, The Netherlands, design 1946, production 1950s.
This model is a renowned grand piano conceived by ...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Dunhill England 1940 Desk Table Unique Lift Arm Petrol Lighter with Shagreen
By Alfred Dunhill
Located in Miami, FL
Unique petrol lighter designed by Dunhill.
Beautiful and elegant table desk lift arm petrol lighter, designed by the Alfred Dunhill Company during the post war period, circa 1940-...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate, Steel
Vintage Italian Carrara Marble Sculpture of David
By Michelangelo
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning vintage Italian carved carrara marble sculpture or statue of David.
Offered is a good sized well executed marble figure of David as a youth, copied from the original by Mic...
Category
1940s Grand Tour Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Carrara Marble
Jens Sigsgaard Silver Art Deco Powder Compact & Pocket Mirror
By Jens Sigsgaard 1
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A Danish art deco powder compact and pocket mirror designed by Jens Sigsgaard. Classic Art Deco motif - fluted stylized sunrise - sunburst. Or...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Original Sovietic War phone 1940s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Original Sovietic War phone 1940s
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Alexandre Noll Exotic Wood Cigar Ashtray Bowl / Dish Signed, France, circa 1950
By Alexandre Noll
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Lovely Alexandre Noll cigar ashtray / bowl / Dish. Carved in exotic wood.
Alexandre Noll hand carved Cigar Ashtray.
Mid-century.
France, c. 1950
Hand carved signature to undersi...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Set of Three Curling Stone Desk Pieces, Paper Weight, Pen Holder
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Three Piece Curling Desk Set.
A nice collection of three miniature desk top granite curling stones. Two are paperweights complete with handles and the third is a pen holder. A great ...
Category
1940s Sporting Art Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Granite
Oeuvres Completes De Colette. Complete Works of Colette - FIRST COLLECTED EDITON
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: COLETTE, Sidonie-Gabrielle.
TITLE: Oeuvres Completes De Colette. (The Complete Works of Colette).
PUBLISHER: Paris: Flammarion, Le Fleuron, 1948-1950,
DESCRIPTION: THE FI...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Alfred Dunhill 1949 Standard Aquarium Lift Arm Petrol Lighter In Perspex Lucite
By Alfred Dunhill
Located in Miami, FL
Standard Aquarium desk lighter designed by Dunhill.
Very rare standard size Aquarium desk petrol lighter, designed by Dunhill back in the 1949. This mechanical lift arm lighter has been designed in England after the world war II. Has been individually crafted as a one of a kind piece by recycling the perspex lucite from the destroyed war airplanes. Composed by four carved pieces and polished steel parts. This example is virtually in mint condition and barely used, showing absolutely no traces of any wear.
Weight: 460 Grams, (168.34 Dwt).
Measures: 101 mm by 78 mm by 51 mm ( 3.98 x 3.11 x 2.0 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark and signed, "DUNHILL LIGHTER MADE ENGLAND".
Alfred Dunhill inherited his father’s London saddlery in 1893. Following the increase in motor car ownership, Alfred developed the business to include motoring accessories, which he called ‘Dunhill’s Motorities’. This included goggles, timepieces, picnic sets, and leather coats, and it wasn’t long before the brand became associated with men’s general motoring attire. They opened two shops in Mayfair and had a catalogue of over 1300 items. Between the 1904 and 1905, Dunhill introduced their ‘Windshield Pipe’, to help drivers combat the effect of wind and travel on their ability to smoke. This marked both the end of the ‘motorities’ focus and their entry into the world of smoking ephemera, and they shortly opened their first tobacconist in 1907 on Duke Street. The proximity to several esteemed Private Members Clubs around the Mayfair, St James’ area ensured that the venture was a success. (From Nicholas Wells With Thanks).
Literature: Blei-Bottoni Ref-418 Pp-220-225 for similar examples of the technique Illustrated.
Collateral: It is accompanied by a presentation green pouch...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Original vintage scale from the 20th Century 'Designed by Berkel in Belgium'
By Berkel 2
Located in Udenhout, NL
Original personal scale from 1946 designed by Berkel in Belgium.
(Made in Brussels.)
Very nice Industrial decorative object.
Category
1940s Industrial Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Papier Mache German Toy
Located in London, GB
Mid-20th Century Papier Mache German Toy
Every now and again an item comes along that is very special, this is one of those items. Of museum quality this m...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Typical Handmade Military Vehicle from the 2nd World War, 1940s / 1950s.
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Typical handmade military vehicle from the 2nd World War. Approx. 1940s / 1950s.
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
French Silvered Bronze Box Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A silvered bronze Poudrier "Le loup et le renard" (The wolf and the fox). by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940s. The square box features a relief cast of two s...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Vintage German Patinated Leather Medicine Ball
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Leather medicine ball, circa 1940s, Germany.
Perfectly aged patina with natural wear/soiling present, as shown.
H: 13" x Diameter: 12.75"
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Giovanni Bellini by Philip Hendy and Ludwig Goldscheider, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Giovanni Bellini by Philip Hendy and Ludwig Goldscheider. ?Publisher Phaidon; 1945. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. With 6 tipped in color plates and 122 b&w plates. Giovanni Bell...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Hand Carved Wood and Leather Chess Set
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Intricately hand-carved wooden chess with leather game board. King piece measures 4.25" high.
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Wood
Clay Traditional Catalan Figure, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional catalan clay handprinted figure.
Made in traditional Catalan atelier, Spain, circa 1940.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserv...
Category
1940s Modern Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
British Royal Navy Searchlight and Signal Light
By Francis Searchlights
Located in Norwell, MA
Superb and substantial marine beacon by Francis Searchlights of Bolton, England. From the Ministry of Defense, British Royal Navy. With shutters for...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Pair of Philip & Son Globes, circa 1946
By George Philip & Son
Located in London, GB
A wonderful set of Terrestrial and Celestial 12 inch globes by George Philip and Son. Presented on brass inclined plain mounts attached to original turned ebonized wooden bases and uprights with axes secured at the top by brass acorn finials. Unusually, the terrestrial globe has a copyright date shown under the cartouche, 1946.
The celestial globe is printed in beige against a dark blue background and shows the constellations and many named stars. Solid lines connect the stars within constellations rather than illustrating them as mythological and other figures.? A cartouche is present that includes the title and maker's address.
When looking at the stars from Earth the viewpoint is effectively inside a celestial sphere. The surface of a celestial globe shows the star field as a projection viewed from the outside and is therefore reversed, with the constellations appearing as their mirror images.
The terrestrial globe is printed in several colours and comprises of twelve coated lithographic paper gores with polar calottes over a twelve inch card sphere. The age of the globe has been confirmed by the political borders and named cities displayed. The globe is nicely detailed and has a grid network of parallels and meridians. It shows all the continents and countries as they were at the time it was printed and also indicates all the principal steamship routes with distances in nautical miles. The globe also has a printed Analemma - a diagram showing the declination of the Sun for every day in the year and the equation of time. The Analemma therefore shows the position of the Sun in the sky as seen from a fixed location on Earth at the same mean solar time, as the sun's position varies over the course of a year. A cartouche is present that includes the title and maker's address.
Dimensions of each globe: 30.5 cm/12 inches (diameter) x 59 cm/23 1/4 inches (max height).
George Philip, (1800–1882) was a cartographer and map publisher. He founded George Philip & Sons in 1834 in Liverpool primarily as a bookseller and stationer, but rapidly expanding to become a publisher of primarily maps, atlases and educational works. He had one son, also George (1823–1902), who was admitted to the business in 1848.
George senior was born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire and by 1819 he had become assistant to the Liverpool bookseller, William Grapel before going on to start his own business. He used cartographers (such as John Bartholomew the elder, August Petermann, and William Hughes) to produce maps on copper plates. Philip then had these printed and hand-coloured by his women tinters. The business expanded rapidly and by the time he produced his county maps of 1862 he was using machine...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Comptoir Canoë Canadien Et Méthacrylate
Located in SAINT-SEVER, FR
Sur la base d'un piètement d'atelier industriel en fonte, monté sur roulette, repose solidement un canoë canadien, distribue par Manufacture Saint-Etienne dans les années 1940. Le ca...
Category
1940s Sporting Art Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fruitwood
British Royal Navy Ship’s Binnacle Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ship’s compass on gimbal mounted into a brass binnacle housing. The nameplate reads pattern 0183, and serial number 14313-B. The compass car...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Outstanding British Navy Submarine Binnacle
Located in Norwell, MA
Extremely rare “Faithfull Freddie” ships binnacle in fabulous condition. Meticulously polished and with gimballed compass, countless brass fittings. Rarely found brass compensating b...
Category
1940s Vintage European Collectibles and Curiosities
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Brass
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