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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Period: 1940s
Mobo Toys Steel Riding Hobby Horse
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage, 1940s, painted, pressed steel hobby horse manufactured by Mobo Toys, England with casters on feet and excellent patina.
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British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Steel

Vintage Kings Guardsman Wood Toy by Kay Bojesen, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Wooden kings guardsman in lacquered beech. It was designed by Kay Bojesen in 1942. It features movable head, arms and legs and it still has it original riffle. This example was manuf...
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Beech

1940s Los Castillo Abstract Cross Thick Mahogany Wood + Sterling Silver Mexico
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC offers Modernist Abstract Sterling Silver Cross in Mahogany Wood. Mexico, 1940s Attribution to Los Castillo of Mexico Dimensions are: 4.5 H x 2.75 W x .5 Original Unrestored...
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Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Sterling Silver

French Bronze Belt Buckle Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A cast bronze two-piece bronze buckle with hook and loop verso by French art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997). The sculptural pieces are In a rare Inca motif, with triangular indenta...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

Aldo Tura Goat Skin, Brass and Wood Italian Pipe Shaped Tobacco Box, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury tobacco box in goatskin, brass and wood with the shape of a pipe. This fantastic item was designed by Aldo Tura in Cusano Milanino Italy for Macabo during the 1940...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Gilt Bronze Brooch by Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A gilt bronze brooch "Moise ou la Traversee du Desert" by French Jeweler Line Vautrin, circa 1940s. The patinated surface features amazing details illustrating the biblical story of Moses crossing the desert out of Egypt...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

Rare Alexander Girard Detrola Radio, circa 1946, Modernist
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nice original working condition,, replaced back.. Signed with stamped manufacturer’s mark to underside: [12132]. USA Medium Design/Decorative Art Manufacturer Detrola Radio...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

America's Best Small Houses Inscribed by William J. Hennessey
Located in New York, NY
1949 survey of small modernist houses in America, compiled and edited by William J. Hennessey based on selections by a jury of architectural photographers in...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

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...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

Analytical Beam Balance Scientific Scale in Glass Case
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Hand built analytical beam balance scientific scale. The scale is used to measure both solid and liquid masses (10/100g capacity). Highly sensitive silver cylinders dampen the harmon...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron

Frederick Davis Silver Bracelet with Pre-Hispanic Style Links
Located in Mexico City, MX
A 1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern silver bracelet by American designer Frederick "Fred" Davis. Manufactured in Mexico. The bracelet is composed by 7 panels that feature a glyph moti...
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Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver

Mobili di Ulrich by G. Morrazoni, 1945
Located in London, GB
Mobili di Ulrich by G. Morrazoni Milano, Luigi Alfieri, 1945. Excellent red cloth hardback with embossed gold title. 26 pages of text and 78 pages containing 133 photographs and 24 ...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Patrick Hamilton, The Slaves of Solitude, First Edition Book
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hamilton -The Slaves of Solitude Published by Constable, London 1947. First edition. Hamilton, cult author of Hangover Square and denizen of seedy pre-war literary Lond...
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English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Gilt Bronze Reliquary Pendant by Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A piece of wonderful jewelry by Line Vautrin designed in 1941 on the subject of St Foi, a child martyr on the early fourth century and the patron saint of prinsoers, in a rare form of a reliquary...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

A Bronze Compact Box by French Art Jeweler Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A poudrier in bronze by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1945, the name of this lovely compact box is called "Entrelacs et Noeuds" (interlaces and knots), which re...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Brooch by Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A gilt bronze brooch by French art jewelry designer Line Vautrin (1913-1997) Untitled circa late 1940s. The brooch depicts a horn with twisted texture wrapped with articulated chains. No signature found. Provenance: From a former Collection of a Line Vautrin jewelry...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

Italy 1940s Aldo Tura Goat Skin, Brass and Wood Tobacco Container, Pipe Shape
Located in Roma, IT
Tobacco container by Aldo Tura, Italy 1940s in goatskin, brass and wood. The container has two compartments, one for storing tobacco and another for storing and lighting the games. D...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

1940 Aldo Tura Goat Skin and Brass Tobacco Container
Located in Weesp, NL
Goat skin and brass Aldo Tura 1940 tobacco container. Rare 1940s tobacco container shaped as a pipe. The container has one compartment to store tobacco and another one to keep and...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Mid-Century Coro Creeper Earrings
By Coro Costume Jewelry
Located in Asheville, NC
Ice blue rhinestones delicately climb the ear on these fabulous mid century Coro creeper earrings. A luminescent silver tone strand ties this leafy bo...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Retro Gold and Diamond Ring
Located in New York, NY
A Classic retro 18-karat French gold ring with a grouping of five mine cut diamonds flanked by buttresses that protect the mounted diamonds and give i...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold

Signed M. Coloman Framed Oil Painting on Canvas Titled Venice Italy 1940
By Coloman
Located in Miami, FL
VENICE oil painting, featuring the Doges Palacio, Italian School, circa 1940s in its original 1940s frame. Signed M. Coloman, 20th century.  
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Paint, Canvas

Vintage U.S. Navy Cased Gimballed Compass, Circa 1943
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a U.S. Navy gimballed compass from 1943. The brass compass is beautifully constructed and fitted in a wooden lidded box with buckle. The compass is mounted on a 360-degr...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Ado Ko Verzuu Toy Crate Truck Holland 1948
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare collectible toy large toy truck designed by Ko Verzuu for Ado Holland in 1950. Ado means Arbeid door onvolwaardigen, translated; labor by incapacitated, which makes this an even more special piece. Toys by Ado are being highly collected at the moment, even more than ever cause this is very decorative combined with 1950s furniture from all countries! Very nice red, blue and yellow truck, handmade and hand painted. This is a service truck with seperate wooden carts to be loaded on and off with a little winch. De Bijenkorf sold a lot of Ado furniture in the 30s-60s. Ado toys have a great charm because of their played look and original age wear but this one is very well kept. This car is in a fantastic original condition. Would be an amazing addition to any interior or collection as a decorative object with a beautiful history. Have a look at the large collection of trucks we have available at the moment. Jacobus Johannes Josephus (Ko) Verzuu, a former construction supervisor from Utrecht, led the ADO workshops. He had delved into architecture and art and developed a strong preference for the abstract lines and bright colors, which can also be found in the followers of De Stijl group from the 1920s, followed by Piet Mondriaan, Theo van Doesburg, Vilmos Huszár...
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Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Antique Vintage Wood Toy Airplane Propeller
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Antique wood toy airplane propeller 12 x 1.13 x .38 thick Original unrestored vintage condition Refer to images listed please.
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Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

1940s William Spratling Rare Cuff Bracelet Silver Brass & Amethyst Taxco, Mexico
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Rare Taxco Mexican Modern early Silver Artisan jewelry by famed William Spratling Sterling silver slender cuff bracelet Jeweled Amethyst and brass Ma...
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Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Amethyst, Sterling Silver, Brass

Eames Mahogany Leg Splint for Evans Products Plywood Division
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Must have for the Eames addicts a leg splint in mahogany plywood. Produced and signed by Evans Products Company, Molded Plywood division. Very good original condition and in an uncom...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plywood

Harry Bertoia Hand-Forged Silver, Ebony and Silver Wire Pendant, USA 1942
Located in New York, NY
This early wire wrapped pendant was likely made by Harry Bertoia while he was at Cranbrook.
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

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