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Period: 1940s
A Vintage Bullet Shaped Architectural Mold
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A vintage aluminum mold, bullet shaped, on a stand.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Glass Cloud Stand Jewelry Boutique Shop Window Display Prop NYC Dept
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Interesting Department Store Window Display Prop Shelf. Heavy clear glass cloud form abut 3/16th on steel jack base, rubber feet to one side and ball feet...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Original Yacht Blueprint P-201-2 by John Wells
Located in Norwell, MA
Original blueprint of a one hundred foot yacht by John Wells Incorporated of New York. The plan is a top view showing the top deck and cabin level. The top deck shows dining saloon, pilot house...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Seguso Smoke Set Murano Glass, 1940, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Seguso smoke set Murano glass, 1940, Italy.
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Murano Glass
Plaster Cast for Coin by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1940s
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
Italian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Ships Telegraph from Spanish Sub Chaser “Temerario”
Located in Norwell, MA
Spanish ships engine order telegraph. With commands in Spanish, commands include toda, media, despacio, para, etc. With info on what ship it was from. Qua...
Category
European Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Italian Mid-Century Medical Laboratory Bed Brown Leather and White Metal, 1940s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century Medical laboratory bed brown leather and white metal, 1940s
Medical laboratory bed with cream white painted metal structure. The backrest, footrest and seat are p...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
French Bronze Belt Buckle Line Vautrin
By 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...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Iconic Limited Edition Fred Stein Photo of Albert Einstein
Located in New York, NY
Stunning large gelatin silver limited edition photograph; one of the most iconic images of the 20th century. One of only 450 in the edition.
“In 1946, when Albert Einstein was in residence at Princeton University, Fred Stein...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
1940s Jeweled Enameled Brass Daybook Phonebook Note Pad with Stone Buddah
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Purse note pad book, cinches paper in binding, works well with index cards, as shown. Carved Green Stone possibly Jade of a Confucius Asian Man with Long Beard.
Category
Chinese Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Plaster Cast for Coin by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1940s
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
Italian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Original Sovietic War phone 1940s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Original Sovietic War phone 1940s
Category
European Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Copper and Brass Fresh Air Diver's Pump with Wood Handle
Located in Norwell, MA
Diver's pump for shallow water use which feeds air to the diver's helmet. Highly polished and lacquered, with wood handled plunger. Handles have been sanded and varnished. Great divi...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
Antique Baines Football Trade Card, Third Lanark
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Baines football trade card, Third Lanark.
A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines ...
Category
British Sporting Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Brass Boat Compass in Varnished Wood Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Classic early 20th century boat compass by American Maker. The gimballed compass has been meticulously polished and lacquered. This classic marine instrument is fitted to its origina...
Category
North American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Four Step Wood Ships Deck Ladder
Located in Norwell, MA
Four step mahogany deck ladder.
Overall dimensions: Weight is 15 pounds. 46" T x 18" x 6".
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Polished Ship’s Taffrail Spinner Logs
Located in Norwell, MA
Vintage ship’s speed and distance taffrail log spinners. One is hallmarked Negus, MILF, New York, and the letter “S”. the second brass spinner has a blade...
Category
North American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1940 Aldo Tura Goat Skin and Brass Tobacco Container
By Aldo Tura
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...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Sir John Franklin Ship Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Painted ship lantern painted with ship name Sir John Franklin.
Overall dimensions: 18"H x 14. Weight is 7 pounds.
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1930s /40s W.D. Hensell & Sons Bocci (Lawn) Balls with original leather bag
By W.D. Wilson
Located in Buffalo, NY
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1930's ,40's Bocci / Lawn Balls with original leather carrying bag.. Made in Australia by W.D. Hensell & Sons
Category
Australian Industrial Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Wood
Yacht Throttle Control by Kimball of Detroit
Located in Norwell, MA
Rarely found highly polished pedestal mounted yacht throttle. Engraved Kimball Control No. 814 Detroit MI. Nice size, great old relic from a one hundred foot private yacht.
Overal...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Bronze Brooch by Line Vautrin
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...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Diving Pump With Copper Tank
Located in Norwell, MA
Copper and brass ocean divers auxiliary fresh air pump. With wood T handle, brass spigot with lever handle. Steel pad feet. Highly polished and lacquered. 27"Hx18"Wx11"Dia 14lbs.
Category
North American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Murano, 1940, Italian
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Murano
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Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Murano Glass
American Legion Baseball and Basketball Folk Art Paintings
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pair of baseball and basketball paintings found in a Midwestern American Legion hall. These were proudly displayed behind the legion hall bar. Grea...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Vintage Kitchen Scale by Rekord Company, Czechoslovakia, Circa 1940s
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful vintage kitchen scale with a set of vintage weights. Trully a great vintage piece but still in working condition. Produced in Czechoslo...
Category
Czech Bohemian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Brass
Shockproof
Located in London, GB
Two atmospheric original production still for the 1949 Film Noir classic starring Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knoght, John Baragrey.
The film was directed by Douglas Sirk.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Authentic Solid Brass Boat Porthole Table
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass highly polished and lacquered yacht or boat porthole fitted to a mahogany side table. This has been meticulously polished and lacquered and t...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Blonde Ice
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1948 film noir directed by Jack Bernhard and stars Leslie Brooks, Robert Paige and Michael Whalen.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Black Angel
Located in London, GB
Original US movie poster for Roy William Neill's, 1946 Film Noir starring Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
"Bluebeard / Barbe-Bleue" Belgian Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Belgian movie poster for Bluebeard 1944 staring John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther and directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. The film did not...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Sea Captains Telescope by G Santi Fils Marseille
Located in Norwell, MA
Early twentieth century telescope. With engraved focal tube "G. Santi. Fils, Marseille". Leather covered barrel. Nice old maritime relic. 3 lbs. 32"W.
Category
European Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
French Oak Cask on Stand for a. Giurlani + Bros.
Located in Norwell, MA
French oak cask on stand for A. Giurlani + Bros Importers, San Francisco. Carefully crafted and stropped barrel with brass bands. Wood cradle. Charming pie...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Industrial Glove Hand Mold or Cutter, 1940s
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Industrial glove cutters right out of a New York State glove factory that closed down years ago. They range in measurements. Measures: 5.5 in to 7 in high, 3 in to 4-3/8 in wide, 5/8...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Large Steamship Funnel
Located in Norwell, MA
Incredibly decorative and huge ships ventilator funnel. Painted white with red interior. Also has a red steel screen. Fitted with three handles.
Weight: 140 lbs
Overall Dimension...
Category
North American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Framed Nautical Flag by Dettra
Located in Norwell, MA
Linen maritime flag with sturdy canvas hoist and stitched panels of yellow and blue. The hoist is stamped Dettra Flag Company Incorporated. This is a US N...
Category
North American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Le Corbusier & P. Jeannette 1934-1938 by Max Bill 3rd Edition 1947
Located in CA, CA
Published by Les Editions d’Architecture Erlenbac Zurich this is the third edition of the 1939 original – but the design was not changed.
Condition very good/ dust jacket very good
...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Solid Brass Ships Cabin Lantern by English Maker Bulpitt
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass yacht cabin lantern by English maker Bulpitt, dated 1942. With original burner, wood carry handle, hinged door, and wired for home display. Lantern has been meticulously ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
French Bronze Art Buckle Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
Belonged to the series "Rulked by Angels" created by Parisian art Jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1945-1950, this lovely and uncommon cast bronze belt buckle is called "Le Choeur de Anges...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Solid Brass Yacht Cabin Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Brass ships lantern with polished and lacquered finish. Rewired with socket for home use. Hinged door and carry handle. Shipboard mounting bracket on box. Measures: 12" H x 8" H x 6"...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
20th century French Old Cutler Signboard Metal and Wood Knife, 1940s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very rare and original 20th century large metal and wood knife maybe an old cutler signboard.
The blade is made with metal and the handle is made with wood. Brass nails.
Good con...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Maritime Range Light with Polished Aluminum Body on Three Legs
Located in Norwell, MA
From the U.S. Navy, this awesome prismatic beacon has the most incredible lens you will ever see. Polished aluminum pole mounted high power nautical range light. Fitted with huge cut...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Adlake 55 Railway Non Sweating Signal Lamp. Ideal for Cafe decoration
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Adlake 55 Railway Non Sweating Signal Lamp.
Ideal for decoration in a restaurant or cafe on a Railway or industrial theme
The lamp has a single bulls eye window, no burner, it o...
Category
Industrial Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Murano 1940, Attributed to Flavio Poli, Italian
By Flavio Poli
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Murano
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Italian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Murano Glass
Aluminum Ships Porthole Table
Located in Norwell, MA
Highly polished ships porthole repurposed into a table. The polished porthole has a hinged door with bolts, and a lower shelf in the style of a ship's gr...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
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...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
The Flag of the United States by Milo Milton Quaife, First Edition, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Quaife, Milo Milton. The Flag of the United States. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1942. First edition. Octavo. Rebound in ¼ leather and cloth boards, with raised bands and gilt embossed titles to the spine. Illustrated. Presented with a matching archival slipcase.
Presented is a first edition printing of The Flag of the United States by Milo Milton Quaife. The book was published in New York by Grosset & Dunlap in 1942. It is presented here rebound in ¼ leather and cloth boards, with raised bands and gilt titles to the spine, and a matching archival slipcase.
Quaife wrote The Flag of the United States in order to present “the true and authentic history of the United States.” Wading through the myths and stories surrounding the flag, he details the origins and evolution of the American flag, using careful research to determine fact from fiction. There are several chapters on the early flags of Spain, France, and Holland in America and Quaife traces the development of the American flag from its English predecessor. He articulates the twenty-nine word resolution of the Second Continental Congress that made the flag of the United States, then outlines the changes to the flag’s design made in 1795, 1818, and 1912. He has a chapter on Civil War flags, a chapter on flags of the Army, and several debunking the many myths surrounding the American flag.
This book was very well received upon its publication. “Quaife is entitled to a good deal of praise for having written a straightforward, and very readable, history of our flag” (Ralph W. Steen, Southwestern Historical Quarterly, 1943). “To read this history of our flag is to read the history of these United States, not only in the years when we became an infant nation, but also in those later years variously devoted to territorial expansion, extending our commerce, and fighting other wars.” (Ardelia Olden Koch, Wisconsin Magazine of History, 1943).
Milo Milton Quaife (1880–1959) was a historian and writer, born in Nashua, Iowa. He received his education at Grinnell College, the University of Missouri, and the University of Chicago. Quaife was a published historian of the Great Lakes region, the Mississippi River valley, the Gold Rush, and President Polk...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Vintage Bucherer "Laurel and Hardy" Aluminum Doll
By Bucherer
Located in Napa, CA
1940s aluminum Stan Laurel doll with articulating joints made by Swiss watch company Bucherer. From comedy duo "Laurel and Hardy" of early Americ...
Category
Swiss Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
A Keren Hayeshuv Charity Container, Israel Circa 1940
Located in New York, NY
A Keren Hayeshuv charity container from Israel circa 1940 is an artifact tied to the early years of the State of Israel and its efforts to support Jewish settlement and development.
Keren Hayeshuv, which translates to "The Settlement Fund," was an organization established in Israel during the pre-statehood period and continued its activities after the establishment...
Category
Israeli Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
France Art Deco Horse, 1940
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
It was exhibited in the original Miami beach antique show and Palm beach "American International Fine Art Fair (AIFAF)".
Horse in wood and chrome.
We ha...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Leather Gymnast Mat, c. 1940
Located in Napa, CA
1940's gymnast mat. Leather top with saw horse legs. Some green paint which has transfered to one edge of the mat. Solid construction saw horse legs. Th...
Category
German Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Wood
Murano 1940, Italian
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Murano
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal.
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Italian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Murano Glass
Fishing Book, Golden Days by Romilly Fedden
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage fishing book, golden days by Romilly Fedden
A good 1949 (2nd edition) angling book by Romilly Fedden entitled 'Golden Days' and printed in Grea...
Category
English Sporting Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Bronze Nautical Alidade from USA
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An impeccably machined nautical alidade crafted of warm patinated bronze and steel.
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Mother's Day Flowers
Located in Seattle, WA
Sweet vintage trembler pin butterfly and flowers "tremble". A very happy little treasure.
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
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...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
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