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Item Ships From: Europe
Period: 20th Century
Lighter S.T. Dupont Gold Yellow Line 2 Tobacco Accessories France Midcentury 70s
Located in Palermo, IT
Precious and refined S.T. lighter Dupont ligne 2 with vertical lines in yellow gold. France, 70s/80s. Note: We try to offer our customers an excellent service even in shipments al...
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold

Black Forest Vintage Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Black Forest Vintage Roe Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque A large vintage roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophy on a wooden carved plaque. The trophy was shot in Germany ca. 1960s. Good...
Category

German Black Forest 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Antler

Didactic atomic structure of graphite made Czech manufacture circa 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Atomic structure for educational use of graphite made metal with black Bakelite spheres. Czechoslovakian manufacture of the 1950s. Good condition, Measures 28x28x20 cm - inches 11...
Category

Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

20th Century Solid Silver Novelty Bookmark Of Samuel Pickwick, London, c.1975
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A superb late 20th Century English solid silver novelty bookmark. This bookmark depicts a gentleman called Samuel Pickwick. Samuel Pickwick is a fictional character and the main prot...
Category

British 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Large Antique Double Barel Victorian Brass Tripod Telescope London 1915
Located in Sofia, BG
20th Century large antique double barel Victorian brass telescope raised on a foldable wooden tripod made in London in 1915. Very good original condition.
Category

English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

1937 The Years
Located in Bath, GB
The first edition of the final novel published during Virginia Woolf's lifetime, in an especially bright example of the sought-after Vanessa Bell dust wrapper. The first edition, fi...
Category

British Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Six Large Roe Deer Trophies on Wooden Plaques Germany Late 20. Century
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Six Large Roe Deer Trophies on Wooden Plaques Germany Late 20. Century A set of six large Black Forest roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophies mounted on wooden plaques. The trophie...
Category

German Rustic 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Antler, Wood

Vintage Gymnastic Pommel Horse in Leather
Located in Żory, PL
This vintage leather gymnastics horse was manufactured in Poland by a sports equipment factory in Warsaw. It has a manufacturer's plate underneath an...
Category

Industrial 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

Antique Roe Deer Trophies on Carved Plaques Germany ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Roe Deer Trophies on Carved Plaques Germany ca. 1900s A set of four antique Black Forest roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophies mounted on carved wooden plaques. The trophi...
Category

German Rustic 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Antler, Wood

Lovely Set of 6 Scandinavian Wooden Danish Vikings, 1950s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Fantastic collection of 6 different Scandinavian Vikings. Measures: The largest is 33.5 cm high. The others are 22 cm, 18 cm, 13.5 cm and 9 cm high.
Category

Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Wood

Bussola nautica da tasca in ottone, firmata 5m LANCERS COMPASS. Inghilterra 1920
Located in Milan, IT
Bussola nautica da tasca in ottone, firmata 5m LANCERS COMPASS, manifattura inglese degli anni venti. La bussola è dotata di coperchio e di anello per la catenella. Rosa su carta a o...
Category

Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

"Alphaville" Original Japanese Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese movie poster for Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 French New Wave film starring Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff.
Category

Japanese Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Lighter Cigarette Case Tobacco Accessories Ronson Varaflame Midcentury 1960s
Located in Palermo, IT
Rare Ronson lighter set with case. Inside the Ronson book-opening case, there is a support for the lighter and in the lower part there are clips for the cigarette department, all ori...
Category

British Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Set of 20 Antique French Leather Binding Books for Decoration
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A set of 20 antique French books from the De Maupassant series. These books can beautifully decorate your bookcase or office. These books are not ...
Category

French 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Paper

Red Ibis old taxidermy mount in preening position, United Kingdom
Located in Leuven , BE
Collection Peter Farrlington , Wilmslow
Category

British 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Organic Material, Wood

Goodbye Baby & Amen: A Saraband for the Sixties (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
by David Bailey & Peter Evans Bailey and Evan's biographical portraits of the cultural figures that defined the swinging sixties, including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Marianne ...
Category

20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

1930s German Pull Toy Horse , Burlap Over Wood
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful antique German toy, a pull toy, a pull horse toy. This antique toy horse, circa 1930s, is mounted on a wooden platform with wheels. The ca...
Category

German Art Deco 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Cendrier Servofumo noir de Achille et Pier Castiglioni pour Zanotta Italy 1960
Located in AIX-LES-BAINS, FR
Servofumo est un cendrier ou vide poche ultra design, réalisé par Achille et Pier Giacomo Castiglioni fabriqué de 1961 à 1986 pour Zanotta. Il appartient à la série "Servi" d'Achille...
Category

Italian Industrial Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum, Cut Steel

Brass and Bakelite telescopic acoustic cornet England early 1900s
Located in Milan, IT
Telescopic acoustic cornet made of brass and Bakelite , English manufacture of the early 1900s. The principle of its operation is based on the reflection of sound on the inner walls,...
Category

Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Pair of ww2 polished steel German rangefinder flak binoculars
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Pair of ww2 polished steel German rangefinder flak binoculars circa 1941. Good quality pair of binoculars used in the second world war for directing accurate flak fire for anti airc...
Category

German Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

An Unusual Pencil Drawing of “Canton”, a Three-Masted Whaling Ship-at This Point
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An unusual pencil drawing of “Canton“ a three masted whaling ship by Harold Wyllie. New Bedford was a major whaling centre in the 19th century. Photograp...
Category

English Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Chelsea Flower Show Interest - Gold Medal Prize for 1937 Made By Omar Ramsden
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1936 by Omar Ramsden, this wonderful, Sterling Silver Chalice, is in the Arts & Crafts taste, and features the original gilding and the cast and applied crest...
Category

English Arts and Crafts Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

20th Century Edwardian Solid Silver Map Reading Tool, London, c.1908
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early-20th Century Edwardian very rare solid silver map reading tool, with a magnifying glass, compass and distance measure, one side in English the other in Russian, present...
Category

British Edwardian 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Scale model of an Italian motorboat from the 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Scale model of an Italian speedboat 1950s, wooden planking hull, mounted on wood and brass base. Length cm 25 - inches 9.8, width cm 8.8 - inches 3.4, height with base cm 8.5 - inc...
Category

Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

20th Century English Silver Shaving Brush & Stand, Christopher Lawrence, c.1976
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A late 20th Century English grooming brush with a solid silver handle on a silver stand to rest the brush. Comes in a beautiful original red presentation box, "Kent of London" as wel...
Category

British 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

40 inch vintage Pinokkio by Giocattoli Brevettati Galetti 1960's, Italy
Located in The Hague, NL
Offering a beautiful, large Pinocchio made of solid wood, A great 100 cm high and al parts are movable. He has only suffered a few injuries over the years and created beautiful pat...
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pine

The Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
by Charles Lockwood and Jeffrey Hyland This deluxe volume offers a meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated history of 45 magnificent estates in three of America's most prized residential districts: Beverly Hills, Bel-Air, and Holmby Hills. Lush new colour photographs as well as a trove of historical images take readers beyond the front gates for an exceptional, never-before-seen view of the mansions, grounds, and gardens of these sumptuous estates, and tell the history of Los Angeles' rise from rugged paddocks and farmland to famed metropolis. Each house is explored both for its historical and architectural importance, for here are the epitome of residences and gardens reflecting the famed Italianate and California Mediterranean styles by all the leading architects of Southern California, including Wallace Neff...
Category

20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

1960 Hans Hansen Design Danese Collana e Bracciale Cuori Argento
Located in Brescia, IT
Collana e Bracciale in Argento Danimarca, 1950 Raro set in Argento 925 Ottima Fattura Design Senza Tempo COLLANA Lunghezza Massima: 53 cm circa / Minima 42 cm circa BRACCIALE Lun...
Category

Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

20th Century British 18K Three-Colour Gold Grouse Brooch, c.1964
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Vintage 20th Century British 18k three-colour gold brooch, realistically modelled as a grouse in flight, the eyes are set with small emerald. Hallmarked E...
Category

British 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold

Pair of french Art Deco Zadounaïsky ashtrays
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Pair of french Art Deco original ashtrays by sculptor Michel Zadounaïsky circa 1930. They're in wrought iron and top in copper, both signed on the base. The elegant shape is typical ...
Category

French Art Deco 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Copper, Wrought Iron

Vintage Hazell Streamline Green Star Tennis Racket
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hazell Streamline Tennis Racket, Green Star. A good triple branch Green Star Streamline tennis racket made by Hazells' of 111-113 Mare Street, London E 8. The racket is in good condi...
Category

English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ash

Early 20th Century Scratch build folk-art ship model
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Scratch build folk-art ship model Stood on a hand-crafted gesso painted sea effect, which is framed by an ebonised pine base. This is an charming example of an ea...
Category

Unknown Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pine

Playbox Record Player by Philips and Medea, 1974
Located in Lasne, BE
Record player that can be closed into a cube and opened by moving the baffles apart. Vinyl and cassette playback possible. It is also possible to connect the telephone via Bluethoot....
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Early 19th Century Negretti and Zambra Bakelite Weather Forecaster
Located in Norwich, GB
19th century Negretti and Zambra Bakelite Weather Forecaster. Housed in a black metal case with a cream coloured bakelite front plate. The dial with barometer scale, hand turned indicator and a secondary dial operated by the side lever to set the wind direction...
Category

English Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bakelite

U S Navy Mark V Diving Helmet Military Prototype The Helmet is a replica model
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
U S Navy Mark V Diving Helmet Military Prototype The Helmet is a replica model of US Navy equipment, the helmet is a full size piece made in chrome brass...
Category

American Craftsman Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Alexander Serebriakoff, Portraitiste D'interieurs (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A beautifully produced book, in a presentation box. Being one of a limited edition of only 5000 that were printed by Franco Maria Ricci, 148 pages with text in French and 43 tipped in color illustrations, four of which are double page and 39 single pages. Fabled houses such as Le Chateau de Groussay and Hotel Lambert...
Category

Rococo 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Italian Landscape Painted Oil on Canvas Signed and Dated 1939
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful oil painting on canvas signed and dated 1939s. Excellent pictorial quality Italian school. Beautiful landscape of southern Italy in a summer day. Sold without frame. Attent...
Category

Italian Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Canvas

Table lighter Lancel - "La boule de Lancel" 1920s
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Table Lighter Lancel "Le Boule de Lancel" Patent Pending SGDGA 75-22, in brass with a golden brass mechanism, includes a smoker's stand and cigarette box. One of the early automatic ...
Category

French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Large Model Tristar Jetplane With A British Airways "Landor" Livery, England
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A stunning vintage fibreglass and plastic composite model of a Concorde in full British Airways livery mounted on a tripod stand by Space Models, circa 1990. This 1:36 scale aircraft...
Category

British 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Rare Chenille Krampus Christmas Ornament Antique Austria, 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Add a touch of vintage charm to your Christmas tree with this antique Austrian Christmas ornament. The unique design features a Krampus, it is the c...
Category

Austrian Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Composition, Wire

Early 20th Century Bronze on Wood Religious Crucifix
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Bronze Jesus On Wooden Carved Crucifix, Early 1900's This wood crucifix would certainly make a wonderful addition to any collection of religious works of...
Category

Danish Other Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Cute Midcentury Rubber Italian Squeeking Toy, Ca. 1950s
Located in Schagen, NL
Cute Little Rubber Squeeking Toy, which we believe, features a Lamb. The Lamb features a rotable head which is quite uncommon. Lovely piece which remains in good condition, a working...
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Rubber

Antique Japanese Hinamatsuri Doll 'Goninbayashi' Drum 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a doll which we use for Hinamatsuri day. This person is one of Goninbayashi. This person has a Drum. This doll was made with plastic, cotton, silk. This doll was made around ...
Category

Japanese Showa 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Cotton, Silk, Plastic

Collection Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Berge (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a very good set of the sales catalogues produced by Christie's for the sale of the magnificent collection put together by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge, 23rd - 25th Feb...
Category

20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Ashtray attributed Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte
Located in Lugo, IT
Glass, brass and leather ashtray attributed to Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte Good Condition Similar model on Fontana Arte House of Glass 181 Thank you
Category

Italian Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Casket Art Deco from 1930
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
We present casket Art Deco from 1930 Every piece of furniture that leaves our workshop from the beginning to the end is subjected to manual renovation, so as to restore its origin...
Category

Polish Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Walnut

A Large Galvanised Housemaid’s Bucket A Traditional piece and a very versatile
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Large Galvanised Housemaid’s Bucket A Traditional piece and a very versatile and strong piece, the housemaid would have carried this one by the swing handle and used the end handl...
Category

Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

Brass Vintage Clip on Earrings by Anna Greta Eker, Norway, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Midcentury brass clip earrings with a dark purple glass stone in the middle with a cut rock shape. Designed by Anna Greta Eker, Norway, 1960s. A typical couple of vintage earrings re...
Category

Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Stone, Brass

Japanese Antique Hinamatsuri Doll 'Sannin Kanjo' Nagae no choshi 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a doll which we use for Hinamatsuri day. This person is one of Sannin Kanjo. This person has Nagae no choshi. This doll was made with plastic, cotton, silk and metal. This do...
Category

Japanese Showa 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Rare Chanel Brooch, 1994 Spring, Robert Goossens & Maison Gripoix, Lagerfeld
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
A beautiful early signed and dated Chanel brooch from the 1990s made by Robert Goossens Paris. The beautiful green and red glass stones from the House of Gripoix, centered around on...
Category

French Gothic Revival 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold Plate

Large Hümmel Goebel Rubber Dolls with Labels, Western Germany
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large Hümmel Goebel dolls. Adorable set of Man - Wife and baby. Vintage rubber dolls in fully original condition. Figurines W. Goebel - Oeslau / Radib...
Category

German 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Rubber, Fabric

1970s Japanese Industrial Brass, Bronze and Stainless Steel Search Light Tripod
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
A statuesque vintage industrial floor lamp. The stainless steel and brass searchlight has been paired with a timber and bronze tripod to create a bes...
Category

Japanese Industrial Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel

Italian modern triangular silver plastic table lighter RO 456 by Rowenta, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern triangular silver plastic table lighter RO 456 by Rowenta, 1970s Table lighter mod. RO 456 with a triangular base with rounded corners, entirely in silver plastic. The...
Category

Italian Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Taxidermy Great White Pelican on natural base-Pelecanus onocrotalus-Cites NL
Located in Leuven , BE
This beak and feet of this mount have a wonderful patina and feathers have been cleaned. Pelicans are large water birds characterized by a long beak and a large throat pouch used fo...
Category

Cameroonian 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Organic Material

Antique Royal Doulton, Isaac Walton Fishing Plate
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage fishing plate by Royal Doulton. A good Royal Doulton plate decorated with Isaac Walton design fishing scenes with the inscription: FRIEND W...
Category

European Sporting Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ceramic

Set of Five Bell & a Pinecone Christmas Ornaments Vintage, German, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A rare Christmas ornament set off five bell and one Pinecone glass ornaments. Each is made from thin mouth blown glass, this would be a great antique addition for your Christmas or f...
Category

German Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wire

Batman
Located in London, GB
Original Lebanese film poster for Tim Burton's 1989 Batman staring Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton and Kim Basinger. The artwork on this poster is very dif...
Category

Lebanese Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Vintage Mechanical tin plated wind up Sparrow Bird toy - 1960's - China
Located in EINDHOVEN, NL
Vintage wind-up Sparrow toy with a mechanical tinplated clockwork mechanism - 1960s Manufactured in China in the late 1960s, this sparrow toy features a...
Category

Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Sheet Metal, Tin

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