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Period: 20th Century
Recognized Seller Listings
Junction Tube
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A sculptural junction tube fashioned of laboratory-grade Pyrex glass.
Category
American Industrial Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Line Vautrin "Le Gendarme et le Voleur" Bracelet
By Line Vautrin
Located in New York, NY
"Le Gendarme et le Voleur."
Playful gilt and silvered bronze cuff bracelet with a thief depicted on one side and a policeman on the other.
Signed: L.V. a...
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Mounted Propeller Blade
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A striking and beautifully fabricated aluminum propeller blade with a lacquered yellow accent, finely mounted on a figured walnut base.
Category
American Industrial 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Victorian deskBronze Horse and Jockey
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian silver plated bronze figure of horse and jockey jumping grass fence on white onyx rectangular shaped base
Category
English Edwardian Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Onyx, Bronze, Silver Plate
Italian Venetian Gilt Wood Barometer
Located in New York, NY
Italian Venetian-style (20th Century) gilt carved and black painted barometer,with wreath top and cornucopia sides with scroll motifs.
Category
Italian Neoclassical 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
Rocket Sculptures Mobile
Located in Chicago, IL
Three steel cast rockets movable and suspended on 16 foot long cables.
Each sculpture has designated cable. Turn buckle mounting mechanism on each cable.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Wire
English Renaissance Style Velvet Wrapped Iron Halberd Spear
Located in New York, NY
English Renaissance-style halberd spear with red velvet and nail head shaft and large 37-inch etched iron blade.
Category
English Northern Renaissance 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Brutalist Bell in the Manner of Paul Evans
By Paul Evans
Located in Chicago, IL
This sculptural unique bell is a great art object, hand-hammered metal with welded aluminum handle, this is a unique piece.
Category
American Brutalist Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
Collection of Vintage Megaphones
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Very colorful and graphic collection of 13 vintage megaphones from the 1940s-1970s. Tallest example measures 38 inches, smallest measuring 8 inches.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Lignum Vitae Bowling Ball Rack
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A three-row oak bowling ball rack comprised of twenty-seven (27) regulation sized antique lignum vitae; (heartwood) lathe turned bowling balls.
Category
American Industrial 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
English Renaissance Style Wood and Iron Spear
Located in New York, NY
English Renaissance-style spear with simple wooden shaft and 32-inch iron blade.
Category
English Northern Renaissance 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
English Renaissance Style Wood and Iron Spear
Located in New York, NY
English Renaissance-style spear with a wooden shaft and simple 29-inch iron blade.
Category
English Northern Renaissance 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Pommel Horse
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A gymnastics pommel horse or buck on a cast-iron base with locking / movable handle and geared height adjustment, retaining original leather.
Category
American Industrial 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Gymnastic Bench
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A leather covered gymnastics bench on splayed, leather-clad, ebonized pine legs with patinated cast iron feet.
Category
American Industrial 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Sterling Silver and Amethyst Bracelet by Bent Knudsen
By Bent Knudsen
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Interesting Scandinavian cuff from Danish jewelry designer Bent Knudsen in sterling with amethyst. Signed with impressed manufacturer's mark to interior: [Sterl...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Amethyst, Sterling Silver
English Renaissance Style Halberd
Located in New York, NY
English Renaissance-style halberd spear with wood shaft and 33 ¬Ω inch iron ax blade.
Category
English Northern Renaissance 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
French Cubist Bronze by Ferdinand Parpan
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Ferdinand Parpan (1902-2004)
"St. Francis", a black patinated cubist bronze on rouge marble base, signed, monogrammed and dated 1950 in the bronze. Mea...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Danish Blown Glass Hanging Ornaments
By Kastrup
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A luminous and expressive group of of blown glass hanging ornaments.
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Blown Glass
French Art Deco crocodile belt with an Egyptian themed cloisonné buckle.
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco crocodile belt with an Egyptian themed cloisonné buckle.
Category
French Egyptian Revival 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel
English Renaissance Style Halberd Spear
Located in New York, NY
English Renaissance style Halbert spear with wood shaft and large 34" iron
blade.
Category
English Northern Renaissance 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Carved Teak Pipe Rest
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A carved and sculptural pipe rest crafted from a single piece of warm teak.
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Teak
Wall-Mounted Tilting Tobacco Vessel
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A wall-mounted lidded tobacco vessel having a rounded tilting form on mounted arms crafted of turned and carved richly figured teak.
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Teak
English Renaissance Style Wood and Iron Blade
Located in New York, NY
English Renaissance-style spear with wooden shaft and simple 15-inch leaf-shaped iron blade.
Category
English Northern Renaissance 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
English Renaissance Style Wood and Etched Iron Spear
Located in New York, NY
English Renaissance-style spear with wood shaft and etched iron blade with tassel.
Category
English Northern Renaissance 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
English Edwardian Lifesize Figurehead of Edward VII
Located in New York, NY
English Edwardian lifesize gilt carved figurehead of Edward VII wearing a crown and holding a globe (early 20th cent.)
Category
British Edwardian 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Opal and Diamond Art Deco Ring, circa 1930s
Located in Incline Village, NV
Opal is natural and ring itself is palladium with nicely appointed floral pattern engraving around the entire band.
There are 22 small diamonds set around the opal for a total of 1.3...
Category
American Art Deco 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Opal
Silver Craft Necklace
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A simple silver necklace with a framed abstract design and three loose hanging rings.
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Japan Furniture Exhibition '58
Located in New York, NY
Catalog accompanying an exhibition held in the United States in 1958, sponsored and published by the Japanese Export Furniture Manufacturer Association, a trade organization of 20 l...
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pair of Chinese Hardstone and Cloisonné Enamel Flower Models
Located in London, GB
Pair of Chinese hardstone and cloisonné enamel flower models
Chinese, 20th Century
Height 52cm, width 46cm, depth 36cm
These two superb flower models are almost identical in design...
Category
Chinese 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Jade, Agate, Metal, Enamel
F. Lanier Graham Chess Set for MoMA
By Josef Hartwig
Located in New York, NY
Minimalist chess set in walnut and korina (white limba) wood by American sculptor, museum curator, art historian, and chess aficionado F. Lanier G...
Category
American Minimalist Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic, Wood, Paper
Edwardian Sterling Silver-Mounted Cranberry/Red Threaded Crystal Match Striker
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian, sterling silver cranberry/red, tyg-form (a tyg is a three-handled Scottish drinking cup), threaded crystal match striker, having three, clear handles, London, 1916, Robert Pringle and Sons...
Category
English Edwardian Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Edwardian Period Sterling Silver-Mounted Threaded Crystal Match Striker
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Period, sterling silver-mounted threaded crystal match striker, London, Ca. 1910. Measures approximately 2 inches high x approximately 2 inches diameter (at widest point). ...
Category
English Edwardian Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Ardagh Chalice, an Antique Sterling Silver and Enamel Replica Dublin 1914
By West & Son
Located in London, London
The Ardagh Chalice is considered to be one of the greatest treasures of the early Irish Church, and one of the finest known works of Insular art. It is thought to have been made in the 8th Century AD, and was discovered in 1868 by Jim Quin & Paddy Flanagan just outside the village of Ardagh in County Limerick, Ireland.
Hallmarked in Dublin in 1914 by West & Son, this handsome, Antique Sterling Silver Replica of the Ardagh Chalice, is decorated with Celtic bands...
Category
Irish Medieval Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Neoclassical style antique silver trophy cup & cover
Located in London, GB
Elegant urn-shaped silver trophy cup and cover in the restrained and graceful neoclassical Adam style with long sweeping handles decorated with a fine bead decoration. Two bands of ...
Category
British Neoclassical Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Katsura Tradition and Creation in Japanese Architecture
Located in New York, NY
Sumptuously produced treatment of the aesthetic and spiritual qualities of traditional Japanese architecture that resonated with and influenced Western modernism—think the simplicity and abstract beauty of tatami geometry combined with a holistic philosophy of indoor/outdoor living. The book itself is a cynosure of academic and graphic quality, with text by Walter Gropius and Kenzo Tange...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Paper Suffrage Pennant with Bold and Whimsical Western Style Lettering, ca 1915
Located in York County, PA
Unusual paper suffrage pennant, with bold and whimsical, western style lettering, circa 1915
American Suffragette pennant, in a very rare format, with text that reads “Votes for Women,” in a combination of two bold, Western-style fonts. Made of golden yellow paper, with the lettering printed in black, the profile is an unusual one. Linear for approximately 2/5 of its length, the remainder tapers to a point.
An example in this style is documented in "The Keynoter: Journal of the American Political Items Conservators," Summer/Fall/Winter 2008 (Women's Suffrage Special Triple Issue), Volume 2008, Number 2-4, p.133. This periodical is the best printed reference that presently exists on Suffrage objects.
Golden yellow was the customary color of the suffrage movement in America, a tradition that began with the first actual campaign to give women the right to vote. This took place in 1867 in Kansas, the first state to hold a referendum on the issue when suffragists Susan B. Anthony and Carrie Stanton focused their efforts there and wore sunflowers—the state flower—in a show of support, as well as yellow ribbons. The flower was an appropriate emblem for a rising sun and growth, which led to its use in other states, and the color carried over to many other objects employed in the campaign for years to come. In England, green, white, and purple / violet were introduced in 1908 and became the colors of the movement, which gave way to a nice acronym for “Give Women the Vote.” Various groups used these colors also, in the States, sometimes substituting golden yellow for green.
Mounting: The textile was mounted and framed within our own conservation department, which is led by expert staff. We take great care in the mounting and presentation of flags and related textiles and have preserved thousands of examples.
This is a pressure mount...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
48 Star Crocheted Homemade American Flag, WWII Era, 1941-1945
Located in York County, PA
48 star, crocheted, antique american flag of the wwii era (1941-1945), a beautiful, homemade example, with a red, white, & blue hoist and flower-like stars:
Crocheted American fla...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Edwardian Sterling Silver-Mounted Threaded Crystal Match Striker
Located in New York, NY
Unusual, sterling silver-mounted threaded crystal match striker with hand-blown light green handles, London, circa 1910. Hallmarks are rubbed in ...
Category
English Edwardian Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Monumental Polish Silver Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century monumental, silver Hanukkah lamp made in Poland. Designed in an Art-Deco style, the lamp is decorated with floral motifs at its base, while a detailed figure of an eagle appears at the top of its central, supporting pillar, overlooking the eight candleholders and the servant light.
Marked with Polish marks.
Every item in Menorah Galleries...
Category
Polish Art Deco 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Colorado State Flag, Made of Silk, Ca 1911-1920
Located in York County, PA
COLORADO STATE FLAG OF EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY, MADE OF SILK, CIRCA 1911-1920’s, EXTRAORDINARILY RARE IN THIS PERIOD AND THE EARLIEST EXAMPLE THAT I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED
Early state flags are few and far between. While I am asked for them constantly, most states did not actually have official flags until the 20th century.
On May 6th, 1911, Colorado became among the last to adopt a design. The project of doing so was spearheaded by the Denver Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The bill was introduced by Senator W.H. Sharply and adopted by the Eighteenth General Assembly. The artwork was the product of A.C. [Andrew Carlisle] Carson, President of the Ohio Society of Colorado. The meanings behind the elements in the design are as follows: The large letter "C" stands for Colorado and simultaneously for the Centennial State (Colorado entered the Union in 1876, the year in which our nation celebrated its 100th anniversary of independence), as well as the Columbine State (reflecting the state flower). The red color is included due to the fact that the word Colorado translates to scarlet or red in Spanish. The circle represents the sun, while the gold color symbolizes all-the-year sunshine, Colorado’s status as the greatest gold state, and one Columbine color. It was also included so that the Colorado state flag would have one more color than the U.S. flag. The color white reflects Colorado’s status as the greatest silver state, its eternal mountain snow, and one Columbine color. Lastly, the shade of Yale blue symbolizes all-the-year blue sky and one Columbine Color. Members of the D.A.R. were proud to note that this was also their color.
Made sometime between the initial year of the adoption of this design and the 1920’s, this particular flag is the earliest Colorado example that I have ever encountered. The blue and white bars, red “C,” and golden circle are a’’ made of silk taffeta. This was a costly fabric, reserved for the best material a flag-maker produced. The flag is constructed in the manner of a battle flag, to be carried on foot. Squarish in its overall profile, silk was the fabric of choice for flags employed in this function, due to the fact that it was light weight, and thus practical for hand-carrying, while simultaneously formal in appearance, appropriate for the sort of ceremonial use that military presentation often demands. The style of the hoist is also typical for field or parade use. Here the fabric was rolled over to form an open sleeve, through which a wooden staff could be inserted. The sleeve is lined on the interior with black cotton. Leather tabs, at the top and bottom, fit over metal posts on the staff, designed to accept them, to fix the flag in its proper position.
The bars were pieced and joined with lineal machine stitching. The hoist and fly ends were finished and hemmed by the same method. The devices are double-appliquéd (applied to both sides) with a machine buttonhole / blanket stitch. Though machines that produced buttonholes were, remarkably, available alongside the earliest standard machines, in the 1850’s and 60’s, the use of this sort of stitch in a running format, for appliqué work, remained highly unusual, even as late as the first half of the twentieth century, probably because it used a ton of thread when compared to the zigzag or satin stitch. It could be expected to appear more often in the hands of a maker of very fine flags, that employed embroidery machines and commissioned custom, fancy work of all sorts. Though unsigned—in no way uncommon in early examples, which were seldom signed—that is precisely the sort of firm that produced the Colorado flag...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
46 Star Antiques American Flag, Small Scale, Oklahoma Statehood, Ca 1907-1912
Located in York County, PA
46 star antique American flag in an exceptionally small scale among its pieced-and-sewn counterparts, reflects oklahoma statehood, circa 1907-1912:
46 star American national flag in a tiny and very rare scale among its counterparts of the period with pieced-and-sewn construction. The 46th state, Oklahoma, joined the Union on November 16th, 1907, during Teddy Roosevelt’s presidency. Roosevelt had many friends in the Oklahoma Territory...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wool
13 Hand-Embordered Stars Made by Great-Granddaughter of Betsy Ross, Sarah Wilson
Located in York County, PA
13 HAND-EMBROIDERED STARS AND EXPERTLY HAND-SEWN STRIPES ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE IN PHILADELPHIA BY SARAH M. WILSON, GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER OF BETSY ROSS, SIGNED & DATED 1911:
...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Substantial Italian 18k Yellow Gold Flexible Mesh Necklace by Unoaerre
By UnoAErre
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A SUBSTANTIAL 18K YELLOW GOLD MESH NECKLACE BY UNOAERRE
Italy, circa late 20th century 17" wearable length Italian assay marks to clasp
Item # C104239
A true classic, this substa...
Category
Italian Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
48 Crocheted Stars on Graphic, Three-Dimensional Flag Made of Silk, ca 1917-1918
Located in York County, PA
48 crocheted stars on a very graphic, three-dimensional flag made from silk ribbon and crocheted rings, WWI Era (U.S. involvement 1917-18)
Homemade, ha...
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Violet & Yellow Suffragette Parade Banner, Ca 1910-1920
Located in York County, PA
Rare violet & yellow Suffragette parade banner, the plate example illustrated in the text reference on the subject, made ca 1910-1920.
Hand-painted banners...
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
French Retro 18k Gold Honeycomb Geometric Strap-Bracelet, circa 1950s
Located in Shippensburg, PA
RETRO 18 KARAT YELLOW, WHITE AND ROSE GOLD HONEYCOMB STRAP-BRACELET
French, circa 1950s marked 750 exquisite craftsmanship
Item # 107GTB07H
An incredibly fine Retro period ladies...
Category
French 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Vintage 14 Karat Yellow Gold "Nugget" Bracelet, 31.7 Grams
Located in Shippensburg, PA
VINTAGE 14K YELLOW GOLD "NUGGET" BRACELET
Circa mid-20th century; stamped "14k" on clasp, "585" on safety hook
Item # 011XPP11A
Like treasure just discovered, this bracelet is cast...
Category
Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Teddy Roosevelt and His Great White Fleet American Flag, ca 1907-1909
Located in York County, PA
Rare & Beautiful American Parade Flag With Images Of Teddy Roosevelt And His Great White Fleet, 1907-1909, Ex-richard Pierce Collection:
46 star parade ...
Category
American Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Indiana State Flag, with Gold Fringe ca 1930-1955
Located in York County, PA
Indiana State Flag With Square-like Proportions, An Offset Device, And Gold Fringe, Circa 1930-1955:
Despite the fact that most of the United States joined the Union during the 18...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Rare Yellow & White Suffrage Parasol with "Votes for Women" Text
Located in York County, PA
EXTRAORDINARILY RARE, YELLOW & WHITE, SUFFRAGE PARASOL / UMBRELLA, WITH “VOTES FOR WOMEN” TEXT, DISTRIBUTED BY THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION UNDER ANNA HOWARD SHAW’S LEADERSHIP [HEADQUARTERED IN NEW YORK], CIRCA 1913-1915:
In the world of Suffrage memorabilia, parasols and umbrellas are known to have been produced, but hardly any exist. Made in both Britain and America, most of the organizations known to have commissioned them did so with white or purple, green, and white, utilizing the traditional British colors. In America, some of these can be identified to the Women’s Political Union of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
As for those in the traditional American colors of golden yellow and white, typically with black text, examples are known to have been produced and sold by the National American Women’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA), beginning in the summer of 1913. According to author and expert Ken Florey, the organization peddled them for “one dollar each or ten dollars a dozen…[promoting] them as good for advertising the cause at street meetings, summer resorts, and county fairs. The design consisted of yellow and white in alternate sections, with “Votes for Women” in the white sections.” Florey goes on to explain how some umbrellas in this style are known with names of states hand-painted in the yellow panels. I am aware of Oregon and Idaho. Florey also indicates that one is known for Alaska. His discussion of the subject, and an illustration of the Idaho example, appear in his book, "Women's Suffrage Memorabilia" (2013, McFarland & Co., North Carolina), on pp. 192 and A8, respectively. The Oregon example, which have seen and held first-hand, is illustrated in "The Keynoter: Journal of the American Political Items Conservators," Summer/Fall/Winter 2008 (Women's Suffrage Special Triple Issue), Vol. 2008, No. 2-4, p. 110.
In “Woman Suffrage Memorabilia,” Florey describes a heavy demand for parade accoutrements in the 19-teens. Despite the supposed numbers in which these yellow and white umbrellas were likely to have been produced, this is the only example that I am aware has actually surfaced with the “Votes for Women” text only and no state names. This makes it far more universally desirable.
A period image survives in the Albert R. Stone Negative Collection, Rochester Museum & Science Center (Rochester, New York,) of a women carrying parasols in this style on Main Street West in that city on August 15, 1914. The marchers, masked, were described as wearing yellow dominoes (nun-style dresses) and carrying yellow parasols. According to museum catalogers, “The outside parasols are plain; those on the inside have the inscription, "Votes for women". The first group, in yellow and blue dominoes, advertised the speech and visit of Dr. Anna Howard Shaw [this would be members of the Empire Campaign Committee]. The second group carried placards with the names of equal suffrage states and the dates when they adopted votes for women. The Club Theatre, whose sign advertising "Burlesque" is clearly visible behind the marchers, occupies the premises at 75 Main Street West formerly occupied by the Shubert Theatre.”
The National American Women’s Suffrage Association was formed in 1890. It represented a merging of the two largest Suffrage groups in America before that time. These were the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), formed in 1869 by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), also formed in 1869 by Lucy Stone and her Husband, Henry Brown Blackwell, Henry Ward Beecher, and others. Stone’s daughter, Alice Stone...
Category
North American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Ironstone Suffragette Plate w/ Votes for Women Text, Made for Alva Belmont, 1914
Located in York County, PA
IRONSTONE PLATE WITH "VOTES FOR WOMEN" TEXT, MADE JOHN MADDOCK & SONS FOR SUFFRAGIST ALVA BELMONT FOR MARBLE HOUSE, HER FAMOUS ESTATE IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1914:
Porcelain objects related to the Suffrage movement are extremely scarce. The most celebrated of all American suffrage dinnerware consists of a service of white ironstone, commissioned by Alva Belmont,* prominent Newport, Rhode Island, socialite. Belmont was the founder of a pro-suffrage group called the Political Equality Association. According to Suffrage memorabilia expert Ken Folley, "There are at least eight different examples known in this design, including a cup and saucer, a lunch or dinner plate, a salad or bread plate, a berry bowl, a soup bowl, a celery dish...
Category
English Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Sterling Silver Tefillin Boxes, Birmingham, England, 1935
Located in New York, NY
Handmade sterling silver Tefillin boxes, Birmingham, England, 1935.
Square boxes with hinged bases that open and close.
Hebrew inscription on the top of the boxes: Shin Yud = Shell Yad, Shin Resh = Shel Rosh.
Marked on the sides with English silver hallmarks...
Category
English Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Mid-20th Century American Tin Charity Box
Located in New York, NY
Jewish tin charity box, New York, USA, circa 1950.
Inscribed on the front and on the back "Brother and sister in Israel" and "It feels wonderful to be a b...
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Post World War II Green Gazed Earthenware Passover Seder Plate
Located in New York, NY
Green glazed earthenware Passover Seder plate made by Jewish DPs in the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp.
Decorated on the rim of the plate is a ...
Category
German Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
U.S War Department Commissioning Pennant with 13 Stars
Located in York County, PA
EXTREMELY RARE U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONING PENNANT WITH 13 STARS, A REVERSAL OF THE U.S. NAVY COLOR SCHEME, TWENTY-FOUR FEET ON THE FLY, SP...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wool
Watercolor by William Birchall
By William Minshall Birchall
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Watercolor by William Birchall depicting a world war one naval warship on convoy with destroyers on station on the ships port hand side.
Entitled The Everr Ready. Dated 1914
Ov...
Category
English Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paint
"Equal suffrage for Michigan in 1916" Advertising Fan for the Bissell Company
Located in York County, PA
"EQUAL SUFFRAGE FOR MICHIGAN IN 1916," ADVERTISING FAN FOR THE BISSELL 'CYCO BALL BEARING CARPET SWEEPER,' COMMISSIONED BY ANNA BISSELL (1846-1934), AMERICA'S FIRST FEMALE CEO
Oriental-made, twill-woven silk fan with gilt lettering that reads : "Bissell's 'Cyco Ball Bearing Carpet Sweeper' makes sweeping easy," set within an interesting, open, geometric design. A purposefully curved, paper label beneath was applied by the "Michigan Equal Suffrage Association, Kalamazoo, 405 So. Burdick St.," whose byline is along the bottom. On it, a terrific message reads:
"OVER 100,000 WOMEN pay taxes in Michigan on property assessed at $177,596,938. In 1910 OVER 175,000 MICHIGAN WOMEN signed a petition sent to Congress asking for Equal Suffrage. 247,373 MICHIGAN MEN voted...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Franklin D. Roosevelt 1936 Campaign Poster: "The Man with a Heart..."
Located in York County, PA
“THE MAN WITH A HEART, THE PARTY WITH A SOUL”: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT POSTER, MADE FOR HIS 1936 PRESIDENTIAL RUN, THE BEST OF ALL KNOWN EXAMPLES ACROS...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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