Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

George Nathan & Ridley Hayes

Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver

Rare and unusual, Edwardian, sterling silver, Aladdin's oil lamp - form table lighter, Chester, England, 1904, George Nathan and Ridley Hayes - makers. Lovely design; rectangular bas...

Vintage 1920s French Collectible Jewelry

Sterling Silver, Enamel

A beautiful quality sterling silver and guilloche enamel ladies purse, circa 1920. The exterior is finest quality enamel, when pressing the clip down on the centre section it reve...

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Early 20th Century Unknown Industrial Scientific Instruments

This Industrial outfit has a striking tribeI and sculptural presence. It displays well on its handmade museum quality stand. I almost never sell items from my museum collection. Here...

Early 20th Century American Industrial Models and Miniatures

This model was made from an early Metalcraft Construction set from 1928. We love the look of these large (27 inch) models. It comes displayed on a custom-made iron museum stand.

Evans Gaming Company

Vintage 1910s American Folk Art Carnival Art

Antique tabletop gaming wheel. Most likely made by Evan's gaming company. Graphic painted dice in original paint surface. Heavy cast iron stand and leather strap.

Robert Oerley

Early 20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Historical Memorabilia

Wood

A remarkable example of the early Viennese Jugendstil. In contrast to similar furniture, which are manufactured in pressed cardboard. These furniture are made in solid beechwood. Tw...

Early 20th Century Swedish Books

Leather, Paper

This attractive group of five very attractive leather-bound Swedish Literature books in warm rich tones of dark orange gold with detailed gold leaf embossing are a group of five book...

Early 20th Century Swedish Books

Leather, Paper

This attractive collection of very attractive leather-bound Swedish literature books contains 35 books, in warm rich tones of dark reddish tan, gold and brown with detailed gold leaf...

Early 20th Century Swedish Books

Leather, Paper

This beautiful collection of very attractive leather-bound Swedish Literature books contains 36 books, in warm rich tones of dark reddish tan, gold and brown with detailed gold leaf ...

Schwarzburger Werkstätten

Antique Early 1900s German Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Porcelain

Schwarzburg golf porcelain tea set. A group of four Schwarzburg porcelain pieces with golf scenes after Michael Brown. The set comprising of a bouillon cup with saucer, side plate a...

Early 20th Century German Black Forest More Folk Art

Wood

A marvelous antique hand-carved tobacco pipe with fine carved hunting scenes and a stag on the carved Horn lid. At the lower end a further stag. Executed, circa 1920. Measures: le...

Royal Doulton

Vintage 1910s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Ceramic

Rare royal Doulton motoring plate. An early Royal Doulton automobile plate entitled 'A Nerve Tonic'. The plate is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks or repairs, there is t...

Royal Doulton

Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Ceramic

Royal Doulton golfing plate. A nice Royal Doulton plate from the 'Picturesque Scenes' series. The plate carries the trade mark on the back and to the front is a golfer having hit hi...

Early 20th Century American Late Victorian Scientific Instruments

Glass

A wonderful glass display dome great to keep sculpture or collections safe and look more interesting than just on a shelf.

Vintage 1910s English Campaign More Mirrors

Leather, Mirror

Vintage travellers mirror. A compact campaign mirror in original travelling leather case. The mirror folds up for easy storage and has a plated metal frame with an ebony cased mirro...

Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Books

Mahogany, Macassar

Great Amsterdamse school bookends with matching Macassar picture frame. These stunning and angular design bookends from the 1920s are in very good condition. Both these bookends and...

Antoni Gaudí, Esteva Figueras y Sesd Hoyos

Early 20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Wall-mounted Sculptures

Gold Leaf, Stucco

Interesting Antoni Gaudí style Art Nouveau bas relief depicting the virgin and child using molded stucco with polychrome technique and gold leaf accents. This piece has an exquisite ...

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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Animal Sculptures

Composition, Plaster

Fabulous for a restaurant, bar, gourmet food shop, or a home kitchen, an authentic French butcher shop pig, circa 1920s, made of plaster covered composite. Standing over four feet hi...

Vintage 1910s English Table Lamps

Leather, Beech

Vintage pair of black hunting or riding boot lamps. A pair of English leather hunt or top boots with the original beech wood trees. The black hunting boots with 'Mahogany' tops (tan...

Early 20th Century English British Colonial Decorative Boxes

Leather, Tin

Early 1900 Antique lithographic Tin Box from Huntley and Palmers - Modelled as Eight Leather Bound Books - Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Series - dates from 1903. Vintage Dickens Pa...

Early 20th Century American Toys and Dolls

Steel

Rare Vintage boys and girls speed king all steel scooter in remnants of red paint over black. With two covered wheels, a front spring and rear foot brake, this was the cadillac of sc...

Early 20th Century Musical Instruments

Brass

Solid brass military or marching band snare drum complete with drum heads in working order (possibly replaced in the last few years). I had this made into a side table by adding a br...

Zane Grey

Early 20th Century American American Modern Books

Zane Grey, "Tales of the Angler's Eldorado, New Zealand", first edition, published in New York by Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1926. In original blue cloth binding without its dust ...

Early 20th Century European Chairs

Fabric, Iron, Wood

This "captains" style chair has curved, horizontal, raised arms supported only by the back. The chair back has a pierced design with a five point star carved at the centre....

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Early 20th Century American Steampunk More Furniture and Collectibles

Iron

This turn of the century cast iron railroad survey arrow stands at 2.5 feet tall.

National Cash Register Co.

Antique Early 1900s American Renaissance Historical Memorabilia

Brass

Nickel-plated restored dolphin pattern serial # 627213 model # 321 San Francisco , Ca 1-29-09 #321-D.

Antique Early 1900s American Renaissance Historical Memorabilia

Marble

Mfg by Charles E. Hires Co. Serail #6358 . This is the "Holy Grail" of soda fountain syrup dispenser collectibles. In the years following the exposition, Hires continued to market hi...

Vintage 1920s German Taxidermy

Deer trophy from the 1920s. Mounted on a wooden plaque.

Steiff

Early 20th Century European Edwardian Toys and Dolls

Mohair, Glass, Wood

A wonderful early 20th century mohair pull along tiger by Steiff. In a very much loved and play worn condition but still intact. Despite significant wear to the fur, seam splits e...

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Leather

Great vintage collection of three black leather medicine balls. Excellent warm vintage patina. Traces of white painted team letters and numbers.

Fabergé

Antique Early 1900s Russian Tobacco Accessories

Silver

Antique Russian gilded silver cigarette box Maker: Fabergé Russia 1908-1917 Fully hallmarked Dimensions: Size: 8.3 x 8 x 1.5 cm Weight: 164 grams Condition: Box has surfac...

Early 20th Century Edwardian Religious Items

A fine and impressive Jewish Yad known as a Torah pointer handcrafted in sterling silver; bulbous knob handle decorated with embossed acanthus leave designs, with a traditional point...

Early 20th Century German Expressionist Prints

Hans Thoma (1839-1924) was a German painter / lithographer who studied art under Johann Schirmer at the Dusseldorf Art Academy and later in Paris with the great French realist painte...

Early 20th Century European Gothic Revival Religious Items

Elm

Rare Gothic Revival chapel-shape light fixture. For the collectors and enthousiasts of rare Gothic Revival antiques we also have this beautiful and all-handcrafted, wooden light fix...

National Cash Register Co.

Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Historical Memorabilia

Brass

In the early 1900s, elaborate brass registers were made. Cash registers became staples in most retail stores, and to provide stronger security measures, cash registers were made with...

National Cash Register Co.

Antique Early 1900s American Renaissance Historical Memorabilia

Brass

In the early 1900s, elaborate brass registers were made. Cash registers became staples in most retail stores, and to provide stronger security measures, cash registers were made with...

Early 20th Century British Scientific Instruments

Mahogany cased barograph, by Lennie of Edinburgh having five glazed removable lid, and a drawer below to house the charts. The mechanical eight-day movement is housed in the drum, fi...

Early 20th Century Victorian Musical Instruments

Walnut framed floor standing diner gong and beater, the broken arch crest, flanked by turned finials raised on reeded carved pillars and a bobbin turned gallery below, raised on spla...

Early 20th Century American Schoolhouse Models and Miniatures

Wood

A model home used in either an architecture firm or classroom, with simple construction and a detachable roof. Made in America, circa 1920.

Whitaker & Co., Ltd.

Early 20th Century English Garden Ornaments

Ceramic, Pottery

A large English lion figurine of glazed stoneware featuring a recumbent lion with fine modelling to the head and body. Dimensions: H 18 1/2" x W 30 1/2" x D 10". Marked: Whitak...

Early 20th Century American Chairs

Steel

An original American gynecological chair from the 1930s. The chair has a full range of backrest inclination adjustment from 90 to 180 degrees, and adjustment of side supports in the ...

Antique Early 1900s English Nautical Objects

Brass, Mahogany

Set of large admiralty pattern brass station pointers by Troughton and Simms, London, New York and Capetown, with silvered calibrated 360degree dial in a fitted mahogany case.

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Early 20th Century Algerian Tribal Tribal Art

Silver

Offered by Zena Kruzick Early to mid-20th century silver tribal bracelet, Algeria, North Africa. A very wearable silver cuff from Algeria with an opening of 1.25" (3.1 cm). It we...

Thomas A. Edison

Antique Early 1900s American Cabinets

Wood

Thomas A. Edison Model H-19 disc phonograph. Serial #SM-26735, with the fleur-de-lis grille and gold-plated metal parts. Design of this mahogany model began at the end of World War ...

Early 20th Century French Renaissance Tobacco Accessories

Bronze

Bronze match holder inspired by La Bocca della Verità, or 'the Mouth of Truth', a marble mask in Rome, Italy, which stands against the left wall of the portico of the Santa Maria in ...

Antique Early 1900s English Renaissance Revival Tobacco Accessories

Metal

A figural cigar lighter modeled as a gladiator warrior leaning on a column which holds the wick, patinated bronze over metal and mounted on a black marble base, very good condition, ...

Berthold Muller

Early 20th Century German Nautical Objects

Silver

A stunningly beautiful large silver Neff/Galleon with ornate hand chasing depicting life at sea. The hull of the Neff has a serpent theme throughout with the bow baring a serpent’s f...

Antique Early 1900s Unknown Aesthetic Movement Books

Black cast iron book press with gold decoration. Square base. Screw mechanism with ball shaped handles, circa 1900. Pressing plate holds 9" x 11.5" book or object to be flattened. Th...

Early 20th Century German Decorative Art

Stone

A vintage natural scientific specimen diorama shows the decomposition of rocks, used for class, circa 1900.

Early 20th Century South African Tribal Tribal Art

Ceramic

An extremely rare 19th century ceramic vessel, South Africa. Ceramic vessels from South Africa dating to the late 19th century are extremely rare. We are pleased to be able to off...

Early 20th Century South African Tribal Tribal Art

Wood

Knobkerries were ubiquitously carried by Southern African men as weapons, dance staffs and symbols of status. While typically designed as somewhat utilitarian objects, they were ofte...

Antique Early 1900s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

THEODORE ROOSEVELT BANNER WITH AN EXQUISITE PORTRAIT IMAGE IN ROUGH RIDER'S GARB, COPYRIGHTED BY GEORGE ROCKWOOD (INVENTOR OF THE CDV), PRINTED IN BOSTON; ALMOST CERTAINLY MADE FOR U...

Vintage 1920s Books

(Lindbergh, Charles A.) MILLER, Francis Trevelyan. Lindbergh: His Story in Pictures… Collector's Edition. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons (Knickerbocker Press), 1929. Octavo,...

Early 20th Century German Other Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver, Bone, Precious Stone

The magnificent 32 pieces chess set is made, circa 1900-1910 in Germany for export to England. The figures made out of sterling silver and gold washed sterling silver, stamped "925 S...

Vintage 1920s Historical Memorabilia

This is an original check, signed ‘'Orville Wright”. An aviation pioneer, Orville Wright piloted the first powered aircraft, which he developed with his older brother Wilbur, at Kitt...

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Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver

Edwardian, sterling silver, Aladdin's lamp-style table oil lamp or lighter, American, circa 1920s. Measures: 4 inches high (at highest point) x 5 inches across from handle to handle ...

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Antique Early 1900s American Edwardian Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver, Crystal

Edwardian, sterling silver mounted, threaded crystal match striker, American, circa 1905. Measures: 2 1/2 inches high x 2 3/4 inches diameter at widest point. Dark spots are reflecti...

John Grinsell & Sons

Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver, Crystal

Large, Edwardian, sterling silver mounted threaded crystal match striker, Birmingham, England, 1908, J. Grinsell and Son - makers. Measures 3.25 inches high x 3 1/4 inches wide (at w...