Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Period: Early 20th Century
Color: Black
Antique French Childs Stuffed Elephant circa early 1900's Unrestored
Located in Chicago, IL
c1910 Stuffed French Toy Elephant in need of rescue. Missing a tusk, ear, and surgery to butt. Definitely restorable, but useful for decoration as is. Our workshop can do the restora...
Category
French Country Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Straw
U.S. Army General George Patton Autographed Collage
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Offered is a collage celebrating General George S. Patton Jr. This collage features Patton's signature on an envelope postmarked January 20, 1919. Patton has signed the paper “Col. G...
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Swiss Brienz Black Forest Hand-Carved Wood Grizzly Bear
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Black Forest hand-carved linden-wood hand-carved grizzly bear with glass eyes and enamel painted mouth with fangs/teeth showing on a thick base, circa 1900. See our other items for m...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century English Model of a Starting Cannon
Located in London, GB
This well-proportioned to scale and detailed cast iron model of an English starting cannon features movable parts including the wheels and cannon barrel. It includes excellent detail...
Category
English Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Pair of Italian Holy Water Font for Nightstands Bedside Table
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Art Decò age pair of Italian Holy Water font for nightstands in Bakelite, images in silver-plated brass and glass font.
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Black Americana Boy with Straw Hat Tobacco Leaf Plaque
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Black Americana boy with straw hat tobacco leaf plaque, realistically cast with the boy in the straw hat breaking through a tobacco leaf.
Category
High Victorian Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Royal Doulton Kingsware Tobacco Box with Lid
Located in Mexico, DF
Kingsware was developed by Charles Noke and produced between 1898-1939. No other factory in the world has been able to recreate the same lustrous finish, which makes Kingsware a uniq...
Category
British Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Miniature Books 'Faust' by Goethe I&II, Schmidt & Günther, Leipzig, 1907
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Faust volume 1 & 2 by Johann Wolgang Goethe. Printed in these miniature version by Schmidt & Günther in Leipzig, Germany in 1907. The share the same distinct qualities as regular cla...
Category
German Antique Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Eight Various 19th-20th Century Awards
Located in San Francisco, CA
Eight various 19th-20th century awards
Nice Collection - Various Sizes - See Images
Good antique / vintage condition.
Category
American Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
E.T. Cook, Gardens of England
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume
Painted in Color by Beatrice Parsons. Bound in 3/4 green Morocco by Henry Young and Sons, Cloth boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt...
Category
English Antique Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Double Sided Reverse Painted Cigar Hanging Advertising Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th double sided cigar sign from Belgium.
In the original casing.
Made by "La marmographie St Amf, Bruxelles" which was established circa 1910.
An advertising sign fo...
Category
Belgian Vintage Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Suffragette Plate, "Deeds Not Words" & "Votes for Women", The Only Known Example
Located in York County, PA
ENGLISH PORCELAIN SUFFRAGETTE PLATE WITH "DEEDS, NOT WORDS" AND "VOTES FOR WOMEN" SLOGANS, ONE-OF-A-KIND AMONG KNOWN EXAMPLES, CA 1905-1918
English porcelain plate, made for the Wo...
Category
English Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Large Early 20th Century King Edward vii W & T Avery Beam Scale
By W & T Avery
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Large antique wrought iron and brass beam weight balance scale by W and T Avery Ltd. of Soho foundry Birmingham, England. Lovely black transfer on a por...
Category
English Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Armorial Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century, Signed & Numbered First Edition
By Sir Algernon Tudor-Craig
Located in valatie, NY
Armorial Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century by Sir Algernon Tudor-Craig. First Edition, signed by the author and numbered 950/1000, original gilt lettered dark blue cloth. Century H...
Category
English Vintage Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Tennis Net Mount, English, Cast Iron, Wimbledon Green, Slazenger, London
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage tennis net mount. An English, cast iron standard type mount in Wimbledon green by Slazenger of London, dating to the early 20th century, c...
Category
British Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Unique, Stunning & Large Arts and Crafts Sanctuary Wall Lamp with Glass Vessel
Located in Lisse, NL
One of a kind, brass and glass sanctuary wall lamp.
This rare and all hand-crafted Arts and Crafts sanctuary lamp is a joy to own and look at. Also, because the condition is marvelo...
Category
Dutch Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Walter Johnson, Washington Senators Hall of Fame Pitcher, Signed Letter, 1925
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Offered is a collage featuring a typed letter signed by baseball’s Walter Johnson, a reproduction scorecard from the 1924 World Series, and a photo of Johnson in his uniform. All elements are framed and matted together in a custom-built frame.
The letter is dated November 7, 1925 and addressed to a Mr. Leo Bicher. In his letter, he explains how he missed the letter at first and will send a signed baseball to Bicher if there is another exposition in the future. At the bottom, Johnson signed his name in dark ink. The score card celebrates the Washington Base Ball Club as the 1924 World Series pennant winners. The Washington Senators...
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
University Chart “Black Map of North America
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
University Chart “Black Map of North America
W&A K Johnston’s Charts of Physical Maps By G W Bacon,
This is a Black Physical map of North A...
Category
Industrial Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen
Leather Fireman's Parade Belt
Located in York County, PA
Leather fireman's parade belt with the word "LIBERTY in white on a red ground, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1900
This fireman's parade belt is of the type produced during the latter part of the 19th century, between roughly 1870 and 1900. Made of leather, the body of the belt is black. In the center is a recessed window, with a fancifully scalloped edge, behind which a red leather panel, upon which the word "Liberty" appears in raised, white letters. There is a white binding, it's edge trimmed with pinking shears to create a decorative border. The metal buckle fits into an opposing leather strap, small in scale and riveted beneath the outer one.
The words that appear on fireman's parade belts were customized, sometimes displaying the title of the wearer (i.e., "chief" or "clerk"), sometimes the name of the city or town, and sometimes the name of the station, as-is the case in this instance.
Attributed to Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania (Columbia County), I acquired it about 25 miles southwest, in adjacent Union County. Bloomsburg's first fire house, Friendship Fire Company, was established in 1868, shortly following the Civil War. Like most volunteer departments of that time, it was staffed by returning Union soldiers who volunteered, enjoying the comradery. Three more would follow, including Rescue Hose & Ladder (1870), Winona (1881), and Liberty Fire Company (1900). In the early 1990's the process was begun to modernize and consolidate all four stations into one. Liberty's fire house still stands on the 100 block of Leonard Street.
Probably made in the year the Liberty Fire Company was established, for related parades and festivities, the great thing about this belt is the combination of the wonderful, early, painted surface and the terrific verbiage. While words such as "Clerk," "Bloomsburg," or "Rescue" would have limited appeal, the word "Liberty" opens the playing field to a nation-wide audience. Fire memorabilia...
Category
American Antique Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Early 20th Century Indian Brass Shabbat Hanging Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Brass Shabbat lamp, India, early 20th century.
A circular Shabbat lamp, with seven spaces for hanging small oil cups. The lamp is suspended with three rod...
Category
Indian Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Dutch Tin Charity Box
Located in New York, NY
Black, red, and gold painted tin charity box, The Netherlands, circa 1915.
Used for collecting funds for the Jewish hospital.
Decorated with Stars of ...
Category
Dutch Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
The Works of Rudyard Kilping
Located in New York, NY
Thirty-one volumes.
First published in 25 volumes but eventually grew to 31 volumes as Kipling continued to write.
Signed by Ruyard Kipling in volume one on the front title p...
Category
Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Industrial Cast Iron Pulley
By MD&S Co
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Industrial Cast Iron Pulleya An Industrial cast iron pulley with latch marked 'MD & S CO' 'PHILA. PA. U.S.A.'.
Manufactured by MD&S Co, USA, 1900s.
Category
American Industrial Antique Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Rene Lalique Black Glass 'Grosses Graines' Necklace
By René Lalique
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique black glass 'Grosses Graines' necklace. 9 beads. Book reference: Marcilhac 1500.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Northern Pacific Railroad Poster, "Yellowstone Park" after Thomas Moran, 1924
By Thomas Moran
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a Northern Pacific Railroad poster, advertising their Yellowstone Park Line. The central scene is a colorful reproduction print ...
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Cast Iron Scotty Doorstop, Early 20th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
Cast iron scotty doorstop early 20th century.
Category
North American Vintage Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Essays on the Study of Poetry & a Guide to English Literature by Matthew Arnold
Located in valatie, NY
Essays on the Study of Poetry and a Guide to English Literature By Matthew Arnold. Macmillan Company, 1903. 1st Ed Thus gilt decorated hardcover. "Matth...
Category
American Antique Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Modernist Wooden Cello Case
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Interesting modernist, cubist handmade wood cello case from the 1900-1920s. Great folk art object with dovetail joinery and replete with old traveling stick...
Category
German Modern Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Pair of Photographs, Harold E. Hatch, Danville, VT, Late 19th-Early 20th Century
By Harold E. Hatch
Located in valatie, NY
Pair of original printed photos by Harold E. Hatch (Born October/1886-Died November/1973). He worked around Danville, VT in the late 19th and early 20th c. His photos were contact pr...
Category
American Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Arts & Crafts Tabernacle with Solid Silver Mary & Archangel Gabriel Panels, 1910
Located in Lisse, NL
Religious artefact with stunning embossed and inlaid silver plaques.
Antique tabernacles are a rare find, so when we got the chance to purchase thi...
Category
European Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Handbook of the American Wing Opening Exhibition, Presentation Copy
Located in valatie, NY
A Handbook of the American Wing: Opening Exhibition by R.T.H. Halsey, and Charles O. Cornelius (Assistant Curator in the Department of Decorative Arts.) New York: Metropolitan Museum...
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
COLLECTION OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY SPORTING PHOTO'S
Located in Buchanan, MI
COLLECTION OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY SPORTING PHOTO'S BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE REPRINTS
Category
American Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Black Forest Musical Fruit Bowl, circa 1900
By Black Forest
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Musical Black Forest carved fruit bowl with grape and vine motif and handles. Plays music when picked up and set down. Would make a great gift or col...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Walton Family Genealogy "Ancestors of Adelaide Bereman Walton", Los Angeles 1908
Located in San Francisco, CA
Walton Family Genealogy antique handmade book
Walton Family Genealogy "Ancestors of Adelaide Bereman Walton", Los Angeles circa 1908
This is really a fascinating book. A labor ...
Category
American Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Silver Spice Tower by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Silver and silver filigree spice container created at Bezalel School Jerusalem, circa 1910.
Marked: "Bezalel Yerushalem" (with soldered silver...
Category
Israeli Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
John Addington Symonds: A Biography, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
John Addington Symonds: A Biography, by Horatio F. Brown. Smith, Elder, & Co., London, 1903. 1st Ed Moroccan leather and cloth hardcover. Symonds was an English poet and literary cri...
Category
American Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Leather
Swiss Brienz Black Forest Hand-Carved Wood Candle Holder
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Black Forest hand-carved linden-wood hand carved candle holder/candlestick, circa 1900.
Black Forest sculptural art originates from the small mountain town Brienz, Switzerland co...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1920s Solid Brass Balancing
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1920s solid brass balancing.
Category
Vintage Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Artistic Design and All Handcrafted, Wrought Iron Arts & Crafts Candlestick
Located in Lisse, NL
With the holiday season on our doorstep we are offering a number of season related items, but also many smaller and lower priced art and antiques that will make great gifts for yours...
Category
European Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wrought Iron
Genealogies and Sketches of Some Old Families of VA and KY by BF Van Meter 1901
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an extremely rare first edition hardback copy of Genealogies and Sketches of Some Old Families Who have taken Prominent Part in the Development o...
Category
American American Colonial Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Eastern European Paper Cut Ketubah, Jewish Marriage Contract
Located in New York, NY
An Eastern European Kethubah Strikingly Decorated in Papercut Form, and with the Central Traditional Hebrew Text of a Most Uncommon Petite Appearance.
Uni...
Category
European Antique Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Enormous Pre-War Toy Steel Hoisting Crane
Located in Doornspijk, NL
This gigantic - nearly man high - steel hoisting crane will give a dull corner the right Industrial look and feel you are looking for.
The fully operational toy dates from the firs...
Category
Dutch Industrial Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Ipsens, Denmark, Terracotta, Art Nouveau Pipe Holder
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Ipsens, Denmark, model number 50, terracotta, Art Nouveau pipe holder,
circa 1910s.
Measures: 9.5 cm. x 6 cm.
In perfect condition.
Stamped.
Category
Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Guide to The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1910
Located in valatie, NY
Guide to The Victoria and Albert Museum. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1910. Moroccan leather and green cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and no dust jacket as issued. 62 pp. An antique guide to the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, England. The guide includes the museum's hours, a list of rooms and galleries. Departments include Architecture and Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass, and Enamels, Engraving, Illustration, and Design, Library and Book Production, Metal Work, Paintings, Textiles, Woodwork, Furniture, and Leather. With 30+ illustrations in black and white with four fold-out floor plan maps in color. The binding is labeled and by Jas. Truscott & Sons, Book Binders...
Category
English Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Books, Charles Richardson's "Racing at Home and Abroad" Limited Edition
Located in New York, NY
Leatherbound. Three volumes. Folio. Limited to four hundred seventy-five copies, this is #144. Bound in publisher's gilt-ruled-and-lettered brown morocco with gilt-lettered spines and gilt top edges. Titles include: "British Flat Racing and Breeding", "British Steeple Chasing and Racing in Ireland", and "Racing and Breeding in America and the Colonies". Each volume is profusely illustrated with an etched frontispiece and numerous plates throughout. Very good. Published in London by The London and Counties Press Association between 1923 and 1931.
All listed...
Category
English Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Porcelain, a Sketch of its Nature Art and Manufacture, 1906, First Edition
By William Burton
Located in valatie, NY
Porcelain, a sketch of its nature art and manufacture by William Burton, F.C.S. London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1906. First Edition hardcover with no dust jacket. 263 pp. An anti...
Category
English Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Spelter Still Bank "Girl By A Barrel", German, circa 1908
Located in Incline Village, NV
The term "spelter" refers to a zinc/lead metal compound used to pour and make castings. Because of the thinness of the castings there is great detail to the subject matter of these banks. Spelter banks...
Category
German Folk Art Antique Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Spelter
Spelter Still Bank "Seated Cat with a Bow" German, circa 1920
Located in Incline Village, NV
The term "spelter" refers to a zinc/lead metal compound used to pour and make castings. Because of the thinness of the castings there is great detail to the subject matter of these banks. Spelter banks...
Category
German Folk Art Vintage Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Spelter
Water Buffalo Horn Mount, Africa, Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
the partial skull reinforced by concrete, having a shield-form backplate
Category
African Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Books, Adolphus W. Ward's "The Electress Sophia and The Hanoverian Succession"
Located in New York, NY
1 volume. Folio. Bound in full green Morocco by Birdsall, with all edges gilt and ornate gilt on covers & spine, as well as a hand-colored frontispiece. Printed on fine paper. Profus...
Category
English Antique Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Collection of Three Black Vintage Leather Medicine Balls
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great vintage collection of three black leather medicine balls. Excellent warm vintage patina. Traces of white painted team letters and numbers.
Category
American Folk Art Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Live Steam Model
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A good example of an early 20th century live steam model.
Category
German Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Mahatma Gandhi's Vintage 1940s Metal Prison Bowl and Wooden Fork and Spoons
Located in Jersey, GB
- Historically important metal food bowl, two wooden spoons and a wooden fork owned by Mahatma Gandhi, "Father of the Nation"
- Used by Gandhi durin...
Category
Vintage Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Louis XIV and Regence by Seymour de Ricci, First Edition
By Seymour de Ricci
Located in valatie, NY
Louis XIV and Regence furniture and decoration by Seymour de Ricci, New York: William Helburn Inc., 1929. First English edition hardcover with no dus...
Category
American Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Black Forest Humidor in the Form of a Monkey’s Head, Switzerland, Circa 1920
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very unusual if not unique tobacco humidor, showing a realistically carved monkey wearing a cap and a ruffled collar, the face rendered with an amusing expressive grin, the hinged ...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Relay Trophy Plaque
Located in Buchanan, MI
Spectacular early 20th century relay trophy plaque.
Category
American Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Old French Barometer with Love Knot
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Old French barometer with love knot, suitable in your kitchen or study room or.....everywhere. It is useful because working and beautiful to admire.
Completely hand carved. Good pric...
Category
French Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
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 Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
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