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Style: Arts and Crafts
Period: Mid-20th Century
Antique WWII Swiss Army 1945 MO-05 Military Bicycle Bike with Leather Frame Pack
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique WWII Swiss Army MO-05 Military Bicycle with Leather Frame Pack. Item featuredis being offered as pictured. Bicycle does seem to function nicely and the tires are holding air....
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Arts and Crafts Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Chelsea Flower Show Interest - Gold Medal Prize for 1937 Made By Omar Ramsden
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...
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English Arts and Crafts Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th C. Wood Model of Antique Fishing Boat Ship With Sails Made in Argentina
Located in North Miami, FL
Mid-20th century wood model of antique fishing boat ship with sails made in Argentina
By: unknown
Material: wood, thread, fabric
Technique: carved, hand-carved, hand-crafted, varnis...
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Argentine Arts and Crafts Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Wood, Thread, Fabric
Decorative Brass Courtesy Counter Top Bell Made in a floral style in solid bras
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Decorative Brass Courtesy Counter Top Bell
Made in a floral style in solid brass, good and ready to use with a high pitched ding, the bell is 3” in diameter and 5” high
TVY146
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Arts and Crafts Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Moroccan Copper Hanukkah Lamp Judaica Menorah
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan copper Hanukkah metal lamp menorah.
Judaica Menorah or Hanukkah Lamp in Brass with Openwork Pattern.
Judaica Menorah or Hanukkah lamp in coppe...
Category
Moroccan Arts and Crafts Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Copper
Rare, Petite Vintage French Geometric School House Molds
Located in Houston, TX
Circa 1930s. Zinc molds from French school house. Set of six molds. These are rare and unusually petite versions of school house shape molds. The rectangular mold featured in this pi...
Category
French Arts and Crafts Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Zinc
Antique Wooden Canoe, 1947
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique wooden canoe dated 1947.
A hand- crafted canoe which is an awesome decorative object by the size and by his design. Look at the details i...
Category
European Arts and Crafts Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Small Vintage Chinese Checkers Board Game with 31 Glass Balls
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small Wood Board Game With 31 Glass Balls For Chinese Checkers. The board has an internal compartment to store the glass balls.
Category
American Arts and Crafts Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Art Glass, Wood
Cased Model of a Whaling Longboat
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive handmade whaling longboat model with canvas sails and a realistic painted wood hull complete with oars and harpoons. Presented in a custom mahogany and glass case with bra...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage Copy of a 19th Century Pedal Tricycle
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Vintage copy of a 19th century pedal tricycle
A delightful piece, this is a hand made copy, made some 60 years ago of a well known 19th century design...
Category
Arts and Crafts Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Vintage Brass Incense Burner, Chained Pendulum
Located in Esbjerg, DK
1950s continental incense burner in brass. The plain design testifies that it has been in use. Age consistent ware and patina are present to both the burner and pendulum chain.
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European Arts and Crafts Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Portuguese Folk Art Terracotta Cow Whistle, Christmas Nativity Scene Figurine
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Portuguese Folk Art terracotta hand painted polychrome cow whistle by Ana Baraça (1904-2001), used as a Christmas Nativity Scene figurine.
Ana Ba...
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Portuguese Arts and Crafts Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Arts and Crafts Wrought Iron Stand with Glazed Tile
Located in Riverdale, NY
Arts and Crafts Wrought Iron Stand with Glazed Tile designed as a smoking/drink stand. Colorful glazed Mexican/Californian tile triangle. The stand is enameled in a bluish grey with ...
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American Arts and Crafts Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wrought Iron
L'art de la Porcelaine en Europe Book, 1984
Located in North Hollywood, CA
L'art de la porcelaine en europe (French) Hardcover – January 1, 1984
by Jan; and Ernould-Gandouet Divis (Author)
The Art of Porcelain in Europe, beautiful objects from the past.
Pub...
Category
European Arts and Crafts Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage George VI Arts & Crafts Style English Sterling Silver Chalice
By J. Wippell & Co. Ltd. 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage George VI English sterling silver chalice in the Arts & Crafts style; an addition to our religious silverware collection.
This exceptio...
Category
English Arts and Crafts Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Frank Brangwyn, Armchair for the Canadian Pacific Liner 'SS Empress of Britain'
Located in London, GB
Frank Brangwyn. An important armchair.
Brangwyn's last interior designs were for the Canadian Pacific Liner; 'The SS Empress of Britain', which was launched in 1931 by the Prince of Wales, later to be King Edward VIII who renounced his throne to marry Wallis Simpson in 1930.
These armchairs were designed for the 1st class dining room; 'The Salle Jacque Cartier' (see last image) and they were made by H.H. Martyn and Co. Cheltenham. The 1st class dining room was described in the Bulletin of The Decorative Arts Society 1890-1940 as 'In the fully fledge modern restaurant and cinema style of the 1930s'. The Studio in a long article on the liner, discusses and illustrates Brangwyn's Salle Jacques Cartier: 'So architectural it is, so true proportion, so devoid of Extraneous ornament. In contrast to this austerity of line, hue and colour, his great wall paintings are rich in colour; composed in the bold, yet intricate pattern of figure, fruit and flowers that characterizes Mr Brangwyn's decorative works'.
Tragically the liner was sunk in 1940 by a U-boat. Brangwyn also designed marquetry panels for the private dining rooms and they were executed by the Rowley Gallery, he also designed a frieze carved in wood for their gallery façade in 1936.
The armchair has a central under bar below the seat which still has the original bolt and eye to secure the chain to and then to the floor, that would prevent all the chairs from sliding around in stormy weather.
It is lacking ivorene numbered disc which would have sat in the very top of the head rail.
In October 1940 the most famous of the Canadian Pacific Railway liners and flagship of the company's Atlantic Fleet, the Empress of Britain, was attacked and sunk. She was travelling to Glasgow from Suez via South Africa, where she was bombed near the north-west coast of Ireland by a German Focke Wulf Condor plane. When the Condor attacked the Empress of Britain the ship's crew couldn't shoot the plane down and soon the Empress was burning out of control and the Captain C.H. Sapsworth gave the order to abandon ship. 45 people died and the remaining survivors including women and children, were later rescued that day by the British destroyer HMS Echo and the Polish destroyer Burza and 3 British naval trawlers Paynter, Cape Agona and Drangey. The Empress still burning managed to stay afloat and the day after 2 Royal Navy tugs, Marauder and Thames tried to tow her into port with many escort ships around her but in spite of the protection she was given from the escort ships on October 28th, a German U-boat, U-32, managed to get by the escorts un-noticed and torpedoed the crippled Empress. She sank within ten minutes. The Empress of Britain was the largest Allied passenger liner to be sunk and weighing 42,348-tons she was the biggest merchant ship loss of the war. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth had travelled aboard Empress of Britain after their 1939 Royal Tour...
Category
English Arts and Crafts Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Russian Antique Kustar Painted Tobacco Box, 1930
Located in South Burlington, VT
From a New England collection and a unique find
Russian antique Kustar painted and incised tobacco box 1930
An all original work of art signed on ...
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Russian Arts and Crafts Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Pine
1930s English Solid Bronze Urn by George Adlam & Sons
By George Adlam & Sons
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An Arts & Crafts heavy lidded urn of solid bronze.
Category
English Arts and Crafts Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Ceremonial African Sword
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceremonial African sword hand hammered.
Category
Central African Arts and Crafts Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Early Margot de Taxco Sterling Parure Set Necklace Earrings Cuff Bracelet
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Margot Van Voorhies Carr started producing out of her own studio in 1948, under the name, Margot de Taxco. Previously she had been producing pieces under Antonio Castillo for the William Spratling studio. This four piece sterling silver suite...
Category
Mexican Arts and Crafts Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Two Metal Copper Plates Souvenir of Germany
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Two metal copper plates Souvenir of Germany.
One of Cologne, Koln.
Cologne is a major cultural centre for the Rhineland; it hosts more than 30 museums and hundreds of galleries. Exhibitions range from local ancient Roman archeological sites to contemporary graphics and sculpture,
The other one of Aachen, Aachen is the westernmost city in Germany, located near the borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, 61 km (38 mi) west of Cologne[8][9] in a former coal-mining area.[9] One of Germany's leading institutes of higher education in technology,
Each one is numbered.
Handcrafted and hand painted with cast famous German monuments of each city.
Copper with blue sky and some green trees.
Dimensions:
Large oval plate: 9" W x 6.75" H x 0.50" D.
Smaller oval plate: 7.5" W x 5" H x 0.50" D.
The oval cast copper souvenir plates...
Category
German Arts and Crafts Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
Italian 20th Century Solid Silver rare Bison Sculpture on Marble Removable Base
By L'etruria Oro di Garzi Marcello.
Located in VALENZA, IT
Bison in solid silver made in Arezzo, Italy in the 1950s of the last century by L'etruria Oro di Garzi Marcello.
The sculpture was made in "fusion" and a chisel finish. The burnishi...
Category
Italian Arts and Crafts Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Mid-20th Century Israeli Silver Arts & Crafts Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Hanukkah lamp, Israel, circa 1940s.
Beautiful Arts & Crafts Hanukkah lamp by I. Gurevitz. with great hand silver work with solid silver wires in the center, connecte...
Category
Israeli Arts and Crafts Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
American Tie Rack or Belt Holder with Horse Head
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Vintage rare American tie rack with horse head, very elegant in a men's wardrobe.
It may be also a belt holder ! An idea for a gift -
Signed: Syrocowood, ...
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American Arts and Crafts Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Native American Zig Zag Belt Buckle Brass Bone & Azurite Blue Southwest
By Navajo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Eye popping southwest Zig Zag design on native American belt buckle in bone, brass and azurite blue---spectacular!
Measures: 3" L x 2" H x ...
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American Arts and Crafts Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Brass
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