Mid-20th Century Scientific Instruments

At the dawn of the twentieth century, the world yearned for a new design style that would embody contemporary culture. Efforts to create a design language suited to the needs and tastes of the modern world took shape during the first decades of the new century, crystallizing in Paris with the 1925 Exposition International des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes. The Art Deco period encompassed a multitude of decorative influences, including the updating of historical styles, the introduction of exotic elements and the adaptation of avant-garde art currents such as the geometric abstraction of Cubism. Not a single style or a unified movement, Art Deco is a design idiom that reflects a decorative approach to designing appealing consumer goods during the interwar period. Encompassing every discipline within the applied arts, Art Deco manifested itself to some extent everywhere around the world, perhaps the first design idiom ever to do so. Art Deco’s fundamental appeal lay in its decorative qualities, which consumers found attractive and glamorous. From skyscrapers, locomotives, automobiles and ocean liners to fashion, advertising and everyday home furnishings and appliances, Art Deco style...

Fairbanks doctors scale in black with brass adjustable measuring stick, and cast iron pressure plate. Retaining there original weights. Dimensions: Heig...

Art Deco ashtray stand This beautiful and rare Art Deco Ashtray Stand from the 20s/30s is in the streamline modern art deco style. The designer of this extraordinary object has succ...

A miniature 19th century 3.5 inch diameter pocket terrestrial globe by C. Abel-Klinger, Nuremberg, Germany, in English for the English speaking markets. Signed with cartouche reading...

Seldom seen Art Deco 1930s's PEERLESS Lollipop arcade coin-op penny scale....Amazing original condition,, Tested and working perfectly,, Accurate weight,,. Porcelain and cast iron. O...

This lithographed tin coin bank was produced in Germany in circa 1935 in the period Art Deco style. The bank is shaped like a coin box with a man's face on the front. When the lever ...

A rare set of 5 Christmas ornaments. Each is made from thin mouth blown glass, this would be a great antique addition for your Christmas or feather tree. Included is a nice Reflector ornament from the 1930s, 2 small walnut feather tree ornaments from the 1910s and two flower bunch ornaments with glass balls and Dresden Sebnitz Christmas paper...

A truly beautiful Art Deco green malachite glass perfume bottle with a female embossed figure to the stopper. Made in Czechoslovakia, th...

Silver plated, art-deco humidor featuring reproductions of the famous Bassae Frieze which depicts a battle between the Trojans and the Amazons.

This is a really cute and rare find, a 1930's Art Deco compact with the most delightful green and black enamel decoration on a chrome casing . The interior is an engineers delight wi...

French Industrial Style Steel Bathroom Vanity, or functions perfectly as Chest of Drawers, Nightstand or? Made in our Old Plank workshop to your specific size and with casters, or li...

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...