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Place of Origin: European
Taxidermy Wall Decoration Collection of 3 Butterflies, Spain, 1950s
Taxidermy Wall Decoration Collection of 3 Butterflies, Spain, 1950s

Taxidermy Wall Decoration Collection of 3 Butterflies, Spain, 1950s

Located in Grythyttan, SE

Taxidermy Wall Decoration Collection of 3 Butterflies, Spain, 1950s This exquisite framed butterfly collection features three beautiful specimens. The bodies antennas are switched to paper dummys, but the wings appears to be real. Vintage butterfly taxidermy...

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1950s Vintage European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Victorian Pressed Flower Oddity, Botanical Art in Gilt Oval Frame, 19th Century
Victorian Pressed Flower Oddity, Botanical Art in Gilt Oval Frame, 19th Century

Victorian Pressed Flower Oddity, Botanical Art in Gilt Oval Frame, 19th Century

Located in ROUEN, Normandie

Victorian Pressed Flower Oddity, Botanical Art in Gilt Oval Frame, 19th Century Antique botanical composition featuring a delicate array of hand-pressed flowers and foliage, artfull...

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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Fabric, Glass, Organic Material, Giltwood

Architectural Diorama of a French Street
Architectural Diorama of a French Street

Architectural Diorama of a French Street

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Rare and unusual antique diorama of a street in a neighborhood, in a city capturing a time and a place for centuries to come. Crafted with metal and pa...

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Early 20th Century Archaistic European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Metal

Mid 20th century frame Italian bisque Taglio
Mid 20th century frame Italian bisque Taglio

Mid 20th century frame Italian bisque Taglio

Located in Allentown, PA

This is a mid 20th century Italian frame bisque Taglio. This Greco Roman style bisque porcelain medallion is framed in a gold leaf shadowbox frame with pink interior and gold details...

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1950s Empire Vintage European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century English Gilded Shadowbox of  "Black Eagle"
19th Century English Gilded Shadowbox of  "Black Eagle"

19th Century English Gilded Shadowbox of "Black Eagle"

Located in High Point, NC

This brass plaque featured in a shadowbox is of the famous circus horse "Black Eagle", and was made and framed circa 1855 to 1860. "Black Eagle" was purchased from the King of the Be...

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19th Century Victorian Antique European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Spaniard Fan Shadow Box
Spaniard Fan Shadow Box

Spaniard Fan Shadow Box

Located in Guaynabo, PR

This is a wood sticks and handpainted Spaniard fan. It depicts four different scenes related to Spain. Starting in the left, there is a bullfighter fighting a bull in a bullring; then an 18th Century scene of a horse carriage with a lady inside it in a country landscape while some people sitting in the grass appear selling pottery; next, there is a bouquet of carnations (the national flower of Spain) and finally some women with flamenco dresses dancing in a square. The fan is saved in a fan shaped gilt wood shadow box...

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20th Century Victorian European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wood

18th Century French Devotional Shadow Box with Nevers Glass Figures
18th Century French Devotional Shadow Box with Nevers Glass Figures

18th Century French Devotional Shadow Box with Nevers Glass Figures

By Nevers

Located in Basildon, GB

A shadowbox frame, densely filled with scrolls and ornaments of rolled paper, gilt and pigmented, the central medallion showing the kneeling figure of a Benedictine monk, a dog and a...

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Late 18th Century Antique European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Set of 30s/40s bank safes in steel and brass
Set of 30s/40s bank safes in steel and brass

Set of 30s/40s bank safes in steel and brass

Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Lot of old bank safes from the 30s/40s. Steel structure (fairly heavy), painted yellow on the outside and blue on the inside (original paint). Brass locks and keys. Security system n...

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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Metal, Brass

Antique Royal Vienna MZ Austria Constance Portrait Shadow Box Plate
Antique Royal Vienna MZ Austria Constance Portrait Shadow Box Plate

Antique Royal Vienna MZ Austria Constance Portrait Shadow Box Plate

By Royal Vienna Porcelain

Located in Dayton, OH

Antique Austrian Royal Vienna hand-painted porcelain portrait plate framed in a gilt shadowbox curio display frame. Features a central portrait of a woman named Constance, surrounded...

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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Porcelain, Glass, Hardwood

19th Century Pair of Carved Relief Limewood Shadow Boxes
19th Century Pair of Carved Relief Limewood Shadow Boxes

19th Century Pair of Carved Relief Limewood Shadow Boxes

Located in London, GB

A pair of carved limewood shadow boxes Finely carved in high relief, and depicting two famous scenes of an eagle attacking a man, and a poacher being shot, housed within rectangul...

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Early 20th Century Black Forest European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wood

French 19th Century Fan
French 19th Century Fan

French 19th Century Fan

Located in Tampa, FL

19th century French fan in an Italian Florentine fan case and the back is lined in velvet. The fan is hand painted, lace and mother of pearl. The case is tur...

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1890s Antique European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Textile, Velvet, Wood

Oak Wallie Wall Drawer by Amalie Skov Rahbæk
Oak Wallie Wall Drawer by Amalie Skov Rahbæk

Oak Wallie Wall Drawer by Amalie Skov Rahbæk

Located in Geneve, CH

Oak wallie wall drawer by Amalie Skov Rahbæk. Materials: oak, metal. Dimensions: D 22.5 x W 30 x H 10 cm. Available in oak, black oak or walnut. Amal...

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2010s Post-Modern European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Metal

Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally
Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally

Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally

Located in North Miami, FL

This flag represents the INT Signal (signal not understood) - according to the international flags and pennants chart. The flag is the largest scale pennant in vibrant RED and white with hand stitching. Hardware is galvanized steel. This is a large ship standard sized flag which is 68 inches long. Professionally framed in natural maple low profile shadow box and sewn on to the matting, this vintage German-made nautical signal flag from WW II era, was never used and acquired as a group (see some of our other listings). Can be hung vertically or horizontally. THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR MIAMI, FLORIDA SHOWROOM. The purpose of International Signal Code Flags...

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1940s Art Deco Vintage European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Cotton, Maple

Mural Box or Wall Vide Poche, from France 19th Century, Brown Color Painted
Mural Box or Wall Vide Poche, from France 19th Century, Brown Color Painted

Mural Box or Wall Vide Poche, from France 19th Century, Brown Color Painted

Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR

This vide poche is a mural Vide poche or box, this is setting on the wall. Made in France in the 19th century, it has been made in Brown Painted wood.

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19th Century French Provincial Antique European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wood

Large WW II Era Signal Flag / Finland National Flag
Large WW II Era Signal Flag / Finland National Flag

Large WW II Era Signal Flag / Finland National Flag

Located in North Miami, FL

This LARGE original WWII signal flag, professionally mounted and framed with maple frame and acrylic. The flag is the maritime signal for the letter "X" or also the Finland national...

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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Aluminum

Venetian Hanging Giltwood & Mirrored Wall Shelf Vitrine
Venetian Hanging Giltwood & Mirrored Wall Shelf Vitrine

Venetian Hanging Giltwood & Mirrored Wall Shelf Vitrine

Located in Hopewell, NJ

Glistening Venetian hanging giltwood and mirrored vitrine having a shadow box rectangular shape with beautiful carved wood gold embellishments in each corner. Two glass shelves protr...

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1950s Vintage European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Mirror, Giltwood

Collection of 19th Century Wax Seals
Collection of 19th Century Wax Seals

Collection of 19th Century Wax Seals

Located in Stockton, NJ

A collection of early 19th century wax seals framed. Small frame measures 7.5" W x 8.5" H Medium circular frame measures 15.5" W x 13.5" H Large fra...

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Early 19th Century Antique European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wood

Gilt Framed Sèvres Bisque Plaque with Cornelian Cabochons and Gilt Bronze Mounts
Gilt Framed Sèvres Bisque Plaque with Cornelian Cabochons and Gilt Bronze Mounts

Gilt Framed Sèvres Bisque Plaque with Cornelian Cabochons and Gilt Bronze Mounts

By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in Norwood, NJ

Gilt framed 19th century Sèvres bisque plaque depicting cupid and zodiac with cornelian cabochons and gilt bronze mounts. Sèvres bisque rondel medallion ...

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Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Stone, Gold Plate, Bronze

A 19th Century Hand Painted Porcelain Plate in Original Museum Frame
A 19th Century Hand Painted Porcelain Plate in Original Museum Frame

A 19th Century Hand Painted Porcelain Plate in Original Museum Frame

Located in Lambertville, NJ

A hand painted porcelain cabinet plate with elaborate hand decorated raised gilt border, the central figure of a bishop. The porcelain is 19th Century German or Austrian, with a bea...

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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Porcelain, Glass, Giltwood

Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally
Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally

Authentic Nautical Signal Flag from 1940's Framed Professionally

Located in North Miami, FL

This flag represents the number one signal (Penant One) - according to the international flags and pennants chart. The flag is the largest scale pennant in vibrant RED and white with hand stitching. Hardware is galvanized steel. This is a large ship standard sized flag which is 68 inches long. Professionally framed in natural maple low profile shadow box and sewn on to the matting, this vintage German-made nautical signal flag from WW II era, was never used and acquired as a group (see some of our other listings). Can be hung vertically or horizontally. THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR MIAMI, FLORIDA SHOWROOM. The purpose of International Signal Code Flags...

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1940s Art Deco Vintage European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Cotton, Maple

Walnut Wallie Wall Drawer by Amalie Skov Rahbæk
Walnut Wallie Wall Drawer by Amalie Skov Rahbæk

Walnut Wallie Wall Drawer by Amalie Skov Rahbæk

Located in Geneve, CH

Walnut Wallie wall drawer by Amalie Skov Rahbæk Materials: Walnut, metal. Dimensions: D 22.5 x W 30 x H 10 cm Available in oak, black oak or walnut. ...

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2010s Post-Modern European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Metal

Black Oak Wallie Wall Drawer by Amalie Skov Rahbæk
Black Oak Wallie Wall Drawer by Amalie Skov Rahbæk

Black Oak Wallie Wall Drawer by Amalie Skov Rahbæk

Located in Geneve, CH

Black oak Wallie wall drawer by Amalie Skov Rahbæk Materials: Oak, metal. Dimensions: D 22.5 x W 30 x H 10 cm Available in oak, black oak or walnut. ...

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2010s Post-Modern European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Metal

Italian Handmade 1960s Wall Backlit Artistic Window with Madonna Child & Angels
Italian Handmade 1960s Wall Backlit Artistic Window with Madonna Child & Angels

Italian Handmade 1960s Wall Backlit Artistic Window with Madonna Child & Angels

By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte, Pietro Chiesa

Located in Varese, Lombardia

This artistic window was handmade in Italy in the 1960s. It's made from a ivory painted metal box, with plexiglass and golden aluminum passepartout. The religious representation is a...

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1960s Space Age Vintage European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Aluminum, Sheet Metal

Framed French Porcelain Fragment
Framed French Porcelain Fragment

Framed French Porcelain Fragment

Located in Tampa, FL

A piece, fragment of porcelain off of a piece of furniture in a shadowbox and trimmed in French braided ribbon in the neoclassical style. Early 19th century porcelain could be a litt...

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1820s Antique European Shadow Boxes

Materials

Porcelain, Wood

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