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Item Ships From: Connecticut
Ship Model "Sovereign of the Seas" English Navy Warship in a Glass Case & Stand
Located in Stamford, CT
The Sovereign of the Seas, an early British "First-Rate Ship of the Line" was launched in 1637 and was the most magnificent ship of her era. She was ordered as a 90 gun but at launch was armed with 102 bronze guns at the insistence of the king. She was later renamed Sovereign, and then Royal Sovereign...
Category
20th Century American Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Five Original New York City Subway Straphangers on Pole
Located in Stamford, CT
Five original New York City subway straphangers mounted on the original pole. The cast iron and porcelain 'straphanger' or pivoting grab handle was made by the Rico manufacturing com...
Category
Early 20th Century American Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Double Sided Standing Dutch Chalk Board
Located in Stamford, CT
A very large 1900-1910 century chalk board from the Netherlands. The solid wood stand is substantial and easy to move on its antique casters. Great in a kid's room, a restaurant, or ...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Bronze Porthole With Mesh Screen #1
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Industrial Age Bronze Porthole With good weight, glass cover with screen and working hatch dogs. There are two accompanying bronze bolts. The Bronze has a great age patina and fine N...
Category
20th Century Industrial Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Pair of Maitland Smith Style Obelisks with Travertine and Marble Veneer
By Maitland Smith
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair Obelisks with travertine and marble veneer. Handsome pair of high quality stone veneered obelisks. Done in a pale travertine outlined with gray marbl...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Travertine
Group Of Four Antique Miniature Trunks & Hatbox Candy Containers
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A collection of 3 miniature trunk form candy containers and one hat box form candy box with patent date of 1922. One box with Schrafft's label on verso, wooden ribs and a key. The ha...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Industrial Era Iron Book Press With Oak Stand
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A working iron book press mounted on an oak cabinet. The cabinet has one working drawer and a stationary tamboured door with a faux drawer panel. The cabinet with raised panel sides,...
Category
19th Century Industrial Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Joan Didion The Year of Magical Thinking Mint First Edition, Signed
Located in Southbury, CT
From the personal 1st edition collection of famed memoirist, Augusten Burroughs comes this pristine copy of Joan Didion's iconic memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking. The book is sle...
Category
Early 2000s American Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Fine Collection of Custom Framed Vintage Cigar Labels
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A collection of various multi-colored and gilt cigar bands all with portrait heads. Including- Franz Joseph I, and other rulers. Along with a serrated round label with a bust in prof...
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen, Glass, Wood, Paper
19th Century Anglo Indian Child's Pull Toy, Tiger on Wheels
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Anglo Indian papier mache and painted wood pull toy, a striped yellow tiger on wheels.
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
Palladian Georgian Architectural Cabinet
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare early 18th century walnut Palladian diminutive cabinet of architectural form having a pedimented top over pair of pilasters flanking a single a...
Category
Early 18th Century European Palladian Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Vintage French Military Academy Officers Hat, Mid Century
Located in South Salem, NY
A rare French Military Academy Officer's hat or cap from the 1970s. These special and unique hats are part of the uniform of students studying to become officers in the French Milita...
Category
1970s French Vintage Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Felt
Volume VI Standard Natural History 1885
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Fascinating Antique Volume, "Natural History of Man" edited by John Sterling Kingsley and featuring 275 Woodcuts and 53 full page illustrations. Published by S.E. Cassino and Company...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Shadowbox Diorama of Ship Models
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An impressive and unusual 19th century cased ship diorama displaying four ships at sea. A four masted schooner sets the background with a tug boat, two masted vessel and a steamship ...
Category
19th Century American Classical Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
White and Blue Acrylic Connect Four Game
Located in Greenwich, CT
The classic game of Connect Four is reimagined. Crafted out of acrylic and lacquered white, the game features dark and light blue chips that are pleasing to the eye; allowing this pi...
Category
2010s American Modern Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Acrylic
Handmade Plank on Frame Ship Model, H.M.S. Pelican
Located in Woodbury, CT
A beautiful example of the craft of ship modeling, this sloop has all the details the original would have had and the model maker left the lower half of the hull exposed to reveal th...
Category
19th Century British Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tulipwood
John Ruskin, The Stones Of Venice, Vols. I-II, 1880
Located in Bridgeport, CT
John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1880, illustrated. Tan leather with red, green and gilt spines. Marbled end papers, gilt edges. Volumes 1 and 2.
9 1/4" H x 6 3/8" D x 1 1/4"
Conditio...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
18th Century Spanish Colonial Craved Gilt Wood Winged Cherub Base
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century hand carved, painted and gilt triangular wood base with three angel heads with wings. The charming faces of the cherubs are hand painted with black hair and red lips, ea...
Category
18th Century Peruvian Baroque Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
Horace Walpole, Anecdotes Of Painting In England, 5 Vols., London, 1826-28
Located in Bridgeport, CT
London, The Shakespeare Press for John Major and Robert Jennings, 5 Vol. set, 1828. Dark green leather with gilt. Gilt edges, red end papers, ribbon markers.
Each volume published on...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Victor Hugo Set of 2 Books
By Victor Hugo
Located in South Salem, NY
A bundle of two vintage Victor Hugo books in French. Tied together with a decorative rope trim. Binding has come loose.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Large Metal Wall Mounted Sailboat Sculpture
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Large Sailboat sculpture for wall Mount in mixed metal. A sailboat with a gray metal hull and iron sails and rigging. With projecting loops on the back for hanging.
L. 33", H. 44"
...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage French Military Academy Officers Hat, Mid Century
Located in South Salem, NY
A rare French Military Academy Officer's hat or cap from the 1970s. These special and unique hats are part of the uniform of students studying to beco...
Category
1970s French Vintage Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Felt
6 Le Cirque N.Y. Oval 11" Plates Designed By Adam D. Tihany For Villeroy & Boch
By Adam Tihany
Located in Bridgeport, CT
From pasta primavera to world-renowned decadent desserts, Le Cirque's ubiquitous reputation for presenting its fine dining fare with whimsy and fun, landed it on the map of must-dine...
Category
20th Century Luxembourgish Mid-Century Modern Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Six Art Deco Patterned Boxes, John Held, Jr Box & An Art Deco Decoupaged Vase
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An assembled collection of art deco patterned cardboard boxes along with a decoupaged glass vase. The boxes in an assortment of sizes. Most notabl...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Roger Capron - Glazed Ceramic Humidor
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Molded Ceramic Humidor with "Tabac" and Patterned Stamped Designs; Moss-colored Glazed Ceramic Finish with Original Natural Cork Stopper.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Waverly Novels
By Sir Walter Scott
Located in South Salem, NY
The Waverly Novels by Sir Walter Scott, is a beloved set of novels that were amongst the most read novels in Europe in the 19th century. The first book ...
Category
20th Century English Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Wooden Factory Racing Car Art Toy Mold / Pattern
Located in Oakville, CT
Vintage wooden factory car mold / pattern. Stamped "GS P7 -20-27".
Category
Early 20th Century North American Primitive Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Milton Glaser 'Am., 1929 -2020' Sword Swallower, Painting Le Cirque Ny
By Milton Glaser
Located in Bridgeport, CT
From pasta primavera to world-renowned decadent desserts, Le Cirque's ubiquitous reputation for presenting its fine dining fare with whimsy and fun, landed it on the map of must-dine destinations in New York for glitterati and foodies alike. No matter the location, monkeys and circus themes remained a design staple of the iconic restaurant. Although the landmark restaurant's NYC doors are now closed, We are pleased to offer items from the famed restaurant.
Sword Swallower - Large Original Mural on...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas, Wood
19th Century Frisian Oak Chip Carved Watch Holder Miniature Grandfathers Clock
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Frisian oak watch stand in the form of a grandfather's clock. The very fine chip carved geometric designs are a signature of Frisian style. A wonderful object on its own...
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
12 Le Cirque N.Y. Villeroy & Boch 9" Soup Bowls Designed by Adam D. Tihany
By Adam Tihany
Located in Bridgeport, CT
From pasta primavera to world-renowned decadent desserts, Le Cirque's ubiquitous reputation for presenting its fine dining fare with whimsy and fun, landed it on the map of must-dine...
Category
20th Century Luxembourgish Mid-Century Modern Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Augustus C.L. Arnold And Edward A. Samuels, The Living World..., 2 Vols., 1870
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Boston, Samuel Walker & Co. 1870, with color plates with vellum. Brown leather with gilt spines and gilt title globe with a lion and birds on the covers. Yellow end papers, gilt edge...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Vintage Hans Jensen Danish Silver Plated Brush Set
By Hans Jensen
Located in Washington Depot, CT
Vintage Hans Jensen Danish silver plated brush set - one hair brush and one clothes brush.
No monogram. Marking: S & F 297 DENMARK.
Measures: Hai...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
An Intricate And Large Folk Art Sailors Frame
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very well and done and highly decorative woven Nautical Sailor's Frame that presents as a frame within a frame within a frame. Meticulously crafted, this unique piece showcases int...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cord
Verve Moods And Movement In Art, Reynal, 1959
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Moods and Movements in Art, by Verve, published by Reynal & Co. New York, 1959. This volume was originally published in France as Numbers 27 and 28 in the Verve series. This volume i...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Assouline: Oscar Niemeyer Architecture Coffee Table Book, First Edition
By Oscar Niemeyer, Assouline Publishing
Located in New York, NY
Oscar Niemeyer one of the fathers of modernist architecture, is remembered through Assouline's handmade limited-edition Ultimate Collection volume.
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Grand Tour Pompeii Bronze of Silenus, Greek God of Wine
Located in Stamford, CT
Superior quality large scale Italian Grand Tour bronze of the god Silenus after the Roman original excavated at Pompeii in 1864. This very fine cast shows the god holding aloft a coi...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Bronze Thermometer of the Luxor Obelisk, Paris
Located in Stamford, CT
A bronze cast of the Luxor Obelsik, one side a thermometer. This was a popular Grad Tour souvenir in the late 19th century. Mounted on a polished black slate base.
8.5 inches high by 3.5 by 3.5
The Luxor Obelisk...
Category
Late 19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
19th C. German Stag Horn Thermometer and Barometer
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A remarkable German Folk Art Weather Station in the Black Forest Style. Elaborate and sinuous construction with stag horns of various sizes, boar tusk...
Category
19th Century German Folk Art Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Antler, Horn
Two 19th Century Spanish Colonial Brass Slipper Stirrups
Located in Stamford, CT
Two great examples of 18th century Spanish Colonial slipper stirrups. Not a pair, each similar yet different. One is brass with a lovely floral decoration, the other a rare copper type with a simple incised design. Both with a wonderful patina that only comes with real age and use. These definitely put in some serious miles. Possibly used in battle, or just to protect the rider from bramble. Imagine what these pieces of history may have witnessed. Unique gift for the equestrian or collector of horse memorabilia...
Category
Mid-18th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Copper
Austrian Antique Humidor Jar
Located in Stamford, CT
Austrian antique Humidor jar. Porcelain humidor circa 1880 from Austria. In the style of a child with removable lid. Has one chip to left side of face.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Large Le Cirque N.Y. Cafe Filtre Porcelain Coffee Pot, Made in Italy
Located in Bridgeport, CT
From pasta primavera to world-renowned decadent desserts, Le Cirque's ubiquitous reputation for presenting its fine dining fare with whimsy and fun, landed it on the map of must-dine...
Category
20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Miniature Daguerreotype Family Portraits with Hand Coloring in Gutta Percha Case
Located in Norwalk, CT
Four excellent Civil War-era daguerreotype portraits, each framed in elaborate gold foil. Three images (woman and children) appear to be hand-colored and gilded. These portraits are presented in a fantastic carved gutta percha "Union Case", decorated with a mother, child, and dog on cover and guilloche-style geometric engraving on back. Amazingly, this case appears to be the same one held by the woman in the upper left-hand photograph...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Victorian Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
Vintage Industrial Cast Iron Printing Blocks
Located in Oakville, CT
Vintage Industrial cast iron printing blocks. Quantities available in various sizes ranging from 3 1/4" x 2 1/2" to 10" x 5". All are abou...
Category
20th Century American Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Impressive Collection of 82 Antique English Bridle Rosettes
Located in Bridgeport, CT
These English equestrian bridle mounts and pins range in various subjects and motifs including dogs, equestrian, floral arrangements, nautical and monarchy. Note: Four are solid bras...
Category
Early 20th Century British British Colonial Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
English Sterling Silver Presentation Twin Handled Cup, 1924
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Tall reeded handles and tall stem on a raised foot. Hallmarks on one side with an extensive presentation inscription (see photo) for a cruise on the other side.
11.73 Troy ozs.
Mea...
Category
Early 20th Century Hollywood Regency Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair Thai Gilt Bronze Kneeling Sacred Angels, 'White Lotus' Fans Take Notice!
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Thai gilt bronze Buddhist gatekeeper male and female Teppanom kneeling sacred angels. With wonderful verdigris patina and gilt ceremonial costumes and jewellery.
Teppanom ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Mid-Century Modern Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
African Gnu Skull
Located in Stamford, CT
African Gnu skull can be wall-mounted or rest on a table top.
Category
Mid-20th Century African Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone
Anne Sexton Signed Galley & First Edition, The Death Notebooks
Located in Southbury, CT
The proof (printed before the hardcover, sent out to reviewers) and final first printing, first edition of American poet, Anne Sexton's final collection of poetry printed in her life...
Category
1970s American Vintage Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original New York City Subway Station Exit Sign, Yankee Stadium & Bx. 55 Bus
Located in Stamford, CT
Original New York City Subway Station Exit Sign, Yankee Stadium & Bx. 55 Bus. This is an authentic NYC Subway station porcelain sign with the world famous New York Yankees exit Yanke...
Category
Late 20th Century American Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Johannes Brahms Composer Historic Hand Autographed in Ink Engraving / Etching
By Johannes Brahm
Located in Westport, CT
Johannes Brahms autographed hand signed in ink engraving etching 1885 with original cardboard to back of frame.
Johannes Brahms
German composer and pianist, 1833-1897
"In his lifetime, Brahms's popularity and influence were considerable. He is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the "Three Bs", a comment originally made by the nineteenth-century conductor Hans von...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Romantic Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mexican Sterling Silver and Tigers Eye Jewelry Suite
Located in Norwalk, CT
This set includes a matching necklace, bracelet, and pair of earrings. The pieces are marked Mexico 925. With a Classic segmented form, each stone is inset into a sterling frame. Ver...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique 14-Karat Gold Filigree Eye of Shiva Shell Ring
Located in Norwalk, CT
Hallmarked 14-karat. Ring size: 3.5. Weight: 2.6 dwt.
Category
1910s Edwardian Vintage Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
1826 Antigo Impero Messicano Mexico Hand Colored Framed Map
Located in Stamford, CT
1826 Antigo Impero Messicano Mexico Hand Colored Framed Map. As found black wood frame.
Category
1820s Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Late 19th Century British Officer's Campaign Bed with Original Storage Chest
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th century British Army officer's painted pine campaign chest containing original steel & brass campaign bed. Stand is modern as is bed canva...
Category
Late 19th Century English Campaign Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
1705 Golfe de Mexico and Florida Framed Map
Located in Stamford, CT
Framed map of Mexico & Florida circa 1705, Paris. Small map with Mexico and the Gulf Coast. Inset text indicating Panama, Acapulco, Mexico City and the Mississippi. Extends North to ...
Category
Early 1700s French Spanish Colonial Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
17th French Century Iron Figure of The Virgin
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderful 17th century French Baroque cast iron figure of the Virgin praying. Likely originally part of an outdoor shrine as it has been exposed to the ...
Category
Early 17th Century French Baroque Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Moroccan Mother Of Pearl Inlaid Hexagonal, Miniature Model, 19th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
Miniature mother of pearl inlaid mosaic model of a hexagonal table, Morocco late 19th century. This sweet little table is beautifully inlaid with mother of pearl in various hues of i...
Category
Late 19th Century Moroccan Moorish Antique Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Davis Anderson Enameled Sterling Modernist Neclace
By David Andersen
Located in Westport, CT
Large Enameled Modernist David Anderson Pendant with Long Sterling Chain,is app 23" long
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Connecticut - Collectibles and Curiosities
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