1960s Mid-Century Modern Italian Onyx Smoking Set with Table Lighter & Ashtray
Located in Milano, IT
Mid-Century Modern smoking set, meticulously crafted in Italy during the 1960s. The two-piece collection showcases the organic beauty of genuine onyx stone, celebrated for its striki...
Onyx
Antique French Silver Walking Cane Stick19th Century 90cm 36inch
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique French Art Nouveau silver L-shaped handle walking cane, late 19th Century in date. The striking stick features an ornate silver L--shaped handle decorate...
Silver
Aesop's Fables, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Located in Middletown, NY
Aesop's Fables; A new translation by V.S. Vernon Jones. With an introduction by G.K. Chesterton and illustrations by Arthur Rackham London / New York: William Heinemann / Doubleday,...
Gold Leaf
Antique Silver gold gilt Central Asian Amber bead Necklace
Located in London, GB
Antique Central Asian Turkmenistan silver Gold Amber bead Necklace Quality Turkmenistan silver and gilt pendant with rustic amber beads Nice wearable antique piece pendant siz...
Silver
$4,815 / item
Battleship Game Set
By Pinetti
Located in Milan, IT
A new board game has been unlocked: the Battleship game set by Pinetti. This luxurious set features two walnut wood boxes with magnetic lids, covered in white calf leather. It includ...
Leather
Vintage model of a Riva Aquarama Speedboat 3ft with Cream Interior 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an exceptional hand-built model of the “Riva Aquarama”, a luxury wooden launch built by the Italian yacht builder Riva, dating from the late 20th century. In production from...
Chrome
Antique French Art Nouveau Silver Walking Cane Stick 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique French Art Nouveau sterling silver L-shaped handle walking stick, late 19th Century in date. The striking stick features an ornate silver repousse scroll...
Silver
Vintage Hand Carved Bone Cigarette Holder Stick High Relief Foliate Flowers 4"
Located in Dayton, OH
This vintage, cream-colored cigarette holder is crafted from genuine carved bone, tapering gently toward a flattened mouthpiece. The central barrel features a prominent, deeply carve...
Bone
$960Sale Price|20% Off
1970s Cartier Playing Cards Box, Red Leather, Silk Lined, France
By Cartier
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Original astonishing playing cards box by Cartier with is red leather original box 2-doors case . The box is lined in silk, stamped with the Les Must de Cartier logo and includ...
Paper
Rare Georgian Hand-Engraved Sporting Cow Horn Beaker "The Death" of the Fox Hunt
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rare Georgian Hand-Engraved Sporting Cow Horn Beaker Depicting "The Death" of the Fox Hunt, England, circa 1790–1810 Rare Georgian Hand-Engraved Cow Horn Fox Hunting Beaker "The Dea...
Antler
Handmade 1970s Cliper Siglo XIX Model Ship in Walnut, England
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Astonishing Cliper Siglo XIX Model Ship in walnut wood. Handmade. Made in England. The name on your model’s plaque, "Cliper Siglo XIX", simply translates from Spanish/Italian ...
Wood
1960s Green Alabaster Smoking Set by Romano Bianchi, Handmade, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Elevate your interior with this exceptionally rare and striking three-piece smoking set, handcrafted in Italy during the 1960s by the renowned master artisan Romano Bianchi. Sculpted...
Alabaster
Giant gemstone Dice - set of Four
Located in Pacasmayo, PE
We could all use a little more luck on our side when playing table games - that's why we love these oversized gemstone dice. Carved from harder Andean stones that we can throw with g...
Stone, Multi-gemstone
Jenny Sais Quoi: Adventures in Vintage & Personal Style
By Phaidon
Located in New York, NY
A vibrant, charming celebration of personal style from one of the fashion world’s brightest stars ‘Part scrapbook, part sketchbook, part sartorial manifesto…A fashion book that feel...
Paper
Antique Art Nouveau Silver Walking Stick Cane 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique Continental Art Nouveau silver walking cane, circa 1890 in date. The striking stick features an ornate silver crook handle having punched and engraved o...
Silver
$788Sale Price|50% Off
French, 18th Century, Baroque Gilded Metal Procession Cross
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful baroque gilded metal procession cross with a great patina. France circa 1750. weathered and small losses. Measurements include the wooden pedestal.
Iron
1960s Mid-Century Modern Italian Alabaster Smoking Set by Romano Bianchi
Located in Milano, IT
Authentic three-piece smoking set designed by the celebrated Italian artisan Romano Bianchi during the 1960s. Masterfully hand-carved in Volterra, Italy, this brutalist-style set inc...
Alabaster
Beautiful Silver Sacred Heart Ex Voto with Cherub Angel, Antique European Italy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Handmade Religious Ex-Voto A striking and delicately crafted religious Ex-Voto, sourced from an estate sale in Parma, Italy. The piece appears to be made from thin, lightw...
Silver Plate, Sheet Metal
Antique Reference Book, The Vegetable World, English, Louis Figuier, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique reference book, The Vegetable World. An English, hardback by Louis Figuier, dating to the High Victorian period, printed in 1868. Full title: The Vegetable World;...
Paper
1950s Handmade Miniature Chess Set with Walnut Inlaid Box with magnetic pieces
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good quality handmade Miniature or Travelling wood chess set game of 32 pieces in its own inlaid hardwood box, which we date to the mid 20th century, circa 1950s. The...
Brass
$286Sale Price|50% Off
French Late 19th Century Neo Gothic Gilded Metal Saint Statue
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful gilded metal saint statue with beautiful expression, France, circa 1880-1900. Weathered. Measurements include the wooden base.
Metal
Large Antique Victorian Butterfly Case With Painted Backdrop, 19th C Lepidoptery
Located in Bristol, GB
ANTIQUE CASED TAXIDERMY BUTTERFLY COLLECTION - LEPIDOPTERY/LEPIDOPTEROLOGY INTEREST A stunning collection, lovingly mounted in a three dimensional glass case unusually with a hand p...
Natural Fiber, Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
1990's Cosmo Gang Arcade Game Piece by Namco Japan
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very rare colorful piece of a 1990's redemption styled arcade game called the Cosmo Gang where shooters tried to destroy the aliens. The spaceship with the alien driver was mounted...
Metal
Rare Carl Deffner Jugendstil Hammered Brass Table Gong, Germany, circa 1900
By Carl Deffner
Located in Antwerp, BE
This rare and highly decorative Art Nouveau dinner gong was created around 1900 by Carl Deffner of Esslingen, Germany, one of the leading manufacturers of artistic metalwork during t...
Brass
18th Century German Martin Luther Holy Bible.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th Century German Martin Luther Holy Bible. This is a rare 1733 German massive folio edition translated by Martin Luther and printed with numerous engravings in red and black by t...
Other
G.C.Klop Handmade Oak Spinet holland
Located in Den Haag, NL
Widely applicable Klop spinets are characterized by a clear, vocal sound. The instruments are excellently suited for the home musician, but also as a continuo instrument in smaller e...
Oak
$1,472Sale Price|20% Off
Playing Cards Box by Piero Fornasetti, Walnut Wood, Vintage 1970s
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
A stunning 1960s original playing cards box designed by the legendary Italian artist Piero Fornasetti, crafted in walnut wood. This exceptional piece showcases Fornasetti's iconic ae...
Wood, Walnut
The History of the World by Sir Walter Raleigh – FIRST EDITION
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Printed by William Stansby for Walter Burre, 1614. FIRST EDITION Folio; 12 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches (317 x 212 mm). Collation: 40, ode, title page, Preface; 40, Contents of the Cha...
Gold Leaf
Walnut Brionvega RR126 Radiophonograph Record Player by Castiglioni, Italy 1965
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Brionvega
Located in Roma, IT
Fabulous Brionvega RR126, a.k.a. the “Musical Pet”. This iconic radio phonograph and record player was designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni and produced during the early ...
Steel, Metal
Collection of 6 Art Deco Kodak Beau Brownie Cameras by Walter Dorwin Teague
By Walter Dorwin Teague, Eastman Kodak
Located in Red Lion, PA
The Kodak Beau Brownie cameras, designed by renowned industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague for the Eastman Kodak Company, are iconic examples of Art Deco styling from the early 19...
Metal
Handwork: Handcrafted Objects that Made America
Located in New York, NY
Craft in America presents a compelling and essential portrait of American culture through an extraordinary range of handmade objects Handwork: Handcrafted Objects that Made America ...
Paper
8000 Sheet Lot of Antique Extra Quality Composition Gold Leaf Foil Hastings 5.5"
Located in Dayton, OH
Rare and massive lot of composition gold leaf, approx. 8000 sheets. Includes: 11 intact packets (Hastings & Co, Made in Germany and Italy, 500 Sheets), 5 Open packets (equivale...
Paper
Antique Swedish American Telephone Co Oak Fiddleback Hand Crank Wall Model c1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique wall-mounted telephone, circa 1900, manufactured by the Swedish American Telephone Co. This fiddleback style telephone is crafted from oak and features a hand-crank mechan...
Oak
Rare Antique 18th Century Dutch Leatherbound Family Bible Old & New Testament
Located in Dayton, OH
An 18th Century Dutch Folio Bible With New & Old Testament. Features a thick leather bound exterior with tooled leather, brass clasps and bracket. Often referred to as a "Keur...
Leather, Paper
Cartier 18k Gold Plated Godron Pocket Cigarette Lighter & Cartier Cigarette Case
By Cartier
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An Elegant Cartier 18k Gold Plated Godron Pocket Cigarette Lighter With A Black Leather Cartier Cigarette Case Presentation Box and Papers. The Cartier Godron gold-plated lighter i...
Metal, Gold Plate
Vintage English Brass Topped Walking Stick Compass Flask Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fantastic vintage English brass handled pommel walking stick incorporating a compass and a whisky flask. The brass pommel top opens to reveal a compass, the lower part op...
Brass
Museum-Quality 19th Century Anatomical Plaster Torso Model, Probably Sommer
Located in Nottingham, GB
A rare late 19th-century anatomical teaching model depicting the posterior abdominal wall and pelvic cavity of an adult male. Constructed from plaster and papier-mâché, the model is ...
Plaster
Antique Silver Novelty Horse Head Walking Cane Stick19th Century 91 cm 36 inch
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique French silver novelty handle walking stick, late 19th Century in date. The striking stick features a silver horse head handle, marked 925 R, on a gentle ...
Silver
Antique English Silver Topped Walking Stick Cane 99cm / 39 inches
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful sturdy antique English silver pommel handled walking stick, circa 1860 in date. The striking stick features an ornate embossed silver knop cast and chased with s...
Silver
Mid-19th Century Gothic Revival, Elm and Birch Chessboard with Brass Gallery
Located in Knivsta, SE
Mid-19th Century Gothic Revival Inlaid Elm and Birch Chessboard with Patinated Brass Gallery A striking mid-19th century Gothic Revival chessboard, beautifully crafted with an intri...
Brass
Vintage Floral Butterfly Taxidermy Apothecary Shadow Box Display Case Specimen
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage taxidermy terrarium diorama with butterfly and artificial floral arrangement displayed inside a glass apothecary shadowbox display made from oak and glass. Dimensions: 10.25...
Glass
Nautical Brass Mirror from a Ship's Stateroom, circa 1960s
Located in Nantucket, MA
A great brass wall mirror from the stateroom of a decommissioned European cruise ship. It features a new mirror and glass shelf with the original brass railing around it, circa 1960s...
Brass
18th Century Continental Carved Dummy Board with Religious Angel Figure
Located in Nottingham, GB
A rare late 18th-century life-size religious dummy board, hand-painted in oils on a carved pinewood panel and depicting a sorrowful angel holding the Crown of Thorns. Probably of Alp...
Wood
Luger Gun Table Lighter, 1970s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Put your hands where I can see them! This novelty table lighter is cast in the form of a Luger-style pistol, with a checkered grip panel and articulated trigger guard. The flip-top l...
Metal
19th Century Hand Carved Bone Six Sided Spinning Top Dice, Teetotum
Located in Stamford, CT
19th Century hand carved bone six sided spinning top dice, known as a "Teetotum". This is a very cool item, a vintage gaming piece that shows all the signs it was well used. Beautifu...
Bone
Fine Early 19th C. Bronze Mantel Clock “Saint Mark with Lion”, Detouche, Paris
By C. Detouche
Located in Lisse, NL
A fine and highly decorative early 19th century French mantel clock, signed C. Detouche, Bté, Paris, depicting Saint Mark the Evangelist seated beside his traditional attribute, the ...
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Rare large Victorian 19th century cast iron Royal Coat of Arms plaque
Located in London, GB
A fantastic 19th century Victorian cast iron Armorial coat of arms, which would most probably have been used to advertise a Royal warrant. The plaque depicts the Royal Crescent with ...
Iron
Large Antique Catholic Reliquary Box Crucifix Pendant with 11 Relics of Saints
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This antique 19th Century metal reliquary is a finely handcrafted devotional object containing 11 third-class relics of saints, each identified with paper scrolls and set against a r...
Metal, Brass
$1,360Sale Price / set|41% Off
Amazing Collection of 18th / 19th Century Weathered Vellum Books
Located in Buisson, FR
Amazing collection of 5 extremely weathered vellum books, Spain/Italy 18th/ 19th century. Weathered and small losses and old repairs. More photo's available on request, please ask. ...
Parchment Paper
$65 / item
Martin Brudnizki, My Life in Colors
Located in New York, NY
Martin Brudnizki’s maximalist style and ability to transform high-profile venues into iconic spaces have earned him a prestigious reputation internati...
Paper
Beautiful Silver Sacred Heart Ex Voto with Cherub Angel, Antique European Italy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Handmade Religious Ex-Voto A striking and delicately crafted religious Ex-Voto, sourced from an estate sale in Parma, Italy. The piece appears to be made from thin, lightw...
Silver Plate, Sheet Metal
Antique Dog catching Duck Figural Cigar Cutter, Austria, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Early Metal Cigar Cutter, Austria, circa 1900s A rare and finely detailed cigar cutter in silver plate metal, crafted in the early 1900s or possibly earlier. This exceptional piece ...
Metal, Silver Plate
Antique Wallpaper Printing Block, English, Carved Brass, Print Stamp, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique wallpaper printing block. An English, carved brass on hardwood printer's stamp, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. Wonderfully rare and unusual, wit...
Brass
Antique Blaeu Map of China, Japan & Korea, Exotic Cartouches & Ships, c.1642
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Blaeu Map of China, Japan & Korea, Exotic Cartouches & Ships, c.1642 A highly desirable and visually striking map of East Asia, centered on China and extending to Ko...
Paper
Decorative Art 1959/1960
By Berndt Friberg, Gio Ponti, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in New York, NY
Survey of trends in modern architecture, furniture, and decorative arts, principally from Britain, Europe, the U.S., Latin America, and Japan, covering the years 1959-1960. Contains ...
Paper
Singer 15-91 Sewing Machine, American version, 1950s
By Singer
Located in Palermo, IT
Singer 15-91 sewing machine, American version, 1950s Straight-stitch machine with a "potted" motor (connected directly to the gears, without an external belt). Good cosmetic conditio...
Metal
Vintage Wooden Pond Yacht Model
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT Vintage wooden pond yacht/sailboat model. This is a highly detailed, gaff-rigged vessel featuring a natural wood lower hull, painted white upper hull, and full fabric sails wi...
Wood, Fabric
Summer by the Sea: Cottages from Watch Hill to Little Compton
Located in New York, NY
Noted architect Thomas Kligerman celebrates the magic of summer, exploring the seaside setting and design of secluded cottages facing the Atlantic along the Rhode Island coast Summe...
Paper
Scottish Pond Yacht Circa 1920
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This charming antique pond yacht from Scotland (circa 1920) will appeal to the sailor, the toy collector, the kid-at-heart types alike. Significantly larger than a simple toy, this f...
Metal
$10 / item
Autumn Pops Up!
Located in New York, NY
From falling leaves to Halloween, experience the delights of autumn in this neon, sturdy pop-up book. With playful illustrations, engaging text, and pop-up surprises that toddlers (a...
Paper
Antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities can bring whimsy and wonder to any interior.
Decorating with old scientific instruments, historical memorabilia and vintage musical instruments, as well as other authentic collectibles and curiosities that can be found on 1stDibs, presents an opportunity to create a unique, natural history museum-like atmosphere in your home that can provoke conversation as often as it pays tribute to how far we’ve come in understanding our world.
And bringing collectibles and curiosities into your space is actually on trend — Wunderkammern, or curiosity cabinets, were all the rage in Europe during the 1500s and continued to have adherents there and in the U.S. in the following centuries. Today, however, they’re experiencing a real surge in popularity and influencing how many interior designers are furnishing and decorating homes — combining contemporary with antique, scientific with tribal, earthly with extraterrestrial, Les Lalanne tables with Flemish tapestries.
The original Wunderkammern were entire rooms filled with objects demonstrating their owners’ worldly knowledge: A proper one included artificiala or preciosa (objets d’art); naturalia (such as skeletons, shells, minerals); exotica (taxidermy or dried plants); and scientifica (scientific instruments), frequently alongside religious relics and ancient artifacts.
Pay tribute to a history of rich and diverse musical traditions that have taken shape all over the world by decorating your home with a collection of antique and vintage musical instruments — with a little help from strong hanging wire or some wall hooks, vintage brass instruments such as a gong, French horn or trumpet can help elevate a home office or complement the efforts you’ve made to ensure a welcoming vibe in your home’s entryway. Bells or antique wind instruments can add provocative metallic contrasts to dark woods as tabletop decorative objects.
Create an intriguing focal point with Georgian scientific instruments, such as stick barometers with mahogany cases or lacquered brass telescopes. These items stem from an era named for the monarchies of the four King Georges, who ruled England in succession starting in 1714 (plus King William’s reign, which lasted until 1837). Just as there was beautiful jewelry produced during the period that today is coveted by collectors, there is much to be found in the collectibles and curiosities realm too.
Wanderlust, nostalgia and a shared love of good design are contributing factors to certain trends in decorating — just as vintage trunks and luggage have reappeared as furniture or home accents in a bedroom or foyer, decorating with globes, maps or nautical objects is similarly rooted in the allure of travel and a penchant for the stylish finishing touch that collectibles bring to our homes.
Find a wide range of antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities on 1stDibs.
Produced in 1843, the well-preserved volume is evidence of the author's exacting specifications.
Get into the games! These items celebrate the events, athletes, host countries and sporting spirit.
French trendsetter and serial collector Daniel Rozensztroch tells us about his obsession with objects related to seafaring men.
The sought-after designer worked with the team at Hoffman Creative to produce a monograph that beautifully showcases some of Studio Shamshiri's most inspiring projects.
Italian writer and collector Umberto Pasti opens the doors to his remarkable cave of wonders in North Africa.
Hollywood A-listers, ex-pat aristocrats and art collectors and style setters of all stripes appreciate the allure of the coastal California hamlet — much on our minds after recent winter floods.
Publishing house Assouline and writer Julie Belcove have teamed up to trace the history of the genre, from Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama to Mickalene Thomas and Jeff Koons.
The world’s most opulent chess set, weighing in at 513 carats, is literally fit for a king and queen.
