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Live Edge Redwood America Coffee Table with Rustic Character, Vintage
Located in Atlanta, GA
redwood surface, with its deep, warm tones and intricate textures, adds a sense of warmth and character to
Category
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Vintage Characters
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Pair of Bronze Morels of Winged Characters
Located in Marbella, ES
19th Century French pair of bronze morels of winged characters.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Vintage Characters
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Vintage Gnome Head Lidded Glass Character Beer Stein Germany, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous glass beer stein with a gnome head and pictures of gnomes on the stein. This beer stein has been made in Germany circa 1970s or older, marked Germany. It is a 0.5 Liter st...
Category
1970s German Art Nouveau Vintage Characters
Materials
Pewter
Japanese Menburyu Mask: Fūryū Character, Signed by Master Carver Kajiwara Ichiry
Located in Fukuoka, JP
malevolent spirit character from traditional Japanese folklore. Expertly crafted from camphor wood and
Category
20th Century Japanese Vintage Characters
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Menburyu Mask: Fūryū Character, Signed by Master Carver Kajiwara Ichiry
Located in Fukuoka, JP
malevolent spirit character from traditional Japanese folklore. Expertly crafted from camphor wood and
Category
20th Century Japanese Vintage Characters
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Vintage Famille Rose Porcelain Vase - Six Character Mark - China - 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
around the neck - six character mark to the base - China - mid 20th century.
Excellent vintage condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Characters
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Burgundy Lacquered Tray with Character Engravings, Mid-20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
engraved Chinese characters on its front and sides.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Other Vintage Characters
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Roger Desserprit
1923-1985
Characters, 1962 Bas-Relief in Cement
By Roger Desserprit
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Roger Desserprit (1923-1985) Characters, 1964 Bas-relief in cement. Monogrammed and dated lower
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Characters
Materials
Cement
Roger Desserprit
1923-1985
Characters, 1964 Bas-Relief in Cement
By Roger Desserprit
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Roger Desserprit (1923-1985) Characters, 1964 Bas-relief in cement. Monogrammed and dated lower
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Characters
Materials
Cement
Chinese White and Blue Floral and Character Design Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
surrounding a centered emblem with dark blue characters, a Greek key band around the lip, and two navy
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Characters
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Blue Floral and Character Ginger Jar Vases
Located in Queens, NY
around bold, centered characters and geometric bands leading to unglazed rims (jars vary slightly in size
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Characters
Materials
Porcelain
Three Characters [Study for “See No Evil, Speak No Evil”]
By Paul Cadmus
Located in New York, NY
Three Characters [Study for “See No Evil, Speak No Evil”]
c. 1985
Graphite on Vellum
19 x 24
Category
1980s Contemporary Vintage Characters
Materials
Vellum, Graphite
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Roman Forum with Characters - Drawing att. to Giulio Zek - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Forum with Characters is an original China ink drawing attributed to Giulio Zek in 1961.
The
Category
1960s Vintage Characters
Materials
Paper, Pen
Chinese White and Blue Character and Floral Ginger Jar Vases
Located in Queens, NY
around bold, centered characters and geometric bands leading to unglazed rims (jars vary slightly in size
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Characters
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Off-White and Blue Vine Character Porcelain Urn Vases
Located in Queens, NY
light blue, delicate vine and floral motifs and bold characters on 4 sides (jars vary slightly in size
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Characters
Materials
Porcelain
Gorgeous Character-Rich Muted Antique Kermanshah Rug, circa 1900
s
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Gorgeous Muted Character-Rich Antique Kermanshah rug Oversized Moss, Sage, Olive & Earthy Greens
Category
20th Century Vintage Characters
Abstract Clown Character Playing The Tzouras Post Impressionist Signed Oil
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Clown Character
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed on front and back
oil painting on canvas
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Vintage Characters
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Costumed Character - Original Ink Drawing on Paper - Mid-20th Century
By Louis Touchagues
Located in Roma, IT
Costumed Character is an original artwork realized by Louis Touchagues (1893 - 1974).
Original ink
Category
Mid-20th Century Vintage Characters
Materials
Ink
Vintage Asian Crystalline Glazed Vase - Four Character Mark - Mid 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Asian porcelain vase with royal blue crystalline glaze - white interior - four character
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Characters
Materials
Ceramic
Gianni Versace Multi-Color Multi-Characters with Palsey Silk Scarf
By Gianni Versace
Located in New York, NY
Gianni Versace multi-colors silk scarf is combined with multi-characters entwined with prints of
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Characters
Untitled (Double Happiness), 1965 - Oil Painting on Wood with Chinese characters
By Martin Bradley
Located in Kingsclere, GB
character at the top of the table is Double Happiness, a ligature, "囍" composed of two copies of the Chinese
Category
20th Century Vintage Characters
Materials
Wood, Oil
20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting White Half Visage Character
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
Category
20th Century Modern Vintage Characters
Materials
Gouache
$544 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Country Style Driftwood Made into Full Length Mirror, Rustic Character
Located in Yonkers, NY
Country style antique driftwood made into a mirror with rustic character and beveled glass. This
Category
Late 20th Century Indonesian Country Vintage Characters
Materials
Mirror, Driftwood
Country Style Antique Driftwood Made into Full Length Mirror, Rustic Character
Located in Yonkers, NY
Country style antique driftwood made into a mirror with rustic character and beveled glass. Step
Category
Late 20th Century Indonesian Country Vintage Characters
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Oil Painting on Canevas, circa 1920-30, Female Character Sewing
Located in Miami, FL
Intimate and realistic painting in a light atmosphere coming from the garden by the closed window, reflecting the calm atmosphere of the scene.
Half part of the figure catching this...
Category
20th Century English Other Vintage Characters
Materials
Canvas
Seven Faience Portrait Plates Representing Breton Characters Signed HB Quimper
By Henriot Quimper
Located in Beirut, LB
Quimper pottery is named after the French town where it was originally produced, back in c1690.
It is a hand painted tin glazed earthenware pottery.
The 2 small ceramic plates is o...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Characters
Materials
Faience
Characters from the Sketchbooks (from September Storm plus Self Portrait)
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a page from the artist's sketchbooks. Six pencil drawings show figures that might have been in preparation for future lithographs, Certainly the woman with the umbrella cou...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Vintage Characters
Materials
Graphite
1970s Bronze Sculpture Signed "B Carpeaux JC" of Character with Cupid
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s Bronze Sculpture Signed "B Carpeaux JC" of Character with Cupid
Category
Late 20th Century French Vintage Characters
Materials
Bronze
Circus characters by Gilbert Pauli - Oil on canvas 55x42 cm
By Gilbert Pauli
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
Category
1980s Art Deco Vintage Characters
Materials
Oil
$576 Sale Price
69% Off
Chinese Porcelain Plate City Characters Rising Sun Dao Administration, 1908-1911
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
flowers and central a shield with characters and central a rising sun.
According to the study of our
Category
20th Century Chinese Vintage Characters
Materials
Porcelain
$3,329 Sale Price
20% Off
Bjorn Wiinblad Relief White Porcelain Vase for Rosenthal With Gilt Characters
By Rosenthal, Bjorn Wiinblad
Located in Chicago, IL
painted in gold leaf is a playful character prancing among the pumpkins; a childlike design typical of
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Characters
Materials
Porcelain
$105 Sale Price
75% Off
Chinese Porcelain Plate City Characters Rising Sun Dao Administration, 1908-1911
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
central a shield with characters and central a rising sun.
According to the study of our friend, the
Category
20th Century Chinese Vintage Characters
Materials
Porcelain
$2,853 Sale Price
20% Off
"Please, Mister, Don
t Be Careless" Vintage Poster featuring Disney Characters
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Forest Service. The poster features the beloved Disney characters, Bambi (deer), Thumper (rabbit), and
Category
1940s Other Art Style Vintage Characters
Materials
Lithograph
1960
s American Gas Station Numbers - Set 1-9 Plus Special Characters
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960’s American Gas Station Numbers – Set 1-9 Plus Special Characters. Classic American stencilled
Category
1960s Vintage Characters
Materials
Plastic
1960
s American Gas Station Numbers - Set 1-9 Plus Other Characters
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960’s American Gas Station Numbers – Set 1-9 Plus Other Characters. Classic American stencilled
Category
1960s Vintage Characters
Materials
Plastic
Massive Runway Gilt Modernist Character Statement Necklace By Les Bernard, 1980s
By Les Bernard
Located in McKinney, TX
statement piece
- 17" length two strand twisted chain
- 7.75" x 3.75" three abstract character link drop
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Characters
$391 Sale Price
20% Off
Oil on Canvas Elio Pelosi Neapolitan Painter Depicting the Characters, 1971
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Oil on canvas Elio Pelosi Neapolitan painter depicting the characters, 1971.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Characters
Materials
Paint
$749 Sale Price
30% Off
Study for Satyrical Characters - China Ink Drawing by E. Hugon - 1991
By Emile Hugon
Located in Roma, IT
Study for Satyrical Characters is an original drawing with ink on paper realized by Emile Hugon in
Category
1990s Vintage Characters
Materials
Ink
Chinese Ceramic Shiwan Tea Dispenser Jar with Engraved Characters, c. 1950
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
lower front side. The engraved characters on the front side directly translate to "clear tea" and are
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Other Vintage Characters
Materials
Ceramic
A Theater Character - Original China Ink Drawing by Flor David - 1950s
By Flor David
Located in Roma, IT
A Theater Character is an original black China ink drawing on ivory glossy paper realized by Flor
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Characters
Materials
Ink
Vintage Chinese Hand-Painted Porcelain Lamp with Characters from the 1970s
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese 1970s vintage porcelain lamp with hand-painted characters. This tall lamp displays three
Category
20th Century Chinese Vintage Characters
Materials
Porcelain
Circus Character - Original Tempera by J. René Paulz - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Circus Character is an original painting in tempera on paper, realized. by J. René Paulz.
Hand
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Characters
Materials
Tempera, Ink
20th Century Mixed-Media Italian Painting Interior Scene with Characters, 1970
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
with characters, of good pictorial quality. Golden wooden frame with passepartout in fabric that shows
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Characters
Materials
Glass, Wood
1980
s Large Silkscreen Chinese Characters Serigraph Pop Art Print China
By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Located in Surfside, FL
Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali (Greek: Χρύσα Βαρδέα-Μαυρομιχάλη; December 31, 1933 – December 23, 2013) was a Greek American artist who worked in a wide variety of media. An American ar...
Category
1980s Pop Art Vintage Characters
Materials
Screen
Set of five silver teaspoons with Chinese characters and motifs on the handles
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Set of five silver teaspoons with Chinese characters and motifs on the handles. Metal
Category
20th Century European Vintage Characters
Materials
Silver
Matthias Girmscheid Rare Figural German Ceramic Monkey Character Beer Stein Lid
Located in Dayton, OH
German pottery stein by Matthias Girmscheid. Modeled as a monkey with top hat and pipe.
Marked 828 to the base.
Dimensions:
5.5" x 4" x 8.25" (Width x Depth x Height)
Category
20th Century Vintage Characters
Materials
Ceramic
Framed Wood Block Print Kabuki Character by Japanese Artist Takahashi Shozan
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
particular print is of a kabuki character Fuji Musume (Wisteria Maiden). This particular piece is signed with
Category
20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Vintage Characters
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
1990s Hand Carved Onyx and Marble Sculpture of a Water-Carrier Character
Located in Marbella, ES
1990s Hand carved onyx and marble sculpture of a water-carrier character.
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Vintage Characters
Materials
Onyx, Marble
Great Oil on Canvas Sicilian Artist Salvatore Mulè Nude Characters, 1972
By Salvatore Mulè
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Great oil on Canvas Sicilian artist Salvatore mulè nude characters 1972.
Salvatore Mulè was born
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Characters
Materials
Paint
$2,082 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Ceramic Decorative Dish with Characters Signed by Roger Capron, 1955
By Roger Capron
Located in Paris, FR
Roger Capron (1922-2006)
- Roger Capron studied at Art appliqués of Paris from 1938 to 1943 before teaching drawing in the same establishment from 1945. In 1946, he settled in Valla...
Category
1950s Vintage Characters
Materials
Ceramic
C F S I, Signed Lithograph, Coney Island, Comic Character Figures
By Marie Roberts
Located in Union City, NJ
skillfully expressed comic character figure drawing printed in black ink shaded with colored crayon line
Category
1990s Contemporary Vintage Characters
Materials
Lithograph
$600 Sale Price
31% Off
Italian 20th Century Leather, Wood and Brass Travel Trunk with Rustic Character
Located in Atlanta, GA
compartment, brass accents and great rustic character. Created in Italy during the 20th century, this leather
Category
20th Century Italian Vintage Characters
Materials
Brass
1970s Hand-Painted Painting on Canvas with Indus Characters and Bamboo Frame
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s Hand-Painted Painting on Canvas with Indus Characters and Bamboo Frame
Category
Late 20th Century Indian Vintage Characters
Materials
Fabric, Bamboo
Pair Of Vintage Character Vases, Chinese, Ceramic, Baluster Urn, Art Deco, 1940
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage character vases. A Chinese, ceramic baluster urn with figural decor
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Vintage Characters
Materials
Ceramic
Oriental Coffee Table Lacquered in Black and Decoration of Characters with Stone
Located in Marbella, ES
Oriental Coffee Table Lacquered in Black with Decoration of Characters with
Semi-Precious Stones
Category
Late 20th Century Vintage Characters
Materials
Wood
Old dark brown 3-seater cowhide chesterfield sofa with lots of character
Located in Harderwijk, NL
Offered this old dark brown 3-seater cow leather chesterfield sofa with lots of character.
This
Category
20th Century English Vintage Characters
Materials
Leather, Sheepskin
Max and Maurice Wilhelm Busch Character Head Bust Wall Mask Decoration Vintage
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful vintage terracotta wall mask depicting a lady made by an unknown maker in Austria. It is marked on the back with a number. It would make a lovely decoration on any wall. ...
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Characters
Materials
Terracotta
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Vintage Characters For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of vintage characters is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct vintage characters — often made from ceramic, wood and metal — can elevate any home. Vintage characters have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of vintage characters to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Mid-Century Modern, Modern and Art Deco vintage characters are of considerable interest. Many vintage characters are appealing in their simplicity, but Royal Doulton, Mastercraft and Roger Capron produced popular vintage characters that are worth a look.
How Much are Vintage Characters?
Vintage characters can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,533, while the lowest priced sells for $75 and the highest can go for as much as $38,829.
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