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Material: Wood
Top Quality Antique Miniature Wall Cabinet w. Multiple Hand-Cut Dovetail Drawers
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique and perfectly handcrafted early 19th Century cherrywood wall cabinet with multiple hand-Cut dovetail drawers. This stunning cabinet of drawers is another one of our recent gr...
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Early 19th Century European Arts and Crafts Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Cherry, Oak

19th Century Clemens Muller Sewing Machine
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a 19th Century Clemens Muller Sewing Machine. It is made of cast iron painted black and adorned with bouquets of flowers decals and mothe...
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Late 19th Century German Machine Age Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Vintage Alligator Waiter Standing Full Body Mount Taxidermy Ashtray Stand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Alligator Waiter Standing Full Body Mount Taxidermy Ashtray Stand. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements (Overall): 25" H x 15" W x 19" D
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Early 20th Century Unknown Rustic Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Victrola XVI Mahogany Upright Disc Player Discs C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
***Reduced In-House Delivery Rates - Click on “Ask Seller” to Request a Quote*** Victrola XVI Mahogany Upright Disc Player & Discs C1900. 24 1/4" x 22 7/8" x 49". A well crafte...
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Early 20th Century Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mahogany

Gulfstream Pinball Arcade Game, 1972 USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage 'Gulfstream' pinball machine from 1972. Designed by Norm Clark and manufactured by Williams Electronics. 4175 produced in total. In excellent working condition. Great visuals...
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1970s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Antique Italian Carved Walnut Oratoire Prie Dieu Prayer Kneeler
Located in Carimate, Como
A good antique Italian Oratoire or Prie Dieu walnut cabinet crafted in beautiful wood, it stands on short legs over a knee resting platform base. The religious kneeler features two s...
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19th Century Italian Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Vintage Full Body Standing Mount Beaver Taxidermy Mancave Tabletop Decor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Full Body Standing Mount Beaver Taxidermy. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements (Overall): 21" H x 25.5" W x 25.5" D. Beaver Alone approx 17" High x 33" Long.
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Early 20th Century Unknown Rustic Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fur, Wood

Antique 1913 Model Touring Car and Driver Wooden Hand Painted Sculpture
Located in Plainview, NY
A meticulously crafted 1913 model touring automobile. The car model features a two-tone color scheme, predominantly black with red accents, which highlights its vintage allure. The...
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20th Century American Art Deco Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Antique Wooden Shoe Forms with Handles, c.1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original pairs of cobbler's wooden shoe forms. They have retained their original finish and have the appropriate wear. Creator unknown. Date of manufacture...
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Early 20th Century Industrial Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Beech, Maple

French Walnut Beveled Mirror Little Armoire Chef-d Oeuvre, circa 1900
Located in Labrit, Landes
Oak little walnut armoire chef d'oeuvre of a cabinetmaker. In its original sense, a masterpiece is a piece that marks the completion of an artisan's training, who, through this prod...
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Early 20th Century French Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Mirror, Elm

Classic 1950s Kay M 1 Upright String Bass, Standard 3/4 size
By Kaye
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic 1950s Kay M 1 Upright String Bass, Standard 3/4 size........ a bass that needs no introduction. Kay's laminate stand-up basses are workhorses that always deliver and sound a...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Rare Antique German Gothic Crossbow, circa 1540, All Original
Located in Doha, QA
An exceptional early German crossbow dating to around 1540, crafted from antler, wood, and iron. This finely made piece exemplifies the late Gothic to early Renaissance period of Ger...
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16th Century German Gothic Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Rare Sikes’ Hydrometer (Alcohol Proof Tester) Set Atkey Son, Cowes, C. 1830
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Sikes’ Hydrometer Set by Atkey & Son, Cowes, Circa 1830 A superb and complete 19th-century Sikes’ hydrometer set, by Atkey & Son of Cowes, a noted English maker of fine scientific i...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Large Vintage Santos Mahogany Pond Yacht Ship Model
Located in Kastrup, DK
A very elegant wooden pond yacht ship model. High quality, hand-built. Hull and mast made in santos mahogany with fine details. Set onto a custom...
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Mid-19th Century Danish Modern Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Hardwood

Hermès, Samarcande II Chess Set
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Chess set in natural mahogany and cassia - Handles in saddle-stitched H-shaped bull calf leather - Pieces in solid natural mahogany and cassia, weighted with stainless steel and eng...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Rare Antique Grulich Christmas Nativity Figure, late 19th Century Folk Art
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Rare Antique Grulich Nativity Figure — Late 19th Century This rare and culturally significant nativity figure originates from the historic Králiky region (formerly Grulic...
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Late 19th Century Czech Folk Art Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Jeweled silver walking stick depicting chrysanthemums, by Tiffany, USA 1890-1900
Located in Milan, IT
Walking Stick: A jeweled cane, a curved handle in sterling silver, 925/1000, embossed and chiselled, featuring the Tiffany Chrysanthemum floral motif. The design is distinguished by ...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Silver

Model of Yacht From the Early 20th Century
Located in Opole, PL
Model of Yacht From the Early 20th Century We present you this true-to-life model of a yacht from the Interwar Period. It is in particularly good condition.
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Early 20th Century Dutch Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bentwood

Rare 19th Century Italian Hand Carved Memento Mori Hanging Candle Holder
Located in London, GB
Rare 19th Century Italian Hand Carved Memento Mori Hanging Candle Holder An unusual hand carved pine hanging candle holder in the form of a memento mori religious artefact. This exa...
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1890s Italian Early Victorian Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pine

Antique Mahogany Gun Case
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Williams & Powell Wooden Sporting Gun Case. A mahogany single gun case by Williams & Powell, Liverpool, the green baize lined case with dividers and fitted for a double barrel shotgu...
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1850s British Georgian Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

19th Century Carved Wooden Figural Nutcracker of Otto Von Bismarck
Located in Delft, NL
19th century carved wooden figural nutcracker of Otto Von Bismarck A wooden nutcracker with figural scene of Otto Von Bismarck In working condition,...
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19th Century European Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

19th C. French Provincial Carved Cherry Prie-Dieu with Woven Rush Seat
Located in New Orleans, LA
A charming 19th century French Provincial prie-dieu/chair of carved cherry wood and handwoven rush seating, having lovely, scalloped details. The top chair seat pulls up in order to ...
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1850s French French Provincial Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Rush, Cherry

Rare Cherry Wood Cane With Concealed Glass "Flask" Inserted In Shaft. Circa 1875
Located in Incline Village, NV
Fine quality rare cherry walking stick with concealed "flask"; from the esteemed collection of Prince Moritz (1926-2013), who was well known for his extensive collection of art and a...
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1870s Unknown Victorian Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Crystal

Vintage Set Of Chess Figures
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Large vintage Staunton Style Chess Figures. A large Staunton style chess set with Ebonised and Boxwood weighted chess pieces. The pieces with wide bases for added stability, undersid...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Bjørn Wiinblad Rosenthal Studio-Linie Boxed Solitaire Game
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish vintage German Rosenthal Studio-Linie original boxed ‘Keramik-Solitärspiel’ (Solitaire Game) by renowned Danish painter, designer and artist B...
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1970s German Modern Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Porcelain, Wood

Baroque Walnut Sculpture Of Saint Joseph And The Christ Child, Early 18th C.
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Baroque Walnut Sculpture Of Saint Joseph And The Christ Child, Early 18th Century" Baroque Walnut Sculpture of Saint Joseph and the Christ Child Southern Netherlands or Germanic Reg...
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Early 18th Century Baroque Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Vintage 1950s Tommy Gun Movie Prop Theatrical Toy Weapon
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Measures: L 32.5 x W 8 x Thk 6 in.
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1950s American Industrial Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Vintage Modern Custom Made Wood Propeller Plane The Toy Maker
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a vintage modern custom made wood plane. Stamped underneath "HANDCRAFTED by The Toy Maker". Dimensions: 5.75" H x 10.75" L x 10.5" W Please visit take a lo...
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1980s American Modern Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Americano Single-Ended, Stereo Amp by Toolshed Amps for Original in Berlin
Located in Berlin, DE
Americano single-ended, Stereo Pentode Amplifier 5 watts per channel Input sensitivity: 1.03v to full output Input impedance: 50K Inputs: 2, switchable by Front Panel Mounted Carling Switch Output: 8 Ohm Via 5-Way Binding Posts Bias: No user adjustment necessary Tube compliment: 6973 power tubes (X2) Other compatible power tubes as follows: 6CM6/6CZ5/6EM5 (Performance Varies), EZ81/6CA4 Rectifier Tube (X1), EF91/6AM6 Driver Tubes (X2) Other compatible driver tubes as follows: M8083/CV4015 (Performance Varies). Original in Berlin...
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21st Century and Contemporary American American Craftsman Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Copper

Original Danish Piet Hein "Solitaire" Teak Board Game Complete Set Vintage 1960s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Vintage "Solitaire" board game designed by Piet Hein for Danish wood manufacturer Skjøde, Skjern. Both the board and the pegs are made from teak. Designed and made ca. 1960s. This piece comes including the original leather bag for storing the pegs and the original instructions in Danish, German and English attached to the bottom. Marked on bottom: Piet Hein Skjøde...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Leather, Teak

Miniature Chinese Hardwood Display Stand, Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Finely crafted miniature display stand in dark hardwood, likely hongmu, realized during the late Qing Dinasty (end of 19th Century) and featuring a delicately pierced and reticulated...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Atari Centipede Arcade Game, 1980 USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage 'CENTIPEDE' arcade game from 1980. Made by Atari and designed by Dona Bailey and Ed Logg. In excellent working condition. Great alien and intergala...
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1980s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Antique Wooden Staircase Model, England, 1920s
Located in San Francisco, CA
This lovely diminutive English staircase model from the 1920's is certain to add interest to doll houses and playlands of every scale. The model is of traditional design and carved o...
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1920s British Edwardian Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Walnut

1970 s Japanese Nikon 20 x 120 Big Eye Military Binoculars Tripod
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
An iconic piece of Japanese military-grade optics, this pair of Nikon 20×120 binocular telescopes represents one of the most highly regarded large-format observation instruments of t...
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1970s Japanese Industrial Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum, Brass, Bronze

Kay Bojesen Monkey, Danish Design, 2000s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Kay Bojesen monkey, originally designed in 1951. Made of teak and limba wood. Danish design. The monkey is a classic gift for baptism, graduatio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Antique Royal Standard of the United Kingdom in Giltwood Frame and Under Glass
Located in Morristown, NJ
An antique Royal Standard of the United Kingdom, possibly by Benjamin Edgington, London. The fabric is in a giltwood frame under glass. Each of the four quadrants on the flag represe...
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1830s English British Colonial Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fabric, Glass, Wood

17th Century Alpine Tabernacle from Hautes-Alpes, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Most likely originating in the Queyras valley of France, this Alpine tabernacle was hand-carved from mountain pine in the 1600s. The Queyras is located in the Hautes-Alpes department...
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17th Century French Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Iron

Early-1900s Waikiki Hawaiian Wood Plank Surfboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1920s original plank-style surfboard made for the waves at Waikiki Beach, Hawaii. Before Hawaiian surfing patriarch Duke Kahanamoku, early surfboards w...
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1920s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Softwood

Giraffe Taxidermy Mount, 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning Giraffe taxidermy mount. Just over 7 feet tall. Beautiful expression to face. Overwhelming presence in the room. Good coloring to fur and go...
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1970s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fur, Glass, Wood

Large Flemish Medieval Gothic 15th / 16th Century Carved Oak Madonna
Located in Buisson, FR
Amazing period piece. A Gothic / medieval Carved oak Madonna Southern Netherlands/ Flemish Circa 1450-1550 Weathered, small losses and old repairs H:101cm W:35cm D:15cm Measurement...
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16th Century Dutch Gothic Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Oak

Golf Inspired Chess Set in White Bird s-Eye Maple
Located in New York, NY
  White bird’s-eye maple and green marble chess set. Hand painted Golf chessmen.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Birdseye Maple

Miniature Travelling Chess Set Game handmade in walnut Inlaid box, circa 1940s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a 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 1940s. The smal...
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Mid-20th Century British Folk Art Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Jacot Swiss Cylinder Banded Inlaid Ebonized Rosewood Table Top Music Box c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Jacot Swiss Cylinder Banded & Inlaid Ebonized Rosewood Table Top Music Box c1890 Measures - 7" x 26" x 10 5/8" This antique music box, crafted by Jacot, features a banded and inlai...
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Late 19th Century Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Rosewood

Scale model made in the 1950s of a 15th-century Spanish galleon
Located in Milan, IT
Scale model made in the 1950s of a 15th-century Spanish galleon. Planked hull, 3 masts with sails and 23 guns. Measurements 56x10x42.5 inche 22x3.9x16.8 cm The Galleon was a mighty w...
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Mid-20th Century Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Antique Miniature Four Drawer Tall Boy Dresser with Turned Knobs Brass Locks
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This minature table top sized chest of drawers is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from the United States and date to approximately 1880 and done in a Colonial style. This n...
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Late 19th Century American Colonial Revival Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

1930s Cased Taxidermy Buzzard Bird of Prey Raptor Museum Cabinet Natural History
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
A magnificent 1930s taxidermy specimen of a Common buzzard with outstretched wings in a large ebonized museum cabinet. This bird has been cleve...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Victorian Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Slate

Antique Wooden Mallet Wood Carver or Auctioneer Tool, Vienna, Austria, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Antique Wooden Mallet, Early 1900s or Earlier – Vienna, Austria A beautifully aged wooden mallet, discovered at an estate sale in Vienna, Austr...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Folk Art Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

19th Century Giltwood Baroque Church Altar Vase
Located in Hastings, GB
A deep carved large giltwood altar vase, probably German, in the baroque style, but dating to the latter half of the 19th century. The vase is carved with a flat back, so would have ...
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1890s German Baroque Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Black Forest Deer Antler Trophy on Hand-Carved Wooden Plaque, Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Black Forest Deer Antler Trophy on Hand-Carved Wooden Plaque A finely preserved Black Forest deer antler trophy mounted on an intricately beautiful hand-carved wooden plaque, exempl...
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1910s Austrian Black Forest Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Antler, Wood

Grand piano. Walnut, metal, etc. Patent Erard London. London, England, possibly
Located in Madrid, ES
Grand piano. Walnut, metal, etc. Patent Erard London. London, England, possibly around 1870. Requires tuning and minor restorations. Grand or horizontal piano with strings and sou...
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19th Century European Other Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Other

Antique Fishtail Tennis Racket by Prosser Son
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Wooden Prosser & Sons Fishtail Tennis Racket. A lawn tennis racket by T.H. Prosser & Sons with nice ash frame with convex walnut wedge. The wedge is s...
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Early 20th Century British Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ash

Antique Judaica Torah Esther Scroll Pre-Expulsion Iberian Peninsula Spain 1470
Located in Doha, QA
This is an absolutely incredible rare and truly unique pre-expulsion Iberian Peninsula handwritten Esther Scroll, inked onto animal leather parchment (15th century, -laboratory teste...
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15th Century and Earlier Spanish Renaissance Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver, Bronze

Vintage Solid Wood Travel Chess Set by HK Switzerland
Located in San Diego, CA
A really nice vintage solid wood travel chess set by HK Switzerland, circa 1950s. The set is a portable travel set where the pegged pieces can be stored inside two small drawers unde...
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Early 20th Century Italian Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

19th Century French Louis Philippe Mahogany Vitrine
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Louis Philippe style vitrine or miniature buffet, made of solid mahogany with glass cabinet doors and mirror backed tiered shelves. Glass cabinet door opens to ...
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19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Mirror, Mahogany

2 Roy Barker Signed Australian Aboriginal Mulga Wood Boomerangs Throwing Sticks
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of late 20th century mulga wood Australian aboriginal boomerangs. One curved / symmetrical, the other battle axe shaped. Woodburned/signed Ro...
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20th Century Australian Organic Modern Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Hardwood

Louis Zwicki Danish Teak Pianette Circa 1960 s
Located in Norwalk, CT
Step back in time with this masterfully-crafted Danish Mid-Century Teak Pianette by the renowned Louis Zwicki. From the heart of the 1960's, a period when design and craftsmanship me...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Teak

Antique Gold Filled Walking Stick Cane
Located in Toledo, OH
Antique black lacquer ebonized wood walking stick cane with gold filled ornately decorated top with monogram. 36 3/4" long. Top is 2 1/2" x 1 1/2".
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Early 20th Century Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Antique Golf Club, Carrick Rut Iron
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hickory Shafted Rut Iron By F A Carrick, Musselburgh. A good quality early smooth faced rut iron, also known as a rut niblick, rutter or track iron. Rut irons were commonly use...
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Late 19th Century Scottish Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Antique American Ransom Randolph # 65 Carved Oak Dental Cabinet Toledo OH 1900
Located in Portland, OR
Antique American carved oak dental cabinet manufactured by The Ransom & Randolph C., Toledo Ohio, Circa 1899. Arguably one of the best dental cabinets ever made, with so many unique features (and forgive the pun) cutting edge technology of the late 19th century. This cabinet was patented in 1899 and made of solid quarter sawn oak throughout, with carved accents above the beveled shaped mirror and carved & pierced brackets to the base with turned ribbed column supports. The cabinet has a removable travel drawer case for making house calls, to the top of the case is a brass carrying handle and a brass plaque with the manufacturers name and "Patent applied for", making this one of the earliest manufactured of this model. The cabinet has paneled sides and a paneled back, the front is fitted with cupboard with two adjustable swing out arms with revolving circular trays. Below, the cabinet is fitted with serpentine shaped drawers to the front, a lift up mirror to the top right hand-side enclosing a stepped...
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1890s American American Craftsman Antique Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mirror, Oak

Miniature Travelling Chess Set Game Inlaid Walnut Box handmade, circa 1930 s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good quality handmade miniature or travelling wood chess set game of 32 pieces in its own inlaid walnut box, which we date to the early 20th century, circa 1930's. The che...
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Early 20th Century British Folk Art Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

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