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Place of Origin: Swedish
Hand-hammered Sterling Sculptural Necklace or Choker by Jan Arenhill, 1969
By Jan Arenhill
Located in Amarillo, TX
Unique sterling silver necklace by Jan Arenhill, Malmö. Malmö, Sweden, circa 1969, hand-hammered sterling silver. Impressed with following hallmarks: Year mark T9 1969. Artist's ...
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1960s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Elegant Miniature Swedish Karl Johan Mahogany Chiffonnière, 1830s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Miniature Swedish Karl Johan Mahogany Chiffonnière, 1830s Evoking the refined elegance of the Swedish Karl Johan period, this exquisite miniature chiffonnière captures the architect...
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1830s Karl Johan Antique Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Elegant Gustavian Cast Iron Tobacco Box from Hellefors Bruk, Sweden dated 1808
Located in Knivsta, SE
An elegant Gustavian cast iron Tobacco Box from Hellefors Bruk, Sweden. Made in Hellefors in 1808 with a ownership inscription SHB 1808 under a royal crown. Beautiful patina. Wear ...
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Early 1800s Gustavian Antique Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron

Ceramic Piggy Bank by Eva Jancke Björk, Bo Fajans, 1940s
By Eva Jancke-Björk, Bo Fajans
Located in Grythyttan, SE
A charming piggy bank designed by Eva Jancke Björk for Bo Fajans. While the piggy banks from Bo Fajans may share similar shapes, each one boasts a distinct hand-painted face and atti...
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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

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Ceramic

Frederick Chapman: ‘Naval Architecture War Vessels’, circa 1770
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
FREDERICK CHAPMAN: ‘Naval Architecture War Vessels’, circa 1770, , 50 engraved plates of various sizes depicting naval diagrams (numbered I-XXVI), four signed ‘F. Ringheim’and one ea...
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18th Century Antique Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Swedish Modern Ericsson "COBRA" Ivory Vintage Rotary Telephone Sweden 50s
By L.M. Ericsson
Located in Miami, FL
Scandinavian Modern Ericsson "COBRA" ivory vintage rotary phone, Sweden 50s. This phone was made in Sweden and is in very good condition with no issues. It does dial out but does no...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plastic

Pair of Trumpet-Shaped Miniature Brass Candlesticks from, 1830s
Located in Knivsta, SE
A pair of cute trumpet-shaped miniature brass candlesticks in Karl Johan, during the 1830s. Wear consistent with age and use.
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1830s Karl Johan Antique Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Bronze Plaque of the 1912 Stockholm Olympics by Hjördis Nordin-Tengbom
Located in Knivsta, SE
Commemorative Bronze Plaque of the 1912 Stockholm Olympics by Hjördis Nordin-Tengbom Rare and finely cast bronze commemorative plaque created for the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm...
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1910s Vintage Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

Antique Brass Three Crown s Plumber s Blowtorch c.1900, Made in Sweden
By BCA Eskilstuna
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT An antique solid brass plumber's blowtorch with a wooden handle. Stamped "The Swedish Lamp" and "Three Crowns Original Swedish". Shown with life size hand model for scale. ...
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Early 20th Century Industrial Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Gustavian brass box with perpetual calender based on the rune staff
Located in Knivsta, SE
Gustavian brass box with perpetual calender based on the rune staff. The box is from the late 18th Century and was used as a perpetual calendar and...
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Late 18th Century Gustavian Antique Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Swedish Folk Wooden Dala Pig Toy, circa 1960
By Nils Olsson
Located in Barcelona, ES
Handpainted Swedish wooden traditional Dala pig toy. Designed by Nils Olsson in Sweden, circa 1960. Materials: Wood In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age...
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1960s Folk Art Vintage Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Boda Glass Booklet
By Boda
Located in New York, NY
Promotional booklet advertising the Boda Glass Works and documenting the process of glass making at the Boda factory in southeastern Sweden. Published by Boda circa 1964. Showcases w...
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1960s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Two Lobster Plates in Clear Glass, Sweden, Mid-20th Century
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Two beautiful Lobster plates made of Glass. A nice addition to your Table. Found at an estate sale in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

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Ceramic, Majolica

Elegant tobacco jar in pewter in Swedish Grace from the late 1920s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant tobacco jar in pewter with handles in the shape of pipes. Swedish Grace from the late 1920s. Manufactured by A M Berglund in Linköping, Sweden. Wear consistent with age and ...
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1920s Art Deco Vintage Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

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Pewter

Acoustic Sculpture in White by Transparent
By Transparent (Sweden)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Music is art. With the Transparent Acoustic Sculpture, so is the speaker that reproduces it. Inspired by the human ear and naturally-occurring horn shapes, it was hand sculptured by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

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Aluminum

Collection of 47 Swedish 20th Century Leather-Bound Books
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A collection of 47 Swedish decorative antique leather-bound library books. The books are wrapped in leather-bound covers, comprised of a selection of warm tones and gold leaf print ...
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Early 20th Century British Colonial Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Paper

Elegant Karl Johan Cast Iron Tobacco Box from Hellefors Bruk, Sweden dated 1838
Located in Knivsta, SE
An elegant Karl Johan cast iron Tobacco Box from Hellefors Bruk, Sweden. Made in Hellefors in 1838 with a ownership inscription G. Söderström 1838. Beautiful patina with some small c...
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1830s Karl Johan Antique Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Mid century Swedish pine gym horse
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid century Swedish pine gym horse circa 1950. Good quality gym horse made by Swedish company ab rantzows gymnastikmateriel. Hide top surface with pine main frame.  Standing on 4 s...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather, Pine

19th Century thermometer in original case
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century thermometer in original case circa 1890. Fine quality thermometer which measures between -45 degrees centigrade and +50. In fully working condition, complete in its ori...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Paper

Collection of 42 Swedish Early 20th Century Leather-Bound Books
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A collection of 47 Swedish decorative antique leather-bound library books from the from the 1930s-1940s. The books are wrapped in leather-bound covers, comprised of a selection of w...
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Early 20th Century British Colonial Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather, Paper

Alnmått (Cubit measure) in Birch with a Noble Crown. Gustavian, dated 1783
Located in Knivsta, SE
Rare Alnmått (Cubit measure) made in Birch with a Noble Crown. From the Gustavian period of the late 1700s, roughly corresponding to the Louis XVI period in France, made in Sweden an...
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1780s Gustavian Antique Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Alnmått (Cubit measure) in iron with gilded details. Baroque, dated 1731
Located in Knivsta, SE
Swedish Alnmått (Cubit measure) in iron with gilded details. Baroque, dated 1731. Provenance: Baron Carl Emanuel Cederström, great collector during the mid-19th Century in Sweden. W...
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1730s Baroque Antique Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Cool Empire Cast Iron Tobacco Box from Hellefors Bruk, Sweden
Located in Knivsta, SE
A cool Empire cast iron Tobacco Box from Hellefors Bruk, Sweden. Made in Hellefors Bruk during the 1820s. Beautiful patina with the weight left to keep the tobacco fresh. Wear con...
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1820s Karl Johan Antique Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Modernist Brooch, Atelier Borgila, 1945
By Atelier Borgila
Located in Örebro, SE
Beautiful modernist silver brooch from Atelier Borgila -1945. Signed with maker's mark.
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1940s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Stig Lindberg / "COMEDIA" PLAYNG CARDS SET / AB J.O. OBERG SON / 1958
By Stig Lindberg
Located in Shibuya-Ku, JP
This playing card was introduced in 1958 by the Swedish company OBERG. Like the KARNEVAL series released in the same year, it has unique illustrations with a distinctive fantasy feel...
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1950s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Book on Märta Måås-Fjetterström
By Märta Måås-Fjetterström
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Book on Märta Måås-Fjetterström "in good used condition with some soiling on cover, missing dust jacket" " A beautiful, bilingual (English and Swedish) book about Märta Måås-Fjette...
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2010s Arts and Crafts Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Die Schonen Tage Von Aranjuez / Polisens Villebrad Original Swedish Film Poster
By Iwar Donner
Located in London, GB
Original Swedish film poster from the 1933. The film is comedy starring Brigitte Helm, who made her name in Metropolis in 1927. The film is about a famous jewellery thief moving in a...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Abschiedswalzer / Farewell Waltz / Avskedsvalsen, Swedish Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Swedish movie poster for the German 1934 film Abschiedswalzer the film about the 19th century Polish composer Frederic Chopin. The film was di...
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1930s Vintage Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Swedish 19th Century Nautical Oil Painting of a Coastline and Sailing Boats
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A 19th century oil painting on canvas representing a rocky island, coastline and sailing boats.
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Late 19th Century Romantic Antique Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Canvas

Ceramic Inkwell, Late 19th Century, Sweden
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Fantastic ceramic inkwell, with what seems to be a pottery oven in the midst of two naivistic lions. You lift of the top lid to place pens and lift up the two lions heads for ink. Co...
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1870s Folk Art Antique Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Swedish Topographic School Map of European Alps, Made in Sweden 1922
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Swedish Topographic School map of European Alps, Made in Sweden 1922 This vintage Swedish school map is so unique and a great example of why t...
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1920s Vintage Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Linen, Wood, Paper

Chaplin Burlesque on Carmen Original Linocut Movie Poster, Swedish, 1920
Located in Devon, GB
An extremely rare early linocut poster for the first Swedish release of Charlie Chaplin's 1915 comedy short 'Burlesque on Carmen,’ his thirteenth film for Essanay Studios. A parody of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1915 ‘Carmen’ starring Geraldine Farrar and the near simultaneous release of William Fox’s ‘Carmen’ starring Theda Bara...
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1920s Art Deco Vintage Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Linen, Paper

Antique Print of the Interior of Lund Cathedral by Sandberg, c.1864
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Choret I Lunds Domkyrka'. View of the interior of Lund Cathedral (Swedish: Lunds domkyrka), a cathedral of the Lutheran Church of Sweden in Lund, Scania, Sweden...
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19th Century Antique Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Scandinavian Modern Silver Brooch and Screw Back Earrings, Victor Jansson -1964
Located in Örebro, SE
Beautiful Scandinavian Modern silver brooch and screw back earrings by Victor Jansson, Sweden -1964. Signed with makers mark. Measurements brooch:...
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1960s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Scandinavian Modern Necklace by KE Palmberg for Alton ca 1960 s
By Alton
Located in Örebro, SE
Cool scandinavian modern necklace by KE Palmberg for Alton ca 1960's. Good vintage condition, wear and patina consistent with age and use. Measurements: length ca 48 cm, width 6,8 cm...
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1960s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Early 20th Century Swedish Burled Birch Wood and Mahogany Tobacco Box
Located in Middleburg, VA
A little poem in wood, this early 20th-century Swedish tobacco box is a quiet testament to the beauty of everyday ritual. Hand-turned from golden-hued burled birch, its surface is al...
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Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal, Brass

Unusual Fish-Shaped Burl Wood Snuffbox, Sweden 1871
Located in Milan, IT
Scandinavian ink decorated treen wood fish shaped snuff box. The fishtail becomes a bird’s head with an open beak. This Scandinavian snuff box was made during the mid to late 19th ce...
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Late 19th Century Antique Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

A Large Swedish 18th C. Tole Swag Architectural Element Mounted on Metal Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish 18th century large tole architectural swag mounted on an iron stand. This antique swag came from a building in Sweden. This unique piece consists of a rich foliage motif that appears to be draping on its stand. The general color of this unique piece is a moss-green tone. With its classical elegance, this 18th century Swedish architectural...
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18th Century Neoclassical Antique Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal, Tôle

Set of Four Swedish Architectural Design Etchings in Karl Johan Period Frames
Located in Atlanta, GA
A collection of four Swedish architectural design etchings in period Karl Johan frames from the 19th century. This antique set of framed wall art f...
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19th Century Karl Johan Antique Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Paper

1950s Husqvarna Brand Iron Grinder with Swiss Table Anchor
Located in Marbella, ES
1950s Iron Grinder with Swiss Table Anchor Husqvarna Brand
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Globe Table Terrestrial Swedish
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A Swedish 12 inch terrestrial globe, circa 1900. Measure: height 59cm Just purchased more information to follow.
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1890s Baroque Revival Antique Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Vintage Swedish School Map of Vastergötland, Made in Sweden 1920
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Swedish School Map of Vastergötland, Made in Sweden 1920 Västergötland also known as West Gothland or the Latinized version Westrogothia in older literature, is one of the...
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1920s Vintage Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Linen, Wood, Paper

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