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Solid Brass Ships Throttle on Stand
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ships throttle on stand. Highly polished and lacquered. Twin handle design. Weighs 92 pounds. Height is 39 by 8 by 9. Mounted to a 17 inch sq...
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Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Solid Brass Porthole from a Yacht
Located in Norwell, MA
Highly polished boat porthole with hinged door with two latches. Great nautical relic. Clear glass. Weight: 14 LBS Overall Dimensions: 2” H x 21” L x ...
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North American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Framed Nautical Flag by Dettra
Located in Norwell, MA
Linen maritime flag with sturdy canvas hoist and stitched panels of yellow and blue. The hoist is stamped Dettra Flag Company Incorporated. This is a US N...
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North American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Linen

Folk Art, Hand Executed Modernist, Art Deco Airplane /Trinket Box
Located in Buffalo, NY
Folk Art, hand executed modernist, Art deco Airplane sculpture with hand built and painted trinket box.
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American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Located in London, GB
Original British trade advertisement for the 1949 Comedy, Horror Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff. The film was directed by Char...
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British Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Fishing Trawler Blueprint
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships blueprint for a 127 foot Booth Fisheries fishing trawler the legend plate reads Gielow Incorporated, Naval Architects and Engineers, New York. Mar...
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North American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Crossfire Original US Lobby Card
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card for the 1947 film noir directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Robert Young, Robert Mitchum. This lobby card is also signed by Robert...
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American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

"Bluebeard / Barbe-Bleue" Belgian Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Belgian movie poster for Bluebeard 1944 staring John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther and directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. The film did not...
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Belgian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

"Cry of the City" Original American Lobby Cards
Located in London, GB
Original American set of eight lobby cards for Robert Siodmak's 1948 film Noir staring Victor Mature, Richard Conte.
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American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

French Bronze À La Gloire des Phoques Brooch Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A bespoken bronze brooch by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1946 named "À La Gloire des Phoques" (The glory of the seals). This bronze brooch features a se...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

British Royal Navy Ship’s Binnacle Compass
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ship’s compass on gimbal mounted into a brass binnacle housing. The nameplate reads pattern 0183, and serial number 14313-B. The compass car...
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European Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Brass Yacht Lantern with Fresnel Lens
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass marine lantern with Fresnel glass lens. Protective brass cage. This lantern has been meticulously polished and lacquered. It has been...
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North American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Copper and Brass Fresh Air Diver s Pump with Wood Handle
Located in Norwell, MA
Diver's pump for shallow water use which feeds air to the diver's helmet. Highly polished and lacquered, with wood handled plunger. Handles have been sanded and varnished. Great divi...
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American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Copper

Five French Dried, Pressed and Framed Botanical Specimens
Located in New York, NY
A set of dried, pressed and framed botanical specimens, plants and flowers with botanical descriptions Calligraphed in Latin and French. These old pieces are elegantly floated in off...
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Belgian Rustic Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Aluminum Ships Porthole Table
Located in Norwell, MA
Highly polished ships porthole repurposed into a table. The polished porthole has a hinged door with bolts, and a lower shelf in the style of a ship's gr...
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Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Aluminum

A Five Volume Bible Set in Miniature Carved Olivewood Bindings Israel C. 1940
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite five-volume miniature Bible set is a remarkable and rare artifact, handcrafted in pre-1948 Israel. Encased in beautifully hand-carved olivew...
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Israeli Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Olive, Paper

Highest Quality Engine Order Telegraph by Bendix
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ships engine order telegraph by Bendix of Brooklyn New York. This bridge telegraph has been meticulously polished and lacquered. This one also has brass face plates which...
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American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Sioux Child s Moccasins
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
Sioux child's moccasins. 5 1/2" brain tanned elk. Classic Sioux buffalo hoof design with yellow crosses with red faceted beads and commercial tanned elk hide. Period: circa 1940. Or...
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American Native American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Other

Solid Brass Ships Porthole Table, Very Large
Located in Norwell, MA
Large solid brass ships porthole table. This porthole has been highly polished and lacquered to a very high finish. Mounted to a high table with lower shelf with a ships grating shel...
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Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Set of Vintage Snowshoes, 1943
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Vintage pair of snow shoes. Manufatured in 1943 by Snowcraft Inc. in Norway, Maine, US.  
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Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Hardwood

Le Corbusier P. Jeanneret 1934-1938 by Max Bill 1947 edition
Located in CA, CA
Published by Les Editions d’Architecture Erlenbac Zurich this is the third edition of the 1939 original – but the design was not changed. Condition very good/ dust jacket very good ...
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Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Large Steamship Funnel
Located in Norwell, MA
Incredibly decorative and huge ships ventilator funnel. Painted white with red interior. Also has a red steel screen. Fitted with three handles. Weight: 140 lbs Overall Dimension...
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North American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

Comptoir Canoë Canadien Et Méthacrylate
Located in SAINT-SEVER, FR
Sur la base d'un piètement d'atelier industriel en fonte, monté sur roulette, repose solidement un canoë canadien, distribue par Manufacture Saint-Etienne dans les années 1940. Le canoë est recouvert d'un épais plateau en méthacrylate formant un comptoir, un mange debout...
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French Sporting Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Fruitwood

Ships Telegraph from Spanish Sub Chaser “Temerario”
Located in Norwell, MA
Spanish ships engine order telegraph. With commands in Spanish, commands include toda, media, despacio, para, etc. With info on what ship it was from. Qua...
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European Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

Solid Brass Ships Porthole Mounted to a Table
Located in Norwell, MA
Very nice solid brass ships porthole that has been meticulously polished and lacquered and mounted to a counter height table. This table is suitab...
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Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Sir John Franklin Ship Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Painted ship lantern painted with ship name Sir John Franklin. Overall dimensions: 18"H x 14. Weight is 7 pounds.
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Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Solid Brass Yacht Cabin Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Brass ships lantern with polished and lacquered finish. Rewired with socket for home use. Hinged door and carry handle. Shipboard mounting bracket on box. Measures: 12" H x 8" H x 6"...
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Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Solid Brass Ships Porthole Mounted To A Mahogany Table Base
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass boat porthole that has been meticulously polished and lacquered, then mounted to a custom mahogany table stand. Oval glass. Weight is...
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Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Japanese Ships Engine Order Telegraph
Located in Norwell, MA
Japanese ships telegraph. Unit has been stripped of paint and polished. Aluminum head with brass handle. 43 pounds. 40 tall by 8 by 9. Mounted to a wood...
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Japanese Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

Fabulous Solid Brass Ships Porthole Table
Located in Norwell, MA
Fabulous solid brass ships porthole table with a highly polished and lacquered finish. Completely restored relic that has been fitted to a mahogany table that is 39 inches tall, perf...
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Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Mexican Modern Sterling Silver Brooch William Spratling
Located in Atlanta, GA
A modernistic sterling silver brooch by William Spratling from the first period 1940-1944. Made in his studio in Taxco, Mexico. The brooch feature...
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Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Yacht Throttle Control by Kimball of Detroit
Located in Norwell, MA
Rarely found highly polished pedestal mounted yacht throttle. Engraved Kimball Control No. 814 Detroit MI. Nice size, great old relic from a one hundred foot private yacht. Overal...
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American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Vintage Leather Gymnast Mat, c. 1940
Located in Napa, CA
1940's gymnast mat. Leather top with saw horse legs. Some green paint which has transfered to one edge of the mat. Solid construction saw horse legs. Th...
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German Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Wood

A Keren Hayeshuv Charity Container, Israel Circa 1940
Located in New York, NY
A Keren Hayeshuv charity container from Israel circa 1940 is an artifact tied to the early years of the State of Israel and its efforts to support Jewish settlement and development. Keren Hayeshuv, which translates to "The Settlement Fund," was an organization established in Israel during the pre-statehood period and continued its activities after the establishment...
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Israeli Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Tin

Murano, 1940, Italian
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'V...
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Italian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Murano Glass

Mother s Day Flowers
Located in Seattle, WA
Sweet vintage trembler pin butterfly and flowers "tremble". A very happy little treasure.
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Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

New Parade Castle Film News, 1943
Located in Roma, IT
New Parade Castle Film News of 1943. 18 mm complete edition. Original slipcase. Good conditions.
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European Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Detailed Owner’s Model or Shipyard Model of a Double Ended Harbour Launch
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A detailed owner’s model or shipyard model of a double ended harbour launch, painted pale blue, the coach house with eight portholes, fitted with port and starboard lights...
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English Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Post World War II South African Hebrew Inscribed Metal School Supply Box
Located in New York, NY
Metal school supply box sent by the South Africa Jewish Wars Appeal to the Wels displaced persons (DP) camp in Austria, 1947. Painted blue and white with th...
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South African Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Carved and Painted Children s Toy Skittle Game Set from England, circa 1940
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Four sets of skittle pins painted to look like toy soldiers from 1940s England. The bright, cheery colors and elegant carving make these an especially char...
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English Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Mid-Century Coro Creeper Earrings
By Coro Costume Jewelry
Located in Asheville, NC
Ice blue rhinestones delicately climb the ear on these fabulous mid century Coro creeper earrings. A luminescent silver tone strand ties this leafy bo...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Montague J Dawson, ‘Valetta Harbour’
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Montague J Dawson (1895-1973), ‘Valetta Harbour’, oil on board, painted in a grisaille palette with a British Hunt Class Type II destroyer in Valetta Harbour, Malta, signed ‘Montague Dawson’, English, 1940. Footnote: Montague Dawson RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) was born in West London, in Chiswick in 1895, Montague Dawson was the grandson of Victorian landscape painter Henry Dawson. He studied under the seascape artist Charles Napier Hemy...
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English Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paint

Solid Brass Ships Porthole Repurposed as a Bistro Height Table
Located in Norwell, MA
Authentic solid brass ships porthole that has been meticulously polished and lacquered, then fitted to a bistro height table. Table has four tapered legs and lower shelf in the form of a ship's grating. Maritime furniture...
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Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Solid Brass Ships Porthole Made into a Table
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships porthole that has been meticulously polished and lacquered, then mounted into a mahogany table stand. Weight is 33 pounds.Measures: Diameter of table is 24 inches. Height is 19...
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Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Adlake 55 Railway Non Sweating Signal Lamp. Ideal for Cafe decoration
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Adlake 55 Railway Non Sweating Signal Lamp. Ideal for decoration in a restaurant or cafe on a Railway or industrial theme The lamp has a single bulls eye window, no burner, it o...
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Industrial Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Rare WWII Italian Prisoner of War Work Model of Italian Cruiser Zara
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Rare WWII Italian Prisoner of war work model of Italian heavy cruiser 'Zara' with finely detailed superstructure and armament in a cedar and pine glazed c...
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English Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

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