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Item Ships From: Canada
Vintage Unique Folk Art Made Metal and Cold-Painted Colonial Canon Model
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Folk Art constructed model canon was made in Canada by a retired millwright in 1984 in the British Colonial style. This model canon loosely resembles...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian British Colonial Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Large Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Metal Cross
Chain Wall Hanging or Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large and substantial Mid-Century Modern handcrafted metal cross and chain was made by Talleres Monasticos of Cuerravaca Mexico in approximate...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Brutalist Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Folk Art Wooden Hand Carved and Painted WW2 Lancaster Bomber Model Airplane
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This handcrafted Folk Art model of a Lancaster Bomber is signed on the base, but the artist could not be identified so is posted as Unknown. This wooden airplane model...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Folk Art Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Softwood
17th Century Nicolas Visscher Map of Southeastern Europe
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
A beautiful, highly detailed map of southeastern Europe by Nicolas Visscher. Includes regions of Northern Italy (showing the cities Bologna, Padua, and Venice), Bohemia, Austria (sho...
Category
17th Century Dutch Antique Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,350 Sale Price
38% Off
Mid-Century Modern British Ilford Selo Photography Film Store Display
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This store display was made for the English film manufacturer, Ilford to advertise their Selo film line during the 1960s in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The frame of the disp...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Negretti and Zambra Aneroid Barometer, 19th Century
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century Negretti & Zambra aneroid barometer.
Large English oak, Gothic style barometer.
Free shipping within the United States and Canada.
Category
19th Century Great Britain (UK) Gothic Antique Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
$1,995 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century, Irish Marine Botany Specimens Made for the Niagara Falls Museum
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century Irish Marine Botany Specimens made for Thomas Barnett of the Niagara Falls Museum. Seaweed samples were collected off the West Coast of Ireland in 1871 by Mrs. Maria J.W. Kirkwood and presented to Thomas Barnett Esquire, proprietor of the Niagara Falls Museum. These come as two separately framed pieces with hand embroidered lettering surrounded by seaweed and a poem written by Victoria Hall.
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The Niagara Falls Museum was a museum most notable for being the oldest Canadian museum (1827), as well as for having housed the mummy of Ramesses I for 140 years before its return to Egypt in 2003. It was founded by Thomas Barnett of Birmingham, England and underwent a few vocational changes in its history.
More on Thomas Barnett and the Niagara Falls Museum.
Thomas Barnett was born on December the 4th, 1799 near Birmingham, England. He moved to Canada in the early 1820s and opened the Niagara Falls Museum in 1827 at the base of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls. Barnett had a passion for collecting oddities. He retrofitted a former brewery house to exhibit his private collection. Although Barnett was aware of the collection patterns of his North American contemporaries, his own approach bore an uncanny similarity to the British tradition, such as the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, the first traditional museum in Britain.
The Niagara Falls Museum had humble beginnings. In 1827, the first museum contained Thomas Barnett's own cabinet of taxidermic curiosities. Although the details were not documented, the collection was likely composed of a number of mounted animals of local origin, combined with a smattering of Native American artifacts. Barnett's collection however rapidly grew. Prior to 1844, an account of the museum's contents stated that there were over 5000 items, including bipeds, quadrupeds, birds, fish, insects, reptiles, shells, minerals, and Native American curiosities. Through the first fifty years of its existence, the Niagara Falls Museum continued to acquire similar artifacts through the diligent efforts of the Barnett family and their associates.
In 1854, Sydney Barnett (son of Thomas Barnett) made the first of his three trips to Egypt (two by himself and one with Dr. J. Douglas of Montreal) and purchased four mummies as well as a host of other Egyptian antiquities. In 1857, mastodon remains were discovered in St. Thomas, Ontario and later placed in the museum. In 1859 an inventory of the museum's contents included, in addition to the previously mentioned artifacts, an egg collection...
Category
19th Century Antique Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
$3,250 Sale Price / set
27% Off
Early 19th Century Hand Colored Map of the United States and Caribbean Islands
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Hand coloured early 19th century map by Giraldon of France titled "Etats Unis et Grandes Antilles" (United States and Greater Antilles).
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$595 Sale Price
40% Off
14-Karat Gold and Amethyst Ladies Necklace Pendant
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
14-karat gold and amethyst ladies necklace pendant.
Ladies rose gold and emerald cut amethyst pendant on handmade decorative gallery setting. Ameth...
Category
20th Century Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
"Dr. John Bodkin Adams "Blanket, the U.K.
s Notorious Serial Killer
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Blanket Owned by the U.K.'s Notorious "Dr. John Bodkin Adams."
Free shipping within the United States and Canada.
Look him up under "creep factor def con four” certainly not in the spirit of good taste but more in the spirit of a commitment to bring to the table the unique by definition items that for whatever reason ignite the senses, we present to you. A blanket that once called the seat of Dr. John Bodkin Adams’s Rolls Royce home. Who is Dr. John? None other than Britain’s second most notorious serial killer...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Antique English Wood
Brass Dresser Top Pocket Watch Stand
Vide Poche
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large wooden dresser top pocket watch stand and vide poche is unmarked, but believed to have been made in England in approximately 1890 in th...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
14-Karat Yellow Gold with Agate
Claw Set Citrine Quartz Brooch or Pendant
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Presumed to be a Victorian brooch with a contemporary assay mark, this artisan made 14- karat yellow gold disc shaped pendant pin is heavily engraved and combined with an agate surro...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
VISIONAIRE 51: Harmony
By Visionaire
Located in Kleinburg, ON
Limited edition.
From the Visionaire website:
51 HARMONY, sponsored by Lexus, celebrates the launch of their first hybrid car. HARMONY consists of six oversize (nearly 3' x 3'), do...
Category
Early 2000s American Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$80 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Louis XVI Style Giltwood Thermometer/ Barometer
Located in Montreal, QC
The Louis XVI style giltwood case with ribboned crest flanked by trailing garlands above the wood cased painted wheel barometer
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood, Glass
VISIONAIRE 25: Visionary 25th Anniversary (1379/5000)
By Visionaire
Located in Kleinburg, ON
From the Visionaire website:
When we hit the landmark 25 VISIONARY, we seized the opportunity to make an anniversary issue of greatest hits: brand-new work by some of our all-time f...
Category
1990s American Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$80 Sale Price
20% Off
VISIONAIRE 23: The Emperor
s New Clothes by Karl Lagerfeld (2247/5000) (wrapped)
By Karl Lagerfeld, Visionaire
Located in Kleinburg, ON
From the Visionaire website:
23 THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES is our nude issue. Setting fashion aside but keeping style intact, fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld picked up his camera for...
Category
1990s American Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Wood
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Louis XVI Giltwood Wall Barometer
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A beautifully carved and giltwood 18th century Louis XVI wall barometer having its original mercury tube and mechanism but presently with the mercury missing.
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
Fulvio Bianconi - Designi di BIANCONI
By Fulvio Bianconi, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Vancouver, BC
Extremely uncommon Fulvio Bianconi
Milan, circa 1959. Small folio, cloth with jacket, 72pp. one of 500 copies, signed by Bianconi with an additional inscription initiated by Bianco...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
VISIONAIRE 31: Blue by Levi Straus (book only)
By Visionaire
Located in Kleinburg, ON
From the Visionaire website:
31 BLUE fulfills two dreams: to make an issue of large-format, poster-size images and to sew the issue into a custom-made garment, in this case, a limit...
Category
Early 2000s American Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic, Paper
$60 Sale Price
20% Off
VISIONAIRE 40: Roses by David Sims (1202/3000)
By Visionaire
Located in Kleinburg, ON
Limited edition, numbered 1202 of 3000 copies.
From the Visionaire website:
In 40 ROSES, David Sims shares a deeply personal body of work in which he returned to the primary school...
Category
Early 2000s American Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
$112 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Large Pair of Signed 19th Century Relief Portrait Busts of Wellington
Napoleon
By Nathaniel Palmer
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome and impressive pair of relief portrait busts in copper depicting portrait busts of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) on the left, and Napoleon Bona...
Category
1830s English William IV Antique Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
A 19th Century Spanish Colonial Santos Depicting The Virgin of the Apocalypse
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The naive, hand carved wood figure of The Holy Mother vanquishing the Apocalyptic Beast, showing the Holy Virgin standing over the Beast (Satan), pinning it down with her left foot o...
Category
19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paint, Gesso
Visionaire Magazine NO. 6: THE SEA (SUMMER 1992)
By Visionaire
Located in Vancouver, BC
Designed and printed by Stephen Gan, James Kaliardos & Cecilia Dean
FIRST EDITION -- 1/1500
THE SEA was inspired by ancient Oriental watercolor books, Egyptian manuscripts, and chil...
Category
1990s American Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Antique Solid Brass Library Telescope by Broadhurst, Clarkson and Co
Located in Montreal, QC
Large Antique Solid Brass Library Telescope by Broadhurst, Clarkson and Co
Marked: '' 63 Farringdon Rd London EC. Broadhurst, Clarkson and Co''
Category
1910s British Vintage Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Rare Low Walnut Italian Baroque Period Cellist Lectern
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare Low Walnut Italian Baroque Period Cellist lectern.
Category
1750s Italian Baroque Antique Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Erie County New York Judges
Police Conference Portable Lecturn or Podium
Bag
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
The maker of this lecturn is unknown, but presumed to have originated from the United States and date to approximately 1965. The podium is composed of pine boards and playwood with h...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
Antique Late Victorian English Sterling Silver
Garnet Brooch
Bracelet Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique brooch and bracelet set is signed by an unknown maker, and originated from England and dates to approximately 1900 and done in the period Late Victorian style. The set i...
Category
Early 20th Century English Late Victorian Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Signed Antique Repouse Metal Wall Plaques of Noble or Historical Men
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique wall plaques are possibly signed by an unknown artist, or identify the respective individuals in both, and are presumed to ori...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
VISIONAIRE 22: Chic by Mario Testino (shrink wrapped)
By Visionaire, Mario Testino
Located in Kleinburg, ON
From the Visionaire website:
22 CHIC marks our second collaboration with a guest editor, this time Mario Testino. Together we assembled a scrapbook of chic based on Testino’s idea t...
Category
1990s American Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$384 Sale Price
20% Off
VISIONAIRE 29: Woman (3494/6000)
By Visionaire, Mario Testino
Located in Kleinburg, ON
From the Visionaire website:
In 29 WOMAN we explore the multifaceted nature of woman – as model, Madonna, muse, and more. Highlights include the eight-part black-and-white series by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin and Brana Wolf, which features supermodels in the nude, save for a Louis Vuitton...
Category
1990s American Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Plastic
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
14K Gold Lady
s Floral Design Brooch/Pendant with Cut 7 Rubies and 6 Diamonds
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Stamped 14KT yellow gold ladies hand assembled brooch with a bright polish and textured finish in very good condition with a leafy floral design. Centre of the brooch is set with ro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Lady
s Diamond and White Gold Three-Piece Engagement Ring Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Lady's vintage 14-carat white gold engagement three-piece ring set with one round brilliant cut diamond in four claw setting and two triangle brilliant cut diamonds on the shoulders ...
Category
20th Century Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Diamond, White Gold
VISIONAIRE 41: GAP World (2137/4000)
By Visionaire
Located in Kleinburg, ON
Limited edition, numbered 2137 of 4000 copies.
From the Visionaire website:
41 WORLD, sponsored by Gap, began with a simple chain letter and a brief that asked everyone — anyone, i...
Category
Early 2000s American Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$160 Sale Price / item
20% Off
VISIONAIRE 42: Scent (0981/4000) (shrink wrapped)
By Visionaire
Located in Kleinburg, ON
Limited edition, numbered 0981 of 4000 copies.
From the Visionaire website:
In 42 SCENT, Visionaire deconstructs the elements of scent, pairing twenty-one experimental perfumes — p...
Category
Early 2000s American Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Glass
$140 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Antique English Rocking Horse
Located in Calgary, Alberta
Charming 19th-century English rocking horse of provincial construction, crafted in pine with original black-painted rockers. The stylised form fe...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
VISIONAIRE 43: Dreams (1421/1500) (shrink wrapped)
By Visionaire
Located in Kleinburg, ON
Limited edition, numbered 1421 of 1500 copies.
From the Visionaire website:
43 DREAMS uses no ink. Images are rendered via a high-tech laser-cutting process in which artworks (by S...
Category
Early 2000s American Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$560 Sale Price / item
20% Off
VISIONAIRE 12: Desire (1638/2000)
By Visionaire
Located in Kleinburg, ON
From the Visionaire website:
12 DESIRE is our collaboration with DIFFA, Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. The art dealer Paul Morris helped us gather all the original artw...
Category
1990s American Canada - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$296 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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