Historical movie movie theater lamp sconces with an stylish art deco art nouveau French design period. They are made from a heavy cast metal. They were salvaged from old local movie house. Traditional finish, stylish functionality. The timeless appearance of our Vintage
Wall Sconces enhance the charm of your walls.
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1900 DECOY DUCK CANVASBACK DRAKE SAM BARNES HAVRE DE GRACE MACKEY COLLECTION
MUSEUM QUALITY
Wood Decoy from 1900, from the Wm J Mackey Jr. Collection, has original stamp and tag. It is Canvasback drake by Sam Barnes Havre De Grace MD. He is 16 1/4″ has all original paint. this is an exceptional decoy and museum quality! Wood decoys first started in early 1800’s. Ever since Joel Barber, the first known decoy collector, started in 1918, decoys have become increasingly viewed as an important form of North American folk art.
VINTAGE ANTIQUE MARITIME STAR PATHFINDER COMPASS
FINDING YOUR WAY
vintage antique star Pathfinder compass #56350. It is all solid bronze brass and heavy 6″ wide and works great.
The magnetic compass was first invented as a device for divination early as the Chinese Han Dynasty (since about 206 BC), and usage recorded in Western Europe between 1187 and 1202. A rudimentary working model of a liquid compass was introduced by Sir Edmund Halley at a meeting of the Royal Society in 1690.
VINTAGE 1800’S BRASS SCIENCE MICROSCOPE
This is a wonderful original 1800’s all brass microscope. Measures 13″, there are no manufactor’s markings on the item. The microscope date backs to the 1600’s and some even claim earlier 1200;s
The first detailed account of the interior construction of living tissue based on the use of a microscope did not appear until 1644, in Giambattista Odierna’s L’occhio della mosca, or The Fly’s Eye
VINTAGE ANTIQUE SKELTON KEY COLLECTION
KEYS TO SUCESS
This is a wonderful lot of vintage antique keys. They are from 1800’s and early 1900’s. they are used for furniture, locks and doors. The term skeleton key is also often used to describe lever lock keys. This usage perhaps stems from such keys’ resemblance to a skeletal, with the circle at top circumscribing the triangle at one-third the vertical length, resembling a stylized skull
600 year OLD ORIGINAL ANCIENT INDIAN STONE AXE WEAPON AZ-CA
600 year original ancient very old Indian stone axe weapon from CA or AZ region. This is a 5″ x 2 1/2″ all Indian made . This came from estate of professor of archeology and history. Although stone axes had been used as tools and ritual objects by Native Americans for millennia, the axe did not become popular as a weapon until after Europeans had introduced iron and steel to native tribes. The word “tomahawk”– which is now synonymous with Indian-style fighting hatchets– originally referred to a war club in the Powhatan language. Once steel became available, however, axes with metal heads eclipsed the more old-fashioned war clubs as the Native American melee weapon of choice, and the word “tomahawk” began to be widely used to refer to this style of weapon.
1900 GREEN CRACKLE ART GLASS VASE
This is a stunning early 1900’s American crackle art glass13″vase. Has deep green emerald color. The history of crackle glass date backs to the 16th century. American makers start early 1900’s to present day. One of the primary reasons for creating crackle glass was to hide imperfections. A piece of glass that revealed lines or swirls through it was known as “corded.” The glass was then crackled to cover up the imperfection instead of being disposed.
VINTAGE ORIGINAL 1930’S MICKEY MOUSE FILMS OLYMPIC GAMES & LITTLE EVA
Mickey Mouse film from the early 1930’s This is great shape. Mickey Mouse was born 1928. His first film was Steamboat Willie. Walt Disney was the heart if Mickey Mouse. My father was one of the biggest Disney, Mickey Mosue collectors of all time. He was a Disney artist and toy maker. He had museum in Japan and New Zealand. I lived this life. Going to the sudios as a young child exploring the Tunnels at Disneyland, see in the Spacemoutain being contructed from inside. etc,
VINTAGE GERMAN BISQUE PORCELAIN FASHION ART DECO BUST DOLL
Vintage 1920’s German porcelain bust doll. She has original purple dress and is total 8″ with dress on. These fashion dolls were more used as vanity display for the ladies stick pins and jewelry. The kids would play with them and many were used as toys during the depression era.
VINTAGE 1920’S ANTIQUE LARGE STUFFED MOHAIR TEDDY BEAR 24″
This is a wonderful vintage original 1920’s large 24″ fully jointed mohair teddy bear. He has glass eyes, he is worn and loved has bottom paw torn.
The teddy bear is soft toy in form of a bear. Developed apparently simultaneously by toymakers Morris Michtom in the US and Richard Steiff in Germany in the early years of the 20th century, and named after President Teddy Roosevelt after one of his great hunting trips. The teddy bear became an iconic children’s toy, celebrated in story, song and film. Since the creation of the first teddy bears which sought to imitate the form of real bear cubs, “teddies” have greatly varied in form, style and material, older one straw stuffed. The older and rarer “teddies” appearing at public auctions. Teddy bears are among the most popular gifts for children and are often given to adults to signify love, congratulations or sympathy.
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