Decorative Antiques & Art & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Great 1920's vintage painted cast iron elephant mechanical cigarette dispenser, Type IV without base or tray. The elephant, trunk raised in a walking stride, features a hinged-lid as the base of the seat and the interior of the seat is the...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1900 Roycroft Arts & Crafts hammered copper industrial cigarette ashtray, nicely maker marked. The lovely ashtray is square and has a shaped rest for a cigarette. VINTAGE: Circa 1900 SIZE: Approximately 2 ¾" x 2...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1961 famous baseball commississary company cafeteria plate of the Harry M. Stevens Incorporated. An early Stevens is believed to have invented the hot dog. The round plate was made by Shenango China in Newcastle, Pennsylvania and features...

ARTIFACT: Rare circa 1910 Boston & Maine Railroad china dinner platter by Maddock China, Leominster, New Jersey (Trenton). The platter is oval shaped and reads: "BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD" along the top. The mark on the underside of the platter...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1900 Boston & Maine Railroad glass globe, embossed with the letters: B & M. R.R. VINTAGE: Circa 1900 SIZE: 5-1/2" tall - top diameter is 2-1/2" and the bottom is 3-1/2". CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Embossed glass...

ARTIFACT: Rare, early 1910's folk-art souvenir from High Bridge railroad bridge which crosses the Kentucky River Palisades in Jessamine County. Initial construction on the High Bridge began in the 1850's for the Lexington/Danville Railroad as a...

ARTIFACT: Fantastic 1928 Meredith, New Hampshire Winter Carnival hand-colored broadside advertising the event to be held "FEBRUARY 3 . 5". The central theme depicts a dog sled and a landscape of mountains in the background, above in black and yellow it...

ARTIFACT: This is a framed circa 1900 print accompanied by the poem "June" by James Whitcomb Riley, an author known as the "Hoosier Poet". The poem is written in dialect, and extols the intoxicating virtues of a June day. The facing print is in earth...

ARTIFACT: Best...Little...Boy...Fishing...Image...Ever! This wonderful Late 20's - early 30's Depression era hand-colored photograph of a young boy with his first big catch is the best ever: the pose and layout are fantastic, great size, and the hand...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1894 Abraham Lincoln lithograph of the painting by Cyrus Cobb. Published by the Taber Prong Art Company of Springfield, Massachusetts. Some light foxing to print, does not detract. Original period matte. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a small bowl from Eastern Steamship Lines. VINTAGE: Circa . SIZE: About 5-3/4" in width by 4-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Painted Porcelain. ATTACHMENT: None. MARKINGS: MAYER CHINA EST. 1881 MARINE PATTERN 18. ITEM...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 demitasse in fine china with gold leaf decoration for the "Aloha" yacht of the Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead, Massachusetts. The cup shows the yacht club's burgee is crossing staffs with the owner's private...