Filter Collection (1900-1940s)

These items are no longer available for sale, but represent examples of inventory previously sold by Sturgis Antiques.
There are 537 total records.
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Circa 1930's Plaster Wall Plaque of Chinese Opium Drug Trade Throughout The World

Every know and then a piece comes in that is a baffle and wonder to me. When these pieces come in, I rely on the [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$325.00
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Circa 1930's Painted Plaster Wall Hanging Nude Woman Clinging to Rock Rock of Ages

A variation of the Rock of Ages image, circa 1930's.

Rock of ages theme was one of sheltering from the storm and salvation.
The woman/ [...]
Period
1900-1940s
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Bernard Brussel-Smith City Scene II Wood Cut Numbered 94/100 Pencil Signed

Title: City Scene II
Artist: Bernard Brussel-Smith
Medium: Wood Cut
Year: 1949
Edition: 94/100
Size: Image size 6 9/16 x 4 3/4 inches (167 x 121 mm); sheet size 11 1/2 [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$375.00
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A Very Rare Set 32 English Pressing of Have You Met Bill Jones? Lithograph Cards

Have you Met Bill Jones? 1930’s Motivational Cards Propaganda Parker Holladay Co. Color Lithographs
32 cards in the this collection, not complete but some of the [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$325.00
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Carter The Great Condemned to Death for Witchcraft, Cheats the Gallows Otis Lithograph Co. 1920's

Large color stone lithograph poster, in 4 sheets, laid down on linen.
A spectacular color poster for Carter the Great (1874 -1936). Carter the Great (Charles Joseph [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$1,100.00
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Paul Landacre Wood Cut Signed Pencil and In the Plate African Harp II C. 1955 VERY RARE

A Very Rare Paul Landacre (American, 1893-1963) Pencil Signed African Harp II (design for greeting card). This is one of the three signed known editions. [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$600.00
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Paul Landacre Greeting Card "Cello" Wood Cut Signed in Plate and Pencil Signed WPA Artist

Very Rare Paul Landacre (American, 1893-1963) Wood Cut and this being number two in the Catalogue Raisonne for this Greeting Card titled "Cello" (Wein)
Wein [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$600.00
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Nickle 5 Cent Horoscope Scale Art Deco Amusement American Scale MFG Washington DC

** NEW PRICE **

These Amusement and Carnival horoscope scales were used in most amusement parks but this one was used in a old Baltimore Pharmacy.

This [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$375.00
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Antique Porcelain Pill Tile Circa 1900

Antique Pile Tile
These tiles were used to roll the compound medicine out and cut into the pills.


Size: 12" x 12"
Condition: Fine, no chips, slight [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$95.00
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Rare Antique Norris Master Fantail Star Door 1 & 5 Cent Machine Original Mint Green Base

Antique Norris Master Fantail Star Door Gumball or Peanut Vendor Dispenser Machine
The hard find 1 & 5 cent machine, these fantail are one of the harder to [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$850.00
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Henry Troemner Antique Pharmacy Scale Marble Top and Bubble Balance Circa 1920's

Henry Troemner scale, used in a local Baltimore Pharmacy. The Scale appears to be from circa 1920's.

These older scales were used at the end [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$99.00
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Signed American League Baseball 1955 Baltimore Orioles Rare Private Estate

24 signed baseball of the 1955 Baltimore Orioles
The ball is an original American League Ball with Stamped William Harridge, Presendent of the American League at the [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$295.00
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Large Antique Leather Doctor's Bag with Catgut Sutures and Gauze Rolls

Antique Leather Doctor's bag with Catgut Sutures and gauze rolls.

Wow a doctor's bag that I have not seen as much of in the past [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$170.00
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Dice Game Gambling Pocket Watch German, ca. 1920 Working

Dice Game Gambling Pocket Watch German, ca. 1920

Rare and this one is working!.


Three dice spin when you push down on the side lever.
Marked [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$125.00
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Early Painting By Robert Barrell Signed and Dated 1933 Art Deco Harlequin and Flapper

Robert Barrell (American, 1912–1995) early Art Deco work on paper.

Noted figure in the Indian Space Painting art movement, circa 1940's-1950's.

The Oxford Dictionary of [...]
Period
1900-1940s
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Signed and Dated Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Letter About The Murderer Oscar Slater Case August 1912

From an open source on the Internet:
"Oscar Joseph Slater (8 January 1872 – 31 January 1948) was a victim of Scottish miscarriage of justice. He was born Oscar Leschziner [...]
Period
1900-1940s
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9 Chinese Early 1900's Ink Cakes in Original Box Each Tile Decorated

9 Chinese Ink Cakes in Original Box circa 1900

Each tile decorated with images.
This set is nice with a array of colors for painting.
Displayed in [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$100.00
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Large Tramp Art Pedestal Display Cabinet Painted Crate Wood 41 Inches Tall

I have considered myself lucky to have found this amazing 41" tall Tramp Art Display Cabinet. The estate called this his "hamster cabinet".

The base has [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$1,295.00
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1921 Bristol-Myers Squibb The Priceless Ingredients Orignal Pharmacy Advertising

"The Priceless Ingredients" the campaign slogan the Bristol-Myers Squibb used in 1921.
These posters were given to drug stores and compounding pharmacist.
The Orientalist influence of [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$240.00
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Early 1900's Reverse Painted Pharmacy Glass Sign Prescription

Reverse painted Glass sign from a Baltimore Pharmacy, The Medical Arts Building
Circa early 1900's
A hanging prescription sign

Size: 7" x 17"
Condition: small chip on [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$99.00
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1935 Oil on Canvas of Young Nude Model in Studio B Walter

1935 Oil on Canvas of Young Nude Model in Studio.


A wonderful small oil on canvas of a young nude woman in a studio, signed lower [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$295.00
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Antique Tiffany and Co. Desk Calendar 941 Pineneedle Bronze and Slag Glass

Tiffany and Co. Desk Calendar
Model Number: 941
Marked on the back with the model number and Tiffany and Co. mark


The Pine needle was one [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$549.00
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Circa 1900's Woodmen of The World Ribbon with metal Badges Double Sided W/ Box

Brief History:
"The organization was founded in 1890 in Omaha, Nebraska, by Joseph Cullen Root. Root founded Modern Woodmen of America (MWA) in Lyons, Iowa, in 1883, [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$40.00
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Arts and Crafts Tile Grueby Epos 6 x 6 Circa 1920's

The Arts and Crafts Movement produced and brought out numerous gifted artist.
The Style incorporated the Neoclassical movement with the imagery of Greek and Roman [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$115.00
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Clement Haupers 1928 Etching Signed and Numbered from Series “Paris After 10pm” La Petite Chaumiere

Clement Haupers 1928 Soft Ground Etching Signed and Numbered from Series “Paris After 10pm”

Clement Haupers (1900-1982)

#8 out of 10 in the series “Paris After 10pm”
Signed [...]
Period
1900-1940s
Price
$225.00