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.
Boys Day Banner 27 Inches wide x 24 Feet Tall Warriors on Horseback with Temple 15.jpg

Circa 1950 Vintage Japanese Boys Day Banner Nobori 24 Feet Tall Hand Painted and Printed Warriors on Horseback

Japanese Nobori (banner) were displayed on May 5th of every year, also known as Boy’s Day. The tradition started in as an ancient [...]

Period
1900-1940s
Japanese Boys Day Banner Nobori Turtle and Crain 1.jpg

 Vintage Japanese Boys Day Banner Nobori Turtle and Crane Hand Stitching Tabs 14 Feet Tall Circa 1950s

Subject: Turtle and Crane by the Water 

Background on Nobori Japanese Boys Day Banners

Japanese Nobori (banner) were displayed on May 5th of [...]

Period
1900-1940s
Facial Prosthesis By Arthur Bulbulian 1st Edition Hardback 1945 W. B. Saunders 1.jpg

Very Rare 1st Edition of Facial Prosthesis by Arthur H. Bulbulian Published by W. B. Saunders 1945

Title: Facial Prosthesis 
By: Arthur H. Bulbulian
1st Edition Hardback with Gilt Embossed Cover and Spine
Published by W. B. [...]

Period
1900-1940s
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Oscar Robinson Ransbottom Cookie Jar with Lid Dough Boy Circa 1940's

Oscar Robinson Ransbottom Cookie Jar with Lid.


Marked on the bottom “Oscar”. 
Others out there are reproductions [...]

Period
1900-1940s
 Woman Lying in Bed Oil on Canvas Circa 1900 1.jpg

Circa 1910 Bohemia Region Oil on Canvas Semi Nude Woman Laying In Bed Early Art Deco Style of de Lempicka

A small oil on canvas of a semi nude woman in bed signed on the lower right Clara molzapict (sp?)
The painting is [...]

Period
1900-1940s
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L C Tiffany Blue Favrile Sherbet From 1909 Marked wtih Name and Number 4561 D

The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany was made at the early 1900's till about 1930's. The favrile glass was not an invention of Tiffany [...]

Period
1900-1940s
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Original Lithograph Magic Poster Kar-Mi Selma Published 1914 Jospeh B. Hallworth Phantasmagoria

Kar-Mi Selma Original Lithographed Magic Poster 1914 Published by Joseph B. Hallworth 
"performing the most startling mystery of all India"

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Period
1900-1940s
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Circa 1930's Pen and Ink of Baltimore Street Scene Signed Harry Zee Hoffman WPA Era Artist

A dark and stirring pen and ink by Harry (Zee) Hoffman of a alley street with people lounging on the corner. You can see a [...]

Period
1900-1940s
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Original Lithograph by Alphonse Mucha for 1900 Issue of Cocorico French Art Nouveau Magazine

Cocorico was a French magazine produced by the artist Paul-Émile Boutigny and featured many artists of the Art Nouveau movement including Alphonse Mucha [...]

Period
1900-1940s
Spiro Schwatenberg Bronze Nude Fencer Athlete 1.jpg

Spiro Schwatenberg German 1898–1922 Bronze Statue of Fencing Athlete Figure Signed Bronze Circa 1900

Spiro Schwatenberg, German, 1898–1922 sculpture who did figural bronzes with many of them being male athletes. 

This 9" tall figure is a classical style [...]

Period
1900-1940s
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Thomas Willis Oil Painting w/ Applied Silk Sails Golden Gate Steamer Ship Circa 1910

**This painting has hung in a private estate since the 1920's and has never been seen or on the market before**
Thomas [...]

Period
1900-1940s
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Attributed Wolfgang Hoffmann Art Deco Industrial Design Chrome Side Table By Howell Co. Circa 1930s


Wolfgang Hoffman was the son the highly influential Viennese architect and artist Josef Hoffmann. His son, Wolfgang (1900-1969) followed and also created [...]

Period
1900-1940s
C. Plath Trommel Sextant 28459 Hamburg Germany 1940s Original Box and Fixtures 1.jpg

Rare Nautical Instrument C. Plath Kriegsmarine Trommel Sextant 28459 Hamburg Germany Original Box and Fixtures 1948 with Inspection Stamps Complete

"Trommel-Sextant" manufactured by C. Plath, Hamburg, Germany Model No. 28459 


The company started in 1837 founded by David Filby. He deals with [...]

Period
1900-1940s
Art Deco Peacock Table Lamps by Walter Von Nessen Circa 1929 Miller Lamp Company 1.jpg

Walter von Nessen Art Deco Woofle Bird Peacock Table Lamps Made by Miller Lamps 1930s

Von Nessen Woofle Bird Table Lamp, 1929 for the Miller Lamp Company. 

The Art Deco styling and design of the table lamp is all [...]

Period
1900-1940s
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Dorothy Gray Art Deco Era Compact Shooting Stars Rouge Powder and Lipstick C. 1920's

Dorothy Gray
Compact Powder square case with Shooting Stars
Chrome with Black Boarder and the Shooting Stars have the Yellow coloring. [...]

Period
1900-1940s
Hand Colored Woodcut by Georges Barbier 1918 Numbered 166:500 Titled Aggressus Ressurgo 1.jpg

Art Deco Hand Colored Woodcut by Georges Barbier 1918 Numbered 166/500 Titled Aggressus Ressurgo

Aggressus Ressurgo by Georges Barbier 1918 Hand Colored Woodcut Numbered 166/500 on laid paper.
The paper is mounted to board, please see images. [...]

Period
1900-1940s
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Antique Cast Iron Boot Pull in Shape of a Double Barrel Gun

A cast iron boot pull that looks like a double barrel gun. A very cool piece that is in almost perfect shape. The detail is [...]

Period
1900-1940s
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Antikamnia & Codeine Ad that inspired the Image for Alfred E. Neuman MAD

This is a calender ad for Antikamnia & Codeine that inspired the image of Alfred E. Neuman. This image is so much like the MAD [...]

Period
1900-1940s
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Circa 1920's Cast Iron Fireplace Door Neo Classical Woman in Center with Pierced Front

Cast Iron Coal Fireplace Door Cover with Neo Classical Bust of a Woman with Ornate Headdress. The front is pierced design.
These covers [...]

Period
1900-1940s
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Antique Wood Pull Toy Tank M5 Stuart Light Tank Working Tracks WWII Era Toy

Antique Wood Pull Toy Tank M5 Stuart Light Tank Working Tracks WWII Era Toy

This working wood toy has a tab on the back side [...]

Period
1900-1940s
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1939's World's Fair Souvenir Compact Trylon & Perisphere

A great Trylon & Perisphere 1939's World's Fair Souvenir Compact.
The 1939 New York World's Fair had the one of the most iconic images [...]

Period
1900-1940s
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1931 Art Deco Ted Shawn Poster by Major Felten 41 x 63 inches Art Deco Dancer Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers

Poster Announcing the Ted Shawn and His Dancers 1931 Art by Major Felton. 

Ted Shawn 1891-1972 was the American pioneer of Modern Dance.

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Period
1900-1940s
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Circa 1900 Hand Painted French Carnival Shooting Gallery Game L’ours et la Sentinelle

"L'ours et la Sentinelle" translate to The Bear and Sentinel was a popular children's book in the 19th century. 
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Period
1900-1940s
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Marthe Antoine Gerardin Drawing Signed and Dated 1923 Native American Boy Robert Bell Rising Bird Wild West Show Paris

 Marthe Antoine Gerardin Drawing signed and dated 1923.

Drawing from the Wild West Show in Paris in 1923 of young Native American Boy Robert [...]

Period
1900-1940s
Folk Art Frame Branches Circa 1900 1.jpg

Large Circa 1900 Folk Art Frame North East Appalachian Mountains Bark and Bent Wood Design

A bent wood folk art frame, not just your average and run of the mill folk art frame but this one has what you want [...]

Period
1900-1940s