All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #52146
AntiquesDC
$65.00
Nice Santa Clause on a ball blown glass Christmas ornament. The ball is decorated with silver stripes against the orange/red background. Nice detail.

Origin: Germany. Condition: excellent paint and silvering, replaced cap. Size: 3-3/4" tall.

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #57782
AntiquesDC
$135.00
Extra-large German Dresden-type papier-mache Easter egg candy container. The chromolithographed paper covering shows a wonderful assortment of roosters, hens, chicks, and of course, Easter rabbits. This is undoubtedly the largest Easter Egg candy container we've seen. The interior is lined with the traditional star patterned paper and the rims have a Dresden border. One end has the original string hanger. Marked "Germany". Circa 1920s...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1940 item #1466721 (stock #0001)
This is a superb very hard to find Candy Box by American Candy Co. Milwaukee. It Measures approx 13 3/4" x 7 1/4" x 3"
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #26124
AntiquesDC
$36.00
This Matchless star Christmas light has red glass prisms and a red glass gem. The base is bakelite and the bulb is C-6. These star lights were manufactured by the Matchless Electic Co. of Chicago, circa 1930. The lights are 2 inches in diameter and in working condition. 4 available in this color combination. Condition: excellent.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #25151
AntiquesDC
$75.00
Old Little Red Riding Hood candy container. The pressed paper front shows Red Riding Hood walking with a seemingly docile wolf on her way to Grandmother's house. The candy box affixed to the back has a slide opening much like a match box. the back is marked "Made In Germany." 3" x 1" x3-1/4" tall. Circa 1930s.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #29214
AntiquesDC
$40.00
Clown on a ball Christmas lightbulb. C6 base. Working condition. 3-3/4" long.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #1455682
A 1930's Santa Clause figurine with a composition face and boots, a cotton batting beard, a felt jacket, and a cotton toy bag and pants. He stands on a mica-covered paperboard base. Unmarked, but definitely pre-war Japanese. Some of the Japanese Santas have rather fearsome faces, but this one is quite jolly. At 7" tall, he's also a bit larger than most.
    Origin: Japan, ca 1930
  • Condition: excellent, bright colors
  • Height: 7"
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #25156
AntiquesDC
$25.00
Great bird in cage christmas light of the C-6 variety. This light is in excellent condition with only minor paint rubs. The colors on this one are terrific! This bulb is 2 1/2 inches long and lights. circa 1920's, 30's.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Glass : Pre 1940 item #1474068 (stock #NKFenGObowl)
Two J's
$45.00
Fenton Green Opalescent Basketweave Bowl 6". A double row of reticulation on this 6" bowl and is 3" high. Produced around 1935 and in mint condition -- vaseline glass. Or as today's popular notation -- uranium glass.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #57793
AntiquesDC
$75.00
Outstanding composition goose Easter candy container. The neck removes to reveal the opening for the candy. This container is of the highest quality--it has painted metal feet, and a wooden dowel to hold the head in place. Unmarked, but definitely German. Circa 1930. Excellent condition, a little paint rubbing on metal feet. 3-1/4" long, 2-7/8" tall.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #25162
AntiquesDC
$50.00
This terrific boxed set of 10 hard plastic Christmas decorations is in perfect never used condition. The box describes them as an: "Unbreakable Plastic Christmas Tree Decoration Assortment." The box is marked "Trade Mark, Bradford, Pat. Applied For."

This set includes 5 clip on a branch or clip on a light cord candles,( possibly Christmas light covers), 3 singing carolers, and 2 praying angels. These hard plastic Christmas ornaments have become difficult to find.

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #1455728
A very rare cobalt blue version of the Santa Claus or Belsnickel bottle created around 1900 by Monroe Gandy Husted of the Husted-Hall Mold Works in Bridgeton, NJ. The bottle was blown into a three-part mold. This example retains the original quatrefoil-shaped front label showing a snow-covered mountain cabin surrounded by a holly leaf border. The clear bottles have an embossed “M.G. Husted” signature, but the cobalt bottles do not, leading some to suspect the blue versions were reproductions...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #39008
AntiquesDC
$36.00
Unopened package of 6 vintage Halloween party paper plates. The decoration features a witch, a haunted tree, bats, black cats and jack o'lanterns. The back of the package has the original Reed's label. Circa 1930s. Size: 8" x 8".
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Specialty : Kitchenware : Glass : Pre 1940 item #1466304 (stock #22-361)
Green with Envy
$140.00
Fire King Sapphire Blue Philbe Juice Saver Deep Dish Pie Plate. 10 1/4 inches wide. There is some ware on the base of the dish. It has 2 popped bubbles on the rim which are caused in the making of the dish and does not affect the usage. In very good condition.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Specialty : Kitchenware : Glass : Pre 1940 item #402555 (stock #050025)
Circa 1940's. Made by McKee glass. It does have roughness on the cone. The rest of the reamer is in good condition.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Pre 1940 item #1454568
A delightful belly-laughing Santa, patriotically dressed in red, white and blue, stands atop a round box candy container enhanced with mica to represent snow. Santa is stamped "Japan" at the back.
  • Origin: Japan, ca 1930
  • Condition: excellent, no chips, cracks or paint loss
  • Dimensions: 3-5/8" tall
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1940 item #365759 (stock #BA527)
Measuring 8 1/2 inches wide x 11 3/4 inches long, this brightly colored, all original, copyright 1931, Little Black Sambo Puzzle by acclaimed American children's illustrator, Fern Bisel Peat, is in very good condition! This very rarely-found puzzle attracts additional interest due to the unusual, geometric, highly angular cut of the individual puzzle pieces- suggesting a very strong Art Deco influence!

(Also currently available is Fern Bisel Peat's companion Little Black Sambo storybook!)

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1940 item #264104 (stock #BA388)
The resplendent colors of this vintage, 1940's, all-hand-stitched, wool felt tote bag with rolled hand straps are pure eye candy!

This never-used tote bears the original paper tag which states, "Handmade by African Cripple; Ematupeni / Zimele Cripple Care Centers; Durban, England"...