All Items : Popular Collectibles : Nostalgia : Advertising : Pre 1920 item #1491090
David Anthony
$1,075.00
This glorious pitcher featuring the mascot of The Sleepy Eye Flour Mill Company was among the popular promotional items given to customers of its flour. Decorated in the round, the pitcher includes tee-pees and trees.

Condition is Very Good, suffering from age toning and crazing. There are no cracks or chips.

Dimensions (inches)
Height: 9
Width: 9
Depth: 3 3/4
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Cultural : American Indian : Pre 1920 item #571290 (stock #5123)
A fine, high quality pair of vintage Iroquois child's beaded moccasins c1900-20. Measuring 4-1/2" x 2-3/4" across the deerskin soles, they are constructed with deerhide, velour and cotton; the beading is metallic clear, turquoise, red, white and deep blue...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Paper : Pre 1920 item #186645
AntiquesDC
$85.00
Wonderful vintage children's Christmas storybook, "Jolly Santa Claus". The cover is printed in full color with a depiction of Santa arriving wiht a decorated tree and a load of toys. The interior has another full-color plate depicting Santa driving his team of reindeer toward his castle at the North Pole. Nearly every page has a black-and-white illustration. The stories are not restricted to Christmas, and include jingles, poems, historical stories, tales, etc. The book was published by M.A...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1920 item #1460558 (stock #BA971)
Offered is a RARE, UNCUT, C1917, pair of the adult members of the Aunt Jemima Rag Doll Family, Aunt Jemima and Uncle Mose. (Uncle Mose is Aunt Jemima's Husband, and he is labeled Uncle Mose on his upper back).

These dolls were conceptualized as advertising pieces and were only obtainable from the Aunt Jemima Mills of St...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1920 item #326379 (stock #BA355)
In the mid-1800's, an unknown artist painted the face of a young Black boy in warm, soft colors, and unbeknown to the artist, forever immortalized the young boy's image! Since that time a variety of items were been produced in the image of the "Young Black boy with the Torn Hat" or "Johnny Griffin".

This circa 1900-1910 Johnny Griffin item is a double image still bank that features 2 images of Johnny's head placed back-to-back. It was manufactured by the A.C...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Service Matching : Silverware : Pre 1920 item #1346464 (stock #9454)
An SSMC Saart Rosebud pattern sterling silver sauce or cream ladle. Introduced in 1903 by the Sterling Silver Manufacturing Company (SSMC) of Providence, Rhode Island (1909-32), it was later taken over by Saart. It weighs 14.0 grams, it is 5-1/4" long and it is in excellent condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, pattern ware, losses, damage or repairs however it has a gothic M monogram on the underside of the handle...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1920 item #1477242 (stock #0617)
A nice a scarce early, circa 1910 Chocolate Pastilles Tin. Tin Measures circa 4" in Diameter
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1920 item #793291 (stock #BA695)
Measuring 6.25 inches long x 5 inches wide, this rarely found and well detailed, circa 1910, brass ashtray depicts a smiling black male native reclining on a stylized seashell.

In fabulous condition with 100+ years of all original surface patina, this phenomenal piece is very highly detailed and displays wonderfully! It authentically depicts the highly fashionable Art Nouveau styling which was so wildly popular at the turn of the 20th century...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Paper : Pre 1920 item #338075
AntiquesDC
$36.00
Pretty vintage Halloween postcard showing a young couple, he dressed as a Pilgrim and she dressed as a Victorian lady, walking along a scary path through the woods. They have just startled a black cat while a pair of witches look on from the background. The card has nice colors. The two lower corners have some creasing, sharp edges. The back is postmarked 1910.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Service Matching : Silverware : Pre 1920 item #942996 (stock #01646)
A set of eleven 5-7/8" silver plated salad forks in the Molly Stark pattern, introduced by Alvin (Gorham) in 1916. These forks have no monograms, and they are in excellent original condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. Please note that they may not have been polished in our pictures, but the forks will be hand polished before shipping...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1920 item #728714 (stock #BA680)
Measuring 15 inches long by 13 inches wide, this delightful, unsigned, watercolor features a charming rendition of a young black boy straddling a fence while clutching a plump watermelon!

Remaining in its original frame with original wooden and paper backing, this watercolor retains its framer's identifying sticker which reads, "Staton's Art Shop 5409 Germantown Ave." Perhaps this Germantown address indicates Philadelphia area origin? In the interests of proper conservation, the new owner shou...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Holiday : Paper : Pre 1920 item #91938
AntiquesDC
$35.00
Very nice embossed vintage Halloween postcard featuring a line of girls dressed as ghosts and carrying smoking jack o'lanterns. The colors are bright and fresh. Postmarked (date illegible).

Origin: America, circa 1915. Condition: excellent, sharp corners, no tears or creases. Size: 5-1/2" x 3-1/2".

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1920 item #428076 (stock #BA525)
Having conceived of the revolutionary idea of a lithographed, molded-mask doll face in 1901, New Yorker, Albert Bruckner applied for and was awarded the patent for his idea that same year. All Bruckner dolls were then stamped, "PAT'D JULY 8th 1901" on the lower right neck edge.

From 1901-1924, Bruckner produced this original, 12" Topsy Turvy doll for Horsman's Babyland Rag Doll line that features Caucasian, "Betty", on one end and African American, "Topsy", on the other...

AntiquesDC
$165.00
Very rare painted metal figure of a black girl mounted on an alabaster base. The girl wears a yellow pinafore with blue trim, a blue hair bow, red socks, black Mary Janes, and carries a basket of flowers. The alabaster base has a slot to hold a place card. American, circa 1900. 2" tall. The alabaster has some nicks at the edges, but the figure is in very good condition.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Decorations : Pre 1920 item #1435169
A trio of English porcelain cake stands with painted landscape scenes of Europe, Victorian 8.5”
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Service Matching : Silverware : Pre 1920 item #1186721 (stock #02251)
An International Diana sterling silver sifter spoon or ladle circa 1900. This 5" pierced bowl sugar sifter spoon or ladle is in the sterling silver Diana flatware pattern, introduced by International in 1900. This spoon is in excellent condition with no monograms, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Memorabilia : Black Americana : Pre 1920 item #807810 (stock #BA723)
Measuring a diminutive 4.50 inches long x 2.50 inches high, this very unusual tin and pot metal piece features a small black shoe shine boy with shoe polishing brush in hand, about to polish a giant ladies lace-up shoe!!

The piece has two tiny holes in its bowl suggesting that this was once screwed or fastened into another piece. Logic suggests that perhaps this may have been an advertising display item of some sort...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Service Matching : Silverware : Pre 1920 item #1164863 (stock #02198)
A Roden Majestic Art Nouveau sterling Silver pie knife or lifter. This vintage 9" pie lifter was made by Roden Bros. of Toronto. This attractive serving piece still has some of the original gilding on the blade, and it weighs 63.2 grams. It has not been monogrammed and it is in very good condition with no dents, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than the loss of some gilding and a light bend near the tip of the blade...