Father's Day Gift Guide
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This smart collection of gift ideas is anything but ordinary. Shop watches, rare books, vintage movie posters and more.
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Danese Milano Formosa Perpetual Wall English Calendar in Natural by Enzo Mari
By Enzo Mari, Danese Milano
Located in Hicksville, NY
Formosa is a wall calendar with an aluminium back plate that supports the removable sheets of pvc that make up the date. The font used in the black and red version is Helvetica and t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Aluminum
Danish Leather Paper Basket with Handle, 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Leather paper basket, Denmark 1960s with handle. The width of the basket including the handle is 34 cm.
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Leather
Baku Card Holder Design by Kerem Aris for Uniqka
By Uniqka
Located in Türkali, 34
Baku is a holder for storing business cards or small notes on the desktop.
Reducing the paper clutter on the desk, Baku offers both an elegant and smart approach to hold business c...
Category
2010s Turkish Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Leather
Brucaliffo brass tilting ashtray
Located in Firenze, FI
Elevate your home decor with our brass tilting ashtray, the perfect addition for any vintage or retro-inspired space. Made from high-quality brass and featu...
Category
2010s Italian Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Brass
Puiforcat 20th Century Desk Accessories Letter Holder Silver and Wood
By Puiforcat
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Puiforcat
Elegant letter holder in silver and wood by Puiforcat
20th century desk accessories, circa 1970
Original good conditions
Signed under the base
Measures: Heig...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Silver
AFFINITÉS bookends, pine wood, handmade in France, OROS Edition
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
OROS and Chose Commune have teamed up to create the limited edition “Affinités” bookends, handcrafted in the south of France from local Mediterranean species.
From the meeting between Laure Amoros (OROS) and Cécile Poimboeuf- Koizumi (Chose Commune) was born the desire to think of a singular object honoring their respective universes - woodworking and book publishing, as well as their common aesthetic sense. Versatile, the “Affinités” bookend comes in two other uses, both practical and harmonious: book holder and bookmark.
Wood species: Pine
Dimensions: 24 x 10 x 16.5cm
Technique: Band saw...
Category
2010s French Minimalist Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Wood, Pine
Svenskt Tenn Pen Stand, Teak, Sweden
By Svenskt Tenn
Located in Los Gatos, CA
A rare pen holder in Teak, possibly one of a kind, made by Svenskt Tenn.
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Teak
Danese Milano Formosa Perpetual Wall English Calendar in Black by Enzo Mari
By Enzo Mari, Danese Milano
Located in Hicksville, NY
Formosa is a wall calendar with an aluminium back plate that supports the removable sheets of pvc that make up the date. The font used in the black and red version is Helvetica and t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Aluminum
Late 19th Century Reddish Wood Desktop / Revolving Desk Bookcase
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An antique compact book mill with rotating function. The bookmill is made of solid mahogany wood, inlaid with copper and zinc .It has four storage com...
Category
1880s French Antique Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Brass
1950s Danish Teak Desk Organizer by Hans J. Wegner for Johannes Hansen
By Johannes Hansen, Hans J. Wegner
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A bench-made solid teak desk organizer with dovetail joinery, comprising five correspondence dividers, a slim drawer and open storage.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Teak
1950s Carl Auböck Chain Paperweight Austria Vintage Midcentury Desk Sculpture
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Sought after early chain paperweight, golden brass plated, and lacquered steel by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria, circa 1950s. Heavily worn, showing...
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Steel
Tiffany Studios New York Bronze and Green Glass Inkwell
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
Among the most visually alluring and technically excellent of all Tiffany Studios New York's desk accessories, the exciting design for this refined but robustly rounded inkwell features green blown glass in pinched triangular forms that appear to dance in perfectly coordinated movement around the circumference of the piece. The negative space between the blown green glass appears in the form of stylized flowers with Minimalist linear accents in patinated bronze.
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
circa 1900
Dimensions: 3.75" height, 6.25" diameter
Materials: Leaded glass, bronze
Signed: "Tiffany Studios New York 25055” along with the Tiffany Studios monogram...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Bronze
Rare Antique Classical Roman Bronze & Glass Inkstand with Crystal Glass Inkwell
Located in Lisse, NL
Stylish, rare and mint condition bronze, brass and glass desk piece.
This completely original inkstand dates from the late 19th century and it has a large number of striking Roman...
Category
Late 19th Century French Classical Roman Antique Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Bronze
Ghidini 1961 Axonometry Small Parallelepiped Tray in Brass by Elisa Giovanni
By Ghidini 1961, Elisa Giovanni
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
The compositional scheme of this family of small trays is the axonometric isometric projection of two parallelepipeds which creates a three-dimensional optical effect implemented by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Midcentury Tuning Fork Handmade Key Ring Chain Holder
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist tuning fork keyring / key holder / keychain, designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s. Handmade of solid polished brass by Werkstätte Auböck in Austria.
Length inc...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Brass
Brass and Leather Card Holder
Located in Paonia, CO
The (wh)ORE HAüS STUDIOS small goods collection was made for those that wanted to experience the (wh)ORE HAüS brand without committing to our larger pieces. Our brass and leather card holder...
Category
2010s American Modern Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Brass
Vintage Carl Auböck Brass Pipe Modernist Paperweight #5188, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
An Austrian brass paperweight, displaying a pipe, designed an executed in the 1950s by Carl Aubock, Vienna. Model #5188. A very decorative item, in very good condition. Marked.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Brass
Mr. and Mrs. Black Tie Playing Cards
Located in San Diego, CA
Black tie playing cards, printed is Spain. Two sets: Mr. and Mrs. Individual cards measure 3.5" H x 2.25 W.
Category
20th Century Spanish Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Paper
Pebble Black Marble Meditative Cushion by On.Entropy Ideal as a Desk Accessory
By on entropy
Located in Athens, GR
This desk accessory shaped as a "cushion" is designed with softness in mind; it wishes to engage the senses around the plasticity of marble. It is hand sculpt on a single piece of a ...
Category
2010s Greek Modern Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Marble
Pencile Holder Fish by Hertha Baller, Vienna, around 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Wien, AT
Pencile holder fish by Hertha Baller, Vienna, around 1950s
Original condition
The pencile is only for the photoshooting (not included).
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Brass
Pietrina Checcacci Cast Bronze Thumbs Letter Holder
By Pietrina Checcacci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cast bronze thumbs letter holder by Italian-Brazilian artist Pietrina Checcacci. The small weighted object features a patinated bronze pair of opposing thumbs that are separated to s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Modern Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Bronze
Yonel Lebovici Ressort Letter Holder Distrimex, France, 1969
By Yonel Lebovici
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare limited edition letter holder designed by Yonel Lebovici and manufactured by Distrimex, France 1969. This nickel plated spiral shaped letter holder was made in a limited product...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Chrome
Carl Auböck Midcentury Very Large Hand Figurine Key Ring Chain Holder
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist XL Hand keyring / keyholder / keychain, designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s. Handmade of solid polished brass by Werkstätte Auböck in Austria. Fully stamped and...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Brass
Set of 3, Ghidini 1961 Axonometry Trays in Copper by Elisa Giovanni
By Ghidini 1961, Elisa Giovanni
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
The compositional scheme of this family of small trays is the axonometric isometric projection of two parallelepipeds which creates a three-dimensional optical effect implemented by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Copper
Four Small Pencile or Candle Holder Vienna Around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Four small pencile or candle holder vienna around 1950s
Hammered brass
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Brass
English Leeds Fireclay Company Advertising Lion Paperweight, circa 1904
By Leeds Fireclay Company
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual antique art pottery advertising paperweight mounted with a seated lion made in Leeds at The Leeds Fireclay Company (Burmantofts) dat...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Pottery
Bamboo and Brass Pen Holder, Around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Bamboo and brass pen holder, around 1960s
Original condition
(the feather is only for the photo shoot and is not included).
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Brass
Tiffany Studios New York Bronze Doré and Abalone Pen Tray, circa 1910
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Art Deco period bronze doré and inlaid abalone pen tray
By Tiffany Studios
New York, USA, early 20th century
Measures: 8.75"W x 2.5"D x 0.5"H.
Good original vi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Bronze
Hierón Mailbox
Located in Pazzallo, CH
Hierón is an evocative object that takes us back to the glorious past of the ancient city of Poseidonia. This desk accessory is a desk holder made of local travertine, the material t...
Category
2010s Italian Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Travertine
Geometric Bakelite Art Deco Science Classroom Crystal Models Praque, 1930
Located in Almelo, NL
This set consists of 13 black Bakelite crystal models from the early 20th century with white edges that were previously used as teaching materials in schools to demonstrate crystal s...
Category
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Bakelite
1980s Op-Art Multi Colored Lucite Sculpture of a Circle, Triange & Rectangle
By Vasa Velizar Mihich, Shlomi Haziza
Located in St. Louis, MO
In the style of Vasa Mihich or Shlomi Haziza, 1980s sculpture colored beveled shapes made of acrylic or lucite with pink circle, yellow triangle, teal rectangle on a purple base. Thi...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Lucite
Henrik Wigström 1908 Russia Saint Petersburg Enameled Snuff Box in 14kt Gold
By Henrik Wigström 1
Located in Miami, FL
A snuff gold box designed by Henrik Wigström.
Beautiful neo classic snuff box, created in St, Petersburg Russia, at the workshop of Henrik Wigström, back in the 1908. This piece has been carefully crafted in the Russian imperial and Louis XVI styles, in solid yellow gold of 56 zolotnik (14kt) and embellished with applications of white enamel. Decorated around with garlands and intricates dotted patterns. Fitted with an invisible hinge and close perfectly well.
Weight: 36.65 Grams, (23.49 Dwt).
Measurements: 41 mm by 39 mm by 14 mm (1.61 x 1.53 x 0.55 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped on both parts with Russian marks; the kokoshnik post 1908 mark with the letter a for the city of Saint Petersburg, the maker's mark HW associated to Henrik Wigström inside an oval cartouche, scratched with his inventory numbers 86111 and the 56 zolotnik mark for the assay and warranty of the gold.
Other Hallmarks: Stamped in the outside border, with German importation marks; the German Crown mark, the retailer mark AT inside an oval and the 585 mark for the assay and warranty of the gold.
Henrik Immanuel Wigström born on 1862 and was a Finnish silver & goldsmith. He was one of the most important Fabergé workmasters along with Michael Perchin. Perchin was the head workmaster from 1886 until his death in 1903, when he was succeeded by his chief assistant Henrik Wigström. These two workmasters were responsible for almost all the imperial Easter eggs.
Henrik Wigström was born in Ekenäs, Finland, and was apprenticed to a local Danish born goldsmith named Peter Madsén, a successful manufacturer of silverware who was familiar with the jewellery trade in the city of St. Petersburg, as at one time he had had a workshop there. Once in Madsén's employment, his master's trade with Russia, as well as his numerous business contacts here, brought him to work in St. Petersburg. Goldsmith Werner Elfström employed Wigström as a apprentice on his arrival in the capital in 1875. Wigström became assistant in 1884, at the age of 22, to Perchin, whose shop at that time was already working exclusively for Fabergé.
Wigström became head workmaster at Fabergé after Perchin's death in 1903. The number of craftsmen in Wigström's workshop diminished drastically with the outbreak of World War I. By 1918, the Revolution forced the complete closing of the House of Fabergé. Aged 56, Wigström retreated almost empty-handed to his summer house, on Finnish territory, and died at Terijoki in 1923. His art is similar to Perchin's but tends to be in the Louis XVI, Empire, or neo-classical style. Nearly all the Fabergé hardstone animals...
Category
Early 1900s Russian Neoclassical Antique Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Cartier Paris London 1905 Belle Epoque Enamel Desk Clock 18kt Gold & Platinum
By Cartier
Located in Miami, FL
Belle epoque desk clock designed by Cartier.
An impressive and magnificent "mignonette" desk clock, created in Paris France by the house of Cartier, during the Edwardian Belle Epoque period, back in the 1905. This stunning piece is very rare and has been designed with neoclassic French patterns and carefully crafted with parts made up in yellow gold of 18 karats, silver and platinum. It is mounted with four spherical parts, carved from green chrysoprase. The five sides are embellished with applications of vivid purple enamel over a sunburst and linear guilloche ground and the borders are accented with a linear frame of white champleve enamel. Fitted in the reverse with a sistem to open and close the three winding parts to manipulate.
Movement: Mechanical 8 days, key winding and It is accompanied with the associated original key.
Dial: White ceramic with gold batons for the seconds, with Arabic black numerals and gold hands, inscribed, Cartier Paris-London.
Diamonds: The platinum part on top is mount, with 60 calibrated Old European rose cuts diamonds, 0.30 carats, F color, VS-1 clarity
Chrysoprase: Mounted with screws on the base, with 4 four spherical cabochon cuts carved from natural translucent green chrysoprase with a weight of 8 carats.
Weight: 272.8 Grams, (174.87 Dwt).
Measurements: 47 mm by 40 mm by 70 mm (1.85 x 1.57 x 2.75 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with French marks, the mark for the silver and gold assay and warranty, the maker's mark for Eugène Bako inside a lozange cartouche, the case numbers, the Cartier serial numbers and signed at the bottom, "CARTIER 2027 LONDON PARIS 11290 S".
Literature: Olivier Bachet & Alain Cartier, Cartier Exceptional objects, Palais Royal 2021, Volume 1, Pp-117 and 128, for two similars Illustrated, see figures.
Comparative Literature: Hans Nadelhoffer, Cartier, Jewelers Extraordinary, London, 1984, pl.18 Barracca, Negretti & Nencini, Le Temps de Cartier, Milan, 1989, p.34 A Cartier carriage clock of very closely related design was sold Antiquorum Geneva, The Magical Art of Cartier, 19 November 1996, lot 36 (illustrated in its travel case in Nadelhoffer). The dial design may be compared with other Cartier desk clocks of this period illustrated in Barracca et al.
Publications: Published in the Vogue Art...
Category
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Platinum, Silver, Enamel, Gold
Set of Four Plated Animal Paperweights by Gunnar Cyren for Dansk
By Dansk, Gunnar Cyren
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice set of four plated animal paperweights by Gunnar Cyren for Dansk, circa 1970s. The set include an elephant, giraffe, hippo and gazelle. They ...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Scandinavian Modern Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Zinc
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Rabbit by Eduard Marcel Sandoz, Susse Freres, 1920
By Edouard-Marcel Sandoz
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco silver plated bronze sculpture of a rabbit hare. Lovely paperweight. Edouard Marcel Sandoz (1881-1973). Signature/ Marks: Ed.M. Sandoz - Susse Fre'...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Bronze
Rainbow Midcentury Teak Paper Tray
By House of Rainbow Wood Products Inc.
Located in Countryside, IL
Rainbow midcentury Teak Paper Tray
This paper tray measures: 9.75 wide x 15.25 deep x 5.75 inches high
All pieces of furniture can be had in what...
Category
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Teak
Tunbridgeware Rectangular Box of Inlaid Wood from England
Located in Austin, TX
An English rectangular box featuring an inlaid design of miscellaneous woods known to collectors as Tunbridgeware.
Exterior with a geometric pattern design of herringbone to the t...
Category
19th Century English Antique Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Bear Artglass Sculpture Designed by Livio Seguso, circa 1970s
By Gral Glass, Livio Seguso
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Bear Artglass sculpture Designed by Livio Seguso, circa 1970s
A stylized sculpture of a bear in solid smoke grey glass. It is hand made in the Gral glass manufactory, Germany. Desig...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
"Antonio" Leather Pencil Holder Designed by Claude Bouchard for Oscar Maschera
By Claude Bouchard, Oscar Maschera
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Antonio" is a leather pencil holder, designed by Claude Bouchard and manufactured by Oscar Maschera, and is part of Foglia Couture collection. G...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Leather
"Italo" Leather In and Out Tray Designed by Claude Bouchard for Oscar Maschera
By Claude Bouchard, Oscar Maschera
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Italo" is a leather out tray and paper holder, designed by Claude Bouchard and manufactured by Oscar Maschera. Genuine Italian leather vegetable tanned. Colors combination to be cho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Leather
"Simone" Leather Desk Blotter Designed by Claude Bouchard for Oscar Maschera
By Claude Bouchard, Oscar Maschera
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Simone" is a leather desk blotter, designed by Claude Bouchard and manufactured by Oscar Maschera. Genuine Italian leather vegetable tanned.
Co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Father's Day Gift Guide
Materials
Leather
