Patented-Antiques.com Antiques Of A Mechanical Nature

Genuine Antiques are becoming increasingly difficult to find. A lot of "stuff" that appears at antiques shows and on the marketplace these days dates from much later than the pre-1900 era good Antiques and Americana with historical significance that

we like to acquire and to deal in.

Much of the stuff that you find offered today is outright fake - - - brand new merchandise offered up with a wink and a nod, or the latest craze, stuff made up from old things and offered as something special, whether it is called Steampunk, assemblages, repurposed, or whatever. Personally I am at a loss for words to describe most of it. It might be art, it might be popular, but it has little to do with authentic antiques or original Americana.

Original US Patent Models

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Antique American Patent Models have a colorful and interesting history.  Patent Models represent one of the most graphic and rare forms of American ingenuity and inventiveness that is available on the antique market. The requirement that each invention would require a model of the invention was first mandated by the government in 1790. That requirement was essentially dropped in the late 1800's as the volume of models the government was storing became enormous.

Over the years there were two different fires in the government patent model storage locations and many of the earliest patent models were destroyed. These wonderful pieces of Americana were neglected and ignored for years with all of them nearly being sold off for scrap in the 20's at a government auction. They were saved from that fate through the wisdom and foresight of a few devoted and visionary collectors who bought them for their intrinsic value and beauty.

Most patent models available today came from the efforts of either O. Rundle Gilbert or Cliff Peterson, both of whom at one time owned, and marketed the remaining patent models during their period of ownership. There are small stashes of, and collections of models all over the country that were formed when these owners were selling off portions of the original collection to finance their dreams.

Currently there is a large collection of parts and pieces of patent models with fake tags being offered for sale on eBay with the spiel that the proceeds are going to some charitable fund or foundation to benefit the "kids", build a museum, bridge, or something similar.  I expect to see offers for shares in the ownership of the bridge being built to that imaginary place, as in nowhere, as an added bonus when I read those ads.

Antique & Vintage
Patent Models / Salesman Samples / Store Displays Etc.

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Jones Salesman Sample Sickle Bar Mowing Machine
J. D. Adams Salesman Sample Road Grader
1858 James McVicker Patent Model Washing Machine based on a Wheelbarrow Design
1807 T. Beatty Patent Model Washing / Churning Machine (Earliest Known Patent Model)
1873 Patent Model of Telegraph Apparatus by George Little
Adriance Platt Salesman Sample Sickle Bar Mowing Machine in Original Box
B. F. Horton's Patent Improved Salesman Sample Horse Rake & Seeding Machine
2 Pickett & 1 K & E Classroom Teaching Aid Slide Rules 4' & 7' Long

Americana
Figural Antiques / Cast Iron / Advertising
Coffee Grinders / Toys / Country / General Store & Misc.

The Americana General Store & Country Kitchen antiques and collectibles found on this page cover a broad range both in vintage and uses. Over the years our focus has broadened as the supply of the neat early stuff has all but disappeared from the market. In order to stay relevant our interests broadened to include things like patented ice cream scoops, odd can openers, corkscrews, as well as vintage or antique electric toasters.

Our primary interest in Coffee Mills is in double wheel #2 or #3 size cast iron double wheel coffee mills. These small double wheel coffee mills make for a very colorful and graphic display in almost any room or setting in the house. They are wonderful pieces and a great reminder of years past. They fit right in with the current craze concerning coffee drinking.

Antique & Vintage
Americana / Country / General Store / Advertising Etc.

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Pratt Patent "Ladies Companion" Patented 1857 Sewing Machine on Tripod Base
So - Ezy Mouse Trap by Wolverton Mfg. Co. of Holton Kansas
2 Sided Edison Mazda Lamp / Light Bulb Display
Frederick Yeiser 1859 Patent Altitude / Meridian Instrument
"Sub Grade Rod" #218" by L. A. Batham Oakland Cal.
American Duplex Co. Electric "Coffee Pot" Coffee Cutter / Grinder SOLD!!
K & E / Keuffel & Esser Point of Sale Advertising Display
Selection of Lamp Fillers
German Mechanical Corkscrew Gambrinus DRGM No 137,497
Twisted Wire Handle for Cane, Tool or Other
1920's Henley Roll About Scooter / Skate Board / Childs Wagon
Treasure Hunters Dowsing Rod w/ Power Tube

Antique & Vintage
Historic Photographic Images

Daguerreotypes

1/6 Plate Daguerreotype of Lady in Gold Jewelry
1/6 Plate Daguerreotype of Bearded Gent
1/6 Plate Daguerreotype of Bearded Wolfman
1/6 Plate Daguerreotype of Girl & Woman
1/6 Plate Daguerreotype of America Woman
1/6 Plate Daguerreotype of Woman Holding Dag
1/6 Plate Daguerreotype of Jennifer Taft in 1847
1/6 Plate Daguerreotype of Stately Woman
1/4 Plate Daguerreotype of The Freckles Family
1/4 Plate Daguerreotype The Face
1/6 Plate Daguerreotype of Girl w/ Book or Dag in Extra Thick MOP Decorated Case
1/6 Plate Daguerreotype of "Framed Face"
1/6 Plate Daguerreotype of The Troupe or Gathering

Tintypes

Tintype of Poker / Card Playing Women
Tintype Reflections in a Mirrored Room
Tintype Women in Dark Glasses
Tintype Female Banjo Players
Man with Fiddle Tintype
Guitar Player Tintype
Satirical Tintype of Top Hatted Politician, or ?
Salesman w/ Sample or Wares Tintype
Occupational Fly Fishing? Tintype
1/6 Plate Tintype of 4 Siblings
1/6 Plate Tintype of Nice Family

Ambrotypes

1/6 Plate Ambrotype of Uncle Edward Goodwin of New Hampshire w/ Pistol & Bowie Knife
Unusual Ambrotype of Painting of Grandma
1/6 Plate Ambrotype Grandma in a Wheelchair
1/4 Plate Mason Wearing Masonic Apron SOLD!!
1/6 Plate Ambrotype New Hampshire Civil War Soldier SOLD!!

Cabinet Cards

Cabinet Card Major Atom Midget - Dwarf Eisenmann
Queen Midget The German Rose Age 16 Years Height 33 Inches Weight 38 lbs Eisenmann Cabinet Card
Archie Brown Cop Policeman Midget / Dwarf Cabinet Card
3 Midgets / Dwarfs Cabinet Card Eisenmann Cabinet Card
W. F. Cody - Buffalo Bill Cody Cabinet Card by Stacy
Tattoo Man Cabinet Card Eisenmann Cabinet Card SOLD!!
Norah Hildebrandt Tattoo Lady Cabinet Card SOLD!!
George Karlavagn Tattoo Man Circus Cabinet Card
George Cardoza Tattoo Man Circus Cabinet Card SOLD!!
Prouty Brattleboro VT Advertising Cabinet Card
Storer College African American Quartet Cabinet Card
Greeley Artic Expedition Survivors Cabinet Card
More to come

California / Los Angeles c. 1890 Boudoir Photos /Cabinet Cards

No. 431 La Fiesta de Los Angeles 1896 Photographer: Garden City Foto Co.
No. 87 Main Street Looking North from 4th Street Los Angeles Photographer: Garden City Foto Co. Los Angeles Cal.
Long Beach Cal. Photographer: A. L. S. Photo
No. 207 View at Soldiers Home Santa Monica Cal. Photographer: Garden City Foto Co. Los Angeles Cal
New Cliff House S. F. Cal
Rabbit Drive Fresno Cal. Photographer: Garden City Foto Co. Los Angeles Cal.
Echo Park Los Angeles Photographer: Best & Co.
Echo Park Los Angeles Twig Bridge Photographer: Best & Co

Antique & Vintage
Stereoview Photographic Images

Civil War

E. & H. T. Anthony War Views #2060 "Soldiers and Part of a Battery on the Battlefield of Bull Run."
E. & H. T. Anthony War Views #2384 "Position of the Centre of the Army of Gettysburg"
# 768 Monitors Charlestown Navy Yard by Kilburn Brothers
# 2963 The Old Capitol Prison E. & H. T. Anthony
# 359 Ruins of North Eastern Depot Blown up During Evacuation of Charleston (about 300 lives lost)
# 1268 . . . . . .First Shot into Charleston S.C.
# 316 Rebel Shot Lodged in Union Gun at the Battle of Gettysburg Kilburn Brothers
# 736 From the Battlefield Observatory - Soldiers Nat. Cemetery
# 3138 E. & H. T. Anthony The War for the Union
E. & H. T. Anthony # 3223 Interior View of the Rebel Works
E. & H. T. Anthony # 2507 Wounded at Fredericksburg Va.
E. & H. T. Anthony # 3198 Rebel Prisoners Captured by General Sherman
E. & H. T. Anthony # 3347 View of Rebel Fort Darling Richmond Va.
E. & H. T. Anthony # 2565 View of Rebel Fort Burnham / Fort Harrison
E. & H. T. Anthony # 3187 Trenches of Rebel Fort Mahone
E. & H. T. Anthony # 3182 Southern Soldiers Killed in the Trenches of Rebel Fort Mahone
E. & H. T. Anthony # 3190 A Dead Southern Soldier as he lay in the Trenches of Rebel Fort Mahone
General Lee's Residence Richmond Va. by Anderson
"Old Abe" the Live Wisconsin War Eagle

Misc. Stereoview

Walker Blondin Tight Rope Crossing Niagara Falls
Concord NH Prison Cells
Los Angeles, California
# 1720 Georgetown by W. H. Jackson & Co. Denver Colorado
Manitou and Vicinity # 104 Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak by J Thurlow
# 286 Artists Camp by W. G. Chamberlain
# 376 Opera House Colorado Springs
# 58 Lead SD from Reservoir by W. R. Cross.
# 163 Signal Station Pikes Peak Opera House Colorado Springs by W. G. Chamberlain
# 332 View from Harpers Ferry by Kilburn NH
Gymnasium, Tilden Ladies Seminary W. Lebanon N. H.
Dining Room, Tilden Ladies Seminary W. Lebanon N. H.
6 Views of Mexico

Native American - Indian Stereoviews

Young Chippewa Brave by Zimmerman
Red River Cart and Half Breeds # 3214 by Ingersoll SOLD!!
8014 Dismantled Towers & Turrets Broken
# 200 The Pueblos of Taos by Gurnsey. Taos, NM
# 202 Pueblo Indian Cart Plow & Oven by Gurnsey
# 2706 "Estufa in Taos" / Los Pueblos De Taos by W. H. Jackson
324 Shoshone Indians by Watkins - Pacific Railroad
Alexandria Minn. Chippewa Indians by N. J. Trenham
Street View in Corinne Utah By Wm. H. Jackson Omaha Neb.
Crow Indian Warriors American Series
# 129 Ute Indian Chiefs - Warency, Chavano, Ancatosh, Ouray, Guerro by Thurlow
Apache Scouts - Arizona Series by Buehman & Co. Tucson AZ
Indians of the Colorado Valley Wu-Nav-Ai Gathering Seeds #53 by Hillers
Indians of the Colorado Valley # 14 Group of Women in Full Dress by Hillers
#20 One Little Two Little Three Little Injuns - Indians of the Colorado Valley - by Hillers

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Original US Patent Models

Americana Figural Antiques / Cast Iron / Advertising Coffee Grinders / Toys / Country / General Store & Misc.

Americana
Advertising - Figural Antiques - Country Store - Office - Images
Patent Models - Salesman Samples - Sewing Machines & More

Americana
Figural Antiques / Cast Iron / Advertising
Coffee Grinders / Toys / Country / General Store & Misc.