A selection of strange and a little "stoned" antiques (18 photos)

What do you associate the word antique with? For sure since something ancient, refined and very expensive. In general, everything is correct, but, As they say, there are exceptions. What are they worth brushes - "pigpanks" and German smoking hedgehogs. The mind can't understand it all! So, we present to your attention a selection of strange, funny, ridiculous and some "stoned" antiques.

German smoking hedgehogs





Pigpunk brush



Silver pen, with Birmingham hallmark and silversmiths Levi & Salaman, England, 1924.

Musical automaton "Tea drinking of cats"







France, circa 1892. By Harry Dacre.

Figurine of a pig selling beef



English plaster advertising pig in uniform on marble plinth dating from the Edwardian period, circa 1910.

Charming cat






Vessel in the shape of a trophy head



180 BC e. - 500 AD e., Nazca, Peru. Art Institute of Chicago.

Pig in a helmet, nothing out of the ordinary



Smoking pipe in the form of a pig in a helmet. Europe, early 20th century.

Cheburashka with crocodile Gena





Charming devil



Figure of a deity from Hawaii. Exhibited in the Louvre.



Greek goblet, Cretan-Mycenaean culture c. 1000 BC e.



Toy symbol of the Leipzig Fair, East Germany, 1960s.



Miracle Yudo whale fish



Clockwork toy by Schuco, Germany, 1930-1940s.



Piglet for spices, circa 1970s, USSR.