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. 
