20 antiques with history that have become witnesses to bygone eras (21 photos)
In our world, acquiring a new item is perhaps the fastest way to boost your happiness levels. Shopping is certainly a pleasant experience, but the real magic lies in objects that have stood the test of time.
Antiques and vintage items are especially valuable not only for their aesthetics and history, but also for their strength, durability, and eco-friendliness. Like these pieces, the result of chance finds. Some of them would be treasured not only by collectors, but also by modern fashionistas and connoisseurs of objects with soul and history.
1. Microscopes from the early 20th century
2. Photographs purchased at an antique store several months apart
They depict the same children, only taken several years apart.
3. An Exquisite Set of Egg Cups
4. A Late 19th Century Top Hat
5. An Antique Spoon Absinthe
Place a sugar cube on a spoon. Cold water is slowly dripped through the sugar. The sugar dissolves, after which the drink is stirred with a spoon and consumed.
6. Late Georgian gold, emerald, and diamond ring
7. Late 1800s textbooks
8. 1920s French brass and uranium glass table lamp years
9. Pendulum Clock
10. Embroidered Screen from the 1920s
11. Silver Art Deco Brooch in Butterfly-shaped
12. Absolutely delightful 17th-century scribbles inside a Bible under restoration
13. 1880s secretary
14. A copy of Alice in Wonderland, published at the turn of the century. The exact date is unknown.
15. A Staffordshire Shakespeare Figurine
16. The book "Le Manuscrit Bleu" ("The Blue Manuscript"), 1848 Year
17. Vintage decorative Victorian cathedral, resembling a birdcage
18. Bookwheel - a rotating bookcase that allows a person to read several books at the same time
19. Armchair from the 1930s or 1940s
20. Decorative caryatid-shaped mounts used on furniture from the late 19th - early 20th centuries (console tables, mirrors, cabinets, etc.) etc.) ![]()















