For example, Hunzinger’s inventive designs include this beech wood chair that looks as if it’s made from pipes.
This candelabrum, featuring a handpainted tree branch adorned with flowers and parrots, sold for $594 at auction.
The cast-iron variety made in the 1800s now sell for impressive sums. Even this 1940s tin toy sold for $615 Canadian.
Stars and stripes, Uncle Sam, Lady Liberty and, of course, eagles often appear in works from this period.
This unusual porcelain piece appears to have been made blank by one person and painted by another.
This elegant bottle boasts a glass-decorating technique fashionable in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
This 20th-century majolica features the vivid colors and 3D decorations of older Victorian-era pieces.
At auction, this 17th-century English needlepoint casket garnered nearly three times its low estimate.
This 20th-century wine rack — made in the style of the early 19th-century Regency period — sold for $813 at auction.
Decorations on silver can include engravings, piercings and textured designs, as well as more elaborate applications.
Festive bunny figurine is actually a cocktail shaker. Somebody paid six grand for it at an antiques auction.
This Harvard University Windsor chair is just one of many variations on so-called stick furniture.
Mocha pottery is made from clay and features colorful patterns painted over a white glaze.
This Victorian-era stove features a row of pointed arches, a distinctive feature of Gothic architecture.
The Bicycle Playing Cards brand has been around since 1885, but this display is not quite so old.
Made of pressed steel and upholstered in fabric by Stephen Sprouse, this chair sold at auction for $4,375.
Information about this specific item’s provenance is not immediately obvious
This singing bird, which appears from inside a music box, sold for $4,560 at auction.
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An eye miniature on a pendant, as seen on “Bridgerton,” sells for $704 at auction.