American Antique Categories
Browse American antiques by object type, craft tradition, and collecting field.
American Furniture
Case furniture, tables, seating, desks, beds, regional construction, woods, hardware, surface, and provenance.
Country and Primitive Furniture
Painted cupboards, dry sinks, benches, blanket chests, work tables, pie safes, and vernacular construction.
American Folk Art
Carvings, painted objects, theorem paintings, fraktur, tramp art, memory ware, signs, and community-made objects.
American Stoneware
Salt-glazed jugs, crocks, churns, cobalt decoration, kiln faults, maker stamps, and regional potteries.
American Redware
Lead-glazed earthenware, slip decoration, sgraffito, utilitarian forms, repairs, and regional production.
American Art Pottery
Rookwood, Roseville, Weller, Grueby, Van Briggle, Newcomb, marks, glazes, shapes, and restoration.
American Quilts
Pieced, appliquéd, whole-cloth, album, signature, Amish, African American, regional, and family quilts.
Samplers and Needlework
Schoolgirl samplers, mourning pictures, family registers, silk embroidery, woolwork, names, dates, and inscriptions.
Coverlets and Woven Textiles
Jacquard coverlets, overshot weaving, carpet coverlets, weaver signatures, regional patterns, and condition.
American Silver
Coin silver, sterling, hollowware, flatware, regional smiths, retailer marks, monograms, repairs, and weight.
American Pewter
Plates, basins, tankards, measures, touchmarks, casting, repairs, and imported-versus-American attribution.
American Glass
Pattern glass, blown glass, pressed glass, flasks, bottles, tableware, factory attribution, pontils, molds, and damage.
American Clocks
Shelf, wall, tall-case, banjo, ogee, calendar, regulator, movement labels, case integrity, and marriages.
Early American Lighting
Candlesticks, whale-oil lamps, fluid lamps, lanterns, sconces, shades, electrification, and replacement parts.
Ironware and Tinware
Cast iron, wrought iron, hearth equipment, lighting, kitchenware, punched tin, sheet metal, and surface.
American Baskets
Splint, willow, rye straw, ash, oak, market, gathering, Shaker, Indigenous and regional basket traditions.
Folk Art Decoys
Duck, shorebird, fish and confidence decoys, carving, paint, ballast, rigging, makers, regions, and repairs.
American Weathervanes
Copper, zinc, iron and wood vanes, molds, directionals, surfaces, repairs, mounting, and architectural context.
Tools and Trade Objects
Planes, rules, anvils, blacksmithing tools, cooper tools, molding planes, occupational signs, and owner marks.
Early American Toys and Games
Wood, tin, cast iron, paper, dolls, pull toys, banks, board games, marbles, makers, and missing parts.
Schoolhouse Antiques
Slates, desks, primers, maps, globes, bells, reward cards, schoolgirl work, and local school provenance.
American Nautical Antiques
Ship portraits, scrimshaw, instruments, sailor work, maritime tools, flags, documents, and legal provenance.
American Military Antiques
Uniforms, accoutrements, edged weapons, documents, home-front material, unit markings, and conflict attribution.
American Political Antiques
Campaign textiles, tokens, ribbons, ceramics, broadsides, ballots, inaugural pieces, and local political history.
Documents, Maps, and Manuscripts
Deeds, letters, ledgers, maps, surveys, broadsides, signatures, paper, ink, seals, and provenance.
Architectural Antiques
Mantels, hardware, doors, brackets, tiles, stained glass, carved elements, salvage context, and restoration.
Early American Advertising
Country-store signs, trade cards, tins, labels, calendars, packaging, local merchants, and printer evidence.