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Antique Lightning Rod

Antique Copper Lightning Rod White Glass Indicator Shade
Located in New York, NY
Antique turn of the century copper lightning rod. These were attached at the top point of a
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Lightning Rod

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Copper, Steel

Rare 19th Century Large Original Painted Lightning Rod on Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic folky oversized 19th century mustard over copper Lightning rod ball on a professional
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19th Century American Folk Art Antique Lightning Rod

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Copper

Pair of Antique American Lightning Rods
Located in Hanover, MA
Sculptural pair of American lightning rods dating from the 1870's. They still maintain their
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1870s American Country Antique Lightning Rod

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Copper, Wrought Iron

Pair Antique American Sunburst Top Lightning Rods, Circa 1870
Located in Rochester, NY
Pair of antique American lightning rods with twisted copper skinned wrought iron shafts / iron
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1870s American Country Antique Lightning Rod

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Copper, Wrought Iron

Pair of Monumental French Iron Lightning Rod on Base Sculptures, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
This pair of monumental French iron lightning rods from the 19th century is not only steeped in
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19th Century French Antique Lightning Rod

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Iron

Victorian Lightening Rod
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice Victorian lightning rod made of a wrought iron tripod base and a slender copper rod
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Early 20th Century American Antique Lightning Rod

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Copper

Antique Victorian Lightening Rod
Victorian Lightening Rod
H 66.5 in Dm 15 in
Antique English Architectural Wrought Iron Lion Coat of Arm Banneret Weathervane
Located in Dayton, OH
An exceptional and rare 15th Century English wrought iron banneret weathervane with lightning rod
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15th Century and Earlier English Antique Lightning Rod

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Iron

Pêche dans l'Étang - French Impressionist Watercolor, Fishing by Henri Duhem
By Henri Duhem
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
boat with one holding a fishing rod. The light is low and the clouds are reflecting in the water
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Lightning Rod

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Watercolor, Paper

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Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
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Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Lightning Rod

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Other

Iron & Glass Coffee Table in Faux Verdigris Finish After Giacometti
By Diego Giacometti
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Classic Giacometti style large patinated bronze verdigris wrought-iron welded steel base. Water rounded edge glass inset top. Wonderful depth in detailing. Curbside to NYC/Philly $350
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20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Antique Lightning Rod

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Iron

French Breakfront Library or Cupboard Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French bookcase with breakfront. Also to be used as cupboard for kitchen or dining spaces, our as decorative cabinet or vitrine for accessories and books in living room. Three units,...
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Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Antique Lightning Rod

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Brass

French Breakfront Library or Cupboard Cabinet
French Breakfront Library or Cupboard Cabinet
H 97.25 in W 177.25 in D 16.5 in
French Style Wrought Iron Greenhouse with Door and Windows in White Color
Located in Marbella, ES
French style wrought iron greenhouse with doors and windows that open outwards in white color. Ready for glass panels to be installed.
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2010s French Antique Lightning Rod

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Iron

Venetian Monumental Seated Bird Cage
Located in New York, NY
Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)
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Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Antique Lightning Rod

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Metal

French 18th Century Gothic Style Architectural Fragment
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful French 18th century Gothic style architectural fragment - over door pediment. Expertly crafted in cast iron and retaining traces of the original paint. Wonderful s a wall...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Lightning Rod

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Iron

Mid-Victorian Moorish Wrought & Cast Iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure
Located in London, GB
A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a masterpiece in High Victorian ironwork design. This Pergola was built around the same time a...
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Late 19th Century European Moorish Antique Lightning Rod

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Wrought Iron

Exquisite Rotunda Structure Kiosk Copper & Carved Stone Bench Seating Columns
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Exquisite Rotunda Structure Kiosk Copper & Carved Stone Bench Seating Columns . Monumental Exquisite refined work King Charles X Period Rotunda rotundus building structure with a cir...
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Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Lightning Rod

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Stone, Copper

Arts & Crafts Oak Extending Dining Table with a Sliding Top
By Liberty & Co.
Located in London, GB
An Arts & Crafts quarter sawn oak extending dining table with wonderful figuring to the grain. An unusual sliding top that you can easily slide open to allow for one or for the two...
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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Lightning Rod

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Oak

Antique Scholar's Microscope, English, Brass, Scientific Instrument, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique scholar's microscope. An English, brass and enamelled metal scientific instrument by Henry Crouch, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Appealing micr...
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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Lightning Rod

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Brass

Antique English Mahogany Cased Compass by Stanley, London
By Stanley & Co., London 1
Located in Bath, GB
A very handsome Victorian military explorer's compass dating to around 1840 / 1860 set in a hinged mahogany block measuring 2" square. The compass has a shapely blued-steel needle (...
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1850s British Victorian Antique Lightning Rod

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Wood

Paavo Tynell Glass Pendant Light Manufactured by Taito Oy, Finland 1930s
By Paavo Tynell, Taito Oy
Located in Utrecht, NL
Surrounding countries exerted a strong influence of the developing ‘Finnish Style’ initially, but a dialogue with nature was to become the prime force in the ongoing evolution of the...
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1930s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Antique Lightning Rod

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Metal

Long 19th Century Wrought Iron Parisian Balcony Grill with Gilt Bronze Highlight
Located in Dallas, TX
Known in France as a “garde-corps” and measuring almost 12 feet long, this impressive wrought iron grill was installed on a Paris balcony during the late 1800’s. The iron has been pa...
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19th Century French Antique Lightning Rod

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Wrought Iron

Circa 1900 French Gothic Style Wrought Iron Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautiful example of the Gothic style, from circa 1900 France, this wrought iron chandelier has six luminaires, each surrounded by an amber reflector. All luminaires are set within...
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Early 20th Century French Gothic Antique Lightning Rod

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Metal, Wrought Iron, Iron

Cauldron Ice Bucket Champagne Cooler on Tripod Stand, Copper and Iron
Located in Barcelona, ES
One of a kind hand forged copper and iron cauldron wine cooler on stand, Spain, 1920s-1930s. This tripod stand champagne serving set is all made by hand. The handwrought iron stand ...
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20th Century Spanish Rustic Antique Lightning Rod

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Copper, Iron, Wrought Iron

Monumental 19th c Gilt Copper Spire Roof Finial
Located in Hanover, MA
Extraordinary architectural roof finial spire over 9 feet high constructed of hand beaten copper then finished in gold leaf. Looking for a statement piece? You've found it! Weighs un...
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19th Century American American Classical Antique Lightning Rod

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Copper

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Lightning Rod on Stand
Located in Middleburg, VA
fantastic lines and detail. We commissioned custom bases to hold each rod. We have two available: the
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Late 19th Century English Antique Lightning Rod

Antique Lightning Rod on Stand
Lightning Rod on Stand
H 10 in W 71 in D 5 in
French Art Nouveau Period Advertising Poster for "Spratt's Patent Ltd., " 1909
By Auguste Roubille
Located in New York, NY
lightning rod salesman from Cincinnati, Ohio named James Spratt. He first launched the biscuits in London in
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Lightning Rod

Late Victorian Copper Lightning Rod Weather Vane
Located in Cedar Falls, IA
Late 19th century copper lightning rod salvaged from the top of a barn. Sits on wrought iron base
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Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Lightning Rod

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Copper

Antique Metal, Copper and Glass Barn Lightning Rod c.1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT An original antique lightning rod with amber glass globe and spiked copper top. The copper
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Lightning Rod

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Metal, Copper

Pair Northern Italian Wrought Iron and Marble Lightning Rods, 18th-19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
introduction of its lightning rod in 1766.
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Lightning Rod

Monumental Weather Vane or Lightning Rod
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A monumental, 19th century wrought iron weather vane with elaborate scrolled details throughout, the top ‘vane’ with pierced stars and sun motifs and a fleur-de-lys border, the centr...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Lightning Rod

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Cut Steel, Wrought Iron

Iron Gate
Located in Sheffield, MA
Unusual Iron gates topped with decorative lightning rod. Gates and rod can be used separately
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19th Century American Antique Lightning Rod

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Iron

Iron Gate
Iron Gate
H 114 in W 63 in
Unusual Pair of Roof-top Spires in Zinc-coated Metal, c. 1850
Located in Atlanta, GA
& pedestal base. Possibly 19th century versions of lightning rods, albeit in a ornate form.
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19th Century French Antique Lightning Rod

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Metal

Benjamin Franklin Signature Collage
By Benjamin Franklin
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
experiments that contributed to the understanding of electricity, and invented the lightning rod, which
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18th Century American Federal Antique Lightning Rod

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Paper

Benjamin Franklin Signature Collage
Benjamin Franklin Signature Collage
H 39.5 in W 30.5 in D 2.88 in
Antique Figural Navajo Wool Yei Rug, circa 1930
Located in Big Flats, NY
red vertical bordering, en verso display rod sleeve, circa 1930 Measures: 17.25" H x 34.25" W
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Early 20th Century American Native American Antique Lightning Rod

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Wool

American Lightning Rod
Located in Hanover, MA
original lightning rods with varying degrees of decorative embellishment. All are from circa 1870 with the
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19th Century American Antique Lightning Rod

Early 20th Century Car and Driver Lightning Rod Weathervane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a amazing folk art lighting rod and weather vane all in one. The zink auto and man have a
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Early 20th Century American Antique Lightning Rod

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Zinc, Copper

Pair of Vintage French Cast Stone Lightning Finials
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A stunning pair of antique cast stone lightning finials. These beautiful fixtures have an octagonal
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19th Century French Other Antique Lightning Rod

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Cast Stone

Benjamin Franklin: A Framed 18th Century Portrait of by Duplessis
By Joseph Duplessis
Located in Alamo, CA
accomplishments are his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. Inventions include: the lightning rod
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1770s Realist Antique Lightning Rod

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Engraving

Lightning Rod
Located in San Francisco, CA
museum mounted sculpture of old lightning rod
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Early 20th Century American Antique Lightning Rod

Lightning Rod
Lightning Rod
H 31 in W 10 in D 7 in
Cast Iron Lightning Rod
Located in Culver City, CA
Cast iron lightning rod.
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1920s Antique Lightning Rod

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Iron

Cast Iron Lightning Rod
Cast Iron Lightning Rod
H 39 in Dm 24 in
Cow lightning rod weathervane
Located in New York, NY
Cast zinc lightning rod weathervane with the name James cast on its directional rod. "James
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Early 20th Century American Antique Lightning Rod

Pair of Lightning Rods
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of wonderful lightning rods with twisted metal stakes topped with bronze branch forms. Rods
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Early 20th Century American Antique Lightning Rod

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Iron, Bronze

Pair of Lightning Rods
Pair of Lightning Rods
H 71 in Dm 10 in
Horse Lightening Rod Weathervane
Located in San Francisco, CA
A nice lightning rod weathervane mounted on a plywood base. The horse has been shot up as usual
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Early 20th Century American Antique Lightning Rod

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Iron

Eight Arm Iron Chandelier
Located in Nashville, TN
Iron, late 19th century Lightning Rod, that we have newly added eight arms to, creating a
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19th Century American Antique Lightning Rod

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Iron

18th Century Terra Cotta Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Nini, circa 1777
By Jean-Baptiste Nini 1
Located in London, GB
tranche of the shoulder is a shield bearing a lightning rod and thunderbolt, with a crown as its crest
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1770s French Antique Lightning Rod

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Terracotta

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Antique Lightning Rod For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique lightning rod for your home. Frequently made of metal, copper and iron, every antique lightning rod was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique lightning rod, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique lightning rod, designed in the Folk Art or Neoclassical style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.

How Much is a Antique Lightning Rod?

Prices for an antique lightning rod start at $425 and top out at $18,400 with the average selling for $1,250.