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Lightning Rods Antique

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 Lightning Rods Antique

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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 Lightning Rods Antique

Materials

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 Lightning Rods Antique

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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 Lightning Rods Antique

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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 Lightning Rods Antique

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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 Lightning Rods Antique

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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 Lightning Rods Antique

Materials

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 Lightning Rods Antique

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Watercolor, Paper

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19th C Scientific James DeVille L N Fowler Phrenology Plaster Bust Head Curio
By L. N. Fowler
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A larger than the normal plaster cast phrenology head, with its original painted finish and paper labels. The original makers label is partially missing leaving it a bit of a myster...
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Mid-19th Century English Lightning Rods Antique

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Plaster

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 Lightning Rods Antique

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Brass

Antique French Breakfront Library or Cupboard Cabinet
French Breakfront Library or Cupboard Cabinet
H 97.25 in W 177.25 in D 16.5 in
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 Lightning Rods Antique

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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 Lightning Rods Antique

Materials

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 unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...
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Late 19th Century European Moorish Lightning Rods Antique

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Wrought Iron

Kodak No 2 Folding Pocket Brownie Model B 120 Roll Film Camera USA 1909
By Eastman Kodak
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Kodak No 2 Folding Pocket Brownie Model B 120 Roll Film Camera USA 1909 The No 2 Folding Pocket Brownie is a folding camera made by Kodak in Rochester, NY, USA, from c. 1909. It has...
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Early 20th Century American American Classical Lightning Rods Antique

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Leather, Glass

19th C. Diminutive Plaster Phrenology Head, Atribb. A.L. Vago London, C.1870
By Vago
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th C. Diminutive Plaster Phrenology Head, Attributed to A.L. Vago London. C 1870 This diminutive plaster Phrenology head, attributed to A.L. Vago London circa 1870, stands as a f...
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19th Century English High Victorian Lightning Rods Antique

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Plaster

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 Lightning Rods Antique

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Stone, Copper

Art Nouveau Gres Bijou Lightning Bolt Vase by RStK Amphora
By Reissner Stellmacher & Kessel
Located in Chicago, US
Model #3787. Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel (RSt&K), consistently marked pieces with the tradename “Amphora” by the late 1890s and became known by that name. The Amphora pottery fa...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Lightning Rods Antique

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Earthenware, Glass

Swedish Designer, Wall Mirror, Wrought Iron, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A small verdigris-painted wrought iron mirror designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1970s.
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1970s Swedish Lightning Rods Antique

Materials

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 Lightning Rods Antique

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Metal, Wrought Iron, Iron

Surveyor's Level or Theodolite by W.F. Stanley, London, in Original Fitted Box
By W. F. Stanley
Located in Austin, TX
A fine working English surveyor's theodolite or transit instrument (aka a dumpy level or surveyors level) of brass, No.80148, by W.F. Stanley (Great Turnstile, Holborn, London), circ...
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Early 20th Century English Lightning Rods Antique

Materials

Metal, Brass

Vintage Swedish Atlas Armillary Sundial Attributed to Sune Roth
By Sune Rooth
Located in Bochum, NRW
Vintage Original Sun Clock or Armillary Sun Dial attributed to Sune Rooth, mid-20th century. Antique garden ornament from Sweden, known as a Sun Clock or Armillary Sun dial, with a c...
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1940s European Art Deco Lightning Rods Antique

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Copper, Wrought Iron

Induction Coil or Sled Antique Scientific Instrument by Du Bois Reymond 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Induction coil by Du Bois Reymond, also known as Sled of the Du Bois Reymond system designed around 1870 during electrophysiology studies by Emil Du Boid Reymond (1818-1896) known Ge...
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1870s Lightning Rods Antique

Materials

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 Lightning Rods Antique

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Wood

Antique Stick Barometer, Walnut, Scientific Instrument, Negretti & Zambra, 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique stick barometer. An English, walnut scientific instrument with thermometer by Negretti & Zambra, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Presented in t...
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Late 19th Century British Lightning Rods Antique

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Walnut

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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 Lightning Rods Antique

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 Lightning Rods Antique

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 Lightning Rods Antique

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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 Lightning Rods Antique

Materials

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 Lightning Rods Antique

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 Lightning Rods Antique

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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 Lightning Rods Antique

Materials

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 Lightning Rods Antique

Materials

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 Lightning Rods Antique

Materials

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 Lightning Rods Antique

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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 Lightning Rods Antique

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 Lightning Rods Antique

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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 Lightning Rods Antique

Materials

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 Lightning Rods Antique

Materials

Engraving

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

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 Lightning Rods Antique

Materials

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 Lightning Rods Antique

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 Lightning Rods Antique

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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 Lightning Rods Antique

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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 Lightning Rods Antique

Materials

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 Lightning Rods Antique

Materials

Terracotta

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Lightning Rods Antique For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal lightning rods antique for your home. A lightning rods antique — often made from metal, copper and iron — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer lightning rods antique, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A lightning rods antique is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Folk Art and Neoclassical styles are sought with frequency.

How Much is a Lightning Rods Antique?

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