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Antique Death Mask

Italian Antique Cast Gypsum Death Masks Set of Five
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian set of Five death mask Italian death mask cast, circa 1930s. Showing in the 19th
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Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Gesso

Antique Print of the Death Mask of Napoléon Bonaparte by Sichling 'c.1850'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Napoleon'. Original antique print of the death mask of Napoléon Bonaparte
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Antique Mid-19th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Bronze Napoleon I Death Mask, From The Dr. Antommarchi Cast
Located in New Orleans, LA
This mesmerizing antique bronze death mask of the Emperor Napoleon I is cast from the mold created
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Antique 19th Century French Historical Memorabilia

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Bronze

"Enfans Antiques au Capitol." (Putti with Wigs/Masks)
By Giovanni Volpato
Located in Florham Park, NJ
associate in 1803, the year of Volpato’s death.
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Tape, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Ink, Plexiglass

19th Century, Antique Tibetan Wooden Buddhist Mahakala Mask with Stand
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Tibetan wooden Buddhist Mahakala mask (Shaman Exorcism Mask Yama God of Death) with stand. Age
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Antique 19th Century Tibetan Antiquities

Materials

Wood

19th Century, Antique Tibetan Wooden Buddhist Mahakala Mask with Stand
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Tibetan wooden Buddhist Mahakala mask (Shaman Exorcism Mask Yama God of Death) with stand. Age
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Antique 19th Century Tibetan Antiquities

Materials

Wood

Large Antique English Trench Art Table Cannon
Located in Forney, TX
Antique English Trench Art mixed metal miniature howitzer - signal style table cannon. Hand-crafted
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Early 20th Century European Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Copper

Antique Italian Maiolica Coolers Pasquale Rubati Manufacture Milan, 1770 Circa
By Pasquale Rubati
Located in Milano, IT
worker he had been prior to opening his own workshop. On his death in 1796, the business was continued
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Antique 1770s Italian Rococo Ceramics

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Maiolica

Rare French Antique Bronze Sculpture by Henri Brun, perhaps Julia Domna
Located in Shippensburg, PA
philosopher to a "dignified" death of her choice, thereby removing another possible contender for his throne
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Antique 19th Century French Romantic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Early Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Antique French Clock - Japy Fils Fully Working
By Japy
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
side is a charming mask of old father time. The dial is also porcelain and is painted with a cherub in
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

Antique Ormolu & Sevres Porcelain Twin Branch Wall Light Sconces 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning Antique Sevres porcelain and ormolu wall light, Circa 1850 in date. It
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Antique 1850s Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Ormolu

Antique French Gilt Bronze Clock with Portrait Plaque of Molière, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique French gilt bronze mantel clock with Bleu Celeste porcelain panels in the
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Antique 1860s French Mantel Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Antique Print of a Red-Backed Shrike ‘Lanius Collyrio’ by Sepp & Nozeman, 1770
By Cornelius Nozeman, M. Houttuyn, J.C. Sepp
Located in Langweer, NL
The image is an original antique hand-colored engraving from "Nederlandsche Vogelen" (Dutch Birds
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Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Prints

Materials

Paper

19th Century Georgian Silver Basket by Edward Farrell, London, circa 1822
By Edward Farrell
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century Georgian solid silver basket, on four cast mask, ruffle and scroll feet, the
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Antique 19th Century English Georgian Tableware

Materials

Sterling Silver

A Fine Louis XVI Style Centre Display Cabinet by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
pilasters with cherub mask fruiting gilt-bronze clasps. The button-release sprung door enclosing an
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Vitrines

Materials

Ormolu

French Bernard Palissy Figural Majolica Plaque, 16th-17th Century
By Bernard Palissy
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very rare antique French, Bernard Palissy or School of Bernard Palissy attributed majolica
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Antique 16th Century French Majolica Pottery Pottery

Materials

Majolica, Pottery, Earthenware

Aesthetic Phase Pre-Raphaelite Movement Late 19th Century. Sanguine Red Chalk
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s plaster death mask to the National Portrait Gallery. Alice Chambers died at
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Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Chinese Export Famille Verte Porcelain & French Ormolu Chinoiserie Centerpiece
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
until his death in 1845. Baldock was one of the first antique dealers and is similar to the 18th century
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Antique 19th Century French Chinoiserie Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ormolu

Chevre Allongee (Reclining Goat)
Located in San Francisco, CA
declined after the death of the duc d'Orléans in 1842, he embarked on a new venture that lasted his entire
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Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Victorian Burr Walnut Sevres Plaque Mirror Back Credenza Cabinet, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a monumental fine and rare antique Victorian burr walnut and amboyna, Sevres porcelain and
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Antique 1860s English Victorian Cabinets

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century French Mahogany and Ormolu Bookcase in the Empire Style
By Antoine Krieger
Located in London, GB
Apollo masks, with acanthus leaves in a cruciform pattern; the cornered motifs being rosettes with
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Bookcases

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Ormolu

Boucheron Parcel Gilt Silver Vase and Oil Lamp circa 1880
By Fréderic Boucheron
Located in New York, US
collector, perhaps on the death of Jean-Baptiste Pezon in 1897, by descent; acquired by YM Antiques, 2017
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Antique 1880s French Greek Revival Vases

Materials

Silver

Large Han Dynasty Hu Green Glazed Mythical Beasts Vessel
Located in Dallas, TX
. The beasts are separated by mountains with clouds overhead. On opposite sides are applied taotie mask
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Vases

Materials

Pottery

Boom Boom, mid century print from the New York International portfolio S/N 1960s
By Arman
Located in New York, NY
are ways in which the gun is drawn. The effect is lively, not death-dealing." (from the portfolio
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen, Pencil, Graphite

Sunset over Scottish Highlands 'Allan Waters', signed oil painting
By Francis E. Jamieson
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
27 inches Fine quality antique oil painting by the much admired and celebrated British artist F. E
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Early 20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

18th Century Italian Neoclassical Wood Dresser Attributed to Francesco Bolgiè
By Francesco Bolgié
Located in IT
large internal space, lacquered in antique pink, shows in the center a woman’s fece with a composition
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Dressers

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Giltwood, Wood

Bronze Seven-Light Candelabra After Clodion Cast, Suse Frères French circa 1890
By Susse Freres, Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
in a classical form after the model by Clodion, with masks depicting chimerical ibex flanked by
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Candelabras

Materials

Bronze

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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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Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy

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Basquiat Bearbrick 400% (Basquiat BE@RBRICK 400%)
By after Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat Bearbrick Vinyl Figures: Set of two (400% & 100%): A unique, timeless collectible trademarked & licensed by the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. The partnered col...
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Wardrobe Sideboard with Drawers in Canaletto Walnut by Accardibuccheri Medulum
By Mauro Accardi & Silvia Buccheri
Located in Meolo, Venezia
The curved and straight lines, the solids and voids, the austerity and lightness; and, above all, the refined lightness of the arches which follow on from each other at a constant rh...
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2010s Italian Wardrobes and Armoires

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Rare 19th Century Italian Memento Mori Bust / Sculpture Carrara Marble Vanitas
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas / Memento Mori bust in solid marble from late 19th century. White Carrara marble skull combined with masterfully carved hood & robes all from one...
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Busts

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Carrara Marble

Gigi Radice Italian Chair
By Gigi Radice
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gigi Radice Italian Chair is reupholstered in leather and bouclé upholstery Material. Original photo posted how the chair look before upholstery.
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Leather, Upholstery

Gigi Radice Italian Chair
Gigi Radice Italian Chair
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Le Martyr de Saint Sebastian (Academic Figurative Oil Painting in Gold Frame)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative oil painting on canvas 48 x 24 inches unframed 58 x 32 x 3 inches in gold leaf wood frame This vertical, contemporary figurative painting of Le Martyr de S...
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Art Deco Bedroom Set: Armoire, Bed and Mirror - France, 1920s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Lovely and lively exotic bedroom set comprised of one three-door wardrobe, a double bed and a large mirror. The set is lacquered in red and black with gilt and silvered decor repr...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Bedroom Sets

Soda Blown Murano Glass High Coffee Table in Amber by Yiannis Ghikas
By Miniforms, Yiannis Ghikas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soda was born upside-down, with a puff of air. It weighs 20 kilos, and it is blown, drawn out and shaped by three master glassmakers. The result is a single volume of glass with thre...
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Expressive Malerei Nach Picasso Gallery Beyeler Exhibition Catalog
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Rare early 1980s exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of: “Expressive Painting After Picasso”- a group featuring works by: Pablo Picasso, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Francis Baco...
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Paper, Lithograph, Offset

Hand Carved Wood Memento Mori Double Skull Cane Walking Stick Handle
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic and wonderfully hand carved piece. These smiling, mischievous skulls are hand carved in very Fine detail. Would be the crown jewel of any walking stick collection once at...
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20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Late 19th Century Parkins & Gotto Sliding and Folding Coromandel Bookends
By Parkins & Gotto
Located in Charleston, SC
This unusual Military Campaign Coromandel bookend is adjustable for sliding and folds together which makes for easy travel. It has brass trim along the edges with pierced cut outs fo...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Gothic Revival Bookends

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Brass

Reliquary Cross Pendant, Silver, Glass, 17th-18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional pendant made in silver with a Latin cross shape, decorated on the outside with simple scrolls, spikes, pearls and other elements of classicist inspiration, as well as a ri...
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Antique 18th Century European Neoclassical Religious Items

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Silver

Italian Dry Bar -Floor Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian 1950s floor lamp -dry bar. Dry bar have 2 lights bulbs and when the door closes, the switch automatically turns off. Switch for the floor lamp is on the floor neck back. Th...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Neoclassical Dry Bars

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Walnut

Italian Dry Bar -Floor Lamp
Italian Dry Bar -Floor Lamp
H 71 in W 24 in D 18 in
Italian 18th Century Oval Religious Oil on Canvas Painting with Saint Dominic
By Francesco de Mura
Located in Firenze, IT
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Located in San Francisco, CA
A superb early 20th century Mexican 'muerte' mask (death mask) from Guerrero, circa 1920s-1930s
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Vintage 1920s Mexican Masks

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Bronze Death Mask of the Emperor Napoleon I Bonaparte Antique
Located in Berlin, DE
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20th Century French Decorative Art

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Bronze

Antique French Ormolu Drum Head Clock with Lions Masks
By Pierre-Antoine Foullet, Samuel Marti
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A fine and early original antique French drum head clock, circa 1860. Beautifully made in finely
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks

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Bronze, Ormolu

Large Antique French Ormolu Drum Head Clock with Lions Masks
By Pierre-Antoine Foullet
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A large and stunning original antique French drum head clock. Beautifully made in finely gilded
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Antique 19th Century European Neoclassical Mantel Clocks

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Postponing the death, Contemporary Art, Textile, 21st Century
By Marco Querin
Located in Mexico City, MX
Postponing the death of a corroded fence with a thick coat of enamel 2020 Contemporary Art, Textile
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Early 20th Century Painted Jugendstil Art Nouveau Plaster Mask by Karl Koch 1910
By Karl Koch
Located in Berlin, DE
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Located in London, GB
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Located in London, GB
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By Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clesinger
Located in London, GB
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Located in London, GB
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Antique Death Mask For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic antique death mask available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, ceramic and ormolu, every antique death mask was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the antique death mask you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Each antique death mask bearing neoclassical, Victorian or Art Deco hallmarks is very popular. A well-made antique death mask has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Antoine Krieger, Bernard Palissy and Theodore Deck are consistently popular.

How Much is a Antique Death Mask?

The average selling price for an antique death mask at 1stDibs is $5,339, while they’re typically $379 on the low end and $287,299 for the highest priced.
Questions About Antique Death Mask
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Death masks were a way to cover the face of a passed loved one and show honor to them. They also represented the features of the deceased, helping them be recognized in the spirit realm. On 1stDibs, find an array of death masks.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A death mask is called a “funerary mask” or “burial mask”. The mask was often made of wood or stucco and would cover the face of the deceased. You’ll find a collection of funerary masks from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    It is believed that Napoleon's death mask still resides in The Museum in Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    No, death masks are not still made to record the facial features of deceased people because the advent of photography made them obsolete. However, some artists produce death masks and sculptures that resemble them for purposes of creative expression. You'll find a variety of death masks on 1stDibs.