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Herm House

Rare 19th Century English Writing Desk
By Holland & Sons
Located in London, GB
canted angles of the superstructure, dressed with gilt bronze herms, house ‘pull-out’ secret document
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Antique 1860s English Louis XV Desks

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Ormolu

A painted plaster herm bust of the Duke of Wellington by George Gammon Adams
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Northumberland’s collections at Syon House, reputedly being the original plaster mock-up for the Corsham Court
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Antique 19th Century English Busts

Materials

Plaster

Antique English Carved Oak Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An English Louis style carved oak fire mantel, reclaimed from a country house near Bedford. Dating
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Antique 19th Century English Louis XV Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Oak, Wood

Antique English Carved Oak Fire Mantel
Antique English Carved Oak Fire Mantel
H 50.99 in W 73.23 in D 12.41 in
A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Blue Enamel Cartel Clock and Barometer
By Maison Mottheau et Fils
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
surmounted by a flaming torch and flanked by trumpet blowing cherubic herm figures and suspended from a
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Clocks

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Monograph: Robert Indiana Early Sculpture 1960-1962 (Hand signed and inscribed)
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
signed and inscribed with heart drawing by Robert Indiana ), 1991 Hardback monograph housed in elegant
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1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Board

Study of the Pergamene Head, or The Dying Alexander
Located in Middletown, NY
masterpiece of the same title, which is housed in the Uffizi's collection of ancient statues in Florence. It
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Early 19th Century Italian School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Color Pencil, Graphite, Handmade Paper

English Regency Period Secrétaire Cabinet with Egyptian Motifs
By George Oakley
Located in London, GB
enclosed fielded panel doors, houses a shelved interior flanked by Pharonic Herms; the lockable drop-down
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Antique 19th Century English Regency Cabinets

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Purpleheart, Satinwood, Holly

Rare Italian Marble of a Nude Goddess Adelaide Pandiani Maraini
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Adelaide Pandiani Maraini, A fine and important Italian marble, Pamona embracing a herm of Vertumne
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Antique 1890s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Large 19th Century Bronze Bust
By Sabatino De Angelis
Located in Richmond, London
long been misidentified as Plato, but was in fact, an upper part of a herm, most likely of Dionysus
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Busts

Materials

Bronze

Large 19th Century Bronze Bust
Large 19th Century Bronze Bust
H 23.63 in W 17.72 in D 11.82 in
Italian 19th Century Greco-Roman Style Marble Bas-Relief Frieze, Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, Roman Gods, children, a plebeian worker and a herm. The frieze has now been framed within a modern rouge
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Antique 19th Century Italian Greco Roman Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Carrara Marble

Louis XV Style Bronze-Mounted Marble Fireplace after Caffieri, circa 1860
By Jacques Caffieri
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
mounted with patinated bronze Herm figures holding aloft floral vines above tapering gilt-bronze supports
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Marble, Bronze

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Large Antique Victorian Style Oak Fireplace Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
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Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire by Cérés À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
Empire clock signed à Paris The mantel clock is in gilded bronze representing Ceres as a goddess of fertility, agriculture, grain crops and motherly relationships. In ancient Rom...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Antique English Regency Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A late Georgian or Regency period painted pine and gesso / composition fire surround. This was salvaged from a house in Dorchester. Additional Dimensions: Opening height 115.5 ...
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Antique Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Pine

Antique English Regency Fire Mantel
Antique English Regency Fire Mantel
H 62.21 in W 75.2 in D 5.52 in
Antique Mahogany Chippendale Style Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
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Early 20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Mahogany Chippendale Style Fire Mantel
Antique Mahogany Chippendale Style Fire Mantel
H 53.55 in W 59.06 in D 9.85 in
Russian Fabergé Style Silver Gilt and Enamel Photo Frame
By Karl Fabergé
Located in London, GB
The central circular photograph surrounded by a band of diamonds, set on a circular blue guilloché enamel panel surmounted by a crown and with floral decoration within a silver gilt ...
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Early 20th Century Russian Picture Frames

Materials

Diamond, Silver, Enamel

Antique French Louis XV Gilt Bronze Clock
By A.D. Mougin
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A beautiful antique French gilt bronze clock by A. D. Mougin. Modelled in architectural form and covered with scrolling acanthus decoration to represent a romantic ruin. To the top ...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Mantel Clocks

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Bronze

French 19th Century Pair of Lacquered Bamboos Japonisme Vases
By Edouard Lievre, Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A 19th French century pair of Lacquered Bamboos Japonisme vases. An amazing pair of tall cylindrical bamboo vases decorated in Japanese Gold and Sil-ver Hiramaki-E Lacquer with Pa...
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Antique 1870s French Japonisme Vases

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Bronze

Extremely rare French 'pendule industrial'
Located in HAARLEM, NL
An extremely rare French 'pendule industrial' wind mill with automaton, barometer and two thermometers, circa 1880 Description Case: brass, partly gilt, partly blued, black marble ba...
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After the Antique Polychromed Bronze Bust of the Prima Porta Augustus Caesar
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
After the antique polychromed bronze bust of the Prima Porta Augustus Caesar. Italy,mid-20th century A extraordinary, large scale, very heavy mid 20th century bronze example of ...
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Marble, Bronze

Mahogany Cased Barograph
Located in Cheshire, GB
Mahogany cased barograph, having five glazed removable lid, and a drawer below to house the charts. The mechanical eight-day movement is housed in the drum, fitted with a seven-day c...
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Antique Late 19th Century British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Mahogany

Mahogany Cased Barograph
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H 8.5 in W 14.5 in D 9 in
Emperors Caesar Octavian Tiziano Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17/18th Century
By Tiziano Vecellio (Pieve di Cadore 1490 - Venice 1576)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Paintings

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Oil

Faux Edge-Molded Fireplace Mantle
Located in Asheville, NC
Lovely edge-molding details. Faux Granite top and faux wood veneer surround. Perfect to achieve the ambient look and feel of a real fireplace in a city apartment with candles lit und...
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20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels

Faux Edge-Molded Fireplace Mantle
Faux Edge-Molded Fireplace Mantle
H 48.5 in W 56 in D 13 in
English Stone Fireplace Mantelpiece
By Acquisitions
Located in London, GB
Late Georgian, early Victorian style English made fireplace mantel. English made with impressive white limestone. Hand-carved with columns giving an elegant understated appearance.
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Limestone

English Stone Fireplace Mantelpiece
English Stone Fireplace Mantelpiece
H 45.5 in W 63 in D 8.25 in
Marco Aurelio Plaster Sculpture
By Raffaello Romanelli
Located in Milan, IT
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2010s Italian Busts

Materials

Plaster

Marco Aurelio Plaster Sculpture
Marco Aurelio Plaster Sculpture
H 31.5 in W 28.75 in D 15.75 in
Louis XIV Style White and Veined White Cultured Cast-Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Marble

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Late George III Giltwood Pier Mirror, circa 1810
Located in Avington, Hampshire
frame with lappeted cornice above female herms issuing trailing-husks, one marginal plate cracked
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Antique Early 19th Century English Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors

Chests of Drawers with Iron Fittings, Silesia, circa 1820
Located in Greding, DE
surrounding iron fittings. The front is vertically divided by means of burl wood veneered herms with iron
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Antique 1820s German Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

Tiffany & Co. Renaissance Silver Flatware Service, 417 Pieces
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
of the Italian Renaissance style comprised of a draped herm figure surrounded by clusters of fruit
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Early 20th Century American Other Tableware

Materials

Sterling Silver

Period High Renaissance Walnut Wood Octagonal Center Table from Northern Italy,
Located in Dallas, TX
moldings, while 8 male and female herms flank each corner of the base. This carving style and ornamentation
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Antique 16th Century Italian Renaissance Center Tables

Materials

Walnut

Early 19th century Neo-Classical marble chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
. The square blockings with sunflowers centred with small flowers upheld by Greek Revival female herms
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Antique 19th Century English Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Statuary Marble

Tiffany & Co. Renaissance Silver Flatware Service, 445 Pieces
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
of the Italian Renaissance style comprised of a draped herm figure surrounded by clusters of fruit
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20th Century American Romantic Tableware

Materials

Silver

The Roxburghe Armchairs
Located in London, GB
-legs’ husk-festooned pilasters are herm-tapered or thermed to evoke the boundary-posts of Virgil’s
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier British George I Chairs

Materials

Giltwood

The Roxburghe Armchairs
The Roxburghe Armchairs
H 37.8 in D 25.2 in
Exceptional 19th Century Kingwood and Gilt Bronze Mounted Buffet-Cabinet
By Maison Guéret
Located in London, GB
finest quality, in the forms of female herms, lambrequins, foliates, swags and drapes; rising from toupie
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Antique 19th Century French Revival Cabinets

Materials

Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Boulle Style Cabinets
Located in New Orleans, LA
. Accented with finely cast doré bronze mounts in the form of putti herms and grotesque masks, these
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Pair of 19th Century Boulle Style Cabinets
Pair of 19th Century Boulle Style Cabinets
H 41.5 in W 28.75 in D 14.13 in
Magnificent Antique George II Palladian Fireplace Mantle
By William Kent
Located in London, GB
messenger of the Gods wearing acanthus foliate collars. In classical antiquity Terms/Herms stood in doorways
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Antique 1740s British George II Fireplaces and Mantels

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Statuary Marble

Rare Eric Orr Art Plate Pottery, Blue and Gold 1994
By Eric Orr
Located in Surfside, FL
-a handmade fired ceramic sphere. These are each housed in a molded Styrofoam box, which is in turn
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18th Style English Country House Lead Urn Planter With Bacchanalian Relief
Located in Stamford, CT
herm of Priapus, Greek and Roman fertility god, protector of livestock, fruit plants, gardens and male
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Early 20th Century English Classical Roman Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Lead

Nude Figurative Sculpture of Phallus In Semi Precious Stone Crystal of Rock
Located in Roma, IT
representations of him on herms (pillars) featuring a phallus. There is no scholarly consensus on this depiction
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Classical Carved Mahogany Sideboard with Busts of Female Figures Wearing Turbans
By Edward Priestley
Located in New York, NY
furniture having Egyptian/ Moorish/ Turkish-style “mummy heads” or herms to either Joseph Barry of
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Antique 1820s American American Classical Serving Tables

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Mahogany

MCM Mid Century Modern Stereo Console George Nelson for Herman Miller, Working
By George Nelson
Located in Madison, WI
reading Nelson’s innovative book Tomorrow's House, then president of Herman Miller furniture company D.J
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Music Stands

Materials

Hardwood

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Herm House For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal herm house for your home. A herm house — often made from wood, marble and metal — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect herm house — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 19th Century are available. Each herm house bearing louis xv, Regency or Victorian hallmarks is very popular. Sabatino De Angelis each produced at least one beautiful herm house that is worth considering.

How Much is a Herm House?

A herm house can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $33,238, while the lowest priced sells for $600 and the highest can go for as much as $191,197.